Cut-rate liquor stores fail to drive prices down in region
A survey of 14 Southern Illinois liquor stores shows most prices held steady or rose since June with only a few cuts. Valu Store near Marion led as low price for 16 items, while Grandpa's Liquor Barn and Walgreen's were frequent runners up. New stores include TJ's Liquor on West Main and a South Illinois Avenue outlet by Karagiannis pending openings.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Marion
Herrin
Murphysboro
Mt. Vernon
Valu
Willnois 13
Crystal's Palace
Crystal’s Palace
Grandpa's Liquor Barn
Walgreen’s Drug Store
University Mall
Seagram’s
Seven Crown
Smirnoff Vodka
Seagram’s VO
Bacardi Rum
Canadian Club
Gordon's Gin
Jim Beam
J & B Scotch
Busch
Schlitz
Pabst
Miler’s
Kiev
Canterbury
Samuel T. Crockett
ABC Liquors
Walgreen’s
Eastgate Liquor Mart
Westroads Liquor
Southern Illinois Liquors
Bills Package Liquors
Westmore Liquor Mart
Red Top Liquors
Home Beverage Liq
Lee’s
Westown Liquors
Plaza Liquor Mart
Grandpa’s Liquor Barn
Walgreen's
Seagram
Bill’s
Westmore
Grandpa’s
Times Square
Walgreens
Bill's
Busch Beer
Valu-Store
Spot Liquors
Red Top
Spot
Millers
Grandpa's
Hoffmanns
Eastgate
Southern
Illinois Liquors
Southern Illinois
ABC
Quentin H. Reed
Reed Corp
John Karagiannis
Reed
Tj's
West Main Street
Tom
James
Karagiannis
South Illinois Avenue
Swine flu shots to be available in area clinics this week
Health officials in Southern Illinois announce the general rollout of swine flu vaccine this week with monovalent and bivalent doses. Clinics begin Tuesday in Jackson County and run through Sunday in Union County, with Randolph County cases already completed. Over 90,000 doses distributed area wide, turnout reported strong in several counties. Consent forms explain the vaccine and potential mild side effects. injections may be given in clinics or doctors offices afterward.
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Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Franklin County
Perry
Williamson
Union County
Randolph County
Charles Courier
Illinois Dept. of Health
Jackson County Health Dept
Rebecca Reach
Franklin-Williamson
Royalton veteran plans LSD claim against Army
Kenneth R. Loeb, 38, a Royalton veteran, prepares to file claims with the Army and Veterans Administration seeking compensation for alleged after-effects from LSD received during Army drug testing as a 17 year old private. Attorneys say the Army appears skeptical. Loeb has had 28 flashbacks and is under doctor care for a nervous condition.
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Royalton
Kenneth R. Loeb
Army
Loeh
Huffman
Kimmel
Veterans Administration
Loeb
Washington
Four Flu Vaccines Placed for Local Clinics This Week
Area health officials announce four vaccine types for clinics including bivalent and monovalent forms. The bivalent protects swine flu and Victoria A strain, with whole and split strengths. Whole is for healthier adults 18 to 24 with chronic illness. split for 60 plus and 3 to 17 with chronic illness. Booster in 4 to 6 weeks. Monovalent covers swine flu only, with whole for 18 to 24 without chronic disease and split for 25 to 59. Booster required after 4 to 6 weeks for all eligible groups.
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Southern Illinois
Retired CB pioneer's list preserves Trotliner memories in Herrin
Ben Gelman profiles Rev Roscoe Cox of Herrin known as Trotliner a CB radio pioneer who collected hundreds of handles from Williamson Franklin and Jackson counties. After his death at 58 in 1970 his friends printed a thousand copies of a CB handles directory to honor his life and work.
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Williamson County
Roscoe Cox
Rt. 1
Herrin
Trotliner
Topsy
Uncle Tom
California
Williamson
Franklin
Jackson
Sleepy
Grandma Moses
Woodrow
Martha Yates
Mary
Mary Robinson
Volunteer
Olga English
Sarge
Terry Understock
Cavee
Rev Cox
Mattie Mae
Rassie Cox
Weaver
Rev
Remarkable one-armed radio repairman adored by CB hobbyists
Rev Trothner lost an arm and a leg but learned to walk on an artificial leg. He fixed radios and TVs at Heckel's store in Carterville and later drove a car despite his disabilities. He collected CB handles, creating a published list that includes Trotliner and King Cobra, with hundreds of copies circulating.
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Southern Illinois University
Phil Heckel
Heckel
Carterville
Rev
Trothner
King Cobra
Bill Miller
Herrin
Coyote
Bob Partee
Zeigler
Tooth Fairy
Betty Dugger
Marion
Delta Dawn
Judy Anderson
Cambria
Gravel Gertie
Carolyn Barnes
Energy
Ash Tray
Marvin Howell
Bush
Sarge
Rt. 1
Box
Grandma Moses
N. 7Th St
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Godron
Valur
Southern Il
Linois
W. Stephen Hoffmann
Thomas Hoffmann
Record
Phillip Hoffman
Robert and
Thomas Palmier
Hoffmanns and Palmiers
State Liquor Control Commission
Lee
Westown Liquor Mart
Carbondale Liquor Commission
Merrill Perlman
The
Southern Illinoisan
Victoria
Courier
Janet Perry
Charlotte Cook
Kenneth R. Loeh
Norman Horner
Anderson
Linda Kornack
John Hoffman
Dan Kimmel
Martin R. Hoffman
U. S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Taft Baker
Rob L. Pennock
Carter
Ben Gelman
Cox
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