Two Front Page Stories Raise Questions of Hope and Suffering
An exhausted mother abandons her newborn at Carbondale Memorial Hospital while a Marian Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand reports Cambodian refugees dying in numbers. The piece contrasts personal despair with global crisis, urging readers to consider neighboring suffering and the need for help despite communities celebrating happy families nearby.
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Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Thailand
Iran
Ann Morgan
Miss Morgan
Samantha
Illinois
Carbondale Adults at Taverns Spark Law Debate
Carbondale City Council votes to treat 18 to 21 year olds as adults in taverns though state drinking age remains 21. The measure allows attendance but bans drinking, raising enforcement challenges and the risk of revocation if abuses occur. Police and tavern owners must enforce self restraint during a probationary period ending Jan 1.
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Carbondale
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Edward Hogan
Hogan
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Iraq Aims to Oust Iran and Reshape Gulf Oil Power
Iraq emerges as a rising Arab-led force complicating U S strategy after Iran’s fall. With Soviet and Western ties, Baghdad seeks oil pricing reform and regional influence, challenging Saudi leadership, US interests, and Camp David alignments while courting Europe and Japan for favorable terms. The plan centers on a three tier system risking higher costs for the United States.
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Claudia Wright
Cox News Service
Iran
Iraq
OPEC
United States
Gulf
Arab World
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Caracas
Venezuela
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran-Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Arabian Peninsula
Baghdad
Africa
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Cyprus
Greece
Brazil
Tehran
Zambia
Jamaica
Indus
Europe
Riyadh
Yamani
Tunis
Japan
Korea
PLO
Camp David
Washington
Letters Rearrange our priorities from parking lots to parks
Editor urges Carbondale to reject using the Brush School grounds as a parking lot. He argues for a downtown park to bring peace, beauty, and green space amid urban pressures. He cites 265 year old white oaks and the desire for future generations to see them bud again. He proposes solutions like mass transit and decked parking instead.
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Southern Illinoisan
Brush
Memorial
Carbondale
White Oaks
Forest land debate near Carbondale stirs ethics concerns
A reader warns that rapid commercial and real estate development along Illinois 13 around Carbondale threatens a green belt. He criticizes a monetary focus in regional planning and urges long range land-use management weighing ecology and aesthetics over dollars.
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Carbondale
Illinois 13
Marion
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Carroll Fry
Southern Illinoisan
Students question liquor ads and land use in Carbondale
A letter criticizes a SIU student newspaper liquor ads as a bid to protect profits and warns of regulatory failures. The writer condemns bar driven enticements, internet restrictions, and notes concerns about zoning and environmental ethics amid calls for responsible land-use management.
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Carbondale
SIU
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