Santa feeds Southern Illinois families with 1980 drive elves
Thousands of volunteers from varied ages and backgrounds joined WCIL DJ Mike Chylewski in the Rock n Radio Feed the Hungry This Christmas Food Drive. Over 40,000 cans plus 2,500 from United Mine Workers groups helped stock food boxes for more than 600 families across Carbondale Murphysboro Cairo Marion Herrin West City Carterville and other towns.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Santa Claus
Carbondale
Carbondale Park District
Illinois
Santa
WCIL
Mike Chylewski
Jolly
Murphysboro
Marion
Herrin
Chester
West City
Creal Springs
Chylewski
United Mine Workers Association
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Lincoln Junior High School
Lewis School
Cairo
Carterville
Wealth and aid in a season of plenty and doubt
An AP column notes U.S. per capita income topping $10,000 while millions abroad starve. It contrasts American abundance with global poverty, questions how much aid to give, and recalls 1978 figures showing U.S. aid at 0.1 percent of GNP despite high absolute levels, amid debate on a Reagan era stance.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Washington
United States
U.S
Mexico
China
World Bank
Reagan
Africa
Southeast Asia
Congress
Austria
Finland
Italy
New Zealand
Prosecution fees spar over special prosecutor costs
Sheriff Don White case in Jackson County features a dispute over reimbursements for William Schwartz and his assistant Leonard Robertson. Clemons objects to paying Robertson $50 hourly for in court work while approving Schwartz's $50 hourly rate for preparation and trial duties. The matter, tied to an earlier six-indictment grand jury and trial, will go to Judge Loren Lewis for a potential hearing or decision.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
John Clemons
Don White
William Schwartz
White
Clemons
Schwartz
Leonard Robertson
Robertson
Attorney General's Office
Loren Lewis
Lewis
Clemon
No paper Thursday Christmas Day in Southern Illinois
The Southern Illinoisan will not publish on Thursday December 25 Christmas Day as snow dusting at Lenus Turley Park Carbondale shows light accumulation. Flurries predicted with temperatures dropping to around 6 tonight and a sunny cold Christmas Day high near 20. Temperatures may rise into the 40s later. Illinois State Police report weather related accidents this morning.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Lenus Turley Park
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
du Quoinee
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ED Greer
John Major
Beth Barrett
Terel Keene
Lincoln Junior High
Ann Landers
Joe Jines
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