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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1980

Page

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Toys for deserving youngsters Santa gets a lift from firemen

Santa Claus overtime distribution across Benton Johnston City Carbondale and Du Quoin delivered toys valued at least ten thousand dollars. Benton firemen aided 225 children in 80 families plus rural areas and packed food baskets with help from the Benton Ministerial Alliance.

Santa Santa Claus Benton Johnston City Carbondale du Quoin Richard Dale Benton Fire Department Benton Ministerial Alliance Franklin Hospital Ment Dale Dennis Beaumont Division of Children and Family Services State Regional Marion Beaumont Bowen’s Childrens Center Harrisburg Jaycees Fire Department Dean Stanley Stanley University Mall Edie Crane Emma C. Hayes Department of Children and Family Services Murphysboro Crane Mall Gateway Battalion Marine Corps St. Louis Semper Fidelis Air Force National Guard Paul Dvorshak

Fire destroys 3 businesses in Murphysboro

An early Christmas Day blaze gutted Flowers by Gladden, Tippey’s Cafe, and Able Cleaners on 16th Street and Walnut Avenue, with the oldest building in Murphysboro’s center nearly 50 years old. Firefighters from Carbondale and neighboring towns fought the four hour fire. cause unknown.

Brad Betker The Southern Illinoisan Murphysboro Gladden Tippey'’s Cafe Able Cleaners 16Th Street Walnut Avenue Chester Steele Carbondale de Soto Vergennes Gorham Virginia Heern Tippey’s Cafe Jack Heern Carbondale Fire Department Ernest Allen Earl Reeder Reeder Heems Neill Clugston Claude Wisely Ed Sullivan Margaret Wisely Charlotte Gladden Ernest Doris Allen Doris Florist and Greenhouse N. Michael St Muriel Allen Charlotte Tippey’s Mrs. Heern Kimberly Heern

Hostages Reported Healthy After Iran Meeting

Iranian news agency says Algerian ambassador met all 52 American hostages in Tehran and found them looking healthy and well nourished. A Christmas film aired on US networks showed holiday messages from several captives as relatives witnessed a brief glimpse of their loved ones.

Iran U.S Anibale Bugnini Tehran United States Abdelkarim Gheraieb Pars Gheraieb Ben Hossein Algeria Foreign Ministry Washington Bugnini

Illinois Weather Outlook Through Tuesday

The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy skies tonight with a low in the 20s. Saturday will see variable cloudiness and warmer conditions with a high in the 40s. The extended forecast calls for partly cloudy weather Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the 50s on Sunday and cooler 40s Tuesday, with lows in the 20s to 30s.

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