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.
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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.
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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.
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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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National Weather Service
Illinois
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