Injured Carterville farmer faces critical healing period
George McKinney 31 of rural Carterville remained weak and in pain after a weeklong injury from a coin-picker accident. Doctors will decide his leg infection risk by Friday as skin grafts are planned and neighbors continue farm help.
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Merrill Perlman
George McKinney
McKinney
Carterville
Lyndle Church
Cambria
St. Louis
Martha Fly
Sarah
Fly
New Year's Eve Drinking And Driving Safety Reminder
A 1978 safety feature emphasizes reducing drunk driving on New Year's Eve. Alcohol counselor Bob Sisson advises not driving after drinking, offers host tips, and explains intoxication limits, breathalyzer consequences, and safe alternatives.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Bob Sisson
Franklin
Williamson
National Safety Council
Sisson
Lab chief transfer could slow area drug case work
The De Soto crime lab head, Daniel Lecocq, is reassigned to Joliet to lead a new training unit, sparking concern from Murphysboro Police Chief Tobias Berger that chemistry case turnaround may suffer. Illinois officials defend the move as improving services while noting the De Soto lab will retain a drug specialist.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
de Soto
Joliet
Southern
Tobias K. Berger Jr
Murphysboro
Tyrone Fahner
Law Enforcement Department
Lecocq
Robert Gonsowski
Landers
Gonsowski
Hangover Cures? Health Officials Say Time Heals All
Health officials say there is no quick cure for a hangover. The only remedy is time and rest, with in-bed recovery until you can walk straight. If needed, aspirin or a stomach friendly option may help, along with light foods and minimal noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
Marion man seeks GOP bid for 24th District House seat
John T. Anderson of Marion formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Southern Illinois 24th District. He joins Ray J. Hawkins and Lyndie Couch in the March primary to face incumbent Democrat Paul Simon, who is unopposed in his party. Anderson highlights housing roles and construction background with a push for federal economic development. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale and has two sons. Simon carried all 22 counties in 1976 and won the seat in 1974.
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John T. Anderson
Marion
U.S
Southern Illinois
Anderson
Ray J. Hawkins
Lyndie Couch
Cambria
Paul Simon
West Frankfort
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Simon
Democratic Party
Union County ambulance service to stay open with grant
The Multi-County Ambulance Service will receive 45 000 from the Illinois Department of Transportation to stay open at least six months. Director James Williams says the grant is temporary as the service plans a long term tax levy of up to 25 cents per 100 of assessed value if approved in Union Alexander and Pulaski counties.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Union
Alexander
Pulaski
Illinois Department of Transportation
Bob Winchester
Rosidare
James Williams
Williams
Union County
Cairo
Anna
Area miners to meet for peaceful picketing talks
A mass meeting of Southern Illinois coal miners is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at West Frankfort Junior High School. Illinois United Mine Workers of America leaders call the gathering to discuss picketing at the Cook Coal Transfer Terminal in Metropolis, closed since December 14 after damage during a 300 miner demonstration. UMW officials plan to visit Metropolis Monday to ensure orderly protests. An AEP Service Corp. spokesperson could not be reached.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinois and Mass
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort
Illinois United Mine Workers of America
Ing
Cook
Metropolis
UMW
American Electric Power Service Corp
Woman cares for neighbors' babies in Southern Illinois
Clara Willis in Whiteash near Marion tends eight babies and helps new mothers for the first week at home. She moves between homes in Johnston City and West Frankfort, balancing her own two asthmatic sons, crafting afghans, and enjoying a new citizen band radio hobby amid a busy, generous lifestyle.
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Merrill Perlman
Clara Willis
Mrs. Willis
Marion
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Linois
Citizens Band
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Missouri Baptist Hospital
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Maya Ewing
Carbondale Terriers
Carbondale
SIU
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Miss Ewing
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Norma Ewing
Herrin
Melanie Estes
Cindy Varacalli
Ed Greer
Illinois
NEA, Inc
Berger
Greater Egypt
Fahner
John Landers
Maywood
Sytem
GOP
Union County Service
Ambulance Service
UMW Subdistrict 8 Board
Thomas Shoemake
Claudette Harris
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