Pinckneyville woman proud homemaker
Kathryn Nan Davis, a lifelong Pinckneyville resident, is celebrated as a professional homemaker and longtime home economist. After 75 years she reflects on teaching, extension service work, international outreach, and a philosophy that valuing ordinary food and family life sustains communities.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Kathryn
Nan” Davis
Mrs. Davis
Charles
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Jerry Woolsey
Linda
Kiewicz
County Extension Office
Charlotte Coffer
Davis
Freeburg
Christopher
University of Illinois
Harvey Quillman
Pinckneyville Community High School
Anna Carol Fults
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Chicago bailout sparks downstate skepticism and demands
Downstate lawmakers vow to demand controls if the Chicago school district seeks state aid to plug its fiscal crisis. Representatives from Rock Island and Springfield caution against a blanket rescue, urging equitable funding and accountability for all Illinois districts amid broader education budget strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Don Levener
Southern Illinois
Springfield
General Assembly
Clarence Darrow
D-Rock Island
Douglas N. Kane
CTA
Chicago Transit Authority
Downstate
Jerome Cosentino
Darrow
Cairo
East St. Louis
Illinois
Kane
Ben Polk
R-Moline
Rock Island
Moline
Sledge
Donald Miedema
Purple Heart becomes pawn in wartime tale of theft and legal fight
The article traces Bob Gillespie a former Marine wounded on Iwo Jima who keeps a Purple Heart as a keepsake and tries to sell it for family needs. It also covers Joseph Goulden suing Enrique Lopez over alleged copied material in The Harvard Mystique while Lopez defends the work as common knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Iwo Jima
Bob Gillespie
Gillespie
Hill City
N.C
Mary Jo
Alana
Lance
Dixie
Rapid City
Enrique Hank Lopez
Harvard Mystique
Joseph C. Goulden
The
Superlawyers
Goulden
Washington, D.C
Manhattan
Boston
Lopez
Adirondack Winter Hiking Tours Aims To Replace Snow
In Saranac Lake region Adirondack Ski Tours with eight guests now pivots to snowless hikes amid lack of snow. Founder Richard Beamish mulls renaming to reflect winter hiking, while hoping for snowfall to restore the original tour. The shift underscores how seasonal conditions force adaptation in tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Beamish
Adirondack
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Adirondack Mountains
Beamish
Anna woman charged with Dec. 3 slaying
Sharon Stanley, 20, of Anna is charged with murder in the Dec. 3 death of Kenneth Earl in Oakland California. She waived extradition and was returned to face the charges. Two brothers Ronnie and Robert George of Anna are also charged with murder in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Kenneth Earl
Oakland
Calif
Union County
William Ballard
Ballard
Sharon Stanley
Earl
Ronnie
Robert George
Six die in East Chicago furnace gas blast at Jones & Laughlin
Six workers died and several were injured at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. furnace complex in East Chicago Indiana after gas backed up and apparently exploded. Hospitals reported nine more injuries and fire crews battled the scene as authorities investigated whether an explosion occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Chicago
Ind
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
St. Catherine Hospital
Indiana
Gary Post-Tribune
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Hammond and
Whiting
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Nan’ Davis
Jane Byrne
James R. Thompson
Donald Sledge
Ilinois Association of
Purple Heart
John Paul II
Carlo Martini
Milan
Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Martha‘s Vineyard
Mass
Bruce Morrow
New Jersey
Caroline Houser
Smith College
Dionysus
Harvard University
Fogg Art Museum
Miss Houser
Imamu Amiri Baraka
Amina
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
New York
Baraka
LeRoi Jones
Ed Favre
U.S
New Orleans
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