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The Southern Illinoisan provides contact details for Publisher Linda Ritchie Lindus and staff, tips lines, and subscription services. It outlines letters to Voice of the Reader including length, signing, and verification requirements, plus submission methods and Saturday SoundOff notes.
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Unexplained Gulf War illnesses linger for Veterans
Of 697000 Gulf War veterans, about 150000 obtained VA disability for service related injuries. Roughly 12500 returned with unexplained multiple symptom illnesses that evaded current legal definitions under 1994 congressional legislation. One veteran endured hailstorms of Iraqi anti aircraft fire during combat.
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Veterans gain new disability benefits for Gulf War illnesses
Congress passes a law signed by President Bush expanding VA disability eligibility for medically unexplained chronic illnesses linked to Gulf War service. Beginning March 1, veterans with conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome may qualify, with an extended deadline to 2011 and an expected 3,000 more recipients averaging about $8,000 yearly. Daniel Steele, who died in 1999 after Gulf War symptoms, is cited as emblematic of prior denials.
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Reader Letters Cite Edge Of School Fitness And Politics
A reader warns against cutting daily physical education amid trends in local districts and cites CDC obesity data. The letter urges schools to maintain fitness integrated with core subjects and lifelong health. It also includes strong criticism of Ann Coulter and a blunter attack on social security raises and congressional pay.
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Illinois
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Adolescents
U.S
Muir’s Prayer View Sparks Graduation Debate
Jim Muir’s Tuesday column argues state sponsored prayer at graduations is inappropriate and often illegal. He views public school ceremonies as official events where religious content belongs to individuals’ private belief, not institutionally endorsed worship.
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George W and taxes in a gray political war of words
The piece rails at Bush era tax politics as a gray war on taxation and spending. It contrasts Republican tax cuts with Democratic spending, notes deficits, cites Texas and Florida examples, and recalls the Reagan era supply side debates while lampooning political rhetoric.
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