Struggle for Care as Paralyzed Miller Fights State Aid
Richard Miller of Herrin and his mother Idasuie Melvin challenge Illinois Public Aid over a proposed 160 dollar monthly payment for 24 hour care. They call the offer insulting as Miller relies on Social Security and Medicaid, while the grandmother’s income ended, leaving them financially strained and seeking legal aid and Governor Thompson’s intervention.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern
Crab Orchard Lake
Melvin
Johnetta Jordan
Public Aid Department
Miller
Ms. Jordan
Jordan
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Legal Aid
James Thompson
Thompson
Ocean odyssey of Attig family spans seven seas
Donald Attig and his wife Donna sail the schooner Prince of Monaghan with their one year old Omar, voyage begun in 1976 from Seneca. They seek Ireland and Azores as part of a dream to study cancer data and diet. Donna teaches sailing, Donald navigates and gathers cancer incidence data for the Attig Research Foundation while awaiting a potential book and future return.
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Attig
Donna
Omar
Seven Seas
Prince of Monaghan
Donald
Seneca
Azores
Cork Island
Ireland
Omar Attig
Pontiac, Ll
Vera Mueller
Murphysboro
Kinsale
United States
Irwin Mueller
Carbondale Community High School
Dyraplex Company
Herrin
Mueller
Protage Des Sioux
Attig Research Foundation
Mississippi River
Florida
Muellers
States
Winter visitors brighten the yard with bold birds
Ben Gelman notes beyond the common cardinals and juncos a string of unusual winter visitors. Evening grosbeaks and goldfinches visit feeders, while a red breasted nuthatch joins the yard list. Local residents share sightings and seed tips as winter birds brighten bleak days.
Home Remedies of the Illinois Ozarks narrated by Leo Hindman
Leo Hindman recalls an old time remedy from his Perry County campaign tale about cow dung poultice for neuralgia. He notes no follow up on the outcome, then cites a child’s eye remedy using cow manure wrapped in cloth. The booklet warns these are not medical treatments but a showcase of Southern Illinois ingenuity.
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Illinois Ozarks
Illinois
Illinois hotline set to aid coal shortfall homes
Low on coal supply in Illinois triggers a state energy hotline 217-782-1986 for heat aid. The Illinois Division of Energy reports less than 2 percent of homes use coal and will connect stockpiling dealers with needy families. The United Mine Workers will not block emergency private home deliveries.
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Illinois United Mine Workers of America
SiU scholars to publish largest Vietnamese English dictionary
SIU Carbondale linguistics professors Dinh Hoa Nguyen and Charles Parish start a three year project funded by a 97000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create a Vietnamese English English Vietnamese dictionary of about 40000 entries. The work will aid refugees students teachers and scholars and include technical terms and contemporary Communist vocabulary. They will consult scholars at universities the Library of Congress and Vietnamese publications in Hanoi Saigon Paris and elsewhere.
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SIU News Service
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
National Endowment For the Humanities
Siu-C
Dinh Hoa Nguyen
Charles Parish
Vietnam
Nguyen
United States
Parish
Library of Congress
Hanoi
Saigon
Paris
Evan Smith wins Horseman of the Year in Southern Illinois
Evan Smith of Akin receives the annual Horseman of the Year award from the Illinois Western Horse Show and Racing Association at a Du Quoin dinner attended by about 300 enthusiasts. The 64 year old breeder and oil field worker has raised championship quarter horses and mentored youth, including protégés at racetracks. Previous winners include Harold Marienthaler, L. B. McMahon, and Lee Lawrence. the association has 17 Southern Illinois saddle clubs.
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Karen Rothe
Smith
Akin
Southern Illinois
Association
Linden Swetland
du Quoin
Swetland
Lyle Wyat
Don
Macedonia
Mae
Harold Marienthaler
Pinckneyville
L. B. McMahon
Vergennes
U.S. Army
Lee Lawrence
Mt. Vernon
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Donald and
Donna Attig
ED Greer
Darrin Bycus
Pat O’donnell
Carbondale
Richard Miller
Lake Fall
By Chris Moenich
Southern Illinoisan
Donald Attig
Ben Gelman
John Hayward
Route 4
Ruth Tindall
Murphys- Yoro
Don Holland
Shirley Dybvig
Route 5
Siu
Oaid Nguyen
Evan Smith
Lonesome Earl
King Pin Kerry
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