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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 2008
Page
2
Subscriptions and delivery dates announced for The Southern Illinoisan readers in Carbondale Murphysboro and De Soto areas and Williamson County. Contact numbers and hours provided for home delivery, classifieds ads, and display ads with notices of double Sunday papers on Feb 3 and 10, 2008.
A call for readers to report inaccuracies in The Southern includes Jackson County and toll free options with extensions for submitting corrections.
In Freeman Spur, a coal mining village of about 300, residents recall a once bustling area called The Patch with five grocers and taverns. Elder residents, including Vincent Talluto and Cecilia Adelsberger, share memories of school life, race integration, mine operations, and a town now refreshed by Mayor Curt Spaven’s efforts to curb vandalism and restore facilities while maintaining frugal finances.
Highlights recount on this date in history including Charles Starkweather’s 1958 killings and his girlfriend’s fate, Louis XVI’s 1793 execution, various political events in Mexico and New York, Lenin’s 1924 death, USS Nautilus 1954 launch, Clinton Lewinsky controversy, Hispanics surpassing blacks, a major Mexican earthquake, and Hugo Chavez’s remarks to US officials.
Suzanne Pleshette, famed for portraying Bob Newhart's wife on television, dies at 70 near Los Angeles from respiratory failure days before a star ceremony. She battled lung cancer with chemotherapy in 2006 and was to attend the Jan 31 Walk of Fame ceremony, marked by tributes from Bob Newhart and family.
The Bob Newhart Show featured Chicago psychiatrist Bob Newhart with eccentric patients and wife played by Suzanne Pleshette. After 1978 a successful Newhart series showed him running a New England inn with more eccentrics. The final episode has a dream twist with Pleshette.
A 1995 parental notification law awaits rules from the Illinois Supreme Court, delayed until 2006 when Attorney General Lisa Madigan urged action. Officials warn absence of enforcement encourages out of state abortions, while experts note border crossing patterns and potential future declines once in effect.
The Guttmacher Institute reports Indiana 8.6, Iowa 10.6, Kentucky 4.4, Missouri 6.9, Illinois 18.9 abortions per 1000 women in 2005, with Illinois showing a 19 percent drop since 2000. The US rate reaches its lowest level since Roe v. Wade.
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