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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 2002
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan provides guidelines for letters to Voice of the Reader and The Vent. Readers must sign letters with a hometown, keep under 250 words, and include a verifiable phone number. Submissions may be edited and poetry or mass submissions are not published. SoundOff page runs Saturdays with a separate contact: sisoundoff yahoo.com.
A long time subscriber defends The Southern editorial on abortion. He supports adopting instead of abortion until life begins and questions birth control morality. He cites potential lost future talents and asks readers if 43 million deaths prevented any future greats.
A Jan 23 article notes Southern Illinois oil producers face challenges and 1,700 local jobs depend on the industry. The letter urges contacting Sen. Durbin and Sen. Fitzgerald to push two House measures: a $3 per barrel tax credit for the first three barrels daily when oil stays below $15, and extensions of tax limits on marginal wells, expired Dec. 31, from post September 11 stimulus packages.
A reader reports inadequate handicap parking at Murphysboro Middle School during a wrestling meet and girls basketball game. They describe a disabled parking space on Edith Street being occupied, forcing unloading in the street and requiring a transfer to a wheelchair. The writer urges the school board to add more accessible spaces to boost attendance and ease access for disabled patrons.
Bob and Sam Stotlar of Bob Stotlar Building Center in Marion lead a wave of local backing for the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. The couple gave a $1,000 contribution toward the $8 million facility, while city funding remains about $1 million short despite grants and a bond issue.
Washington bureau chief Carl Leabsdorf argues that unlike Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942, George W. Bush cannot drive his reelection solely through wartime leadership. He must balance homeland security with domestic priorities, economy, education, energy, and trade while facing shifting public concerns and ongoing political dynamics ahead of the 2004 election.
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