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Column notes Pinckneyville Perry County board weighs selling mobile homes if taxes remain unpaid. Royalton Rea Clinic opens in Christopher and will add Royalton office. West Frankfort aquatics center nears public opening. Court report lists lawsuits across Franklin Perry Jackson Union Williamson counties. United Airlines unveils new business plan. Al-Qaida follower gets life for shoe bomb. Arabs try to drive wedge between Saddam and generals. Weather: occasional rain showers today with mid-40s high and 80 percent rain chance. tonight cloudy with lower 30s. Saturday partly cloudy with mid-40s high.
SIUC talks end after binding arbitration is rejected
Negotiations between Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty and the administration collapse as binding arbitration is rejected by the administration and the faculty reject the final offer. Chancellor Walter Wendler said no binding outline was accepted, and faculty president Morteza Daneshdoost called the move the end of talks. See CONTRACT on page 2A.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SIUC
Walter Wendler
Morteza Daneshdoost
Angels by Osamu Tsukimori at St. Andrew School
About 140 Murphysboro students watched 34 Little Angels dancers in blue and white costumes perform a Korean traditional dance. The group, founded in 1965, has given over 5,000 performances in 50 countries including the United Nations and royal audiences.
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St. Andrew School
Murphysboro
Korea
Little Angels
United Nations
Sung Sook Cho
Little Angels perform at Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale
The Little Angels sing and dance to promote friendship with Korea at Souther Illinois University. The 7:30 p.m. show at Shryock Auditorium costs $22 with a $6 child discount. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Erin O Neill and Hillary Hillesheim, both 13, praised the performance as really cool.
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The
Little Angels
Shryock Auditorium
Souther Illinois University
Carbondale
Korea
St. Andrew
Erin O’neill
Hillary Hillesheim
Tamms man sentenced to four years in murder case
A 21-year-old Tamms man Maurice DeShay Carter pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery in the death of Marcus Samuel Thomas 21 of Harvey Ill Thomas was shot in the back during an early morning March 17 2001 robbery in Carbondale He received a four year prison term while another suspect Terron Price remains at large and faces first degree murder and armed robbery charges Clark faces federal drug charges no charges filed yet Wepsiec urged the four year term for Carters lookout role.
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Third St
Tamms
Thomas
Price
Carter
Jeremy Clark
Harvey, Ill
E. College St
Carbondale
South Marion Street
S. Marion St
Jackson County
Mike Wepsiec
Clark
Wepsiec
E. Dan Kimmel
Dongola School Board Votes to Reopen After Illness Scan
The Dongola school board unanimously approved reopening the Grade School after a mysterious illness forced closure. Rashes appeared after winter break and tests by state and federal agencies have yet to reveal the cause. Illinois Labor officials will inspect the facilities and interview students, staff, and parents as a continuing diagnosis is pursued.
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Dongola
Jennifer Flowers
Flowers
Illinois Department of Labor
Labor Department
Illinois Department of Public Health
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Pinckneyville
Perry
Royalton
Rea Clinic
Christopher
West Frankfort
Aquatics Center
Franklin
Jackson
Union
Williamson Counties
United Airlines
Al-Qaida
Saddam
Diamond Hayes
Thomas School
Thesouthern
the Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Press Association
LaVina Freeman
Eastern Illinois
Matthew Garwin
da Yun Park
Osamu Tsukimori
Tamms Man
Mark Lambird
Dongola School Board
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