Letters Policy and Reader Contact for The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan publishes daily from Carbondale Illinois and invites reader letters up to 250 words. Letters must be signed with author name and hometown and include a phone number for verification. poetry, mass submissions, or libelous content are not published.
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Pinckneyville letters criticize entertainment and war coverage
Readers in Pinckneyville react to national politics and local entertainment. Bernard Dick Coppen and Dona Spencer Benton weigh in on Bush remarks, Iraq casualties, Shirk's venue, and the Perry County Fair queen pageant. The letters urge local action to curb controversial acts and explain contraceptive mechanisms and abortion claims.
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Jeff Smyth
Shirk’s
Perry County
Hidden taxes and heroes praised in Southern Illinois voters notes
The Southern Illinoisian cites Don Burnett and Wilbert H. Pick among others for acts and issues in July 11 2003 coverage. Pinckneyville weighs emergency dispatch consolidation saving 70000 yearly. Blagojevich fee hikes spark concerns. coal act promises financing. a park project gains backing. a theater restoration effort begins. peach growers and missing child alert tech are noted. Marion seeks a water reservoir amid shortages.
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Don Burnett
Anna
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Burnett
Varsity
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Saline County
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Calla
Wilbert H. Pick
Pick
Pinckneyville
Marion
Illinois
America unprepared for another terror attack warns Rudman
David Broder reports on Warren Rudman and Gary Hart who warned seven months before 9/11 that the United States is poorly organized to protect the homeland. The focus is on first responders and the gap between needed and funded equipment and training.
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Colorado
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Wyoming
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