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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1981
Page
9
Jerry Lee Lewis, hospitalized since June 30 after severe stomach pains and blood in Missouri, has been taken off the critical list at Methodist Hospital South in Memphis. Doctors say his condition is serious but stable, with ICU care for one to two weeks.
The convicted extortion and mail fraud suspect Blanton, said by friends to be nearly broke, puts his four bedroom Nashville area house on the market through his son who works as a local realty agent. The Brentwood home bought in December 1978 for 130000 and now valued at about 179000 to 189000.
A compelling television documentary on the Horn of Africa crisis with eyewitness footage from Ethiopia Somalia and Kenya. It features mothers children and families struggling daily to stay alive and includes Carol Lawrence Dean Jones Dale Evans Efrem Zimbalist Jr and Stan Moonegham of World Vision.
Herrin Mayor Donald Swinford is among 21 Illinois officials invited to a White House briefing on the nation’s economic recovery program. He plans to go after local donations cover about half the $500 cost with city funds covering the rest and hopes to meet Rep. Paul Simon to discuss flooding. The briefing runs 8:30 a.m. to noon in the White House state dining room with about 150 officials from 10 states attending.
Indianapolis AP reports deputy sheriff Bob Maxey captured Oscar the alligator after seven deputies in wetsuits failed to net him in a neighbor’s fish pond. Oscar, kept in Charlies Mudd’s basement, escaped into a culvert and was wrestled to the ground before being sent to the Indianapolis Zoo.
Horoscope by Bernice Bede Osol lists daily zodiac guidance with cautions about luck money and relationships. Each sign offers specific warnings such as Virgo financial caution and Libra stubbornness, urging diplomacy for Aries and prudent boundaries for Aquarius and Gemini.
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