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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 2004
Page
1
Marines report killing 25 Iraqi insurgents in a combat operation. Firefighters battle intense heat to manage the scene. Jerry Goldsmith, Oscar winning composer, dies. Weather outlook: today mostly cloudy with showers possible, high mid 80s, northeast winds. Tonight mostly cloudy with isolated storms, low mid 60s. Saturday partly cloudy, showers 20 percent, high lower 80s.
At Westown Shell Carbondale Gary Sisk, longtime mechanic, has taken on part time duty enforcing payment after three months of chasing a motorist who pumped $23 of fuel then fled. He horned, waved and pursued the car, calling the act theft. Fellow veteran Henry Hand notes increased incidents amid higher prices but says he’s aging out of the pursuit.
Bob Buttrum, owner of Midway Mart with his wife in Bluford, says he chased a suspect to protect his business. Local authorities cite increased vandalism and unpaid theft, prompting a Jefferson County training program on lawful remedies for property owners.
Southern Illinois Healthcare operates four facilities and fears a push for all-or-nothing changes to Senate Bill 2239. Leaders warn that life saving specialists and access to care could be hit if a deal isn’t reached as trial lawyers, doctors, and hospitals clash over personal-asset protection and hospital liability. The groups left the negotiating table amid the dispute and offered two amendments to the bill.
SIUC officials say they are studying how to extend medical benefits to employees with same sex partners, a move to be decided by the SIU board. Fall discussions are planned with input from campuses in Carbondale and Edwardsville, led by Seymour Bryson and under the watch of SIU President James Walker and Chancellor Walter Wendler.
Southern Illinois officials embrace the 570 page independent commission report after 20 months of study on what worked and what failed during the Sept 11 attacks. U S Rep John Shimkus cites proposed reforms including a Cabinet level intelligence director a single counterterrorism center and a joint congressional homeland security committee. Durbin commends the non partisan thoroughness of the document.
Recommendations call for a central high level intelligence director to oversee 15 agencies, a National Counterterrorism Center, a global strategy to dismantle Osama bin Laden's network, stronger domestic safeguards, and increased congressional oversight of intelligence and counterterrorism bodies.
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