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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 2002
Page
1
A three part series begins Monday on tax growth outpacing paychecks. Other briefs note Paul Petty charged with armed violence, Perry County tax bills, a hospital license outlook, and a normalizing county pound after July Fourth. World and national items touch Castro and missing girl cases. Weather calls for sun and heat, with mid 90s highs.
Rescuers race to reach nine coal miners 240 feet underground at the Quecreek Mine after a drill bit broke, delaying an escape passage and risking hypothermia as water floods a four-foot-high passage. Gov. Schweiker voiced concern as a helicopter-delivered new bit arrived to resume drilling.
Red Jones of Benton, a veteran trail rider and founder of several local paths, attends the Nine-Day Trail Ride at an 80-acre Southern Illinois campground. He has ridden for decades and logged about 1,800 miles on trails so far this year, calling the event his annual home.
Carbondale City Council approves an agreement to recoup 420000 from a 2000 census undercount. Murphysboro and state agencies must also sign, with payments and population figures to be recalculated. The plan includes escrow handling and waivers if future census appeals change totals.
CHICAGO AP Readers recall Ann Landers as a guiding force as newspapers across the country publish her posthumous finale. Esther Lederer’s daughter notes the era ending while publishers consider successors like Dear Abby and Annie's Mailbox. Orbital shifts leave Chicago Tribune weighing what to run in place.
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