Community of Hope Rises From Disaster in Southern Illinois
An editorial reflects on the Memorial weekend tornado impact in Marion and Southern Illinois. It praises heroism at Town and Country, hospital staffs, Red Cross and responders, and calls for organized recovery, relief, shelter, and ongoing communal support to turn tragedy into collective resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Southern Illinois
Marion Memorial Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Herrin Hospital
Red Cross
Ooe
Congress finds footing with moderates in Senate and House
A bipartisan moderates group drafts an alternative budget aiming for middle ground as Reagan era battles fade. Lawmakers say the plan signals a shift toward suburban, education-focused voters and a generation less bound by party discipline, despite questions about passage and political risk.
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Steven V. Roberts
New York Times
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
Congress
Washington
Rep
Jim Leach
Iowa
Con
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Leach
Bronx
Chicago
Rockies
Denver
San Jose
Calif
Gephardt
Fahner pushes for statewide grand jury amid drug crime politics
Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner touts proposed bills to seize drug dealer assets and curb look-alike drugs while seeking a statewide grand jury to handle crimes across counties. House has passed two Fahner measures, but the grand jury bill stalls amid Democratic friction and debates over local prerogatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrone Fahner
Illinois
Fahner
Illinois House
Trading With Communism Dominates Summit Agenda
West German Economics Minister Otto Lambsdorff signals possible Versailles accord letting market forces govern East West trade with the Soviet Union and bloc nations while limiting government credits. He notes German trade with the USSR remains small but stresses political importance of trade linked to arms talks, and rejects kneecapping the Soviets for political reasons.
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Leonard Silk
New York Times
Bonn
Versailles
France
United States
Otto Lambsdorff
Soviet Union
Et Union
Lambsdorff
West Germany
Switzerland
Geneva
Letters on Secular Humanism Draw Fire and Fear
In a Carbondale protest handed down through a faith lens, critics warn that Secular Humanism endangers unborn life and moral order, accusing schools and media of advancing an atheistic agenda. The piece casts humanism as a threat and urges readers to resist what it calls a looming cultural transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Freeze is first step to end arms race
The Southern Illinoisan editorial argues halting nuclear arms expansion is essential but cites two fallacies. It contends neither side has undeniable superiority as long as both can retaliate. It calls for a global halt to new weapons while negotiations pursue total reduction and elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Europe
U.S
European
Soviet Union
United States
Southern
Ilinoisan
America
Russia
Nuclear freeze plea opposes new arms race in Illinois
Anne Scott of Marion insists on a bilateral verifiable nuclear freeze to prevent a catastrophic escalation. She cites MX missiles Trident submarines and cruise missiles increasing first strike risk and urges public involvement, listing contacts Norma Wheeler in Marion and Heidi Fillmore in Carbondale.
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Norma Wheeler
Marion
Carbondale
Heidi Fillmore
Anne Scott Marion
Help Children Not Military Urges Life Saving Aid
Editor laments arms spending while a Pinckneyville child needs a bone marrow transplant. He argues for cutting wasteful programs to fund lifesaving care and cites comparisons to Europe and a British poet. The piece closes with a biblical and patriotic plea to remember.
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Southern Ilinoisan
U.S
Pinckneyville
England
United States
God of Hosts
Lawrence Radliffe Marion
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