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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 2004
Page
1
Page 6A notes ongoing debate over shutting down the prison. Other items include Benton Hogg Farm Rally returns on Page 1B and Carterville community center taking shape on Page 1B. Also reported are a meth case bond denial in Benton and remembrance of newspaperman John H. Barton on Page 1B.
Outside today expect mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms and highs in the mid 80s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows around 70. Friday brings another round of partly cloudy skies and a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with highs in the mid 80s. Light winds throughout.
The AFSCME union says the four year tentative contract with Governor Rod Blagojevich is the nation’s most lucrative of its kind this year. The deal, reached after months of talks, awaits ratification by rank and file members amid a reported state budget deficit. Details were not disclosed by either side.
Murphysboro church mourns Robert Jacobs 62 who was killed in Riyadh six days earlier. He trained Saudi national guards in graphic design and lived in Saudi Arabia seven years, with investigators treating the death as a possible terrorist act while friends recall his motorcycle passion and long friendship with Brad Hinchcliff. Local workers face Middle East risks as private firms operate abroad.
A reader prompt questions whether U S policy adequately safeguards contractors abroad and invites public input via the Southern newspaper website. The message emphasizes accountability and policy debate on worker protections overseas.
Carbondale City Council deadlocked 3-3 over Mayor Brad Coles proposal to cap pain and suffering damages at three times economic damages in malpractice suits and keep Jackson County cases in county court The absence of Maggie Flanagan and councilor Sheila Simons legal concerns left the plan in limbo with critics arguing it may overstep home rule and fail to curb rising insurance costs See Carbondale page 2A.
A St. Clair County judge approved a class action certification for the Tamaroa derailment case against Canadian National Railway Illinois Central Railroad. The ruling allows all plaintiffs to join and have cases tried together, with more residents eligible to be added. The Feb 9 2003 derailment caused evacuations and chemical spills in Tamaroa.
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