New findings and SIDS study by Pam Billingsley
Medical science advances in mapping Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Illinois study shows crib death as major infant killer, often linked to anemia, smoking, or drug exposure during pregnancy. Research notes no single cause, but multiple factors raise risk and chronic lack of oxygen seen at autopsy. Counseling and support urged for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Billingsley
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Department of Public Health
Springfield
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Marie Valdes-Dapena
Medical Research Board
National
Sids Foundation
Valdes-Capena
Valdes-Dapena
Nancy Reinning
Ilinois
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ilinois Department of Public Health
West
Jefferson Street
Circus themed dialysis day uplifts patients and staff
Nurses and staff dressed as clowns and provided costumes for patients during a dialysis unit event. Activities included wheelchair races, games, prizes, balloons, cotton candy, and sno cones. A circus train and paper bag banners decorated the walls to lift spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ney
Maril Clark
Darlene Iman
Tom Odum
Good Old Labels Bombard Consumer Sense of Calorie Truth
Erma Bombeck riffs on product labels that claim to be meaningful while exposing the flood of additives and terms like calories per serving. She laments the shift from the simple past to a world of complex ingredients and obscure jargon in everyday items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Washington
Dear Ann Landers
Annie
Hattiesburg
Ann Landers tackles funeral guests and bias in letters
In a reader’s tale about a crowded funeral visitation, Ann Landers urges decisive exit times to protect grieving families. A second letter ridicules discrimination claims about homosexuals, arguing for practical tolerance and fairness in public boards.
At Wit's End dental care as described in anecdote
A fragment recalls a household reaction to a cosmetic product. The narrator lists ingredients sodium ascorbate and preservatives while describing routine hygiene. An offhand dialogue with a husband ends with cautions about flames freezing eyes and child safety.
Secretaries group installs officers for 1980 81
The Carbondale chapter of the National Secretaries Association installed new officers for 1980 81 led by President Donna M Biggs of SIU Carbondale. Other officers include Becky Schierbaum Nikki Perschbacher Jan McGee and Pansy Jones. Meetings are at 6 30 p m on the fourth Tuesday in the First National Bank community room Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Donna M. Biggs
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Technical Careers
Becky Schierbaum
Shepard Railroad Service
Shepard Emergency Service
Nikki Perschbacher
First National Bank & Trust Co
Jan McGee
Econolease Corp
Pansy Jones
Siuc Department of Speech Communication
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Arizona
Jear Ann Landers
Dad
Smithtown
Atlanta
Hattin
Aru
Bacall
W. Monroe Herrin
Speciail
Wit’s End
Frankfort Museum
Frankfort Area
E. St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Olan Mills
Donna Biggs
NSA
General Electric
BTU
Williams
Chestnut E
Murphysboro
Southern
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