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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2002
Page
4
Publisher Linda Ritchie Lindus and staff invite reader letters up to 250 words. Contact details include phone and email for news tips, letters, and classifieds. The piece outlines submission rules, editorial staff, and policy on letters, voicing readers through Voice of the Reader and The Vent columns.
A preliminary report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer finds tobacco smoke more harmful to both smokers and non-smokers, with non-smoker risk up two to three times higher for certain cancers and a 20 percent rise in lung cancer risk from secondhand exposure. A Miami jury awarded 5.5 million to a flight attendant blaming secondhand smoke.
Southern Illinois Healthcare with Memorial Hospital Carbondale Herrin St Joseph Memorial Murphysboro teams with American Heart Association Franklin Williamson Bi County Health Department Illinois State Police John A Logan College SIU Carbondale Prairie Heart Institute and local agencies to place 20 automatic external defibrillators regionwide. Additional units planned at SIUC Recreation and Student Centers.
Leonard Pitts profiles Tom Cherry son of a Birmingham church bombing suspect. He recounts the father's conviction for the 1963 bombing and Tom's moral awakening, arguing that doing right often demands guts over doubt. The piece contrasts personal cost with public blame and questions complicity in a racist era.
Regional safety brief urges focus on defensive driving training amid several serious accidents. Questions raised about certification of instructors and their qualifications to teach safe operating procedures. Emphasis on speed control, night driving challenges, and treating the vehicle as a deadly weapon rather than a toy.
A reader praises reporter Linda A Krutsinger for the June 17 front page story on ABATE members promoting motorcycle safety education. The letter recounts early SIU efforts, funding from license plate fees, and a CZ 175cc safety cycle now in Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.
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