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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 2002
Page
1
A 1972 Nixon Kissinger exchange reveals the president considered using a nuclear bomb against North Vietnam before escalation was ordered. The note quotes Kissinger’s cautious response, stressing the action would be too much. The article also notes Gates remains the richest person and Forbes figures.
Best Buy plans a Carbondale store at 1270 E. Main St boosting employment by 90. A new Holiday Inn & Suites at Reed Station Road to include 100 rooms, a restaurant, pool, and conference facilities will add about 125 jobs. Construction may begin late this year.
More than 5,000 fans pack SIU Arena in Carbondale to hear Styx and REO Speedwagon, Illinois origins and longtime rock rivals, perform two-hour sets of familiar hits. The crowd embraces classics like Come Sail Away and Keep on Loving You while veteran members rotate with replacements, amid health updates on Chuck Panozzo and a lasting sense of era-spanning appeal.
Meteorologist Cal Sisto warns rain and cold will spread across the eastern half of the U.S. this weekend. The shift north reduces expected impact on the region but Saturday night remains treacherous for Missouri Valley Conference travelers to St. Louis.
Senate negotiators reached a general agreement to triple ethanol use in cars and ban MTBE, aiming to curb water pollution. The unusual deal involves environmentalists, oil companies, and farmers, and faces congressional approval amid talks on broad clean water measures.
Patricia McSmith recalls August 21 1933 when her grandfather Leonard Lon Sizemore a Carbondale Police veteran of 10 years was shot while answering a noise complaint on South Marion Street Joe Brinson was killed in a later exchange and Sizemore will be engraved on federal and state memorials as the department honors its first line of duty death.
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