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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1985
Page
6
The Peace Museum in Chicago hosts The Writing on the Wall, a 56 work exhibit by international calligraphers and artists. The pieces address nuclear disarmament and world peace and run through April 28.
Washington AP reports that NSF will fund a five year 7 to 13 million dollar annual grant to the University of Illinois for a supercomputer center at Champaign Urbana led by Larry Smarr. State leaders Governor Thompson Sen. Simon Rep. Durbin and the Illinois delegation boosted the bid, securing federal and state backing to attract tech firms and create jobs. Buck’s center also gains state support and has won 9 million dollars in federal aid.
Public memorial service is planned for Wyndham J. Roberts known to central Illinois viewers as Mr. Roberts. He died Saturday at Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana at 76 after a chronic pulmonary disorder, following a last weather forecast for WCIA-TV where he worked since 1953.
A suburban Chicago woman launches a mother's milk bank to help infants unable to tolerate manufactured formulas. In Massachusetts, Iinoisan earns Brandeis Rosenstiel Medallion for basic research, to be awarded to Donald D Brown of Johns Hopkins and the Carnegie Embryology Department and to Robert L Letsinger of Northwestern University.
MIT researchers say obese individuals crave carbohydrates to lift mood. A daily low calorie snack such as a candy bar or English muffin could satisfy brain needs, improve concentration, and aid dieting by boosting serotonin levels. A study of 20 self described cravers supports this view.
Governor Thompson leads 100 plus officials on a two week mission to Hong Kong, China, and Japan to attract industrial development, promote Illinois as a convention and trade show site, and open an Illinois trade office in Shenyang, the state’s first in China. Proponents say the trip aims to create jobs and expand Illinois business ties while some legislators and leaders decline to join.
In Joliet family letters from Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco confirm the priest kidnapped in Beirut on Jan. 8 sent a note postmarked Feb. 19. Relatives, aided by bank handwriting checks and CRS officials, confirm authenticity and express guarded hope he is alive. State Department confirms receipt of the letter.
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