Neighbors in Dix win share of 6.2 million Lotto jackpot
Lorraine Bartlett 68 and Aline Tate 72, neighbors in a Dix retirement complex, share the Illinois Lotto 6.2 million prize after both win. Bartlett bought at Huck’s in Salem, Tate at Huck’s in Mount Vernon. Bartlett learned of her win from a newspaper and called a son in Boston.
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Dix
Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Jefferson County
Lorraine Bartlett
Aline Tate
Dale Arvidson
Public Information Direc
Tor
Arvidson
Huck’s
Mount Vernon
Salem
Bartlett
Tate
NAACP says city advisory group needed for black residents
Carbondale NAACP president Al Ross opposes dropping a police community relations advisory committee. He cites police harassment complaints and says federal mediator guidance was misrepresented in proposing no panel. Ross urges delay to discuss Justice Dept. findings and push for real accountability.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
NAACP
al Ross
Bill Dixon
Carbondale Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Ross
Dixon
U.S. Department of Justice
Patricia Glenn
Glenn
Ms. Glenn
Helen Westberg
Farmers on the Hill press for stricter farm bill terms
Members of the American Agriculture Movement marched in Washington to push for strict production controls and higher guaranteed prices to cover costs. Wayne Cryis of Puxico Missouri said they seek a fair marketplace, as the House plans to vote on the Senate bill providing 100 million dollars in interest rate subsidies and 1.85 billion in new loan guarantees.
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American Agriculture Movement Inc
Washington
Congress
Wayne Cryis
Puxico
House
Area gets $3 million for farms
Southern Illinois farmers will access more than 3 million in the state’s low interest agricultural loan program. Banks seek 105 million in deposits but $162 million is now tied to reduced-rate farm loans. A 50,000 ceiling on loans applies, with an average past loan under 25,000.
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Cheri Callahan
Springfield Bureau
Springfield
Southern Illinois
James H. Donnewald
Donnewald
Williamson County
Kis sing bandit tied to sly kiss robberies in Atlantic City
A 22 year old woman is held on charges she robbed men after slipping a knock out drug into their mouths while kissing them. Police had been seeking a woman posing as a prostitute dubbed the kis sing bandit as the motive and method were investigated.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Pensions favor wealthy veterans in elite military group
A Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study says two thirds of U S military retirees work past 65 and 60 percent of pension benefits go to the top 20 percent of families. It argues the 20 year retirement reduces retention and productivity and urges reform to align with private plans.
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New York Times
Washington
Center On
John Bickerman
Center
Defense Department
David A. Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
Pentagon
Maj
Pete Wyre
Budget Center
Bickerman
Banks with farm funds in Southern Illinois banks
Banks across Jackson, Franklin, Johnson, Perry, Randolph and Union counties participate in a farm funds program. Amounts listed include Jackson County First National Bank Ava 450000 Franklin County Benton Community Bank 550000 First Community Bank West Frankfort 100000Johnson County Goreville State Bank 250000 Drovers State Bank Vienna Perry County Du Quoin National Bank 250000 Duen State Bank 300000 Murphy Wall State Bank Pinckneyville 100000 Randolph County State Bank of Prairie Du Roche 150000 First State Bank of Red Bud 000 Eagle Bank of Randolph County Sparta 250000 Union County The Anna National Bank 100000
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Jackson County
First National Bank
Ava
Franklin County
Benton Community Bank
First Community Bank
West Frankfort
Johnson County
Goreville
First State Bank of
Red Bud
Eagle Bank of
Randolph County
Sparta
Union County
the Anna National Bank
Melbourne robber pleads innocent in $1400 McDonald’s heist
Robert Matthews 39 pleads not guilty to four charges after admitting he robbed a Collingwood McDonald’s of 1400 dollars to fund his daughter Brooke’s heart and lung transplant in London. He says he acted under strain and would do it again to help Brooke.
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Melbourne
Australia
McDonald’s
London
Brooke
Robert Edward Matthews
Collingwood
Matthews
England
National Heart Hospital
Brooke Matthews
Deborah
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Blacks Need Advisory Group
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U.S
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