Doctors call for ban on abortions at hospital here
Physicians at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale sent a petition signed by 44 doctors to the hospital services board urging policies banning abortions on site. The medical staff voted to let the petition stand, declining to take a formal position, while noting signatories represented about half the staff and some residents.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Sheffield Boardman Jr
J the Petit
Neill Valdes
Board of Southern Illinois Hospital Services
Boardman
Valdes
Memorial Hospital
Granite City
Cape Girardeau
Hospital
Hospital Board of Trustees
Birthright
George Maroney
YMCA Facility Sold to Carbondale Park District for 275000
The Jackson County YMCA building in Carbondale was bought by Carbondale Park District for 275000 to serve as a community recreation center with a focus on a swimming pool. The asset purchase agreement preserves day care, YMCA members’ access, and employment for YMCA staff, with terms including five years of day care, seven years of swimming lessons, and honoring family memberships.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Ymca
Carbondale Park
Park District
George Whitehead
Carbondale
YMCA
Price
Ymca Board
Ed Reeder
Reeder
Correct pupil name for Carbondale teacher story
An error in a March 6 Southern Illinois article about Carbondale kindergarten teacher Marilyn Sanders listed a pupil incorrectly. The correct name is Betsy Brown.
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Marilyn Sanders
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Sander
Betsy Brown
Award Honored Kindergarten Teacher Inspires Students
Nancy Weil reports Marilyn Sanders, substitute at Winkler School, named one of Illinois top 50 kindergarten teachers for 28 years of service in Carbondale District 95. Principal Judie Pike and Superintendent William Thomas praise her for home visits, patient teaching, and dedication that fosters student love and respect. Steffen Brown, 6, notes her as a good teacher.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Marilyn Sanders
Winkler
Oak Brook
Carbondale
Sanders
Judie Pike
Mrs. Sanders
William Thomas
Kindergarten Teacher Honored for Illinois Award
Mrs. Sanders, named among Illinois' best kindergarten teachers, discusses the challenges of early education. She notes social and basic skill development can be frustrating as children learn. She cautions against overreliance on computers while stressing rapport and love in teaching. The Mount Vernon native and her husband William have a daughter, Amy.
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Illinois
Sanders
Farm bill moves to probable veto
Washington AP says Congress sends President Reagan a farm credit rescue package headed for his first veto of 1985. The House approved 255 to 168 on party lines. The bill draws criticism as a budget bus ter with extra aid for drought Africa.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
House
White House
Africa
Senate
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thompson proposes $18.7 billion Illinois budget for education and elderly aid
Gov. James Thompson unveils a ninth state budget funded by growth taxes and cigarette and car sale levies. Highlights include $330 million more for K-12 and $147 million for higher education, expanded elderly care, a Manteno veterans home, 17 new child abuse investigators, and a doubled Independent Living program to $1.8 million with new centers planned in three cities.
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Springfield
James Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
Manteno
Chicago
State Department of Children and Family Services
Department
Turks and Caicos chief minister arrested in Miami drug plot
Norman Saunders 41, the Turks and Caicos Islands chief minister, and three others including two senior government officials were arrested in a Miami hotel by DEA undercover agents. They are charged with conspiring to use the island chain as a narcotics smuggling base into the United States after accepting undercover cash payments.
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New York Times
Miami
Turks and Caicos Islands
Bahamas
United States
Drug Enforcement Administration
Norman Saunders
Turks and Caicos
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