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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 2002
Page
1
The New York judge approved a plan to distribute about 1100 in severance to roughly 4500 Enron workers laid off after the bankruptcy filing. No distribution date was announced. The article also notes a classroom animal program and a cruise ship overboard rescue case, plus a local forecast and subscription info from The Southern Illinoisan.
AFSCME filed a Madison County suit asking to delay a state require 60 000 employees to take an unpaid day off from March 15 to June 30. The union seeks quick arbitration while Gov. Ryan presses layoffs to close a 500 million shortfall. A Friday hearing is scheduled.
Marion city council approves a 12820 dollar project to replace all four clock faces and timing gears in the square tower. Mayor Bob Butler notes the clock has stopped and the bell silent for some time while a Missouri clockmaker cited motor-face misalignment and wind stress as causes.
Betty Jean Frier 81 lives alone in Benton and recounts ten years as a missionary in the Congo. The Benton native left nursing plans to answer God’s call, beginning her journey after high school and college at SIU and St Luke’s. See Congo on page 2A.
Carol Hale on Ron Hale’s Murphysboro route noticed piled papers at a customer home and called police at 7 15 am. Officers entered to find an elderly man in bad shape after water pipes burst from the cold. The man was taken to a St. Louis hospital in stable condition.
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