Murphysboro Surges Past Carbondale In Regional Thriller
Murphysboro defeats Carbondale in a Class AA regional basketball game as late momentum shifts leave unanswered players Angie Halteman and Teresa Horn watching the scoreboard in a tense final period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Terrier
Angie Halteman
Eft
Teresa Horn
Murphysboro
Former Sen. Clifford Case dies at 77 in Washington
Former Republican Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey died Friday night at Georgetown University Hospital at age 77 after surgery for a malignant lung tumor. He had been hospitalized since February 10 for breathing difficulties and cancer spread to his other lung was noted. Case served in the House after 1938 and the Senate from 1955 until his 1978 primary defeat by Jeffrey Bell. Governor Thomas H. Kean called him a great statesman and counselor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Case
Georgetown University Hospital
Lucy Fusco
Senate
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Bell
Capitol Hill
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
New York
Rahway
Byrd to seek limits on troops to El Salvador
Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd said he will propose an amendment to require congressional approval before U S troops are sent to El Salvador. He warned against creeping escalation and urged a full debate, citing existing War Powers Act limits and about 50 advisers already in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
U.S
el Salvador
Byrd
D-W. Va
Congress
West Virginia
United States
Vietnam
Weather outlook with sunny and cold today
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny weather with a high in the 30s and a cold night with a low in the upper teens to low 20s. Monday brings mostly sunny skies and a warmer high in the 40s, with Tuesday and Wednesday fair and slightly warmer. Thursday is partly cloudy and mild with a high near 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Women Still Face Math Barriers for Girls’ Careers
University of Wisconsin professor Elizabeth Fennema spoke at an Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She argued sex related differences influence girls math choices, noting earlier gains but stronger gaps in advanced coursework and suggesting classroom and societal beliefs hinder female progress in mathematics and related fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Elizabeth Fennema
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lucy Sells
Fennema
Also Mentioned on This Page
March
Rich Saal
Benton
Cairo
Okanville
Pinckneyville
SIU
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Thomas H. Kean
Kean
Wall Street
Clifford
Haig
Salvador
Guatemala
Ann Landers
Joe Jines