Build Illinois starts with Southern roads repair plan
Southern Illinois faces disastrous roads due to repeated freeze thaw cycles and severe terrain. Union and Johnson counties struggle with muddy back roads, cutting emergency access and disrupting life while counties seek 2.7 million for this year’s work. Local funding must be included, with possible tax increases.
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James Thompson
Illinois
Union County
Johnson County
Wade Hudgens
Thompson
U.S
Ken Gray
Golconda
Freeport
Clinic Extends Evening Hours Amid Health Care Rivalry
The Carbondale Clinic launches evening office hours, intensifying a long running rivalry with Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Hospital Administrator George Maroney warns of potential ER rate hikes if the clinic captures evening emergency visits, while supporters tout improved access and quality of life for Carbondale residents.
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Carbondale
Clinic
Memorial Hospital of
George Maroney
Memorial
United States
Teens face higher pregnancy rates despite liberal sex education
A Alan Guttmacher Institute report shows U S teenage pregnancies at 96 per 1000 for ages 15 to 19, while Canada, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, and England and Wales post rates under half. The institute says liberal attitudes toward sex, easy access to contraception, and strong sex education programs correlate with lower teen pregnancy, abortion, and childbearing.
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Alan Guttmacher Institute of
New York
Canada
Netherlands
France
Sweden
England
Wales
Doctors did right thing Editor letter to the Southern Illinoisan
A reader supports Memorial Hospital doctors who signed a petition to restrict abortion participation. The writer argues doctors should not be compelled to perform or assist abortions, questions civil liberties groups and rights, and asks whether the ACLU would defend the doctors.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
American Civil Liberties Union
Carbondale
Gorbachev power shift eyed by Reagan aides
The shift to Mikhail Gorbachev amplifies cautious White House hopes for future Soviet reforms and steadier East West ties while officials foresee no immediate policy changes. Moscow signals continuity in leadership as Chernenko’s death fades, with Gorbachev praised for youth and economic focus yet wary of Western criticism.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Kremlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Geneva
State Department
Chernenko
Gorbachev
Communist Party
White House
Politburo
Grigory V. Romanov
Leningrad
Romanov
U.S
Britain
Canada
Moscow
Soviet Union
Thane Gustafson
Georgetown Center For Strategic and International Studies
United States
Moscow State University
End of an Era for Southern Illinois Orchardists
Dan McGuire announces sale at public auction after decades of Orchards and Market near Makanda along Illinois 51. He cites persistent weather losses, droughts, cold snaps, and rising costs, forecasting a new life as an employee while thanking customers, workers, and Southern Illinois neighbors for generations of support.
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Dan McGuire
McGuire
Makanda
Illinois 51
Carbondale
McGuires
E. D. McGuire
Irene
Brad
Dana
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Reagan overreaches on mandate after landslide win
In a post election push, President Reagan seeks deep cuts to federal programs, facing resistance from the Senate Budget Committee. Despite a broad victory, lawmakers warn against assuming a public mandate for sweeping changes, noting discontent over farm aid and social programs and signaling more fights ahead in Congress.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
NEW York
Reagan
America
Senate Budget Committee
Amtrak
Senate
William Armstrong
Colorado
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Larry Speakes
White House
Walter Mondale
Small Business Administration
Speakes
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Ronald Reagan
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Mikel
Ninv
U. S. 51
Boondocks
Franklin Roosevelt
Maine
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Great Society
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
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