Bethalto rally builds drive for heart transplant fund
In Bethalto and nearby areas residents organize bingo games dances and dinners to raise about 200000 for electrician Billy Kirby to undergo a heart transplant at Stanford. Donations totaled 13300 by Sunday and events expanded after a 100 gift sparked community action with Gov. Thompson declaring Bill Kirby Week.
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Bethalto
Alton
Billy Kirby
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto
Calif
Owens Illinois Inc
Godfrey
Kirby
California
Bethalto Boys
Doneeta Kallal
Miles Brueckner
Bill Kirby
Reagan attacks budget opponents in Alabama speech
President Reagan harshly assailed lawmakers who denounce deficits on TV but back budget busting in private committees. He defended his tax plan, urged Main Street America to back his fiscal program, and warned he would use the presidential veto if needed. He pushed new federalism returning 47 federal programs to states and sought support from governors and donors during a two day southern swing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Reagan
South
Congress
Capitol Hill
Washington
Alabama
America
White House
GOP
Rain dampens shuttle landing plans at Edwards Air Force Base
Rain soaked Rogers Dry Lake Bed prompts space shuttle officials to consider changing Columbia's landing site or delaying launch set for March 22. North and middle lakebed areas remain underwater with more rain possible, possibly pushing a March 29 landing if dry conditions fail to emerge. Kennedy Space Center and White Sands contingency sites remain under review.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Rogers Dry Lake
Space Shuttle
Columbia
Air Force
Wayne Specht
Specht
NASA
Space Agency
Hugh Harris
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Edwards
Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
KSC
Rocky Raab
Cookies lace case at Southern Illinois University campus
A chemistry professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville received chocolate chip cookies laced with cyanide. Tests by the state Public Health Department confirmed the poison, but no one ate the cookies and the student sender is not yet a suspect.
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Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
Randy Rushing
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
State Public Health Department
Michael S. Matta
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and Rates
The Southern Illinoisan lists offices in Carbondale Herrin and Marion with daily and Sunday service. Rates shown include carrier four week periods and mail subscriptions across Illinois and outside areas. Contact numbers and post office address are provided for subscriptions and classifieds.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Three climbers summit McKinley in winter record
ANCHORAGE Alaska AP two Americans and a Welsh climber spent 22 weeks in 40 below zero to complete the second winter ascent of Mount McKinley. Mike Young 29 a physician from Orono Maine Jonathan Waterman 25 an Outward Bound instructor from Boulder Colorado and Roger Mear 32 a climbing instructor from northern Wales were flown off Talkettena with mild frostbite and a broken leg on the descent Guide Ray Genet led the first winter ascent in 1967.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Mike Young
Orono
Maine
Jonathan Waterman
Boulder
Colo
Talkeetna
Roger Mear
Wales
Ray Genet
McKinley
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Lucille Lewis
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Roy S. White
Doctor of Chiropractic
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