AAUW Essay Contest Awards And Other Local Events In Carbondale
A community calendar item previews the AAUW Women History Month program with essay contest awards at 7 30 p m at the Faculty Club 1000 S Elizabeth St Carbondale winners will read their essays on women they admire. Also planning meeting for Elkville High School reunion July 12 at Elkville Community Center. Driving review set 9 11 a m at the Senior Citizens Center Carbondale. The program On Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston runs 6 8 p m at SIUE East St Louis campus 411 E Broadway St co sponsored by Eugene B Edmond Writers Club and National Black Writers Conference of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAUW
S. Elizabeth St
Carbondale
Elkville
Elkville Community Center
Zora Neale Hurston
SIUE
United Airlines seeks to void labor contracts in bankruptcy
United Airlines asked a Chicago bankruptcy judge to nullify labor contracts unless unions concede long term cost cuts by May 1. If approved, United could impose stricter terms, a rare move in airline bankruptcies with broad industry implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Airlines
Chicago
Eugene Wedloff
United
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Glenn Tilton
Fort Worth, Texas
American Airlines
AMR Corp
Iraq
Climbers remove first of 18 redwood tree sitters in California
In Freshwater, four days after a court deadline, climbers hired by Pacific Lumber Co removed the first tree sitter known as Remedy, age 28, who named her tree Jerry. She was brought down unharmed and arrested. Three people were taken into custody on the ground as authorities cleared the grove ten miles east of Eureka where activists warn of environmental damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freshwater
Calif
Pacific Lumber Co
Remedy
Jerry
Pacific Lumber
Opal
Anastasia
Eureka
Tractor Driver Dives Into Pond Near Memorials
In Washington DC a man wearing fatigues and a red cross helmet drove a tractor into a pond near the Washington Monument and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Police closed surrounding streets while they spoke with him from the three foot deep water. He sat in the cab playing military cadence recordings and police released no identity details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Washington Monument
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cobden
Union Jackson Farmworkers Housing
U.S. 51
Linda Rush
Wsiu TV
Channel 8
Frederick Wiseman
Wsiu.org
ALLIN
Shawnee Community College
Ullin
Southern
Linda Kilmer
Carol Schank
Life Community Center
W. Sunset Drive
Senior Citizens Center
Springer St
Randy Canale
Paul Whiteford
Dallas
Phitita Msl
Beecie
IRS
Jkharris.com
Uthe
The
Wall Street Journal
JK Harris & Company
Marion
Southern Illinois
Christopher
Ae Yn Quoin
Little Egypt
Breast & Cervical Cancer Program
Federal Government
CDC
Illinois Department of Public Health
Office of Women’s Health, and
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan
STH
Food
Murphysboro
Herrin Anna
West Frankfort
Sues Ett
MagicChef
Zemn-Air Lik
RTL
Ike
AL AL
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!