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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 2003
Page
1
Local page item reports Lick Creek school bookkeeper fired amid district shakeups. Separate briefs note elections in Carbondale Perry County and Sparts mayoral race with budget focus. Weather forecast calls for variable clouds and mild temperatures.
The February 9 derailment of a 100 car Canadian National Illinois Central train in Tamaroa prompts a court approved interim order for continued cleanup and monitoring. CN officials report $446,888 paid in claims to residents and businesses as cleanup wraps up.
The railroad company paid 329,729.59 to 1,136 residents and 117,158.41 to 74 businesses, total 446,888, as of March 20. Sixteen cars derailed Feb 9 due to formaldehyde mixtures, prompting evacuation of about 1,000 residents and removal of 8,000 tons of contaminated soil by Feb 28, per Tamaroa area reports.
U S warplanes hit Baghdad defenses in a ferocious prelude to a ground clash while Iraq warns of striking American soil. Pope John Paul II and Putin decried the fighting as the toll grows for civilians and combatants. Bush says allied forces push toward decisive battles as A-10s operate from a captured base.
An attacker posing as a taxi driver lured American troops for aid then detonated his vehicle in the Iraqi desert, killing himself and four soldiers and signaling a new wave of carnage in the Iraq war. Iraqi officials warned such attacks could become routine policy.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello told area officials at John A. Logan College that the Iraq conflict may become house to house fighting with higher casualties as coalition forces advance toward Baghdad. He opposed the war, favored diplomacy and broader coalition support, and questioned the rush to conflict.
Two Mississippi residents Jonathan Bradley 24 Indianola and Lawrence Browning 30 Cleveland were indicted by a federal grand jury in Benton on conspiracy to transport stolen property across state lines. Vogler Ford president Frank Black said arrests help solve the case after August thefts of eight 2001 2002 Mustangs airbags and online seller activity prompted an investigation and surveillance catching suspects returning to the lot.
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