Respected Creal Springs teacher retires column note
Column One TODAY notes the retirement of a respected Creal Springs teacher with a page 1B feature. Inside Benton reports on Franklin detention center in jeopardy, Pinckneyville announces fish products launch, and Murphysboro records gunfire at an apartment complex. State coverage includes a Chicago boy not missing and a North Carolina child alert. Stocks surge. unemployment hits 6 percent in April. Nuns at St. Joseph hospital preserve canonized founder's beliefs. Saddam tape shows exhaustion. Dear Abby discusses deceit in marriage. Weather outlook includes showers, storms, high 70s, with weekend rain chances. The Southern Illinoisan, 2002 General Excellence Award winner.
War weary sailors return to families at San Diego bay
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln docked at North Island Naval Air Station San Diego returning nearly 1 500 crew after a ten month deployment diverted to support the war in Iraq. Families cheered as sailors reunited with loved ones including 150 babies born during the voyage and remaining crew prepared to sail to Everett Washington.
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San Diego Bay
North Island Naval Air Station
Cheryl Penally
Gallup
N.M
U.S
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Persian Gulf
Iraq
Seth Elrod
Griffin, Ga
Grace
San Diego
Everett
Wash
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SIU Carbondale unveils Building Excellence plan at gala
Chancellor Walter Wendler officially announced Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment at a black tie dinner in the Student Center. more than 570 attendees from SIUC and the region heard that the living document aims to place SIUC among the top 75 public research universities while supporting regional progress.
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Southern Siuc
Walter Wendler
Mary
Ron
Katherine Graves
Southern
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIUC
Wendler
Illinois
U.S
Jerry Costello
SIU Officials Warn Lawmakers Of Harsh Budget Cuts
Southern Illinois University administrators urged state legislators to shield higher education from a 112 million dollar budget cut. Senators Luechtefeld Rutherford Righter Winkel and Rep. Bost heard university leaders describe how the loss would affect SIU Carbondale and SIU Edwardsville amid a bleak fiscal outlook.
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Southern Illinois University
SIUC
Dave Luechtefeld
Okanville
Dan Rutherford
Chenea
Dale Righter
Mattoon
Rick Winkel
Champaign
Mike Bost
Murphysboro
SIU Edwardsville
Rod Blagojevich
Trial begins Monday in battery case
Patrick Gant 28 of Carbondale faces trial on two counts of aggravated battery of a police officer and two counts of resisting a police officer. The charges arise from a block party on April 22, 2001 at 204 E College St where police encountered loud music and Gant allegedly struck Officer Mark Wilson, grabbed an ID, fled, and was involved in a confrontation with multiple officers as Mace was deployed and he resisted arrest.
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Returning spacemen cope with adversity in tanked mission
Astana dispatch describes NASA astronauts Kenneth Bowersox Donald Pettit and Nikolai Budarin who faced shuttle accident war delays and a longer mission while aboard the International Space Station. Flight surgeon Dr J D Polk praises their upbeat resilience as they prepare to land this weekend at Kazakhstan.
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Kazakhstan
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Donald Pettit
Nikolai Budarin
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J.D. Polk
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