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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2011
Page
2
Phil Campbell Alabama hosts its annual convention June 17 18 shifting to disaster relief as a tornado outbreak last month killed 26. The event started in 1995 and draws Phil Campbells from afar including Australia to support cleanup efforts and memorials.
Logan Ohio tourism officials dedicated a regional welcome center display for Rev Paul Johnson’s more than 3400 pencil sharpeners. Johnson began collecting in the late 1980s after a gift from his wife, categorizing pieces by themes such as cats Christmas and Disneyland. The oldest sharpener dates to about 105 years ago.
The Southern Illinoisan invites readers to follow breaking headlines on Twitter at thesouthern and to visit www.thesouthern.com for live updates and links to the site.
Denzel Washington addressed about 5,000 graduates at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, receiving an honorary degree and urging the crowd to embrace risk and the guts to fail. The Oscar and Tony winner spoke at Franklin Field about overcoming stage fright and leaving a comfort zone.
Events on this date range from 1510 Botticelli's death in Florence to 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Notable items include NYSE origins in 1792, 1849 St Louis fire, Maureen O'Sullivan birth, Truman railroads seizure in 1946, Bay of Pigs prisoner exchange offer in 1961, Godspell opening in 1971, Liberty City riot in 1980, Stark attack in 1987, and Bush energy plan preview a decade ago.
A brief instruction asks readers to report inaccuracies in The Southern and provides three phone numbers 618-351-5033 618-351-5807 and 618-351-5078 for contact.
A compact listing of Illinois picks for Pick Three and Pick Four both midday and evening, plus Little Lotto Lotto Lotto jackpot figures for Illinois, and similar draws for Kentucky Missouri and national games Mega Millions and Powerball. Includes Powerball jackpot at 97 million.
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