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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 2006
Page
2
On May 19 1806 at Clark the women reported a range of complaints led by rheumatism and back pains and sore eyes. They also brought food and a very young child who had been very ill. I administered eye water to all. Two women took a carthartic and one with low spirits was given 30 drops of Lodomem.
Duane Chapman known as Dog the Bounty Hunter will marry his longtime companion Beth Smith in a sunset ceremony on the Big Island. The couple’s wedding will be shown in an Aug. 14 episode of the A E network series now in its third season. Chapman, 53, jokes about their relationship while praising Beth as Italian and tough.
The Carbondale City Council discussed a policy to require bids for hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles but did not take a vote. The Thursday story misstated the action and the newspaper apologizes for the error.
Bentonville police say a 20 year old, Ashley Dawn Dover, used a cashier’s stolen card to buy 120 in goods at Wal Mart. The card was taken from a car break in along with a camera CDs and a purse. Dover was arrested for breaking and entering fraudulent use of a credit card and forgery plus two drug charges and awaits a bond hearing.
Sidney Poitier, 79, receives France’s commander in the order of arts and letters at Cannes, praised by Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres for breaking barriers for black actors. He thanks his Bahamian parents and pioneering directors, with notable roles listed from The Defiant Ones to A Raisin in the Sun. William Hurt appears at the University of the Arts as both father and guest after his Kiss of the Spider Woman Oscar win.
Actor Dick Hurt, 56, earned an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts on stage where his son Alexander later earned a theater arts degree. He joked about dentistry and delivered a wide ranging address citing Twain, Wright, and Shakespeare, calling art resuscitation.
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