Naturalized 75 in Springfield ceremony
Fifty states and the nation share a dispatch of local ceremony noting 75 people naturalized in Springfield. Page 5A details.
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 2004
Page
1
Fifty states and the nation share a dispatch of local ceremony noting 75 people naturalized in Springfield. Page 5A details.
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Officials including Tom Schafer of the Illinois Department of Public Health and Miriam Link Mullison of Jackson County describe uncertainty about West Nile prevalence in Southern Illinois. They vow to prepare for worst while educating the public, monitoring spread, and supplying municipalities as they start next month. The virus spreads via infected mosquitoes from birds and can cause severe brain infections. In 2002 Illinois led the nation with 884 human cases.
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SIUC Chancellor Walter Wendler says the campus can meet the governor rod blagojevich driven 2 percent recision but will end the fiscal year nearly penniless. The plan cuts deferred maintenance and purchases, with about 2.2 million dollars in reduced funding. No summer classes or academic programs will be cut.
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