Letter to editor criticizes WCIL coverage priorities
William A. Danti Jr of Carterville condemns WCIL AM for interrupting pope shooting coverage to air a Trading Post yard sale. He praises James C Nelson for forthright stance and argues public interest centers on the pope, not glass jars or CB gear, urging station to serve the public.
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Southern Illinoisan
James. C. Nelson
Nelson
Trading Post
Wcil-Am
WCIL
Marion
High prices spark letter from William A Herrin
William Agnew Herrin laments rising costs with examples from haircuts to skim milk, shoes, doctor visits, prescriptions, and hospital charges. He contrasts today’s prices with memories of cheaper meat and dog scraps, urging action against what he sees as Medicare robbery and inflated costs.
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Southern Illinoisan
William Agnew Herrin
Bo Morris of Freeman Spur remembered for service and help
Leon Morris known as Bo, longtime Freeman Spur electrician who wired the park and garage, helped without pay, served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died Sunday May 17 at 7 30 a m in Freeman Spur. Ralph Murray Freeman Spur
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Southern Illinoisan
Leon Morris
Freeman Spur
US. Navy
Ralph Murray Freeman Spur
Communists and assassinations in American life
In the past three decades tragedies have stirred fear of rights erosion by gun control and other measures. The author contrasts government attempts to curtail freedoms with Americans who suffered but held fast to liberty, pondering whether a communist inspired movement manipulates the public.
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Southern Illinoisan
Thompson hurts mental health in IL as EO 1 looms
Letter to the editor correcting quotes about Executive Order No 1 reassigning youth clinical services from the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities to DCFS. Stakeholders from psychiatry, social work, and health agencies testified against the transfer. If not rejected by June 1, the plan could regress Illinois mental health services.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Senate
House of Representatives
Springfield
Illinois Alcohol and Drug Dependency Association
Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Chicago
Youth Service Bureaus
Ysbs
DMHDD
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Senate
Illinois
Fire and brimstone in the public mood across the nation
A letter urges drastic action after tense events including a pope shooting and TV interruptions. The May 17 issue reports radio executives blamed for lack of pope news, notes rain and fish impacts, Eldorado’s showers, and warns that Washington policy and federal aid threaten budgets. Local governments fear financial distress without federal funds.
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Kansas City
WCIL
Eldorado
Washington
United States
Peter
Paul
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