Vietnam Veterans Week Observed Amid Debate On War Justice
The May 28 to June 3 period is Vietnam Veterans Week per Rep. Paul Simon. He stresses veterans’ sacrifices, cites troubling stats on unemployment, divorce, and substance issues, and urges measures like guaranteed jobs for Vietnam veterans. Memorial Day joins as a grim reminder of service and sacrifice.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Vietnam
Cleveland
Area educators publish books with regional ties
Three Carbondale residents announce new books. James W. Neckers, SIU professor emeritus, writes The Building of a Department about chemistry at SIU from 1927 to 1967, with notes on university growth and local milestones. Michael A. Morris, Clemson political scientist, pens International Politics and the Sea: The Case of Brazil, exploring Brazil’s ocean policy and its standing among nations. Victor Sprague, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory professor, offers Systematics of the Microsporidia, part of a series on Comparative Pathobiology, detailing tiny parasitic organisms affecting many species.
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Southern Illinois
Big Muddy
Mississippi River
Aldridge
Ilinois
Federal Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
David Kenney
Southern Iinois University-Carbondale
Ilindis Department of Conservation
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
James W. Neckers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU Press
Michael A. Morris
Clemson University
Clemson, S.C
Brazil
Westview Press
Boulder, Colo
Victor Sprague
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland
Center For Environmental and Estuarine Studies
Solomons, Md
Plenum Publishing Corp
New York
N.Y
Morris
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Sweden
Peter Morris
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W.va
Phi Mu Epsilon Journal
Honorary Mathematics
Sprague
SIU
Atlantic
Gulf
Benton council to start wage talks Tuesday
Benton City Council plans a special Tuesday meeting to begin wage negotiations with city employees, the fifth since May 7. City Clerk says weekly sessions are planned through June with unions from water and sewer and streets.
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Benton City
Leland Brown
Margaret Kelley
Water and Sewer and Streets Department
International Union of Operating Engineers
Brown
Tom Gulley
Southern Illinoisan office and contact details notice
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with phone numbers for subscriptions and classified advertising. Includes postal and mailing details and postmaster address for address changes.
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USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan Inc
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herfih Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Heftin
Marion
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Ladd Pircon
Indiana
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Grand Army of the Republic
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Carbondale Lions Club
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Delyte W. Morris
Lay
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Sociedade Brasileira de Instruction
Rio de Janeiro
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Judith Ivey
Kate
Alan Ayckbourn
Brooks Atkinson Theater
Toronto
Washington, D.C
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Siuc Summer Music Theater
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Benton
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