Letters on Shawnee Forest Policy and Wilderness
A Southern Illinois reader urges preservation of Shawnee National Forest from mineral exploration and mass recreation development. He warns such changes threaten wilderness character, cites Aldo Leopold, and urges letters to Rep. Simon and Sens. Percy and Dixon opposing Interior Department plans.
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U.S. Forest Service
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Wisconsin
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Forest Service
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James Watt
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Charles Percy
Alan Dixon
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Praises Women's Center Editor at Southern Illinoisan
Georgianne Baartmans of Carbondale writes praising the Carbondale Women’s Center for offering a lifeline to abused women. She recalls past failed appeals and credits the center’s dedicated volunteers with providing humane support and shelter, despite tight budgets and personal sacrifice.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Womens’s Center
Women’s Center
Georgianne Baartmans
Carbondale
Halloween not Satanic Halloween not Satanic
A reader from Pinckneyville recounts a Halloween night encounter with a pamphlet distributing pair from the First Christian Church. The note claims Halloween worships evil and Satan while the author defends Halloween as a family treat and rejects Satan worship accusations.
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Southern Illinoisan
First Christian Church
Pinckneyville
Satan
David Necessary
Prisoner’s two man cell ruled cruel by judge
A reader letter notes Judge Baker’s ruling that a two man cell is cruel and unusual punishment. The writer argues prisoners are there for punishment and suggests the Department of Corrections should run prisons, not inmates or outsiders, and compares to boxing violence.
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Southern Illinoisan
Violence and Armageddon Echoed in Weekend Reflections
A Sunday morning diary traces fear and cynicism about global violence and survivalist culture. The piece quotes Alexander Haig, notes bayonet training revival, highlights Armageddon preparedness, and ends with a churchgoing hush amid a shared uneasy mood.
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