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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1981
Page
1
National Weather Service forecast calls for cloudy mild to warm nights with showers and thunderstorms developing, low 40s to 50s, 70 percent rain. Thursday remains cloudy and mild with 80 percent showers and possible storms, high 50s then cooler late. Friday to Sunday warm but variable, highs 50s to 60s, lows 30s to mid 40s.
Illinois auditor general cites SIU for procedural deficits over 24 months ending April 1981. Findings include lack of a unified budget, subsidy of private foundations with state funds, weak control of cash receipts, and inadequate travel controls. SIU disputes some points but plans corrective steps.
An audit linked former University of Illinois deputy controller Robert D. Parker to about 374 000 of 630 000 diverted from the university foundation to Chicago women identified as prostitutes. Prosecutors say payments, labeled monthly consulting fees, were made by check over three years, including 90 491 to Club Taray. Parker faces 43 counts of felony theft and has pleaded innocent.
Ann Schottman Endt recounts the Pick family of Pinckneyville raising turkeys for about 15 years. The piece details their barnyard menagerie, turkey care during wet weather, predator challenges from coyotes and raccoons, and colorful anecdotes about turkeys named Taffy and their notorious “flog” attacks on people.
Turkeys this year are a bargain with prices as low as 45 cents a pound. Experts say oversupply and economic factors drive down cost while maintaining steady holiday demand. Most birds come from operations handling 2000 to 100000 turkeys, processed recently, with some stored frozen. A low calorie protein, turkey can rise in calories if prebasted and covered in gravy.
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