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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 2001
Page
1
A new Breast Cancer Awareness license plate was introduced in a ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The plate will be available for most vehicles starting in January.
In Los Angeles three new films boosted theater attendance after the September 11 fallout. Michael Douglas as Dont Say a Word led with 17.1 million, Ben Stiller’s Zoolander opened second at 15.5 million, and Anthony Hopkins Hearts in Atlantis debuted at 9 million. The top 12 grossed 64.1 million, up 22 percent from last year and 47 percent from last weekend.
In New York the heating season starts as prices drop 57 percent from last year due to weak industrial demand and excess supply. Oil also falls about 30 percent per barrel while energy costs are expected to stay lower through December amid slow U.S. economic recovery. A photo shows Bailey Weinzeil at a union picket in Eagan Minnesota where about 28,000 state workers walk out for higher pay and better benefits.
Mostly sunny today with highs in the lower 80s. Tonight mostly clear with lows in the mid-50s. Wednesday partly cloudy with highs in the lower 80s and lows in the lower 60s. Details on 8A. Subscribe at 800 228-0429 option 2 or online at southernillinoisan.com.
Gov. George H. Ryan announced the Open Land Trust has acquired 9 111 acres in Perry County completing Illinois largest state park expansion. The 2 5 million three phase purchase from Arch Coal adds to Pyramid State Park reaching over 19 500 acres with grassland forest ponds and lakes and habitat for endangered birds. The land funds support fishing hunting hiking wildlife viewing and other recreation and a nearby commercial industrial railway complex will be leased to Perry County.
An explosion at 1800 N. 14th St in Herrin severely burned James Jarvis about 70. He was found running toward Casey's General Store with clothes on fire and was hospitalized after being flown to St. Louis. Fire officials suspect a gas leak as the cause.
Pinckneyville installs Harlan Shine Yeager as mayor for the remainder of the late Mayor Kirwan Heisner term after an emergency session. The vote was unanimous with Yeager to serve until April 30, 2003, leaving the finance commissioner seat vacant and a 30 day window for appointment. Lois Heisner had sought to fill the unexpired term but the council did not discuss her bid.
In Islamabad the Taliban regime faced mounting pressure amid global moves to curb its rule. Pakistan's Gen Pervez Musharraf said the Taliban's refusal to surrender Osama bin Laden drew a U S strike against Afghanistan closer, with Britain freezing 90 million dollars in Taliban funds.
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