The Jail Beat and the Path to Editors
The police beat shapes reporters who begin in jails and crime coverage. AAP Task Force on local jails revealed issues of food space staff training and care, while inmates and guards offered mixed views. Personal stories shift from crime to humanity as careers advance through cycles of exposure and reform.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Southern Illinoisan
Jack Fields
Madison County
Perry County
Jerry Woolsey
One old two new for Murphysboro school board race
Murphysboro Unit District 186 faces an 11-candidate race for three board seats on November 3. Incumbent Kenny Carr and Joanne Cross vie for the inside township slots, Gilbert Zimbleman for the outside. endorsements praise leadership, discipline focus, and cooperation with teachers. Zimbleman cites bureaucratic experience to cut red tape.
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Murphysboro Unit
Southern Illinois
Kenny Carr
Joanne Cross
Gilbert Zimbleman
Carr
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Health Service
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Jackson County
Zimbleman
Letter to Reagan on poverty policy from Clarence Thompson
A reader in Southern Illinois criticizes President Reagan over cuts to food stamps and low income aid, arguing these moves harm Social Security recipients and the elderly. The writer warns that utility shutoffs and rising prices will deepen poverty. He fears the country will be too cold to write another letter.
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Southern Illinoisan
Reagan
Bowen Staff Protests Meal Transport Cutbacks at Center
Phyllis Davis of Marion writes in Reagan Hood on Oct 14 condemning planned staff reductions at the Anna center and warning of risks to meal delivery. She urges public action against cuts affecting handicapped and elderly residents and questions contingency plans for transport failures.
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Southern Illinoisan
Bowen
Anna
Dave DeWitte
Land
The
U.S.A
America
Phyllis Davis
Marion
The AWACS debate and a Saudi U S alliance
Paul McCloskey Jr argues that a U S Saudi partnership is essential to press for a Palestinian homeland and regional peace. The piece notes Saudi oil power and U S aid, the Camp David legacy, and the potential impact of AWACS sales on Middle East policy and security.
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Paul McCloskey Jr
Pacific News Service
Reagan
Israel
Middle East
West Bank
Gaza
Camp David
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Begin
East Jerusalem
Hussein
Jordan
Yasser Arafat
PLO
Arafat
United States
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Libya
Ethiopia
South Yemen
Persian Gulf
OPEC
U.S. Senate
California
Sinai
Egypt
Sadat
Great Mosque
Gulf
Africa
Congress
Israel policy shift driven by oil and arms profits
Tom Hayden argues U S support for Israel is weakening as oil dependence and Arab weapon markets push policy toward the Arab world. He warns of a Saudi monarchy tied to petro-dollars, calls for democracy driven U S policy, energy efficiency, and renewed U S Israel moral ties.
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Jimmy Carter
United States
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Jordan
Faisal
Tom Hayden
Pacific News Service
U.S
Begin
Reagan
Saudi Awacs
Fred Dutton
Standard Oil
California
Billy Carter
Libya
Harold Saunders
Middle East
New York Stock Exchange
NATO
Vietnam
Iran
Anwar Sadat
PLO
U.S. Mideast
Defense Department
Moshe Dayan
Caspar Weinberger
Bechtel Corporation
Saudia Arabia
West Bank
Gaza
Nigeria
Mexico
South Africa
el Salvador
Africa
Latin America
United Nations
America
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Reagan Hood
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