Letters Policy for Voice of the Reader in The Southern Illinoisan
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Voice of the Reader
Southern Illinoisan
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Thesouthern.com
Coal gasification awareness draws 160 at Logan College
A Tuesday discussion at John A. Logan College in Carterville drew 160 attendees to hear experts discuss coal gasification and its role in the FutureGen project. Illinois and Texas vie for hosting rights as a federal decision nears.
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Carterville
Logan
Illinois
Texas
Federals
Coal Gasification Seen as Key to Southern Illinois Growth
Voice of the Southern government pushes coal gasification as a path to energy independence and a new regional economic boom. Highlighting FutureGen style tech, reporter Blackwell Thomas notes CO2 reductions and ground sequestration, with Tuscola and Mattoon eyed for a prototype.
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U.S
Jerry Costello
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Blackwell Thomas
FutureGen
Illinois
Tuscola
Mattoon
Ilinois
Southern Illinois
Carbondale tax debate and tobacco ads mix in letter
A reader criticizes Cole and Doherty over Carbondale sales taxes and SIUC funding, questions budgeting and city council transparency, and condemns tobacco advertising as destructive. The letter shifts to critique of tobacco companies and urges readers to consider whom they support with their money. Eb Wiltis ORAVILLE
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Doherty
Carbondale
SIUC
Earnest
Poshard
Tobacco
Eb Wiltis Oraville
Don’t throw your money away To the Editor
A former smoker describes the ritual pleasure of smoking during meals and after activities, noting the growing anticipation of a cigarette over decades and its role as a stumbling block to quitting. The letter frames smoking as tied to sensory rewards and habit.
Kenney view on Clark route challenged by local historian
Gary Hacker, president of the Johnson County Genealogical and Historical Society, writes in support of Chapman's 1925 route for George Rogers Clark from Fort Massac through Massac County to Indian Point, Carlton Spring, Buffalo Gap, Goreville, and toward Williamson County, disputing a rival account in The Southern Illinoisan.
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David Kenney
George Rogers Clark
Illinois
Kaskaskia
United States
Clark
Johnson County
Mr. Kenney
Southern Illnoisan
Kenney
Chapman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Massac
Massac County
Indian Point
Carlton Spring
West Vienna
Buffalo Gap
Goreville
Williamson County
Snow leaves White House amid cancer battle and exit
Clarence Page notes Tony Snow's farewell on his last day as White House press secretary after the president's Iraq drawdown speech. Snow cites family needs and, privately, financial reasons as he battles cancer at 51. He plans to write books and reflects on immigration reform and media relations.
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Tony Snow
Iraq
Snow
Christian Science Monitor
Washington
Bush
Scott McClellan
Congress
Tony
Bush White House
Republican Congress
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