Herrin mayoral race shapes fate of city future
Herrin faces a crossroads as voters choose on April 7. The race centers on leadership style, fiscal controls, and development ties, with Swinford urged as the pro business reform candidate to bring professional management and clearer city operations. Voters will also decide clerks and four aldermen roles across six slates.
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Herrin
Mario Ottolini
Illinois 148
Ottolini
Clark Trail Development Inc
Donald R. Swinford
Winford
Nee Say Hall
Swinford
Ida Jane Berra
Terryn
Gary Peart
Edward Quaglia
Challengergelo Abba
Quaglia
Charles McEvers
Crai Burke
McEvers
Burke
Douglas Cox
Du Quoin Council Needs New Voices In Elections
The Du Quoin election presents four recommended candidates Wayne Bigham Jerry Ozburn Dale Spencer and Clifford Harrell Jr for the city council to bring fresh ideas and leadership. Bigham already serves on the council with a chance to prove himself Ozburn heads the Emergency Services and Disaster Agency while Spencer and Harrell are active volunteers and firefighters. The piece argues for a forward looking slate to guide Du Quoin through factory closures and future growth.
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BU Quoin
Robert Armstrong
Aes
du Quoin
Wayne Bigham
Jerry Ozburn
Dale Spencer
Clifford Harrell Jr
Onl Bigham
Ozburn
Spencer
Harrell
Bigham
Democrats must run or be run over budget skirmish
Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee voted with Republicans for a $36.4 billion spending cut package amid warnings against caving on overall cuts. The piece outlines strategy to resist, restore vulnerable social programs, and plant seeds for future battles while the oil reserve, synfuels, and welfare lines become flashpoints in the early phase of the Reagan budget fight.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Senate Budget Committee
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Senate Democrats
Robert Byrd
Sen
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Louisiana
Persian Gulf
Jim Wright
Metzenbaum
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York
Lawton Chiles
Florida
James Sasser
Tennessee
Reagan
Reconciliation and the budget battle on Capitol Hill
A deep dive into the reconciliation procedure created by the 1974 Budget Act, outlining how Congress uses a single omnibus bill to reduce spending across many programs. It covers committee roles, past outcomes, and current plans to cut $34.6 billion in fiscal 1982 outlays, with quotes from key lawmakers.
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Gail Gregg
Congressional Quarterly
Reconciliation
Capitol Hill
Congress
Labor Committee
Postal Committee
Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Conn
Senate Budget Committee
Buncombe water woes and local politics stirred by letters
Editor notes Buncombe Water District struggles with high rates from water loss and maintenance. Inspector General visit questioned money used for Buncombe system. Letter cites 37 percent to 45 percent water loss and questions maintenance pay and ties to Makanda Party amid village election plans for April 7.
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Southern Illinoisan
Bunncombe
South Highway District
Buncombe
Department of Agriculture
Inspector General
South Highway
Makanda
Water Board
Walter Brieschke
Cecilia Cottingham
Joanne Simpson
Jim Simpson
Barbara Trent
National shock over capital shooting fuels gun control calls
The speaker condemns the violence in the nation’s capital and urges national leaders and the Moral Majority to push handgun legislation. He argues the macho West mentality and the gun rights stance threaten society and decry the claim that only criminals misuse firearms.
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Southern Illinoisan
Special Olympics thanks Carbondale volunteers for charity game
The NRAA-SIU chapter thanks Carbondale Police Officers Association and SIU Squids for a benefit wheelchair basketball game. Co-sponsors Carbondale Community High School Student Senate provide sales support and refreshments. Referee Ken Taylor and Dan Katz donated time. Tumbletown gymnasts performed halftime. Community support lauded.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Special Olympics
National Rehabilitation Administration Association
SIU
Carbondale Police Officers Association
SIU Squids
Carbondale Community High School
Ken Taylor
WSIU
Dan Katz
Tumbletown
Community of
Carbondale
Mayor Byrne Moves Into Cabrini Green Praised by Supporter
Cordell McGoy, a Vienna Correction Center employee, thanks Mayor Jane Byrne for choosing to live in Cabrini Green on Chicago's near north side to address gang-related issues. He says politicians, federal agents, and private citizens must confront the problem and calls it the best political move to date.
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Southern Illinoisan
Jane Byrne
Cabrini-Green
Chicago
Cabrini
Green
Mrs. Byrne
Who Controls The Media And The Trilateral Link
A skeptical note questions media control and points to the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations as powerful, wealth backed players. The piece urges readers not to dismiss the topics as mere propaganda and hints at hidden influence in American affairs.
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Trilateral Commission
Council On Foreign Relations
CFR
America
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