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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1981
Page
3
Carbondale officials consider a 25.3 million budget with controlled deficit financing for 1981 82. A public hearing Monday will review 320 000 in program and personnel cuts and the plan to balance the budget ahead of a formal April 20 vote.
UN FAO official Donald Kimmel told a Southern Illinois University audience that expanding food production in poorer countries is essential. Universities can help by hosting fellowship holders and supplying experienced consultants, while aid should be channeled multilaterally to avoid political misuse and bias.
In a portrait of coal’s wartime labor history, miners and operators face a new surge of strikes and labor tensions. Veterans note weaker public backing yet stronger financial buffers and support services. Leaders shift from Carter era to Reagan era as nonunion threats loom.
The Herrin Progress Party will contest the Herrin treasurer election where Economy Labor’s Terry Hughes led Bob Hardcastle by 76 votes. party spokesman Richard Habel said a discovery recount will be requested after canvass, citing 391 treasurer votes at St Mary’s compared with 500+ in other races and 100 votes unaccounted.
The Friends of Morris Library honored Philip Kaplan and three Southern Illinois writers with Delta Awards. A $100,000 endowment funds will acquire and grow Ralph E. McCoy’s Freedom of the Press collection, aiding scholars in journalism, law, history and related fields at SIUC.
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