JC Penney Baby Contest Winners Named at Carbondale Mall
Mothers waited as 10 babies were judged at JC Penney Universit Mall Carbondale. Winners included Kittie Riecan 36 in Prettiest Eyes and Ronna Williams 23 months Curliest Hair. Prizes were a $25 gift certificate and photos.
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JC Penney Co. Inc
Carbondale
Universit Mall
Kittie Riecan
John
Toni Riecan
Carterville
Ronna Williams
Ronnie
Gina W Ms
Percy
JC Penney
Recount in Chester leaves mayor race tied on paper
A county recount of April 7 Chester votes lowered write-in Kenneth Jacoby by one and raised Wendel Morris by one, tying the mayoral result 117-117 though official status remains for petitioning court Morris, on the Concerned People's ticket, seeks guidance from the Illinois State Board of Elections on write-in legality and potential further action Meanwhile alderman race in Ward 1 saw Welge 268 265 over Mehrer with Mehrer gaining a post recount in precincts 1 and 3 to 220 and 14 respectively Mehrer weighs formal action on absentee ballots and court recourse
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Chester
Percy
Charles Bernasek
Kenneth Jacoby
Wendel
Denny
Morris
Discovery
Circuit Court
Illinois State Board of Elections
Jacoby
State Board
Bernasek
Stanley Maciejski
Dick Dethrow
Ward
Weilge
Welge
Mehrer
SIU C vice presidential searches narrow field
One candidate withdraws from the academic vice presidency race at SIU C Carbondale while the financial vice president search names four finalists. Albert Yates of the University of Cincinnati left the race. three other candidates remain in contention as the committee proceeds with interviews and aims to recommend candidates to SIU President Albert Somit by May 1.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Albert Yates
University of Cincinnati
SIUC
Jerry Gaston
Yates
Gatson
Gaston
Exac
Bartholomew Basi
College of Business and Administration
Warren E. Buffum
Darling
Albert Somit
Marion Tower Clock Resumes Chiming After Yearlong Silence
After more than a year of quiet, Marion’s nine year old tower clock in Tower Square Plaza again marks the hour and half hour. Residents recall the clock’s reach from the square to town outskirts as officials note the 1972 replacement clapper. repairs followed a lightning strike that damaged the chiming mechanism.
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Cathy A. Monroe
The
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Tower Square Plaza
L.B. Hunter
Henry Burress
Williamson County
Robert L. Butler
Burress
Norge lays off 20 to 25 office workers amid strike
About 20 to 25 office staff at the Herrin Norge plant were temporarily laid off as a 2 week old strike by plant workers reduces production. Norge officials said there is no work for them and that further layoffs could occur but are not planned. The strike, led by IAMAW Lodge 554 and preceded by a wage dispute, halted most home appliance output.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Norge
Jon Nicholas
Norge
In Vitro Ethics Debate Stirs SIU Colloquium
National Institute of Health bio ethics expert John Fletcher urged individual choice in life creation discussions at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He argued for freedom and fairness in abortion and in vitro fertilization debates while distinguishing embryo protection from fetal rights amid public concern over a "Frankenstein syndrome" and societal value shifts.
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Jean Ness
Southern
Fletcher
Supreme Court
Italy
Louise Brown
Siuc Physiology
Matthew Freund
Three Mile Island
Freund
SIUC
Soviet Expansion Urged United Front Led by U S and China
Beijing journalist Hubert S. Liang urged a united front of the United States China and others to curb Soviet expansionism. Speaking at Southern Illinois University Carbondale he warned Russia seeks world domination and would bow to force proposing steps from stepping up defense to phased troop withdrawals and broad international backing. He named Thatcher Giscard d Estaing Sadat and Israel as allies and argued for nuclear and conventional disarmament while framing Taiwan as part of China and criticizing the Cultural Revolution.
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Peter Selkowe
Southern Illinois
Hubert S. Liang
United States
China
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Beijing
America
Russia
Liang
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Czechoslovakia
Reagan
USA
Japan
Thailand
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
Pakistan
Europe
Margaret Thatcher
Valery Giscard
d’Estaing
Anwar
Sadat
Israel
U.S
South Korea
North Korea
Cuba
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Taiwan
Tibet
Red
Gang of Four
Johnson County Final Tax Multiplier Set at 1000 for 1980
Johnson County officials finalized a tax multiplier of 1000 for 1980 property tax bills due in 1981, after the state reduced from 1.2554. The change affects assessments and tax rates, with wide disparities noted between Goreville and Tunnel Hill townships. County continues a reassessment effort aimed for 1983 tax bills.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Illinois
Johnson County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Johnson County Board of Commissioners
Revenue Department
Donald “Bruce
Walter
Lake of Egypt
Goreville Township
Tunnel Hill Township
Lake
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Elmer
Pete’ Mehrer
Siu-C
Harold G. Richard
Donald E. Vaughn
John Darling
Marion Tower
E.E. Jeter
Raymond Hall
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge 554
Office and Professional Employees International Union
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