Butterflies and Lyons Opinion on Nature Ads
A reader criticizes a Caterpillar ad using monarch butterfly imagery to promote equipment. The piece argues natural history should be presented factually in public media and urges advertisers to keep science separate from commercial messages. It notes a free Illinois Butterfly checklist from the Illinois Natural History Survey.
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Caterpillar Tractor Company
Publisher’s Auxiliary
Monarch
Viceroy
Butterflies of
Illinois
Illinois Natural History Survey
Butterfly checklist and conservation note from Urbana Illinois
Building in Urbana presents a compact checklist listing scientific and common names with distribution data and adult-activity dates. Co authors Downey and Irwin aim to document current environmental conditions to preserve specimens and records for future generations.
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Urbana
Ill
SIU Information Service chief Bill Lyons retires after 22 years
Bill Lyons head of the SIU Information and News Service left Carbondale after a 22 year tenure. His last working day included an office party and a chat about 17 years with the service. The News Letter will be continued by Pete Brown. Former SIU President Delyte Morris and Dorothy stopped by to bid farewell.
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Bill Lyons
SIU Information Service
News Service
SIU Board of Trustees
Bill
Information Service
Colorado
Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Pete Brown
SIU Information and News Service
SIU
Lenora Williamson
Delyte W. Morris
Dorothy
Road closure Monday for railroad crossing work
The old Herrin Johnston City road will close to through traffic Monday from about 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a Burlington Northern railroad crossing installation as part of a highway improvement project from Herrin to Interstate 57. The section will be widened to 22 feet and resurfaced. the project, funded at 250000, aims to finish by August 17.
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Herrin-Johnston City
Burlington Northern Railroad
Williamson County
Fred Thane
Herrin City Limits
Rt. 37
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Thane
Perry County seeks state's attorney opinion on tax rate error
Perry County commissioners debated a miscalculated education fund tax rate for Tamaroa High School district. The rate was set at 1.315 instead of 1.38 per 100 assessed value, risking a $2900 shortfall. They agreed to seek the state attorney’s guidance and hear the school district’s representatives in October.
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DeMaris Berry
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Tamaroa High
Wirton Bigham
Lowry
Victor Provart
Skylab sightings and Ganges river facts
Skylab appeared in Southern Illinois skies at 5 03 a m in the northwest and will be visible again Monday at 4 20 a m and Tuesday at 3 37 a m moving from southwest to northeast. The Ganges River runs 1560 miles from the Himalaya headwaters to the Bay of Bengal, with a flat plain causing only a 700 foot drop over 1000 miles.
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Illinois
Ganges
Himalayar
Bay of Bengal
Perry road official appointed after prior denial
Bill Kellerman of Pinckneyville was appointed by the Perry County board of commissioners to the road commissioner post after a July 20 vote. Harold Frederking was also considered, with Wallie West switching to Kellerman after previously supporting Frederking. The vacancy came from Wilfred Smith’s death. Kellerman had resigned from the role due to workload. The base salary is 4200 dollars yearly, though deputies often perform much of the work.
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Bill Kellerman
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Kellerman
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