Five Soto youths perch on inner tubes for fishing view
Five Soto youngsters watch for fish from atop inflated tubes on a De Soto street. Shane Burns, 10, and Tim Covington, 13 handle the poles while Tad Thomson, 9, Benji Burns, 6, and Andy Zieba, 11 stand as lookouts. They fished near 403 Camelot Drive in De Soto.
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Soto
Shane Burns
Tim Covington
Tad Thomson
Benji Burns
Andy Zieba
Camelot Drive
de Soto
Murphysboro acts to collect on growing delinquent bills
Murphysboro City Council approves a resolution allowing Mayor Michael Bowers to file liens against owners who fail to pay for city work on private property. The work includes weed mowing demolition and other services to enforce state and local laws.
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Brad Berker
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
Bowers
North 24Th Street
Gartside-Illinois Streets
James Newell
Don Fenton
Steve Wills
Reitman resigns as Hill House director after six years
Paul Reitman has stepped down as director of Hill House in Carbondale for personal reasons after six years. The board president, Guy Renzaglia, cited new tighter policies and accounting reforms as reasons and noted the center reduced its deficit from 40 000 to about 18 000 by cutting expenses. Gary Graham named acting director with possible permanent appointment at the August 24 board dinner. Hill House runs two live-in centers for 31 residents with a 280 000 budget, claiming solvency and lower operating costs than comparable facilities.
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Guy Renzaglia
Hill House Board
Reitman
Paul
Renzaglia
Hill “House
Gary Graham
Hill House
Graham
Carbondale
W. Cherry St
S. Beveridge St
Miss Illinois board keeps decision secret
The Miss Illinois pageant board has chosen not to reveal its decision on the contested Miss Illinois title. Executive director Richard Schiller said the 15 member board gave the ruling at a Tuesday meeting and would not release details until both Miss McNeill and her attorney Richard Horwitz are ready.
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Miss Illinois
Richard Schiller
Aurora
Richard Horwitz
Miss McNeill
Horwitz
Schiller
Real key to energy conservation might be a ban on power mowers
Ben Gelman argues Americans ignore energy advice and jokes President Carter should ban power mowers to cut car travel. He advocates letting grass clippings lie to fertilize lawns, cites university tests, and shares personal mowing experiments among diverse Southern Illinois grasses.
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Ben Gelman
Carter
United States
Robert C. O’knefski
Nassau County
Long Island, N.Y
Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y
O’knefski
Michigan State University
Connecticut Agricultural Station
Fire truck damaged in crash in Carbondale
A Carbondale fire pumper answering a false alarm was struck on Wall Street by a car that ran a red signal. Wayne Brooks drove the pumper toward 600 N. Illinois Ave. Robert Johnson of Carbondale was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. No injuries.
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Carbondale
Wayne Brooks
Wall and
Walnut Streets
Tuck Industries, Inc
Illinois Ave
Robert Johnson
Youth's plea bargain case tests Illinois rape charge
A 17 year old charged with rape and indecent liberties pleads guilty only to indecent liberties after the rape charge is dropped. The case highlights plea bargaining limits, with Judge Richman defining bargains as sentence deals and officials noting both charge and sentence bargaining in practice.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Jackson County
Richard E. Richman
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
Larry Rippe
iState
Howard Hood
Rippe
John Clemons
Clemons
Clemens
Richman
Hood
Illinois General Assembly
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Joe Jines
Terested
John Binning
Zoning Board
Newell
23Rd Street
Ward
Joseph Bastien
Gartside Street
Illinois 149
Walnut Street
H.B. Koplowitz
Paul Reitman
The
Center
Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission
National Institute On Drugs Abuse
Aurora, Ill
Shanna Jean McNeill
Carterville
Byline
B.G
Robert H. Muhlenbrock
John W. Voigt
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