Coronation set for queen of Cobden Peach Festival
The queen for the 42nd Cobden Peach Festival will be named at 10 in the morning Saturday during coronation ceremonies. Contestants include Paula Baxter, Carolyn Rich Cobbden, Sheila Mangrum of Alto Pass, Beth Wingate, Tina Mideton, Pam Jerrell, and others in formal wear as competition begins.
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Paula Baxter
Ane Flamm
Carolyn ‘Rich Cobden
Sheila Mangrum
Alto
Beth Wingate
Tina Mideton
Pam J Jerrell
Energy speaker urges change of values at Carbondale conference
Jim Benson urged a shift in societal values to advance conservation and renewable energy at the Shawnee Solar Project conference held at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He criticized federal policy, urged local action, and cited studies linking home conservation to job gains, cheaper power, and reduced oil dependence.
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Tom Woolf
Thethern Illinoisan
Jim Benson
Shawnee Solar
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Midwest
Benson
Missouri
Joe Teasdale
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
University of Missouri
Ener Research and Development Administration
National Science Foundation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Carter
Energy Mobilization Board
Alternatives in politics and Benson's ideas
The keynote speaker at an energy conference in Carbondale Wednesday urged conservation and new energy forms while promoting a new political party, the Citizens Party, co founded by Jim Benson. Benson sits on the party’s national steering committee with hopes to unite progressive think tanks environmental groups and public interest law groups to field a candidate in the 1980 election.
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Jim Benson
Carbondale
Benson
Citizen’s Party
Washington, D.C
Barry Commoner
Tom Woolf
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