Howlett stays with traditional campaigning in Southern Illinois
Democratic secretary of state candidate Michael Howlett defends a traditional campaign approach not tapping the street circuit. He plans limited Southern Illinois appearances, focusing on speeches and a TV interview, while promoting government efficiency, centralized purchasing, and public health and education spending.
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Illinois
Michael Howlett
Dan) Walker
Howlett
Walker
Office of Auditor of Public Accounts
Dan Walker
Richard Ogilvie
Downstate
Harrisburg
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Lindberg Campaign Swing Through Anna and Cairo
Republican candidate for state comptroller George W. Lindberg visits the Union County Fair in Anna this evening from 7 to 8 at the Republican booth and stops at WRAJ at 6. He tours the 59th district including St Mary’s Hospital in Cairo after earlier stops in Marion Harrisburg Metropolis and Cairo. Lindberg, a Crystal Lake third-term state representative, authored the ethics disclosure law and sponsored the implied consent bill for drunk driving. He plans a stop in Carbondale on August 30.
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George W. Lindberg
State Comptroller
Union County
Anna
Lindberg
WRAJ
59Th
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Marion
Harrisburg
Metropolis
Crystal Lake
Illinois
Ofce
Carbondale
Cosmopolitan editor Helen Brown honored at AEJ convention
Helen Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan since 1965 and author of Sex and the Single Girl, received an AEJ 1972 Citation of Merit at the Education in Journalism convention at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The award honored her fearless, candid writing and the magazine’s impact on the modern woman.
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Association For Education In Journalism
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Cosmopolitan
Brown
American Society of Journalism School Administrators
AEJ
Ray Malone
Associated Press
James Adams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Journalism Review
The
Journalism Review
U.S
Mechanics sign new contract with Carbondale shops
Mechanic workers represented by Local 1242 of the IAMAW sign a three year pact with 5.5 percent annual wage bumps. Journeymen are projected to earn 4.64 per hour in year three from 3.95 now. A trainee class and extra vacation benefits are included. The contract covers about eight mechanics across 12 firms in the Carbondale Auto Dealers Association. Harold Williams notes the union’s agreement began August 11. Also, Little Egypt Chapter Parents Without Partners meets at 7:30 p.m. at Betty Swindell’s home, with CAN members speaking on goals.
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Carbondale Auto Mechanics
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Harold Williams
Williams
Carbondale Auto Dealers Association
Little Egypt
Parents Without Partners
Betty Swindell
W. Sycamore St
Carbondale
Community Action Now
CAN
Elverado teachers reject district salary offer in union vote
In Elkville Elverado Grade School gym the EEA unanimously rejected the board’s flat 4 percent raise proposal. The union seeks to preserve a salary schedule with higher increments for experience and education, citing cost differences and pending negotiations across multiple districts.
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Sandra Holter
Southern Illinoisan
Elverado
Elkville
Mary Gibson
Lofton Atnip Jr
EEA
Elverado Unit
Murphysboro Unit
Williamson escapees sentenced
Three men who escaped from the Williamson County jail in Marion were sentenced in circuit court. Roosevelt Baldwin received four to six years for escape after pleading guilty. Leroy Evans and Zach Morris Jr. drew two to four years each for escape. Other charges were dismissed or unresolved. Cunitz remains at large. Evans and Morris had been recaptured in Illinois.
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Marion
Roosevelt Baldwin
Carbondale
William Lewis
Leroy Lee Evans
Oakland
Calif
Zach Morris Jr
Harrisburg
Lewis
Baldwin
Morris
Union
Johnson
Evans
Robert L. Groves
George Cunitz
Benton
Cunitz
Franklin County
Goreville
Johnston County
Barry Eastman
Eddyville
George Whiteside
Anna
Du Quoin seizes tax cut amid surplus for 1972 73
The Du Quoin city council reduced the overall tax rate by about 50 cents per $100 valuation for the 1972 73 levy. The cut excludes sanitation fire Illinois Municipal Retirement and audit funds, leaving about 15 cents per $100 for garbage park and library. Despite the cut the city projects a $109 652 general fund excess and a $30 000 contingency, with surplus to finance capital improvements such as a pool. The move follows expected revenue boosts from annexation enhancing sales motor fuel and income taxes, as Mayor Jack Struck notes.
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du Quoin
Sion
Illinois
Jack Te
Mnot
Struck
Windll
Italian Renaissance in England lecture at SIU
Sergio Rossi professor of English at the University of Padua will lecture on The Italian Renaissance in England Wednesday at 8 p m in the Home Economics building Lounge at Southern Illinois University Rossi conducts ongoing research funded by a Folger Shakespeare Library grant in Washington DC
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Sergio Rossi
University of Padua
Italy
England
Southern Illinois University
Rossi
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, D. C
Shawnee Forest Chief to visit Golconda Center Sunday
John McGuire the Forest Service chief will visit the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois this Sunday. He will attend an open house at 2 30 p m to celebrate the new dining hall at the Golconda Civilian Conservation Center and address the Center’s Job Corps Center role and rural resource management. The dining hall replaces the one burned in early 1971. The Center trains young men for employment with capacity for 224 corpsmen and is led by John Lowe.
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U. S. Forest Service
John McGuire
Shawnee National Forest
Illinois
Golconda Civilian Conservation Center
McGuire
Job Corps
Forest Service
John Lowe
The
Carbondale school administrators awarded pay increases
Carbondale grade school administrators will receive a 325 dollar raise this year with most principals gaining 325 and some up to 1325 for years of service and advanced education. The board approved the schedule last Thursday. figures show raises for superintendent Laurence Martin assistant Carl Jones and business manager Artie Smith, plus principal salaries and varied month counts. Also about 20 cooks got a five cent hourly raise to 2.90, and building maintenance chief L H Wright was raised to 11525. E-3 Thomas L Shelton, son of Anna residents, is assigned to Army duty in Würzburg Germany for 16 months after basic training and leave.
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EEA
Annip
Carbondale
Laurence Martin
Martin
Carl Jones
Everett Todd
John Thomas
Larry Drake
Lincoln Junior High
Larry Jacober
L. H. Wright
Thomas L. Shelton
Richard Shelton
Anna
Wuntzburg
Germany
Shelton
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Polk
Ft. Dix
N.J
Marion officials reshuffle departments and bid for curb work
Mayor Robert Butler becomes commissioner of public health and safety. Joyner dies and his water and cemetery duties pass to Commissioner Durham and streets and alleys to Commissioner Presson. Landfill supervision moves to streets and alleys. Council awards 34796 dollar curb and gutter contract to D L White Construction, 101 days to complete, with funds from capital and soil cement budgets. Lee Ponder proposes a nonprofit nursing home funded by tax exempt bonds. Ray Smith plans 12 lot subdivision at Illinois and Clark.
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Robert Butler
Marion City Council
Paul Joyner
J. W. Durham
Joyner
Rex Presson
Public Health and Safety Department
D. L. White Construction Co
Marion
Bal
Durham
Lee Ponder
Midwest Mortgage Consultants
Herrin
Council
Ponder
Butler
Ray Smith
Illinois and
Clark Streets
Herrin boys land 7 pound catfish in park pond
Paul Casarta nine and his brother Jimmy eleven of Herrin caught a seven pound channel catfish at Herrin Memorial Park duck pond around 10 am Monday. Frankie Casarta says the catch was landing with help from Jimmy and was headed for dinner or mount. Supt John Berra notes prior big fish from the pond and says some locals release large fish to create excitement.
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Herrin Memorial Park
Paul Casarta
Jimmy
Herrin
Paul
Frankie Casarta
John Berra
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