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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1971
Page
4
In the Sun Times restrict, K Neil Thurmond calls Southern Illinois ripe for growth, but unchecked development risks despoiling scenery and ecology. The piece warns highways, water, waste, and public-service strains grow as people move beyond existing boundaries, leaving rural poor and minorities underserved.
Column urges Southern Illinois to embrace outside influences and set five regional goals. It calls for countywide zoning, treating the region as one city, regional capital planning, preapproval discussions through a planning body, stronger regional cooperation to curb harmful sprawl, and a regional mass transit system as an auto alternative. Tomorrow: goals for the regional economy.
The Center for English as a Second Language at Southern Illinois University requests area families and students to help foreign students practice English and learn American customs. Contact Larry Askew at 453-2265 to participate and become a memorable part of a visitor’s stay.
A reader asks about public bar admission rules. The Illinois State Bar Association states that any person 21 or older who is not intoxicated or listed as disqualified has the right to drink, regardless of being unaccompanied by a male escort.
Illinois borrow pits used to furnish earth for highway grading are turned into lakes stocked with fish. Some pits, up to 55 feet deep, are near interstate routes and under Cook County Forest Preserve supervision. Publics may fish with landowner permission, and ponds are shaped for safety and aesthetics while meeting depth rules for regional stocking programs.
The article lists John C. Gardner as Editor and General Manager and Robert D. Reid as Managing Editor with James K. Adams serving as Business Manager.
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