Jackson County Tracks Budget Deficit and Ambulance Plan
Jackson County board trims its deficit to about 35,000 by year end and raises hopes with a 272,914 ambulance service budget. The plan uses a 300,000 county reserve and 210,992 expected balance, plus 48,000 from federal grants and 75,000 unspent funds. Revenue includes 749,497 county office income and new ambulance levy of 100,000, with a 190,000 rate increase added to tax bills next year.
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Jackson County
Bill Kelley
Kelley
Sheriff's Department
Jackson County Merit Commission
SIU Faculty Senate schedules meeting on retirement funding
SIU Carbondale faculty senate calls a special meeting in the Student Center to address chronic underfunding of the State University Retirement System. Members seek ways to secure full state funding as critics warn of recurring shortfalls that affect benefits for faculty and staff.
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SIU
Illinois State Univers
Southersel University-Carbondale
John §. Jackson II
SIUC
Benton woman charged in murder conspiracy case
Diane Rusher, 22, of Benton, is held in Frankus County Jail on conspiracy to commit murder in the Nov 23 death of her husband Donald J. Rusher. Five others are charged or detained as investigators pursue the homicide at Eakin Grove Baptist Church area.
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Diane Rusher
Bentons
Frankus County
Benton
Donald J. Rusher
Ruser
William Wills
Rusher
Feleansboro
Narité Gard Nelice
Musher
Eakin Grove Baptist Church
Pranstin County
Charles Seagle
Big Muddy River
New auditorium plan advances at Murphyshra Unit District 185
Murphyshra Unit District 185 board approved bids totaling 341 437 to build a new auditorium for the high school, with local financing planned. White Stone Construction wins major contracts for metal, plumbing, electrical, and overall construction as the district considers adding the project to the fall opening.
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Aw Muenkyshora Hith
Murphyshora
Hoth Seltzal
Alverty
Deve Onmant
CDR
Heard Waters
Bi's
White Stone
Goode Plumbing and Heating Inc
Evansville
Tnd
Quanty Sheat Metals Inc
Carbondale
End H& H Plumbing and Healing of
Mt. Ver
Bill Kelley May Be Next Jackson County Board Chairman
Bill Kelley of District 7 in Carbondale is a likely candidate for Jackson County board chairman after an unopposed win in the November 2 election. A Monday meeting will seat new members, elect a chairman, and assign committees. a regular meeting follows. The board showed support for Kelley at a special session, while current chairman Bob Stearns said he is not seeking another term.
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Bill Kelley
Jackson Board
Carbondale
Jackson County
Kelley
Lar
Haderman
Reginald
Bob Stearns
Distri. 2
Merv. Nell, Chew
Ay Russell’ Eliott
Ben Dunn
Walter, Robinson Jr
Arm
Jack Cooper
Gary Hamlieb
Ned McGlyns
MEG
Decis
Murphysboro
Bowers
Press
Murphyshara
MEG Project
Scott Ratter
Richard
Pariser
Ratter
MEG Particpants
Carbondale Police
Ralph Brandon
Carroll Fry
George Kennedy
Ilinois Bureau of Investigation
Fry
Potter
Brandon
Murphysboro gains preliminary OK for MEG fiscal role
Murphysboro moves to become the MEG fiscal agent as the Tiinsis Law Enforce ment Commission preliminarily approves a 997,969 grant for MEG operations across four Southern Illinois counties. Local funds bring the total to 89,793 for operations through June 29, 1977, with final approval due from the TLE executive director early next week.
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Robert Gropp
Southern Silinaisan
Tiinsis Law Enforcement Commission
Murphysboro
Janet Oxses
TLEC
Chicago
TLE
Illinois
TLO
MEG
Carbondale
Southern James University
Muthyehoro
du Cupin
Pihekeyville
Union
Williamson
Perry
Jackson
Ronald Parker Commissioned as Army Second Lieutenant
Ronald A. Parker, husband of Nancy Parker of Herrin, was commissioned as an Army second lieutenant after graduating from the Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning Georgia. He earned a 1974 B S degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign and attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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Ronald A. Parker
Nancy
Herrin
Ft. Benning
Reversity of Illinois
Champaign
Southern Tavis University-Carbondale
CIPS to Raise Natural Gas Rates by 25 to 30 Dollars Yearly
Central Illinois Public Service Co customers will pay about 25 to 30 dollars more per year as the Illinois Commerce Commission approves a 2 cent per therm increase to the purchased gas adjustment. Darrel Smits of CIPS Marion notes the ICC action follows higher pipeline and wellhead gas costs, with residential usage varying from 100 to 1 400 therms annually. CIPS serves about 140,000 customers in central and southern Illinois.
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Cental Ilinois Public Service Co
Tilinnis — Commerce Commission
CIPS
Darrel Smits
Gas Secrations Simervism
Marion
ICC
Smitgeve
Federal Power Commission
Rime
AsdwErm Autonirenbie
Smalvonits
Smits
Ilings
Simpler Sports Then and Now Fifty Years Ago
By Ben Gelman comparing past and present sports scenes he laments lost seasons and growing playoff culture. He recalls memory of eight baseball teams, classic players, and outdoor games, noting how baseball and football schedules have shifted toward longer postseasons and televised spectacles. He jokes about a future with a World Series in a Super Week in New Orleans or the Astrodome, reflecting on access, affordability, and fan nostalgia.
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Ben Gelman
Welaers
Brooklyn
Giants
Val
Big Apple
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Jack Demisay
Connié Mackin Philatalghia
New York
New Orleans
Astrodome
Houston
Tvi
vMpere
Feret
Byline in Illinois Reflects Postseason Ponderings
A Midwest byline hints at next year’s state marbles players and a tense playoff forecast. The piece recalls a September scene where an athletic director urges more pupils for playoff loans than total enrollment, amid talk of Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Riverfront Stadium shaping the season.
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Illinois
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Riverfront Stadium
Bentala
Golf and Playoff Questions Fill Sports Pages
The reader questions the NFL playoff stakes in Cincinnati and asks who won the $200,000 men’s golf event in Miyazaki Japan and the women’s event in Manila Philippines. The piece notes division sizes and the lack of clarity on golf playoff dates while avoiding lengthy analysis.
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Cincinnati
Miyazaki
Japan
Manila
Philippines
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Unity Risk Management
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SLU Board of ‘Trustees
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Sinea
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Wirais
New High Scee
Murphyshra Beard
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Carbondae
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Met Ongeprien Board
Murahysboro
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Ronald Parker
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