Carterville district seeks 1.25 million bond for new high school
Carterville Community Unit District 5 asks voters to approve 1.25 million over 17 years, with the Illinois Capital Development Board covering 70 percent of the 3 million project cost. The plan replaces the 1924 high school at 816 S Division with a single building of 64,000 square feet featuring energy efficiency, separate rooms, a gym, and a music room while preserving the existing gym, football field, and shop.
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Illinois
Devellinois
Opment Board
CDB
Carterville
Crainville
Cambria
Terville Community Unit
Les McCollum
Williamson County
S. Division S
Gerald Cuendet
Right to strike clause seen as minor bloc in UMW talks
In negotiations between the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association a dispute over a local right to strike clause threatens the process. The clause could undermine the national contract and fuel wildcat strikes while distracting from core issues like health funds and wages. Owners urge safe fair conditions amid the dangerous work of miners.
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United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Arnold Miller
Mr. Miller
ERA debate rages over deadlines and fate of amendment
The piece argues for preserving the seven year deadline for ERA passage and opposing extension. It notes support and opposition, cites Phyllis Schlafly, and suggests future attempts or rewording to keep the effort alive while stressing broad goals of fairness for women.
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ERA
America
Illinois
Phyllis Schlafly
Alton
Congress
Call for a bike path along U S 51 South near SIU
Leroy Williams was killed while jogging along U S 51 near the SIU Arena, highlighting the need for a dedicated bicycle walking path between the SIU physical plant and Heritage Hills Estates. The writer urges a lighted lower level path from the plant to Pleasant Hill Road, extended toward town, with anchored lane-change obstacles to deter southbound right passes.
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Southern Illinoisan
Leroy Williams
U.S. 51
SIU
SIU Physical Plant
Heritage Hills Estates
U S. 51
Pleasant Hill Road
US 51
McAndrew Stadium
Letter to Editor Critiques Chester Football Coverage
Chester residents reply to Larry Odell after his November 4 article, arguing it harmed their team and fans. Wanda Runge asserts Odell lacks taste timing and class, urging him to quit sports reporting and consider war coverage instead.
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Southern Illinoisan
Larry Odell
Chester
Odell
Tim
Mr. Odell
Wanda Runge
Japan and U S relations on 36th Pearl Harbor anniversary
An analysis argues that 36 years after Pearl Harbor the United States and Japan face economic tension rather than war. It notes Japan's global trade surplus, Washington Tokyo frictions, and Fukuda's cautious view of a world economy shaped by major powers.
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Pearl Harbor
Franklin Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Washington
Tokyo
Asia
Cambodia
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Fukuda
Korea
Taiwan
Pacific Basin
U.S
Carter
Democratic Party
Congress
Panama
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Ussr
China
Soviet Union
Europe
Ford echoes Churchill with警 iron curtain warning in Fulton
Charles Storch argues that Gerald Ford mimicked Churchill’s 1946 iron curtain speech in Fulton Missouri by warning of Eurocommunism. The piece critiques both leaders for exaggerating the threat and notes shifts in U S policy under Carter toward a more flexible approach.
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Stettin
Baltic
Trieste
Adriatic
Winston Churchill
Westminster College
Fulton
Churchill
Atlantic
Europe
Gerald Ford
White House
Ford
United States
British Commonwealth
Soviet Union
Westminister College
Charles Storch
The
Des Moines Register
Daniel Yergin
Joseph Stalin
U.S
Kerenskys
Carter
Western Europe
Cyrus Vance
Karl Marx
Marx
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Winston Ford
Economist
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Moscow
Italy
Communist Party
France
Socialist Party
Southern Illinois
Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
Publishe
William B. Cox Jr
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