Anna voters reject home rule by a wide margin
In Anna the home-rule referendum failed by about eight to one with 795 against and 100 in favor among 904 city residents. City officials cited fears of higher taxes and expanded powers for licensing and city operations as key factors. The measure cannot be reconsidered for more than two years under Illinois law.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinois
Anna
Ben Edwards
Robert Ferrell
Edwards
Jonesboro
Council
Illinois
Roosevelt Square Nursing Home Olympathon Fundraiser
Roosevelt Square Nursing Home in Murphysboro hosted a "Nursing Home Olympathon" to boost support for the 1980 Olympics. The event raised enthusiasm and featured ambulatory and non ambulatory contests with winners including Susan Lee and Mary Nelson.
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Roosevelt Square
Murphysboro
United States Olympic Fund
Jackson Community Workshop
Susan Lee
David Layton
Mary Nelson
Raemona Padilla
Joe Jorgenson
Ddie Ross
Jim Johnson
National volleyball meet boosts Carbondale hotels and flights
The AIAW 11th national volleyball championship comes to SIU Carbondale with 20 teams, including the Salukis. Motels are full or busy through Sunday, and Air Illinois reports all six Sunday flights to St Louis booked. Local officials note strong community support and hotel activity, plus donations and welcoming efforts.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University- Carbndale
Association For Intercollegiate Athletics For Women
AIAW
SIAC
Salukis
U.S
Marion
Air Illinois
St. Louis
Charlotte West
SIUC
Ms. West
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
City clerk suspends himself over travel expense row
West Frankfort City Clerk John Pellew suspended himself after a dispute with Mayor Mike McClatchey over $600 to $700 in travel reimbursements from a Washington D C trip. Finance Commissioner John Simmons backs council approval, while Pellew and Simmons had limited reimbursements to plane tickets lodging seminar tuition and two books, with other costs borne personally.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
John Pellow
Pellow
John Simmons
Mike McClatchey
Pellew
Washington D.C
McClatchey
Simmons
Don Lucas
Washington
Chicago
Springfield
Treece-Brown
Shaw urges SIUC to seek strong president
SIU Carbondale chancellor Kenneth Shaw told the 12 member presidential search committee that the next campus leader must be strong yet able to avoid needless conflicts. He urged evaluating candidates on core abilities over years of experience and stressed the importance of listening and diplomacy.
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Shaw
SIUC
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Kenneth Shaw
Jo Ann Boydston
Yankee Samurai highlights Nisei role in Pacific victory
Book by Joseph D. Harrington documents Nisei MIS specialists who translated and interrogated enemy material, aiding key Pacific breakthroughs. Hoshiko, a Canadian-born SIU Carbondale professor, notes internment and reparations debate, while Harrington outlines three-book trilogy on Nisei contributions and postwar progress.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
U.S
Poston
Ariz. sIn
Ajas
Nisei
America
Michael S. Hoshiko
Carbondale
Joseph D. Harrington
Pacific
Hoshiko
Canadian Army Signal Corps
Vancouver
Ment
South
Alberta
Montreal
Radio Corporation of America
Soviet Union
United Staes
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Harrington
Navy
Pacific Islands
San Francisco
Presidio
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
John Anderton
Europe
West Frankfort X-ray Machine Seized in Federal Suit
An $18,000 Traceway III X-ray machine at Halstead Chiropractic in West Frankfort was seized under a federal suit alleging false labeling and adulteration for failing HEW standards. Attorney says a consent repair may be arranged. machine may be confiscated if no agreement. Dr. Halstead defends machine, noting prior state tests approved it.
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West Frankfort
Ronald L. Halstead
Halstead Chiropractic Clinic
Oak St
U.S
Halstead
U.S. District Court
Benton
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert L. Simpkins
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Pearl Baker
Lucille Airmans
Joe Jines
Wilbur Gremmer
Ken Brown
Joe Congiardo
Arddie Ross
Payton Kunce
Thomas Eynon
Graduate Council
Nisei Gis
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