Mood rings sell fast in Southern Illinois stores
Abigail Kimmel 17 of Marion says mood rings lie when rooms are very warm, turning blue to signal happiness while she felt tense when a shorthand test left her anxious and the stone turned black. Jewelry owner Bill Bainbridge notes a 10 year old Marion boy’s ring once went all black, prompting a recharge.
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Wanda Harris
Abigail Kimmel
Marion
Abigail
Bainbridge
Bill Bainbridge
Josh Reynolds
New York City
Don Boehne
John A. Logan College
Area schools foresee decade of stable enrollments regionwide
Southern Illinois districts predict enrollment stability over the next ten years, contrasting statewide projections of a 400000 pupil loss. Carbondale and Murphysboro report steady or rising kindergarten counts and high schools, while Herrin anticipates minimal declines amid classroom consolidations and shifting costs.
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Southern Illinois
State Board of Education
Laurence Martin
Carbondale
Martin
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Clarida
Herrin
Carbondale High School
Melvin Spence
What your mood ring says explain color codes
The article describes a mood ring color code as a living color chart. Black indicates tense and harried, reddish brown or amber shows anxiety, golden yellow signals scattered thoughts, light green means average active involvement, blue green marks emotional charge with some relaxation, bright blue signifies being relaxed, and violet blue represents high emotional involvement and satisfaction.
Board studies faculty bargaining question at SIU
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees continues study of faculty collective bargaining and plans no immediate action. Chairman Ivan A. Elliott Jr. said a review is under way to provide study materials, with no fixed timeline for joint committee actions or uniform timelines for the campuses.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Carbondale
Elliott
SIU
Siu-Edwardsville
Siu-Carbondale
Herbert S. Donow
Siu-C
Donon
Anna man enters 59th Senate race
Merle Boswell of Anna joins the 59th district Republican field for the state senate alongside David Barkhausen of Jonesboro Guy Pete Peterson of Marion and Gordon Kerr of Brookport with incumbent Gene Johns of Marion as the lone Democrat. Boswell a first time candidate is a carpenter who has worked at Anna State Hospital and ran a drive in restaurant in Anna. Filing runs 8 a.m. today through 5 p.m. next Monday.
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Merle Boswell
Anna
Senate
David Barkhausen
Jonesboro
Guy ‘Pete’ Peterson
Marion
Gordon Kerr
Brookport
Gene Johns
Boswell
Anna State Hospital
Bulls Visit Open House at Southern Illinois Center
Siu Carbondale hosts an open house at the Beef Cattle Evaluation Station where 70 bulls are fed a 25 percent roughage and 12 percent protein diet. The weight gain test ends in April and the bulls will be sold afterward.
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Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Carbondale voters weigh funding for pool rink site
Carbondale Park District residents vote Saturday on a 900000 bond to build a 6.8 acre pool and ice rink near Rigdon Kennicott Almond streets. Crossings over the Illinois Central Gulf tracks are uncertain while surveys and street improvements proceed under a Springmore district grant.
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Carbondale Park District
City of
Carbondale
U.S. 51
Rigdon, Kennicott and
Almond Streets
Park District
George Whitehead
Hood
Whitehead
Springmore District
Boyd
Don Monty
William C. Orthwein
Jackson County Taxpayers Association
Payers’ Association
US. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Lincoln Junior High School
W. Elm St
Water storage tower to be built near Ava church
No objections were voiced at the first public hearing for a proposed water storage tower in the Kinkaid Lake Conservancy District. About 15 residents attended. A HUD mandated second hearing is set for 7 30 p m Thursday Dec 18 at 1108 Chestnut St. The district seeks a $500 000 HUD grant for construction on the Ava blacktop road near Pleasant Hill Church.
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Kinkaid Lake Conservancy District
Dave Fliger
Conservancy District Board
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Regulations
Chestnut St
HUD
Ava Blacktop Road
Pleasant Hill Church
Jackson County entrants file for 1976 county board seats
Three candidates including an incumbent, a former member and a newcomer enter the Jackson County Board races for the 1976 election. Bill Kelley seeks another term in District 7 Carbondale. Alvin Lange runs in District 1 Bradley Township. Jack W. Leggett files in District 4 Carbondale. In Union County Fred Mayberry petitions for the Republican nomination for coroner. Four Democrats file petitions for county offices.
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Jackson County
Bill Kelley
Carbondale
Alvin Lange
Campbell Hill
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Bradley Township
Jack W. Leggett
Route
Leggett
Southern Illinois University
Union County
Fred Mayberry
Jonesboro
Mayberry
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Tweedy
Marion Community School
Supt. A.c.ady
Storme
Murphysboro
James Blackwood
Blackwood
Brown Shoe Co
William Clarida
Pat Corder
Marie Hunter
Marie
Bainbridge Jewelry
Bean
del Bean
Kmart
Penney’s
Sears
David Kirk
Reynolds
Qtran
Interstate 57
Rt. 13
Acci
Anna Man
Carbondale Public Works
William Boyd
Oak Street
Hickory Street
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