No surprises in first-day filing for 58th 59th districts
On opening day of the week-long filing period, four incumbents filed for the 58th District with Sen. Kenneth Burbee and Reps. Vincent Birchler Bruce Richmond and Ralph Dunn party affiliations listed. Nine candidates filed in the 59th District including Sen. Gene Johns and Rep. William Harris among others. The March 21 primary deadline is 5 p.m. Monday with withdrawals allowed until noon December 24. The general election in November will select one senator per district and three House members per district. The 58th covers Jackson Randolph Perry Williamson and others. the 59th includes Franklin Williamson Saline Union and eight more counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Garner
Southern Illinoisan
General Assembly
Illinois
Illinois State Board of Elections
58Th
Board of Elections
Senate
Jackson
Randolph
Perry
Williamson
Franklin, Williamson
Saline
Union
Williamson County
Barney Boren
Leslie McCollum
Boren
Herrin
Terry Harmon
Jerald Kobler
Marion
William Brown
Route 1
Pittsburg
Donald Daugherty
Thomas Anderson
Charles Eldridge
McCollum
Verlyn Dobbins
Johnston City
Russell Oxford
Curtis Palmer
Jo M. Walker
John Hamilton
Claude Roland
Cambria
Oxford
Allen Cobb
Anna
Eldridge
Hamilton
Roland
State Highway Department
Filing Opens for Southern Illinois Primary Ballots
Incumbents and newcomers filed petitions across Southern Illinois counties on Monday to appear on next March's primary ballot. In Jackson County Mae A. Nelson filed for the Democratic District 6 County Board seat, while two Republican sheriff candidates, Warren Grammer and William M. Maurizio, joined the race. Democratic incumbents Harrell, Booker, and White sought new terms. others filed in Perry, Franklin, and Williamson counties with varied offices and terms on the line.
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Illinois
Jackson County
Carbondale
Mae A. Nelson
W. Cherry St
Susan Casey
Bill Kelley
Nelson
Murphysboro
Warren Grammer
Route 1
William M. Maurizio
Route 4
Grammer
Maurizio
Illinois State Police
Bill Childer
Childer
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Robert Harrell
Shirley Booker
Don White
Tress Pierson
Vergennes
Eugene Chambers
Randall Nelson
SIUC
Carbondale League of Women Voters
League
Rend Lake College president not renewed by board
Rend Lake College trustees voted not to extend President W Travis Martin Jr’s contract beyond September 1978 after he said he did not wish to continue. The decision followed a two hour closed session amid faculty concerns and prior calls for his ouster by the academic council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake College
W. Travis Martin Jr
Martin
Travis Martin
Benton
Barbara Luchsinger
Bend Lake College
Jack Traver
Traver
Joe Hickman
Don Musick
Academic Council
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
North Central Association
Funkhouser
Herrin Unit 4 votes Feb 4 on middle school bond
Herrin Illinois board sets February 4 voter referendum on a 1.8 million bond to fund a 4.3 million middle school with state aid covering the remainder. The panel scrapped a second repair funding question and aims to build on a site two blocks north of Herrin High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Unit 4 Board of Education
Lee Roy Brandon
Herrin
Ilinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Clarida
Herrin High School
Rayfield wins Mickey Mouse award for causing local woes
Carbondale Table Six awards highlight tensions over Hangar Nine site dispute and Jim Pearl used car lot case. Rayfield receives top dishonor for approving a pole barn on 511 S. Illinois Ave. and for backing a city council suit, while Eckert and Fischer also win honors for ethics and defense of “bull dog tenacity.” The event notes council ethics talk and ongoing legal chatter as Richman faces a speedy-trial expectation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Table Six
Carbondale
Jackson County
Mickey Mouse
Jim Rayfield
SIUC
Warren Brandt
James Thompson
Rayfield
Carbondale Plan Commission
South Illinois Ave
Jim Pearl
S. Illinois
Zoning Board of Appeals
John Yow
Plan Commission
Police Department
Public Works
Ment
Bonanza Steel
Neal Eckert
Eckert
Hans Fischer
North Mardale
Northwest
Fischer-Stein Associates
Fischer
Carroll Fry
Richard Richman
Richmond
Clyde Choate
Springfield
David Derge
Richman
George Kennedy
First Annual Gong Award given to Carroll Fry
A 1978 column notes City Manager Carroll Fry received a special prize the First Annual Gong Award for bureaucratic graft and waste. The judge Richman’s remarks are said to have been softened in print, with Fry praised for ongoing training of officials in taxpayer fund squandering and gobbledy gook of regulations. The column ends with a holiday wish and two weeks’ vacation.
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Richman
Carroll Fry
Fischer
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Kenneth Burbee
Vincent Birchler
Chester
Bruce Richmond
Ralph Dunn
R-Du
Quin
Fredrick Starks
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Starks
Gene Johns
George A. Williams
William Harris
James Rea
Christopher
Wayne Samuels
William Grindle
Ronald House
Benton Democrat
Bob Winchester
De-James Crommenes
Metropolis
Angus Mack Gaither
Thompsonville
William Gladich
West Frankfort
House
Jack Hunter
Marion Searcy
Partional Post Office
Searcy
Accord
Butch Nevious
Perry County
Victor Provart
Pinckneyville
Ronald Shirk
du Quoin
Tom Moss
Provart
Shirk
Moss
Pro
Winton Bigham
Marion Dunn
Bigham
William C. Heisner
Tamaroa
Russell Birkner
Eddie Rainwater
Birkner
Franklin County
Bob Hiller
Zeigler
Danny Jones
Elvis Nolen
Franklin County Educational Service Region
H. Lee Browning
Walier
Nolen
al Chiaventon
Leroy Spotanski
Lesser
John Buntin
Spotanski
Buntin
Rudy Uhls
Marion Bowman
Tom Bartoni
Frankfort
Chiaventone
Gerald Gass
William Willis
Willis
Franklin County Board
Ralph J. Williams
Gass Is
Rend
William Clarida
A & H Engineering Co
Champaign
West Side
South Side
Hurst- Bush
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