Carbondale urged to study unit school district option
A North Central Association summary urges Carbondale Community High School District to consider forming a K–12 unit district to coordinate programs across all grade levels. Critics cite no near term state aid advantage, while proponents note potential facility improvements and integrated planning for CCHS and feeder districts.
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Karen Rothe
Carbondale
North Central Association
Carbondale Community High School
Raymond L. Lows
Lows
Department of Educational Administration and Supervision
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
CCHS
Board of Education
Reid Martin
Jackson County
Monroe Deming
Deming
Filing Slow For Jackson County Offices In Republican Ticket
Jackson County reports a slow partisan filing with two county office spots and most county board and precinct committeeman positions still vacant. Democratic incumbents Harrell and Booker filed for new terms while Republicans list several candidates including for sheriff and district board seats. By late morning only 33 precinct committeeman candidates and a handful of county posts had filed.
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Jackson County
Robert Harrell
Harrell
Republi
Shirley Booker
Jackson
Perry
Springfield
Monroe Deming
Don Stricklin
Deming
Warren Grammer
Murphysboro
Bill Maurizio
Carbondale
Vernon
Joe’ Bagley
Dowell
Bill Childer
Roy L. Clark
Illinois Ave
Mary Nell Chew
Republican Board
Dongola to seek bond for five classrooms and music room
After three hours of discussion the Dongola Board of Education will ask voters in January to approve a 250000 bond to add five classrooms and a music room to the combined elementary and high school. If approved, construction would begin around June with masonry classrooms replacing a planned metal structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Southern Illinois
Dongola Board of Education
Gene Mason
Dongola
Mason
Wal Mart to Build Marion Discount City Store
Wal Mart Stores Inc confirms a 60,000 square foot Discount City store to open in Marion in 1979 on Westmore Plaza near Illinois 13 West and Russell Street. The Tempo Department store fire last year led to redevelopment. Ferold Arend says 100 jobs expected with peak season hires. The Marion unit will join 13,000 employees across 195 stores in 10 states and will offer 36 departments including apparel.
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Wal-Mart Discount City
Marion
Tempo
Sam Walton
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Westmore Plaza
Illinois 13 West
Russell Street
Wal-Mart
Ferold Arend
Mohr Value
Arend
Metropolis terminal picket legality under review
UMW probes whether a legal picket line can be set at the Cook Coal Transfer Terminal in Metropolis after mass protests damaged the facility. About 300 striking miners and a three-person restraining order shaped a tense scene as the plant stays closed amid a nationwide coal strike.
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Metropolis
UMW
Barbara Schechter
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Cook
Ohio
Kentucky
Union
Samuels
Non-smokers asked to bear cost of smoking harm
Southern Illinois University law professor Donald W Garner proposes that cigarette manufacturers pay for health care of smoking related illnesses. He outlines a system where hospitals recover treatment costs from tobacco companies based on proof smoking caused the disease and suggests a federal safety tax on cigarettes with rates tied to brand safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Donald W. Garner
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Law
Garner
Emory Law Journal
Washington, D.C
Devel
Workmen’s Compensation Board
Dawson to become Franklin County housing authority director
Franklin County will start Charles Dawson as housing authority director on Feb. 1 with a salary of 21000. He leaves the county board to avoid a conflict of interest after serving as chair since 1968. Dawson replaces Wayne Battle who retires Feb. 1. Battle led Management Services Co. under an expired federal contract.
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Cchs-Central
Cchs East
CCHS
Roy Weshinskey
Franklin County Board
Charles Dawson
County Housing Authority
Franklin County Housing Authority
Dawson
Housing Authority Board
Board of Review
Wayne Battle
Battle
Ment Services Co
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District 165
Federal Economic Development Administration
North Central
Central
Yvonne Steinruck
Siu-Carbondale
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Weshinskey
Robert Brewer
Carol McDermott
Barbara Bennett
John Baker
B.J. Schwegman
University Mall
Olene Drohomyrecky
Chicago
Ronauty
Bob Hale
Southern
Tress Vierson
Vergennes
Eugene Chambers
May Nelson
American Electric Co
Ohio Power Co
John Samuels
American Electric
National Labor Relations Board
Massac County
Robert Chase
Sheriff's
Massac County Sherriff’s Department
Philip Morris
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