Iranian students at SIU cash woes bite budgets
Iranian students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale report funds frozen by President Carter's order on Iranian assets, leaving many unable to cash checks from Iran. Some rely on short term loans and campus aid while fearing electricity shutoffs and rent issues as they await funds and possible deferrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Iran
Nasrin
Carter
United States
Gordon Watson
First National Bank of Carbondale
U.S
Siu-C
Carl Harris
Dorn
International Education Office
Harris
Shah
Johnson County hires animal control warden for rabies plan
Johnson County hires part time animal control warden John Carter as rabies cases prompt vaccination efforts in Vienna and surrounding Southern Illinois towns. Nine people receive vaccines after cat bites and scratches while the new program, under the Illinois Animal Control Act, sets up stray pickup and a kennel shelter pending owner claims or euthanasia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Wood
Johnson County
Health Agency
Vienna
John Carter
Southern Seven Health Department
Ron Adams
Carter
Adams
Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Health
Faulkner
Carter Given Christmas Call Seeks Southern Illinois Endorsement
President Jimmy Carter phoned Southern Illinois Democrats seeking support in the March primary. State Rep. Bruce Richmond said he has not endorsed but leans toward Carter, while Monroe County Sen. Paul Simon backs Kennedy. Carter asked for delegate commitments by December 20 as local leaders weigh endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Illinois
Jackson County
Ray Chancey
Richmond
Chancey
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Kennedy
Arter
Kenneth Buzbee
Terry L. Bruce
D-Olney
Gene Johns
D-Marion
James H. Donnewald
Christmas Crane Rises In Carbon Dale Housing Project
Angel Contractors Inc workers erect a 231 unit elderly and handicapped housing complex on Mill Street in Carbon Dale, built for UMIC Securities Inc of Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel Contractors, Inc
Carbondale
Memphis, Tenn
Mill Street
Umic Securities, Inc
Memphis
CCHS senior may become first woman governor via mock legislature
Mary Mayer of Carbondale Community High School leads the statewide Youth in Government mock assembly planning to choose a governor. Patty Spalt and Renee Beadle join Mayer as nominees for senate president and secretary of state with sessions in Carbondale, Springfield, and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community High School
Illinois
Mary Mayer
Youth
Senate
CCHS
Patty Spalt
Renee Beadle
Harold Emme
Carbondale
Springfield
Chicago
YMCA
Emme
Miss Mager
Miss Beadle
Simon Endorsement Ties Carbondale Grant Loss Talk
Carbondale officials suggested that HUD rejected the Targeted Jobs Demonstration Program grant possibly due to Rep. Paul Simon's endorsement of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Simon aides argued the district will not be harmed, noting 54 finalists, 14 awardees, and up to 100 jobs over two years in a joint HUD Labor Transportation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Paul Simon
Edward Kennedy
Simon
Ray Buss
24Th
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Carroll Fry
Hans Fischer
Fischer
Fry
Fed
HUD
Buss
Mondale
Mount Vernon
Paul
Robert C. Embry Jr
Departments of Labor and Transportation
Small Business Administration
Community Services Administration
Inter-Agency Coordinating Council
Tom Vincegara
Legislative and Urban Policies
Hartlieb withdraws candidacy from Jackson County board
Jackson County Board member Gary Hartlieb, chairman of the finance and ambulance committees, withdrew his petition for the 1980 election citing inner party politics and a broader failure to address complaints directly. He plans to resign from his precinct committee post amid criticism of the board’s approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Gary Hartlieb
Hartlieb
Democratic Central Precinct Committee
Ray Chancey
Chancey
James H. Beaty
Doug Eriksen
Beaty
Eriksen
Rend Lake College farm project nets profit to wipe deficit
Rend Lake College Land Lab program reports 1979 net sales 46 655 with expenses 28 164 and overhead 3 902 yielding net profit over 14 500. The program started about ten years ago and funds eliminate prior deficits. Board extends tenure to five teachers and does not renew two contracts. Names include Terry Clark Doug Leeck Fran Lentz Jack Musgrave and Gary Tucker. Contracts nonrenewed: David Lockwood John Mitchell Jr. Election date set for April 12 and future elections moved to November after 1981. January meeting rescheduled to Jan 22 to avoid Martin Luther King Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake College
Terry Clark
Doug Leeck
Fran Lentz
Jack Musgrave
Gary Tucker
David Lockwood
John Mitchell Jr
Tucker
Lockwood
Mitchell
Consol
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Watson
Life Office
Shahriar Nouri
Lewis Park
Nouri
Tehran
America
Mohammad Roffap
Roffap
Jared Dorn
Siuc International Education Department
ED Greer
Ella Reilly
The
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Mager
Beadle
Mary Mager
Jackson County Board
Drawal
William Kelley
Kelley
Ben Gelman
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