Democratic chairmen endorse Carter in 12 to 5 vote
Democratic officials in Illinois 24th District endorsed incumbent President Jimmy Carter by a 12 to 5 vote at a four hour Bent meeting. They also backed Rep. Paul Simon while some chairmen abstained or voted no. Delegates and alternates to the convention were named amid strong regional discussion. The district spans Alexander to Williamson counties.
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Carter
Associated Press
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Democratic Party
24Th
Jimmy Carter
Benton
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Sen
Edward Kennedy
McKenzie
Saline County
Paul Myers
Harrisburg
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Jane Byrne
Kenney
Myers
Byrne
Salem
Wilson
Simon
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Ray Basler
Williamson County
Bernice Cavilli
Franklin County
John Jackson
Jackson County
Barbara Brown
James Holloway
Randolph County
Phillip Koclanes
Herrin
Helen Ferguson
Jefferson County
James Wilson
Alexander County
Ruby Jackson
Massac County
Alexander, Bond
Clinton
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jackson, Jefferson
Johnson
Marion
Massac
Monroe
Perry, Pope, Pulaski
Randolph
Saline
Union
Washington, White and
Williamson
Southern Illinois leaders miss White House talks on coal
South Illinois Democratic figures Bill Harris and John Rednour canceled White House meetings with President Carter in Washington on Thursday due to scheduling conflicts. Harris, Williamson County Democratic chairman, and Rednour hoped for future sessions to discuss Illinois coal use and sulfur emission regulation reductions.
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Illinois
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Bill Harris
D-Marion
John Rednott
du Quoin
National Democratic
White House
Harris
Carter
Illinois Coal
Brush School sale set with restrictions in Carbondale
Brush School on West Main Street, site of Carbondale's first public school, may go to auction early February after the District 95 board vote 6-1. Conditions include preserving three ancient white oaks, constructing a memorial highlighting the site's history, and reletting admin offices to the district short term. Minimum price is 256000. sale requires Jackson County Board approval.
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Ella Reilly
Southern Illinois
Brush
Carbondale
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 Board of Education
District 95
Anita Lensini
Jackson County Board of School Trustees
Brush School
George Edwards
Charles Murden Brush
West Main Street
Col
Daniel Brush
Carbondale Strip Redesign: SIU Project Reveals Futures
Southern Illinois University Carbondale urban design seniors present two scale models of a redeveloped downtown from Mill Street to Walnut Street. The plans envision underground parking, four story limits, pedestrian overpasses, a new city hall, enclosed malls, and a piazza.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Stanley Mendelsohn
Illinois Avenue
Mill Street
Walnut Street
Delsohn
Mendelsohn
Federal
YMCA
Town and Gown
Larry Bruno
Bruno
Mayer Hans Fischer
Fischer
Myrtle Beck coordinates Anna Center holiday cheer
Myrtle Beck leads the Anna Mental Health Center Christmas Project with volunteers from SIU Carbondale Newman Center students, prisoners from Marion’s U.S. Penitentiary honor camp, seniors, sororities, and local groups across 27 southern counties. About 500 gifts are gathered, wrapped, and tagged for patients, with parties planned from early December onward.
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Joanne Wood
The
Southern Illinoisan
Anna Mental Health Center
Myrtle Beck
Mental Health Center
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Newman Center
U.S. Penitentiary
Marion
Beck
Chambers of Commerce
Ms. Beck
Regional mass transit aid eyed for downstate Illinois
In Carbondale officials and Enid Magidson of IDOT spoke on $500000 in federal Section 18 transit aid for rural Illinois. Region Five will receive $75000 plus a share of $125000, to support coordination among existing systems and expand community service. Public transit pilots like Golden Circle praised, concerns about funding and fragmentation noted. County applications are due by January 27.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoian
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Southern
Magidson
IDOT
Illinois
Effingham
Alexander
Pope
Hardin
Robert Winchester
R-Rosiclare
Winchester
Carroll Fry
Marion
Murphysboro
Illinois 13
Howard Mendenhall
Southeastern Regional Planning and Development Commission
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Metropolis
Richard Krueger
John McCuen
Krueger
Cairo
Jim McKenzie
Mount Vernon
Harris and
Rednour
24Th Congressional District
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
Carl Jones
Springmore
Everett Todd
Herbert Seifert
Dorothy Montgomery
Donna Budelsky
Parrish School
ED Greer
SIUC
I R
Terry Janssen
Tom Connell
Kathy Harbert
Paul Barbercheck
Steve Moore
Anna Center
Golden Circle For
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