Moratorium on mobile homes by Carbondale council
Carbondale City Council enacts a 90 day moratorium on placing mobile homes in residential areas, except existing parks, to study impacts while seven to nine new placements occur annually. A mobile home subdivision option may be created to shield nice neighborhoods, with a related zoning review. Also approved Feb 24 library bond referendum at 1.725 million, up from 1.6 million, due to higher construction and financing costs.
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Ron Poppenhagen
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Oak Grove Heights
Fry
Jean Robinson
Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
Archie Jones
Bill Atwood
Council For
Mally
Marion couple honors hostages with 52 flags on lawn
Rural Marion residents Harold and Novella Rix recall wartime losses while marking the Iran hostage crisis. They placed 52 flags and ornaments on their lawn and plan to keep the display lit through New Year’s Day, stressing daily prayer for the captives and for families awaiting their return.
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Harold Rix
Iran
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion
Vietnam
Illinois 13
Novella Rix
Peabody Coal Co
Rixes
Hostages in Iran Face Prison Conditions, State Dept Says
The State Department stated that significant numbers of the 52 American hostages are not in acceptable conditions and some are imprisoned with serious lack of medical care. Officials rejected claims of mistreatment to pressure world opinion and urged independent observers to verify conditions.
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Washington Star
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Iran
John Trattner
Tehran
Carter Administration
U.S
Central Bank of
Algeria
United States
Edmund Muskie
Trattner
Weather forecast calls for rain then snow and cold snap
The National Weather Service expects rain tonight changing to snow flurries late, then windy and much colder with a low in the upper teens to lower 20s. Windy and colder Wednesday with a high in the lower 20s. Christmas Day fair but very cold with a 60 percent chance of precipitation. Illinois State Police provide taped road conditions at 348-8432.
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The
National Weather Service
Illinois
Election board refers Johns case to state's attorney
The State Board of Elections voted unanimously to refer Sen. Gene Johns case to Williamson County's state's attorney for possible criminal prosecution. Johns admitted failing to disclose details of campaign fundraising and expenditures from his 1978 re election bid. The board stressed no prosecution recommendation, noting amended reports brought him into current compliance, while preparing to forward the consent order to the prosecutor.
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Mike Lawrence
Southern Illinois
Springfield
State Board of Elections
Gene Johns
Marion
Johns
Richard Andersen
Andersen
Illinois
Clyde Kuehn
St. Clair County
Williamson County
Johns’ Campaign Committee
Randy Patchett
Elections Board
Patchett
Herman G. Bodewell
Bodewes
J. Phil Gilbert
Carbondale
Gilbert
Kuehn
Michael Hambler
Richard Cowen
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Jerry Lower
Norvella and
State Dept
Penny Laingen
Bruce Laingen
White House
Jody Powell
Carter
Powell
Ann Landers
Election Board
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