Thompson proposes trimmed state education budget
Springfield Governor James K. Thompson announced a budget aiming for 6 percent more state aid to higher education, below the Board of Higher Education's 10.8 percent request, but surpassing $1 billion in aid and totaling $1.23 billion with other university income. The plan also calls for a 6.9 percent rise in per pupil funding for elementary and secondary education to $2.76 billion, and includes salary increases for higher education staff, a 2 percent catch up, expanded student aid via the Illinois State Scholarship Commission, and increased grants to private institutions and health education programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Thompson
Board of Higher Education
Thompson
Ing
State Board of Education
Illinois
Fahner asks ICC to release IP rate forecast data
Attorney General Tyrone Fahner filed an amicus brief urging the Commerce Commission to overrule an examiner and require Illinois Power Co to disclose five year economic forecasts connected to a 23 percent electric rate increase. The move seeks public access to forecasts the company says could invite liability for fraud if published and later proven inaccurate. Charles Lippa supported limited disclosure, while Harold Deakins of Illinois Power said substantial information has already been provided to officials and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Tyrone C. Fahner
Illinois Power Co
Commerce Commission
Commission
Illinois
Fahner
Hearing Examiner
Harold Deakins
Economic Survival Guide From Special Financial Section
Learn how business cycles affect you and how to read economy signals. Discover bank trends and how to spot credit trouble, with practical steps and tips from the special financial section.
Making It in Music Difficult Path to Break In
The article states talent alone does not guarantee entry to the music business. A record or album and radio exposure are needed, and one can either do part of the work independently or pay for recording and promotion.
Retired Professor Charles Neal Still Writes books
Retired Southern Illinois University Carbondale education professor Charles Neal remains prolific, continuing to write and publish after ending his faculty career. He says the ideas do not stop with retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Neal
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan contact and circulation details
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with delivery and mail rates. Includes office phone numbers and classified ad lines. Postmaster address provided for changes.
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Southern Ilinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Lost Mozart symphony found sold to Bavarian library
A symphony composed by nine year old Wolfgang Mozart in London in 1795, long thought lost, has been found and sold to the Bavarian State Library in Munich. The library declined to name the seller or price. The premiere is planned for May 17 at Castle HerrenchiemSEE summer festival near Munich.
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Bavarian State Library
Munich
West Germany
Wolfgang Mozart
London
Castle Herrenchiemsee
Union agent indicted for embezzling from Local 551
Phillip J. Koclanes, business agent for the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 551 in West Frankfort, was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of embezzling 577.75 from the union welfare plan. The alleged amounts include 172.75 on September 23, 1978, 202.50 on April 28, 1979, and 202.50 on July 25, 1979. His case will be heard in federal court in Benton. no trial date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 551
West Frankfort
Phillip J
Koclanes
Benton
Du Quoin Increases Pool Fees With Night Sessions
Du Quoin Park Board raised pool season passes ahead of nightly sessions and private parties. Family passes go to 60 dollars, adult passes to 40, and child passes stay at 25. New lighting prompts higher utility costs and aims to keep the pool at break even. Applications for instructors and lifeguards are welcome at Du Quoin High School.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin Swimming Pool
du Quoin Park
Park Board
Jerome Alongi
Alongi
John Rhoades
du Quoin
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Alan Martin
du Quoin High School
Martin
Library picks its architect for new building
Carbondale Public Library Board selects Harry Weese and Associates of Chicago as architect for a new library. Director Ray Campbell calls the firm internationally known and notes past libraries in Washington DC and Miami. Negotiations to begin after the February bond issue. board interviewed 14 of about 30 firms before recommending Weese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Public Library Board
Harry Weese
Campbell
Library Board
Weese
Benton districts seek bids for private school bus service
The Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 board approved seeking bids for a private bus service. A committee will prepare specifications and bids may be sought separately or jointly with the Benton Consolidated High School District to compare financial terms. The high school board also considers private bus service for next year.
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Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 Board of Education
Kevin Bilyeu
Benton Consolidated High School
Alabama man held in jail on criminal damage charge
Carl James Pierce age 21 of Abner Alabama was in Randolph County jail in Chester today under criminal damage to property. Pierce was arrested Thursday afternoon by Sparta police.
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Carl James Pierce
Abner
Ala
Randolph County
Chester
Pierce
Sparta
Garwood pleads to reverse court martial verdict
Marine Pfc. Robert Garwood asked a military jury to overturn his conviction for collaboration with the enemy and for psychiatric treatment. His lawyer described him as tormented by the prosecution and notoriety after 14 years in captivity. Garwood faces life in prison.
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Pfc
Robert Garwood
Vietnam
Olshin
Garwood
Arson suspect claims hookup fueled Las Vegas Hilton fire
Philip B. Cline, 23, a Las Vegas room service busboy, told authorities he accidentally started the Hilton blaze with a marijuana cigarette during a homosexual act with an unnamed man known as Joe. He is charged with arson and murder as police seek the mystery partner and review past employment at four Strip hotels including MGM Grand where no link to that fire is found.
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Joe
Philip B. Cline
Las Vegas Hilton
Cline
John Conner
Metropolitan Police Department
Las Vegas Strip
Mgm Grand
MGM
Bob Hilliard
Pot smuggler given 84 years in federal prison
James Anderson Mitchell, a director in what officials call the nations largest marijuana ring, received an 84 year federal sentence from Judge William L. Beatty after admitting guilt on 42 counts. The case involved 11 conspirators smuggling marijuana worth about 120 million from Colombia between 1976 and 1980.
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James Anderson Mitchell
U.S
William L. Beatty
Mitchell
Brighton
Colombia
Marcie Mitchell Battern
Roxana
Wesley Mitchell
Beatty
Louis Peach
Wood River
Illinois
Stephen P. Miller
Springfield
Morning blast rocks Louisville sewer system
An early dawn explosion under Louisville's Old Louisville district tore through the sewer system, creating an eight foot trench across several blocks, blowing out water and gas lines, and damaging homes and businesses. Four people were injured, but none seriously. A car and truck fell into cratered streets as manhole covers were hurled away.
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Louisville
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