ACLU eyes probe over Du Quoin police youth abuse claims
The ACLU Southern Illinois considers a citizen police review board in Du Quoin after parents allege harassment of juveniles and an incident involving a 16 year old at the city jail. Officers defend stop and frisk practices and deny misconduct, while the youth faces aggravated battery charges that were later kept under supervision.
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ACLU
du Quoin
Brad Berker
Southern Illinoisan
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Philip Milsk
Southern Illinois
Milsk
Gary Darnell
McClanahan
Darnell
Butler steps down from Marion paper
Butler, 76, ends a Marion Daily Republican run begun in 1918 with roles from delivery boy to editor. He also wrote for WEBQ radio and served on the Marion High School board and city council. His son Robert Butler has been mayor since 1963. He retires citing age and health, with no immediate replacement in sight.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Homer Butler
Marion Daily Republican
Charlie Birger
Shelton
Williamson County
Marion
Butler
Marion Daily
WEBQ
Arcola
then-Harrisburg National Bank
Illinois General Assembly
Eva Clarida
William Clarida
Robert Butler
Shawnee College Enrollment Rises for 1980 Summer Fall
Shawnee College reports a 13.13 percent increase in full time student enrollment for the 1980 summer and fall semesters compared with 1979. Total enrollment rose 10 percent, with 2,650 students in the 1980 fall and 892 in summer, versus 824 summer and 2,397 fall in 1979.
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Shawnee College
Allin Community College
Ures
Gene A. Cross
Rowan questions new election in Makanda
Rowan seeks Illinois Board of Elections review after learning his name must appear on the April 7 ballot for Makanda village trustee. Jesse Rowan, 30, was sworn in February 1980 after annexation of his home and alleges improper procedures if he was appointed. He suspects political motives amid Makanda Community Development Council tensions.
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Brad Betker
Southern
Rowan
Makanda
Low water blocks Ohio River traffic near Cairo and Mound City
Groundings of three tows in a week close the lower Ohio from Mound City to Cairo. The Agnis Mae and Sonny Ivy tows ran aground amid record-low water. dredging is planned as the Army Corps assesses removal. No pollution reported. officials warn the channel remains dangerously narro.
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Mound City
Ohio River
U.S. Coast Guard
J.g. Joseph Carlson
Carlson
Agnis Mae
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sonny Ivey
Coast Guard
Ohio
John Bailey
Paducah
Mound City Bar
America Bar
Ohio River Basin
Don Semancik
U.S. Weather Service
Cairo
Creal Springs family loses home in early fire
A Creal Springs mother Theresa Lambert Studer and her 5-year-old son Jimmy escaped unharmed when a fire destroyed their home early Saturday after being spotted at 2 10 a m The blaze burned the house to ashes in about 35 minutes A brother Robert Lambert and a friend also escaped The grandmother Myrtle Edwards asks for clothing and household items to aid the family with drop off at the Creal Springs fire department.
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Creal Springs
Theresa Lambert Studer
Jimmy
Robert Lambert
Cold tablets and the great drug mix up
Ben Gelman reviews cold relief options from aspirin to acetaminophen and other active ingredients. He notes the Physician’s Desk Reference details and warns readers to read labels, as many products combine multiple drugs.
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Physicians’ Desk Reference
PDR
Medical Economics, Inc
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Grand Tower Rock
Mississippi River
Ben Gelman
Taber
Bristol-Myers
Bayer
Glenbrook Laboratories
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