Primitive Johnson Creek Development opens at Kinkaid Lake in 1980
The 400 acre Johnson Creek Development at Kinkaid Lake will open in summer 1980 with a beach boat launch hike in and multiple family camping. Funded by a 1.13 million dollar Congress grant, it features a nine foot footbridge dubbed Lyons Folly, primitive vault and low flush toilets, 234 vehicle parking and room for 1,520 visitors.
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Sherrie Good
Johnson Creek
Kinkaid Lake
G. H
Howie”’ Lyon Jr
Shawnee National Forest
Murphysboro
Forest Service
Whitestone Corp
Steeleville
Congress
Lyon
Forest Srvice
Moreno leaves GERPDC to lead Illinois Future Task Force
Moreno, former executive director of the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Committee, will not return to GERPDC after the Task Force on the Future of Illinois completes work in December 1979. He will become executive director of the state task force while remaining on GERPDC payroll as a contract employee, with a $30,000 annual salary reimbursed by the task force. Jim Rush acts as GERPDC interim director since July 1, and the commission seeks a new permanent executive director at $27,500 annually with applications due by July 31.
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Franklin Moreno
Greater Egypt
Moreno
Gerpdc
Regional Planning Commission
Jim Rush
Carbondale
Rush
Commission
The
Murphysboro City Council to hold special session on streets
Murphysboro Mayor Michael Bowers announced a special city council meeting at 7 p.m. in city hall to discuss repairing street damage from last winter. The plan outlines a program offering 70 percent federal funding with the city providing 30 percent, focusing on secondary streets not covered by arterial or other Federal Aid Secondary programs.
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Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
Bowers
West Frankfort City Clerk resigns after moving out of town
West Frankfort City Clerk Sam Tanner lost his job after moving outside city limits. Mayor Jack Woolard asked for his resignation citing state law requiring municipal officials to reside within the city. Tanner had submitted resignation earlier in the week and will serve until a replacement is found. He notes no plans beyond assisting his wife’s new real estate business. Tanner has held the post since August 1976.
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West Frankfort
Sam Tanner
Jack Woolard
Paul Caldwell
Caldwell
Simon urges disarmament to boost prosperity and security
U S Representative Paul Simon says SALT accords have saved billions in arms spending and a new deal could cut budget waste by about 12 billion annually. He notes disarmament progress will be slow and could take years, with no overnight miracles expected. Simon cites UN session results and urges sustained, practical steps toward global disarmament.
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Russ Mitchell
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Soviet Union
United States
Simon
Carbondale
League of Nations
Randolph County appoints new and reappointed board members
Randolph County Board Chairman Leonard Ernsting announces reappointments and new appointments to county boards. Reappointed terms run July 1, 1978 to June 31, 1981. New Sparta Hospital Board appointees include Thelma Douglas Larry Partington and Jerome Cook. New Sparta Airport Board member is Milton C Hawkins with a term to June 30, 1983.
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Randolph County Board
Leonard Ernsting
Chester Hospital Board
Spencer Brown
Alvin Hecke
Welfare Service Commission
Joseph Sense
Roy Everding
William Dierks
Randolph County Health Board
Frank Cook
Leo Gross
Robert Schettler
Randolph County TB Board
Harvey Paulter
Milton Zemlyn
Jackie Caupert
Sparta Hospital
Thelma Douglas
Larry Partington
Jerome Cook
Partington
Cook
Sparta Airport Board
Milton C. Hawkins
Hawkins
Virgin Islands man seeks parole reform amid prison threats
Attorney Victor Snyder testified at a U S District Court hearing in St Thomas that white inmates who embrace the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi beliefs terrorize black prisoners in federal facilities in Atlanta and Marion He argued Ishamel Ali should serve the remainder of a life term in Virgin Islands prisons after being convicted of the 1973 Fountain Valley Golf Course murders on St Croix Ali was told by a prison official that yard release could trigger an explosive situation which influenced his case.
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St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Atlanta
Marion
Victor Synder
U.S. District Court
Ishamel Ali
Ali
Fountain Valley
St. Croix
Prisoner Ali and racial tensions at Marion prison
The article details racial conflict at Marion and Atlanta federal prisons, citing attorney Synder who describes inmates divided along race with black leaders like Ali, later Ishamel La Beet. Witness Ruth La Beet testified about career hardship and abuse by guards, while Audry Meyers described harsh security cells and drug programs used to manage prisoners. A 1977 transfer of Ali to Springfield is noted and a 1974 class action led to a due process ruling about segregation.
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Virgin Islands
Atlanta
Marion
Ali
Springfield
Marion Penitentiary
Synder
James Foreman
Du Quoin man drowns after head injury during dive
A 22 year old Du Quoin man Steven Bunton drowned at Crab Orchard Lake spillway after striking his head during a dive. Witnesses moved him near shore, but he drowned before rescue. Bunton, a B C Bunton Waterproofing employee and Eagles member, lived with his parents on West Franklin Street and was a Baptist. Funeral services set for Saturday at Neal Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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du Quoin
Crab Orchard Lake
Williamson County
James Wilson
Bunton
Carterville
Wilson
Bill and
Shirley Hackleman Bunton
W. Franklin St
B.C. Bunton Waterproofing Co
Order of Eagles Lodge
Debbie
Robert Brad
Donald Ray
Ruth Bunton
Grace Hunter
Neal Funeral
Sunset Memorial Park
Johnston City rescinds contract award for road work
Johnston City Council reversed a prior decision and re awarded a motor fuel contract after state officials flagged issues with the earlier bid. The panel ultimately gave Wilson Asphalt of Marion an $18,968 contract, with city engineer Larry Lipe to monitor progress for quality.
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Johnston
Marion Asphalt Company
Illini Asphalt
Benton
Wilson Asphalt
Marion
Brandon
Wilson
Larry Lipe
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China
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KKK
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Ruth la Beet
Steven Bunton
Raymond Hagston
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