Illinois lieutenant governor latest: bored yet crucial role debated
Exeunt Dave O Neal amid talk he will quit a post he calls not too challenging. The piece argues Illinois coal development and elder care risk losing a champion while the state ponders a successor and the odd practice of electing separate governor and lieutenant governor tickets.
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Illinois
Dave *Neal
O’neal
United States Senate
Dan Walker
Walker
Carbondale
Neal Eckert
Thompson
Overnor
Chicago
Springfield
Illinois Energy Advisory Council On
Washington
William Scott
Alan Dixon
U.S. Senate
Letters on Herrin flood ditch woes mood
Jenny L Hagler writes from Herrin criticizing city officials for the 17th Street ditch flooding. She laments yards and homes being washed away, urges action now, and warns of compromising Herrin’s future if present conditions persist. She questions concern without addressing current damage.
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Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
17Th Street
Jenny L. Hagler
Don’t ignore SIU excesses in your editorial
A reader argues that Southern Illinois University operates as a government education body exempt from state laws, demanding accountability for administrators and trustees. They challenge claims about sabbaticals and salaries, urging scrutiny of the Mace affair and administrator pay.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Shaw
Plot to Kill U S Nuns in El Salvador Suspected
A Pacific News Service report cites first hand accounts suggesting the December 1980 murders of four Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford Maura Clarke Dorothy Kazel and lay missionary Jean Donovan in El Salvador were planned and ordered by superior officers in the U S backed Salvadoran military. It notes an intercepted radio transmission and interviews with U S officials church workers and ex diplomat Robert White linking foreknowledge and operation planning to the killings.
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John Dinges
Pacific News Service
Washington
el Salvador
San Salvador
U.S
Maryknoll
Ita Ford
Maura Clarke
Arseline
Dorothy Kazel
Jean Donovan
FBI
State Department
Alexander Haig
Robert White
White
Ford
Clarke
Managua
Nicaragua
Chalatenango
Maryknoll Order
Madeline Dorsey
Theresa Alexander
Salvadoran
Donovan
Kazel
la Libertad
Marie Rieckelman
Miami
Rieckelman
Santiago Nonualco
Karel
Lopez
Ken Ita Ford
Fr. Lopez
Cheek
Garcia
Romero
San Salvadora
Richardo
Ira Ford
Richardo Arbaiza
Los Ranchos
Aero
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