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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1978
Page
3
Nancy Longwell grew up in Herrin and left Southern Illinois for California Boston and New York. After 14 years away she returned to practice meditation in Southern Illinois saying she was restless and could not settle at any job until she started meditation.
Ms. Longwell, living near Cobden with her mother on a 35 acre farm, has started a Siddah Yoga meditation program in her home to share its methods. She aims to attract SIU students first, plans sessions this week, and emphasizes meditation as freedom from tension.
After a year of discussion the Carbondale City Council schedules final action on a code of ethics for city officials and employees. The draft would create a five member ethics board with hearings, limited subpoena power, and procedures for removal of officials. The board would handle written requests from a council majority and report findings to the mayor and council.
General Telephone Co of Illinois will close most Southern Illinois billing offices in a phased plan. A central computer in Blooming ton will handle drifling and records by mid 1981 while employees transfer to the Phone Mart or other offices. Carbondale, Marion Herrin, and Murphysboro offices will relocate or close in the coming months, with some locations already closed earlier.
Anna youth Jeff Starr, 13, who appeared as Engelberg in two Bad News Bears films, heads to Hollywood for seven days of taping for a new ABC comedy series Grandpa Goes to Washington. Paramount under contract. Jaws 2 opening in area. Robert Davidson in Anna helped launch his career with auditions.
The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees named Robert Graham of Woodlawn acting dean of instruction. Graham, previously dean of student services, was appointed at a special board meeting. An eight-member search committee was formed to seek a permanent dean, after Kenneth La Salle left July 1 to become president of a New York community college.
Twenty striking Herrin city workers will return to work only after two non union workers hired to spray weeds are removed. Union official Arthur Sonny Smith accuses the city of contract violation and says no contact has been made with union reps. Mayor Ottolini Ottolini says he awaits a call and notes services are disrupted with the landfill closed and garbage and road work stalled.
Tom Isbell of Carbondale a 20 year old junior theater major at the University of Illinois appears in The Great American People Show production Your Obedient Servant A Lincoln at Kelso Hollow Amphitheater New Salem Star Park near Springfield The actor plays multiple roles including Jefferson Webster Whitman Lee and Herndon and also serves as co director of public relations The 62 night run through August 26 excludes Mondays and marks Lincoln country stage events tied to the Illinois bicentennial effort
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