Women can fight job discrimination, attorney advises
Linda MacLachlan of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation outlined multiple avenues for women facing workplace discrimination. She cited examples such as female only help-wanted ads, unequal pay, and biased promotion policies, and urged meticulous records, informal resolution, or legal action with resources like the Women’s Center, referral hotlines, and government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Bloomer
Southern Illinoisan
Linda MacLachlan
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
Women’s Center
Carbondale
Features Book collections turning to dust
Harvard libraries face widespread book decay as paper turns brittle within decades. Books from best sellers to romances are fading nationally due to cheap wood pulp and alum rosin inks. Librarians warn many popular works may be lost unless preservation improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Q. Haney
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Libray
Doris Freitag
Times
Library of Congress
Weird readers and fragile books span culture and lint
Erma Bombeck notes curious readers and odd obsessions from lint art to handbag sourdough. Librarians and preservationists discuss culture's fragility as libraries repair yellowed pages, with Langston Hughes and Harlem’s Brownings Book highlighted amid debates on durable paper and mass preservation methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert DeCandido
New York Public Library
New York
Harlem
Langston Hughes
Library of Congress
Everybyd
Norman J. Shaffer
Shaffer
Shrine event set at Benton for Ainad Memorial Ceremonial
Benton hosts the Avnad Shrine Cecil Bond Memorial Ceremonial Saturday with events at Benton High School and an 8 AM start. A 2 PM downtown parade features Ainad units, bands and state groups. Guest speaker Vance C. Van Tassell of Robinson will attend. Keith Ward of Lesser coordinates committees. Crews note Shriner Hospital aid rose to 239 youths from 107 Southern Illinois cities last year. Ainad has sent 2,647 children in 15 years. Rose Mary Bastien is re elected chairwoman of the Jackson County Democratic Women’s Club with officers Mickey Korando Jan Brown Lonnie Hollman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton High School
Benton
Ainad
Vance C. van Tassell
Robinson
The
Masons
Illinois
Keith Ward
Lesser
Franklin County Shrine Club
Southern Illinois
Shriners Hospital For
Rose Mary Bastien
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Democratic Women’s Club
Community council officers elected at June meeting
Murphysboro residents Jane McLaughlin Terri Wright and Allene Etherton lead a council elected at a luncheon honoring retiring continuing and incoming officers. New members Pat Reiman and Lorraine Decker also from Murphysboro join the council. Christmas In July sells crafts baked goods and plants at Marion Lions Depot hosted by the Leroy A Chapter 350 Order of the Eastern Star. Information via Marie Harris Marion. Clara Belle Lungwitz chairs Jackson County Home Economics Extension Council and Homemakers Association Board with Terri Wright and Allene Etherton serving as officers. Herrin High cheerleaders raise 537.96 for American Cancer Society. Williamson County unit aims for 21486 with 13590 raised so far.
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Lion’s Depot
W. Main St
Marion
Leroy A. Chapter No. 350
Order of the Eastern Star of Illinois
Marie Harris
Bainbridge Road
Clara Belle Lungwitz
Carbondale
Jackson County Home Economics Extension Council
Jackson County Homemakers Extension Association Board
Jane Mclaughlin
Mary Mantovani
Terri Wright
Allene Etherton
Herrin High School
American Cancer Society
Herrin Street
Williamson County
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Ms. MacLachlan
Carbondale Business and Professional Women’s Club
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ms. MacLachan
SIUC
Erma Bombeck
Solzhenitsyn
Wendy Ward Ehlers
Wendy
Washington
Texas
Ft. Worth
John P. Hoffman
Victor
Mont
Wit’s End
Avnad
Cecil Bond
Mr. Bond
Mickey Korando
Jan Brown
Lonnie Hollman
Jacob
Pat Reiman
Lorraine Decker
Eastern Star
Extension Council
Herrin
J Ale
S. Illinois Ave
Ethan Allen
Wvsree
Bert Eess
Buffet and Hutch
China
Chapman-Rollo
East
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