Judges Tour Vienna Prison Sees Rehabilitation Efforts
Illinois circuit judges toured Vienna Correctional Center and heard residents praise education, day work release, and vocational training. Inmates described benefits of Vienna's minimal-security model, while officials urged more such facilities to support rehabilitation and reduce recidivism.
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Vienna Correctional Center
Illinois
Vienna
Jay Shutter
Shutter
Rockford Park District
Mike Miller
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Miller
Carson Jones
Charles Boston
Joliet
Menard
Chester
Boston
Bill Green
Murphysboro
Green
Vernon Housewright
Thomas W. Haney
Herrin
Roy Gulley
Additions to Southern Illinoisiana tall tales from Ozarks editors
Ben Gelman reviews the third Southern Ilinoisiana volume, Tall Tales Ghosts and Omens of the Illinois Ozarks, with selections on weather, birds, superstitions, animals, and tokens. Bonnie Krause Kay Carter edited. Andrea Kenefick Loretta Vincent provided illustrations. Each volume costs 2.50 and orders go to Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild Books, Carbondale. Another volume on War in Illinois by Donald Bain is due from Prentice-Hall in October.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Ozarks
Shawnee Hills
Loretta Vincent
Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild
P.O. Box
Carbondale
Ill
Prentice-Hall
Illinois
Donald Bain
Shelton
Birger
Fellini bibliography coauthored by Herrin native
Former Herrin resident Marc Lenzini coauthors an annotated bibliography titled Federico Fellini A Guide to References and Resources. Lenzini, a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Illinois, worked with John Stubbs and Constance D. Markey. the book will be available at the Herrin library. He serves as 1978-79 president of the U of I Film Society and is married to Rebecca Thomas of Herrin.
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Federico Fellini
Lenzini
Arthur Lenzini
Herrin
University of Illinois
John Stubbs
Constance D. Markey
Fellini
U of I Film Society
Rebecca Thomas
U of I
Champaign-Urbana
CETA provides area jobs and services in Southern Illinois
The West Frankfort Juvenile Division mirrors a Mod Squad style group aiding under-18 residents with patience and no violence. CETA funds Marion Civic Center and aging programs in Williamson County support arts, nutrition, and transportation, while Herrin cites conflicts with unions. National debates on CETA address substitution, funding abuses, and renewed oversight to curb misuse and ensure aid reaches the unemployed.
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Joanne Wood
The
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Mod
Jim Kinsman
Joy McGinty
Marion
CETA
Illinois
Herrin
Mario Ottolini
Williamson County
Donnelly
Chicago
Buffalo
Washington
Congress
Steve Juntila
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
Juntilla
Jo M. Walker
Commis
Heath to build $30 million golf course project in Marion
Evansville developer Richard J. Heath announced a $30 million golf course and condominium complex for Marion. The plan includes a clubhouse pool tennis courts lodge and homes with land purchased from Brooking and Wohlwend. A press conference at the Ban Dor Inn will detail the project. Heath previously aimed to operate a SIU Carbondale course under a 40 year lease but talks ended May 8 due to zoning draining costs and site acquisition.
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Richard J. Heath
Evansville
Ind
Marion
Heath
Greater Marion Area
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University
SIUC
Siu-C
Oak Meadow Country Club
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Southern Illinois An
Gulley
State Department of Corrections
Butch Nevious
Haney, Top
Byline
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Bain
Marc Lenzini
Joe Jines
Dennis Hatchcraft
Sara Stewart
FBI
Earline McEvers
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Harrison H. Donnelly
Congressional Quarterly
Sioner
Walker
Commission
William Humphreys
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