State executive reorganization hearing set
The Illinois Task Force on Governmental Reorganization proposes consolidating 22 departments and 250 agencies into about 14 major departments reporting to the governor. A series of nine public hearings continues with the sixth at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The panel includes Noel Stallings Joyce Webb and Edward Adams with three Southern Illinois residents added for the Carbondale hearing.
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Thompson
Illinois Task Force
Micahel Howlett
Illinois
Morris Library
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ms. Schilf
William Monat
Northern Illinois University
Stanley C. Johnson
Malta
Illinois lawmakers clash over prison plan and corrections funding
In a surprise move, Dunn takes sponsorship of a 124 million House corrections bill and targets Rowe. He had called for Rowe's firing after a Menard Center disturbance. Southern Illinois lawmakers report heavy protest letters re the Anna Mental Health Center conversion to a medium security prison.
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Rowe
Dunn
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
Kenneth Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Richard Hart
D-Benton
District 166 approves education tax fund increase
The Mississippi Valley School District 166 at Gorham won a 65 cent education tax raise, boosting the rate from 2.06 to 2.71 per 100 valuation after a 330 to 230 vote across three precincts Jones Ridge Jacob and Gorham. Superintendent Ber nie Weithorn called the increase vital and said no building fund tax increase is planned.
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Mississippi Valley
Gorham
Bernie Weithorn
Jones’Ridge
Jacob
Weithorn
Princess Flame and Old King Coal to Lead Frankfortfest
Frankfortfest in West Frankfort runs July 1 to 3 with coronation of Princess Flame and Old King Coal. Parade starts 2 p.m. July 2 from 800 West Main to city park, Lincoln Street, and park. Events include talent show, chicken barbecue, barber shop music, auction, fireworks, and midway rides. contact Bruce Fasel for entry details.
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West Frankfort
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Old King Coal
Flame
City Park
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Lincoln Street
Lincoln
Larry Carr
Bruce Fasel
Carr
West
Upstate car wreck kills area woman
Susan Linde Hilliard of Marion died in a head on collision near Aurora in Kendall County. She was a passenger in a car driven by a cousin. The crash occurred on Illinois 71 near U S 47 in Fox Township. The other driver's and the passenger's conditions were not immediately released. The drivers were taken to Topley Hospital in Aurora.
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Bentley St
Marion
Kendall County
Aurora
Nixon says presidents may adapt the law in emergencies
President Nixon argues that in times of stress a leader should interpret and apply laws beyond their strict letter to protect the nation. He compares presidential flexibility to judicial interpretation and rejects the idea of proposing new legislation as the fix.
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Washington Star
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Congress
SIU-C Graduates 11 Area Doctors At Springfield Ceremony
Eleven Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Medicine graduates will receive medical degrees in Springfield at 3 p.m. Along with 36 other doctors, area residents Obbie Atkinson John Tom Blair Richard L. Dermody Allen G. Gerberding Paul W. Hargan Ann Dallman Havey John B. Moore Gerald D. Suchomski Dennis A. Ulrich Stephen C. Ulrich Jerold C. Willis Ronald L. Johnson will start residency programs at institutions in California Iowa Missouri Kentucky and Ohio respectively, with Johnson crediting his SIU stay for leadership roles.
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Holiday Inn East
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Dermody
Siuc Medical School
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Herbert Gerberding
Chester
Gerberding
Paul W. Hargan
Wayne F. Hargan
Marion
Hargan
Ann Dallman Havey
Maurice H. Dallman
Dr. Havey
The
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Missouri
John B. Moore
Dorothy B. Moore
Benton
Moore
University of Missouri
Gerald D. Suchomski
Louis Suchomski
Pinckneyville
Suchomski
Dennis A
Stephen C. Ulrich
James Ulrich
Grand Chain
Dennis Ulrich
Hopkins County Traver Clinic
Madisonville
Stephen Ulrich
Jerold C. Willis
Earl C. Willis
Willis
Ronald L. Johnson
Hillsboro
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Johnson
Eastern Illinois University
Astronaut says moon trip was easier than this flight
Charles Pete Conrad told a fellow passenger he had an easier time reaching the moon during a chaotic takeoff on Continental Flight 63 from Tucson bound for Los Angeles. Dr Lendon Smith commented on his bean soup lunch as the Boeing 727 ripped lines and made an emergency foam runway landing. Flight 63 carried 95 passengers.
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Charles
Pete
Conrad
Lendon Smith
Continental Airlines
Tucson
Los Angeles
Bob Sholes
University of Arizona
Carbondale Township frets over fire protection talks
Carbondale Township Supervisor Robert D. Kelley says negotiations with the City Council over township fire protection are likely, with month-long contracts expiring Tuesday. The township has used the city to fight rural fires for 25 hundred dollars plus per call, while considering its own fire department and keeping the township truck in service.
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Carbondale
Robert D. Kelley
Makanda
Kelley
E. College St
Eagleton Defends Richards-Gebaur Air Base
Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton said he will meet with President Carter to discuss the Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Kansas City. The Air Force plans to largely abandon the base by moving the Communications Service headquarters to Scott AFB near Belleville Illinois, after first announcing a 1975 transfer.
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DMO
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Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Air Force
Richards-Gebaur
Air Force Communications Service
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
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