Kaskaskia Island School Set to Rebuild After Flood
Randolph County officials announce a $322,032 grant from the federal Disaster Section to fund a new 60-student Kaskaskia Island School. Charles Braun Construction of Red Bud will build the $276,752 project, with William McLaughlin and Associates as architects.
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Jean Ness
Kaskaskia Island
Randolph County
Waldo McDonald
McDonald
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Charles Braun
Red Bud
William McLaughlin and
Backers seek home for handicapped group home in Murphysboro
Jackson County Community Workshop programs still seek a site for a group home after the Murphysboro City Council rejected the property at 435 S 15th St. Land of Lincoln Legal Aid attorneys plan further steps within ten days. Opponents, led by Floyd Hart, fear zoning conflicts and relocation options. Cheryl Daugherty aims to locate a site by August 1 to avoid losing state funds and housing aid. The Egyptian Association for the Mentally Retarded had previously attempted to buy the 15th Street site.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Carbondale
Janet Canfield
Phil Milsk
Legal Aid
S. 15Th St
Floyd Hart
Hart
And
Ralph Johnson
Toledo
Ohio
Cheryl Daugherty
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Jackson County Housing Authority
Makanda mayor resists resignation amid board votes
Makanda Mayor Bill Ross submitted a resignation letter read by E D McGuire. the board did not accept it as Ross did not attend the meeting. A petition with 108 names urged him to serve through his term. Council development requests were tabled, including a solar greenhouse annex costing about 2500 and a senior bus plan costing 300 annually. Cecilia Cottingham was appointed to fill a clerk vacancy, with debate over term length.
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Tony Stevens
Makanda
Bill Ross
Ross
E. D. McGuire
Jackson County
Argi
Cecilia Cottingham
Barb Trent
Murphysboro High graduation honors 188 in Class of 1979
Murphysboro High School graduated 188 seniors in the Class of 1979. Laura Kilby won a $500 Pioneer Scholarship from General Telephone Co. and Robert Stilley received the $150 Cliff Stein Memorial Scholarship. Ten Top Seniors were named. Ruth Rodriguez gave the graduation message. Melinda McCoy and Bruce Polk earned Minuteman Awards for perfect attendance.
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Laura Kilby
Robert Stilley
Murphysboro High School
Miss Kilby
General Telephone Co
Pioneer
Tim Bowers
Murphysgore
Stilley
Cliff Stein
Kelly Crombar
Eric Ebersohl
Caroline Grob
Lisa
Melinda McCoy
Bruce Polk
Minuteman
Seed named interim director of Port District in Jackson County
James L. Seed resigned his Jackson Union County Regional Port District seat and was unanimously named interim director. The Grand Tower resident will be paid 500 dollars monthly and plans to serve two to three months while funding is sought. Seed will continue full time duties as housing authority executive director.
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Joanne Wood
Seed
Housing Authority
Port District
Housing Board
Phil (Baewer
Southern Illinois, Inc
Reagan Echoes Campaign Tone at Cape Girardeau Dinner
Ronald Reagan spoke at a Cape Girardeau fundraising dinner for Missouri Attorney General John Ashcroft. He avoided a formal presidential bid but offered stumping like rhetoric, blasting the Democratic administration and urging fewer regulations, greater energy production, and a rollback of federal classroom involvement.
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Tony Stevens
California
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
John Ashcroft
Reagan
Ashcroft
Cape Girardeau
Harry
Truman
Williamson housing units to get insulation and storm doors
Williamson County Housing Authority moves to modernize 573 units with a HUD grant. Insulation water heaters and storm doors will be installed in most units starting early 1980. 127 units, mainly two senior citizen high rises in Herrin and Marion, are excluded. Previously 506000 was spent on roof renovations in 1979.
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Williamson County
Williamson County Housing Authority Board
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Betty Ansinelli
Housing Authority
HUD
Ansinelli
Peabody lays off 150 at River King mine near Marissa
Peabody Coal Co begun another round of job cuts at its River King underground mine near Marissa Illinois laying off 150 of 512 workers. Mine superintendent Charles Moake said the layoffs may be temporary and noted utilities are reducing purchases with some shifting to western coal.
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Marissa, Ill
Peabody Coal Co
River King
Marissa
Ilinois
Charles Moake
Peabody
Baldwin
Moake
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Marion
Kaskaskia
Pujol
Kaskaskia Island School
Heins
Cheryl Ihle
Bruce Paper
Lisa Renshaw
Ruth Rodriguez
Rosemary Shields
Joe Jines
Scott Tilly
Rick Harper
Carroll Fry
Bill Kelly
State Capital Development Board
Illinois
General Assembly
LeRoy Rendleman
Wolf Lake
Springfield
CDB
Fry
Rendleman
Clyde Choat
Choate
Illinois General Assembly
Jackson County Board
Union County Board
Kelley
Beacieman
Internal Revenue Service
Cora
Anna
Glenn McIntire
McIntire
Harold Lawder
Gorham
James
West Germany
Japan
National Health Service
OPEC
Germany
Washington
Department of Health
United States
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