Bikecentennial riders tour Carbondale on 4000 mile route
Trans-America bicycle teams met at the Bike Inn in Carbondale as they began 80 day journeys along the Bikecentennial route from Oregon to Virginia. Riders praised local hospitality, noted the old and young volunteers, and described the national ride celebrating America's 200th birthday with coast to coast passage.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Larry Thorne
Long Beach
Calif
Thorne
Wilson Hall
Carbondale
Oregon
Virginia
Ste. Genevieve
Campbell Hill
Makanda
Goreville
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
Cave-in- Rock
Ohio River
Yorktown
Clarence Pickard
Iowa
Jeff Fischer
Ernie
Des Moines
Pickard
Jack Gee
Gee
England
America
Gamber
Conflict of interest hearing rescheduled for district case
A hearing on three motions in a conflict of interest case involving Anna Jonesboro Community High School District 81 is moved to 10 a.m. June 25. Larry Karraker seeks a special prosecutor against Carter Partridge of IRT Service Inc. Two motions seek dismissal of the complaint by State's Atty. James Leaton and Partridge. The suit claims Partridge sold about $2,000 in items to the district while a board member. Judge Peyton Kunce of Murphysboro replaces Judge Paul Reese of Anna.
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Anna-Jonesboro
Larry Karraker
Anna
Carter Partridge
IRT Service Inc
James Leaton
Partridge
Karraker
Peyton Kunce
Murphysboro
Paul Reese
SIU board sets 78 budget guidelines and raises plan
The SIU Board of Trustees approved guidelines for budget requests for FY 1978 and tentatively endorsed a total 11 percent pay raise package starting in 13 months. SIU-C and SIU-E employees face 22.9 and 18.4 percent increases respectively, with 1.5 percent to align faculty pay with peers and 9.5 percent for cost of living and merit raises. Final action remains in September amid broader state approvals.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
SIU Board of Trustees
Top System Admin
SIUC
SIU
Siu-C
Siu-Edwardsville
Frank E. Horton
Elliott
Ford Reagan not pressuring area GOP delegates yet
Southern Illinois delegates remain unpressured to switch pledged votes as Ford and Reagan slug it out for the presidential nomination. Ford mailings reach two Reagan and two Ford delegates. uncommitted delegates may face pressure, officials say.
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Ford
Reagan
GOP
Gary Sosniecki
Illinois
Ronald Reagan
24Th
Rose Vieth
Carbondale
Trict
Joseph Hale
Harrisburg
GOP State Central
Hale
Howard Olson
Chicago
Oldham
Washington
Springfield
Vieth
Kansas City
Town Meeting Sought to Settle Hurst Water Rates
Hurst officials and residents meet with the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs to discuss the water rate structure amid a brewing controversy. The debate centers on a July 1 rate hike from 9.90 to 11.75 with a 3 000 gallon minimum for water and a flat sewer fee, while aldermen seek to override a mayoral veto.
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Robert Grupp
Hurst
Illinois Dept. of Local Government Affairs
J.R. Simpkins
Water Department
Simpkins
Tom Bevitt
Red
Cities Water Co
Rock Island
Bevitt
Alice Smith
Carbondale Walk Features Lori Cox Attended by Doberman
Toby leads a morning stroll down Walnut Street with Lori Cox in Carbondale. The large Doberman pinscher trots beside them as Lori, daughter of Lawrence and Beverly Cox, poses in a photo credited to Butch Nevious.
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Toby
Lori Cox
Walnut Street
Carbondale
Doberman
Cher
Lori
Lawrence and
Beverly Cox
Butch Nevious
SIU Carbondale to Replace AstroTurf at McAndrew Stadium
Southern Times University Board approves $60,000 to replace damaged AstroTurf at McAndrew Stadium with Monsanto Carpet. The project, funded mainly by donations, will restore surface with an eight to ten year life and no further warranty.
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Saluki
Southern Times Universiy Board of Trustees
McAndrew
Siu Carbondae
Sauki
SIU C
Bill Brown
William Norwood
Siu-C
Monsanto Chemical Co
Brown
SIUC
Monsanto
McAndrew Stadium
Anthony Hall
R.B. Stephens Construction Co
Carbondale
Shobonier Boy Billy Joe Mays Drowns in River
Billy Joe Mays, 9, of Shobonier, the son of Mr and Mrs David H Mays, drowned Thursday while wading in the Kaskaskia River south of Vandalia authorities said.
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Shobonier
Billy Joe Mays
David H. Mays
Kaskaskia River
Vandalia
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U.S
London
Gary Garber
San Francisco
Bruce Garber
Plains Ozarks
Pueblo
Colo
Bluegrass
Berea
Garber
Midwest
Daphne Davis
Texas
Miss Davis
John Rednour
du Quoin
Jimmy Carter
New York
Rednour
Perry County
Democra
Tic
Carter
Atlanta
Kelly Welch
Siu-E
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Margaret Blackshere
Madison
Stu-C
Warren W. Brandt
Rowland & Co
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