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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1976
Page
1
The Illinois Department of Transportation and Southern Illinois University Carbondale sponsor a beginning motorcycle riding course. Lessons include riding on hilly trails. The three week program runs Thursdays and Saturdays starting June 24. Sign up via SIU Continuing Education.
Tonight is partly cloudy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Tuesday will be variable clouds with occasional thunderstorms likely and highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday through Friday.
Bridge players are invited to a Tuesday club session and women singers are invited to join the Sweet Adelines Chorus. The Southern Illinoisan Calendar listings appear on Page 18. The Governor s race has moved to Southern Illinois, page 3.
New rules to shield informants and proceedings have been proposed to provide secrecy in the House ethics investigation of Gerald Shea. Page 7.
Democratic leaders propose a platform focused on full employment as a primary policy aim. The report notes the commitment to job creation and economic stabilization, highlighting the party’s emphasis on workforce opportunities and wage growth.
An editorial argues that despite domestic financial strain, the United States should contribute an extra 100 million dollars to the world food fund. The piece appears on Page 4.
Page 6 notes dyeing as a way to refresh worn garments. Tips cover color choices fabric care and simple steps for home projects. Includes practical advice for sustaining wardrobes on a budget with easy at home experiments.
Electronic sensors digital controls and speed monitors are among the latest tools for farmers. These devices track the operation of farm equipment and alert operators when issues arise.
PURLIE PIPES captured the El Dorado title on the Southern Illinois Golf Association tour. Report appears in the sports section on pages 11 and across the issue’s records, weather, and features.
Bands of youths roved Chicago's South Side during heavy rain injuring several and fatally shooting Phyllis Anderson of Buffalo Grove. Indiana man Edward Rosen suffered a broken jaw in another attack. Police said at least 15 assaults by 2 a.m. prompted extra officers and road closures on flooded Dan Ryan Expressway bridges and viaducts.
A tornado outbreak flooded the south and southwest sides, halting bus service and car traffic. Officials said at least 15 cars were submerged on the Dan Ryan Expressway between 87th and 39th streets. Six two car trains stalled with hundreds aboard. they were evacuated hours later. Divers planned to search sewers as water mains were blamed for the Dan Ryan flooding.
Former U.S. Rep Kenneth J Gray refutes Liz Ray claims of sexual encounters and job favors in Washington. He says Ray used his calendar records to craft alleged episodes and denies press reports of a houseboat encounter with Sen Mike Gravel.
Colleen Gardner asserts that men as well as women face sexual pressure from bosses on Capitol Hill. She cites cases tied to Rep. John Young and notes ongoing investigations, including Liz Ray's diary evidence and an FBI review. Hays’s sleeping pills episode and Howe’s arrest add to a widening political-sex controversy.
A Ralph Nader study from the Center for the Study of Responsive Law and Call for Action Inc. reports Americans find fault with 28.2 percent of purchases. About 32.6 percent of those complain, and 56.5 percent of complaints lead to satisfaction. Services prompt more dissatisfaction than goods, notably auto parking, auto repair, home repair, and appliance repair.
More than 200 people attended a Sunday cookout at Rend Lake co sponsored by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Roadside Naturalists Club. Jerry Elliston of Waltonville led the club and taught a natural foods class at Rend Lake College. Students from the class prepared most foods, using dandelions pokeweed day lily buds milkweed and cattails as garnish and edible items.
Roadside Naturalists and Rend Lake College home economics students sampled an unusual menu. Dishes included day lily buds milkweed and cattails prepared as fritters greens pokeweed and crayfish with a dessert of mulberry dewberry and persimmon items.
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