Hay-munching contestants prep for Du Quoin beauty pageant
Karen Rothe follows Belle Rive’s cattle team at the Du Quoin State Fair Farm and Folk Festival where Number 3220 and eight rivals vie in multiple categories. Ranch manager Randel Gillenwater explains grooming, cosmetics, and stock promotion as part of a long battleground for prestige and advertising value in cattle shows.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Number 3220
Belle Rive
du Quoin
Randel Gillenwater
Gillenwater
Tompkinsville
Brehm
Fish hatchery expansion on Little Grassy Lake approved
Illinois House approves expansion of a Little Grassy Lake fish hatchery near Marion as part of a capital bond bill. About 5 million dollars is set aside for the project with bonds to be repaid from a license fee hike approved earlier. Governor Thompson expected to sign. Rep. Bruce Richmond calls it a good development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois House
Little Grassy Lake
Marion
James Thompson
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
House
Senate
ABA Finds SIU Carbondale Law Violating Standards
An ABA accreditation committee says Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Law violates standards but urges waiting on state progress for a new building. They cited inadequate classroom and office space and an understocked law library. a new $7.6 million building awaits Gov. Thompson approval with bids slated for February and completion possible by 1980 if funds are approved.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
ABA
Association
Hiram H. Lesar
Law School
The
Bar Association
James Thompson
Illinois House
Senate
Lesar
Thompson
Police Target Fireworks Sellers in Illinois Crackdown
Area police pledge to focus on fireworks sellers amid Illinois bans. A Herrin teen's firecracker accident prompts warnings to parents and a push to curb sales to minors. Officials note penalties for violations range from fines to jail, with arrests mainly for sellers and repeat offenders.
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Sherrie Good
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Engram
Herrin
John Clemons
Jackson County
Howard Hood
Clemons
Carbondale
Theft leaves Cambria cops on foot patrol
Cambria police lost their only squad car when unknown persons reached through a hole in the garage door and unlocked it. The 1976 Ford was reported stolen Wednesday and recovered Thursday afternoon in the Crab Orchard Lake refuge between the Spillway and Little Grassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria Police Department
Williamson County Detective Unit
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy
Carbondale police veto pact offers new CPOA counter bids
The Carbondale Police Officers Association rejected the city’s latest contract offer in a unanimous vote and presented three counter offers. The city proposed a 6.3 percent raise over 10 months then another 6.3 percent, totaling 5.7 percent annualized, with no real increase. Police have worked without a contract since May 1 after a two year deal expired. The CPOA considered arbitration options and a one year contract with a binding arbitration clause. Judge Richman dismissed a motion to force binding arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Carbondale Police Officers’ Association
CPOA
Robert Goro
Goro
Carroll Fry
Gore
Fry
Jackson County Circuit Court
Richard E. Richman
Suspended West Frankfort chief loses pay during case
Suspended West Frankfort Police Chief Jim Kinsman will stay off the job without pay while awaiting trial on theft and official misconduct charges. The city council extended the 10 day suspension in a closed session. Kinsman, 36, testified at the hearing. his attorney declined further witnesses.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Jim Kinsman
Kinsman
J. C. Mitchell
Mitchell
Paul Caldwell
Sam Tanner
Curt Blades
Bob Merlano
Bob’s Interstate Shell
Bernard Melvin
Franklin County
Melvin
Terrence Hopkins
Southern Illinois lawmakers review General Assembly results
In a closing hours briefing, SIU Carbondale projects receive funding for a new law school and operating costs. Legislation expands school aid by 19 million above governor’s recommendation, tightens grain elevator rules after a $4 million farmer loss, funds pothole repairs, and seeks coal tax changes no longer passed. Other measures include forest preservation, port district planning, form standardization, and a transfer of land to Anna city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinois
General Assembly
Marion
James Thompson
Senate
Kenneth Buzbee
Dcarbondale
William
Harris
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Genral Assembly
Gallatin County
Illinois
Robert Winchester
R-Rosidare
House
Gene Johns
Johns
Winchester
Richmond
Johns. Siu
SIUC
Buzbee
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Dunn
Rules Committee
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St. Louis
National
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Toby Berger
Berger
Bill Rypkema
Rypkema
Carterville
Norman Lewis
Lewis
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Harris and Winchester
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