Polish scholar recalls life shaped by Solidarity and exile
Maria Frankowska, visiting law professor at SIU Carbondale, long linked with Solidarity in Warsaw, discusses watching Poland’s upheaval from abroad. She, her husband Stanislaw, and two children chose to stay in the United States during martial law, seeking integration while preserving ties to Poland.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Maria Frankowska
Solidarity
Frankowska
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
School of Law
Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw
California
Poland
U.S
New York
Tallahassee
Fla
Mrs. Frankowska
Polish law professor at SIU recalls Solidarity struggle
Polish law professor at SIU reflects on Solidarity and the chance to live freely. She credits the nation with offering her a home and freedom to differ, praising America's embrace of many nationalities. She notes Poland's fight for liberty, mentions religious freedom, and discusses possible naturalization with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
U.S
America
Illinois mine subsidence rules under scrutiny by regulators
Substantial concerns over the effectiveness and speed of Illinois subsidence regulations surface as regulators review permits from Old Ben and other operators. advocates allege slow approvals and understaffing while officials defend early progress and predict greater clarity with longwall mining as the industry adjusts to new standards.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Southern Illinois
Illinois South Project
Herrin
Illinois
James Fulton
U.S. Office of Surface Mining
Old Ben Coal Co
Old Ben
Charles Sheketoff
Illinois South
Doug Downing
Illinois Mines and Minerals
Downing
Longwall Mining
Sheketoff
Congress
OSM
Rend Lake
Fulton
Decision delayed on selling Vocational Center building
CCHS board votes 4 to 3 to study leasing the district Vocational Center to businesses for use as a garage and to preserve operations for Operation Rebound. The 90 day plan permits limited space for Attucks Community Services Board, potential parking lot expansion, and possible relocation if rentals fail to justify retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois and Carbondale Community High School
Operation Rebound
Attucks Community Services Board
Investment House
Carterville
Carbondale
Attacks Board
Richard Cannon
Reid Martin
Donald Stricklin
Vocational Center
Martin
Cannon
Neil Diamond
Diamond
Alabama band rides success to live shows and ventures
Alabama front man Randy Owen describes years of work behind their two CMA wins and the band’s balance of music and farming interests. The Fort Payne group played a sellout Southern Illinois show with Bill Medley warming up, and plans music video work for There’s No Way and Longboat Key.
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Pete Rosenberg
Southern Illinoisan
Alabama
Owen
Fort Payne
Ala
Southern Illinois
Righteous Brother
Bill Medley
Illinois
du Quoin State Fair
Iowa State University
Teddy Gentry
Gentry
Longboat Key
Twenty Women of Distinction Named for Regional Honor
Twenty area women are nominated for regional women of distinction in a National Women’s History Week observance in Southern Illinois. Ten recipients will be named at a 2 p.m. reception at the Holiday Inn Carbondale, with one Woman of the Year to be announced, recognizing years of service in hospitals, schools, churches, community groups and local projects.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Illinois
University Mall
Holiday Inn of Carbondale
Holiday Inn Today
Southern Illinois
Lois. E. Bramitt
Carbondale
Carbondale Business and Professional Women
Lish
Williamson-Franklin
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Missouri Dietetic Associate
Illinois School Food Service Association
Muriel S. Hayward
Route 4
Peace Coalition
Lillian Cawthon
Carbon Women
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Stanislaw Frankowski
John
Annie
St. Louis University
SIU
Mines and Minerals
Franklin
Saline
Sue Lane
CCHS
Randy Owen
Dwight Nale
Sharon Elmore
Marion
Farm Bureau Woman’s Committee
Williamson County
Farm Bureau
Phillip E. ‘‘Mac’’ Gilbert
Herrin Women’s Club
American Cancer Society
The
Red Cross
Estab
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