Illinois election reform hearings urge simpler laws
Testimony in Carbondale before the Governor's Commission on Election Reform criticized Illinois election laws as too complex and costly. Marion County Democrat Ron Kretzer urged reforms including on site voter registration, modernized rolls, better polling places, and a right to vote on election day. NAACP leader Al Ross pressed easier registration and automatic 18 year old registration, opposing broad re registration. Both urged moving primaries closer to the general election to curb costs and boost voter interest.
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Tim Landis
Illinois
Carbondale
Governor’s Commission On Election Reform
Samuel Shapiro
William Stratton
Organiz
Ed Labor
Southern Illinois University
Ron Kretzer
Marion County Democratic Central Committee
Marion County
Kretzer
James Thompson
al Ross
NAACP
Ross
Carbondale Eyes FAA Training School Site in Illinois
Carbondale and SIUC backers push for FAA Management Training School amid five finalist sites. A $18 million plan would renovate the International Hall dormitory to host the facility, creating up to 70 teachers and 230 jobs, with $5 million annual economic impact. A Washington meeting with lawmakers and Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole aims to rally support.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Helen Westberg
Federal Aviation Administration Management Training School
Southern Illinois
Washington
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
City of
TSA Partnership
Illinois
SIU
Westberg
U.S
Ken Gray
Elizabeth Dole
FAA
TSA
International Hall
S. Wall St
Gilbert
Illinois Wrist Wrestling Champs event results
In Murphysboro at the Illinois State Wrist Wrestling Championships Dale Johnson and Mike Clutts placed second and third in the lightweight division. Individual division winners included John Adams Todd Lively Ed Mattingly Jim Mezo Jeff Daniel Joe LaChiana Marvin Malick Leonard Mattingly Randy Nagel Rob Mileur Leonard Mattingly and Joe Rains in various weight classes.
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Dale Johnson
Mike Clutts
Murphysboro
John Adams
Todd Lively
Ed Mattingly
Jim Mezo
Jeff Daniel
Joe LaChiana
Marvin Malick
Leonard Mattingly
Randy Nagel
Rob Mileur
Joe Rains
Carbondale weighs 100000 grant for Uly Pak expansion
Carbondale May seek a 100000 Illinois grant to help Uly Pak Inc expand from 39 to up to 59 workers at its Carbondale plant. The plan combines a 450000 SBA loan with a 100000 grant to boost working capital, with a revolving loan fund funded as repayments accrue. A CDAP application and public hearing at 7 p.m. will consider the proposal.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Uly-Pak Inc
Linois Small Business
Uly-Pak
Ulysses
Kan
City Bank of
Murphysboro
Illinois Department of
Carbondale District to Hold Public Hearing on Sixth Grade Move
Residents of Carbondale Elementary School District 95 will discuss sending sixth graders to Lincoln Junior High at a public hearing Tuesday night at 7 30 at LJHS 501 S Washington. The space issue and alternative options will be open for discussion as the board weighs next year’s plan.
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Carbondale
Lincoln Junior High School
S. Washington
LJHS
Ambulance Service Closes Leaving Du Quoin With Gaps
The Wilson-Roddy Ambulance Service shut down at Marshall Browning Hospital leaving Du Quoin with limited emergency transport. Bill Brody declined comment. One fire department rescue vehicle cannot respond to medical calls by law. Pinckneyville Ambulance and Volunteer Fire Department ran about four local calls this weekend.
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Wilson-Roddy
du Quoin
Marshall Browning
Bill Brody
Ambulance Service
David Hosler
Pinckneyville
CCHS board pursues 500000 in budget cuts plan
Carbondale Community High School continues a two year effort to cut 500000 from the budget amid philosophical rifts on how to implement savings. The plan outlines 1985 86 savings from supplies equipment and personnel while noting enrollment declines complicate timing.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Community High School Board
Barbara Bennett
Mike Diamond
Bennett
One dead in Randolph boating accident on Kas kaskia River
A Kas kaskia River boating crash Sunday left Robert Dale Ewen 16 dead at St. Clements Red Bud. David A. Nebgen 23 was in good condition. Ronnie Martin Touchette 24 of Swansea is missing. Rescue teams searched after a boat overturned about a mile south of Baldwin Bridge between 4 and 4:30 p m.
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Kaskaskia
Randolph County
Ardell
Robert Dale Ewen
Belleville
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
David A. Nebgen
Ronnie Martin Touchette
Swansea
Baldwin Bridge
Mine subsidence hurts victims and property in Illinois
The Nortons and Browns suffer subsidence from Old Ben Coal Co longwall mining in Benton and West Frankfort. Homes shift, water lines break, ponds drain, and land floods while officials promise repairs and contend on enforcement. Residents report nerves strained, contracts rushed, and plans debated amid regulatory delays.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Sherry Norton
Benton
Charles Browning
West Frankfort
Nortons
Brownings
Illinois
Old Ben Coal Co
Norton
Longwall
Doug Downing
Illinois Mines and Minerals
Sheketoff
Browning
Mike Musulin
Old Ben
Downing
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DCCA
West Oak Street
Joe Jines
Jack Foster
Cchs Board
Bill Schwegman
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