Murphysboro land sale clash delays Gates housing plan
Murphysboro resident Mark Gates seeks to buy nine John Lannin estate parcels for a $30,000 home but the land is not city owned and tax issues loom. Executors will donate the sites to the city if accepted. city must auction bids per law. Mayor Appleton to get a formal recommendation before next meeting.
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Murphysboro
Mark Gates
John Lannin
Gates
Tom Jones
Sydney Appleton
Jones
Appleton
Apple
Congress seeks verifiable nuclear freeze with the Soviets
More than 120 congressmen and 19 senators urged President Reagan to negotiate a mutual verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons. The push, led by Kennedy and Hatfield, cites saving billions and preventing arms race dangers while stressing verification and staged reductions. Prominent backers include Kennan Harriman Warnke Mondale and others from business and religion sectors.
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United States
Soviet Union
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George F. Kennan
Alexander M. Haig Jr
National Defense
Haig
Europe
West
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D-Mass
Mark Hatfield
Congress
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John F. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Oregon
New Jersey
Delaware
Michigan
California
House
Senate
Averill Harriman
U.S
Moscow
Paul Warnke
Walter F. Mondale
CBS
SIU C faculty member killed in stabbing homicide
The body of SIU Carbondale associate professor Sion Raveed a 35 year old Los Angeles native was found after he did not appear in class for two days Autopsy confirmed he was stabbed officials have not established a motive and no suspects yet named Raveed joined the SIU faculty in 1978 in marketing
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Sion
W. Oak St
Raveed
Polic
Thomas McNamara Sai
Los Angeles
Calif
SIUC
SIU Faculty Weigh Rewards Beyond Pay At SIUC
SIU Carbondale Faculty Senate weighs alternative rewards including travel money release time and reduced class loads in lieu of salary increases. Aimed at addressing dissatisfaction with the current rewards system, the plan calls for a thorough fact finding and a formal recommendation next month, while ensuring committee objectivity and minority representation.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Albert Somit
Senate
Herbert Donow
Donow
Johnston City fires school superintendent
Johnston City Board of Education fired Elsworth Hartzell, the district’s superintendent, by a 7 to 0 vote as he enters the second year of a three year contract. Hartzell said charges will be filed and a hearing will be held after he reviews them, with a hearing possible since two years remain on his contract. The board did not extend the contract and had previously rejected his recommendations to cut faculty and bus pupils to the Lincoln School at Corinth.
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O.R. Walley
Johnston City
Elsworth Hartzell
Unit One Board of Education
Hartzell
James W. Sanders
Sanders
Artzell
Lincoln School
Corinth
Weather forecast brief for the region
The National Weather Service notes a partly cloudy night with a 30 percent shower chance. Northwest winds reach 10 to 20 mph with lows in the 40s. Thursday remains partly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Friday is partly cloudy with possible rain into Saturday and cooler Sunday lows in the 40s.
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National Weather Service
Women oppose pants alteration charges by stores in Chicago
Chicago NOW charges two major stores discriminate by charging women for alterations of slacks while men get free service. Franches Koval and Debora Harvey paid seven to seven fifty for pant hems, while their male companions were not billed. Lawyers cite state Human Rights Act violations and say Field's and Carson's resist negotiations.
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Chicago
National Organization For Women
NOW
Frances Koval
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Debora Harvey
Marshall Field & Co
Mary Jean Collins
Judith Gilliland
Carson’s
Field’s
Field's
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Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
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Benton Ranger
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Rangers
Champaign
Lawrenceville
Hatfield
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Donon
Johnston City Fires
Ann Landers
Women’s Group
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