Murphysboro mayor calls HUD actions hostage threat
Murphysboro Mayor Michael Bowers says the city is being held hostage by HUD over housing projects and UDAG funding. He cites pressure to act on a northwest side low income project and notes other cities resist federal housing yet receive funds.
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Bowers
Murphysboro
HUD
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Michael Bowers
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bower
Jackson County Housing Authority
Chicago
Housing Authority
UDAG
Leonard Pullis
Carbondale
A.W. Walter
Walter
Two Jackson County matrons resign over jailer hire
Two sheriff's department matrons Sue Karnes and Sue Polk quit in protest after Sheriff Don White hired Rose Hale a full time jailer with no special training Karnes said she and Polk took a jailer course but were passed over White can hire as he sees fit and plans a five week training for Hale and two additional jailers at 175 each White said overtime and holiday pay differences between part time and full time staff played a role and that some may be unhappy with the decision Hale will attend training starting March 30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Don White
Sue Karnes
Sue Polk
John A. Logan Jr. College
White
Rose Hale
Sheriff's Department
Hale
Polk
Karnes
Hoffman
Mexico
United States
Montreal
Thousand Islands
N.Y
Barry Freed
St. Lawrence River
U.S
Chrysler Corp
Reagan
Education
Terre Bell
Department of Education
and Interior
James Watt
Interior
Mine workers at Inland No 2 expected back as court orders return
About 330 miners at Inland Steel Coal Co No 2 mine near McLeansboro were to resume work after a federal restraining order by Judge James L. Foreman requiring a five day return. The walkout began March 2 over a local idle day shift staffing dispute and tensions ahead of a possible March 27 contract strike. The union planned talks during the five day period to resolve the issue.
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Inland Steel Coal Co
McLeansboro
James L. Foreman
United Mine Workers
Illinois
No. 2
Golden Age SF Began With Campbell Led Astounding
The SIU Press edition of the July 1939 Astounding celebrates John W Campbell Jr and the magazine’s role in shaping modern science fiction. It notes van Vogt and Asimov as first published in that issue, Campbell’s standards, and epilogues by Rocklynne and others. It mentions 20 cent price, $12.95 hardbound book, and foreword by Stanley Schmidt.
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John Campbell
A.E. van Vogt
Isaac Asimov
van Vogt
Asimov
Rocklynne
Leo Vernon
Vernon
Willy Ley
Campbell
Astounding Analog
Astounding
SIU Press
Stanley Schmidt
SIU
Martin H. Greenberg
University of Wisconsin
Green Bay
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Murray Gell- Mann
Albert Einstein
Ross Rocklynne
John W. Campbell Jr
SIU Press of Southern
Jules Verne
Amazing Stories
Science Wonder Stories
Astounding Stories
Astounding Science Fiction
Analog
Abbie Hoffman Stirs Leftist Critique At SIU Carbondale
At Southern Illinois University Carbondale Hoffman, now 44, delivers a two hour set of one liners and political critique targeting the Reagan era. He recalls 1960s activism, warns El Salvador echoes Vietnam, and predicts prison after April 7 sentencing. He urges vigilance as a broader antiwar movement resumes in streets and campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Abbie Hoffman
United States
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Hoffman
Vietnam
el Salvador
Chicago Seven
Revolutionary Youth International Party
Benton City Council eyes pay raises for police and fire
A negotiating committee reported a tentative 10 percent raise for police and firefighters and 11 percent for five dispatchers. Clothing allowances rise by 25 dollars. Formal contract to be presented to the council at the March 23 meeting. The workers are in the Laborers International Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Benton City
Doyle Goffinet
Goffinet
Ronald Giacone
Laborers International Union
Murphysboro faculty cutbacks approve second round
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board voted to not rehire four full-time and four part-time non-tenured secondary teachers, following earlier elementary-level cuts. The move reduces high school staffing to 43 full-time teachers for 926 students amid enrollment decline from 3,000+ to 2,679. The board also rehired tenured staff, hired two second-year teachers on tenure, and reclassified Hal Killebrew as vocational supervisor. A meeting with Concerned Parents group was scheduled, and a $22,614 textbook grant was approved plus $58,715 in storm damage reimbursements minus the $100 deductible.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro Unit
Board of Education
Ernest Bozarth
Bozarth
Oliver Dunn
Michael Osterman
Unit
Hal Killebrew
Killebrew
John B. Wathen
Avis Wathen Cardwell
Ellen Drone Wathen
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
John A. Logan College
Illinois State Board of Education
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Jackson Square
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J.T. Blankenship and Associates
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South
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Mideast
Central America
Liberty City
Miami
Detroit
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Paul Varecha
William Varecha
Carbondale New School
Benton
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