New Building Plan for Carbondale High Campus
Editorial urges Carbondale High District 165 voters to approve an $8 million bond to consolidate operations at the East campus. It argues Central’s aging buildings are costly to renovate, energy inefficient, and unsafe, while East Campus offers better facilities, reduced costs, and future expansion.
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Community Hi School
Carbondale Community High School
Carbondale
Burger King
Carbondale High District 165
District 165
Serco
Central
East
Vocational Center
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Williamson County Board Candidates Face Off in 1980 Primary
Williamson County voters face choices in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Democrats back John Hamilton for a third term amid a challenger coalition, with Clarence Stocks and Johnert as the opposing slate. Stocks brings Mines and Minerals experience and zoning openness. Johnert lacks board experience. Republicans favor Ernie Reynolds a Carterville farmer and ex school board member, who pledges long hours and a strong detective unit, and George Williams Marion commissioner with budgeting savvy and zoning support. Paul Booth offers vague promises.
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Williamson
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Herrin
Williamson County Detective Unit
Clarence Stocks
Johnston City
Stocks
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Johnert
Marion
Ernie Reynolds
George Williams
Reynolds
Carterville
Williams
Sona College
Paul Booth
Union County Democrats weigh picks for sheriff and board
Union County Democrats face key choices for fall races. Robin Dillon seeks to unseat Sheriff Larry Dillon amid police and sheriff disputes. Three candidates vie for two county board seats with Floyd Landreth as a fresh rival to incumbents Carl Boyd and Bud Rendleman.
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Union County
Robin Dillon
Larryiig Dillon
Anna
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff’s Department
Dillon
Trippee
Floyd Landreth
State Farm Insurance
Jonesboro
Landreth
Carl Boyd
W.P
Bud’’Rendleman
Wolf Lake
Rendleman
Boyd
Sparta residents vote on $750000 swimming pool plan
Sparta residents weigh a $750000 pool funded by coal tax revenue with no tax raise, facing a large bond debt increase. The main dispute centers on site choice between a park location and near the Spartan Aluminum plant, with the referendum deciding the pool's fate.
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Sparta
Illinois
Spartan Aluminum
Mitterrand's views on Latin America in Washington talks
Flora Lewis reports in New York Times that President Mitterrand arrives in Washington for talks with Reagan, focusing on the Soviet Union and Central America. Paris fears U.S. aides clashing, while French left sympathizes with El Salvador insurgents and France weighs multipolar diplomacy amid Nicaragua, Cuba, and Mexico mediation efforts.
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New York Times
Francois Mitterrand
Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Central America
Paris
Odol
Lrft
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Mitterrand
France
United States
General Electric
State Department
Pentagon
West
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Jose Lopez Portillo
Salvador
U.S
Moscow
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
China
Yugoslavia
Mexico
United Stats
Caribbean
Cost best reason for new high school letters
A CCHS board member urges voting yes on the March 16 bond issue, arguing high utility bills and aging facilities justify new construction or major renovations. He warns a no vote triggers costly state-mandated upgrades and life safety fixes, potentially raising taxes and wasting funds on inefficiency.
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Southern Illinoisan
Tom Woolf
CCHS
CIPS
Board of Education
Courthouse Employees Call Boycott Over Parking Plan
Jackson County Courthouse workers in Murphysboro respond to a Southern Illinoisan piece by opposing proposed parking changes. They argue higher fines and restricted meters will hurt downtown shoppers, noting courthouse presence drives local business and pledging possible boycott if proposals pass. Billy G. Frazier, president of the Jackson County Employes Assn., signs.
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Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Murphysboro
City Council
Small Claims Court
Billy G. Frazier
Joblessness brings doom
Editor argues wage progressives misjudge hiring, warns of economic collapse if Americans don’t return to work. Claims labor shortages reflect global investment shifts, media complaints over welfare, food stamps, and hunger. Cites Great Cheese Give-away chaos, ongoing search for Louella Anderson, and plea to save markets by restoring employment.
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Southern Illinoisan
Louella Anderson
Japan
McCormick Fights For Bowen Center in Southern Illinois
A letter praises C L McCormick of Vienna for opposing Bowen Center closure and backing Bowen support over the years. The writer notes his timely opposition and strong record in advocating Bowen, expecting continued work for Southern Illinois when in the State Senate.
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Southern Illinois
C.L. McCormick
Rvienna
McCormick
Illinois
Bowen
Bowen Center
Springfield
People of
State Senate
Time to Seek God's Help On Herrin Economic Views
A reader laments Mayor Swinford's stance on attracting alien workers at lower pay, warns of layoffs for current higher earners, notes city wages around 8.50 to 9.60 per hour, and questions housing rent hikes affecting an elderly mother. The letter asks for balance among workers, the mayor, and housing costs with a call for prayer.
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Southern Illinoisan
Swinford
Herrin
Olin
Allen
Ambulance Service Praised After Carbondale Transfer
A Carterville Ambulance crew receives praise for quick and calm transport to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale after a crash east of Giant City School on January 30. The writer notes their speed, efficiency, and reassuring voices amid a muddy, rainy scene. The appreciation urges the city to take pride in its public service responders.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carterville Ambulance Service
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Carterville
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