Space plan split: district delays major reorganization
The Carbondale Elementary School District 95 faces a space crunch with five crowded buildings. Trustees and faculty favor delaying wide reorganization to next year, while endorsing moving sixth graders to Lincoln Junior High. Administrators warn June timing is too tight for proper planning and advocate a phased approach focusing on class sizes and flexibility.
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Carbondale
Lincoln Junior High
Don Garner
William Thomas
Thomas
Lincoln
Garner
Carbondale-area
Parrish and Thomas
District 95
Lakeland
Reagan ignores deficit while pushing defense and aid
Reagan's administration largely ignores the federal deficit despite its growing scale. The piece argues for across-the-board spending cuts, a one-year Social Security freeze, reduced defense, and no tax increases to avert a looming crisis as debt could hit trillions and force a debtor nation status.
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Cox News Service
Washington
Reagan
Nicaragua
Senate
Robert Dole
Dole
Agriculture
Amtrak
Civil Service
Pentagon
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Japan
Surviving faith and life lessons amid modern crisis
A Southern Illinoisan letter argues the Surviving story shows teen crisis and self harm amid secular culture. It cites Ignatius of Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises, warning of disposable attitudes toward life, media influence, and the need to live by basic Christian principles to endure hardship.
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Southern Illinoisan
ABC
Ignatius of Loyola
Spain
God
Christ
Johnson County
Illinois
When Does the Right to Life Begin Questioned
A reader subjects the Right to Life to scrutiny asking when life legally or morally begins. The letter cites birth, conception, and fetal development stages, contrasts Supreme Court decisions with divine timing, and challenges politicians to address when life gains protection. The writer urges a clear standard aligned with faith and argues abortion harms unborn children.
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Junior
The
Supreme Court
Lake proposal threatens Johnson County home values
A Johnson County resident urges editors to oppose a Sugar Creek lake that would flood land and raise taxes. The writer argues roads would be ruined, emergency services delayed, and policing costs rise, forcing many to abandon cherished countryside homes for safety and cost concerns.
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Johnson County
Our contra terrorists do not represent a popular insurgency
Keith Luebke argues against U S support for the contras linked to the Reagan era. The piece cites Wall Street Journal indictments of Argentine trainers and CIA involvement, detailing misgivings about contra brutality and the administration’s stance. It urges citizens to study Central American policies before voting on aid.
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Keith Luebke
Southern Illinoisan
Martin Pereira
Wall Street Journal
U.S
CIA
Reagan Administration
Congress
Honduras
Osvaldo Rebeiro
Tegucigalpa
Contra
Nicaragua
Americas Watch
FDN
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America
By Jim Fain
Earth
Southern
Linoison
U.S.A
Alan Dixon
Paul Simon
Jim Thompson
New Lake
Southern Illinois Latin American Solidarity Committee
Griselda Picado
Pantasma
Jinotega City
Daugher
C.I.A. Contra
New York Times
Enrique Bermudez
Somoza
New York
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