Candidates and bonds on Tuesday's ballot in Southern Illinois
Voters face party nominations for national state and local offices on Tuesday. Bond issues include Jackson County Jail Carbondale Community High School Bend Lake College and Sparta swimming pool. Also listed are party ticket recommendations for congressional senate and state house races with county sheriff and county board contests across Williamson Union Franklin Johnson and Perry counties.
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Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Carbondale Een High School
Sparta
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Jail
Carbondale Community High School
Bend Lake College
Sparta Swimming
Ronald Ledford
Gene Johns
James Merchant
Tanbecam
Mauritdo
Letters Hospital Needs Change Editorial Letter Urges Reorganization
Betty Frier R N director urges Franklin Hospital to back the Task Force reorganization plan to broaden services without tax increases. She argues the hospital must grow to survive and serve Franklin County, defending the board and underscoring community needs.
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Franklin Hospital
Benton
Franklin County
Betty Frier
R.N
Inservice
Fanklin Hospital Benton
Harrisburg Reader Urges Support for Bowen Center Closure
Elnora T. Merritt of Harrisburg argues against mockery of officials amid budget cuts that forced Bowen Center and three other institutions to close. She blames recession, defends governor for trimming expenditures, and urges community cooperation to attract a correctional facility to save the local economy.
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Southern Illinoisan
Bowen
Bowen Center
Forver
Elnora T
Tommie
Merritt Harrisburg
Helping to go to college echoes faith and parental support
A reader reflects on education access amid economic hardship citing Education for Everyone and recognizing youths like Gwanda, a Carmondale High School senior, while praising Faith Temple's Young Adult Choir for encouraging positive thinking and helping students prepare for higher education.
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Southern Illinoisan
Faith Temple
Gwanda
Carbondale High School
Reagan’s bid to end federally funded legal aid for the poor
Mary Ellen Leary reports Reagan’s plan to zero funding for Legal Services Corporation, prompting protests from ABA and bar associations. Despite cuts, private firms, the ABA, and NLADA mobilize to sustain public poverty law, citing past court battles that rebuilt and strengthened the system.
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Mary Ellen Leary
Pacific News Service
Reagan
Legal Services Corporation
Senate
Legal Service For
United States
American Bar Association
ABA
Chicago
David R. Brink
Robert Raven
San Francisco
ABA Committee On Legal Aid
Legal Services
Legal Services Corporation Board
National Legal Aid Defenders’ Association
Ronald Reagan
California
Congress
Poverty Law
Goldwater Challenges New Right On Courts And Conservatism
Senate icon Barry Goldwater challenges fellow conservatives over court power and social issues such as abortion busing and school prayer. He warns against using morality to legislate, criticizes Reagan era tactics, and urges restraint while defending military spending and arms control.
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Steven V. Roberts
New York Times
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Arizona Battler
Senate
Planned Parenthood
Human Events
Orrin G. Hatch
Utah
Arizona Republican
Ronald Reagan
Sandra Day O’connor
Supreme Court
Washington Press Corps
Moscow
Free Enterprise
Tey
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Valcadvni Uvuulil
William Kilquist
William Maurizio
W.C. Erickson
Larry Lipe
Robert Koehn
Kenneth Jarrett
Blaney Miller
Clyde E. Jenkins
Eugene Dybvig
George Ann Hartzog
Williamson County
Harry Spiller
Vernon
Lowe County
John Hamilton
Clarence Stocks
Ernie Reynolds
George Williams
Gene Hatfield
Bruce A. Troutman
Union County
Robin
Dillon County
Floyd Landreth
W.D. Rendleman
Franklin Ee County
al Chiaventone
Herman Sinks
John Tedeschi
Gerald Gass
Charles Mandrell
Johnson County
Max Casey
Wade Hudgens
Perry County
Jerry Woolfe
County
Gerald Hawkins
Leonard Heisner
Letters Hospital
Southern Illinois An
Harrisburg
Youth of Faith Temple
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Maryland
Mathias
Copley News Service
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