Voters turnout languishes in Southern Illinois primary
Southern Illinois voters showed light turnout in a statewide primary with many precincts, especially student areas in Carbondale and nearby towns. Judges reported very light to sparse participation by 9:30 a.m., with several precincts voting only a few dozen ballots as spring break and locations like Wilson Hall and Newman Center kept turnout low.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Carpenters Hall
West Willow Street
Vonda Summers
Wilson Hall
Karen Lanchester
Newman Center
Esther Chamness
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Township
Bradley-Ava
Bradley Township
Grand Tower
Franklin County
Charles
Lingle
West Frankfort
Lester McFadden
Benton
Marion
Fairgrounds
East Marion
Marion Park
Bangor Inn
Karr-Barnfield Auto Agency
Williamson County
Barney Boren
Perry Cunty
Cutler
Susi Gaetz
du Quoin
Union County
Blaylock
Randolph County
Pauline Wilson
Sparta
Nursing Home
Energy Grade School
Dolores Kopfer
Boren
Air quality in Southern Illinois under study by SIU team
David Arey of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and six colleagues study air pollution across 19 counties with a Ford Foundation grant to help Illinois EPA prevent deterioration. Nine townships fail Particulate standards, near coal mines and power plants.
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Chris Moenich
Southern Illinois An
Southern Illinois
David Arey
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Arey
SIUC
Ford Foundation
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois
Williamson County
West Marion
East Marion
Lake of Egypt
Jefferson County
Shiloh
Mt. Vernon
Dodds
James Crenshaw
Osbin Ervin
John Meyers
Carbondale OKs partial rezoning for 7 11 site plan
Carbondale council backs zoning five acres on East Grand to allow a planned business district including a 7 11 Food Mart while rejecting nine acre rezoning. A April 3 vote set to decide the broader rezoning. The body also approved a five year capital improvements plan and a water pipeline easement with SIU Carbondale.
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Robert Grupp
Carbondale
East Grand Avenue
Howard Lambert
Lambert Real Estate
Tommy Glisson
East Grand
Wall
Lewis Lane
Bill Boyd
Grand
Helen Westberg
Hans Fischer
Wall Street
Lambert
Larry L. Haertling
Cape Girardeau
Glisson
Haertling
Lewis Park Meadows
Chautauqua Street Plan Sparks Local Scrutiny
In Carbondale, residents monitor city plans for Chautauqua Street as council approves 12500 for planning improvements to Chautauqua and Freeman streets. City officials aim to widen resurface and build sidewalks after May 1 with design to be completed before final council approval.
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Carbondale
Chautauqua Street
Chautauqua and
Freeman Streets
Carroll Fry
Rose Vieth
Hillcrest Drive
Fry
Vieth
Southwest Neighborhood Protective Association
Chautauqua
Neal Eckert
Oakland Street
Emerald Lane
Leffler Named Acting Security Director at SIU Edwardsville
Henry de Fiebre reports that Thomas L. Leffler, 53, former SIU Carbondale security chief, was appointed acting director of security at SIU Edwardsville effective March 1. The appointment awaits board ratification and salary remains $27,396. Leffler succeeds Gary L. Gunter, previously head of the security force since 1974.
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Henry de Fiebre
Thomas L. Leffler
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU Edwardsville
Leffler
Sam Smith
Siu-E
SIU Board of Trustees
Smith
Ria Fritters
Gary L. Gunter
Gunter
Siu-C
Sus
Miners Question Contract Amid Illinois Strike Talks
Area miners at VFW Post 4753 Lesser press for details on a Washington drafted contract to ends the 106 day national coal strike. They query benefits and insurance while noting spring weather and utility coal reserves may pressure a return to work.
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Charles Roberts
Associated Press
Russell Phillips
VFW
Phillips
Washington
Inland Steel Co
Robert Williams
Smokey Jacobs
Jacobs
Terry Miller
Illinois
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Helen Bunge
Fred Blaylock
Starlette Rowatt
Annie Waldron
Cambria City Hall
Southern Illinois Air
Robert Shock
Shawna Grosskoph
IEPA
New Carbondale
Tower Road
Resi
Dents
Mardale Water District
Hickory Hills
Reed Station Road
Illinois 13
James Brewner
SIUE
Danilo Orescanin
Orescanin
Indiana University-Northwest
Gary
Force
Williams
John Cox
Herrin
Arnold Miller
UMW
Cox
Miller
Pnoto
Joe Jines
Eppie McNeil
Robert Whitis
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