Ex-District 95 board member blasts actions in district
Former Carbondale Elementary School District 95 trustee Judy Merritt denounces the board for Open Meetings Act violations and meddling in daily affairs. She accuses Donald Garner and Jack Mckhillip of conducting private after meetings with teachers to plot strategy. Merritt resigned in January and relocated to Columbia, South Carolina.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Judy Merritt
Columbia
S.C
Donald Garner
Jack Mckhillip
Merritt
Carbondale Education Association
Garner
Ghost voter concerns surface in Franklin County election
Franklin County faces possible voting irregularities two weeks before the general election. A Benton Precinct 4 resident named David Buzzard appears on the voter roster with an address that does not exist. Investigations may review registration and absentee voting practices amid reports of elderly manipulation.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisa
Franklin County
Benton
David Buzzard
Eads St
Buzzard
Franklin
Bob Hiller
Phil Gilbert
Carbondale
State Board of Elections
SBE
Gilbert
Ohio S&Ls near reopening under Fed aid
In Columbus, 69 Ohio savings and loans closed last week may reopen for limited business by Friday as the Federal Reserve provides currency to curb depositor runs. Governor Celeste and state officials warned banks must apply for federal insurance, with deposits limited to 750 dollars per month. Century Savings and others prepared for reopening with extra cash. regulators emphasize liquidity to handle wary customers.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Savings and Loans
Federal Reserve
Mansfield
Savings
Savings and Loan
Bob Masters
Richard Celeste
S&ls
Home State Savings Bank of Cincinnati
Florida
Celeste
Ohio
Masters
Columbus
Newark
Toledo
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Commercial Bank
Century
William D. Connelly
Connelly
Cincinnati S&l
Ohio S&ls
Thomas Batties
Cleveland
Batties
Economy slows as inflation climbs in early 1985
Washington reports gross national product growing at 2.1 percent this year, its slowest rate since last year’s midquarter dip. Inflation accelerates, with the implicit price deflator rising 5.4 percent in the first quarter, fastest since 1982.
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Washington
Commerce Department
International custody fight over Costa Rica abduction
Deborah Marzec, seeking her son Christopher held on a Costa Rican mountaintop, claims her former husband and his parents abducted him. A Cook County judge ordered the Rosenbargers to pay for her mental anguish and for five Carterville houses to be sold to satisfy the judgment, a precedent in Illinois for grandparent liability. Costa Rica lacks an extradition treaty, complicating retrieval efforts.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Deborah Marzec
Christopher
Carterville
Chicago
Marzec
Thomas Hoffman
Cook County
Charles
Maxine Rosenbarger
Costa Rica
Rosenbargers
Ernest Rizzo
Rizzo
Illinois
United States
Old Ben to Idle 1440 Miners in Franklin County
Old Ben Coal Co will idle 1440 miners for one to two weeks starting Monday due to large inventories and a soft market. About 800 workers at mines 21 and 26 will be idle for two weeks, returning April 8, while 640 workers at mines 24 and 25 return April 2. Maintenance staff will continue working.
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Old Ben Today
Franklin County
Mike Musulin
Old Ben Coal Co
Musulin
Old Ben
Auditor General flags Illinois banks under limited exam scope
Illinois banking commissioner lacks manpower to examine all state chartered banks, risking more failures and eroding public confidence. The 1983 and 1984 audits show 299 and 288 banks were unevaluated, respectively, though the agency plans to hire more examiners to cover all banks in 1985. As of Jan 1984, 846 banks held $51.6 billion in assets.
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Springfield
Illinois
William Harris
Robert Cronson
Cronson
Banking Commissioner’s Office
Index Area 3 6 People 20 Classified 16 18
The page lists sections including Index Area and People with 20 items and Classified 16 through 18 across the Spectrum page. It notes Deaths on page 15 and Sports on pages 11 to 13.
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District 95
US Commerce Dept
Nathan Diggs
Eads Street
Police
Fire Departments
Benton Post Office
John McCutchen
Fed
Century Savings
Viom
Williamson County
Charles E. Rosenbarger
Charlie
Mona Marcec
Winkler
David Byrd
Auditor General
State
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