Paper airplane pilots soar in sanctioned city contest finale
In Parrish Elementary Carbondale youngsters launched handmade planes in a Winged Salukis event. Thirty winners from Parrish Lewis and Thomas schools advance to finals at SIU Airport for top distances and accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Parrish
Carbondale
Parrish School
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lewis and Thomas
Southern Illinois
Maurice Campbell
Thomas Scott
David Abdullah
Heather Bond
Joe Yopp
Laura Sutton
Murphysboro Board Denies Explaining Principal Transfer
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board refused to provide details or issue a bill of particulars about former junior high principal Hal Killebrew’s reassignment. Superintendent Bozarth cited legal advice against disclosing further information and recommended no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Board of Education
Murphysboro Unit
Hal Killebrew
Ernest Bozarth
Killebrew
Bozarth
Bob Casleton
Enrollment projections show little growth for Carbondale schools
A long range planning panel told the Carbondale Elementary School District that enrollment likely will stay around 1,525 students over the next five to ten years. Officials outlined cost and space implications, with 59 current classrooms sufficient and most growth tied to potential housing projects like The Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Brush
George Edwards
Edwards
Parrish
Thomas
Southwest
Lewis Lane
Pyles Fork Creek
Barbie
Lincoln School
Parrish School
Lincoln
Winkler
Lewis
Springmore
Lakeland
Carbondale Library Retains Weese and Associates Firm
The Carbondale Public Library Board formally selected Harry Weese and Associates to design a new facility on the old Brush School site on West Main Street after approving a $1.7 million bond. The firm will handle exterior and interior design, furnishings, and landscaping for a 16,000 square foot library with 77 parking spaces, at a 9 percent fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Public Library Board
Old Brush School
West Main Street
Chicago
Harry Weese
Allan
Fisher
Badley House
Board
Monroe Street
Sex and Censorship Across Media Since Lawrence
The piece traces sex as a driver of cultural output and controversy from D H Lawrence's era to modern pay TV. It notes bans of The Rainbow in 1915 and ongoing battles over erotic content, along with HBO offerings and a new SIU Press book on Lawrence. It highlights figures like Rev George Gosser and Al Goldstein and mentions recent Lawrence scholarship and a 50th anniversary conference at SIUC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
D.H. Lawrence
Lawrence
Lady Chatterley
HBO
Ture
Angie Dickinson
George Gosser
Texas
Gosser
TV Guide
al Goldstein
Screw Magazine
Goldstein
Frontal
Satori Productions Inc
Harry T. Moore
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Moore
SIU Press
Robert B. Partlow Jr
Siuc English Department
D. H. Lawrence
Peter H. Balbert
Balbert
Keith Sagar
Strike ends at Old Ben No 21 mine. ongoing at Zeigler No 11
Miners returned to work at Old Ben Coal Co No 21 near Lesser after a one day walkout, reopening at 4 p.m. Tuesday. About 550 United Mine Workers members were affected. At Zeigler Coal Co No 11 near Coulterville, 167 union workers remained on strike after the company announced firing an employee on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Ben No
Zeigler No
Old Ben Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Zeigler Coal Co
Coulterville
Four Illinois water systems on EPA restricted list
Four Southern Illinois water systems face EPA restrictions for inadequate supply or low pressure. De Soto Elkville in Jackson County, Cobden in Union County, and Lake of Egypt in Williamson County are named restricted or on critical review. Extensions to supply are barred until deficiencies are fixed. variances required for further connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern
Illinois
Ilinois Environmental Protection Agency
de Soto
Elkville
Jackson County
Cobden
Union County
Lake of Egypt
Williamson County
Illinois Epa
Springfield
Eskville
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Andrew Harpole
Stacy Reed
Kurt Hamm
Saluki
Hamm
Campbell
Diana Brawley
Diana
Carroll Nelson
John Green
Carol Presley
ED Greer
Murphysboro
Sider
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Chapter
The
Carbondale Library
John Gilbert
Morris Fair
Memphis, Tenn
Umic, Inc
UMIC
Borge and Pitt
Gilbert
Hans Fisher
Sex
Chatterley
Pornovision
By Ben Gelman
Kyline B.G
EPA
Mardale
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