General Telephone to spend 78 million on new equipment
General Telephone Co of Illinois plans a 78.6 million dollar upgrade to digital switching equipment this year to handle rising local and long distance call volumes across 1000 communities. President Donald D. Gall notes billings rose as calls surpassed a billion in 1974 and local calls increased by over 29 million last year. Buildings will be added at Roscoe and Farmer City, with remodeling in Anna, Du Quoin, McLeansboro, Bloomington, Jacksonville, and Rock Cut to ready offices for USS pricing reflecting actual usage. GTE seeks Illinois Commerce Commission approval to make USS permanent in Clinton, Jacksonville and Tuscola.
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General Telephone Co
Illinois
GTE
Donald D. Gall
Roscoe
Farmer City
United States
Anna
du Quoin
McLeansboro
Bloomington
Jacksonville
Rock Cut
General Telephone plans nine exchanges expansion in Illinois
GTE announces 1982 Illinois expansion adding nine exchanges Murphysboro Metropolis Belvidere Chatham Cherry Valley Mahomet Morton New Milford and Washington The plan targets 515000 customers with an average investment of 153 per user The 1981 plant investment totaled over 877 million at 1072 per customer About 368 million in five year service improvements has been spent and 502.941 million budgeted for the next five years The rollout includes automatic number identification to most customers and touch calling to 97 percent of users zero plus calling now available to 74 percent of customers 1200 miles of new cable, about 85 percent underground, will be laid this year.
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Murphysboro
Metropolis
Belvidere
Chatham
Cherry Valley
Mahomet
Morton
New Milford
Washington
Gall
Illinois
GTE
Farmer City
Brocton
Long Point
General Telephone
Local telephone billing gains mixed praise in Illinois towns
A Southern Illinois poll of 60 GTE customers in Jacksonville Tuscola and Clinton finds 60 percent satisfied with per call local billing replacing flat rates. Eleven in Jacksonville are satisfied five dissatisfied four undecided. Most satisfied say bills lowered or fairer for low users.
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Ginny Lee
Southern Illinois An
General Telephone Co
Jacksonville
Tuscola
Clinton
GTE
Murphysboro
Metropolis
Illinois
David S. Kording
May Haney
The
Journal Courier
Passover feast signals springtime observance beginning April 8
A Passover seder marks the holiday's start on April 8 with traditional gratitude and feasting. Gentiles and Jews alike can enjoy the special seder dishes. A hospital birth is noted as a moment of joy and concern. The Illinois Society for Maternal and Child Health meets in Carbondale to discuss middle‑age pregnancy risks, midwifery, and infant mortality trends in Southern Illinois. A midnights waitress sample paints a stark, nocturnal experience of service workers.
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Ancient
Egypt
Illinois Society For Maternal and Child Health
Carbondale
Illinois
Nine car pileup on I-24 injures 22 between Metropolis and Vienna
A Saturday crash involving nine vehicles on westbound Interstate 24 between Metropolis and Vienna injured 22 people. The incident occurred about 5 50 p m with both westbound lanes closed until shortly after 8 30 p m. No major injuries reported and traffic moved off the highway gradually on the shoulder.
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Metropolis
Vienna
Kenneth Klein
Illinois State Police
Cairo
Klein
Southern Illinoisan Publication and circulation notes
Notice of serif publication offices and postable mail, listing Carbondale Herrin Marion offices and subscription rates. Includes carrier and motor route prices, mail rates for 18 county area, and contact numbers for advertising and office. Mass mailing details indicate dues and postmaster address.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
Ill
Junior scientists win big at IJAS regional fair
Cash prizes totaling 1000 were awarded to 10 area students from Chester Marissa Murphysboro Anna Jonesboro Trico Meridian Mounds and more at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Life Sciences II. Lyle Kipp of Chester High won the Navy Science Award and a $100 outstanding prize. Twenty five top winners advance to the state IJAS Exposition in Champaign Urbana on May 8.
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Life Sciences II
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Lyle Kipp
Chester High
Kipp
Naval
Christopher Diefenbach
Anna-Jonesboro
Dee Bollmeier
Marissa
Joel Boswell
Trico
Melissa Reiman
Chester
Mike Hollander
Bruce Peters
Robert Neace Jr
Murphysboro High
Sylvia Ruiz
Murphysboro
Gina Gerberding
Gail Jones
Sherri Quillman
Joyce Dierks
Trico Junior High
Joe del Byassee
Meridian Mounds
Carl Oros
Karen Keller
Angie Lingle
Jonesboro
Cheryl Dressler
Peggy Davis
Tami Luttrell
Tanya Weakley
Centralia
Greg Wilson
Tina Cerny
Cobden
Stephanie Ashley
Red Bud
Dion Miller
Brent Schorn
Jeff Timmermann
Dean Albers
Germantown
Champaign-Urbana
Illinois History Contest draws 627 projects at Steeleville High
Students from 29 Illinois schools showcased 627 projects across categories such as research diorama models and art at Steeleville High School. Superior blue ribbon winners include Steeleville students as well as peers from Carbondale Red Bud Marion Chester and others. Qualified students advance to the state contest in May with possible national participation in Washington DC in June.
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Illinois
Steeleville High School
Margaret Pierce
Philip Young
Connie McPhearson
Annette Meyer
Pam Weiser
Steeleville Senior High
Regina Young
Marissa Senior High
Mary Ann Rutledge
Marion High School
Kathie Schmid
Tara Rechardson
Lincoln Junior High School
Carbondale
Jeff Daab
Tim Gorman
St. John the Baptist Catholic School
Red Bud
Mike Hudson
Washington, D.C
Dongola board sacks four teachers after protest
Dongola Unit District 166 faced enrollment and budget woes as four teachers, including a part timer, were honorably dismissed after a public hearing. Residents criticized the action as a sham while Superintendent Mason warned of a tight budget across education transport and building. The fired staff were Gary Chandler Nancy Beard Sandra Terbrak and Ronald Lamkin.
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Tony Stevens
Southern
Gene Mason
Kathleen Liffick
Mark Calandro
Mason
Bill Thompson
Illinois
Gary Chandler
Nancy Beard
Sandra Terbrak
Ronald Lamkin
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Heather Bard
Brant Ritzel
Carl Hawse
Kathy Clarke
Lincoln Junior High
Lincoln
Tara Richardson
Anne Thalman
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
16Th
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Energy Grade School
Amy Lodge
Richard Hallie
Phillip Moes
St. Mary’s Catholic School
Sandy Krantz
Betty Eggemeyer
Terri Thien
Vicki Johnson
Kristin Fligel
Laura Fox
Stephanie Ziemer
Ann Thadra
Kelly Tinsley
Amy Budelsky
Amy Levine
Jeffrey Schultz
Joe Watchel
Cathy Massey
Marie Schilling
Brad Eagle
Yale Hard
Carrie Elliot
Jamie Whits
Kimberly Fray
Betsy Waller
All of Energy Grade School
Mike Phoenix
Joe Sriess
Joni Caertner
Vicki Kerkhover
Joe Jines
Lori Marlow
Samantha Jenkins
Dongola Board
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