Local group fights GTE USS pricing in Murphysboro
Murphysboro SCAM and supporters denounce General Telephone Usage Sensitive Service as a disaster. They seek an ICC moratorium until studies. Rep. Bruce Richmond and Alderman James Scuras urge caution citing impacts on seniors, businesses, churches, and city finances.
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Southern Illinoisan
General Telephone
USS
Murphysboro
Southern Counties Action Movement
SCAM
Illinois Commerce Commission
Bruce Richmond
James Scuras
Clinton
Jacksonville
Tuscola
GTE
ICC
Willy Holton
Holton
de Soto
Carbondale
Richmond
Scuras
Duarte Leads Early Voting in El Salvador Amid Attacks and Unrest
In San Salvador, President Jose Napoleon Duarte’s Christian Democrats lead unofficial returns with 40.3 percent ahead of Roberto d Aubuisson’s Republican Nationalist Alliance. At least 60 killed as guerrillas clash with security forces during a vote for a constituent assembly and interim government.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Christian Democrats
Reagan
Larry Speakes
U.S
William Clark
White House
Roberto d’Aubuisson
National Conciliation Party
Democratic Action
San Carlos
Mejicanos
Usulutan
Apopa
Assembly
Christian Democratic
Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes
d’Aubuisson
High court rejects divorced father's plea for child custody
The U S Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Jeff Atkinson, a wealthy Chicago area lawyer, who argued he was denied custody of his two daughters because he is a man. A 1979 custody ruling favored his ex wife, Janet Atkinson, with no comment issued on the stand.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jeff
Janet Atkinson
Atkinson
Tara
Abigail
Louise Shief
Illinois Supreme Court
Atkison
Chicago
Evanston
U.S. Supreme Court
Student to attend two week art institute at ISU Normal
Kenneth Walls, a sophomore at Christopher Community High School, will attend a two week art institute this summer at Illinois State University in Normal. District 38 Board approved $200 to send Walls. Board also accepted a $12,559 bid from Country Companies for a district insurance package and hired William Bryant to teach a one hour chemistry class next fall.
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Kenneth Walls
Christopher Community High School
Illinois State University At Normal
District 38 Board of Education
Walls
William Bryant
Subscription rates and office contacts listed
Delivery options for Sunday through Friday priced at 6.00 per 4 weeks by carrier and 6.50 by motor route. Mail rates shown for 18 county area with 1 year 75.00 and 85. é months 40.00 45. 3 months 21.00 23.00 and 1 month 7 an 775. Carbondale Herrin Marion office numbers and classified ad lines included. Postmaster address The Southern Illinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale Ill 62901.
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N. Ilinois
Carbondale
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Meter thieves nabbed after Marion arrests of trio teens
Three teenagers ages 13 and 14 were arrested after a weekend spree of parking meter break ins in Marion. Police believe the arrests may clear a recent rash of robberies as meters were emptied to lure others, with varying cash yields from five cents to $60. A parking lot near General Telephone Company saw the latest attempt, thwarted by a telephone worker who provided a description to police. A meeting with juvenile probation officials was set for Tuesday.
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Marion
General Telephone Company
Satuday
Youths Caught After Break In At Marion Home
A 65 year old Marion woman Pauline Brown was tied and robbed of 45 dollars when she surprised an intruder in her home Sunday evening. The armed intruder wearing a stocking mask threatened her and left with the money. No injuries were reported and the incident was reported to police at 8 14 p m. Investigations by the Illinois Department of Criminal Investigations and Marion police continued today.
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Marion
Pauline Brown
Illinois Department of Criminal Investigations
Marion Police
Suspect Arrested in Vienna Car Theft Case
Vienna police arrested Norman Tessier in connection with the theft of a car from John Dee Chevrolet Oldsmobile in Vienna Sunday. The dealer reported the theft from a garage about 1 p.m. Officers tracked the stolen vehicle after a license plate theft report, locating it at a nearby service station and an en route chase led to a fence row where Tessier was found. He faces burglary and theft charges.
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Vienna
Norman Tessier
John Dee
Tessier
Reagan Says Housing Is High Priority For Real Estate Group
President Reagan told the National Association of Realtors in Washington that housing is a top social priority and outlined steps to aid the ailing industry. The Labor Department will permit pension funds to invest in housing, FHA eligibility will ease for first-time buyers, and the mortgage revenue bond program will expand distressed area definitions while avoiding a bailout.
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Reagan
Washington
National Association of Realtors
Labor Department
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