Fraternity keg-roll raises funds for St Jude in Illinois
Tallappa pacee fraternity at Southern Illinois University Carbondale raised about 1000 dollars by rolling a beer keg from St Louis to Carbondale. The 10 man effort began under the Gateway Arch Friday night and concluded Saturday. Jo Schroeder of St Louis and Paul Fortman of Chicago led the group ahead of an escort truck near Pinckneyville. An additional 400 dollars was expected from a Saturday car wash and party.
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Tallappa ~Pacee Fraternity
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
St. Louis
Carbondale
Gateway Arch
Pinckneyville
Jo Schroeder
Paul Fortman
Chicago
Roger Penninger
S. Wall
John Huffman
Linda Huffman
Taylor
Attucks Park
Carhee District
SIU Forestry Club
SIU Recreaon Club
Sisters reunite after 58 years in Florida bus station meet
June Smith, 59, waiting in Orlando for Chicago sisters Irene Wilde, 64, and Loretta Sebring, 66, finally connects after 58 years of separation. The two women arrived on Friday noon, embraced as the bus pulled in, ending decades of scattered family contact.
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Orlando, Fla
June Smith
Chicago
Fort
Irene Wilde
Loretta Sebring
Greyhound
Mrs. Smith
Summer electric rates begin in June for Illinois utilities
Central Illinois Public Service starts summer rates June 1 at 5.96 cents per kWh, higher than normal. Illinois Power's Rate II charges 5.88 cents in summer with 5.88 cents for the first 825 kWh and 2.94 cents thereafter in other months. Southeast, Egyptian, and Southern Illinois Electric Co-ops do not have summer rates.
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Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois Power Co
Illinois Power
Southeastern Electric Co-op
Egyptian Electric Co-op
Southern Illinois Electric Co-op
Second Annual Southern Illinois Bowling Classic Opens
Tenpin competition on the bowling lanes will boil Sunday and Monday as Southern Illinois hosts the Second Annual Bowling Classic. Top men and women bowlers compete for the title Best Bowler in Southern Illinois. Complete scores and information will be published daily.
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Southern Illinois
Kids Cook For Mom On Mother's Day Lesson
Kids are invited to learn simple kitchen skills and prepare a snack dessert or main dish as a Mother's Day surprise instruction notes for Wednesday. The class aims to show how easy it is to become a kitchen magician and cook for mom.
Mini tours debut in southeast Illinois this Friday
This week marks the start of a mini tour series covering selective points around southern Illinois. The first leg heads southeast to Golconda with glimpses of lesser known spots along the route. Friday, Leisure Southern Illinoisan.
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Illinois
Golconda
Chester council ends May Day meetings and reappoints staff
The Chester City Council held its last May 1 meeting and voted to fold annual organizational meetings into regular meetings. Mayor Stanley Maciejski noted the change and left early. The panel reappointed all commissions, added Dottie Fisher to the planning commission to replace the late Donald Cassetta, and approved audit bids from Jack L Link of Chester for 1700 each for toll bridge audits and 2100 for the 1981 82 city audit.
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Chester
Stanley Maciejski
Maciejski
Commission
Dottie Fisher
Planning Commission
Donald Cassetta
Jack L. Link
SIU Alum to Speak on Energy Savings at Union Dinner
SIU Carbondale energy conservation expert Richard Archer will address Union County SIU C Alumni Club at the spring dinner on Monday. A steak dinner follows a 5:30 p.m. social. cost is 8.50. Reservations by Roger Dillon, 116 E Davie, Anna.
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Richard Archer
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Union County
SIUC
Anna Elks Club
Roger Dillon
E. Davie
Anna
Subscriptions and contact details for Southern Illinoisan
Delivery options and rates for Sunday through Friday, 4 week periods by carrier, motor route, or mail. Includes 18 county outside area and Illinois pricing, monthly options, office contact numbers for Carbondale, Herrin, and Marion, classified ads line, and postmaster mailing address in Carbondale, Illinois.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
Southern Illinoisan
Ill
Thai diplomat charged in city's top heroin case
A Thai vice consul in Chicago is charged with leading a drug ring using diplomatic pouches to move heroin into the United States. He faces two counts of delivery of heroin, with a bond set at 1.5 million dollars. Authorities say additional heroin, weapons, and the haul value point to a major Chicago operation potentially linked to broader investigations on the West Coast.
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Chicago
U.S
Dan Webb
Sihadej Chindawongse
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Webb
Government of
Thailand
Washington
Prok Amaranand
Chevy Suetrong
DEA
Chindawongse
Chicago Sees Deepening Segregation and Poverty
Urbanologist Pierre de Vise warns Chicago is the nation’s most segregated and poorest major city. Based on 1970 and 1980 census data, he notes widening gaps between white and Black incomes and between city and suburban life, with Black residents earning about half of White earnings.
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Chicago
Pierre de Vise
de Vise
Chicago Bar Association
Gasoline prices set to rise, Lundberg warns
The Lundberg Letter predicts a sharp rebound in gasoline and petroleum product prices. Dan Lundberg notes wholesale prices climbed as inventories fell and expects demand will surge once prices turn up, indicating a sustained rise from recent lows.
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Los Angeles
Lundberg
Dan Lundberg
Truckers' strike plan fizzles nationwide effort
A group of Midwestern independent trucker owners aimed to spark a nationwide strike on Saturday but appears to have stalled. Spot checks at major truck stops from Los Angeles to South Jersey showed highway haulers continuing to operate Coast to coast with no widespread stoppage evident.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Chicago
South Jersey
Rape draws 30 year sentence for two suspects
A 20 year old Wildwood man, Jack Scherer, received a 30 year prison term after pleading guilty to rape, deviate sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping for holding a woman captive for two hours after she stopped to help with car trouble during a snowstorm. Co defendant Frank G. Amato, 37, is awaiting trial for related charges from January 4 in Park City Illinois 120 incident.
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Chicago
Wildwood
Lake County
Robert K. McQueen
Waukegan
Jack Scherer
Scherer
Frank G. Amato
Gages Lake
Illinois
Park City
Southern Illinois road and airport bids top $5.12 million
Apparent low bids totaling more than 5.12 million were invited for 11 road and airport projects in Southern Illinois. Projects span Union Johnson counties on Illinois 146, Williamson and Perry counties on Illinois 148 and U.S. 51, plus a Franklin County flashing beacon and Carbondale traffic signals. Sullivan Electric, Evansville Cement Finishers, E.T. Simonds, G&G Enterprises, Superior Structures, and H&R Construction are among the apparent low bidders, with some projects lacking estimates.
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Jim Santori
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Springfield
Illinois Department of Transportation
Union-Johnson
Buck Run Creek
Illinois 146
Interstate 57
West Vienna
Marion
Williamson County
Illinois 148
Big Muddy River
Herrin
H&r
du Quoin
Pond Creek
E.T. Simonds
Carbondale
Illinois 13
DeYoung Street
Fair Street
Lou-Jean
Clark Trail
Park Lane
Evansville
Perry County
U.S. 51
Pizza Hut
Illinois 14
Franklin County
Sullivan Electric
Jackson County
Walnut and
Wall Streets
Southern Illinois
Oakland Avenue
New Era Road
Superior Structures
IDOT
G&g Enterprises
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John McCcutchen
CIPS
Southern
Chester Council
SIU Alums
Archer
USPS
N. Illinois
N. 16Th
Souern Illinoisan
Southern Oisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Avalor
Memoriam
Steve Green Eyes
Lutoszanski
Jesus
Theo
Doris Lutoszanski
Daddy
Stephanie
Sponso
Energy Volunteer Fire Department
Herrin Rexall
Ticket BO
Energy Village Hall
Little
Egypt
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