Trustee questions Africa investments amid student protest
SIU Board of Trustees member William Norwood plans to scrutinize the SIU Student Coalition plea to divest from South Africa. He says he will learn more about the coalition and its data, and contemplates steps with personal and professional implications, reflecting on South Africa's apartheid era while noting growing student empathy and potential change.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
William Norwood
SIU
Free South Africa
Norwood
South Africa
SIUC
Illinois
Centralia
Siu-C
SIU Foundation
Rae Lewis
Early strawberry season arrives in Southern Illinois
Early berries reach Southern Illinois amid mild weather and warm springs. Frandon Farm near Oroville opened early as Eckert’s Orchards and others plan weekend or Monday openings. Growers report good quality berries, with prices around 50 to 56 cents a pound and hours from 7 am to 8 pm. Some frost protection saved most crops after hard freezes, marking an unusually early harvest versus last year.
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Illinois
Frandon Farm
Oroville
Murphysboro
Eckert
Carbondale
Blueberry Hill
Cobden
Colvis Orchards
Chester
David White
Bernie Colvis
Colvis
White
Albert Craig
University of Illinois Extension
Mining firm sues Vergennes pair over mine protest
U.S. Minerals & Mining Inc. of Marion filed a federal suit in Benton accusing Vergennes residents R E Van Cloostere and Maurice Cananda and 20 others of extortion and racketeering related to a 1984 human blockade at the Burning Star No. 1 mine reclamation site. The suit seeks triple actual damages plus costs.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Vergennes
U.S. Minerals & Mining Inc
Marion
U.S. District Court
Benton
R.E. van Cloostere
Burning Star No. 1
van Cloostere
Donald M. Medley
U.S. Minerals & Mining
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Maurice Cananda
Jackson County
Burning Star
Traux-Traer Coal Company
Traux-Traer
U.S
Illinois
Jackon County
Cananda
Burning Star No
U.S. Minerals & Mining, Inc
District 300 valuation drop costs about 500000
The Du Quoin Board of Education noted a continued decline in District 300 assessed valuation, now at 42.586 million for 1984 after 48.6 million in 1982, costing about 500000 over two years. The report came at Thursday night’s meeting along with other campus and local government items.
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du Quoin
Benton High programs save money on utilities and phone
Conservation steps at Benton Community High School last fall reduced the Central Illinois Public Service bill by about 14,785 for the year. A new 11,257 telephone system from Glasco Telecom Services was installed, though the phone bill fell only 21 percent or about 1,200 less than expected.
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Benton Community High School
Larry Beckley
Central Illinois Public Service
Glasco Telecom Services
Beckley
Kinkaid marina changes hands amid bankruptcy action
Kinkaid Lake marina and docks transfer from Kincaid Village Marina Corp. to William Williams of Belleville. The Reed's Creek Conservancy District board grants joint authority to revoke the concession only with both parties approval. Bankruptcy action by the Kincaid Corporation may take 60 to 90 days to resolve. Williams plans to collect past fees and reimburse overcharged users while negotiating with boat owners to start operations this season.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Reed’s Creek
Kincaid Corporation
KCD
U.S. District Court
East St. Louis
Carbondale
Tom Schwartz
Richard Daniel
Bill Gauch
Williams
Mike Bowers
ECD
L. D
Doc’’ Allen
Shelby Slusher
Bowers
Goreville unit school plan gains momentum
Larry Davis reports on a push to form a Goreville unit school district as a public hearing mid June is anticipated. The plan combines Goreville District 71 high and District 18 grade schools, impacting boundary students and possibly moving some Goreville students to Anna-Jonesboro high school. A simple majority would decide the outcome, with hearings at Vienna courthouse or Goreville schools.
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Goreville
Jerry Johnson
Johnson, Massac
Alexander
Pulaski
Union Counties
Anna-Jonesboro
Johnson
Vienna
Board of School Trustees
Vaughn
Anna
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Jackson County Health Department
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Johnson County
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