Letters to the Editor on Fire Protection in Carbondale
The letter critiques the March 23 1978 editorial on City deadlines and explains Illinois law prevents townships from contracting fire protection with cities. It outlines forming a Fire Protection District as an alternative, detailing steps, timelines, and tax implications, and cautions about free loading issues with the current department.
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The
Southern Mindsan
Illinois
W. S. Brandon
Carbondale
John Gilbert
Ilinois
Carbondale Fire Department
Fire budget note questions outside city fire charges
Citizens question the 1972 78 fire budget with 53 percent sales tax and 25 percent property tax funding plus 1 percent ambulance charges and 1 percent outside city fire calls. They urge reconsideration and extended payment to cover outlying areas while Mayor Eckert defends city funding and voluntary sales tax.
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Fire Department
Carbondale
Neal Eckert
Ery
Eckert
Penneys
University Mall
Editorial warns of environmental backlash ahead
Mary Lee Leahy, rejected as EPA director, cautions that political backlash and apathy threaten ecological progress. She warns Illinois faces air water and health pollution risks as lawmakers push to ease high sulfur coal rules. The piece urges leaders to heed urgency of environmental protection and resist rushing EPA deadlines.
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Mary Lee Leahy
General Assembly
Daniel Walker
State Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Minsis
Rep. Hart
Leahy
Southern Illinois University
Ares
Loyalty Day in Herrin Shines with Parade and Thunderbirds
A Southern Slingisan letter commends Herrin area VFW Loyalty Day activities on May 5. The parade drew large crowds, the Thunderbirds display impressed spectators, and Huey helicopters on Bank of Herrin property delighted children. Military staff answered questions, weather cooperated, and organizers Robert Craig, Tom Gorski, Charles Jefferson, and Carolys Watson were thanked.
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Southern Slingisan
Area V.fw
Southern Winds
Herrin
Thunderbirds
Bank of Herrin
Robert Craig
Tom Gorski
Charles Jefferson
Carolys Watson Herrin
Walk for Mankind aids Cancer Project in Southern Illinois
The Herrin Marion and Johnston City Jaycees sponsored the Walk for Mankind to raise funds for cancer relief. About $4,000 was raised with two thirds sent to national and international health and dental aid for the underprivileged, and one third allocated to local nonprofits chosen by walkers. The effort received help from the 1244 Unit of National Guard at Carbondale and Williamson County Civil Defense, whose support was praised.
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Clincisan
Herrin
Marion
Johnston City
Jaycees
1244
National Guard
Carbondale
Williamson County
Press integrity and vendettas under scrutiny in The Southern Windsow
A reader criticizes sensational journalism and partisan bias, urging objectivity and truthful reporting. The letter argues media vendettas hurt journalism, calls for restraint, and defends abortion law debates while questioning the ethics of forcing unwanted marriages and births.
Abortion debate voiced in Miss Essick letter
A letter argues abortion can prevent harm to a young woman and uterus, praising doctors who would avoid harmful procedures. It cautions against ending unwanted lives amidst drugs and violence, notes California's motto Eureka, and urges not to ruin others' lives for personal beliefs.
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Tinoisane
Juanita Essick
Murphyspboro
Miss Essick
Illinois study says women underrepresented in higher ed
A report by the Illinois Board of Higher Education staff argues women are underrepresented and underutilized in Illinois colleges and universities as students and employees. It notes discrimination is illegal, but difficult to prove, and calls for ongoing campus education, salary equalization cost studies, stronger ties with agencies and groups, and equal opportunity plans, while acknowledging reverse discrimination concerns and the complexity of achieving universal fairness.
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Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Mlinois
Federal
Legislature moves fast on home rule police power change
Legislators push House Bill 345 to claim exclusive state control over police and fire personnel rules, threatening home rule cities like Champaign. If enacted, local departments could not adjust policies without state approval or local referendums. Critics urge a Senate veto or slowing the bill to allow local resolution first.
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General Assembly
State Fire and Police Commission
House
Senate
Champaign
Springfield
Fragmented Local Government and Revenue Sharing Debate
The piece argues that federal revenue sharing will be wasted by local governments. It cites the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations calling local government a travesty and warns that fragmented units fail to address water, traffic, crime, and pollution, citing Calumet City floods and a history of inadequate county sheriffs.
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Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
America
Luther Gutick
Finois
Cook County
Cook County Sanitary District
Calumet City
Lansing
Hudson River
Cumberland
Ohio
Monongahela
Missouri
Chattahoochee
Lake Tahoe
Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Marion Mitchett
Mindrs House
Hart
Williamson County Civil Defense
Southern Windsow
Miss Hssick
Eureka
California
Union
University of Wisconsin
Jay Sykes
Congressional Record
Sykes
National Municipal League
Milwaukee Sentinel
Little Calumet River
Little Calumet
Minois
United States Army
Southern
John C. Gardner
James K. Adams
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