Light turnout reported in first Tuesday school elections
Reports from multiple counties describe voter participation as light or very light in today's school board elections. Officials in Williamson Franklin Perry and Union counties note turnout is lower than typical, with estimates around a few thousand voters in some areas and morning voting described as slow or uninterested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson
Barney Boren
Franklin County
Perry County
Winton Bigham
Jackson County
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Park
Hutmacher
Murphysboro
Johnson County
Cletis Morris
Union County
Anna
Cobden
Alto Pass
Lick Creek
Randolph County
Randolph County Clerk’s Office
Area pension checks delayed across Southern Illinois
Several hundred residents in Anna Alto Pass Carbondale Danville and Mattoon did not receive Social Security disability checks expected last Saturday. The Treasury Department Kansas City regional center reportedly mixed disability and regular checks on a Birmingham to Champaign route. Authorities urged wait until Wednesday then contact local Social Security offices to reissue the payments and speed the investigation led by U S Rep Paul Simon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Carle
Simon
Carbondale
West Frankfort
Marion councilman seeks state representative post
Marion City Councilman Robert L. Dog Connell 52 announced his bid for the Republican nomination to represent the new 117th District in the Illinois House. The district covers Franklin and Williamson counties with Stonefort and Creal Springs excluded. Connell, an electrical worker and three term council member, cites local experience and growth projects including water main extensions sewer upgrades a civic center and an industrial park as qualifications for Springfield service. He and his wife Patsy Douglas have four children and Connell has long served as precinct committeeman and holds roles in local civic and labor groups.
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Marion
Robert L. “Dog” Connell
Franklin County
Williamson County
Stonefort
Creal Springs
Connell
Marion City
Springfield
Disct
Franklin
Williamson
Illinois
William J. Connell
Stella Robinson Connell
Patsy Douglas
Lila Bratten
Jackie Jenkins
Robert D. Connell
Jamisou Connell
First Baptist Church of
Elks Lodge 800
Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
West Frankfort
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Interest rates block the Carbondale convention center bond sale
City council hears bonds worth 10.5 million to finance downtown hotel convention center, with interest rates as the remaining hurdle. Underwriters promise a purchase agreement soon, aiming to meet a December 1 HUD deadline. Bond terms rely on 90 percent guaranteed by Farmers Home Administration. four local banks to buy the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Carbondale
James Bondurant
Stan Hoye
Kirchner, Moore and Co
Woolsey and Co., Inc
Bondurant
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
UDAG
HUD
Farmer’s Home Administration
Fmha
Carbondale selects Dillard to fill Watkins seat
The Carbondale City Council unanimously chose Neil Dillard to replace the resigning Rev. Arles Watkins. Dillard, SIU Carbon dale assistant director, will serve until the April 1983 general election. He faced Blanchard Boone and Joy Cullum Mark in the race for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Arles Watkins
Neil Dillard
Watkins
Dillard
Blanchard Boone
Joy Cullum Mark
Yar
Susan Mitchell
Carbondale annexes land for Wal-Mart complex zoning set
Carbondale City Council annexed a 33.78 acre Rendleman tract east of Vic Koenig Chevrolet and rezoned it from agriculture to planned business. The site would host an 80,000 square foot Wal-Mart on 7.5 acres and a Hardee’s on two acres, with a 1.5 acre small business parcel. An access road will connect Lewis Lane to the K-Mart Plaza. Openings planned for late spring or early summer. The council also removed territory west of Country Club Road from the city zoning map per a regional boundary agreement with Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Jacob and
Gladys Rendleman
Wall- Mart
Hardee
Country Club Road
Chautauqua Road
Murphysboro
Du Quoin man seeks exit lane cut after shopping center crash
At 72, Bill McCollum describes a minor collision at the Southtowne Shopping Center exits on U S 51. He asks Du Quoin City Council to convert two exit lanes to one to improve visibility and reduce accidents. Mayor Armstrong says lane ownership is mixed and will consider feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern
McCollum
Robert Armstrong
Edgar vows crackdown on drunk drivers in Illinois campaign
Secretary of State Jim Edgar announced an administrative crackdown on drunken drivers as he begins his first bid for re election. He outlined immediate changes to reduce restricted driving permits and require alcohol and driver improvement courses for license revocation cases. Edgar plans a campaign budget between 1 million and 1.5 million with about 400000 raised so far. He touted improved public service and said coattails are a thing of the past as he runs to win in a GOP field led by Gov. James Thompson.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
James Edgar
Carbondale
Edgar
Charleston
James Thompson
Jim Edgar
East St. Louis
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Marty Petterchak
Carl Sullivan
St. Peter's United Church of Christ
Maxine Holt
Ruth Followell
Robert L. Connell
Convention Center
Woolsey and Co
Thomas Langdon
Institutional
Carroll Fry
Fry
Carbondale Council
SIUC
Council
Helen Westberg
Boone
Citizens Advisory Committee
Mark
Thomson-McKinnon Securities
Wal-Mart
du Quoin
Man
U.S. 51
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