Cooperation needed to meet Carbondale area needs
Local agencies in Carbondale and Jackson County face a unique choice between coordination or chaos as space and land needs drive multi million dollar projects. Schools parks city and county bodies must collaborate, share timelines and involve the public to avoid higher taxes and unmet needs. A forum is urged with leaders from school boards park district city council county representatives and university and chamber groups to align plans and preserve taxpayer footing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Jackson County
High School
Park Board
Jackson County Board
Carbondale Community Education Inc
Tayer
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Planning Commission
Letters He Defines Reaganomics
Southern Illinois editor asks readers to define Reaganomics and offers four satirical takes. The piece critiques inflation, budget deficits, unemployment, and political blame through humorous scenarios involving dining, Can Cun, and government actions.
Main Street Crossing Warns of Pedestrian Danger
Charles C Feirich of Carbondale warns that traffic planners have created six to seven southbound lanes at Main and University with no crosswalks or walk signals on the south side. He urges the city to fix the crossing or risk deaths.
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Southern Illinoisan
University
Main Street
University Avenue
Main
Charles C. Feirich Carbondale
White House Aging Conference opens political fight on Social Security
The White House Conference on Aging in Washington opens with 2,200 delegates pressing Congress and the Reagan Administration to address the rising elderly population and the strain on Social Security, Medicare, and pensions amid a slow economy and large deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
White House
Congress
Reagan
America
Congressional
Constance Armitage
Paul Kersehner
National Retired Teachers Association
Jack Ossofsky
Leadership Council
Ossofsky
Rep
Claude Pepper
Dfla
House Select Committee On Aging
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Dmass
Conference On Families
Democratic House
Department of Health and Human Services
David Rust
Senate Aging Committee
Rust
Betty Brake
Oklahoma
Texas Democrats chart a path as progressives rise
New York Times report notes a Texas wave of young Democrats blending fiscal conservatism with social liberalism led by Kathy Whitmire who won Houston mayoral race. Analysts warn the approach may challenge traditional party balance while echoing national figures like Tsongas Hart Robb and Mondale.
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William K. Stevens
New York Times
Houston
National Democratic Party
Texas
Kathy Whitmire
Torrance
Charles S. Robb
Virginia
Paul E. Tsongas
Massachusetts
Gary Hart
Colorado
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Walter F. Mondale
Genetics open new era in cancer study
Editorial summary of a 1981 international colloquium on cancer research led by Dr. Emil Freirich of M D Anderson. The meeting marked a decade since the National Cancer Act and explored chemotherapy risks, interferon as a promising cancer treatment, and the potential of gene-splicing to produce large quantities of interferon for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Horwitz
Houston
Emil Freirich
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Freirich
Gottlieb
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Soviet Union
N. Don Macon
M. D. Anderson
Robert Benjamin
Chem
Jordan A. Gutterman
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Southern
Nancy
Cancun
Action Volunteer Agency
Armitage
Republican National Committee
Aitment of Health and Human Services
Richard Richards
Republican Party
Wallop-The- President
V. Lance Torrance
Houston Based
M.D. Anderson
Charles LeMaistre
University of Texas System Cancer Center
Gerald P. Pare Sr
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