Logan College bond issue focal point in Logan 530 race
Two incumbents Jerry Lacey and June Kunkel back a six million dollar building bond for John A. Logan Community College District 530. Challenger Jacob Whitecotton supports more information and closer high school cooperation to avoid duplications while noting book costs and tuition dynamics. Whitecotton, superintendent of Du Quoin Unit School District 300, urges practical campus planning and better public explanation of the bond.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
John A. Logan Community College
Jerry Lacey
Route 7
Carbondale
June Kunkel
Marion
Jacob Whitecotton
S. Leonard St
du Quoin
Whitecotton
JAL
Lacey
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
State of Campus? SIU-C remarks on growth and plans
SIU Carbondale President Albert Somit delivered the State of the Campus address noting enrollment near 25 000 and 5 300 degrees awarded at last commencement He praised the placement service and announced anniversaries for the School of Agriculture Business and Administration and Communications and Fine Arts Morris Library crowding at Morris Library and 100 000 volumes moved to a Marion warehouse. He cited renovations at Davies Gymnasium and a high turnout approving a higher athletic fee He applauded campus cleanup efforts and mentioned a potential Guinness world record for the largest broom.
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Somit
School of Agriculture
School of “Business and Administration
School of Communications and Fine Arts
Theiversity Press
Morris Library
Morris
Marion
University
1915 graduate praises SIUC diversity at alumni event
Bondale-native Margaret Browne Karraker, a 1915 SIUC class representative and oldest living graduate, reflected on SIU's growth since 1903. She noted the university's shift from a teachers college to a diverse institution and recalled her early years on campus and time as a librarian. Her son David was honored as alumnus of the year.
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Margaret Browne Karraker
David
Siuc
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Karraker
The
Millikin University
Decatur
Southern Illinois
R. Wallace Karraker
Jonesboro
Union County
Illinois
SIUC professor to advise India on coal mining program
SIU Carbondale mining engineer Y Paul Chugh will spend six weeks in India as a United Nations sponsored adviser. He will work December at Dhanbad’s Central Mining Research Station and two weeks in January at Ranchi’s Central Mine Planning and Design Institute. He will consult on subsidence roof control pillar design monitoring and operations for large surface mines and will submit a report to the government. He will also lecture at Banaras Hindu University.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
India
Y. Paul Chugh
SIUC
Department of
Central Mining Research Station
Dhanbad
Central Mine Planning and Design Institute
Ranchi
Chugh
Benares Hindu University
Benares
Former deputy seeks Jackson County sheriff seat
Raymond L. Mileur of Murphysboro announces his Democratic bid for Jackson County sheriff. A 26year veteran of public service, Mileur credits leadership shortages in the office and cites his FBI fingerprint work and Marine Corps tenure. He plans a Monday speech to Democratic leaders and lists wife Linda and two daughters among his supporters.
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Raymond L. Mileur
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Mileur
U.S. Marine Corps
Sheriff's Department
John Hoffman
FBI
Marines
Chase National Life Insurance Co
Edith St
Linda
Christina
SIUC Halloween invites spark campus clash in Carbondale
SIUC student Scott Bayliff says his letters inviting Illinois university students to Carbondale were meant to aid travelers with housing and local services. USC President Todd Rogers threatens to veto a bill to publicize Bayliff’s letters, citing fears of violence and outside disruption. Bayliff plans follow up letters while criticizing local officials and university leadership for polarizing opinion on Halloween activities.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Senate
SIUC
Scott Bayliff
Bayliff
USC
Todd Rogers
USO
Rogers
Carbondle
Edward Hogan
Albert Lomit
Borgnine stars in moral tale at Marion Civic Center
Ernest Borgnine headlines the one man play An Offer You Cant Refuse at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center opening the Patron Series. He plays three generations of the Bontempo family in a Godfather like satire with violent scenes and a clear moral about individual greed and organized crime. The show runs to a near full house as Borgnine muses on touring life and past Oscar glory.
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Borgnine
Marion Cultural and Civic Center
James Whitmore
Marty
Marion
Three Gener
Bontempo
Mafia
Cosa Nostra
Mob
Carlo Bontempo
Charlie Goodtime
Domenico Bontempo
New York
Mulberry Street
Carlo
Carmela
Sassin
Senate Committee
Iamus
Carlo Bontempo Jr
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Illinois Community College Trustee Association
Kunkel
Ment
College
du Quoin Fairgrounds
Rebecca Brymer
Albert Somit
Samit
Student Center
SIU C
University Press
Davies Gymnasium
Western Illinois University
Eastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Jerry Lover
Grad
Jackson
Ben Gelman
Golly
Ernest Borgnine
Don Rickles
Pennsylvania State University
Sam Gallo
Harry
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