Indictments won’t stop Johns from seeking re election to Senate
State Senator Gene Johns faces a 30 count Williamson County indictment over campaign finance disclosures and official misconduct yet says he will run again. A first appearance date is expected soon with trial aimed to finish before the March primary. Local party leaders split, with some urging resignation while others back Johns and colleagues defer comment. U S Representative Paul Simon declined to judge Johns’ political future.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Gene Johns
Marion
Williamson County
Johns
James Merchant
Belknap
Merchant
Johnson
Franklin County
Ben Cherry
Saline County
Roy Lane
New ideas key to Southern Illinois area potential
At a Working Conference in Carbondale, Illinois leaders urged development through new ideas and partnerships. Senator Paul Simon and Publisher John Gardner stressed community appearance attracts industry, with Highland Illinois cited as an example, and warned that land use, health, tourism, and capital needs must be addressed to realize growth.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Paul Simon
D-Carbonds
Speang
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
John Gardner
Simon
Wall Street Journal
Highland, Ill
Herrin
Illinois
Gardner
Drownings of Haitian refugees off Florida coast near Hillsboro
A wooden sailboat carrying at least 67 Haitian refugees broke up less than a half mile from Hillsboro Inlet. At least 33 people drowned, with 30 survivors reaching shore as the boat and bodies were recovered. Survivors were to be held at Krome refugee detention center. The incident marks the worst in 30 years of Florida sea refugee arrivals.
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Hillsboro Inlet
Fla
U.S. Coast Guard
Caribbean
Daryl Gale
Broward County
Haiti
Bahamas
Florida
Robert Jones
Krome Avenue
Miami
Polish troops sent to villages to ease shortages in Poland
Polish government orders troops into about 2 000 villages to curb food shortages and wildcat strikes affecting up to 300 000 workers. Union leader Stanislaw Ciosek accuses Solidarity of blackmail as government urges the end of strikes to protect society and economy.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stanislaw Ciosek
Solidarity
Independent Labor Federation
Council of Ministers
Ciosek
Tadeusz Hupalowski
Hupalowski
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Communist Party
Tarnobrzeg
Carbondale Council Vacancy Attracts Three Applicants
Three candidates filed for the Carbondale City Council seat vacated by Rev. Charles Watkins. Neil Dillard, Joy Cullum Mork, and B C Boone submitted resumes by the noon deadline. Johnson County, Illinois.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Charles Watkins
Neil Dillard
Joy Cullum Mork
B.C. Boone
Dillard
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Mork
Thomson-McKinnon Securities
Boone
Citizens Advisory Committee
Hans Fischer
Virginia Edwards
Susan Mitchell Ear
Joyce Webb
Gayle Elam
Paul Matalonis
Ben Shepherd
Mark
Mitchell
Sammye Aikman
Watkins
Weather outlook with showers ending tonight and mild next days
National Weather Service forecast notes rain ending early tonight with cloudy skies and lows in the 40s. Tuesday brings partial sun and warmer weather in the 60s, followed by fair, mild conditions Wednesday with lows in the 40s to 50s and highs in the 60s to low 70s.
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