Thompson Uses Family and Apples in Whistle Stop Tour
Gov James R Thompson barnstormed Southern Illinois on a six stop train tour with wife Jayne and baby Samantha. He emphasized a balanced budget, road and school aid, and a tax and spending ceiling while noting Illinois schools would receive about 3 billion in combined funding. The trip featured a two bushel gift of Union County Red Delicious apples at Anna, a handmade quilt for Samantha, and appearances by candidates John Anderson George Williams Bob Winchester and Jim Eatherly.
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James R. Thompson
Illinois
Jayne
Samantha
Union County
Anna
Thompson
Illinois Central
Tration
Jim Thompson
Anna Stop
Senior Citizen Nutrition Council
Allin
Springfield
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Jim Williams
John Anderson
George Williams
Bob Winchester
Jim Eatherly
Crab Orchard plan weighs wildlife recreation and industry
Southern Illinois readers learn how Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge master plan weighs wildlife management recreation and industrial use under federal law. Planners assign resource benefit units to items like Canada geese deer fish habitat and boating while considering environmental protections and floodplain rules. The Egyptian Divers Club seeks a scuba diving area at Devil's Kitchen Lake but has not yet been prioritized. Public comment ends October 22 and final adoption hinges on input and feasibility.
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois
Crab Orchard Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Crab Orchard Lake
Works Progress Administration
Ilinois
RBU
Egyptian Divers Club of
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Anna dentist and son jailed over battery case
Dr Amos Rehberger and his son Jeffrey were convicted at a jury trial in Union County and received fines and probation after a mistrial on two counts. Rehberger got one year probation and 2000 dollars plus 500 for resisting arrest while Jeffrey faced 50 dollars for speeding and 100 for resisting arrest. Another local man Paul Hadley was sentenced to 364 days in jail for aggravated battery and armed violence after a June 4 shooting incident in Anna.
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Anna
Union County
D.D. Bigler
Amos Rehberger
Jeffrey
Rehbergers
Bigler
Gary Darnell
Young Rehberger
Rehberger
Dr. Rehberger
Union County States
William Ballard
Paul Hadley
Rural
George Oros
SIUC students design and build campus map for blind
SIUC design students created a tactile campus map for blind users costing about 200 dollars and 2000 plus hours. Led by Scott C. Miller with guidance from Richard Archer and W Larry Busch, the six by four foot map uses textures like braided cords and sandpaper to denote paths buildings and parking.
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SIUC
DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Richard E. Archer
de Soto
W. Larry Busch
Carbondale
Scott C. Miller
Archer and Busch
Miller
Christine Ethier
Christine
Chistine
Ms. Ethier
Archer
Campus Lake
Gerre
Dowsky
Little Rock
Ark
Michael Charvis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Busch
SIU C
Butch Nevious
Scott Miller
Larry Busch
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Daddy
Hugh W. Crane
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad
Marion
Joe Jines
Arena
Bob Dylan
Sale
Byline
B.G
Hadley
Joanne Wood
Union County State’s Attorney’s Office
Harry Johnson
Charles Darnell
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