Reagan budget cuts threaten Southern Illinois transport projects
Southern Illinois faces possible unmet needs if Reagan budget cuts pass. FAA would lose 38 million affecting a new airport tower and Amtrak's Shawnee service may falter. U.S. 51 overpass funding and 14-city highway demo program could be denied. House approved higher Amtrak funding, but administration seeks cuts. Conference committee will decide.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Reagan
Congress
Federal Aviation Administration
Southern Illinois Airport
Carbondale
Federal Highway Administration
Amtrak
Chicago
House
Appropriations Committee
David Carle
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Senate
FAA
Office of Management and Budget
Gosnell
Carle
New Orleans
Rodgers Theater to reopen in Anna with Disney feature
Rodgers Theater in Anna resumes operations after a buyout by Ed Fairbanks of McClure. The 1938 building will show Walt Disney’s The Fox and the Hound followed by Stripes and The Great Muppet Caper. Theater seats reduced from 440 to 286, with family and community events on Thursday nights free of charge.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
Rodger’s
Anna
Chamber of Commerce
the Fox and the Hound
Ed Fairbanks
McClure
Kerasotes Theaters
Springfield
Fairbanks
Fairbank
Prisoner run Vienna farm powers up as correctional industry
A Vienna Correctional Center training farm in Johnson County operates as a business run by Illinois Correctional Industries. About 40 inmates work seasons growing corn soybeans hay tending cattle and cutting timber. Wood and meat are its main products with plans for an ethanol plant and a fish and shrimp hatchery to add jobs and training.
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Bill Torpy
Southern Illinoisan
Vienna
Johnson County
Illinois Correctional Industries
Larry Mizell
Mizell
Vandalia
Stateville
Economy may shelve CCHS consolidation plan
Carbon Dale Community High School District 165 weighs options as economic conditions prompt the board to reexamine a planned consolidation to the East Campus. President Brewer notes flexibility to consider alternatives while maintaining the 1981 82 budget at 4.692 million, an 8.23 percent rise.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Community High School
District 165
Robert Brewer
Brewer
Consol
Black
CCHS
America
SIU Students Face Social Security Benefit Cuts
About 1,500 SIU Carbondale students receiving Social Security will see no increases and face a 25 percent annual cut starting August 1982, with phased elimination by April 1985. New eligibles after July 1982 receive benefits only through July 1982. many will receive money for only one month.
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SIU
Brad Betker
Southern Ilinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Shirley Chisholm to speak at Carbondale NAACP banquet
U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm will headline Carbondale NAACP's sixth annual banquet on November 7 at 7 p.m. at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center. Also attending is William Bokey, counsel to the House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee.
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Shirley Chisholm
Carbondale
NAACP
Ben Gelman
Southern
House of Representatives
House Rules Committee
House Democratic Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
William ‘‘Bug”’ Bokey
House Sp
Paul Simon
Dcarbondale
Carbondale Naacp
Bishop C.W. Gillespie
Lenis Turley
Emma C. Hayes
Robert L. Stalls
John T. Thomas
Illinois wildflower field guide by Mohlenbrock value
B G notes a Department of Conservation field guide selling for five dollars. The paperbound volume features color photos on the right and species descriptions on the left, showcasing more than 100 Illinois wildflowers. Mohlenbrock’s descriptions accompany excellent photography. buy info via Illinois Department of Conservation Springfield address.
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Robert Mohlenbrock
Siu-C
Mohlenbrock
Illinois
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