Marion woman injured in car crash rammed through yards
Jenny Murphy 59 of Marion was treated in fair condition at Marion Memorial Hospital after a 3:20 p.m. crash when her car left McLaren Street and plowed through three residential yards before striking a large tree. Police noted she appeared to have blacked out, regaining consciousness after being assisted from the wreck.
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Jenny Murphy
Rt. 1
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
McLaren
Carter Streets
Pickett
Property record cards near completion in Jackson County
The Murphysboro phase of a three stage county program to document taxable property should finish this week with Carbondale next. Supervisor Lowell Heller said 16 field workers will begin in Carbondale and 6,000 to 7,000 cards are expected for Carbondale Township. The Jacobs Co. contract covers business and industrial checks totaling 31,400 dollars for about 2,140 parcels.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Lowell Heller
Jackson County
Heller
West Main Street
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale Township
Jacobs Co
Ofice
Jackson County Clerk Considers Pay Scale Reversion
Jackson County Clerk Delmar Ward plans no action before next week's County Board meeting where a finance committee report will outline different pay scales for offices. Ward may revert six full time employees to standard county levels after earlier raises, citing legal authority and an attorney general opinion. The raises for health department staff this year were not disputed by the board.
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Jackson County
Delmar Ward
County Board
Ward
Howard Hood
Jackson County Health Department
Woman Hurt in Crash in Marion
Loudene Johnson 53 of Stonefort suffered major injuries in a two car crash in Marion at 4 p m Wednesday. Her grandson Terry Gene Johnson 9 received minor injuries and was treated at Marion Memorial Hospital. William Atwood 50 of Marion drove into the Johnson car at the corner of Rt 13 and Market Street. Police reported the other incident as an electrical short triggering a burglar alarm at the Bank of Egypt in Marion at 5 30 p m Wednesday. officers found nothing amiss.
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Loudene Johnson
Rt. 2
Stonefort
Marion
Terry Gene Johnson
Marion Memorial Hospital
Johnson
William Atwood
Illinois St
Woodrow Johnson
New Rt. 13
Market Street
Bank of Egypt
Williamson County
Bald Knob cross fate to be decided at Sunday meeting
Bald Knob Christian Foundation will vote Sunday on whether to save the 111 foot cross or replace it with a 26 foot granite cross. Foundation President Wayman Presley favors replacement, while board members and Rev. William Lively largely support preservation.
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Bald Knob
Lively
Presley
Wayman Presley
Europe
Robert Presley Jr
Metropolis center work release staff suspended amid arson probe
Two administrators at the Metropolis Work Release Center were suspended as the center faces closure by Sept. 1. Don Thomas and Tom Thomas are tied to an arson and fraud investigation sparked by a July 8 fire damaging the center at Fort Massac State Park. The facility, opened in 1972 as a juvenile center, now has 34 inmates and will not accept new prisoners.
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John Stewart
Metropolis
State Dept. of Corrections
Gladys Erickson
Dept. of Corrections
Chicago
Don Thomas
Tom Thomas
Don
Don Hood
Vienna State Penitentiary
Maurice Kidd
Metropolis Center
Corrections
Mizel
Bill Lash
Springfield
Lash
Kidd
Don Haverkamp
Governor’s Office
Daniel Walker
Hearing continues in sex bias case at SIU Carbondale
The FEPC hearing into Carolyn Weiss's claim of sex discrimination at Southern Illinois University Carbondale enters its third session. Testimony resumes with Weiss's side and a motion for mistrial over HEW findings denied. ruling to form FEPC recommendation and potential appeals follows.
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Dave Butler
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Carolyn Weiss
Siuc Cartographic Laboratory
Carbondale Holiday Inn
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Regas
Fepc Commission
Burglars Break Out With Drugs At Saw Mart
Early today burglars raided the Saw Mart east of Carbondale taking a large drug haul. Investigators report a partial inventory of 1 400 tranquilizers 6 750 barbiturate tablets and unknown quantities of sleeping pills tranquilizers and an antibacterial agent. The theft included a knapsack and a fishing rod. Police found evidence that intruders remained after closing Wednesday night ransacked the drug counter and broke a glass panel in a west door.
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Saw- Mart
Carbondale
Jackson County
Fire motion against Carbondale ERC director fails
Board members vote to keep Elbert Simon as director after an independent audit shows a $15,000 overspend in a $57,000 budget. Lawless abstains and says focus should be on erasing the center deficit. Negotiations with the state aim to cover as much as possible.
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Carbondale Employment and Resource Center
ERC
Clark Vineyard
Don Monty
Elbert Simon
Richard Williams
Margaret Nesbitt
Ted Lawless
Lawless
Vineyard
Simon
State Employment Service
Murphysboro
Monty
Center
City Hall
Arrest at meeting ties official to theft and forgery scheme
Sidney White 40 and Barbara Marcrum 18 were charged with conspiracy to theft and forgery after a city hall arrest during a Meeting of the Employment and Resource Center. They allegedly conspired to cash SIU Health Service employee Dr Peter G O Dwyers payroll check totaling 117 dollars. Both were held in Jackson County Jail.
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Carbondale
Sidney White
E. Larch St
City Hall
White
Barbara Marcrum
Walnut St
Peter G. O'Dwyer
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
SIUC
Model Cities
Dwyer
Miss Marcrum
O’dwyer
Geary Simmons
Marcrum
Jackson County
State okays Norge plans for gas tanks near homes
Four 30 000 gallon Norge division Fedders gas tanks near the Herrin plant’s southwest corner were approved by Ray Huffman plans examiner in Springfield. Two residents near the site protested citing fire risk and code concerns. A public meeting was set to discuss the issue amid questions about tank location and safety requirements.
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John Trimble
Southern Illinoisan
Norge
Fedders Corp
Herrin
Ray Huffman
Bernard Sadowski
Springfield
Huffman
Stotlar-Herrin
Thermagas
Des Moines
Iowa
Central Illinois Public Services Co
CIPS
Southern Illinois
J. C. Kirk
S. 12Th St
Bill Satterfield
Public Improvement Committee
City Hall
Ardell Grimes
Grimes
al Phillips
Freeman Spur
National Fire Association
Can Petroleum Institute
John McVey
Kirk
Voice
Satterfield
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Bald Knob Foundation
Chase
Ms. Weiss
Gary Blackburn
Kent Brandon
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