Gruff police radio man known as Cyclone Zimmerman
Fred Zimmerman answers more than 5 000 monthly calls at the Carbondale police station. The former coal miner and professional wrestler shares the 24 hour radio with two colleagues and helps residents with directions weather updates and errands while recalling his wartime and industrial past.
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Helen Coombs
Southern Illinoisan
Fred Zimmerman
Gab
Carbondale
Zimmerman
Cyclone Zimmerman
Ordnance Plant
Martin Odum
Wayne Thames
City Reservoir Lake
Crab Orchard Lake
Washington Ave
L. D. Norman Retiring After 23 Years at Carbondale DCFS
L. D. Norman, 65, regional director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in Carbondale, retires in mid September after 23 years in the post. He reflects on helping people, a lifelong aim shaped by Depression era welfare work, and plans to stay active in welfare projects and community service while enjoying Florida winters and time with family.
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June Gray
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Norman
Father Confessor
Chicago
Works Progress Administration
Illinois Department of Public Welfare
Department of Children and Family Services
Hurst
Illinois
American Society For Public Administration
State Employes Association
Jackson County Mental Health Association
Egyptian Council For
Illinois Welfare Association
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Youth Baseball Association
Marion
Florida
Sarasota
Clearwater
SIU
Peoria
Washington Senators
Tiny Illinois College To Send 55 To Oxford
Shimer College will send 55 students to St. Clare's Hall in Oxford England for the year beginning in September. The 55 represent over 10 percent of the Illinois college's enrollment and will study in England with Shimer faculty members teaching abroad. Shimer, 114 years old, is 125 miles west of Chicago and expects enrollment to reach 500 this year for the first time.
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Shimer College
St. Clare’s Hall
Oxford
England
F. J. Mullin
Shimer
Illinois’ School
Chicago
Mullin
New Superintendent Is Area Native Jennings Brings Overseas Experience
Warren Jennings, native of Southern Illinois, was named superintendent of Frankfort Community Unit School District. He previously led overseas programs for DoD Education Activity in Germany and Izmir Turkey, returning home to oversee 2,650 students across seven schools with 115 teachers. He aims for rapid fall readiness and continued quality education.
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Frankfort
Warren Jennings
New Frankfort
Department of Defense
Germany
United States
Turkey
Izmir
Near Middle East
Metropolis
Illinois Association of School Boards
Metropolis High School
University of Illinois
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U. S
Scotland
Libya
Pakistan
England
Europe
Bitburg
Norway
Denmark
Spain
France
East Berlin
Southern Illinois
Darla
SIU
Phillip
West Frankfort
New York City Nursing Shortage Blocked by Education Rules
Foreign nurses flocking to New York cannot work due to high school math and American history requirements. Officials admit restrictive licensing deters skilled applicants while city hospitals face a severe nurse deficit. Dutch nurse Egon Erlich notes she studied four years in The Hague but cannot practice without algebra.
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New York
New York City
State Division of Professional Licensing
California
Lois Grierson
Tor
Grace Davis
California Department of Professional Standards
Albany
Egon Erlich
the Hague
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Richard
Federal Department of Labor
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Waukegan
Ilda Powell
Tiny Illinois College
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Normandy
Verdun
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