Consol faces 100-foot strip mining giant on its side
Consol officials and engineers seek a method to raise a 100-foot tall 1,000-ton Bucyrus-Erie 1060 wheel excavator after it overturned at Burning Star No. 2 mine near Du Quoin. No workers were injured. mine operations continue with smaller equipment as crews assess damage and plan a righting procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Charles Bond
Pinckneyville
Bond
Burning Star No. 2
du Quoin
SIU seeks 84.3 million operating budget for 1974-75
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale asks 84.3 million for the 1974-75 fiscal year, a 24 million rise over the current 60 million. Edwardsville campus gets 34.7 million and the system office 951,222, totaling 120 million, a new high. Capital requests total 49.2 million across campuses, with plans for Faner Hall and other remodels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
SIU
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Siu-C
SIU Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Thhe Siu
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Faner Hall
Capital Development
SIUC
School of Technical Careers
Security Service
Parkinson
University Graphics
University Press
McLafferty Road
Cold front lowers Southern Illinois temperatures after thunderstorm
A Sunday storm brought lightning and high winds to Southern Illinois, causing scattered outages. Energy and Herrin areas saw about 50 hours without power after a tree fell on lines, with 25 percent of Herrin houses affected briefly. Power restored by early Monday. Other towns reported brief outages and minimal damage amid light rain and gusts. In Carbondale a 0.7 inch rainfall occurred. Pinckneyville saw 0.24 inch over three hours. The Austrian press announced Vienna's Day of the Tree celebration inviting citizens to plant thousands of trees and bushes in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Herrin
George Jensen
Cips Saie
Jensen
Jonesboro
Union County
Pinckneyville
A. R. Cairns
Marion
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Carbondale
Vienna
One-car crash kills teen in Williamson County
Richard L. Phelps 19 of Tan Tara Mobile Home Park Carbondale died at 1 05 a m Sunday at Marion Memorial Hospital from injuries from a late Saturday night crash on Rt 148 in Williamson County A passenger Brenda Kesler 18 of Marion had minor injuries The car reportedly left the road on a curve at 1051 p m Saturday end over end for 1038 feet bursting into flames Phelps born May 8 1954 Kokomo Ind son of G W and Deloris Absher Phelps Earlier a Jomac North Grove Co shipping clerk and First Baptist Church member Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale Burial in Murdale Gardens Friends may call after 5 pm today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Phelps
Tan- Tara Mobile Home Park
Carbondale
Marion Memorial Hospital
Rt. 148
Williamson County
Brenda Kesler
Marion
Marion Hospital
Phelps
Mr. Phelps
Union County jail remodel opens with new cell addition
Sheriff Ronald Stamp inspects the remodeled Union County jail where a rear first floor cell block was added during a renovation that began in October 1972 and finished last month. Open house drew 100 to 150 visitors. The project by M B Builders of Anna cost about 91200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Stamp
Union County
M. B. Builders of
Anna
Lawhorne named journalism head at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dr. Clifton O. Lawhorne 46 will become professor and acting head of the journalism department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock starting Aug. 27. He succeeds Dr. A Heber Taylor who left to chair the department at Southwest Texas State University. Lawhorne, previously SIU associate professor, has a 1968 doctorate and formerly led a Texas Christian University journalism unit. He authored Defamation and Public Officials and is a Sigma Delta Chi member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton O. Lawhorne
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
University of Arkansas At
Little Rock
Lawhorne
A. Heber Taylor
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
SIU
Caller Times
Corpus Christi
Tex
The
Daily Herald
Big Spring
SIU Press
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalism Society
Open house for Union County Jail as suit proceeds
A Saturday open house showcased the remodeled Union County Jail in Jonesboro while a federal civil rights suit over jail conditions remains pending. The Seventh Circuit revived the case against eight local officials, ruling abstention improper and sending the matter back to U.S. District Court in East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Jonesboro
U. S. District Appeals Court
Chicago
William Juergens
East St. Louis
Juergens
District Court
Seventh Circuit
Wilbur F. Pell Jr
John Paul Stevens
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
U. S. District Court
Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Illinois
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
Carbondale
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Cairo
Union County Board
Randolph Shelton
Cook County
Cassie Griffin
Anna
Shelton
Suspects Sought After Cousin Freds Burglary
Carbondale police search for accomplices after a Sunday morning break in at Cousin Freds on East Main Street. Larry Singleton, 23, of Plaza Motel also on East Main Street, was found inside the store with 103 items recovered. Detectives believe more than one person involved. total loss value not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Freds
East Main Street
Larry Singleton
Plaza Motel
Singleton
Two Plats Approved and Civil Rights Office Formed
Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved two plats Melvin Lindsey Jr eight lots in Carol Kay Acres and James Reichert 16 lots in Lomgean Development Bids for culvert pipe repairs will be opened August 20 The state aviation agency approved a Peabody Coal heliport at Will Scarlet Mine The Justice Department formed a new Office of Indian Rights to oversee civil rights for American Indians led by Assistant Attorney General J Stanley Pottinger.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Melvin Lindsey Jr
Carol Kay
Carterville
James Reichert
Lomgean
Marion
William J. Sinks
State Department of Aeronautics
Peabody Coal Co
Scarlet
Stonefort Township
Washington
Justice Department
Atty
J. Stanley Pottinger
Office of Indian Rights
Department
Civil Rights Division
Coal firms seek court halt on black lung provision
Twenty two coal companies including Peabody Zeigler Freeman Old Ben and Arch Mineral filed suit in Chicago seeking a three judge court to rule the 1969 black lung law unconstitutional and to block government enforcement delaying benefits past Jan 1 1974. The case would affect claims filed after July 1 1973 and targets the last financially responsible operator rule while promising remedial legislation if overturned. UMWA President Arnold Miller calls the move an effort to avoid miner welfare and nullify 1972 amendments benefiting disabled miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Peabody Coal Co
The
Zeigler Coal Co
Freeman Coal Mining Co
Old Ben Coal Corp
Arch Mineral Corp
Chicago
U.S
Young
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Arnold Miller
Miller
Courtroom Outburst After Guilty Verdict In Hall Murder Trial
The jury found Alfonso Sonny Hall guilty in a Carbondale murder case after an argument at Intrigue's Kitchen. Hall's family shouted at Judge Richman and the jury. Hall required restraint by Sheriff Hoffman. Sentencing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso
Sonny’’ Hall
Carbondale
Jackson County
Howard Hood
Hood
Hall
Richard Richman
John Hoffman
Jeffery Haas
Peoples Law Office
Robert Shaffner
Intrigue’s
N. Washington St
Day care center plan approved after opposition in Carbondale
Carolyn Sue Blewett won a special exception from the Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals to operate a day care for up to 10 children from 9 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. The board approved the request citing the small number of children and favorable hours while assuming no traffic or public disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals
Carolyn Sue Blewett
S. Tower Rd
Equipment overturns Benton farmer crushed by tractor
Travis Jenkins aged 49 of Benton died after a tractor with a plow overturned in a ditch on his farm south of town. He was found crushed at 7:30 p.m. and pronounced dead at Franklin Hospital. A coroner's inquest is pending and services are planned for Wednesday at Poulson Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Charlene, three daughters, his mother, five brothers, two sisters, and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Jenkins
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Franklin County
Kirby Webb
Jenkins
Webb
Poulson Funeral Home
Kenneth Johnson
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Mr. Jenkins
James
Connie Moore Jenkins
Charlene Peebles
Sherri Eckles
Lesser
Debbie
Shawnda Jenkins
J. P
Donald
Charles
Washington, Ill
Lloyd
Arizona
California
Betty Wilkerman
Norma Novarty
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Coal Company
Dave Butler
Southern Illinoisan
Springfield School of Medicine
James M. Brown
Brown
Daniel Walker
Sembly
Illinois Power
Doniphan
Janet Haury
Ramona Bittle
P. C. Phelps
van Natta Funeral Home
Phil Asbury
Murdale Gardens
Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark
Christiansted, V.S
Fountain Valley
NEW Indian Rights Office
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