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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1973
Page
8
The Du Quoin Unit District 300 boards adopts a tentative 1973 budget of 1,968,000 dollars, down from 2,006,000. Three Title I positions are cut as funding is withheld, with fewer Life Safety projects planned. A public hearing is set for September 13 at Ward School.
Citizens of De Soto sponsor a Sunday water melon festival at De Soto City Park with slices halves or whole. The De Soto Bullets face the Mardale Baptist team at 2 pm in the first softball game and the Marin Oilers collide with an unnamed opponent in the second game.
STU News Service reports the School of Technical Careers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will not admit new students into seven associate-degree programs this fall. Assistant Dean Donald Harbett cites facility and faculty limits with over 200 applications for 38 freshman dental hygiene slots and rapid fills in dental lab tech mortuary science and physical therapy assistant. Automotive technology and graphic programs halted by July end, aviation avionics and electronics expanding demand, but other programs still accept students. The School of Technical Careers, created July 1 from Vocational Technical Institute, aims to expand with a bachelor’s program and broad occupational education, with inquiries from across the country and five percent term growth in enrollment.
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