California educator warns on university budget controls
Chester O. McCorkle Jr., executive vice president of the University of California, told about 900 agricultural economists in Carbondale that higher education faces a bleak financial outlook. He cited legislative scrutiny of budgets as a risk to the university, urged accepting change, and outlined four thrusts for institutional reform focused on undergraduates, access for the economically disadvantaged, expansion of professional programs, and problem-solving social research. The American Agricultural Economics Association meeting continues through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester O. McCorkle
University of California
Carbondale
American Agricultural Economics Associations
Southern Minors
McCorkle
AATA
26-Mile cross march to spread love and peace
Church members from Marion to Herrin will tote a 14 foot cross 26 miles Friday to symbolize Jesus prior to crucifixion. The event starts at Marion Second Baptist Church with area churches invited to join. Fest speakers and songs will occur at Marion Junior High School as participants travel through business districts sharing witness and gospel music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
Eit Curlee
Wallace Curlee
Minnesota
Marion
Johnston City
Herrin
Marion Second Baptist Church
Jesus
Marion Junior High School
Christ
Curlee
Jaroa
Jesus Peonew
Don Hamilton
Belleville
De Soto Three Towns Boost Water Rates
De Soto village board approved a roughly 29 percent water rate increase as part of its Cedar Creek Lake project. Rates vary by usage, with a new minimum and per thousand gallon charges, while Carbondale terms and a price freeze complicate timing. Zeigler and Christopher also raise water and sewer rates as they switch to new systems, and the council considers liquor license measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
William Ridgeway
Village Board
Carbondale
Kinkaid Lake
Cedar Creek Lake
Jerry Maxwell
Central
Ilinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Zeigler
Christopher
Christopher City
Dalton Bradley
Bradley
Bend Lake
Geneva Seirankle
Carbondale meeting eyes hospital cost control plans
Delegates from Southern Illinois discuss spiraling hospital costs and proposed cost containment programs. The Illinois Hospital Association and Blue Cross Blue Shield plan formal measures to control expenses, with cooperation from member hospitals during the Carbondale session.
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Carbondale
Southern
Nois
Ilinois Hospital Association
Illinois Hospital Association
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Hospion
Tals
Bomb scare at Southern Illinois University plant in Carbondale
Fire units handled a bomb scare at the SIU physical plant in Carbondale at 2 55 p m Monday. In Marion at 12 15 p m Sunday Mrs Helen Robinson of 503 E College St overheated oven. In Benton a fire at 2 a m Sunday destroyed a shed on Garbon St owned by Louis Galloway with damage amount and cause unknown.
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Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University
Marion
Helen Robinson
College St
Benton
Garbon St
Louis Galloway
Three Boats Damaged By Fire At Lake Of Egypt
A Saturday afternoon blaze at Gr esham Pyramid Acres Boat Docks on Lake of Egypt damaged three pleasure boats. A Demos cruiser motor started the fire after a gas fill, spreading to a mooring dock and to boats owned by Jack Ebersohl of Johnston City and John Fleming of Herrin. Firefighters from Marion extinguished the flames about 2:30 p.m.
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Gresham Pyramid Acres
Lake of Egypt
Jack Ebersohl
Johnston City
John Fleming
Herring
Louis Demos
Chicago
Demos
Sohl
Marion
Fleming
Ebersoh
Marion considers tighter curfew to curb vandalism
At a Marion City Council meeting Mayor Robert Butler proposed stricter curfew enforcement. Public Safety Commissioner Rex Presson said police will bring juveniles to the station, call parents, and demand explanations to avoid curfew tickets.
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C. R. Walley
Michael L. Page
Aviation Struc- Butler
Naval Air
Millington
Tenn
Vida Haacke
de Soto
Charges expected in crash in Herrin
David Wesley Dye 20 faces likely reckless driving charge after a fatal motorcycle crash on East Monroe Street in Herrin Monday. Marcia Gail Fitzgerald 21 died after the 12:40 a.m. collision with a parked truck. she died in Barnes Hospital St. Louis about five hours later. Funeral services for Fitzgeral ll held Thursday at United Methodist Church Herrin with burial in Herrin City Cemetery.
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David Wesley Dye
Herein
Bill Humphrey
Humphrey
Dye
Virgil Dye
St. Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Marcia Gail Fitzgerald
Philip Fitzgerald
Herrin
St. Louis, Mo
East Monroe Street
United Methodist Church
Edward B. Souders
Herrin City
Johnson's Funeral
Miss Fitzgerald
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Philip and
Helen Hobbs Fitzgerald
Scott
Douglas Brent
Luther
Essie Hobbs
Maude Fitzgerald
Fate of SIU tuition hikes uncertain
SIU officials await the President's executive order on price freezes to gauge impact on earlier tuition and housing increases. The board approved a fall hike in January and pre-registered students have paid the new rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Southern Ilnois University
Southern Illinois University
SIU Board of Trustees
Trial testimony begins Carbondale officers tell of shooting
Jurors heard evidence in the Jackson County Circuit Court trial of Milton Boyd James K Holley and Leonard Thomas all from Carbondale charged with attempt murder mob action criminal damage to property and aggravated assault stemming from a Nov 12 1970 gunfight in Carbondale SIU police officers testified about confronting a van with its lights off near Illinois and Grand avenues and being fired upon Carbondale City officer William Stone testified about an early morning shooting and exchange of gunfire as the investigation continued with the jury selection process underway
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Clindsan
Milton Boyd
Chicago
James K. Holley
Leonard Thomas
Carbondale
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Michael Duetch
Jeffrey Haas
Richard Richman
Bennie Scott
Dorothy A. Zinn
David Hunziker
Donald Rogers
Ilinois Univer
Rogers
Hunziker
SIU Health Service
401 N
Washington
Washington St
William Stone
E. Gak St
SIU
Stone
Green Street
N. Washington St
Job Center Commended for Storm Help
A state joint resolution commends the Golconda Civilian Conservation Center for aiding Thompsonville after an April tornado disaster. Sen Gene Johns presented the award to Director William E. Morden, acknowledging staff and Job Corps members who helped debris cleanup. The center offers programs in education carpentry welding heavy equipment operation culinary arts and group living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golconda Civilian Conservation Center
Job Corps
Thompsonville
Gene Johns
O' Mahon
Wiliam E. Morden
Police Briefs Highlight Local Teen Driving Infractions
Herrin Carl N Aronson age 12 cited for 35 dollars for failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Carterville Marilyn Artis age 18 cited for 15 dollars for driving without a valid license. Carterville Kendall A Chambers age 16 cited for 35 dollars for reckless driving. Freeman Spur Jimmy J Garavaglia age 17 cited for 20 dollars for improper passing.
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Herrin
Carl N. Aronson
Carterville
Marilyn Artis
Kendall A. Chambers
Freeman
Jimmy J. Gar‘avaglia
Carterville delays action on teacher salaries amid wage freeze
Carterville Unit School Board postponed decisions on negotiated salary increases for teachers, citing President Nixon’s wage and price freeze. Supt Taft Beker said salaries were agreed but would be considered after the freeze ends. The board also approved a gasoline bid of 21.8 cents per gallon from Etharbon Oil Co. of Marion.
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Carterville
Whitecotton
du Quoin Education Association
Gress
Hospital wing at Marshall Browning to open in about a year
Ray Mullins hospital administrator says the new 62 bed wing at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin will be completed about a year from today. Architects Simon Rettburg Garrison and Flom Inc of Carbondale reported 30 percent completion as of the first of August and weather has been favorable for progress.
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Crab Orchard Creek
William Weber
Shawnee Rcd
Census Bureau
Marion
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Ray Mullins
Simon, Rettburg, Garrison and Flom, Inc
Carbondale
Mullins
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California Educator
Chester 0. McCorkle, Jr
AAEA
Verna Ruttan
Jimmye Hillman
Neal Eckert
AY Intadtaan Taster
de Soto, Christopher, Zeigler
Carbondale Meeting
Roland Wilson
Main St
A. C. Storme
Main
Buchanan Streets
Cal J de Sac
Midway Court
Glenn Clarida
J. W. Durham
Otis
Boulevard
South
Russell
Third Streets
Buller
Robert Richards
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
J.W. Childers
Central Ilinois Public Service Co
Butler
The
Shawnee Resources Conservation Development
Sity Security Police Force
Pam
Illnois and
Grand Avenues
Illinois
Atbi
du Quain
Duane Traynor
Springfield
Jacob Whitecotton
Nixon
Chloe A. Gladwill
Rex T. Kilman
Charles L. McKim
Nies
Cambria
Larry D. Norman
Eugene
Timois
Clarence R. Hunt
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