Area people begin walk with cross plan
Christian walkers start a 26 mile trek carrying a 14 foot birch cross following a Jesus Fest at Marion Junior High School. About 175 people attended the noon event and organizers led the effort to spread peace through Christ and shared Jesus message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Junior High
Keith Curlee
Wallace Curlee
Marion Second Baptist Church
America
Christ
Curlee
Jesus
SIU board renames chancellors to presidents
The Southern Illinois University board of trustees redesignates the Carbondale and Edwardsville chancellors as presidents effective September 1. Robert G. Layer and John Rendleman will assume the new titles, with Willis Majone and Andrew J. Kochman taking senior administrative posts as executive vice president and vice president provost respectively.
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Ly Michelle Klaus
Southern Iinoisan
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Robert G. Layer
Carbondale
SIU
John Rendleman
Edwardsville
University Administrative Council
Delyte W. Morris
Willis Ma Jone
Andrew J. Kochman
Carbondale gunfight trial details include automatic weapons
Testimony in Murphysboro Circuit Court on the November 12 1970 exchange of gunfire at 401 N Washington St covers use of automatic weapons and tear gas. Juror changes occur as Milton Boyd James Holley and Leonard Thomas face charges of attempt murder aggravated assault mob action and property damage.
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Tony Stevens
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Janis Stotlar
Miss Stotlar
Milton Boyd
Chicago
James K. Holley
Leonard Thomas
Bennie Scott
Scott
N. Washington St
Southern Illinois University
Marvin Voss
Voss
Washington St
Joseph Dakin
Dakin
Brewer
Lalls
Boyd
Thomas
Elbert Simon
Simon
Jeffrey Haas
Uraski
Thompson
Rossiter
Paul Uraski
Jim Rossiter
Haas
Washington Street
SIU votes to keep old tuition
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees voted to maintain last year's tuition levels. Trustee William Allen urged keeping lower rates for fall and possibly the entire year, noting wage and price freezes reduce burden on students. Chancellor Layer called the stance mixed. Rendleman praised the resolution. The board also directed Carbondale to appoint staff to a city university committee to improve city university communications. Partly cloudy with possible afternoon storms north. warm elsewhere.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
William Allen
Allen
University
Richard Grung
SIU
Carbondale
Robert Layer
Edwardsville
John Rendleman
Robert G. Layer
Earl Walker
Nixon freezes pay raises as 90-day wage-price clamp tightens
Washington AP reports the 90-day wage-price freeze bars longevity pay raises for armed forces and retroactive labor-contract hikes. Treasury chief Connally says exemptions will be rare, foreign nations included, while the Cost of Living Council bars retroactive raises and directs lenders to offer low rates. Labor leaders urge immediate contract cancellations as unions face ongoing freezes and potential relief from Mills.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Canada
Connally
Cost of Living Council
Defense Department
Pentagon
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Administration
United Auto Workers
Teamsters Union
Capitol Hill
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Arkansas Democrat
Calley sentence reduced by 3rd Army generals
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. had his life sentence for the My Lai killings cut to 20 years by Lt. Gen. Albert O. Connor and awaits further review up the chain. Calley, 28, remains at Fort Benning and could be parole eligible after about seven years. Attorney George Latimer welcomed the decision as favorable and hoped for broader exoneration.
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Ft. McPherson, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
3Rd Army
Albert O. Connor
Nixon
Calley
Ft. Benning
Salt Lake City
George Latimer
Lt. Calley
Gen. Conner
Acton
Connor
Maj
Herman Kassner
Public Information Office
Weather Outlook Ahead with Weekend Heat
The forecast calls for clear tonight with a low near 70. Saturday will be mostly sunny and warm with highs in the low 90s. Sunday through Tuesday show partly cloudy skies. Weather details on map page 14.
SIU Budget Advances for 1972-73 Totaling 10.9 Million
A preliminary segment of Southern Illinois University's operating budget for 1972-73 was tentatively approved by the board of trustees. The plan totals 10,915,011 dollars and will be sent to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for review.
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Southern Illinois University
Board of Trustees
Ilinois Board of Higher Education
Children to begin rabies shots after bat incident
Three Crab Orchard Lake campers face anti rabies shots after handling a rabid bat at Pirates Cove. Kathy Davault 4 of Wood River Rick Staroba 14 and John 15 of East St. Louis sustained skin abrasions that could have allowed bat saliva to enter blood.
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Pirates Cove
Crab Orchard Lake
Kathy Davault
Wood River
Rick Staroba
John
East St. Louis
Arch Mehrhoff
Crab Orchard
Mehrhoff
Hoffa Seeks Parole Third Time From Federal Prison
James R. Hoffa, former Teamsters Union leader, makes his third bid for parole from federal prison as ties to the world’s largest union are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
SIU Board split over housing chief of staff Brown
The SIU Board of Trustees debated providing a university owned house in Carbondale for Chief of Board Staff James M. Brown. Chair Harold Fischer defended the move while Dr. Martin Van Brown and Earl Walker argued it unnecessary and not in students’ or university interests.
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James M. Brown
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Harold Fischer
Granite City
SIU Foundation
Martin van Brown
Carbondale
Earl Walker
Harrisburg
van Brown
Walker
Brown
Fischer
University
July price rise slows as inflation cools in July
Government data show consumer prices rose two tenths of one percent in July, the smallest gain in six months, with declines in clothing and transportation offsetting higher costs for food housing medical care and recreation. Labor leaders criticize the wage price freeze while workers see mixed changes in weekly earnings and take home pay after tax effects. Price comparisons note the July CPI at 121.8 with the dollar valued at 82.1 cents versus 1967 and 70.6 cents versus 1957-59.
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Washington
Nixon
Organized Labor
Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Thieu faces aid cut threat after Minh withdrawal
South Vietnam could lose U S aid as only Thieu remains in the presidential race after the withdrawal of Gen. Duong Van Minh. Sen Robert J Dole warned Congress would react. Bunker reported Nixon warned Congress unlikely to approve more aid with a single candidate.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Robert J. Dole
Republican National Committee
Thieu
Congress
Kansan
U. S
Ellsworth Bunker
Duong van Minh
Minh
Minch
Elsworth Bunker
Washington
Nixon
Saigon
Bunker
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Marion
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Ed Greer
Michelle Klaus
Illinois
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Tri-Star Air
Conally
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Hoffa
By Michelle Klaus
The
Southern Illinoisan
James Holderman
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Alton Evening Telegraph
Holderman
Brown House
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