Guards suspended before commission made charges
Two Chester Mental Health Center guards, Mike Cowan and Robert Mueller, were suspended for allegedly using excessive force on patient Oscar Cardona in April 1977. Affidavits allege beatings by multiple guards. the center’s superintendent says only this incident warranted suspensions. The union states Cowan received seven days payless. Mueller's sanction length is unconfirmed.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Chester Mental Health Center
Citizens Commission On Human Rights
Mike Cowan
Robert Mueller
Chester Area
Oscar Cardona
American Federation of State
Bill Lewis
Cardona
Dennis Wilson
Terry Brelje
Brelje
Wilson
Lewis
Springfield
Cowan
Mueller
Illinois
Commission
Cordona
Oscar Cordona
Murphysboro Leader Seeks Airport Tax Overhaul to SIU or State
Murphysboro councilman Harry Brawdy proposes voters decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale or the state should take over the airport funded by a 21.5 cent tax per $100 of assessed value. He argues SIU could keep operations while relieving local taxpayers. SIU officials express concern about political and logistical implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Enol
Southern Ilinoisan
Murphysboro
Harry Brawdy
Southern Illinois Airport
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Floyd Hart
Southern Illinois Airport Authority
Brawdy
SIUC
Clarence Dougherty
Browdy
Carbondale
de Soto Township
Illinois 13
Siu-C
Illinois
Hart
SIU
Air Illinois
Springfield
Air Technical School
Airport Authority
Dougherty
Du Quoin youths charged after car thefts at dealership
Two juveniles face burglary and auto theft charges after allegedly attempting to steal two cars from Pierce and Sons Motor Co. in Du Quoin early Sunday. Police pursued two cars off the lot. one stolen vehicle spun out and hit a police car. Names are withheld due to juvenile status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Pierce and Sons Motor Co
Nonprofit Status Application Lost by Commission
Citizens Commission on Human Rights members say they filed for nonprofit status but the application was misplaced. They claimed national nonprofit status with offices in 15 cities, yet the secretary of state's office and the IRS had no records. A dated August 1977 copy bore a notary seal. the secretary of state's section remained blank. The group showed reporters the document last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Commission On Human Rights
Chester Mental Health Center
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Secretary of State
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Commission
Secretary of State
Church of Scientology
Rend College controversy jury hears witnesses in $10 million suit
In Jefferson County Circuit Court, a $10 million defamation suit by former Rend Lake College President W. Travis Martin Jr. against 10 faculty members proceeds as witnesses are called. Judge Robert Whitmer presides. about eight witnesses have testified. the trial likely will take days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake College
W. Travis Martin Jr
Jefferson County
Joe Hickman
Martin
Maurice Hogue
Hogue
Robert W. Whitmer
Robinson
Charles Kolker
East St. Louis
Carroll Turner
Academic Council
Max Brandon
Keith Drayton
Susan Murphy Kolojeski
Henry Douglas Leeck
Frances Lentz
Shirley Rae McHaney
Barbara Lou Tomek
Gary Wade
Shirley Frances Yeargin
Rend Lake College Board of Trustees
No jobs hunt highlights diverse Carbondale youths
Backgrounds diverse, yet many youths in Carbondale struggle to find work. Norman Houston, 19, and others describe discrimination, transportation barriers, and limited local opportunities. They contemplate leaving for cities or switching to maintenance, cooking, or blue collar work while facing low pay and unstable hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrie Good
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Norman Houston
Illinois
Houston
Cairo
Milwaukee
Willie Hollins
Hollins
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Chester Mental Center
Robert Miller
Bill Herron
Herron
Randolph County
William Schuwerk
Schuwerk
Carterville
Allen Ray
Ralph Franklin Arnold III
Trate
Allen
Dwight
Betty Gullege
Ralph
Ralph Franklin
ED Greek
Martha Arnold
State
Rend College
Mel-O-Cream Donuts
Harry Tolley
Marion
New York
Tolley
Marion High School
Food Service
Wilson Hall
Darryl Bradley
Bradley
Missouri
Barbara Caldwell
Mt. Vernon
Ms. Caldwell
John
Arkansas
Highway Department
Tuck Industries
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