Teachers Clash With Carbondale Board Over Contracts
Friction continues as the Carbondale Elementary School Board and the Carbondale Education Association fail to reach agreement after a near three hour session. A Sunday 2 p.m. session and 9 p.m. teachers meeting are planned to decide on the board offer and possible Monday workshop. Pupils prepare for Tuesday registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Elementary School
Carbondale Education Association
Robert Barrow
CEA
An Barrow
Martin
Family escapes as White Ash home burns
Fire gutted a house owned by Lester Dodd of White Ash early Saturday. Firemen said five Dodd family members were asleep inside but all escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Dodd
White Ash
Dodd
Fire hydrant tests continue in Carbondale
Fire hydrant testing in Carbondale was to finish east of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad tracks on Saturday with crews along University and Illinois avenues. Residents were urged to wash clothes well after testing to prevent discoloration from disturbed sediment in the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
University and
Illinois Avenues
Unit District 186 approves wage hike and health plan
Murphysboro Unit 186 board adopts a new 1972 73 salary schedule with a $250 base pay increase and a district paid group health plan for teachers. The plan raises base pay 3.2 percent, offers 5 percent yearly experience and degree boosts, and caps at $14 130 for master degree plus 48 hours with 12 years experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro Unit
Unit 186
Murphysboro Education Association
Hal Killebrew
Killebrew
Murphysboro School Board Considers Department Plan
The Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board approves studying a departmental plan for high school fields of study. A joint MEA and district committee will review proposals and recommend departments and heads. Negotiated items include a $7,850 base salary, new group health plan, and extra personal leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Murphysboro Unit School District
Unit 186
Murphysboro Education Association
MEA
Sweet corn festival delights Mt Vernon crowd
Two 14 year olds Julie Rainwater and Chris Wisniewski enjoy corn at Mt Vernon first watermelon and sweet corn festival. The event drew about 15 000 people with 18 000 cars of corn cooked in city streets and 600 watermelons served. Activities included rodeos dances a parade an antique and hot rod show a tractor pull and races. festival chairman was Bill Steffy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Julie Rainwater
Chris Wisniewski
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Fairgrounds
Kincaid Jr
Bill Steffy
Steffy-Mitchell Home Furnishings Store
Bob Risesling
Chigger the tiny pony charms Pittsburg family
Chigger a 25 inch mini pony owned by Claudie Cullum and family in rural Pittsburg. The 10 month old foal, from uncertain lineage, enjoys attention from owner’s son Jack and riding attempts with his brother Clint. The Cullums hope for another miniature foal from the dam as they keep the mare to breed again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Groves
Chigger
Claudie Cullum
Pittsburg
Cullums
Marion
Cullum
Par
Clint
Jack
Tractor flips kill Rev. Ira Pate in Johnston City
The Rev. Ira Pate 72 of Rt. 1 Johnston City died Saturday afternoon when the tractor he used to clear backyard tree stumps upended trapping him beneath the steering wheel and seat at about 4 15 p m Coroner James Wilson said he was pulling a stump with a chain attached to the tractor His death leaves a widow Mary Beasley Funeral arrangements at Johnson Funeral Home Herrin born August 1 1900 in Murphysboro son of Squire and Caroline King Page He was a retired carpenter and served several area churches
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Pate
Rt. 1
Johnston City Forges
Williamson
James Wilson
Pate
Wilson
Johnson
Herrin
Mr. Pate
Murphysboro
Squire
Caroline King Page
Mary Beasley
Tail gate injury at Vienna intersection
Kathy A. Harper of Tunnel Hill, 34, was struck by a tail gate that fell from a truck driven by James R. Taylor, 69, at 4th and Vine streets. She suffered head injuries and cuts and was listed in satisfactory condition in a Paducah hospital. The incident occurred about 12 05 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy A. Harper
Tunnel Hill
Paducah
Vienna
Blair area resident dies after rural road crash
Eula Eggemeyer Blair 78 dies after being struck by a truck on Randolph County Road E near her Blair home. Funeral at Lynn-Hill in Sparta at 2 p.m. Services for Mrs. Eggemeyer include her children and grandchildren with burial in Preston Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn-Hill
Sparta
Eula Eggemeyer
Blair Area
Crab Orchard Village to dedicate new water system
Crab Orchard villagers will dedicate a new water system at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Crab Orchard High School. Sen. Charles Percy and other officials will speak as the Coal Valley Water District, formed in 1964, celebrates a $380,000 loan and an $85,000 federal grant. The project includes 30 miles of pipeline serving 385 customers with water from Rend Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Charles Percy
Bill
William Bullock
Farmers Home Administration
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
U.S
Kenneth Gray
D-West Frankfort
Charles W. Shuman
Coal Valley Water District
Water District
Crab Orchard Village
Bullock
Walter Stahlhut
Rt. 3
Marion
Rend Lake
Johnston City
Pittsburg
Youth Falls From Crane Injures Murphysboro Teen
A Murphysboro youth, Tony Hale, 16, fell from a crane in a strip mine pit west of Elkville, injuring him. About an hour later, a single vehicle crash on Rt 51 near Carbondale injured three other Murphysboro youths, David N. Fager 21 Mathew Cornin 16 and Lane Preston 18. All were taken to Doctor’s Memorial Hospital. Hale was airlifted to Doctors Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Tony Hale
Rt. 2
David N. Fager
Rt. 3
Mathew Cornin
St. John’s Street
Lane Preston
Clay St
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Fager
Jackson County
Hale
Elkville
Doctor’s Hospital
Rt. 51
Red Bud Youth Dies in Early Morning Crash
An 18 year old Red Bud resident Theodore A. Reeder was killed in a two car head on collision on Rt 159 north of Red Bud at 2 20 a m Saturday. Mack Simond Ross 53 of Big Sandy Tennessee was seriously injured and treated at St Clement s Hospital Red Bud. Funeral arrangements for Mr Reeder are pending in Red Bud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bud
Rt. 159
District 11
East St. Louis
Theodore A. Reeder
Mack Simond Ross
Big Sandy
Tenn
Ross
St. Clement’s Hospital
Reeder
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Carbondale Board
Lesser Board
Board of Education of
Lesser Unit School District
James W. Sanders
Sanders
Lesser
Benton Board
Benton Consolidated High
Barnie Genisio
James Blackwood
Blackwood
Mrs. Cullum
Mother Nature
Claude Cullum
Rev
Blair
Eggemeyer
Walsh
Grand
Elizabeth Schwartz Holcomb
Steeleville
Martin Eggemeyer
Peace Lutheran Church
Chester
Clinton Virga
St. Louis
Mason Virga
Harvey Eggemeyer
Bernice Ohms
Eva Ohlau
Harry Holcomb
Renault
Kenneth Schroeder
Preston Cemetery
Preston
Liebscher
GSU
V. K. Chris Liebscher
Business Research Bureau
Southern Ilinois University
Governors State University
Park Forest South
SIU
Staatsbauschule
Munich
Germany
Dean’s
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
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