Hospital Gets Grant Notice for West Frankfort Facility
Union Hospital in West Frankfort has been notified of a 693000 federal grant toward a 1050000 project. Administrator Richard Bartnik said bids for a 45 bed facility will be sought mid September with construction to start by December 26. Architects Wilson and Wilson of Mt Vernon prep final drawings. The hospital seeks a 400000 loan to secure the best interest rate. The 22 bed medical surgical unit includes five pediatrics eight in maternity a four bed recovery room and eight to ten bassinets. An overflow will use the old hospital for medical or surgical patients.
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Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Richard Bartnik
Wilson and
Wilson Architects
Mt. Vernon
Bartnik
Southern Illinois University ends finals for 3000 summer students
Final examinations wrap Friday for nearly 3,000 students in the 12 week summer quarter at Southern Illinois University. The university notes a shift to 12 week junior courses next summer and 12 week senior courses the following year. Fall quarter begins Sept 25 with new student orientation Sept 22 and fall registration Sept 23. Admissions remain open as housing for women remains scarce.
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Southern Ilinois University
SIU
Southern
Leslie J. Chamberlin
Carbondale
Walkaway hearing set for Smith in federal court
Tarrant Lott Smith, 48, who walked away from the federal prison camp south of Marion, will appear in federal District Court in East St. Louis on Tuesday. District Atty. Carl W. Feickert says Smith, of Birmingham, Ala., plans to waive indictment and sign a consent in open court. Feickert will then file an information charging the Aug. 16 escape. Smith will enter a plea. Two men who escaped June 23, Larkin Howell and Lloyd R. Brazeal, are serving four-year terms for escape and car thefts, now at Terre Haute, Ind., federal prison, with terms to run concurrently.
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Tarrant Lott Smith
Marion
East St. Louis
Carl W. Feickert
Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Feickert
Larkin Howell
Buncombe
Okla
Lloyd R. Brazeal
Claremore
Terre Haute
Ind
Housing bids due and police briefs from Chester
Chester reports list of bids due for housing units including 125 low rent and 50 elderly apartments. Police fined Herman Gremmels Jr. $10 on guilty battery plea. William Lindsey cited for entries on 175 West Frankfort Cobden. Liquor theft valued about $10 noted by Chester police. Units to open at 2:30 p.m. Thursday after a tavern closure.
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Chester
Herman Gremmels Jr
M. R. Snapp
Franklin County
William H. Lindsey
West Frankfort House
Cobden
Union County Authori
Iondale
Murphysboro Sewer Tap Orders In Sanitation Push
The court asks two Murphysboro residents Anna Rains and Dollie Bodeker to connect homes to the city sewer within 30 and 15 days after health department notices. Roy McGee, sanitation officer, signed the complaints. city officials threaten action against eight more owners for noncompliance as nearby lines reach within 300 feet. In Murphysboro, William Lafoon, Herrin, and others were fined for liquor transport and property destruction in separate cases.
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Murphysboro
Anna Rains
S. 17Th St
Dollie Bodeker
17Th St
Justice of Peace
Jim
Bob’ Kerley
County Health Dept
Roy McGee
Jackson County
Richard White
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