Southern Illinois Calendar Offers Wide Public Notices
The calendar lists Red Cross Bloodmobile at SIU Student Center with schedule, Herrin Elks Duplicate Bridge Club, and multiple theater and concert events. It includes plays The Mother Goose Follies and The American Dame, musical acts, movie listings, and a range of public meetings and charity drives across Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, and surrounding towns.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Southern Illinois University Student Center
Herrin
Car fires ignite in Marion home area and tavern
At 6:50 p.m. Thursday a car burned in the 900 block of West Main Street in Marion, with unknown cause and the owner unrevealed. At 7:25 p.m. Thursday a trash fire occurred at Ted's Tavern on 115 North Market Street.
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Marion
West Main Street
Ted’s
North Market St
Carbondale SIU Pay Increases Exceed $1 Million
The SIU board executive committee approved about 1.7 million in salary boosts for the 1971-72 year, with 1,010,412 going to Carbondale campus employees. Comptroller Donald R. Arnold says the merit and equalization raises meet federal guidelines. nonadjusted civil service staff are under prevailing wage agreements and negotiated contracts.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
SIU
Donald R. Arnold
Carbondale goals unit hearing outlines three main aims
Speakers at the public hearing on Goals for Carbondale presented three main themes. Jack Hanley representing the Chamber of Commerce urged long range goals including making Carbondale a center of Southern Illinois, expanding industry and retail, and keeping an efficient city government. Roger Leisner suggested district representation, park district absorption, a graduated income tax, opposition to a St Louis to Southern Illinois freeway, and a city environmental department. Joe Wilson backed SIU development with emphasis on facilities and professors. Kenneth Midkiff, a SIU graduate student, was named chair of the Student Advisory Committee to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Johnny Kemm will perform a free organ concert at Du Quoin High School at 8 p.m. today backed by Accent on Music Inc.
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Ron Casnir
Matthew Double
SIU
Johnny Kemm
du Quoin High School
Accent On Music, Inc
du Quoin
Lowrey Organs
Calipre
Communications Building
Southern Illinois University
Crab Orchard
Herrin Elks Lodge
Herrin Elks Club
Westown
Murdale
Winky’s
Lewis Park Village Mall
YMCA
Conservation Club of
CCHS
Foundation For A Better Environment
League of Women Voters
W. Grant Gray
Furr
First Baptist Church
Carbondale
Jack Hanley
Hanley
Chamber
Roger Leisner
Park District
St. Louis
Southern Illinois
Monty
Leisner
Human Relations Commission
Joe Wilson
Goals
Kenneth Midkiff
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Midkiff
University of Illinois At
Champaign- Urbana
Illinois
BHE
Higher Board
Kemm
U.S
Lowrey Co
Chicago
Brenda Jenkins
Jenkins
Ike and Tina Turner Revue Show Canceled at SIU Arena
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue slated for December 11 at Southern Illinois University SIU Arena has been canceled due to transportation and scheduling issues. Advance tickets totaled 10 dollars. refunds available 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday at the Arena ticket office or by mail with refunds issued by check.
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Southern Illinois University
W.D. Justice
SIU Arena
Arena
Justice
Shooting scenes in Buckner leave two jailed and one wounded
A 19 year old Fredericktown man is listed in satisfactory condition at Franklin Hospital after a gunshot wound to the right arm. His 45 year old uncle, Harlan Burke, is jailed in Franklin County on aggravated battery charges following the Wednesday night shooting at 808 E Second St Buckner. Robert Burke is recovering from a separate wound after a reported argument over a television program. Janet Gaynor won the first Oscar in 1927 28 for Seventh Heaven.
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Fredericktown
Franklin Hospital
Franklin County
Buckner
Harlan Burke
Robert Burke
E. Second St. Buckner
Bus hits culvert after avoiding semi truck in Red Bud
Three people were injured when a bus swerved to avoid a semi trailer, left the road, and struck a culvert three quarters of a mile west of Route 159. Driver Morris F. Hannah 36 of Jonesboro Arkansas and two passengers Donnie Barker 24 and Julia Stallings 71 of St. Louis sustained minor injuries.
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Red Bud
Morris F. Hannah
Jonesboro
Ark
Rex Anthony Jr
Dexter
Rt. 159
Donnie Barker
Julia E. Stallings
St. Louis
Herrin Faces EPA Probe Over Algae Taint in Water
EPA engineer Dennis Stover reports Herrin’s water has taste smell and color changes tied to algae. Samples from Bend Lake Intercity Water System intake near Benton will be tested in Springfield with a report expected before the December 13 council meeting. Herrin’s water is said to be safe to drink. efforts focus on removing taste and odor.
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City of
Herrin
State Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Dennis Stover
Bend Lake Intercity
Benton
John McVey
Rend Lake
Stover
Springfield
McVey
Intercity Water System
Larry Lipe
Palamedes Credited With Invention Of Backgammon In 1224
The fragment credits Palamedes of Greece as the inventor of backgammon in 1224 mG. This brief note assigns the creation of the game to a legendary figure and anchors it to a specific year.
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Palamedes
Greece
Hospital walkaways from Illinois Security Hospital found
Three patients who walked away from the Illinois Security Hospital in Chester were found about 30 minutes later by hospital workers in a nearby wooded area. They had exited through a gate opened for a trash truck and returned without incident. State mental health rules prohibit releasing patients' names.
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Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Terry Carlton
State Department
Correction: Olivet Freewill Baptist Church food drive concert
The three church choirs will open a town food drive with a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the SIU Student Center Ballroom correcting an earlier report that the event would be at the church.
Free Hearing Tests at West Frankfort Clinic
A Beltone sponsored hearing aid test event runs December 6 through 11 at Sc. Ill. Surgical Appliance Co. in West Frankfort. A certified audiologist offers electronic hearing tests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily to evaluate hearing loss and discuss latest aids.
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Sc. Ill
Sou, Il
Surgical Appl. Co
West Frankfort
Monthru
Beltone
Ill
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Murphysboro
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Anna
Varsity
Saluki
Fox
Riviera Drive-In
Carter
Campus Drive-In
Anna Drive-In
Southern Illinois Women’s Political Caucus
Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
Royalton
Eastgate
Murdale Shopping Center
Liberty
Gulliver’s
Murphysboro United Fund
Phillip Fennell
Shryock
Sheep
Christopher
Murphysboro Elks
Carbondale Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
Carbondale Elks Club
Marion Elks Lodge
S. Market St
Everett Lynch
Southern Repertory Dance Company
Carbondale Siu
Carbondale Goals Unit
SIU Grad Student Heads Advisory Group
Rentico Fournibaire
Mlinais
Garbo
Oscar
Janet Gaynor
Linda R. Phillips
Bethany
Rt. 13
Wolf Creek Road
Southern Illinois University Health Service Center
Phillips
Noah E. Taylor
Carterville
Elathel Irwin
Belle Rive
Rt. 37
Mt. Vernon
Mable I. Gill
Gill
Roger L.featherston
Mardale Shopping Center
West Frankfort, Ill
Chang
Sis
Minois
Park Ave
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