Southern Illinois high on list of coal gas sites
U S Rep Kenneth J Gray says Southern Illinois tops list of possible sites for a large scale coal gasification plant amid OCR studies. Illinois holds vast coal, water resources but faces high sulfur coal and air pollution concerns.
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Gray
Southern Illinois
John Trimble
Ilinois
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Minois
Office of Coal Research
OCR
U. S. Department of Interior
Washington, D. C
Hanation
Rinella
Illinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
SIU-C to give 5 percent raises amid layoffs
SIU Carbondale plans five percent pay increases for some employees despite a three million dollar budget cut. President Derge said raises will be merit based under IBHE rules, while warning up to 200 academic affairs jobs and more civil service positions may be cut to meet the reduced budget.
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Southern Ilnois University
Carbondale
Siu-C
David R. Derge
Derge
Winds Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Keith Leasure
Leasure
Springfield
Cameron West
Civil
Illinois
Walker
Faculty calls review of SIUC leadership after budget talk
Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty voted to ask the Faculty Senate to review what they termed the administration's less than adequate performance. Associate professor Herbert Donon's resolution urged campus wide testimony to form a basis for judgment. The move followed President David Derge's budget report. Derge had no comment on the action.
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Southern Tinos University
St Carbondale
SIUC
Herbert Donow
David R. Derge
Derge
Denon
SIU
Walk away Two flee Menard Penitentiary
Two inmates fled Menard Penitentiary near Chester after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Paul W. Sympson, assistant warden, said both are not considered dangerous. Bobby Joe Holmes, 24, and Joe Black, 22, were last seen at the 3 p.m. farm dormitory check. roadblocks were later removed. Holmes, 200 pounds with brown hair and eyes, is serving two to six years for voluntary manslaughter. Black, 167 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes, is serving two to six years plus one to five years for forgery, with sentences from St. Clair and Macon counties respectively.
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Menard Penitentiary
Chester
Paul W. Sympson
Bobby Joe Holmes
Joe Black
Farm
Holmes
St. Clair County
Macon County
Wwenre
Truck Hits Tree: Tilden Man Killed
Bobby Lee Pollard, 30, of Tilden, died early today when his pickup ran off Rt. 4 and struck a tree about 3.5 miles north of Sparta. Illinois District 13 State Police said the 12:29 a.m. accident left Pollard dead at the scene. He was born March 13, 1943, in Christian County, Kentucky, to Orvil Lee and Virginia L.
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Bobby Lee Pollard
Tilden
Ilinois
Rt. 4
Sparta
Pollard
Christian County
Kentucky
Orvil Lee
Virginia’ L
Murphyshorn United Fund
Murphysboro
Richard Powers
CIPS
Murphy Street
Marions
JW. Childers
Vineger Fill
White Ash
Wiliamson County
Herrin
Tinois Public Service Co
River victim identified near Memphis after river drift
Gene Chrestman Alexander County coroner identified the body found October 22 on the Ohio River bank as Jody L. McAllister a 51 year old Memphis man who fell from a boat while fishing about 150 miles downstream near Memphis. He was carried by a barge to Cairo where it broke free. There is no indication of homicide. Mrs Pollard's family details and funeral arrangements follow in Kentucky.
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Cairo
Illinois
Ohio River
Memphis
Gene Chrestman
Alexander County
Jody L. McAllister
Gospel singing group stirs objections in area schools
The Good News Circle from Elgin performed at Carbonale Community High School East and Lincoln Junior High, with a Brush School appearance planned. Parents and the ACLU object, citing church messaging and compulsory attendance concerns.
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Carbondale
American Civil Liberties Union
Good News Circle
Elgin
Carbondale Community High School East
Lincoln Junior High School
Brush School
Charles Lerner
Cchs Board
Cchs East
Larry Jacober
Lincoln Junior High
Jacober
Christ
Man Hurt in Fire at Local Plant
A Carterville man, Arnold Allen, 22, is in fair condition at Herrin Hospital after burns from a fire at the Norge Division 1 Fedders Corp plant in Herrin. The blaze occurred around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the paint department when ignition started from paint materials. damage described as minor. Fire officials say no comment from Lawrence Eichler, executive vp and plant manager.
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Carterville
Herrin Hospital
Norge
Fedders Corp
Herrin
Arnold Allen
Allen
Lawrence Eichler
Ad Plant
Infant Rosemary Eslick Dies at Home
Four month old Rosemary Eslick, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tre ven Eslick, was found dead in bed at their Etherton Orchards Road home south of Murphysboro. Jackson County authorities say death appears due to natural causes, with no marks on the body. An autopsy is to be performed.
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Rosemary Eslick
Treven Eslick
Etherton ‘Orchards Road
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Bodies found after Cobden freight train crash three days later
The body of D B Baltzell 63 brakeman on the southbound train was found in a diesel engine moved to Makanda from the Cobden wreck site. Four crew members died in the Sunday collision of a 62 car southbound and 14 car northbound trains. Rescue efforts continued as investigators in Washington and local officials sought the cause and recovered a second body amid debris and coal.
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Makanda
Cobden
D.B. Baltzell
Hlinoig Central Gulf Railroad
Union County
Robert D. Taylor
Centralia
Richard Arning
Donald E. Shedelbower
Shedelbower
Baitzell
Ronald Haack
Mascoutah
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Winds, trucks blamed for snapping Carbondale poles
A Tuesday windstorm toppled four General Telephone poles at Main Street near the Sinoir Central Gulf crossing, with witnesses saying an Owens Transfer Co. truck clipped a low hung cable aiding the damage. Police reported minor vehicle injuries and a hospital visit, while winds gusted to 73 mph at the Southern Illinois Airport weather room.
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Carbondale
Sinoiri Central Gulf Railroad
Owens Transfer Co
Kenneth E. Nehrkornt
Pinckneyville
Doctors Hospital
Charles T. Williams
Williams St
Folive
Colene Wingate
Miss Wingate
Lynne E. Reigle
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois
Krause seeks judge post in appellate court race
Belleville lawyer Lehman D. Krause, 48, announced his bid for the Republican nomination for judge of the appellate court in the fifth district. He is the first GOP candidate and joins two posts up for election in 1974. The slate includes two judges, one vacated in 1971 and a new position, to be filled in a partisan primary and general election. Democratic contenders for the March primary are John Karns, Charles Jones, and Robert B. Maucker. Krause, a Belleville native, holds a University of Illinois law degree and industrial and chemical engineering degrees from Washington University.
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Lehman D. Krause
Belleville
Fifth Judicial District
Krause
Joseph Goldenhersh
Illinois Supreme Court
John Karns
St. Clair County
Charles Jones
McLeanshoro
Robert B. Maucker
Alton
University of Illinois
Washington University
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