SIU outlines diffused plan to revamp Illinois medical education
The SIU Board reviewed a 20 page plan proposing a state wide medical education network called Medinet linking colleges, universities and hospitals to share medical knowledge. The proposal replaces a single new medical school and stresses efficiency and downstate access.
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SIU
Ben Gelman
Southern Iinoisan Southern
Illinois University
Illinois
Downstate
University of Illinois At
Champaign-Urbana
SIU Carbondale campus approves major building changes
SIU Board of Trustees approves extensive renovations and new construction on the Carbondale campus. Buildings affected include Woody Hall conversion to offices, a $7.5 million humanities building, renovations to Shryock Auditorium and Parkinson Laboratory, expansion of the university center, and Old Main housing the SIU Museum.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
SIU Board of Trustees
Southern
Anthony
University Center
Old Main
SIU
District 95 residents approve tax ceiling hike in grade school vote
Carbondale District 95 voters pass an increase in the educational fund ceiling by 54 to 1,172 ballots cast with 605 yes 551 no and 16 spoiled. High School District 165 defeats its ceiling raise 742 against 570 yes with nine spoiled ballots and 1,321 total. Precinct totals show turnout across Attucks Springmore Winkler Lincoln Makanda De Soto.
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Carbondale
Attucks School
Springmore
Winkler
Lincoln Junior High School
Makanda
de Soto
Springmore School
Winkler School
Carterville Wins Bond Issue To Modernize District
Carterville voters approve a 400000 bond issue by 781 to 228 with Crainville and Cambria supports. The plan funds repairs and remodeling across four schools include Carterville eight classrooms and a music room, Cambria kitchen heating, Crainville toilets and three classrooms, plus an administration building. Supt Taft Baker says a 230000 bond could be issued now with 170000 later. tax rate up about 16 cents. Architect firms Simon Rettberg and Garrison of Carbondale to draft plans for contractor bidding.
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Carterville
Crainville
Cambria
Taft Baker
Baker
Simon
Rettberg and
Garrison
Carbondale
Murphysboro Council backs Vietnam policy
The Murphysboro City Council voted unanimously to support administration Vietnam policies. Alderman Albert Mileur urged backing, citing protests and thanking the young servicemen. The council authorized a letter to President Johnson. Mileur's son, Pfc. Albert J. Mileur, is in Vietnam and has been injured twice since March.
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Murphysboro
Albert Mileur
Vietnam
William Wolff
Johnson
Mileur
Pfc
Albert J. Mileur
Opposition to Lusk Creek dam plan draws SIU study team
A 15 member SIU ecology team led by William Ashby surveys Lusk Creek area arguing flooding would ruin virgin timber rare plants and animal life. They catalog 42 tree species 820 ferns 13 wild orchid kinds 180 lichens and 27 fish while warning development would erase an untouched natural standard for test sites.
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William C. Ashby
Southern Illinois University
Lusk Creek
SIU
Robert H. Muhlenbrock
Ashby
G. Craig Colclasure
John R. Ferrell
William EE. Hopkins
John M. Nelson Jr
Allen C. Skorepa
Willard D. Klimstra
John C. Downey
Mary Davis
Mary Richardson
Max D. Hutchinson
Marvin P. Thompson
Stanley E. Harris, Jr
Terry L. Dvroff
US Forest Service
Indian Kitchen
Illinois
Great Smoky Mountains
William E. Hopkins
Hopkins
Illinois Audubon Society
Lusk Creek Canyon
Illinois Nature Conservation Association
Roland Keene
Keene
Pope County
Forest Service
Robert Phillips
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
State Farm Bureau
Pope Hardin Farm Bureau
The
Sierra Club
Chicago
Dan Malkovich
Malkovich
Midwest
Frank Moreno
Greater Egypt
Moreno
Greater
Egypt
Crab Orchard Lake
Kentucky Lake
Barclay Lake
Bend Lake
Shawnee National Forest
Owen Jamison
Cairo Woman Dies in Fire
A Cairo woman, Roxie Reed, suffocated in a duplex fire early Friday. She was found near the back door of the downstairs unit where she lived alone. Bernadine Pierce upstairs fled unharmed. Fire officials say the blaze started in the downstairs front area. All mines reported working Monday.
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Cairo
Roxie Reed
Bernadine Pierce
Herrin Ward 2 alderman candidates named for vacancy
Five residents express interest in replacing Louis Garavaglia on Herrin city council. Mayor Henderson plans a hat-vote caucus of seven aldermen before Monday’s meeting to pick a replacement, with McCarty and Marlow involved in pacing the process. Five candidates listed include Louis Rolando, Henry Brusati, Mrs. Juanita Garagiola, Paul Parks, and Frank Lockwood.
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Herrin
Louis
Gene’’ Garavaglia
Zeiger
Fred A. Henderson
Garavaglia
Henderson
McCarty
John J. McCarty
Herman Marlow
Ward
Marlow
Ward 2
Louis Rolando
Juanita Garagiola
N. Park Ave
Paul D. Parks
W. Monroe St
Frank Lockwood
Cherry
Rolando
Mike Miriani
Lockwood
Williamson County
Sher
Borg- Warner Corp
Brusati
Building Commission
John McVey
Clyde Brewster
Monroe
Madison Streets
14Th Street
Harvard Sohn
SIU Expands Campus With Seven Property Purchases
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees approved buying seven properties in southeast Carbondale for 120,919 dollars. Purchases include units on east Grand avenue and south Washington and Marion streets, with buyers Nella Bryant Alice Patterson Williams Vernon Patterson Florence Patterson Topping Nellie Webb Lula Hale Wanda File Lena Gher and others.
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Southern
Llinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
East Grand Avenue
Washington Avenue
Marion Street
SIU
Nella Bryant
Alice Patterson Williams
Alvin Lacy Williams
Vernon Patterson
Florence Claire Patterson Topping
Mal Topnine
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State Board of Higher Education
Ray Page
Page
Edwardsville
Dow Chemical Co
MacVicar
General Assembly
Shryock
Council
Jim Hatton
Southern Illinois An
Mison
Pine Hills - LaRue
Jackson Hollow
Little Grand Canyon
Illinoi Nature Preserves
Henry Brusati
Iff
Formely
Pip, Gyus
James W. Webb
Nellie E. Webb
Lula Hale
Wanda P. File
Lena Y. Gher
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