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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1972
Page
3
Logan and CIPSC vice president blame dwindling reserves on the Federal Power Commission. W C Gerstner of Illinois Power Co. says the commission holds unrealistically high price policies and forces producers to salvage what they can from muddy fields to make it salable.
An armed man robbed the Jackson County Housing Authority office at 207 N. Marion St. Carbondale on Friday. Dorothy Ward, a secretary, was restrained with a pillow case while the thief took a total of $294. The incident occurred about 8:40 a.m.
A fuel stove overturned in the back of a Marion florist truck caused a blaze at 2:15 PM Friday, destroying a load of Christmas flowers and the truck bed. The vehicle was owned by Ian Wholesale Florists.
Santa Claus will visit residential districts Wednesday from 1 to 4 pm with three elves. They will hand out candy and listen to requests at each home. The Carbondale Park District sponsors the event, featuring children Stephen and Paul Barrett, Karol Dodd, Lori Kole snik, Cindy Allen, Joyce Bonham, and Skeets Pfaff.
The SIU Carbondale board refused to place a WIDB advertising proposal on the agenda. President Derge said he was unaware of the plan and felt like a bystander, while Preston urged action amid staff resignations and imminent closure of the station.
A Chicago school board action followed protests by about a third of the 3000 student enrollment over delays in aid checks, then a firing. Fred L. Wellman, executive secretary, cited concerns about campus safety and staff competency as context for the decision.
Carl Bode edits a study of midcentury life in 1850s America noting emancipation and social change. The volume "Midcentury America Life in the 1850s" surveys travel, slavery, culture, and daily life with an eye to today’s echoes.
About 50,000 Illinois drivers failed the state written exam last year as rules changed. Experts warn even seasoned drivers may need a refresher with new laws. The AA AA School of Safe Driving offers a self scoring test page with questions and road signs for $6 plus 75 cents handling, by mail to Chicago.
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