Injured crewman released after railroad wreck
Ronald Haack a 25 year old crewman from Mascoutah was released from Barnes Hospital St Louis after two Illinois Central Gulf freight trains collided near Cobden on December 2 Haack was burned and injured while officials have not spoken with him due to his sedated condition A FRA spokesman said Haack declined to discuss details but Johnson disputed the claim
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Haack
Mascoutah
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Cobden
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
James Johnson
Carbondale
Haack
Federal Railroad Administration
Johnson
Note found on Wesley Foundation board about stolen handmade purse
A note left on the Wesley Foundation bulletin board in Carbondale addresses "the maker of the handmade green, red and purple knit purse" stolen Thursday December 6, 1973. Bonnie Slocum, who made the purse, receives an explanatory letter from Charlene Merkel of The Mock Turtle gallery, which had the purse on consignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Foundation
Carbondale
Bonnie Slocum
Charlene Merkel
Mock Turtle Gallery
SIU adds first woman police officer at Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale welcomes Martha Bennett as the first woman on its patrol force. She previously patrolled the parking meters and joins officers watching her briefing with Sgt. William Barnett, Patrolmen Steve Rishel, Curtis Jackson, Lt. Marvin Braswell, and Patrolmen Donald Hawk and Ralph Pearce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Martha Bennett
Siu-C
Wil
Liam Barnett
Steve Rishel
Curtis Jackson
Marvin Braswell
Donald Hawk
Ralph Pearce
SIU
Robert Stokes
Marion area office names acting administrator for DCFS
Thomas E. Amyette named acting administrator of the Marion area office of the Department of Children and Family Services. He previously coordinated program operations in Danville and has held roles in Danville Champaign and Bloomington. The move aligns with a statewide area office system replacing regional districts. Amyette begins duties at 2209 W Main St Marion with other acting admins in Chicago area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Amyette
Marion Area
Department of Children and Family Services
Danville
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Champaign
Bloomington
Jerome G. Miller
Amyette
State
W. Main St
Marion
Alexander
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jackson
Johnson
Massac
Perry
Pope
Pulaski
Saline
Union
White
Williamson
Illinois
Anthony Jenkins
East St. Louis
Madison
Monroe
Randolph
St. Clair
George E. Ross
Salem
Bond
Clay
Clinton
Crawford
Edwards
Effingham
Fayette
Jasper
Jefferson
Lawrence
Richland
Wabash
Washington
Wayne
Jenkins
Illinois Information Service
Miller
SIUC
Angeline Byars
Ottawa
Otha K. Johnson
Joliet
State Information Service
Chicago
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Newspa
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Children, Family Services
DE Soto, Ill
Stufrine
Shurfine
W.G. Corn
Wishbone
Westown Shopping Center
Shurfine — Quarters
Nabisco
Kraft Philadelphia
Mac & Cheese
Mayrose
Aurora
Cote
Johnston
KODAK
Childrens Phonograph
Home OF Friendly Service
Cubes
Westmore Plaza
Ill
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