Black lung victims find a haven in Herrin clinic
Retired coal miner Robert Beard and about 100 others rely on Herrin Hospital's Coal Miners Respiratory Disease Clinic for evaluation and treatment. The federally funded program, run by Shawnee Health Service, offers testing, counseling, and classes to help patients manage the disease and cope with its effects while many remain smokers.
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Onnie
Herrin
Robert Glen Beard
Bide
Mary Barclay
Pat van Natta
Evan M. Davis
Bonnie
Southern Illinois
Beard
Carbondale
P. B. Sanjabi
Sanjabi
Illinois
Herrin Clinic
Shawnee Health Service and Development Corp
Williamson County Highway Workers Set 80 Cent Raise
Williamson County board meets Monday to review county highway department employees wage change confirming an 80 cent per hour raise rather than the 60 cent per hour increase previously reported.
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Williamson County Board
County Highway Department
Williamson official voices farmland rights in county subdivisions
Williamson County Board Chair Curtis Palmer defended limited land use controls as he supported the Paul Hicks 2nd Addition subdivision despite a negative review by the Soil and Water Conservation District which warned the project would convert prime farmland. Palmer stressed residents’ rights to use land, discussed intercounty issues for Lake of Egypt and Johnson County, and noted possible service contracts. The meeting also moved on speed limit changes, road oiling, and a 1981 county highway department contract granting raises to about 20 employees.
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Ly Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County Board
Curtis Palmer
Palmer
Williamson County Soil and Water Conservation District
Paul Hicks
Conservation District Board
Williamson County
Bill Mattingly
Johnson
Lake of Egypt
Pharoah’s Gardens
Johnson County
Johnson County Board
Randy Patchett
Village of Energy
Sycamore Road
Grover Barron
Forges
Franklin Sweetin
County Highway Department
Carbondale ready to grow as industry moves in
Franklyn Moreno, Carbondale's director of economic development, says the city is poised for growth as the economy improves. He notes high interest rates and rising costs chill new ventures, but expects Carbondale to serve as a regional service center with strong rail, road, air access and ongoing education to attract firms and expansion.
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Tom Woolf
The
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Franklyn Moreno
Carroll Fry
Moreno
Carbondale Industrial Commission
Towne Central
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Greater Egypt
Mississippi River
CIC
Southern Illinois
Guard hit by shotgun on Chester Mental Health Center grounds
Chester police report an outside guard Earlene Roy suffered a minor facial wound from shotgun pellets while on a routine patrol near the Chester Mental Health Center. Investigators believe a poacher hunting on adjacent Menard Correctional Center property fired the shot around 7:25 p.m. Roy heard the blast and saw a vehicle fleeing. Authorities note prior reports of illegal poaching near the grounds.
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Chester Mental Health Center
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
Earlene Roy
Mental Health Center
Terry Brelje
SIU finds lecturers are no longer plentiful
SIU Carbondale faces a lecture hall drought as campus talks lean on past era figures. Bruce Zimmerman notes students seek job security over new crusades, prompting plans to book Abbie Hoffman, F Lee Bailey, John Dean, G Gordon Liddy, and possibly Alex Haley, reflecting a shift toward controversial yet marketable speakers.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Abbie Hoffmans
Bruce Zimmerman
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Zimmerman
SIUC
Abbie Hoffman
F. Lee Bailey
Patty Hearst
John Dean
Hoffman
Alex Haley
Mt. Vernon man killed crossing train tracks
Mount Vernon police continue investigation into the death of 85 year-old Herbert D. Todd struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train at 10 41 a m Saturday. Police say the pedestrian attempted to cross as the train approached and was killed. Jefferson County Coroner John Richardson said an inquest date has not yet been set.
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Mt. Vernon
Mount Vernon, Ill
Mount Vernon
Herbert D. Todd
Missouri Pacific
Jefferson County
John Richardson
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