Lincon Junior High Student Honored as Young Historian
Fay Broussard, 14, of Murphysboro, named one of 26 student historians of the year at a Springfield ceremony. She contributed to Illinois History A Magazine for Young People while an eighth grader at East Prairie Junior High Tuscola and now attends Carbondale. The awards, judged from 101 authors, were presented by Mrs. James R. Thompson on May 26.
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Lincoln
Carbondale
Springfield
Fay Broussard
Louis Broussard
Murphysboro
Illinois
The
Illinois State Historical Library and Society
Miss Broussard
East Prairie
Tuscola
James R. Thompson
Teen Job Limits Outline From Free Factsheet
The Department of Labor outlines work rules for 14 to 17 year olds in The Young Worker. Teens may do service, gas, bagging groceries, or dishwashing with restrictions. Weekday limits total 3 hours on school days and 18 hours per school week. non school days allow 8 hours and up to 40 hours per non school week. No work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. except summer when evenings extend to 9 p.m. Paper routes are addressed separately.
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Department of Labor
Consumer Information Center
Dept
Pueblo
Colorado
Scholarships awarded to two SI youths by Continental Oil
Two Southern Illinois youths receive two year scholarships from Continental Oil Co to study at vocational schools. Cynthia Jane McPherson of Steeleville will attend Barnes School of Nursing in St. Louis and Toby Len Jones of Pinckneyville will study computer engineering.
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Southern Illinois
Continental Oil Co
Cynthia Jane McPherson
Steeleville
Barnes School of Nursing
St. Louis
Toby Len Jones
Pinck
Teen Scene at Herrin Town Opens Friday and Saturday
Herrin teen program runs Friday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 11 30 p m with band nights until 11 45 p m at West Frankfort Youth Center open 7 30 to 9 30 p m Tuesday for seventh and eighth graders.
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Herrin
West Frankfort
Story hour schedule at Sallie Logan Library Murphysboro
The Sallie Logan Library in Murphysboro presents a summer of story hours films and reading contests for children. Films on first and third Saturdays June July August at 1 p.m. cover preschool to fourth grade on the first Saturday and fifth to eighth grade on the third. July adds a Friday story hour for grades one through four. A July reading contest targets second graders. Beverly Schrader coordinates all activities. funds for the projector were donated by the Friends of Sallie Logan Library established in 1976.
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Sallie Logan Library
Murphysboro
Friends of Sallie Logan Library
Beverly Schrader
Teenage peer juries credited with cutting minor crime
In a northern Chicago suburb, high school peer juries sentence juvenile offenders to 10 to 50 hours of community service. Police say minor thefts fell 36 percent and vandalism 39 percent in the first year as teens, interviewed by students aged 17 to 18, volunteer without adults present.
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Chicago
Richard C. Brandt
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Zeigler-Royalton High School
Cynthia McPherson
Secretary of Labor
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Jerri Jenkins
Miami Area
Home At Last, Inc
Robert K. Polovin
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Guilder
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Italy
Stonehenge
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Parthenon
Great Britain
Greece
Soviet Union
Hermitage
People’s Republic of China
WEC, Inc
Madison
Wisconsin
Sears
Amenca
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