CCHS Class Speaker Promotes Graduates Testing New System
Carbondale Community High School held a graduation at Bleyer Field with 238 graduates as class speaker Paul Matthews urged graduates to test the established system and pursue personal freedom while seeking guidance. Principal Arthur Black presented diplomas. top 10 graduates were listed including Janet Ashby and Diane Cherry. The band and chorale performed. Mike Russell gave the invocation and Deborah Schwegman the benediction.
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Paul Matthews
Carbondale Community High School
Matthews
CCHS
Arthur Black
Bleyer Field
Janet Ashby
Ane Cherry
Gayle Fozard
Debra Goodwin
Brenda Marshall
Lauriston Marshall Jr
David Ray
Michael Russell
Deborah Schwegman
Mike Russell
Miss Schwegman
Third river tragedy claims three victims near Shawneetown
A drowning accident on the Ohio River near Shawneetown leaves Frank Greeley nine, William Martin forty four, and Carolyn Martin twenty seven dead. Eight aboard the 16 foot craft were swept by wind and waves as rescuers recovered the boy and stepfather along the river. The dam at Roper's Landing is cited in the incident.
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Dam 51
Frank Greeley
du Quoin
William Martin
Martin
Saline
Shawneetown
Carolyn Martin
Cave-in-Rock
Roper’s Landing
Carbondale Police Promote Four In Reorganization
Four promotions restructure the Carbondale police department to boost supervision. Detective Lt Edward Hogan becomes captain and operations commander. Three sergeants rise to lieutenants: Wayne Booker heads general and special services, Terry Murphy oversees patrol with Jerry Reno, and Clarence Johnson leads the investigation division. Ronald Trentascosti becomes head supervisor of services. Salaries rise: Hogan to 14006, Booker to 14337, Murphy and Reno to 12721.
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Carbondale Police Department
Edward Hogan
Tom McNamara
Joe Dakin
Wayne Booker
Special Services
Terry Murphy
Jerry Reno
Clarence Johnson
Ronald Trentascosti
Booker
Hogan
Murphy
Reno
Bond Referendum Vote Recount Sets New Margin
A Thursday hearing into the March 25 1972 Christopher school bond referendum voided one vote and questioned two others. Judge Bruce Saxe in Albion and school board attorney James W. Sanders reported the recount changed the tally from 654 639 to 654 638. The hearing will reconvene at 10 a.m. June 26 in the Franklin County Courthouse Benton.
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Christopher
Bruce Saxe
Albion
James W. Sanders
Marion
Franklin County
Benton
Dr. Baker Re-elected President of Illinois Community College Trustees
Dr. Allen Y. Baker of Rend Lake College was re-elected president of the ICCTA for 1973 74 beginning July 1. The Pinckneyville optometrist serves a third term as chair and will lead trustees from 38 Illinois public community colleges with over 200000 students.
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Allen Y. Baker
Rend Lake College Board of Trustees
Illinois Community College Trustees Association
Baker
Pinckneyville
Rend Lake Board
ICCTA
Illinois
Greater Egypt
Henry Hoekstra
Downers Grove
College of DuPage
SIU to take over Carbondale ambulance service
SIU Board approves a contract to run Carbondale ambulance service starting July 1 through year end with possible six month extension at 40 dollars per call and no charge to SIU students. City to terminate current fire department service June 30 and maintain 1 million dollars in liability coverage.
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Dave Butler
Southern Illinoisan
Edwardsville
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU Board of Trustees
Siu-C
SIU
SIU Health Service
Fire Department
George Mace
Earl E. Walker
Harrisburg
Brush Towers
Mt Vernon named growth center in Midwest EDA study
The Midwest regional EDA selected Mt. Vernon as one of two top growth center cities in six states with Travers City Michigan. Carbondale ranked third. If funded in 1974, a nationwide one million dollar pilot is planned but hinges on continued EDA support from the Nixon administration.
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Midwest Region
The
Economic Development Administration
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale
EDA
U.S
James E. Peterson
Peterson
Nixon
Ed Travers City
Mich
Midwest
Travers City
Chicago
Rend Lake College approves Snyder salary hike and bids
Rend Lake College board increases president James M. Snyder salary from 29 540 to 31 017 annually for 1973 74 and approves a carpeting bid of 57 820 from Grace Carpeting Blue Island. Interior designer Bernard Berg urged rejecting prior bids and the board places college funds in Bank of Illinois Mt Vernon.
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Rend Lake College Board
James M. Snyder
the Inn College
Snyder
Grace Carpeting
Blue Island
Bernard Berg
Bank of Illinois
Mt. Vernon
SIU campus transformed from small college to major university
Alumni Day highlights drastic changes at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1963 to 1973. President Delyte Morris led expansion while SIU grew from under 10 000 to over 20 000 students. Major new buildings and renovations reshaped campus life and administration.
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Wham
Communications
Life Science
Forestry
Brush Towers
Neckers
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Mjor University
Clark Davis
John S. Rendleman
SIU Edwardsville
Robert G. Layer
Donald Boydston
SIU Introduces Coed Living Expanding Dorm Cohesion
At Southern Illinois University Carbondale coeducational living began in 1971 with Thompson Point dorms on alternating floors and two-room suites with adjoining baths. The success led to three dorms this year and plans for Neeley Hall next year, ending women's hours and boosting campus interest.
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Old Baptist Foundation
Morris
SIU
Anthony Hall
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Thompson Point
Ant
Will Travelstead
Neeley Hall
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Third River
Ohio River
Carbondale Police Service
Dr. Baker
South Wall Street
East Grand Avenue
South Wall
Wall
Evergreen Terrace
EDA Computers
Southern Illinois An
Delyte W. Morris
University of Illinois
Edwardsvile
Campus Lake
Woody Hall
University Park
Campus
David R. Derge
N.P. Brackett
Charles Tenney
William Tudor
Max Turner
William McKeefery
Herbert Fink
Anna Carol Fults
Archibald McLeod
Willis Moore
Cation
Harwood Avenue
Rt. 51
Uni
SIU Carbondale
Forest Science Laboratory
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