Doerr Family Celebrates Three Degrees Earned
William A. Doerr and his daughters Virginia Doerr Mills Kathy R. Doerr each earned degrees this past week at SIU Carbondale. Doerr received his doctorate during Friday graduation. Mills earned a bachelor arts degree magna cum laude from Rosary College. Kathy Doerr earned a master of science in speech pathology and audiology.
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Virginia Doerr Mills
Kathy R. Doerr
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Brazil
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Mills
SIUC
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River Forest
Service Systems Corp of
Chicago
Archway School
Southern Illinois
Easter Seal Society
Little Grassy Lake
Cooperative Fisheries Research Laboratory
Naomi
University of Illinois, Champaign - Urbana
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Oraville considers community water service via regional district
A resident committee in Oraville, including Tom Stowers and local officials, plans to study options for a water system with Murphysboro or Kinkaid Conservancy District. Residents now rely on wells and cisterns, most water is stagnant, and a report is expected next week.
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Oraville
Murphysboro
Kinkaid
Partment
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Housing Administration
Oroville
Tommy Stowers
Stowers
Carolyn Wisely
Joe Hoover
Kenneth Shannon
Paul Merrill
Floyd Cox
John Killion
Pigs' Lives Saved by Food Delivery in Flood
Jackson County Civil Defense saved about 325 hogs on the Martin Twenhafel farm west of Gorham by delivering over two tons of feed in an Army transport carrier. The farm was cut off by floodwaters, requiring boat access, and two trips were made amid nearly four feet of water. The pigs welcomed the aid.
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Jackson County
Martin Twenhafel
Gorham
Kevin van Pelt
Civil Defense Office
van Pelt
Brockmeyer Files for Randolph County Board Seat
Fritz Brockmeyer of Steeleville filed for a vacancy on the Randolph County Board after Robert Schroeder resigned amid conflict concerns involving Ches ter Industrial Contractors. Monday is the filing deadline. Brockmeyer is the only candidate listed as of Friday. Separately, Carbondale residents on Short street near northwest Carbondale will gain sewer service within about two months with 525 feet of 8 inch pipe, a lift station, and 770 feet of 4 inch line. Ace Excavating of Murphysboro won the $22 000 bid funded by revenue sharing and owner assessments.
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Steeleville
Randolph
Brockmeyer
Buckhorn Motors
Robert Schroeder
Randolph County
Herbert J. Lantz Jr
Schroeder
Chester Industrial Contractors
Carbondale
Short Street
Ace Excavating
Murphysboro
ABCs of Watergate glossary from Southern Illinoisan
Regional editor Ben Gelman presents a Watergate glossary aimed at clarifying the incident. The list humorously labels figures and actions from Abplanalp to Law and order inoperative, noting terms like CREEP, cover up, and executive privilege with satirical definitions.
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Southern Illinoisan
Nixon
Watergate
National Press
David Frye
Mark Russell
Dean
Ellsberg
Ervin
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Gestapo
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Grand Jury
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Law and Order
Marion to Build Six-Story Elderly Housing on West Main
The Williamson County Housing Authority will start a six story elderly apartment building in Marion on June 18. Buckley Construction Co. of Fenton Missouri is the general contractor on a 1 035 million dollar contract with 450 calendar days to complete. The 64 unit all electric air conditioned building will mirror Herrin authority housing. A Bracy Insurance Co. policy covers county projects at 100 000 per person and 300 000 maximum for three years. The project awaits federal HUD approval. A summer work program for low income youths is filled and Bellaire Additions 1 and 2 lots in Herrin are nearly sold with only three payments remaining.
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Herrin
West Main Street
Bracy Insurance Co
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fluck
Bellaire
Police close tavern after underage beer incident
Murphysboro police closed the B and W Lounge at 12 N. 13th Street Thursday night after watching two minors enter and leave with beer. Bartender Ralph Wayman was arrested for selling liquor to a minor and will appear July 20 in circuit court in Murphysboro.
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Murphysboro
B and W
N. 13Th Street
Ralph Wayman
Dowell appoints Joe Bagley chief of police
Joe Bagley, 36, is named Dowell chief of police by Mayor Walter Lowe. Bagley also serves as a Jackson County deputy sheriff. Village marshal Cecil Williams resigned May 18 after tensions with residents. Two board members Floyd Davis and Ray Weisel resigned. Curtis Williams and Bill Jenkins named to fill vacancies. Kenneth Cook, treasurer, also resigned. no replacement yet.
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Dowell
Bagley
Walter Lowe
Lowe
Jackson County
Cecil Williams
Williams
Floyd Davis
Ray Weisel
Davis
Weisel
Curtis Williams
Bill Jenkins
Kenneth Cook
Byline and symbols of a turbulent political era
A fragmented list ties figures like Liddy, McCord, Magruder, and Nixon to a wiretap era, denounces the Plumbers as secret police, and labels the press, Republicans, and national security as tools in a controversial loyalty ritual. It frames investigations as lining up liars and portrays perjury as loyalty.
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McCord
CIA
Magruder
Martha
Mitchells
Mitchell
National Security
Nixon
Dupe
Law and Order
Fragmented political jargon from a national scandal note
A compact collection of phrases referencing Watergate era topics such as surreptitious entry, national security, shifts in truth, and media framing. It juxtaposes terms like White House, Watergate, and zeal with cryptic clues about the President’s middle initial and dubious motives.
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United States
White House
Dept. of
Washington Post
Zeigler
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