Pay hikes not first cut says SIU leader at board
Southern Illinois University Carbondale president Warren Brandt told the SIU Board of Trustees that proposed pay raises should not be the first casualty if the university faces a 6 percent budget reduction. He warned cuts to salaries could trigger broad tax-like effects while board chair Ivan Elliott Jr. urged caution amid Governor Walker's call for a 6 percent cut.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Warren W. Brandt
SIU Board of Trustees
Brandt
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Daniel Walker
Illinois
General Assembly
SIUC
Elliott
Walker
Springfield
Siu-C
John
Rendleman
Siu-Edwardsville
Edwardsville
Flags and floats: Vernon Patterson’s life of patriotism
Vernon Patterson, Carbondale flag dealer and parade float pioneer, built a business decorating for events since 1939. He supplied flags to SIU campuses and major celebrations, recalling Truman Kennedy Nixon Churchill visits and carving a niche with kit floats and bold patriotic displays.
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Jim Sackett
Vernon
Pat” Patterson
Patterson
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Harry S. Truman
Herrin
John F. Kennedy
Southern Illinois University
Richard M. Nixon
Marion
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Santa Claus
Edwardsville
United Nations
Cook County
Chicago Tribune
Patterson Flags and Decorating Co
Vaughn Co
du Quoin
Veterans Administration Hospital
W.R. Hayes
Alaska
Hawaii
Paterson
Boy Scouts
SIU-C delays action on first affirmative officer and appoints two admins
SIU Carbondale delayed naming its first affirmative action officer as President Warren W. Brandt weighs two candidates. Meanwhile George R. Mace will become vice president for university relations and Clarence G. Dougherty will direct campus services, with both to take effect July 1 and salaries undisclosed.
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Southern Minors University-Carbondale
Warren W. Brandt
Brandt
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale
George R. Mace
Clarence G
Serch
Richard C. Hayes
Mary Helen Gasser
Hayes
SIUC
Gasser
University Relations
Mace
Dougherty
Campus Services
Jerome Lacey
Richard Mager
C.E. “Gene” Peebles
Mace and Dougherty
Edwardsville
Siu-C
Illinois districts may receive 8.5 million for new schools
The Capital Development Board awarded entitlement grants totaling about 8.5 million to Johnston City District 1 Lesser Community School Unit District 196 and Carterville Unit School District 5 for new facilities. The grants cover 70 percent of costs with districts to raise 30 percent via bonds.
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Johnston City
Lesser
Carterville
Barb Leebens
Southern Ilinoisan
Southern Illinois
Capital Development Board
Chicago
Lesser Community
Carterville Unit
Donald Norwood
CDB Board
Washington
Norwood
CDB
Carbondale rail relocation bill advances in House
A U S House subcommittee endorsed a 1.73 million dollar appropriation for Carbondale to continue relocation of Illinois Central Gulf railroad tracks. The funding, needed for 1976, supports engineering and right of way acquisition for the project with a total estimated cost of 48.1 million dollars. Mayor Neal Eckert and Rep. Paul Simon testified in favor amid budget-cut considerations from President Ford.
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U.S. House of Repesentatives
Carbondale
Ilinois Central Gulf Railroad
House Appropriations Committee
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Neal Eckert
Eckert
Simon
Tion
Washington
Gerald Ford
Congress
Rails back in service after wreck near West Vienna
A Chicago and Illinois railroad line reopened at 8 p.m. Thursday, about 18 hours after four diesel locomotives derailed near West Vienna. Officials said investigators had not yet completed their inquiry into the derailment cause.
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Chicago and
Ilinois
West Vienna
Beckman
Model Cities agency board may have powers curtailed
Carbondale moves to shift health and child care programs from the Attucks Board of Governors to the citys human resources department under a plan discussed by Model Cities Director Robert Stalls and board chairman Benjamin Shepherd. The Attucks board would keep the youth program and face a reduced budget as federal block grants fund city controlled operations.
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Noreen Marcus
Attucks Board of Governors
Carbondale
Department of Human Resources
City Hall
Stalls
State Employment Service
Equal Opportunity Development Council
Arts and Crafts
Illinois Migrant Council
John A. Logan
Youth Service Bureau
Jackson County
Shepherd
Attucks Board
Carroll Fry
Fry
Eldon Gosnell
Citizens Community Development Steering Committee
CCDSC
Attucks
Northeast
New Citizens’ Group
Attucks School Board of Governors
Orginal Board
Carbondale Park District
Northeast Congress
Jackson‘Williamson Community Action Agency
Model Cities
University Services Division of
SIUC
Two Jonesboro friends die in U S 51 crash
Two motorcycles ridden by Jonesboro friends collided on U S 51 about midnight Thursday two miles north of Illinois 146 in Union County. Ronald E. Woolridge 18 died at Union County Hospital Anna after striking pavement. Mark A. Ivesay 18 survived in stable condition. Woolridge attended Anna Jonesboro High School and belonged to First Baptist Church. Funeral set for Sunday at Norris and Son Funeral Home with burial in Jonesboro Cemetery.
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Jonesboro
U.S. 51
Ronald E. Woolridge
North Acre Lane
Union County
Anna
Mark A. Ivesay
Illinois 146
Livesay
Woolridge
Mr. Woolridge
Anna-Jonesboro
First Baptist Church
Robert
Kathleen Smith Woolridge
Ronald. R. Woolridge
Ft. Campbell
Debbie Howerton
Cathy Woolridge
Maebelle Spurlock
Doris Smith
Scott City
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Billy Turner
Friends Smay
Funeral Home
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University of Illinois
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Rotary
SIU Edwardsville
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Ohio State University
University Union
Washington School
Remo Castrale
Castrale
Monroe Street
Cambria
Crainville
U.S. House
Joe Beckman
Model Cities Agency Board
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