Rend Lake College seeks return of state funds for mining building
Rend Lake College board seeks $229000 from the Capital Development Board held for a mining technology building on the Ina campus. The board argues CDB standards add costs and are unnecessary and moves to proceed without CDB approval. If not returned, the college may sue. the project aims to house labs, classrooms, and work areas with a shell estimate of 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake College Board
State Capital Development Board
CDB
Inn
Allen Y. Baker
Larry Lipe
W. Travis Martin
Baker
Martin
Charles Davis
Rend Lake
Davis
Ilinois Community College Board
ICCB
Illinois Board of
McClure Named Ausmus Quits Board in Bend Lake
Ausmus resigned Tuesday from Bend Lake College Board to start a Texas business and has moved to Longview making him ineligible. Joseph A. McClure Jr., Mt. Vernon businessman, was appointed to fill the vacancy until 1977 election. McClure, 53, leads TRIPCO Inc and left eight years on Mt. Vernon District 80 school board after an attorney general opinion declared a spouse employed by the district created a conflict of interest.
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O. K. Ausmus
Bend Lake College
Texas
Joseph A. McClure Jr
Mt. Vernon
McClure
Tripco, Inc
Rend Lake transfers top state GPA survey
The Illinois Community College Board reports Rend Lake College transfer students achieve an average 3.0 GPA at four year institutions, higher than the state average 2.6. Before transferring Rend Lake students averaged 2.4, below the pre transfer state average of 2.8. The follow up study examined 1973 transfer students from all Illinois community colleges.
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Rend Lake College
Illinois Community College Board
Rend Lake
Illinois
SIUC panel calls for faculty input in a financial emergency
A committee at Southern Illinois University Carbondale recommends how to act if a financial emergency is declared, emphasizing faculty involvement and information sessions. The 12 page report proposes employee briefings and periodic reviews to catch budget problems early, and it may not be released publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendy de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lewis E. Hahn
Warren W. Brandt
SIUC
Doctors Out, Memorial Hospital Of Carbondale In
The Carbondale facility drops the word Doctors from its name while reaffirming it remains a 129 bed hospital. Memorial Hospital of Carbondale is now the non profit entity serving the community with revenues reinvested in patient care and a small board of physicians.
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Doctors Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Maroney
Doctors
Jack Barrow
John Lewis
Leo Brown
John Taylor
Carbondale Clinic
Holden Hospital
County superintendent makes it official Logan Grade School condemned
Williamson County Superintendent Leslie McCollum condemned Logan Grade School saying the 74 year old building is unusable after an architect confirmed structural deterioration. The district considers housing options, seeks a CDB grant for a new school, and plans continued meetings to address payroll and funding gaps.
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Wanda Harris
Southern Illinoisan
Logan
Marion Community Unit
Williamson County
Leslie McCollum
Board of Education
William R. Thompson
Thomson Associates of
Troy
McCollum
Thompson
Amy Temple returns to St Louis hospital after relapse fears
Eight year old Amy Temple of Carbondale was flown to St Louis Children’s Hospital after a high fever and vomiting returned. Doctor William Hamilton said the patient, listed as critical but stable, is being tested to determine if a relapse of leptospirosis or another illness is causing her renewed symptoms. The infection is carried by animals, especially rodents, and has no cure.
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Amy Temple
Amy
W. Sycamore St
Carbondale
Trauma
St. Louis Childrens Hospital
William Hamilton
Hamilton
Carbondale board may recall teachers
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 may recall up to six of 13 teachers laid off in 1976-77 as the board meets Thursday. President Donald Tindall said attrition and finances drive the plan while two teachers have retired and two or three more may resign. The board will also consider John Barbre Jr. as the district’s new business manager. Barbre, 46, is currently a Carmi Unity teacher with 19 years as an elementary superintendent and three as a business manager.
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Carbondale
Board of Education
Donald Tindall
Tindall
George Edwards
John Barbre Jr
Carmi
Barbre
Carmi Unity
Group urges rail fix to ease Anna traffic tieup
About 100 residents led by James Fuller of Anna urged the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to build an overpass or underpass along the line near Anna. Fuller identified west of town near the block house as favorable for a cost efficient underpass. Freight trains daily block traffic 30 to 45 minutes and the council agreed to involve railroad officials and the highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Anna
James Fuller
Fuller
Highway Department
English visitors marvel at Carbondale precincts and hours
Edith Orridge Mary Lee and Ada Twinkie Johnson describe England's Nottingham and Coventry as they tour Carbondale. They compare precincts and shopping hours remarking on long weekend openings while noting English castles statues and the Peeping Tom clock. The visitors discuss work hours and cigarette allowances and comment on American direct dialing versus overseas operators.
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Joseph Arimond
Edith Orridge
Mary Lee
Carbondale
England
Coventry
Nottingham
Ada
Johnson
Walnut St
Mrs. Lee
Charles
Lee
National Health Service
Orridge
John Player and Sons
America
Ronald Reagan
British Broadcasting Co
Ada Johnson
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Evergreen Park
Susan
Emerald Lane
George Nadaf
Rend College
Ausmus
Longview
Tex
Siuc ‘Financial Emergency
Brandt
New York
David R. Derge
Siu-C
Lesar
Siu-C School of Law
Lon R. Shelby
College of Liberal Arts
Ing Board of Southern Illinois Health Services
Memorial Hospital
Ben Gelman
Marion
A.C. Storme
William Parker
Illinois Capital Development Board
Washington
Illinois Office of Education
CDE
St. Louis Hospital
Carbondale Board
Barbie
Star
Twinkle
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