Expansions under way in four Southern Illinois towns hospitals
Area facilities see heavy use as expansions proceed. Carbondale Doctors Hospital will add 30 beds on three floors with a 2 million expansion, plus plans for 50 more beds later to reach 179. Herrin and Marion seek large upgrades funded by federal grants and bonds. Du Quoin Marshall Browning explores a 23 bed addition. Murphysboro St Joseph Memorial notes no near-term expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Hill- Burton
Helden Hospital
Herrin Hospital
Marion Memorial Hospite
Marion
Marshall Browning Hospital
DuQuoin
Ray W. Mullin
Ospital
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Mary Bede
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Inc
North Minors Avenue
North Wath Street
Herrin
T Walner Street
Carbondsis
Southern Mingisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daly Journe
Unity Point Board hires teacher and rejects housing aid
Unity Point Grade School Board Monday night hired Marlene Maintz of Lepanon as teacher and voted not to file for aid for pupils living in state owned housing. Superintendent Virgil Wheeles said Maintz's exact grade and salary are to be determined. The board will apply for regular state aid for all pupils, with potential adjustments depending on legislative changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Point
Marlene Maintz
Lepanon
Virgil Wheeles
Srade Maintz
Wheeles
Stray dog crackdown yields dozen of captures in Herrin
Police Chief Bill Humphrey announced a 30 day stray dog crackdown in Herrin resulting in 50 dogs picked up. The department logged over 100 complaints about roaming dogs and warned residents that dogs found roaming will be taken to the city dog pound, urging owners to keep pets tied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Bill Humphrey
Humphrey
Man Transferred From Carbondale to Duluth Forestry Unit
Edwin Kallio, project leader for the forest marketing research at the North Central Forest Experiment Station Carbondale unit on SIU campus, has been transferred to the Duluth Minnesota forestry research unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Kallio
North Central Forest Experiment Station
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Duluth, Minn
Fire calls Benton and Herrin with home and car incidents
Fire reports indicate a Monday incident south of Benton with heavy damage from wiring and no injuries. In Green, G. R. Hayes reports a car fire with no damage. At Herrin, 8:43 am today a MILANI farm home fire destroyed most interior and caused extensive roof damage.
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Benton
Man freed on bond in Murphysboro reckless homicide case
A Murphysboro man charged with reckless homicide in a highway fatality was released on a 2509 dollar bond Monday. Byrnes Morefield, 22, of Rt 2, posted a personal property bond and awaits a June 24 hearing. The charge, filed by State's Attorney Richard Richman, alleges Morefield’s negligent driving caused the June 13 crash on Route 149 near the west Murphysboro city limits that killed 29 year old David Cox of Rt 3 Murphysboro.
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Murphyzboro
Byrnes Morefield
Rt. 2
Morefield
Adv
Richard Richman
Murphysboro
David Cox
Rt. 3
Rt. 149
Cox
Penitentiary supervisor promoted to associate warden
Francis C Ranger of Marion federal penitentiary education staff is promoted to associate warden of Alderson reformatory in West Virginia. Rangers career began as a narcotic officer at Terre Haute in 1947 and includes posts in Ashland and Chillicothe Ohio Scugerville Texas and Marion. He served in the Navy 1942 to 1946 and holds multiple education degrees. He and his wife will lease their home on the penitentiary reservation in Alderson in mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis C. Ranger
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Alderson
W. Va
Ranger
Bureau of Prisons
Terre Haute
Ashland
Chillicethe
Ohio
Scugervile
Tex
Marion
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Ohio University
Indiana State Teachers College
University of Cincinnati
Southern Ilinois University
Navy
Correctional Education Association
Citizens Advisory
John A. Logan College
John A. Logan College. Mr. and Mrs. Ranger
Rural hospitals absorb funds while cities seek more aid
An Associated Press survey shows over 40 Hill-Burton aided hospitals in rural areas sit half empty, while urban centers plead for money. Idaho's St Alphonsus and Harlem Hospital cases illustrate uneven distribution amid Senate bids to rebalance aid and a House vote against changing the formula.
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James R. Polk
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
America
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Soda Springs
Idaho
Caribou County
Boise
St. Alphonsus Hospital
New York
Senate Health Subcommittee
Nixon Administration
House
Hill-Burton
Public Meetings Roundup In Southern Illinois
Rend Lake College Board and Rend Lake Conservancy District Board meet Tuesday at Mt. Vernon and Wood Building Benton respectively. Local city and school boards in Carbondale Anna and Cobden hold 7 to 8 p.m. meetings. Drive-Ins and cinemas list shows titles like 2001 A Space Odyssey, Run Angel Run, Tony Rome, and more. A Delta Regional Planning Commission zoning discussion occurs Wednesday at Egyptian, plus a farewell for SIU dean William J. McKeefery set for Monday in University Center Ball Room B.
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Rend Lake College Board
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Wood Building
Benton
Johnston City
Rodgers
Anna
The
Brotherhood
Campus
Angel
Riviera Drive-In
Orpheum
Marion
Marion’s
Murphysboro
Delta Regional Planning Commission
Alexander County
Foundations Readied for Carbondale Dwellings Move
The Carbondale Dwellings Association prepares the fifth of seven foundations in northeast Carbondale for moved houses from the Lincoln Neighborhood urban renewal project. Homes at Burlison and Marion Streets will relocate to Willow, Birch, Chestnut and Ashley Streets, with a seventh site pending. Eldon Gosnell, CDA chairman, says moves start in about a week to 16 days, completing foundations as other work continues. A small house at 314 East Ashley will be torn down. No buyers yet. eligibility rules to be set, prioritizing those displaced by the urban renewal. The CDA plans more similar projects.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Dwellings Association
CDA
Lincoln Neighborhood
Northeast
Burlison St
Marion St
E. Willow St
G. Birch St
Chestnut St
H. Ashley St
Eldon Gosnell
E. Ashley St
Gosnell
Crab Orchard Unit 3 hires three teachers at meeting
Crab Orchard Unit 3 School Board approved the hiring of two new teachers and one resignation. Ruth Brown resigned as elementary teacher. Evelyn Pool high school math ematics salary 5800 and Mary Kathryn McGinnis home economics salary 5600. Pool and McGinnis are Southern Illinois University graduates with one year and no experience respectively. Superintendent Stettler noted salaries follow the current schedule and board authorized bids for gas line and coal, Title I funds, fire and safety remodeling to meet code.
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Crab Orchard Unit 3
Ruth Brown
Evelyn Pool
Mary Kathryn McGinnis
Southern Illinois University Gradu
Ates
Pool
McGinnis
Gene Stettler
Stettler
Contractors Meeting Set Over Service Station Dispute
Representatives of Phillips 66 Gasoline Co plan to meet Wednesday with sub contractors in the construction of a new service station on new Route 13 in Marion The 11 sub contractors claim 25000 is owed for the work and pickedeted the site Saturday for under two hours They prefer out of court settlement and a definite answer is expected from Evansville Indiana and Herrin Illinois contacts on Wednesday
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Phillips 66 Gasoline Company
Rt. 13
Marion
Jim Davis
Bob Lane
Evansville
Ind
Bh] Reed
Herrin
Davis
G, and T, Construction Co
Tulsa
Okla
Look Over
Forgery charge filed against Faul Carl Schnitzer in Jackson County
Faul Carl Schnitzer, 30, of Buffalo New York, held in Jackson County jail on a $3,000 bond on forgery charges. He was picked up by Williamson County authorities and transferred to Jackson County in connection with a series of allegedly forged checks in the Carbondale area. Schnitzer had been living near Grand Tower. In a separate incident, about 45,000 chickens died in a fire at Stewart Egg Col near Rockford, with damages estimated at $175,000.
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Faul
Carl Schnitzer
Buffalo
N.Y
Jackson County
Schnitzer
Williamson County
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Stewart Egg Col
Rockford
Motors Swerve As Animals Cross Illinois Highways
Several drivers escaped injury after encounters with animals on Southern Illinois roads Monday. Vernon Spinner slowed for crossing ducks along Rt 3 near Chester and was rear-ended by John Mill. Kevin Mull hit a deer on Rt 13 near Carterville. David Watkins left the pavement on Rt 148 near Mt. Vernon and crashed into the woods. Everett Rieckenberg’s car overturned on Rt 4 near Murphysboro, with minor injuries and major vehicle damage.
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District 13
du Quoin
Vernon L. Spinner
Minnneapolis
Minn
Rt. 3
Chester
John H. Mill
Walmeyer
Kevin W. Mull
Westville
Ind
Rt. 13
Carterville
David J. Watkins
Wichita
Kansas
Rt. 148
Mt. Vernon
Watkins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Everett J. Rieckenberg
Cutler
Rt.4
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Hospital
Maejor
Robbery suspect asks hearing in Marion circuit court
Lee Bragg, 36, of 3 Court C Herrin, faced in Marion circuit court Monday on armed robbery, intimidation, and obscenity charges. He allegedly robbed the Herrin Chamber of Commerce office May 23 of 25 dollars at knife point, and secretary Ruth Ann Howell identified him. Bragg denied the act, claiming he was in Chester, while authorities say he sent obscene letters and made obscene calls to a Marion woman. Public Defender George Morgan was appointed after a Harrisburg attorney refused the case.
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Lee Bragg
Court C
Herrin
Marion
Lan Haney
Bragg
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Ruth Ann Howell
Chester
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Haney
George Morgan
Harrisburg
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Romney
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Durant Miss
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Terrell Carver
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Murphysborn
Southern Illnoisan
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Comarttien
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Murphysters
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