SIU appoints four new vice presidents and dean at Carbondale
The SIU board created four new vice presidencies and named three incumbents to new posts. Willis Malone becomes executive vice president and provost for academic affairs, Danilo Orescanin is vice president for administration and campus treasurer, Dick Mager is vice president for development and services, and George Mace is named dean of students.
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Southern Illinois
Carbondale
SIU Board of Trustees
Vaca
David R. Derge
Willis Malone
Danilo Orescanin
Dick Mager
Mager
George Mace
David D
Board of Trustees
Malone
Three Die in Mt. Vernon Route 15 Head-On Crash
A Friday evening head-on collision on Route 15 seven miles east of Route 460 near Mt. Vernon killed Harold Leo Boldwyn Jr., 25, his wife Karen 24, and their 11-year-old daughter Noelle, all of Mt. Vernon. Charles Holcomb, 35, of Wayne City, driving east in the passing lane, caused the crash and was hospitalized with major injuries and ticketed for wrong lane usage. The Boldwyn family will be laid to rest at Huie Pulley Funeral Home with services Tuesday at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois
du Quoin
Harold Leo Baldwyn Jr
Karen
Noelle
Rt. 15
Rt. 460
Charles Holcomb
Wayne City
Baldwyn
Holcomb
Good Samaritan Hospital
Boldwyns
Huie Pulley Funeral
Boldwyn
Ramada Inn
Peoria
Harold Leo Boldwyn Sr
Frances Irvin
Crystal Lake
Karen Etta Groves
Irvington
Shirley Boldwyn
Randolph
Scott
Fort Rogers
Jerry King
Northeast Congress names 12 representatives for Carbondale
Twelve representatives were elected to Carbondale's Northeast Congress on Saturday with two runoffs possible to break a tie. Voter turnout reached 316 as adults young adults and teens were chosen across Areas I to V including Irene Hayden Helen Jones Alber ta Blythe Joyce Kenner Bryant Fred Miller Ima Valentine Marcella Robertson Carmen Gibbs Phyllis Camden Glenice Toliver Robin Vinson and Regene Dentman among those named.
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Carbondale
Northeast Congress
Irene Hayden
Helen Jones
Alberta Blythe
Zegory Scott
Michael Scott
Joyce Kenner Bryant
Fred Miller
Ima Valentine
Marcella Robertson
Carmen Gibbs
Phyllis Camden
Glenice Toliver
Robin Vinson
Regene Dentman
Summer events at Du Quoin Fairgrounds include auto races
Hayes Fair Acres Trio plans July 1 and 2 junior rodeo co sponsored by Kin kaid Posse and Junior Rodeo Association at 4 p.m. On July 4 Blockbuster 50 auto races attract $7 660 prize and a dusk fireworks show. A July 23 football camp under Vern Pollock precedes the Aug 26 10 day fair featuring Charlie Pride Johnny Cash Bob Hope Vikki Carr and David Cassidy.
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du Quoin Fairgrounds
Hayes Fair Acres Trio
Kinkaid Posse and
Junior Rodeo Association
Dick Poe
Marion
Vern Pollock
Pollock
Carbondale Community High School
Pic
Charlie Pride
Johnny Cash
Bob Hope
Vikki Carr
David Cassidy
Soft drink spill after truck door opens on Rt 13
A delivery truck door apparently opened on old Route 13 at Route 57 early Saturday spilling thirty cases of soda totaling 720 bottles onto a ramp. Police and crew cleaned up the broken glass. the Marion police noted no injuries and all mines reported working Monday.
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Rt. 13
Rt. 57
Marion
SIU to Trim Computer Spending Across Campuses
SIU will cut total computing expenditures by about one third next year as ordered by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The Edwardsville budget falls from 684 000 to 449 000 and Carbondale from 1.7 million to 1.2 million, with staff reductions and new compact systems.
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Southern Illinois University
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Edwardsville
Carbondale
Board of Trustees
Kondale
SIU
Information Processing
BHE
Trustees approve SIU raises across campuses
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees authorized total salary increases of 2,734,624 for 1972-73, allocated as 1,877,657 to Carbondale, 824,209 to Edwardsville, and 32,758 to the Board Office, with amounts for faculty administrative units and Civil Service staff split across campuses. Edwardsville totals include 599,183 for faculty administrative units and 225,026 for Civil Service, plus 19,239 and 13,519 for Board Office respectively.
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Southern Ilinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Edwardsville
Board of Trustees
Civil Service
SIU
Gray secures federal funds for Mt Vernon building and Carbondale park
President Nixon signed a bill granting final approval for a $1 million Mt Vernon federal building to be financed by private capital and repurchased by the government. The measure also authorizes 4.5 acres in Carbondale for a city park and lists $55.1 million for 11 Southern Illinois flood control water supply and recreation projects.
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Richard Nixon
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale
Congressman Gray
House Appropriations Committee
Illinois
Gray
Congress
Public Works
Mt. Vernon Federal Building
Main Street
Broadway Avenue
6Th Street
7Th Street
Fields
Federal Gov
Plant addition Anna gets $153 650 for sewer project
A 153 650 anti pollution bond act grant was awarded to the City of Anna for a wastewater treatment project raising total estimated cost to 776 600. Fifty five percent will be from a federal grant and 20 percent from the city with the project adding a three stage treatment system. Rep Clyde Choate delivered the grant offer and the state aid under the 1970 act brings total pledged aid to 79 188 300 for sewage treatment improvements.
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City of
Anna
Dale Denny
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Boza Award Presented to Outstanding SIU VTI Grad
John F. Bills of Marissa received the first Daniel Boza Award for scholastic and artistic excellence as top graduate in commercial graphics design at Southern Illinois University Vocational-Technical Institute. The honor, named after a longtime VTI instructor, was presented by his widow Gertrude Boza of Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Bills
Marissa
Daniel Boza
Southern Illinois University Vocational-Technical Institute
VTI
Gertrude Boza
Carterville
Economy measures approved by Zeigler-Royalton Board
Zeigler-Royalton School Board approved measures to cut 21000 in expenditures next year after forming an economy committee in May. Savings come from freezing salaries until Aug 1, eliminating six noon hour helpers, removing a library aide, overtime adjustments, and shortening the homemaking teacher’s contract. Negotiations with the education association start Monday.
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Zeigler-Royalton
Roy Belcher
Zeigler-Royalton Education Association
Supt. Belcher
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Orescania
Orescanin
SIUC
Kathereen Martin
Christine Groves
Noelle Rene Baldwyn
Ily
Huie Pulley
Kenneth Knoblock
Red Bud
Oakwood Cemetery
Washington
Degognia
Fountain Bluff
Jackson County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Rend Lake
Kaskaskia River
Dog Island
Corps
Saline River
Gallatin County
Big Muddy River Basin
House Public Works Committee
Ilinois
U.S. Postal Service
East Carbondale
Penney’s Department Store
Boza
Herrin Hospital
S. 14Th St
W. &. Snyder Construction Co. Inc. of
Herrin
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