Murphysboro Pool to Open After Repairs and Donations
The Murphysboro YMCA pool will open Monday with hours as posted, after delays caused by repairs and financing. Repairs include pool floor patching funded by a $7,500 Brown Shoe Co. gift and donated labor, with weekend filling planned and bathhouse work to finish. YMCA officials propose selling to the city or park district. officials consider outright sale and city operation, with future uptime to be decided after review.
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YMCA
Murphysboro
John Swift
The
Swift
Brown Shoe Co
Murphysboro Park District
Park District
State aid falls short for Marion school fund balance
Marion Unit Two School District reports an end of May educational fund balance of 409 222 the lowest in six years. State aid in June will be about 68 831 short. Elementary enrollment declined for the fourth straight year with average daily attendance down about 40 pupils while high school enrollment rose. The district plans to appoint Hilda Feurer as treasurer and unit agent for the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The board approves participation in next year South Seven Conference girls softball. Jefferson School addition for deaf students is underway. No accidents or insurance claims were reported for 1974 75 bus mileage.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Unit
A. C. Storme
Board of Education
Storme
Williamson County
Allen Cobb
Hilda Feurer
Janavee Fries
Sharles Jenkins
Feurer
Impress Fund
Marion
F. E. Holmes and Son Construction Co
Jefferson School
Jack Evans
Brandt
Illinois
SIUC
SIU
Kaskaskia College
Centralia
Illinois Community College Board
Kaskaskia
Rend Lake
Wabash Valley College
Mt. Carmel
Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg
Baker
Snyder
Carleton Apple
First Judicial Circuit public defender program to start by Sept 1
Judge William A. Lewis said the First Judicial Circuit public defender program should be operating by September 1. A 17 member advisory board, including county representatives, attorneys, and citizens, met to draft bylaws and set staffing. A $142,960 federal grant funds the effort as counties previously handled public defense.
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First Judicial Circuit
Public Defender
William A. Lewis
Anna
Lewis
Cairo
Car crashes into Marion mayor office car injures none
A car driven by Valdo Sewell 69 crashed into the front of Marion mayor Robert Butler’s law office at 201 S Market St after colliding with another car at 4 45 p m The impact knocked down a parking meter and damaged a plate glass window and door Mrs Sewell and Ronnie Bailey 28 of Route 4 Marion were not injured Police said visibility was obscured by a building and parked cars as she pulled into the path of Bailey’s car
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Marion
Robert Butler
S. Market St
Valdo Sewell
S. Buchanan St
Sewell
Ronnie Bailey
Area man loses hand in explosion at Murphysboro plant
Peter Hand, 48, of Route 3 Murphysboro, had his left hand amputated after an aluminum ingot exploded at the Consolidation Aluminum Co extrusion press at 2 55 p.m. He remained in intensive care at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, with another surgery expected Monday. Three other employees were treated for minor burns and released.
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Murphysboro
Consolidation Aluminum Co
Route 3
Peter Hand
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
SIU C faces 6 percent budget cut possible tuition rise
SIU Carbondale officials consider a 6 percent budget cut for next year about 3.8 million dollars. President Brandt warns salary increases may be cut and tuition raised if the cut sticks, while stressing not yet finalized.
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Brandt
SIU Board of Trustees
Rend Lake College weighs budget amid state cut fears
Rend Lake College faced uncertainty as Gov. Walker proposed a 6 percent state funding cut, leading trustees to table a balanced budget plan and delay a budget proposal. College president Snyder seeks direction while vice chair Baker warns cuts could force faculty salary stress and tighter finances.
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Daniel Walker
Rend Lake College
Walker
Rend Lake Trustees
Citizens Advisory Committee
James Snyder
Bly
Baker
Rend Lake
Snyder
House Appropriations Committee
Community College
Carbondale Lawyer Charles Feirich Dies at 88
Charles Edward Feirich whose law career spanned 68 years died Tuesday at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale aged 88. He led Feirich Feirich and Green and practiced before the U S Supreme Court in 1928. Survived by three sons a daughter nine grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. cremation followed brief memorial services.
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Charles Edward Feirich
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbonale
Feirich
Carbondale
Feirich, Feirich and Green Ltd
N. Almond St
Buffalo
N.Y
Charles A
Anna Kreinbring
Barr
Illinois Central Railroad
Alice Parkinson
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Feirich
Charles C
John K
James M. Feirich
Virginia Cunningham
John C. Feirich
Ben
Carbondale school boundary change eyed at public meeting
Carbondale Grade School District 95 board weighs moving 20 Parrish pupils to Lewis Intermediate to free space for Parrish library and special education facilities. If approved, this shift would reassign eight Parrish fourth graders, five fifth graders, and seven sixth graders to Lewis and affect class sizes district wide.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinois
Parrish
Carbondale
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Main St
Lewis
Lawrence Martin
Lewis and Lakeland
Murphysboro
Tri-County
Martin
Lakeland
James O’donnell
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Maurice McCann
Murphysboro Swimming Pool
Area Public Defender
Bar Association
Henry de Fiebre
Southern
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Warren W. Brandt
General Assembly
Springfield
House
By Gary Sosniecki
B. J
Skip’’ Witunski
Charles E. Feirich
John K. Feirich
Feirich & Feirich
United States
Paul Harris
Rotary Club
First United Methodist Church of
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Rigdon Street
Illinois Office of Education
Thomas and
Donald Tindall
Tindall
Ed Parrish Boundry
O’donnell
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