Hospitals challenge HEW loss of Medicare eligibility
Franklin Hospital Benton and five Illinois peers sue HEW in Chicago alleging due process violations. The suit claims HEW terminated Medicare eligibility without prior notice or hearing while noting JCAH accreditation remains valid. Other defendants include Decatur Memorial Hospital Iroquois Memorial Watseka Kirby Montreal Perry Memorial Princeton St. Joseph Highland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McKillop
Franklin Hospital
HEW
McKillop
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
JCAH
College of Surgeons
The
College of Physicians
American Hospital Association
David Silvestri
Chicago
Silvestri
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Iroquois Memorial Hospital
Watseka
John and Mary E. Kirby Hospital
Montreal
Perry Memorial Hospital
Princeton
St. Joseph Hospital
Highland
Acupuncture gains traction in Illinois doctors
Mrs. Cluck of Galatia reports relief from arthritis after acupuncture by Dr. Frank Skaggs in Harrisburg. Dr. Odum in Anna and others discuss needles pulses and theory, noting benefits for arthritis and preventive potential while calling for regulation and safe practice.
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Venetia
Galatia
China
Cluck
Frank Skaggs
Mrs. Clucks
Skaggs
College of Chinese Acupuncture
United Kingdom
Chinese College of Acupuncture
Illinois Medical Society
Dick Ott
Ott
Donald Odum
Anna
Odum
James C. Kinkaid
Korea
United States
Illinois
Boundary change approved to shift students to Lewis School
Carbondale Grade School District 95 approved a boundary change by a 5 to 2 vote to move about 20 Parrish students to Lewis School starting September. The plan aims to relieve Parrish overcrowding while preserving small increases in class size, with reorganized library and special education space at Lewis and new staffing.
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Noreen Marcus
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Board of Education
Lewis
Parrish
Lewis School
Parrish School
Donald Tindall
Michael Altekruse
Linda Brandon
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Rigdon Street
Brandon
Laurence Martin
Altekruse
John Philby
Lincoln Junior High School
Springmore
Tindall
Illinois Office of Education
Thomas and
Lakeland
Martin
Thomas and Lakeland
Winkler School
Murphysboro
Jackson
Union
Perry
Tri-County Education Unit
Sandy Warren
Lewis and Lakeland
Murphysboro gets $348,200 EPA grant for sewer work
Murphysboro officials announced the EPA has approved a $348,200 grant for sewerage treatment plant work long halted by a 1973 fund freeze. Mayor Michael Bowers and State Rep. Bruce Richmond cited completion progress and said funds will reduce city water and sewer debt. The second phase of line expansions remains unfinished.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
Bruce Richmond
Springfield
Bowers
Water and Sewage Commission
HUD clears questioned loans in Carbondale
HUD clears more than 30000 in Carbondale loans though 55000 remains as final funding for Model Cities. Four audit findings stay unresolved risking program cuts after June 30. City Manager Fry proposes an advisory board on minority loans under the block grant plan, to tighten disbursement controls for 2.9 million in funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Carroll Fry
Model Cities
Department of Human Resources
Economic Opportunity and Development Corp
EODC
Jean Kleist
Chicago
John Womick
Womick
Fry
Attucks board approves new program direction
The Attucks Board of Governors agreed to support the Carbondale City Council plan for the board under the community development block grant program starting July. It directs youth and caseworker activities and social services at the Emma C. Hayes Center and may oversee an arts program if funded. The board seeks to protect employee seniority and leave when transfers occur and opposes treating transferred staff as new hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attucks Board of Governors
Carbondale City Council
Emma C. Hayes
E. Willow St
Benjamin Shepherd
Robert Stalls
Stalls
Model Cities
Attucks
Shepherd
Carbondale Man Detained After DUI and Desertion Charge
Larry Sanders 24 of Carbondale admitted drinking after stopping for weaving on East Main Street. He was ticketed for driving while intoxicated then found with a loaded .32 revolver under the seat and charged with unlawful use of a weapon. Federal desertion charges from Fort Ord were confirmed six years later, and Sanders was to be transferred to military police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Larry Sanders
Ambassador
Danny Street
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Mike Maggio
Sanders
East Main Street
Maggio
East Walnut Street
Fort Ord
Calif
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ft. Leo
Nard Wood
Don White
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Medicare
Jim Sackett
Franklin
ICAH
Illinois Dept. of Public Health
Wanda Barras
Harrisburg
Odums
George Hutson
Carrier Mills
Dr. Odum
Mrs. Hutson
Attucks Board
Oks
Maggie
Plaza
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