Water district urges conservation amid low pressure and boil orders
High water use and hot dry weather trigger conservation calls across Kinkaid Lake system and related districts. Carbondale plant issues 24 hour boil orders for South Highway Buncombe Crab Orchard Lakeland and SIU Carbondale area after a Grand Avenue Wall Street pipe break. Elkville remains under boil advisory as pressure dips below EPA limits. Fligor notes storage shortfalls and ongoing repairs, with no relief expected soon.
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Kinkaid Lake
Elkville
Carbondale
South Highway
Buncombe
Crab Orchard
Lakeland
Southern
Ilinois University-Carbondale
Main Street
Illinois Avenue
Grand Avenue
Wall Street
Jim Swaze
South Highway Water District
David Fliger
Kinkaid Lake Conservancy
Fliger
Fligor
Kinkaid
Murphysboro
Mardale
de Soto
Ava
Campbell Hill
Willisville
Ekville
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
SIU law school money OKd by House vote
The House approved a $7.6 million appropriation for a Southern Illinois University Carbondale law school building by a 106-39 vote and sent the measure to Gov. James Thompson. Rep. Richard Hart said accreditation hinges on immediate construction and that groundbreaking could occur within a year, while opponents questioned the need for another law school in southern Illinois.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
James Thompson
Richard Hart
D-Benton
Hart
Bruce Richmond
D-Murphys
Southern
Illinois
Law School
Carbondale
SIU Medical School
Three year old rides rabbit in Dowell visit
Three year old Theresa Wager of Virginia rode an artificial summer rabbit found in Du Quoin during a visit to her aunt Nancy McMurray of Dowell. The item was part of a summertime fun display marking the first day of summer.
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Theresa Wager
Virginia
du Quoin
Theresa
Nancy McMurray
Dowell
Contract awarded for new mine near Harrisburg Illinois
A St. Louis firm awarded the first phase of an underground coal mine near Harco. Gunther-Nash Mining Construction Co. to build a slope and airshaft, under general contractor Midwest Mining and Construction Co. Production expected by mid 1980, employing 400 miners and yielding 1.2 million tons annually for Kansas City Kansas utilities and Sikeston Missouri. Bids for later stages to come in 18 months. Mine operated by Kenellis Energies, subsidiary of Morris Coal Co., with project manager William Orton and project engineer Buddie R. Morris II. Gilbert Engram serves as VP and COO for both Midwest and Kennelis.
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St. Louis Construction
Harco
Gunther-Nash Mining Construction Co
Midwest Mining and Construction Co
Harrisburg
Western Fuels Association
Galatia
Illinois 13
Kansas City
Kan
Sikeston
Kenellis Energies
Morris Coal Co
Marion
William Orton
Buddie R. Morris II
Gilbert Engram
Johnston City
Midwest
Kennelis
Miners Waive Jury in Metropolis Demonstration Trial
Eleven Southern Illinois coal miners from the United Mine Workers of America waive jury trial and will face consolidated trials Monday in Massac County Circuit Court Metropolis. The cases arise from a December 14 protest at the Cook Coal Terminal during a nationwide strike. The terminal owner AESC is pursuing a $2.25 million suit in Massac County Court.
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Southern Illinois
Metropolis
United Mine Workers of America
Alexander County
Robert Landsen
Massac County
Landsen
Stephen Spomer
Charles Geittmann
Geittmann
Cook
UMW
David Johnson
Ambulance system adds MAST anti shock trousers
Jackson County ambulance program will adopt Medical Anti Shock Trousers to treat major bleeding. Patrick Voorheis says two suits are on hand with three more. training to begin and unit use to start within a month. The system aims to restore blood pressure by shunting blood to the core. An IV replacement project is planned next.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Patrick Voorheis
Medical Board of Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Voorheis
Firecracker blast injures 13 year old in Herrin
A 13 year old Herrin youth named Todd Elliott of 2020 W Monroe St sustained serious injuries when a firecracker placed in a 55 gallon barrel exploded in the Sunnyside area. He was struck in the face by the lid, clothes ablaze, and unconscious when rushed to Herrin Hospital ICU by ambulance.
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Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Todd Elliott
W. Monroe St
Sunnyside
Iffert Family Welcomes Bergland on Southern Illinois Farm Visit
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland tours a 715 acre Du Quoin area farm as part of a one day Southern Illinois swing at the invitation of Rep. Paul Simon. John and Mary Iffert and their children prepare for the visit with chores and a community lunch. The Ifferts hope to discuss cattle import quotas and price effects while Bergland meets other farmers in Mount Vernon and Breese.
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Charles Roberts
Associated Press
John Iffert
Carter
du Quoin
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Iffert
Southern
Illinois
Bergland
Paul Simon
Ccarbondale
Simon
Washington
Mount Vernon
Clinton County
Breese
Salaries lag at SIU Carbondale in AAUP report
The AAUP 1977 78 study shows SIU Carbondale teaching pay trails national averages and peers University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and Northern Illinois University across all ranks. Full professors average 24 500 at SIU C versus 26 420 nationally. Male salaries exceed female ones across ranks.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Illinois
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Northern Illinois University
Illinois Board of Higher Education
AAUP
Siu-C
NIU
U of I
SIUKC
SIU C
Siu
Murphysboro unit to build tennis courts
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board approved four tennis courts and surrounding blacktop at the high school. Low bid of 34,000 from E T Simonds Co of Carbondale plus previously approved blacktop work brings total project to 168,930. Work to be finished this summer. summer high school courses set as history government driver training and physical education.
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Murphysboro Unit
Board of Education
E.T. Simonds Co
Carbondale
Simonds
Unit 186
Carruthers Middle School
Division
22Nd Streets
Fire damages old depot in Zeigler
A vacant Missouri Pacific depot on Birch Street near South Main in Zeigler was damaged by fire Tuesday. Smoke drifted over downtown as tar on the roof burned. The fire began about 3:25 p.m. the cause is undetermined. The building had been unoccupied for years. Damages not estimated.
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Missouri Pacific
Birch Street
South Main Street
Zeigler
Fire destroys 1976 four wheel drive vehicle
A 1976 four wheel drive vehicle owned by Brad Willard of West Frankfort was destroyed by fire early today. Firemen were called at 6 40 a m to a spot six miles east of West Frankfort on the Number Nine Blacktop. They said the blaze was apparently caused when the carburetor backfired. No damage estimate was available.
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Brad Willard
West Frankfort
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American Association of University Professors
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