Nurses from four states enroll in SIU workshop
Nurses from four states joined Southern Illinois University in a nurse patient relations workshop co sponsored by the state and SIU. The session opened Monday with Catherine Norris of the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute directing the program. Attendees included Sadie Randall of Anna State Hospital Carol Jenny Phyllis Reynolds Lois Pollock Helen Huffman Oliver F Delai and Mary E Gillooly representing multiple Illinois facilities.
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Southern Iinois University
State
SIU
Catherine Norris
Illinois State Psychiatric Institute
Sadie Randall
School of Nursing
Anna State Hospital
Carol Jenny
Phyllis Reynolds
Holden Hospital
Car
Catching Slayer Contractor Honored Jerseyville Banquet
Louis Gorman a husky contractor who floored triple slayer James Gordon Palmer with a single punch and handed him to police received the silver Carnegie Hero Medal at a Jerseyville Chamber of Commerce banquet. Palmer, the man who killed three during holdups, had held a rifle on Gorman and seven others before Gorman struck. Palmer is serving 180 years for one murder.
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Jerseyville
Louis Gorman
James Gordon Palmer
John H. Self
Gorman
Palmer
Wayne Quick Appointed Heart Association Representative
Wayne Quick a field representative with the Illinois Heart Association has been assigned to service 15 southern Illinois counties including Perry Franklin Hamilton White Jackson Williamson Saline Gallatin Union Johnson Pope Hardin Alexander Pulaski and Massac. Quick a native of Searcy Arkansas previously worked for the Arkansas Heart Association and Mid South Gas in Little Rock. He sits on the Arkansas Heart Association board and has led fundraising and lay education efforts. He currently operates from Murphysboro with plans for an office in Carbondale.
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Wayne Quick
The
Illinois Heart Association
Illinois
THA
Quick
Searcy
Ark
Arkansas Heart Association
Perry, Franklin
Hamilton
White
Jackson, Williamson
Saline, Gallatin
Union
Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski
Massac
Mid- South Gas
Little Rock
Leo Allen Retires After Fourteen Congressional Terms
Illinois Republican leaders honor retiring Rep. Leo Allen of Galena as he leaves Congress after 14 consecutive terms. He was first elected from the 16th District in 1932. An open letter from Vice President Richard M. Nixon praises his leadership and support in the House.
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Washington
Illinois
Leo Allen
R-I
Allen
Galena
Ill
Ilinois
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
House
Continental Capers Theme Sets SIU Homecoming Parade
SIU plans Homecoming weekend in October 2022 with a Continental Capers theme. Events include SIU Normal football game parade queen coronation a symphony concert hospitality day for area bands and alumni gathering. Planning committee members Kathy Kimmel Rebecca Jeffries Gail Miller and Ron Vaskie coordinate European motif entries.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Kathy Kimmel
Rebecca Jeffries
Gail Miller
Carbondale
Ron Vaskie
Elkville
C and E I Seeks Merger Inclusion with B and O Plan
Chicago and Eastern Illinois President David C. Mathews announced plans to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to include the 862 mile line in any merger between Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio. The request follows the pending C and C exchange stock application with B and O.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
David C. Mathews
C&ei
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. and
Population decline hits Chester and Spar ta city
Chester reports a 17 percent population drop over ten years ending 1960, to 4,430 from 5,389 in 1950, amid the International Shoe Co. plant closure. Sparta shows a 4 percent decline to 4, with earlier counts tracing growth from 1910 to 1950.
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Chester
Census Bureau
Derrick Helmers
Randolph County
Sparta
Assessment Near in Williamson County Taxables Delayed
Assessment of personal property in Williamson County for 1961 taxes nears completion with two precincts in West Marion Township awaiting final tally. Supervisor Lou King said totals will be known in about a month as workers transfer valuations to tax books and prepare to extend rates with the county clerk.
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Williamson County
West
Marion
Lou King
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Mee
P. N. Hirsch & Co
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Oxford
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