Norge Co Extends Vacations at Herrin Plant
Norge Co workers at Herrin extend annual vacation to four weeks due to large washer and dryer inventories. About 500 idle in May, 300 of 1,100 workers inventorying this week while 50 to 100 stay for maintenance and projects. Plant remains in Herrin with 1,350 employees. no plans to move or sell.
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Norge Co
Herrin
Southern Illinois
Robert L. Chaplin
Chaplin
Norge
Cording
John Nicholas
Illinois State Employment Service
Harrell rejects $25,000 settlement offer from SIU-C
Robert B. Harrell, the only one of 104 SIU-C fired in 1973 to not settle, refused a $25,000 offer to resolve his November 1975 suit seeking cash and reinstatement. He noted the amount equals a 1974 offer and is now worth less after legal costs.
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Harrell
SIUC
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Robert B. Harrell
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Jackson County
Siu-C
University
Siugc Aaup
SIU Bargaining Suit Moves to Jackson County
The Faculty Association for Collective Bargaining of the Illinois Education Association sued the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. It seeks to bar executive sessions on collective bargaining matters and to determine if personnel deliberations are exempt from the state public meeting law. The venue shift to Jackson County followed the board’s request, due to its principal office there.
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Harrell
Univesity
Madison County
Jackson County
American Association of University Professors
AAUP
Are Siu-C
Faculty Association
Illinois Education Association
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Madison
Jackson
Execu
SIU
John Huffman
Showers Forecast Continue Across Southern Illinois
A band of thundershowers moved through Union Jackson Perry and Randolph counties this morning bringing relief to dry lawns. .37 inch fell at Carbondale airport in about 20 minutes. More scattered showers likely through Sunday with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and lows mid 60s.
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Union
Jackson
Perry
Randolph
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Biewald
Mt Carbon public housing to get summer improvements
Mt Carbon units east of Murphysboro will receive modernization totaling 35009 with a 50000 grant from HUD. Jackson County Housing Authority plans priorities including parking, court resurfacing, lighting, window locks, pipe insulation, speed bumps, painting, and new playground equipment for girls.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Mt. Carbon
Murphysboro
Housing Authority
James Seed
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Seed
Red Bud housewife slain in home as children slept nearby
Coroner Kenneth Bede of Monroe County identified Shirley Huskey, 29, as the Red Bud woman found with an apparent neck stab wound in her home. Body discovered Wednesday. No suspects in custody.
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Red Bud
Kenneth Bede
Monroe County
Shirley Huskey
Bede
Bodé
Vision by Joseph Arimond reveals a hidden cataract discovery
Carbondale optometrist James Hetzel believed a speck on a contact lens was the culprit. Using a Radiuscope he saw a dark area on the lens and realized he was viewing his own cataract for the first time. He notes he had a cataract for years but could not see it clearly until now.
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Joseph Arimond
Carbondale
James Hetzel
Hetzel
Optometric Weekly
Gary L. Renier
D.D
Optometrist Spots Own Cataract Using Radioscope Hetzel Technique
Carbondale optometrist Hetzel reports seeing his own cataract via a Radioscope mirror setup. The method, now called the Hetzel Technique, lets patients view cataracts to understand their eye problems and prompt timely ophthalmic care.
Cobalt clinic opens near Carterville serving Southern Illinois
Dr. Thomas A. Minetree opens Bethesda Medical Center on Illinois 13 to provide cobalt treatment for Southern Illinois. The center features a 1.2 million volt unit, a 25 inch concrete shielded room, teleview intercom and plans for eight doctors offices and a pharmacy.
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O. R. Walley
Bethesda Medical Center
Illinois 13
Carterville
Thomas A. Minetree
Minetree
Illinois
Bethesda
Jesus
U.S. Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Herrin Hospital
Carbondale Doctors Hospital
West Frankfort Union Hospital
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Murphysboro St. Joseph Hospital
Union County Hospital
Anna
Anna State Hospital
Siuc Medical School
Poplar Bluff, Mo
Univer
Pinckneyville
Vernon
Shawneetown
Metropolis
Murphysboro
Jean Marlow
Energy
West Frankfort CB Jamboree Draws 1500 Attendees
Citizen Band radio fans from the Midwest are expected to attend a Sunday jamboree at the West Frankfort National Guard Armory. Clyde Campbell of Benton and David Brasher of Benton are among the hosts. Proceeds benefit the Wit and Wisdom Center to fund a senior transportation van. Door prizes and a 200 silver dollar first prize will be awarded. Tickets are sold for the main prizes with no admission charge.
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Citizen Band
Midwest
National Guard Armory
West Frankfort
Clyde Campbell
Benton
David
Lucky” Brasher
Wit and Wisdom Center
Lena Benning
Project Council For the Center
Campbell
California
New York
Fay
Queen of Hearts
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Bethesda Clinic
Ed Greer
Committee A
Wis
Ed Biewald
Butch Nevious
Cobalt
Southern
Sity
Missouri
Columbia
University of Arkansas Medical School
Little Rock
University of Arkansas Medical Center
American Board of Radiology
Memphis
St. Louis
Paducah
Cape Girardeau
Centralia
Dr. Minetree
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