Carbondale Officers Lead In Police Training Scores
Corbondale Corporal William Rypkema topped the Harrisburg class and Carbondale Patrolman Michael Maurizio led the Marion class among 103 graduates in a 27 county program organized by Southern Illinois planning agencies. Mt Vernon Patrolman Ronald Almaroad of the Salem class had the highest overall score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Mt. Vernon
Tlinois
William Rypkema
Harrisburg
Michael Maurizio
Marion
Ronald Almaroad
Salem
IRS closes Carbondale construction firm over taxes
The Edgar Stephens and Sons Construction Co. in Carbondale has been closed by the Internal Revenue Service for failing to pay federal taxes totaling just over 119000 dollars. IRS liens were filed on Dec 19 for 56794 dollars for second quarter taxes, Feb 2 for 15319 dollars in fourth quarter withholdings and 1972 unemployment taxes, and Feb 9 for 46984 dollars for third quarter withholdings. Stephens said the firm has not defaulted on any road projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Stephens and Sons Construction Co
Carbondale
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Stephens
Fire Hits Carbondale Apartment Building
A Sunday night blaze at 605 S University Ave Carbondale forced evacuation of a two story building. Firemen estimate damages of 17000 with 12000 to the structure and 5000 to contents. No injuries reported. The fire may have started from an overheated electric hot plate in a rear second floor apartment. Building owned by Anastasios Karayiannis and brother John, insured to cover the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. University Ave
Carbondale
Allen Jackson
Jackson
Anastatios Karayiannis
John
Abortion ruling sparks varied hospital responses in Illinois
Southern Illinois hospitals react to the Supreme Court guidelines with plans to comply while many Catholic and nonCatholic facilities pledge nontherapeutic abortion limits. Administrators from St. Joseph’s Murphysboro, St. Clement’s Red Bud, Doctors Memorial Carbondale, Herrin, Franklin Benton, Pinckneyville, Marshall Browning Du Quoin, Union County Anna, Marion Memorial, Sparta, Chester Memorial, Carbondale Free Clinic, and others weigh policy changes, patient doctor relationships, and staff guidance as court decisions align Illinois law with federal rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood of Christ Order
John Taylor
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Taylor
Herrin Hospital
Larry Feil
Herrin
Federal
State Medical Society
Illinois Hospital Association
Medical Society and
Hospital Association
Illinois
Renato C. Souza
Marion Memorial Hospital
Nolan England
Souza
Carl G. Murphy
Sparta Community Hospital
Gerald Almond
Chester Memorial Hospital
State Supreme Court
Carbondale Free Clinic
Mark Pratt
Abortion Debate Spurs Court Ruling and Clinic Plans
Area report directs women to local agencies like Clergy Consultation and Rosemary Hawkes of Planned Parenthood for abortion arrangements if desired. Planned Parenthood Chicago may open a clinic next week using vacuum methods. Dr Allan Bennett calls the law change a step, framing abortion as a medical matter and emphasizing patient physician decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Hawkes
Planned Parenthood
Walker Defends Police Spending On Front Lines
Gov. Daniel Walker told 103 police graduates in Rend Lake College that funding will go to frontline officers rather than fancy gadgetry or research projects. He defended appointments to the corrections department and parole board, praised training, and recalled his Southern Illinois campaign walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Daniel Walker
Inay
Illinois
Walker
Rend Lake College
Salem
Marion
Harrisburg
Greater Egypt
Hus
David Fogel
State
John Nolan
Illinois Pardon and Parole Board
Fogel
Minnesota
Parole Board
Nolan
Wildcat mine walkouts resume in Illinois coal region
About 530 area miners in Shawneetown and Johnston City returned or were set to return to work after two separate wildcat strikes. At Eagle No. 2 mine in Shawneetown workers went underground on the 8 am shift while Orient No. 4 in Johnston City prepared for the 4 pm shift. A temporary restraining order forced a return to work for Local 1602 UMWA members, with contempt cited for noncompliance. The dispute included suspension of Leon Sullivan and a job posting fight over hoisting engineer credentials.
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Peabody Coal Co
Eagle No
Shawneetown
Freeman Coal Corp. Orient
Johnston City
Peabody
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
U. S. District Court
Benton
Leon Sullivan
West Frankfort
Sullivan
Don Miller
Carrier Mills
Miller
Dawes
Ety
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Orient No. 4
Orient
Freeman
Four Murphysboro buildings burglarized over the weekend
Thieves broke into the Montgomery Ward Catalogue Store, Montgomery Ward tire garden shop, the post office, and Harold W. Grob Motor Sales. Items from Ward stores totaled over 4000 dollars. post office losses were not confirmed. Grob Motor Sales cash and stamps were taken.
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Murphysboro
Motgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward
Post Office
Harold W. Grob
E. R. Tomlinson
N. 13Th St
Walnut St
Bill Loy
Loy
Harold W. Grob Motor Sales
Ex-area man shot to death in Albany home
Paul Angle Gentry County Sheriff said a man and his wife were shot in bed about 1 20 a m Saturday in Albany Missouri by an unknown slayer using a 12 gauge shotgun. The husband 38 died at Gentry County Memorial Hospital the wife is at KU Medical Center. Funeral services for the husband are planned in Nine Mile Baptist Church with burial in Antioch Cemetery. He had lived in Albany four years and was formerly of Du Quoin Illinois. He married Beulah Farthing in 1953 and was survived by his parents two sons and siblings.
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Feil
New York
Franklin Hospital
William W. LaMont
Benton
George Ranta
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Ranta
Ple
Southern Illinois
Sol Zlochower
New York City
ILEC
Moore
Illinois
Gov. Walker
Dan
Albany
Robert Dean Huffstutter
Paul Angle
Gentry County
Huffstutler
Gentry County Memorial Hospital
K.U .Medical Center
Kansas City
Angle
Huffstutlers
Interstate Livestock Producers Association
Nine Mile Baptist Church
du Quoin
M. Shawn DeMent
Antioch Cemetery
Neal
Nine Mile
Mr. Carrington
Massachusetts
Madeleine Ross Fortin
Fitchburg
Smith
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Marion
Albert Burratto
Oddfellows
Orchardists Vote Count Delayed In Illinois Program
Vote tally for a Illinois fruit marketing program was postponed due to staffing changes at the state Department of Agriculture. A tally committee including a director representative, a grower representative, and a neutral party will count ballots. The program would tax fruit growers with 500 or more trees to fund promotion of Illinois fruit.
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Illinois
State Department of Agriculture
Dwight Dunbar
Dunbar
Dan McGuire
Jackson County
Williamson County audit shows 240000 tax service charge held in escrow
An auditor reports for the year ending November 30 1972 shows a $240 000 receivable as a tax collection service charge. The county may owe this to taxing units if required to return funds. Five school districts threaten joint suit if funds are withheld. If charged, a deficit over $200 000 could result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Barras
Williamson County
Board of Commissioners
William J. Sinks
Union County
Sinks
Hurst water must be boiled after hydrant crash
Water pressure in Hurst dropped for five hours Sunday afternoon when Robert Gregory, 116 Seba Street, drove over a fire hydrant. Pressure restored by 6 30 p m. Boil water for drinking until EPA tests finish in two to three days amid Royalton plant repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst
Water Dept
Cleo Simpkins
Robert Gregory
Seba St
Simpkins
Royalton
EPA
Heavy fog crash kills two near Marion on Rt. 13
In dense fog about 12:20 a.m. on Rt. 13 two cars collided head on west of Rt. 148, killing Ralph W. Carrington of Du Quoin and Louise W. Smith of rural Marion. Two others, Joe Halderfield and Marsha Felts, suffered major injuries while James Thompson escaped unhurt. Carrington and Smith died at Marion Memorial Hospital. the eastbound lane was blocked for about an hour as police managed the scene. Funeral services are set for Carrington in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and for Smith in Marion, with details of burial and survivors listed.
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Rt. 13
Rt. 148
Ralph W. Carrington
S. Oak St
du Quoin
Louise W. Smith
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Joe A. Halderfield
Carrington
Sawyer
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Carbondale Police
Cpl
Joanne Wood
Henry DeFiebre
U.S. Supreme Court
District Court
Edwin A. Robson
Chicago
Robson
Texas
Ical
Ray Mullins
Marshall Browning Hospital
Shawneetown, Johnston City
Gray- Hunter-Stein
Harold Crain
Bay
Crain
Earl Jent
Rend Lake College, Inc
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