Neighborly excavator plows paths for free in Murphysboro
Kenneth Moore Excavating Co. owner Kenneth Moore and his wife Wilma helped neighbors during harsh winter weather by clearing roads and driveways free of charge and even assisting with a five by five foot septic lagoon. Moore, 51, says he did what he could with the time and resources he had.
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Vicki Kirchoff
Southern Illinois
Kenny Moore
Kenneth Moore
Moore
Vera Ross
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Farmers send food to miners in Kentucky Central City
A caravan of Southern Illinois Missouri and Kentucky farm strike members delivered donated food to families of striking miners in Central City Kentucky. American Agriculture members called the act a Good Samaritan effort with no political motives.
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Ann Schottman
Southern
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Central City
American Agriculture
Bud Waller
Waller
Missouri American Agriculture
Washington
United Mine Workers
Cairo
Colorado
Wisconsin
California
Idaho
United States
Georgia
Campbell
Missouri and
Union County
Ronnie Goddard
Goddard
Pine birds threaten Cobden water supply prompt city aid
Cobden residents face half a million red winged blackbirds roosting in 6,000 pines on a leased farm. health and water concerns rise as spores could form after three years. YACC workers will thin two thirds of trees to deter roosting, funded by federal labor programs at about $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Cobden
John Crowell
Joe McSpadden
State Fish and Wildlife
Ron Ogden
Crowell
McSpadden
Illinois
Young Adult Conservation Corps
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
YACC
Jim Russo
Cobden Fire Dept
U. S. Dept. of Labor
Congress
Russo
TriCounty Health Service
Tri- County
Walt Parks
North America
Ogden
Northern
Audean Driskell
Alfred Hitchcock
Murphysboro Meeting Postponed Due to Basketball Wins
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 and the Murphysboro City Council postponed a joint session on the new high school entrance road. The session was set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday but was moved as the high school basketball team won games against Herrin and Carbondale, drawing officials to the regional tournament and changing priorities. The district plans to reconvene later and then hold its next regular meeting on March 11 at Walnut and 9th Streets.
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Murphysboro Unit
Mrphysboro City Council
Herrin
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Centralia
West Frankfort
James Blackwood
Walnut
9Th Streets
Blackwood
Percy man found dead from furnace fumes in home
Clarence H Bierman 66 of Percy died from carbon monoxide fumes when a furnace exchanger clogged causing fumes to reenter the house. His wife Ruby 58 was found unconscious but listed in satisfactory condition. An inquest is planned. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Clarence H. Bierman
Percy
Ruby
Sparta Community Hospital
Randolph County
Gary McClure
Two inmates flee Vienna prison during check in
State police search statewide for two Vienna Correctional Center inmates who walked away from the minimum security prison Sunday. Danny W. Miller 24 Chicago and Paul M. Byers 20 Waukegan were last seen at a 7 30 p m check before a movie. Footprints suggest a pickup waiting outside as authorities expand the search beyond the prison grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Correctional Center
Danny W. Miller
Chicago
Paul M. Byers
Waukegan
Donald Hood
Miller
Byers
Hood
Vienna
SIU C dean cleared of discrimination in trial
A three day U S District Court Benton trial found Elmer J Clark dean of the SIU C College of Education and John Cody former department chair not guilty of sex discrimination in not renewing Dolores Muhich for a second contract A jury of six returned the verdict Muhich who taught at SIU C from August 1970 to June 1971 plans to seek a new trial and declined further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C Department
U.S. District Court
Benton
Dolores Muhich
Carbondale
SIUC
Siu-C
Carbondale Board Candidate Altekruse Files for Election
Incumbent Carbondale Elementary School District 95 trustee Michael Altekruse filed to run for a three year term in the April 8 election. His current term along with Linda Brandon’s expires in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Michael Altekruse
Alterkruse
Linda Brandon
Heath plans showplace golf course for SIU-C campus
Richard J. Heath says SIU Carbondale will gain a public 18 hole course on 240 acres with a 40 year lease and a lodge condo complex. He projects a $4 to $5 million total value, a profitable venture, and aims for a showplace that will make the university the envy of other schools.
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Heath
SIUC
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Richard J. Heath
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Oak Meadow Country Club
Evansville
Ind
Siu-C
Illinois
SIU
Oak Meadow
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Thompson
Carter
James R. Thompson
Wilma
Illinois 127
Moores
Joe Jines
William Fry
Department of Agriculture
Dhief
Newphew
McClure
Mr. Bierman
Wilson Funeral Home
Steeleville
Carbondale Board
Altekruse
Heath Candy Co
Robinson
U of I
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