SIU students urged to vaccinate before spring break
SIU Carbondale health officials warn college students heading to Florida and Texas or staying on campus that measles exposure is likely during spring break. Vaccinations are available for one dollar at Health Service. officials emphasize shots for those born after 1956 or unsure of their immunization status to reduce outbreak risk.
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Southern Illinoisan College
Florida
Texas
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Sam McVay
Health Service
SIUC
Southern Sunshine
McVay
Principia College
Eliah
Boston College
Ohio Stae University
OSU
England
Sierra Leone
Siu-C
SIU
YMCA Facility Deal Seals Takeover by Park District
The park district will reopen the YMCA site after taking over day care operations on June 15 and restructuring finances to fund improvements. Payments total over 180 thousand dollars with balloon mortgage payments planned in 1986 and 1987, plus anticipated use fees and future gymnasium expansion to meet district needs.
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YMCA
Reeder
Park District
Whitehead
First Federal Savings & Loan
Elm Street
Evergreen Park
Crispus Attucks
Doug Lee
Parrish Park
Southern Illinois group backs Memorial Hospital abortion policy
A new Carbondale driven group named Southern Illinoisans for Choice commends Memorial Hospital for maintaining a full range of procedures and urges the hospital to offer abortions locally. Organizers Muriel Hayward and others say the facility should provide all medically competent options, while promoting family planning to reduce abortions. Petitions are being collected as doctors’ and hospital petitions are submitted.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
White Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisans For Choice
Southern Illinois Hospital Services Inc
Commend Memorial Hospital
Southern Illinois
Muriel Hayward
Hayward
Williamson County settles patronage suit over out of court deal
Williamson County bases the out of court settlement on Public Official Liability Insurance as eight former employees claim they were discharged for patronage. Sheriff Harry Spiller and Treasurer Gene Hatfield are named in the suit. Commissioner Wade Hudgens notes Johnson County roads worsen while state officials discuss emergency road funds for several southern counties. Williamson County road conditions have improved since a heavy vehicle ban began last Tuesday.
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Williamson County
Harry Spiller
Gene Hatfield
Spiller
Hatfield
Johnson County
Wade Hudgens
James Thompson
Johnson
Pulaski
Alexander
Union
Massac
Pope
Hardin
Red Bud rally tests four lane plan amid highway funding gaps
A Tuesday show of support in Red Bud for a Columbia to Carbondale four lane road hit reality as limited highway funds hinder new construction. An Illinois Department of Transportation District 8 report says upgrading existing highways is the state’s top priority, delaying new projects.
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Red Bud
Columbia
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Transportation District 8
Parents oppose moving sixth graders to LJHS
At a Carbondale public hearing about moving sixth graders to Lincoln Junior High School, about 40 residents voiced concerns. Principal Ross Franklin defended the plan as providing classrooms and selective access to foreign language and music, while critics highlighted socialization, maturity, and long term district planning.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Lincoln
Ross Franklin
Franklin
LJHS
Ann Karayiannis
Lakeland
Springmore
Sue Legacy
District 95
Jim
Gary Highland
William Thomas
Thomas
Donald Garner
Jack Mckhillip
Garner
Boy Scout Robbery Suspect Jailed in Jackson County
Samuel Arbuckle, 22, of Grand Tower, held in Murphysboro jail on armed robbery charge after Murphysboro police detained him Tuesday. He allegedly accosted two juvenile Boy Scouts at 3:30 p.m. on North 15th Street en route to a Scout meeting and took money at knifepoint. The Class X felony carries a mandatory six-year term.
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Samuel Arbuckle
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Arbuckle
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