SIU Construction Site Halt After Student Death
At Southern Illinois University Carbondale the Humanities-Social Sciences Building site was shut down as authorities investigate the death of Michael G. Hayes 18 a freshman from Schaumburg swept up Monday by a collapsing crane boom gusty winds were cited as a probable factor.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
SIU
Humanities - Social Sciences
Otto Aue
J. L. Simmons Co
Decatur
Michael G. Hayes
Schaumburg
Ilinois
Aue
Jack Young
Carterville
Young
Brush Towers
Humanities
Sally Brewer
Chicago
Health Service
Valerie Vicek
Ingleside
The
Thompson Woods
University Senate
SIUC
David R. Derge
Morris Library
Jack Griggs
Underwater sleuthing aids tire theft case
State Trooper Donald L. Mays of Mt. Vernon, skilled diver, recovered 10 stolen tires from the Big Muddy River near the Rt. 148 bridge east of Waltonville. The tires were taken from Broadway Service Station in Mt. Vernon last Friday. One arrest has been made and a warrant issued for another suspect, authorities said.
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Donald L. Mays
Mt. Vernon
Mays
Big Muddy River
Rt. 148 Bridge
Waltonville
Broadway
District 13
du Quoin
Woman Sentenced in Slaying in Marion Circuit Court
Maxie Jean Cooks, 31, of Colp, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Marion Circuit Court for the death of her husband Homer Cooks Jr., 30, who died Nov. 15 from stab wounds. Judge A R Cagle gave a one to three year sentence after the charge was reduced from voluntary manslaughter in a negotiated plea. All mines reported working Wednesday.
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Maxie Jean Cooks
Marion
A. R. Cagle
Homer Cooks Jr
Power Outage Shuts Marion County Courthouse in Afternoon
A noontime blackout struck a Williamson County courtroom and 750 Marion area residences along Rt 37 southwest of Marion and Goreville. Central Illinois Public Service Co district superintendent Jesse Childers said a primary line on Carol Drive was severed by a broken tree limb in high winds forcing a several minute evacuation while a grand jury met and janitors searched for an auxiliary power source.
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Williamson County
Marion
Rt. 37
Goreville
Jesse Childers
Central
Ilinois
Carol Drive
Laura Lane
Childers
Union Street
SIU tenure case against Allen may go to court after April
Douglas M. Allen, denied tenure by Southern Illinois University in December, said his federal suit likely will be filed after April 1. The AAUP and ACLU hold talks on academic freedom and potential inquiry, with censure as a possible but unlikely outcome at this stage.
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Michelle S. Klaus
Southern
Allen
Joseph E. Schwartz
National American Association of University Professors
Southern Illinois University
David K. Derge
Harold R. Fischer
Granite City
Board of
Robert Harrell
AAUP
Willis Moore
STU Board
Sturgis
SIU
Lindell Sturgis
Schwartz
Allen Case
Gener
Derge
Elliott
ACLU
Department
Philosophy Department
Rosiclare mine disaster prompts safety overhaul
US Bureau of Mines links seven deaths at the Barnett Mine near Rosiclare to failure to recognize hydrogen sulfide hazards and inadequate ventilation. The report, under the 1966 act, cites management neglect to quarantine gas areas and notes a burned-out ventilating fan and delayed rescue attempts. The Barnett Mine employs 20 workers.
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US Bureau of Mines
Rosiclare
Ozark-Mahoning
Bureau
United States
Barnett Mine
Barnett
Randolph County plans elderly apartments near Ellis Grove
Randolph County commissioners cleared the way for a 10 to 12 unit elderly housing project near Ellis Grove with an estimated cost around 200000. They also accepted Bunny Bread Co. bid of 15000 plus its building for the Camptown site, planning courthouse parking. Ed Scott was named to Randolph County Housing Authority board. Bids for a 100 unit elderly high rise in Carbondale will be opened by Jackson County Housing Authority.
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Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Ellis Grove
Camptown
Bunny Bread Co
Anna W- Brown
Hanner, Bretweiser
McLaughlin
Chester
Bob Schroeder
Schroeder
Rt. 150
Bunny Bread
Ches
Ter Plumbing and Heating Co
Ed Scott
Evansville
Randolph County Housing Authority
Jim Colvis
Carbondale
Jackson County Housing Authority
S. Marion St
Authority
7Th
Hanson Streets
Murphysboro
Union County grand jury files indictments in multiple cases
The Union County grand jury indicted Jack Womick and Jim Womick of Anna for aggravated battery and assault stemming from a July 16 1971 strike scuffle at Transcraft. Owen Birdsong Jr of East Carondelet faced burglary theft over 150 and criminal damage charges from an Oct 30 1971 break-in at Anna Junior High. A separate reck less homicide case involving Larry Glasco was not indicted after the grand jury returned a no true bill.
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Jack Womick
Jim Womick
Anna
Union County
Transcraft Corporation
Transcraft
Bruce Glasco
Lewis Goodman
Mike Sweitzer
Owen Birdsong Jr
East Carondelet
Anna Junior High School
Birdsong
R. Corydon Finch
Kenneth Davis
Menard Penitentiary
Finch
Larry T. Glasco
Cobden
Glasco
Brenda J. Stull
Jonesboro
Stull
Rt. 51
Rt. 146
Bill
Ex ACLU Director Sees Overlap In Civil Liberties Debates
Corliss Lamont, visiting SIU Dewey Center, says the ACLU has strayed into cases not tied to core rights while defending both left and poverty groups. He argues anti pollution and militant activism challenge the group’s focus and warns against politicization weakening civil liberties work.
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Michelle S. Klaus
Southern Trindsan
American Civil Liberties Union
National Aclu
Carbondale
Corliss Lamont
Southern Illinois University
John Dewey
SIU Dewey Center
Wall Street Journal
ACLU
William Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Lamont
The
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
New York
Columbia
Harvard
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Board of Higher Education
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Mr. Hayes
Martin Richert
Roselle
Gregory Hayes
Joann Smuskiewicz
Queen of Heaven
Hillside
Marion Area
Building Commission
Grand Jury
Thompsonville
Southeastern Illinois Electric Co-Op Inc
Eldorado
Jack Vaughn
West End
Mine Bureau
Randolph County
Jackson County
W. E. Hannigan
McLeansboro
Firmin Desloge
St. Louis
Msgr
Hannigan
Central and Eastern Illinois
Benton
Dist. 13
Nina Jo Integlia
Herrin Hospital
Floyd Castleman
West Frankfort
Castleman
Nina Interglia
Rt. 13
Union County Grand Jury
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