SIU selects four finalists for MLK playwriting contest
Southern Illinois University picks four scripts for an original play about Martin Luther King Jr. The winner will be announced April 4, the death anniversary. Maria Piscator from New York City will direct the winning production at SIU. Finalists hail from New York Poland Hawaii and Massachusetts. The biennial contest offers a $5000 prize funded by the SIU Foundation with Coretta Scott King among judges.
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Southern Ilinois University
Martin Luther King, Jr
King
SIU
Maria Piscator
New York City
New York
Poland
Hawaii
Massachusetts
SIU Theater Department
Black American Studies
SIU Foundation
Coretta Scott King
Christian Moe
Abraham
Lincoln
Gandhi
Flexible campus program at Christopher High may return
Principal Bob Huffman and board official John Parks report a proposed reinstatement of a flexible campus during study hall at Christopher High School. The prior program was ended after discipline issues as students used cafeteria and library spaces during study hall.
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Christopher High School
Bob Huffman
John Parks
Huffman
Disrupted School Program Ended by Officials in South Bend
Huffman notes students created a disruptive atmosphere and were warned without improvement, leading to dismissal of the program. A new student council proposal awaits board action pending added facilities like gym space being scheduled. Police seek a burglar who stole a furnace after a record cold snap.
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Huffman
Parks
Carterville junior high displays honor Illinois history
About 100 historical projects by Carterville junior high students will be shown Tuesday night at Car ee Grade School gym. Judges will pick entries for the April 8 regional historical society meeting in Carmi. Projects include models papers art dioramas and handicraft all related to Illinois history. Public invited 6 30 to 8 30 p m Richard Alexander and James Stalker supervise.
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Carterville
Caree
Regional Historical Society
Carmi
James Stalker
Illinois
Stalker
Richard Alexander
Moseley Reappointed as Jonesboro School Leader
Moseley was reappointed as superintendent and tenures were granted for all four second year teachers and six first year teachers. The board delayed a bus purchase decision pending bid clarifications.
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Jonesboro Community Consolidated School Board
Odell Moseley
Moseley
St Andrew's School to Lose Two Nun Teachers
St Andrew's Catholic School in Murphysboro will lose two nun teachers for the 1972 73 school year. Sisters Adorers of the Most Precious Blood from Ruma will not be assigned next year, as officials study operation plans to keep the normal schedule. The school now has six grades with four lay or non teaching staff and two non teachers.
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St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Murphysboro
Church Board
St. Andrew’s
Carruthers Junior High School
Murphysboro Unit
Met Opera Star Dorothy Kirsten at SIU Shryock Auditorium
Metropolitan Opera soprano Dorothy Kirsten visited Southern Illinois University in Shryock Auditorium, performing a Puccini focused program for about 1,000 fans. She urged music education in conservatories, urged talent start in high school, and praised music’s role for youth while planning a Nixon invitation concert next week.
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Southern Illinoisan
Dorothy Kirsten
Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
Metropolitan Opera
Southern Illinois Concert Association
Kirsten
Giacomo Puccini
Miss Kirsten
Manon Lesecaut
Nixon
Miss Lawrence
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NavyPO2 Ward on Springboard 72 operation aboard USS San Diego
Navy Petty Officer Second Class Harold E. Ward, son of Mr and Mrs Mack E Ward of 1301 N Main St Benton, took part in operation Springboard 72 aboard the combat store ship USS San Diego in the Caribbean Sea recently. The Southern Illinoisan is published in Carbondale and carries AP news.
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Caribbean Sea
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North 16Th Street
Herrin
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Murphysboro
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Carbondale Free Press
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Murphysboro Independent
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