Sparta and Pinckneyville Car Crashes Claim Two Lives
Two separate highway crashes in southern Illinois claimed two lives. In Pinckneyville a 19 year old, Mike Allen Thornton, died after a northbound car overturned on Rt 3 near Grand Tower. the driver, William E. Fulford, 18, Ava, survived with major injuries. Thornton, a Pinckneyville High School graduate, worked at Sparta Printing Co. In Randolph County a 77 year old Sparta man, Lawrence St James, died from a crash on Rt 154 near Prairie du Rocher involving a car driven by Prudence St James, 65, who survived with major injuries. funeral services set for Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Allen Thornton
E. Hawkins St
Pinckneyville
Thornton
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
William E. Fulford
Ava
Rt. 3
Grand Tower Side Road
Fulford
Mr. Thornton
James E
Virginia Mae Thornton
Pinckneyville Community High School
Sparta Printing Co
Sparta
Lawrence St. James
St. Clements Hospital
Red Bud
Prudence St. James
St. James
Oliver Kueker
Prairie du Rocher
du Quoin
Kueker
Rt. 154
Prairie Road
Randolph County
Sparta Bethel Ame
John Blackman
Caledonia Cemetery
McDaniel Funeral Home
Union walkout halts Allen plant in Herrin
Allen Industries Inc plant in Herrin remains idle after a union walkout early Thursday. About 250 Textile Workers of America Local 1374 members are affected, over staffing levels in a production operation. Company may seek injunction in U S District Court to end the stoppage. Fiber division makes rug underlay pads and resinated cotton. plans to reopen automotive division with 1.5 million expansion to produce dash liners for 1974 cars were announced February 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Industries Inc
Herrin
Henry J. Marcinkowski
Textile Workers of America Local 1374
Allen’s Fiber
Automotive
Union drive at Franklin Hospital prompts board meeting
Franklin Hospital employees plan to meet with the hospital board at 7 p.m. Wednesday to present their unionization plan after earlier talks with LIU Local 529. Seven workers were fired for a walkout, and 12 more have not returned to work. an NLRB inquiry is ongoing though jurisdiction is disputed due to nonprofit status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hospital
Laborers International Union Local 529
Judith Shurtz
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
St. Louis
State Department of Health
St Paul Open School Model Runs Without Rigid Schedules
Wayne Bert rand Jennings keynote notes at SIU conference highlight St Paul Open School in Minnesota where 500 students ages 5 to 18 learn in a no bells no fixed periods system. The 17 teachers and volunteers guide self directed study across art music humanities math science and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Holter
Southern Illinoisan
St. Paul
Minn
Wayne Bertrand Jennings
Jennings
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
SIU Department of Special Education
State Office
The
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lacey named SIU special assistant as board approves numerous sabbaticals
The SIU Board of Trustees confirmed Jerome Lacey as special assistant to the vice president for development and services effective Feb 1 with no salary change. The board also approved over 50 faculty sabbaticals for 1973-74, along with salary adjustments for John Gardner and several continuing appointments across departments and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Butler
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Jerome Lacey
Lacey
John Gardner
Ronald Brown
Bernard J. O’connor
SIU
Chicago
Anthony Paparo
School of Medicine
John William Rodderick
Springfield Hospitals
John Sutton
Menard
Capital Improvements Plan Backed By Taxpayers Group
The Jackson County Taxpayers Association voted 19 to 3 to endorse Carbondale City Manager Carroll Fry’s capital improvements plan. Murphysboro Mayor Bruce Richmond outlined needs including ambulance service, a street sweeper, and a fire truck, and discussed revenue sharing funds and possible long range street work and bypass land needs. Don Raines noted the group’s aim to examine the tax structure and push for budget efficiency without cutting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Troutt
Jackson County Taxpayers Association
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Murphysboro
Bruce Richmond
Richmond
Walnut
Lowell Heller
Jackson County
Don Raines
Raines
Airport rejects two bids for hangar bonds
The Southern Illinois Airport Authority rejected two bond bids for about 300000 dollars to fund a new hangar. Floyd Hart said the low bid ran 5.96 percent and the other around 6.5 percent. Bids were rejected at a Thursday special meeting as too high. an engineering agreement with John T. Blankinship for a front apron was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Airport Authority
Floyd Hart
Hart
Ron Kelley
John T. Blankinship
Herrin native pilots POWs home from Vietnam
Air Force Captain Paul Cronin, a Herrin, Illinois native, flies former prisoners of war and supplies to Vietnam. The 27 year old pilot, son of Ed and Mrs. Cronin, resides at 917 South 12th Street and serves with the 63rd airlift squadron. He is stationed at Norton Air Force Base California and has been in the service 4 1 2 years. Cronin is married to Cindy Reed of Herrin.
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Air Force
Paul Cronin
Herrin
Cronin
Ed Cronin
S. 12Th St
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Vietnam
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Calif
Herrin High School
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Cindy Reed
Firemen threaten legal action in Herrin dispute
Fire fighters union official Tom Dale announced plans to file suit in U S District Court in Springfield against Herrin Mayor John McVey Police Chief Bill Humphrey and Fire Chief Laverne Kerley alleging interference with civil rights. Dale said action could come late today or Monday amid layoff reports and union affiliation developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
John McVey
Bill Humphrey
Laverne Kerley
U. S. District Court
Springfield
Tom Dale
Louisville
International Association of Fire Fighters
International Union
Dale
McVey
Humphrey
Bill Hatley
Hatley
Rabid Skunks Shot In Jackson County
Two rabid skunks were found Wednesday in west central Jackson County near Grimsby at Raddie and at the intersection of Routes 149 and 3. Health officials fear the rabies problem may move south as dogs and skunks in Campbell Hill and Ava area have shown ongoing rabies activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Campbell Hill
Ava
Raddie
Grimsby
Jackson County Health Department
David Gobble
Th County
Gorham and Jacob
Campbell Hill-Ava
Air Force awards Olin new contract for starter cartridges
The Air Force awarded Olin Corp a $2,684,212 contract for production of engine starter cartridges. Work will be performed at Olin's Ordill plant located in the Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Corp
Air Force
Ordill
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Minutes Prolonged as District Records Grow on Page 64
Kinkaid Lake and Reed's Creek Conservancy District meeting in Murphysboro faced delays as minutes delayed by illness of secretary Joan Seibel and a February 15 session held later than usual. Dave Fligar noted a substitute clerk is transcribing tapes and typing, already reaching page 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
Murphysboro
Joan Seibel
Dave Fliger
Gray seeks Illinois to manage Crab Orchard refuge sections
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray plans to ask Gov. Daniel Walker to have Illinois take over recreation and industrial zones of the Crab Orchard Refuge from federal control. CISCO's Jack Wides reports talks with Interior’s Refuges head Lynn Greenwalt. a state takeover could fund west-end recreation and Orcill industrial development, while federal wildlife programs remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Farrar
Washington, D.C
Kenneth J. Gray
rWest Frankfort
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Gray
Jack Wides
Carbondale
CISCO
Lynn A. Grenwalt
Interior Department
Division of Refuges
Wides
Greenwalt
Orchill
Federal Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Washington
Walker
State Dept. of Conservation
Refuge
Dept. of Business and Economic Development
Orcill
Illegal vote claim to be heard in Golconda circuit court
A contest over illegal votes from the November Pope County election will be heard in Golconda circuit court today. Delores Johnson, winner by one vote for state's attorney, seeks to prove illegal ballots while Duane Leach presses for recounts of Golconda Precincts 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope County
Golconda
Delores Johnson
State’s Attorney’s Office
Duane Leach
Leach
Cressie Ragan
Johnson
Rt. 3
Golsonda
Union County NLRB completes probe of area labor dispute
The NLRB finished a probe into charges filed by the Congress of Independent Unions in Union County against Fenix Scisson Co of Tulsa and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 318 Harrisburg. The CIU alleges the company recognized another union while under contract with CIU and accuses the engineers’ union of pressuring the company to hire its workers. The dispute followed a December incident in which about 400 people damaged a gas storage project for Texas Eastern Transmission Corp near Lick Creek. The $5 million facility, a 200000 barrel cavern, is to serve a Calvert City customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Union
Herman Glazer
Glazer
NLRB
Congress of
CIU
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Houston
Tex
Lick Creek
Corporation
Calvert City
Compromise reached on Kinkaid Lake surface zoning plan
The Kinkaid Lake and Reed's Creek Conservancy District approves a three zone surface zoning plan for boating areas near Ava. A first stage boat launch south of Ava on Keller Highway is funded by the state and slated for completion this season.
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Tony Stevens
Glenn Schlimpert
David Fligor
Ava
L.D. Allen
Fligor
Springfield
Peter’s Cave
Leonard Buchholz
Buchholz
Rt. 151
Keller Highway
Fliger
Allen
State Dept. of Conservation
Forest Service
Dept. of Conservation
Tope
Fliber
Murphysboro
Schlimpert
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Allen Plant
U.S. District Court
Marcinkowski
Sutton
Clayton Ladd
C. Addison Hickman
Vernon Anderson
I. P. Brackett
Charles Goodsell
R. Clifton Anderson
Elizabeth Eames
Florence Foote
Joann Paine
Manuel Schonhorn
Taxpayers Group
Fry
Olin
Jake
State
Union County
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