Cambria volunteers prove courage in freezing night rescue
The Cambria Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad rushed to help a choking husband on a cold December night. Volunteers moved a pill lodged in his windpipe with quick action, then stood ready with an ambulance if needed. Roy Adams, who joined months later, recalls dozens of calls and the dual fear of fire and medical crises. Chief James Kiefer notes no serious injuries and recounts a 1974 Rexall store fire. The department, with 16 volunteers paid 1.50 monthly, shares resources in the Coal Belt Fire Prevention Association and serves residents free while charging outsiders for firefighting and ambulance aid. EMTs operate directly at accidents. others await a station alarm, rolling out in about three minutes. Teenage volunteers staff the office and radios, becoming regular volunteers at 18. Adams calls volunteering gratifying when an elderly woman thanks you or you save a life.
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Cambria
Martha Halterman
Fire Department
Adams
Bruce Hagler
Cambria Water and Sewer
Hagler
James Kiefer
Cambria Volunteer Fire Department
Coal Belt Fire Prevention Association
Southern Illinois
Kiefer
Cambria Department
Department
Strip mine reclamation laws confuse Illinois counties
County officials struggle with the Feb 3 federal strip mine reclamation law amid overlapping state rules. Some counties apply 45 day reviews under state law while awaiting federal alignment, risking plans that meet state but not federal standards. Officials seek guidance as neither level clarifies interim rules before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
The
Southern Illinoisan
Steve Hollister
Williamson County
Illinois
Finois Department of Mines and Minerals
Perry County
Consolidation Coal Co
Ray Lambert
Perry County Land Reclamation Review Committee
Williamson
Lambert
Perry
Southwestern Coal Co
Southwestern
Hollister
Marion
Duane Wittenborn
Williamson County Soil and Water Conservation District
E.E
Gene”’ Filer
I- Lines Mines and Minerals Department
Bill Cosby to headline Du Quoin State Fair 3 shows
Comedian Bill Cosby will headline three 8 p.m. shows at the Du Quoin State Fair this summer on August 31 and September 1 and 2. Tickets cost 6, 5 and 4 dollars with mail only orders to P O Box 182 Du Quoin IL 62832. Cosby brings decades of television records and films and follows a lineup that includes country acts and a Labor Day George Burns appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cosby
du Quoin
Cosby
Robert Culp
Fat Albert
the Cosby
CBS Television
P.O. Box 182
George Burns
Winchester presses bill to force RTA debt repayment plan
State Rep. Robert Winchester seeks to compel the Chicago-area Regional Transportation Authority to repay 34.6 million borrowed in 1973, with annual 9 million installments for three years and a final 7.6 million payment, aiming to retire the debt by 1982 to fund Southern Illinois road repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern
RTA
Winchester
House
Downstate
General Revenue Fund
David Olsen
George Ryan
R-hankakee
Olsen
Ryan
Bob Newston
Downstate Public Transportation Fund
Illinois Department of Transportation
Newston
Trico School Board Approves About 73000 Budget Cuts
Trico Unit District 176 Board of Education approved a near 73000 budget cut for next year led by James Davis who will become superintendent July 1. Cuts include laying off junior high principal Jamie Driscoll saving 16500, not replacing a retiring teacher saving 16500, tighter purchasing policies saving at least 15000, plus a custodian layoff 9200 and reduced kindergarten sections saving 6500 with possible further adjustments.
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Trico
Board of Education
James Davis
Davis
Jamie Driscoll
City funds curb ramp project on West Main Street
Dean Cox of Carbondale and Don McGeath of Murphysboro install concrete ramps on West Main Street as the city pays L E Cecil Construction Co of Carbondale $11,662 to improve curbing for wheelchair access along West Main and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Cox
Carbondale
Don McGeath
Murphysboro
West Main Street
L.E. Cecil Construction Co
West Main
Regency romance author from Carbondale publishes The Captive Bride
Lucy Phillips Stewart, retired SIUC interior design professor from Carbondale, authored The Captive Bride, a Dell Books Regency romance. Published March 23 1977, the book retells a light romantic tale with an aristocratic marriage, a mysterious lord and a host of melodramatic plot devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
George III
Prince of Wales
George IV
Lucy Phillips Stewart
Carbondale
S. Normal (University) Ave
Mill Street
SIUC
Kind
Dell Books
England
Lord Byron
John Keats
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Regency Romance Seen Through Reader’s Candid Voice
The reviewer notes byline confusion and lacks authority in an evening miscue. They compare the Regency era grounding of Mrs. Stewart to education at University School and SIU, remark on Annette’s Paris journey in 1811, and acknowledge a wide readership for similar romances. The piece ends with self-mocking humility about writing style.
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Southern Illinois An
Ber
Rexall
Herrin
ED Greer
Gary Pearson
du Quoin State Fair
Trico School District
Stewart
Egypt News Co
Johnston City
Illinoi
Walden Books
Uni
Versity Mall
Anna Karenina
Annette Elizabeth Redding
Drake Edward, Earl of Ardley
Lord Bodkin
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