Third inmate escapes Franklin County jail in Benton
Franklin County police hunt for Danny T. Wyant 21 of West Frankfort after he fled on foot from the county jail. Wyant may have picked a lock and was last seen near the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery with a state police aircraft assisting the search. He is AWOL from the Army and described as 5 feet 9 inches, 165 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Two other inmates escaped earlier in March and were captured near Cape Girardeau.
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Franklin County
Benton
Danny T. Wyant
Odile St
West Frankfort
Ron Talley
Old
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Carbondale
Wyant
Wyatt
Two Rend instructors honored for Young Educators
Eleanor Hall and Eugene Estes of Rend Lake College are named in the 1973 Outstanding Young Educators of America. The honor followed college nominations, with the publication’s advisory board including Jaycees, NAEB, a former governor, Audubon, and Wheaties Foundation figures. Also, SIU Carbondale Music will stage a Freshman-Sophomore Honors Recital for eight students at Shryock Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Monday April 2, with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Hall
Eugene Estes
Rend Lake College, Inc
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Music
Mona
Shryock
Audi
Anna State Hospital Orders 12 Cuts as DMH Reshapes Staff
Henry de Fiebre reports that Anna State Hospital received two Springfield orders to lay off 12 support workers as part of a 15 month state mental health cutback. DMH plans show 43 layoffs by June 30 and 110 by 1974, with layoffs blamed on declining patient levels and program restructuring across facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna State Hospital
Springfield
R. C. Steck
State Region 5
Anna State
State Dept. of Personnel
Dept. of Personnel
Alfred G. Ronan
State Dept. of Mental Health
DMH
Steck
Leroy Levitt
Anna
Ronan
Levitt
Chicago
Ann State
Southern
Illinois
Brian Hannigan
Vergennes Custodian Elvin Shupe Nominated for NEA Award
Elvin Shupe of Vergennes and custodian at Elverado Junior High School Elkville is nominated by the Elverado Education Association for the National Education Association Friend of Education Award. The association cites his long school board service from 1941 to 1969 and active support of teachers pupils and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin Shupe
Vergennes
Elverado Junior High
Elkville
Elverado School Board
Elverado Education Association
National Education Association
NEA
Phyllis Powers
EEA
Shupe
Clara
Two Hurt In Early Morning Cambria Blairsville Crash
John A. Good 22 of West Frankfort and Wanda Killman 51 of Johnston City suffered major injuries in a collision on the Cambria Blairsville road at 6 30 am today. State Police said Good was treated at Herrin Hospital and Killman at Doctors Hospital in Carbondale. The crash occurred south of Blairsville as the two cars collided.
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John A. Good
West Frankfort
Wanda Killman
Johnston City
Cambria
Blairsville
Good
Herrin Hospital
Killman
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Dinner Raises Funds for Walker Campaign Debts in Carbondale
About 1,000 attendees from 3% counties heard Rep. Kenneth Gray denounce Nixon and Gov. Walker tout economic growth in Southern Illinois. Funds from a $50 plate dinner at SIU aim to cover remaining Walker campaign debts, with organizers projecting $35,000 to $40,000 after costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Karen Rothe
Illnoisan
Carbondale
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West Frankfort
Nixon
Daniel Walker
Daley
Southern Illinois University Student Center
Roy Small
Harrisburg
Gray
Heliport hearing continued for Carbondale hospital
A special exception hearing on Doctors Memorial Hospital to build a helicopter pad atop the Carbondale hospital was continued after Dr John B Taylor failed to appear. Taylor, out of town, was notified by mail to testify. The pad would serve the state trauma network. helicopters now land at Southern Illinois Airport or in the hospital lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Don Monty
John B. Taylor
Carbondale Board of Appeals
Monty
Taylor
Doctors Hospital
Southern Illinois
City Hall Court Room
Agencies to propose future Kinkaid Lake use plans
Three agencies overseeing Kinkaid Lake west of Murphysboro will be asked to present specific future-use proposals at a special April meeting. The plan includes a $40,000 state grant and involves the Conservancy District, Division of Waterways, and US Forest Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Clindsan
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Reed’s Creek
Division of Water Resource Management
Dave Fliger
Mt. Joy Road
John Guillou
Division of Waterways
Fliger
Guillou
Conservancy District
Ike Kirkikis
Greater Egypt
Miller
State Division of Waterways and Forest Service
SIU Agriculture Station in Danger of Closure by June 30
An Agriculture Department spokesman said the Southern Illinois University ARS facility has little chance to survive past June 30 as part of a national 17 million dollar budget cut. The SIU site, with an 81 800 dollar annual budget, may transfer staff to other ARS facilities while its strawberry and blackberry research moves to Corvallis or Beltsville.
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Sion
Dan
Gray
Walker
Illinois
Washington
Dean Barringer
Anna
Department of Registration and Education
Medial
Agriculture Research Service
Southern Illinois University
Agriculture Department
Congress
House
SIU
ARS
Peoria
Williamson housing projects face drainage and insurance adjustments
Williamson County Housing Authority director Adolph Flack studies drainage at Herrin and Johnston City public housing projects with dirt fill and ditch work. HUD lowered total insurance to 5.419 million from 5.762 million, with some projects unchanged, increased, or decreased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Barras
Miihoisan
Herrin
Johnston City
Williamson County Housing Authority
Adolph Flack
Fifth Street
Fluck
Board
Flack
Robert Williams
New Johnston City Project
Frank Shelby
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Marion
Charles Craig
Craig
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Lee Potter
Flood Fears Hit Miller City and Thebes Homes
Floodwaters from the Mississippi River force families to abandon homes in Miller City and Thebes and along river farms in Alexander County. Residents move in with relatives, build scaffolding to access homes, and await subside of the flood. Authorities cannot estimate how many are displaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander County
Miller City
Thebes
Sheriff’s Office
Contested Unit 186 Board Post In Murphysboro
The Unit 186 school board race in Murphysboro township sees Rev. Donald Batz file for the open seat from within the township on the eve of the filing deadline. Incumbent Tom Wright seeks another term inside the township and Henry Grob seeks another term from outside. No opponent had filed yet from outside Murphysboro Township as of morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Unit
Ernest Bozarth
Unit 186
Donald Batz
Pine St
Batz
United Metodist Church
Delmar Ward
Murphysboro Township
Tom Wright
Henry Grob
Llse
Bozarth
Rucker recommended for reappointment as SIU journalism director
Bryce W. Rucker acting director of the School of Journalism at SIU Carbondale since September will be recommended for reappointment until June 30 1974. The move follows dean Phillip Olsson's suggestion via Willis Malone who said a search continues for Long's permanent successor after Rucker replaced him. Centralia AP Joey Scheidt 5 was killed Thursday when a school bus backed over him as he rode his bicycle behind the bus. he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scheidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce W. Rucker
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Willis E. Malone
SIU
Phillip H. Olsson
College of Communications and Fine Arts
Rucker
Howard R. Long
Long
Centralia
Joey Scheidt
Charles Scheidt
Goreville Names Vaughn as School Superintendent
Vaughn, former Goreville high school teacher in 1959 and long time administrator in Goreville Gor ham and Sparta, is hired by Goreville School Districts 18 and 71. A Murray State University graduate with a 1963 master in administration, he is pursuing another degree at Southern Illinois University. He will start duties July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Len Vaughn
Goreville
Vaughn
Gorham
Sparta
Murray State University
Murray
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
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Kenneth R. Melvin
Robert Lee
Seattle
Rend
Anna Hospital
Henry de Fiebre
Miiheisan
Delbert
Mary Jane Parnell
Clinton, Ky
Kenneth Buzbee
Gene Johns
Richard C. Hart
Tony Castellano
Neal Eckert
David Derge
Ivan Elliot
SIU Board of Trustees
University
Rep
Kenneth Gray
Inuvik
N.W.T
Canada
Jack Miller
Mount Vernon
Romando Mendosa
Crystal City
Tex
East St. Louis
United States
Jefferson County
Dix
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mexico
Donald Shafer
Hall of Town
Board Post
Goreville Schools
Gary Vaughn
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