Cairo hearing flags potential racial justice issues in police
A federal civil rights commission member expressed deep concern over Cairo police administration after three days of hearings into racial unrest in the town of about 6 500 people half black. Testimony from officers and critics cited harassment of blacks and calls going unanswered.
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H. Josef Hebert
Associated Press
Cairo
Federal Civil Rights Commission
Maurice Mitchell
University of Denver
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Mitchell
Ilinds
William Bowers
Pyramid Courts
Administration of Justice
Freeman
Arthur Bilek
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Rend Lake College Drops One Faculty Post to Cut Costs
Rend Lake College faces an operating squeeze as the college board unanimously approves a plan by President James Snyder to reduce faculty by one position next year. Janet McReynolds, philosophy instructor since last fall, is to be discontinued pending enrollment if needed.
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Rend Lake College At Inn
James Snyder
Janet McReynolds
Post- Snyder
State Board of Higher Education
Rend Lake College
Snyder
McReynolds
Miss McReynolds
John A Logan College Receives Full Accreditation
John A Logan College in Carterville earned full accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools after a lengthy self study and campus visit. President Nathan A Ivey called the milestone a historic achievement as the association serves 19 states and remains the largest regional accrediting body.
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John A. Logan College
Carterville
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Nathan A. Ivey
Logan
North Central Association
Ivey
Sta
Tus
William Anderson
Rend Lake College, Inc
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Shawnee College
Allin
North Central
Rend Lake approves 3.3 million bids for five buildings
Rend Lake College board approved apparent low base bids totaling 3.3 million for five permanent buildings at the Ina campus sending them to the Illinois Building Authority for contract award. Base bids came in about 600 thousand under estimates with S. M. Wilson Co. receiving the general contract, G. L. Sweazy Co. for plumbing, France Plumbing and Heating for HVAC, and Ideal Electric for electrical work.
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Rend Lake College
The
Inn
College
Illinois Building Authority
James Snyder
Fields
Goldman and Magee
Mt. Vernon
General Construction
S. M. Wilson Co
Granite City
G. L. Sweazy Co
Effingham
France
Edwardsville
Ideal Electric Co
Champaign
Cosmopolitan flys off shelves in Southern Illinois
Cosmopolitan magazine sales surged in Southern Illinois with Burt Reynolds as the cover feature. Stores in Herrin Murphysboro Marion Carbondale and nearby towns reported rapid sellouts and waiting lists as readers snatched the Playboy style issue.
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Burt Reynolds
Illinois
Reynolds
Cosmopolitan
Playboy
Dinah Shore
Kroger
Herrin
IGA
Elks mark 60 years as members celebrate in Herrin
Jo W. Walker and Hugh Grimes each reached sixty years of Elks membership at Herrin Lodge 1146. Six men were initiated March 23, 1912. four others are now deceased. Walker donated a life size elk statue that guards the lodge, moved from Park Avenue to the new building in 1965. Cecil Isaacs leads the 330 member lodge with Charles Helleny set to succeed him April 1.
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Herrin Elks Lodge
Jo W. Walker
Herrin
Hugh Grimes
Elks Club
Dave Grear
John C. Glenn
Robert Dowell
Harvey Eatherton
Walker
North Park Avenue
Park Avenue
Walnut
Clebert Cox
Grimes
Herrin Club
Cecil Isaacs
Herrin Lodge
Isaac
Charles Helleny
Job dispute idles Sesser mine again
Inland Steel Co mine in Sesser remains idle after a 24 hour work stoppage by Local 1545 of the United Mine Workers. The strike stems from a dispute over a training job on a bolting machine and what qualifies a trainee.
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Sesser
Inland Steel Co
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Local 1545
Roger Sholes
Inland
Kenneth Danes
Lesser
Kenneth Wells
Springfield
District 12
Hit and run driver clips corner of house in Colp
An errant motorist on the wrong side of the street struck a corner of a house in Colp at about 1 a.m. The driver veered, smashing a section of the Miller residence before fleeing. Deputy Ova Greer said neighbors could not obtain the license number.
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Colp
Williamson County
Ova Greer
Carbondale
Marion Jaycees Elect Watts President
Larry Watts was elected president of the Marion Jaycees on Thursday. Watts is manager of radio station WGGH. New officers include Bob Ledbetter state director Larry Kinley internal vice president David Moake external vice president Arthur Kraft secretary Charles Prater treasurer and Richard Miseles Duane Swatford Wayne Tate directors with Leo Dingrando on the board as international senator. Mines idle Saturday Orient-4 Fidelity others reported working.
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Larry Watts
Marion Jaycees
Watts
WGGH
Bob Ledbetter
Larry Kinley
David Moake
Arthur Kraft
Charles Prater
Richard Miseles
Duane Swatford
Wayne Tate
Leo Dingrando
Jaycees International
Major Allen plant faces summer layoffs after contract loss
Allen Industries announces 375 Herrin plant employees may be laid off by mid June after a major automotive customer chose not to renew for the 1973 model year. The plant employs 575, with prior contractions reducing staff from 1,100. Company officials caution no comment beyond the release.
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Herrin
Zane W. Neely
Jerry Craft
Allen Industries
Neely
Craft
Detroit, Mich
Robert Kemp
Detroit
John McVey
LeeRoy Brandon
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Allen
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Ford
Allen Automotive
SIU Appeals Court Challenge Over Parking Fine Authority
Southern Illinois University appeals a Feb 17 decision ruling it lacked authority to levy fines in a 1970-71 payroll deduction dispute. Herbert Donow and others sued after SIU tried to deduct unpaid fines. The appeal, filed in Mt. Vernon, will use Craig and Craig. Judge William Lewis presided in Murphysboro.
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Southern Illinois University
Herbert Donow
SIU
Fifth Judicial District
Mt. Vernon
Craig and
Craig
William Lewis
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Fenton Promoted at Federal Prison Complex
Norman A. Carlson announces the promotion of Fenton to a_ra staffing role beside Warden G. W. Pickett. Fenton began as a correctional officer in 1954, served as a social worker at Lewisburg, joined Marion staff in 1970, and holds a criminology degree from the University of Maryland. He and his wife Betty live with their three sons on the federal reservation.
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Norman A. Carlson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Fenton
G. W. Pickett
National Training School For Boys
Washington, D.C
The
University of Maryland
Maryland
Indiana State University
Betty
Penitentiary
Schoolmasters group elects officers across sections
Marion McHaney serves as president of the schoolmasters group with James McHaney as West Frankfort superintendent and Jack Hill as John Logan College continuing education director. Officers for three sections include High School president Tim Bowers Johnston City and secretary Gail Barton of West Frankfort. Elementary president Larry Jacober Carbondale and secretary Ron Thomas Murphysboro. William W. Allen of Southern Illinois University told the 110 attendees that the school’s role has broadened to include dress codes sex education cultural development and religion while stressing ongoing public communication.
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James McHaney
West Frankperintendent
Jack Hill
John Logan College
Tim Bowers
Johnston City
George Connor
Zeigler - Royalton
Gail Bar
West Frankfort Lumber Disappearance Sparks Mystery
In West Frankfort, lumber vanishing from the Anna Gray high rise site sparks talk of theft or mistake. Mayor Mike McClatchey says workers may have taken the wrong lumber, with some given by the site but later taken a different pile. Police Chief Tom Aaron vows action if any officer erred. The Bauer Brothers Construction Company heads the $1.3 million, 80 unit elderly housing project. authorities weigh charges as Wayne Battle of Franklin County Housing Authority investigates. The project is funded by the construction company.
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Ee All All
Tom Aaron
Bauer Brothers Construc
Tion Co
Belleville
Wayne Battle
Franklin County Housing Authority
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