Bald Knob Cross Prep For Easter Sunrise Service
Bald Knob Cross near Alto Pass in Murphysboro is being readied for Easter sunrise by the Metropolitan Restoration Co. Panels blown off the cross are being replaced and caulking reapplied before the service led by Rev. Loyd Crain at 6 a.m. About 3,500 people are expected to attend, with the Cross of Peace Choir providing music.
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Metropolitan Restoration Co
Murphysboro
Bald Knob Cross
Alto Pass
Wayman Presley
Loyd Crain
Alto
Cross of Peace Choir
Illinois
Williamson County Primary Canvass Concludes
The Williamson County three member canvassing board completed the official canvass of the election at 5 p.m Friday. Winners in the unofficial count were announced as part of the final results.
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Williamson County
Herbert Gerdeman area newsman dies at 61 in Chester
Herbert Gerdemann 61 of 1405 Court St Chester died Friday night at home from an apparent heart attack. A vocational instructor and head of the Menard Times at Illinois State Penitentiary Chester he was born September 29 1910 in Wright City Missouri. Survived by wife Helen and daughter Lynn Meinhardt of Palo Alto California. Funeral Monday 2 pm Welge Funeral Home Chester with burial in Chester Cemetery. He was active in local civic groups and professional journalism circles.
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Herbert Gerdemann
Court St
Chester
Gerdemann
Menard Times
Illinois State Penitentiary
Wright City
Robert
Carrie Nieburg Gerdemann
Helen
Warrington
First Presbyterian Church
Chester Chamber of Commerce
Chester Lions Club
Elks Club
Illinois Press Club
American Legion
Southern Illinois
Sigma Delta Chi
Hermann
The
Herald Tribune
Tribune
South
David
Lynn) Meinhardt
Pal Alto
Calif
Welge Funeral Home
Howard Bailey
West Frankfort weighs urban renewal expansion plans
West Frankfort may expand urban renewal to include excluded residential areas. City officials expect HUD funding to renovate the town, with a three year plan costing 3.5 million dollars. Public hearings and council review will shape the final plan.
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John Trimble
Mike McClatchey
HUD
Taft Street
Jefferson
Thadeus Marcyan
Eastern Illinois
Chicago
Marcyan
West Frankfort
Selem
Ee Ee Nee Ever
Urban Consultants
Montgomery
Ala
Serenfinges Popty Pte Lot
Larry Lipe
Sgs
Sipe
Union Hospital
Logan Street
Wheat
Haan Danen
Lumber theft and return at West Frankfort high rise
At Anna Gray high rise in West Frankfort three men allegedly took lumber valued at 3 each and hauled away about 120 boards. Elvis Martin reported the incident. construction foreman Gary Eubanks recovered the lumber days later and said no charges will be filed.
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John Trimble
Anna Gray
West Frankfort
Elvis Martin
E. Poplar St
Martin
Gary Eubanks
Eubanks
Mike McClatchey
Baurer Brothers Construction
Belleville
Bauer Brothers
Union County hospital nursing home closes after workers strike
The nursing home at Union County Hospital is closed indefinitely after 80 to 90 non professional workers strike. Circuit Judge William Lewis issued an injunction ordering a return to duty as patients are relocated to other facilities while union representatives missed the hearing.
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Union County Hospital
Robert Dickson
Circuit Court
Anna
Sters Union
West Frankfort
William Lewis
Lewis
Dickson
Carbondale
D. D. Bigler
Joplin
Christopher School bond issue vote totals reported
Voters in the Christopher Grade School District approved a bond plan raising 79 cents per 100 dollars of assessed value, about a 12 to 13 percent tax hike, to fund 11 years of additions including classrooms and speech therapy. Precinct tallies show mixed support with 538 yes in Precinct 1 and 87 yes in Precinct 2, while Precinct 3 weighed heavily against.
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Joseph K. Arimond
Christopher
Sica Game Eal Cational
Byars
Coello
Buckner
Carbondale targets doctors with film and ballad pitch
Advertising consultant Ken Hieronymus proposes a Carbondale recruitment campaign using a film theme Carbondale Cares and a recruiting ballad to attract physicians to SIU Health Service Carbondale Clinic and private practice. The plan includes seminars brochures and outreach including black physicians to join the area. Formal approval expected April 13 with a potential 50 000 campaign this summer.
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Carol Alexander
Southern Illinois
Madison Avenue
Carbondale
Ken Hiero1mus
Hieronymus
Vangard
Gardner Advertising Co. Inc
St. Louis
Southern Illinois University Health Service
SIU Health Care
Hieronymous
Denver Colp
Hieronymus Saiid
Carbondale Cares
SIU Health Service
Carbondale Clinic
The
Health Service
SIU
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Bald Knob
Ed Greer
Herbert Gerdeman
Ern
Herrin
Ovie Edwards
Rt. 1
Carrier Mills
Edwards
J. Pierce Fox
Marion
William J. Sinks
Jack Hampton
Rt. 3
H. L. Pulley
Joe Nicholson
Charles Samples
Bernard A. Paul
James R. Wilson
Melattorney
Ed Cash
Johnston City
James M. Basler
Nursing Home
Lula Stilley
Jonesboro
Joseph VanRockel
Cobden
Center
Clyde Millis
In Christopher
Carbondale Caves
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