Area coal tax revenue bill eyed by Williamson board
Williamson County Board of Commissioners moves to draft a bill returning part of a coal tax to mining counties. A 2 p.m. April 10 meeting will invite state and county officials from the 58th and 59th districts, including Perry Franklin and Saline counties, to prepare the measure for Springfield. The group notes road costs from mine sinks and aims to push a 1 percent tax rebate through the General Assembly. William Sinks reports a railroad crossing inspection and the board votes Good Friday courthouse closure.
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Wanda Barras
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Perry
Franklin
Saline
Robert Williams
Williams
Johnston City
Illinois
Springfield
General Assembly
William Sinks
Illinois Commerce Commission
Rt. 13
Burlington Northern Railroad
Union County Hospital moves patients after eight hour strike
Union County Hospital in Anna relocated all nursing home patients by 2 p.m. Saturday after an eight hour strike by hospital workers linked to Teamsters Local 3A7. About 80 to 90 non professional staff were laid off while the hospital remains open pending a court injunction and a 2 p.m. hearing.
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Union County Hospital
Anna
Carbondale
Robert Dickson
Teamsters Union
Dickson
William Lewis
Trefts
Transfers bring 70 new patients to New Haven Center
More than 70 Union County Hospital nursing home patients were admitted Friday to the New Haven Center in Carbon Dale after a Union strike. The facility, with 328 beds, started with about 30 residents and received large support from Doctors Hospital staff the Illinois Health and Mental Health departments and volunteers. Plans were made to open a second complex to handle weekend overflow, with public aid financing continuing. Average cost per patient runs about $10 daily.
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Joseph Arimond
Miiheisan
Union County Hospital
New Haven Center
Carbondale
Union County
Helfrich
Doctors Hospital
Ilinois Department of Public Health
Department of Mental Health
Anna
Department of Public Aid
Ike and Tina Turner Revue Set for SIU Arena Appearance
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue will perform at the Southern Illinois University Arena on April 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Thursday at the SIU Student Center central ticket office with sales possible Friday at Penney's Saw-Mart Tempo and the arena if not sold out. Ticket prices range from 3.50 to 4.50 dollars. The act previously drew 14,600 at the Mississippi River Festival in Edwardsville in 1971. Arena manager Dean Justice notes first-day ticket sales exceeded 10,000 for a December show before cancellation.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Penney’s
Saw-Mart
Tempo
Arena
Edwardsville
Who
Dean Justice
Assessors Set Tuesday Meet for 1973 Personal Property
Assessors meet Tuesday in Murphysboro to outline the 1973 personal property assessment for Jackson County. The April 1 ownership date governs subject property and exemptions for one car and household furnishings remain in effect. Mines reported Tuesday.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Heller
Metropolis man killed by train near Joppa Road
A 73 year old Metropolis man William Maedeker was struck and killed by a Burlington Northern train at 2 39 a m Sunday near the railroad junction with Joppa Road. Sheriff Oscar Mizell said Maedeker sat on the tracks and was hit as the train approached, body hurled 50 to 75 feet. He had wandered from his home Saturday afternoon and became lost, likely confused by the lights. He recently moved to Metropolis from Pope County after farming there.
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Metropolis
William Maedeker
Joppa Road
Maedeker
Burlington Northern
Oscar Mizell
Massac
Mizell
E. 10Th St
Poe
Pope County
Marion Man Injured In Route 149 Crash
Robert J. McRoy, 20, of Marion, was injured Sunday afternoon when his car struck a culvert and overturned on Route 149, about 2.5 miles west of Freeman Spur road. He was taken to Union Hospital, West Frankfort, with major injuries. The accident occurred about 3:15 p.m.
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Robert J. McRoy
Marion
Rt. 149
Freeman Spur Road
McRoy
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois Winners In Irish Sweepstakes
Two Southern Illinoisans, a Coulterville mother and a Du Quoin teenager, won $26,000 each after their horse Medicinal Compound finished third in the Irish Sweepstakes. Harold Curt bought yearly tickets. Lee Holland’s father bought her ticket. Curt’s wife plans mortgage payoff. Holland seeks college funds.
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Coulterville
Lee Holland
du Quoin
Ean
Harold
Robert W. Curt Jr
Southern Illinois
Curt
Miss Holland
Curts
Spartan Printing Co
Sparta
Robbery Attempt Foiled at West Frankfort Station
A 4:20 a.m. armed robbery attempt at Clark Service Station in West Frankfort failed when attendant James Boswell fled after a gun was pressed to his face. The suspect, a black man driving a white Buick, fled east on Rt. 149 with an accomplice in the back. Police across Franklin County continue the investigation.
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West Frankfort
James Boswell
Clark
W. Main St
Boswell
Rt. 149
Ethel Kennedy Hospitalized After Leg Break
Ethel Kennedy widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy is reported in good condition at Sceva Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth New Hampshire after breaking a leg while skiing on Sunday.
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Plymouth
N.H
Ethel Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Sceva Speare Memorial Hospital
Harrisburg hosts southern district music contest winners
Six bands and seven choirs earned top ratings at the southern district band and vocal music contest in Harrisburg. Winners advance to the statewide event on April 29 in Herrin. The event, sponsored by the Illinois Grade School Band Orchestra and Chorus Association, included ratings for various schools and a Harrisburg junior high girls choir earned a first place.
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Harrisburg
Herrin
Benton
du Quoin
Murphysboro
New YMCA appoints Bob Rose as program director
Bob Rose 26, graduate student at Southern Illinois University, named program director at the Jackson County YMCA. He replaces Lou Shick who is leaving the area. Alice Vogel will take over classes taught by Kitty Becker, an instructor at the center.
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Bob Rose
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
YMCA
Rose
Lou Shick
Alice Vogel
Kitty Becker
Miss Becker
Job bidding dispute idles nine area mines locals say
Local 1545 President Lesser says nine area mines idle in sympathy with Inland miners over a job bidding dispute. Inland mine idle nearly two weeks after a trainee was picked for a roof bolter job. Dawes denies picket activity while Pace hints at broader problems and MFD influence in Southern Illinois.
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Kenneth Dawes
Lesser
Inland
Dawes
Pany
E.M. Pace
Miners For Democracy
MFD
UMWA
Ilinois
Benton man dies after farm tractor tree accident
A Benton man died after a tractor accident on his farm when a tree felled by the tractor trapped him. The incident occurred about 3:15 p.m. on the Page farm six miles east of Benton off Route 14. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial in the Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Franklin Hospital
Benton
Page
Rt. 14
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Hobbs-Johnson
Mr. Page
Franklin County
Bill
Alma Page
Lorene Hobbs
Evansville
Ind
Ewing Masonic Lodge
U.S. Navy
John R
Eagle Grove
Iowa
James W
Alma Thurmond Page
Macedonia
Genevieve Browsing
Rt. 1
Ewing
Leonard Fox
Belleville Tax Ceiling Praised for Home Rule City
Belleville and about 59 other cities voluntarily adopted a tax ceiling matching pre home rule rates. The federation praised municipalities including Springfield for holding line on property taxes by budgeting and levying at last year’s levels until the new constitution’s local government article took effect July 1.
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Belleville
Springfield
Fire damages barn near Marion after house blaze
Marion firemen reported sparks from a house caused a fire that spread to a barn one and a half miles south of Marion at the Norris property. The Johnson barn was destroyed, with firefighters from Marion responding to the blaze.
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Marion
Johnson
Pro
Hee
Burned trailer yields three pots of green marijuana
Three pots of green marijuana were found in a trailer that burned in Carbondale Sunday morning. The trailer at Pleasant Valley Trailer Court was rented by SIU students Daniel Jasinski and Charles Kaspar. they were away at the time. Police say the cause is undetermined and no charges have been filed.
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Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University
Pleasant Valley
SIU
Daniel Jasinski
Charles E. Kaspar
Jasinski
Kaspar
Dallas Police May Record Conversations During Traffic Stops
A Governor's Criminal Justice Council study recommends officers record all statements during traffic stops. The plan aims to deter abuse and improve accountability by capturing interactions between police and drivers in Dallas Texas.
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Governor’s Criminal Justice Council
West Frankfort firemen certification tabled by council
West Frankfort city council tabled action on three firemen certification after notices of examinations were not published in a local newspaper as required. Commissioner James LaVern Sanders complained, saying two notices were found and no third appeared. Sanders also criticized reporters over coverage of missing lumber at the Anna Gray high rise construction. the foreman Gary Eunbanks reportedly signed a statement, though not presented here. Two West Frankfort policemen were involved in a separate incident last week.
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John Trimble
West Frankfort
City
James LaVern Sanders
Tom Griffin
Griffin
Sanders
Council
Any- Sanders
Anna Gray
Lucas
Gary Eubanks
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Southwestern Coal Co
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Colorado
Richard Clover
John Hoffman
Clover
Ogilvie
I. C. Board
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Central Railroad
Railroad Corporation
John W. Lewis
Israel
Ethel
John D. Page
Dallas, Tex
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