Youth Workshop Series Planned Across Southern Illinois
Sessions planned for youth in 27 southern counties will cover dress codes recreation alcohol and drugs and boy girl relationships. The program is co sponsored by the Southern Illinois Volunteer Services Council and the Department of Corrections Juvenile Division Community Services with sessions in Effingham Mt Vernon Pulaski County and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Wood
Southern Hlinois
Southern Mlinois Volunteer Services Council
Department of Corrections
Southern
Steve Kossman
Springfield
Blic
Epartment of Corrections
Pete Gentry
Tve Community Services Unit
Margery Parker
Tamms
Allin
Oliver Sy
Egyptian Consolidated School
Pulaski County
Kossman
Sangamon State University
South
Intruder Walks Ledge At SIU Mae Smith Hall
A white male intruder walked along a 14th story ledge at Mae Smith dormitory before entering an 18 year old coed’s room at 3:45 a.m. The student woke, screamed and the intruder fled via the hallway after placing a hand over her mouth. Salem educator Bert E. Gum, 81, died Wednesday night. he served as superintendent of schools in Odin and Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Mae ‘Smith
SIU
Salem
Bert E. Gum
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Armal University
Carbon
Southern Illinois Unirsity
Odin
Union County to post unsafe on nine county bridges
Union County will post nine township bridges with Unsafe Travel at your own risk signs after an engineer rated loads under three tons. The survey by J. T. Blankinship & Associates covered bridges 20 feet and longer and found 58 bridges in both systems rated 3 to 10 tons and 32 above 10 tons. Highway Superintendent Loren Hinckle outlined repairs and replacements while noting funding and timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Loren Hinckle
Union County Board
J. T. Blankinship & Associates
Murphysboro
Hinckle
Jackson County Township Elections See High Filing Compliance
Jackson County townships show 119 of 152 candidates filed economic disclosure forms, with 20 of 33 not filed clustered in Kinkaid and Levan. Gov. Walker extended the filing deadline by 10 days to April 5 for those who missed prior deadlines, aiding several upcoming elections. Parrish withdrew from the Makanda race Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Kinkaid
Levan
Daniel Walker
Bradley
Ronald Heiman
Carbondale
Herbert Korando
Archie Hamilton
Picketing Begins at Benton Franklin Hospital Over Unionization
Pickets from Laborers International Union Local 529 march at Franklin Hospital in Benton to push for union talks with the hospital board. W.W. A. Lamont says operations continue with no disruptions, while Stark cites ongoing lines to negotiate and notes support from UMWA district 12. The dispute follows February walkouts over conditions and pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Laborers International Union
Stark
James Proctor Zeigler
Hospital
Hospital Board
Judith Shurtz
Local 529
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
District 12
Kenneth Dawes
Ten Day Extension Spurs Filing of Economic Disclosures
Jackson County officials report action after a 10 day extension for economic disclosure statements. County Clerk Delmar Ward says eight township candidates filed by Wednesday, with 33 of 152 candidates still unfiled. The extension, approved by Governor Walker, runs until April 5 and more filings are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Ward
Daniel Walker
No peach bloom this year in Union County orchards
James West of the Illinois Fruit Growers Cobden reports peach trees in Union County are not in full bloom due to unpredictable weather. Blossoms began early in mid March from warm conditions but a cold front and ongoing rain have staggered and knocked off blooms, possibly ending by the weekend if rains stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
James West
West
Illinois Fruit Growers
Cobden
Three potted plants tied to youth weed case in Jonesboro
Police confiscated three potted plants believed to be marijuana from a 16 year old Jonesboro youth after a circuit court warrant. Plants sent to a crime lab in De Soto for testing. Neighbors saw plants in multiple bedroom windows and a kitchen window at Karen Thiess’s home. Thiess, 22, was charged with possession of marijuana and theft by possession and released on a $25 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Richard Lingle
James Leaton
de Soto
Karen M. Thiess
S. Wall St
Miss Thiess
Four Bowen Center workers return to jobs amid court clash
Four Harrisburg Bowen Center craftsmen fired last week are back at work pending a Springfield court hearing. The Sangamon County suit alleges illegal dismissal for Republican affiliation and seeks an injunction to keep them on payroll. Replacements, all Democrats, remain on duty.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
A. L. Bowen Children’s Center
Harrisburg
Springfield
Richard Ogilvie
Sangamon County
Vitt
Ilinois Dept. of Mental Health
DMH
Nolan Jones
Illinois Dept. of Personnel
Albert J. Shafter
Bowen Center
George Lindberg
Jimmy Dale Lambert
Leonard Smith
Larry Reed
Charles Hester
Smith
Eldorado
Shafter
Poe
Hanley
State
Republican Party
Doy
Lendensford
Election results upheld in Pope County contest
Delores Johnson 42 of Golconda will remain Pope County states attorney after a circuit court trial in Golconda. Judge John Daily ruled for Johnson after a recount altered the results by six votes, overcoming Republican Duane Leach who had contested the election. The canvass shows Leach served since September 1965 with a $20,000 salary.
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Delores Johnson
Golconda
Pope County
Lea
Verema Mad ‘Sole Sen Batts
Fio Roa Lt Leach
Escapee Returns to Army After Jail Break
Danny T. Wyant 21 of West Frankfort surrendered to military authorities at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on a AWOL charge after escaping the Franklin County jail in Benton March 22. Wyant had escaped Wednesday after allegedly picking a jail lock and evading searches. he was the third inmate to escape during a six week remodeling period.
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Franklin County
Benton
Ft. Leonard Wood
Danny T. Wyant
West Frankfort
Wyant
Pinckneyville Miner Wins UMWA Cadillac Auction
Willard Pugh a 52 year old Pinckneyville coal miner bid 5000 dollars to purchase one of three luxury Cadillacs used by UMWA officials under W A Boyle. Bernard Aronson said the 1970 Cadillac was formerly owned by John Owens and Miller plans reforms to curb lavish union vehicles. Pugh left for Washington after the sale and presumably travels home in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Pugh
Pinckneyville
Illinois
Washington D.C
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Bernard Aronson
Arnold Miller
Pugh
Aronson
Boyle
Miller
United Electric Coal Co
Fidelity
du Quoin
Senate OKs Kirk Miller and Burris for Walker cabinet
Illinois Senate approved three Gov. Daniel Walker appointees Frank Kirk Jerome Miller and Roland Burris to cabinet posts 44 to 0 Kirk Carbondale director of local government affairs Miller child and family services Burris general services Several senators abstained after a tense hearing where Kirk faced sharp questions over economic multipliers and the governor's authority in enacting the freeze the outcome acknowledged the need for clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Daniel Walker
Illinois Senate
Frank Kirk
Carbondale
Jerome Miller
Children and Family Services
Roland Burris
Senate
Kirk
Walker
Requir Kirk
Hudson Spurs
Peoria
Tom Merritt
Hoopeston
Merritt
Driver Feared Dead After Car Drops From Ohio River Bridge
A car driven by a Wickliffe resident named ghia 27 allegedly plunged through a bridge railing on the Ohio River south of Cairo. Mayfield Graves rescue team retrieved the submerged vehicle, but the victim Dalton was not inside. Rescue divers continued searches as the river was dragged for the body.
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Ghia 27
Wickliffe
Ohio River
Cairo
Mayfield-Graves Rescue Squad
Mayfield
Dalton
Zeigler-Royalton school board reverses non-tenure firings
The Zeigler-Royalton School Board reversed its March 25 decision to honorably dismiss 15 non tenured teachers for 1973 74, rehiring 13 after further cost and program cut analysis. Officials cite funding uncertainty, lower attendance, and state aid doubts as pressures while freezing salaries and shifting contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler-Royalton
Roy Belcher
Belcher
SIU Institutes Saturday Office Hours for Spring Quarter
Southern Illinois University will open deans and departmental offices on Saturday mornings during spring quarter on an experimental basis. Assistant Provost J Keith Leasure said the goal is to let students and prospective students see advisors ask questions or get advice. Each dean will decide which offices to keep open while not all deans and professors will be in their offices on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hanley
Springfield
Sorling, Catron and Hardin
Leroy le
Building Trades Vocational
Belcher
Sehgal
Southern [Illinois University
J. Keith Leasure
Leasure
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Charles Fritsche
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Harry L. Bridgeman
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Wilbur Clendenin
Otto Breek
Thomas G. Wilson
Floyd Whitson
Kenneth Saul
John Wilson
George Christensen
Dan Morgan
Glenn Bryant
Edward Phoenix
Raymond Shannon
Gilbert Hines
Ted Taylor
Dan Jarrett
Randle Pierson
Vern Sandusky
Cecil Pulcher
Ora
Ray Tripp
Ray Penrod
Sand Ridge
Somerset
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Joseph Parrish
George Lichliter
Leland Coffer
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Miss Shurtz
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