Five charged in Carbondale robbery indictments issued
A Jackson County grand jury returned seven indictments on armed robbery rape kidnapping and narcotics related to a Carbondale hold up on March 3. Defendants include Raymond Baker Tommie Calvin Green and Sandra Sneed all of St. Louis with bonds set at 5 000 to 10 000 and charges of aggravated assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Ron Briggs
Carbondale
Raymond Henry Baker
Tommie Larry Calvin
Tommie Orr
Barry Winchell Green
Jeffrey Lamar Sneed
Sandra Marie Sneed
St. Louis
Baker
Calvin Orr
McNeill
S. Illinois Ave
C. E. McNeill
David
McNeills
Five North
Rt. 51
de Soto
Green
Calvin-Orr
du Quoin
du Quoin Area
Vernon L. Melvin
William G. Fox
Oregon St
Carterville
Fox
Williamson County
Delmar Roach
S. Calumet St
Marion
Donald Shade
Jackson St
Hurst
Briggs
Roach
Shade
James Dorris
Michele Almo
Levina Arrington
Sunshine Mobile Homes Trailer Court
Rt. 2
Martin Hal Levin
Southern Illinois University
Levin
David Craft
Oroville
Paul Carpenter
Moritz
Gorham
Craft
Carpenter
Henry G. Hauser
George Higgins
Buford Lewis
Shawnee College honor rolls list winter quarter achievers
Twenty five Shawnee College students earned the president's honor roll with straight A grades and 89 named to the deans list. M leads both lists with five on the honor roll and 18 on the dean's list. Anna follows with one and ten respectively. Vienna records four and six. County totals show Massac 26 Pulaski 22 Union 21 Johnson 20 Alexander 14. Elmer Rodgers, Carbondale fire captain, remained in intensive care at Doctors Memorial Hospital after a heart attack during a fire at 505 West Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee College
Anna
M Is
Vienna
Massac
Pulaski
Union
Johnson
Alexander
Semantics dispute ends at Inland mine closings
The dispute over trainee status for a roof bolter at Inland Steel Co near Lesser is settled after talks with United Mine Workers of America. Officials say the miner will be paid as a regular roof bolt machine operator, ending idle periods at Inland and nine other mines in Franklin Williamson and Jefferson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Inland Steel Co
Lesser
E. M. Pace
Inland
Pace
Kenneth Wells
Springfield
Umwa District 12
Franklin
Williamson
Jefferson
City farm project stalls amid funding drought and slow progress
Development of recreational facilities at the city owned farm east of Carbondale advances slowly. The Carbondale Gun Club plans a $100000 trap and skeet range with completion targeted for May, while the police pistol range is under construction by staff. City funds shortages curb further builds including a proposed 70 acre golf course and a $400000 public pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arimond
Old
Rt .13
Carbondale
McKeown
Carbondale Police Department
Joe Dakin
Dakin
McKown
Richard Greenwood
Carbondale Park District
Harry Larimore
Larimore
Park District
City Farm
Link Nursery
St. Louis
Hollywood
Fort Lauderdale
Melbourne
Fla
Bill Schwegman
Schwegman
Park
Fire destroys Lacy's Flower Shop and Spirit's Inn
West Frankfort firefighters battled a Thursday night blaze in the business district. Lacy's Flower Shop and Spirit's Inn Coffee Shop were destroyed with other nearby businesses damaged as volunteers assisted in the cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy
Fred Harkins
West Frankfort
Spirit’s Inn
Marion calls for hospital building bids
Marion announces bids by April 10 for a hospital expansion at Memorial Hospital. The project includes a new east annex office, a third floor addition adding thirty five beds and rooms, plus a recovery room and storage areas. Funding totals exceed $1 million via a $595,000 bond issue, a $221,500 federal grant, and about $200,000 from hospital revenues. Architects are William B. Ittner Inc of St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Weee
Dice Talline Aacoe Aia Memorial Hospital
William B. Ittner
Airport terminal project halted awaiting roofing shipment
Williamson County Airport work on the new terminal is paused until roofing arrives. Airport authority chairman Dee Rodd says roofing, valued at a steel package from J and L Robinson Construction Co of Carbondale, was due March 15 but is delayed indefinitely. project total is 342 964 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Dee Rodd
Airport Authority
Rodd
J. and L. Robinson Construction Co
Carbondale
Woman cyclist injured in West Main collision
Frances Halladay, 20, of Carbondale, was injured when a motorcycle driven by a circuit judge collided with a car at West Main and Maple streets. She was taken to Doctors Memorial Hospital after initial care at SIU Health Service. Condition listed as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Halladay
Orchard Drive
Carbondale
Doctors Memorial Hospital
West Main Street
Jackson County
Richard Richman
W. Main St
Miss Haladay
West Main
Maple Streets
Maple Street
Southern
Carbondale Hopes For Budget Surplus In 1972 73 Plan
Carbondale proposes a $2.21 million general fund budget with a $57 end year balance for 1972 73. Acting City Manager Bill Schwegman and staff outline expenditures up 3 percent and discuss potential new revenue including a prior rejected wheel tax and police and fire levies. The plan anticipates no major program increases and notes shifts in funds, with a follow up budget session scheduled at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Blackburn
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Bill Schwegman
Schwegman
Joe Dakin
Police Department
David Rosenthal
Union County hospital strike continues with no talks
Union County Hospital workers persist in a walkout that began Friday, paused by a court order, and resumed Tuesday. Union Local 347 cites no negotiations with hospital management while volunteers assist patient care. County residents face a 13.2 cent tax per 100 dollars for nursing home bonds and 7.5 cents for hospital district operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County Hospital
Teamsters Union Local 347
Robert Dickson
Teamsters Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stanley H. Happold
Hickory St
Christopher E. Melvin
S. Musselman St
Paul E. Taylor
N. Maple St
Tucson
Ariz
Shawnee
Elmer Rodgers
Carbondale Fire Department
Doctors Memorial Hospit
Rodgers
W. Oak St
Union County
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