Rain Forecast Across Nation With Cooler West
A weather summary notes more rain in the west of the Mississippi with clear but cool conditions. Expect milder temperatures in most of the East as showers are forecast.
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Mississippi
City council allocates 20000 to Carbondale center amid deficits
The Carbondale Employment and Resource Center received a 20000 allocation from the city council on Monday. The move signals potential removal of the director Elbert Simon's salary as officials confront estimated deficits of 7296 by Simon and 10509 by CERC Board Chairman Don Monty, with ongoing disagreement between Monty and the board.
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Carbondale Employment and Resource Center
CERC
Elbert Simon
Simon
Don Monty
Monty
Clark Vineyard
Menty
Southern Illinois University
State
Carbondale
Decision on Ellsberg Pentagon Papers trial fate
In Los Angeles AP reports the judge in the Ellsberg Pentagon papers trial will decide if the proceeding is halted and sworn testimony is demanded from former U.S. attorneys general and others about possible Watergate links. The verdict hinges on government disclosure and requests for hearings involving Nixon administration figures.
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Los Angeles
U.S
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Nixon
Elisberg
Leonard Boudin
Attys
John N. Mitchell
Richard G. Kleindienst
United States
Boudin
Byrne
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Justice Department
Liddy
Walk raises funds for Project Concern by Williamson Jaycees
More than 3500 dollars was raised in the Walk for Mankind event with Herrin Marions and Johnston City walkers collecting pledges across 21 miles. Prizes went to top finishers including Barbara Dean, Ricky Travelstead, and Mike Brown as Valerie Aikman earned the most blisters and Fran k Phillips finished last.
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Walk For Mankind
Williamson County Jaycees
Herrin
Marions
Johnston City
Marion
Carterville
Jaycees
Crab Orchard
Barbara Dean
Ricky Travelstead
Mike Brown
Julie Davis
Robert Greenwood
Craig Hanna
Valerie Aikman
Teresa Rodgers
Frank Phillips
Record of Southern Illinois News Gathered
A page summarizing ongoing happenings around Southern Illinois supplements the daily The Southern Illinoisan coverage. It provides concise notes on local events, institutions, and community topics appearing in regional reporting.
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Illinois
Hospital admissions and discharges list across counties
A long hospital note lists admitted and discharged patients by name and town across Franklin Herrin Marshall Browning Miners Pinckneyville Sparta St Joseph Union Union County Washington County and Nashville with multiple individuals named per facility and status. The record reads like an index of patient movements by facility and location.
Births Across Communities Report Multiple Newborns
In Carbondale and nearby towns several couples welcomed new babies this week. MANTEL and VERMANI with daughters. PALMER and WHEATLEY with sons. KEITH and PYLE with sons today or Monday. SNYDER and BURNETT with daughters and sons.
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Carbondale
Mantel
Hans
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Vermani
Saliiendra
Cobden
Palmer
Dennis
DE Soto
Wheatley
Robert
Dowell
Keith
William
Raymond D
Herrin Hospital
Marion
Burnett
John W
Marion Memorial Hospital
Snyder
Everett C
West Frankfort
Cheatham
Wayne
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Zeigler
Youngman
Donald Lee
Calendar Notices Open to Public Meetings in Southern Illinoisan
Local readers are invited to submit upcoming public meetings for listing in the Calendar. Events must be open to the public and include place and date where possible. Reads as a call to submit notices for community listings.
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Southern Illinoisan
Tuesday Public Meetings In Southern Illinois Towns
Local government and civic groups hold Tuesday meetings across Thompsonville Herrin Benton Carterville Chester and SIU Carbondale with library airport and student org schedules. Cultural events include a women’s chorus a folk festival and senior recitals plus multiple drive in film showings in nearby towns.
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Thompsonville Village Board
Vilage Hall
Herrin Library Board
Benton Municipal Airport Board
Concerned Blind Students Organization
Southern Illnois University At
Carbondale
Wham
SIU
Carterville City Council
Water Department
Chester City Council
Sweet Adelines
First Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
Hillcrest
Hillcrest Drive
Folk Singers
South Patio
Southern Illinois University At
Community and University Schedule for Wednesday across Carbondale
Several local groups meet at 7:30 p.m. including the City Hall Human Relations Commission and the Employment and Resource Center Board at Attucks Center. Other events span public lectures by Carl E. Bagge at Davis Auditorium and Ingmar Bergman films at the Student Center.
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Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Carbondale Employmnt and Resource Center Board
Attucks
Jackson St
Jackson County
University Bank
Carbondale
Jackson County Board
DU Quoin Business Association
Perfection Club
du Quoin
Herrin
Ingmar Bergman
Touch
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Southern Illinois Film Society
Fire calls sweep Herrin and Carbondale area
Fire incidents reported in Herrin Carbondale and Murphysboro include a house gutted by an apparent electrical short at 413 S 24th St in Herrin with major smoke and water damage. Additional fires involve trash fires at SIU buildings and a fatal vacant home loss in Mt Carbon with undetermined cause.
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Herrin
Norge Laundermat
S. 14Th St
S. 24Th St
Mary Price
Waukegan
Edna Tolbert
Carbondale
Mae Smith
SIU
S. Washington St
Life Science
Washington Street
Leroy Dentman
Murphysboro
Stoelzle Street
Mt. Carbon
Carbondale Council approves contracts and upgrades
The Carbondale City Council swore in Hans Fischer and Archie Jones, awarded fuel and vehicle contracts to local firms, and approved police and water plant expenditures. The Lesser Commission okayed zimmite and root killer purchases and sewer tap-ons. The Williamson County Board agreed on a $20,708 compactor and $1,500 for jail CCTV installation.
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Carbondale
Hans Fischer
Archie Jones
Fischer
Jones
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Wides Oil Co., Inc
Murphysboro
Martin Oil Co
G.S. Robins and Co
St. Louis
S$ Chemical Co
Paducah
Chemtech
Navy Brand Mfg. Co
Mississippi Lime Co
Alton
Vogler Motor Co
Southern Ilinois University
Lesser Commission
Lesser Water and Sewer Commission
United Laboratories, Inc
Addison
Paul Guiley
Jim Dorris
Guiley
Dorris
Leonard Atkins
Williamson County Board
Fabick Machinery Co
Marion
Thane
Highway Department
Sinks
State Department of Corrections
Carbondale Area Police Report Highlights Multiple Thefts
Carbondale police report lists several thefts including a rock thrown through a Nutrition Headquarters van window on West Jackson Street. Others involve a missing color television from a second floor study center, a stolen stereo from a trailer, a 1968 Ford stolen from a parking lot, and burglary arrests near Calhoun Apartments.
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Carbondale
Harold J. Giiandini
Nutrition Headquarters Inc
W. Jackson St
Carbondale National Bank
Katie Kells
W. Pecan St
Miss Kells
Norma Wright
Lakeland School
Glasow
Don‘s Shell Station
E. Grand St
Scot Williams
Pleasant Hill
South Illinois Ave
Jackie Sykes
Southern Hills
Richard Banks
Michael Blevin
Chicago
Calhoun Apartments
Rt. 8
Brookside Manor
Banks
Blevin
Miss Sykes
Circuit Court
Court traffic citations listed in Royalton and nearby towns
A court report lists multiple speeding fines and traffic violations across Royalton Benton West Frankfort DeSoto Vienna Creal Springs Johnston City Hurst Anna and Marion. Offenses include speeding reckless driving no valid license careless driving failure to yield and stop sign disobedience with fines ranging from 15 to 115 dollars for various drivers. The ages of offenders span teens to adults with many entries recorded in 15 dollar fines.
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Royalton
Yolanda J. Simpkins
Benton
Mark Ray Blair
Walter G. Russell
West Frankfort
Martin L. Griffin
Zeigler
John A Gleghorn
Patrick
H. Hart
Gale A. MacClerren
Lesser
Charles R. Cross
Troy E. Holman
Allen D. Webb
Christopher
Phillip L. Steinmetz
Owen J. Gill
DeSoto
Donald G. Kerley
Vienna
Bernice E. Carter
Creal Springs
Francoise H. Booten
Johnston City
James
Paskevich
James E. Frankolin
Hurst
David P. Short
Anna
Lyle S. Coles
Marion
William A. Hill
Charles T. Spears
Lanny
Burns
Herrin
Stephen P. Crain
Terry A. Ray
Carolyn J. Angell
Murphysboro
Herschel E. Murdoch
David R. McNeal
James E. Krumrey
Goreville
Henry Zappa
Debbie L. Dugger
Walier
Richard W. Dare
Pete Androff
Leslie C. Stone
Robert J. Calcaterra
Lloyd J. Bell
Carbondale
Phillip B. Feazel
Lillian T. Herpin
Lauralyn Rains
James T. Wilbanks
Hazel P. Hutchison
Earl W. Warren
Herman J. Levan
John C. White
Adrian B. Northcutt
Leslie R. Murray Jr
Richard T. Mitchell
Joseph A. Segretario
Robert H. Brixey
Elmo Farris
Rex E. Huff
Isabell Hall
Services set for Horsley in Marion First United Methodist Church
Funeral services for the Rev. Otto Horsley will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church, Marion, with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. The 84-year-old retired minister died Monday in Marion Memorial Hospital. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Mitchell Funeral Home, Marion.
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School St
Hurst
Moeller Funeral Home
Royalton
Adolph Erbe
St. Louis
Blairsville Cemetery
Foster
Herrin Hospital
Jackson County
John
Daisy Forbes Hooker
Alvin Foster
Dan Hooker
Frank Hooker
Herrin
Fred Hooker
Carterville
Maude Brimelow
Bentley St
Marion
Wilson Funeral Home
Aubrey Moore
Maplewood Co
Brimelow
Lick Creek
Joseph
Emma Sullivan Hood
George Brimelow
Doris Webb
Pat Robertson
Creal Springs
Rita Argentino
Shirley Beavis
North Lake
Bonnie Odle
Forest Park
Robert Fornear
Argenta
Sesser
David Myers
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield
Decatur
William
Donald
Flora
First United Methodist Church
Otto Horsley
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mitchell Funeral Home
Mr. Horsley
S. Liberty St
Marion Memorial Hospital
United Methodist
Mr. Frick
Jonesboro
Herman
Isabell Brown Frick
Doris Ferrell
Kenneth
Ben
Creve Coeur
Pauline Bittle
Jean Graham
Marilyn Vancil
Anna
Anita Bittle
Sue Choate
Martha Wiley
Janice Appel
Peoria
Pat
Mr. King
Bertha Wilson
Murphysboro
Lula Cook
Carbondale
Arlene Gregory
Walker Funeral Home
Alto Pass
Jim Lipford
Hosmer T. Merrell Sr
S. 4Th St
Fountain Nursing Home
Merrell
David Herrin
Odd Fellows Lodge
Senior Citizens Club
The
Odd Fellows
Mr. Merrell
Fort Atkinson
Wis
James P
Emma Spitzer Merrell
Freda Schnider
Rockfort
Marjorie Burger
Jean Weaver
Madison
Hosmer T. Merrell Jr
Everett Lynch
Max Martin
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Glenna B. Jackson
E. Carter St
Charles Skelton
Wallace Peebles
Maplewood Cemetery
Mrs. Jackson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Johnson County
Ethel Poole
Agnes Hunter
Hobart
Ind
Walter Saylor
West Frankfort
S. 22Nd St
Franklin Hospital
Benton
John Saylor
Mabel Casteel
Saylor
Lloyd
Mary Beard
Athens
Naomi Lockerby
George van Natta
Robert Walther
de Soto
Ava
Bennett L. Airmans
Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital
Illinois
George H
Fannie Dirckson Airmans
Airmans
Daniel L. Pierce
Crain Cemetery
Irene Chaney
Deaths in Marion area noted with services announced
Obituary notices list Hosmer T. Merrell Sr. and others, detailing deaths in Marion and nearby towns. Services are set at Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion with Odd Fellows and church affiliations noted, burial planned at local cemeteries, and survivors including spouses, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Correction clarifies YMCA resignation and chorale concert
Alyce Vogel volunteered her resignation from the Jackson County YMCA, not asked to resign. Southern Illinois University Chorale will not perform Wednesday as listed. the next concert is scheduled for May 25.
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Jackson County
YMCA
Alyce Vogel
Southern Illinois University Chorale
NLRB hearing opens in Marion on union dispute
A National Labor Relations Board hearing starts in the Williamson County courthouse Marion on a dispute involving Fenix and Scisson Inc Tulsa and three unions. The agency alleges the contractor withdrew recognition from one union while bargaining with two others and interfered with employees rights to choose representation. The hearing expected to last one to two days.
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National Labor Relations Board
Williamson County
Marion
NLRB
Fenix and Scisson Inc
Tulsa
Okla
Lick Creek
International Operating Engineers Local 318
Laborers International Union of North America
Southern Illinois District Council
Afl-Cio
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Oakdale
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Aaron Bloodworth
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Shryock
Roy ‘Ean
Saluki
Toler
Women’s Center
W. Walnut St
Arch Mehrhoff
Southern Illinois
Mississippi Room
Area Police
Horsley
Daniel Frick
Union County Hospital
Cornelius King
Pentecostal Church
Annette King
Ajax Hayes
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Cosby Funeral Home
Hosmer T. Merrell
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