Air Kentucky wins Mt Vernon to St Louis air route
Air Kentucky awarded the Mount Vernon to St Louis route with a two year subsidy, replacing Air Illinois. Service starts July 15 with Beechcraft 99 aircraft offering three weekday and three weekend round trips. Subisdy first year is 194,779 and 156,056 second year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Santori
Southern Illinoisan
Air Kentucky
Mount Vernon
St. Louis
Air Illinois of
Carbondale
Jefferson County
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frank Shibley
Owensboro
CAB
Shibley
Air Illinois
Essential Air Service
Linda Hall
Ms. Hall
Marion hospital to add intensive and coronary care units
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board approved a certificate of need for Marion Memorial Hospital to operate intensive care and coronary care units with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement at prevailing rates. The two four bed units, previously classified as special care, now provide full ICU and CCU services, boosting staffing and equipment levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board
Marion Memorial Hospital
Board
Comprehensive Health Planning Committee
Springfield
Nolan England
England
Worst Shawnee Forest fire season on record
Shawnee National Forest officials report one of their worst fire seasons due to dry soils and low rainfall. Through March, 61 fires caused about $11,000 in damage, the largest blaze at Hutchins Creek near Bald Knob Cross burned 400 acres. Fires stemmed from arson to campfires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Shawnee National Forest
Comstock
Death Curve spurred Johnston City ambulance service start
Theresa Churchill reports on the new Johnston City Ambulance Service based at 800 N Grand Ave prompted by frequent accidents on the Death Curve old Herrin Johnston City Road. Janet and Charles Berra, backing this venture, plan volunteer work initially and aim to cut emergency response from six to three minutes. Fees are 50 dollars per call plus one ten per mile beyond area. Local fire chief Dennis Beaumont supports the move. The service remains independent of city or state funds and will lease remodeled space with facilities for two patients and volunteers. Kay Gillespie an Herrin Hospital licensed practical nurse joins from Johnston City. Call 942-6836 for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Herrin- Johnston City
Johnston City
Grand Ave
Janet
Charles Berra
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Berra Ambulan 2
Johnston City Fire Department
Dennis Beaumont
Berras
N. Grand Ave
Berra
Kip Litton
Kay Gillespie
Marion
West Frankfort
Illinois Department of Transportation
Mayfield Ambulance
Williamson County
Herrin union workers accept one year contract amid COLA dispute
Union workers in Herrin agreed to a one year contract with 4 percent salary increases retroactive to March 1 after a cordial negotiating session. The cost of living clause remains unresolved with talks to continue next week. A strike ended after 24 hours when Mayor Ottolini ordered workers back to work as a precondition for further talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Mario
Moochie
Ottolini
Smith
Negotiations Resume In Herrin Norge Strike Talks
Union and company negotiators plan a 2:30 p.m. meeting at the Heritage Motor Inn in Marion to redefine issues after a three week strike by 1,050 Herrin Norge plant workers. Mediator Raymond Hall unlikely to attend. workers rejected a recent contract offer 2 to 1 seeking wage improvements. Herrin Norge, a Magic Chef unit, makes washers and dryers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan Union and
Herrin Norge
David Garner
International Association of Machinists and Aero
Garner
Magic Chef Inc
Frankfort police fire wage talks open with optimism
West Frankfort officials met with a firefighters and police committee and expressed optimism for a new two year contract. negotiators described wage requests as reasonable and planned to present an offer next week, with no firm figures released. Firefighters belong to the Brotherhood of Firefighters while police are non union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
James Bernhard
John Simmons
Fred Harkins
George Culley
Terry Weaver
Tom OT
John Terry
Tom Mandrell
Bernhard
Public Safety
Brotherhood of Firefighters
Chinese professor links math and science at SIUC visit
Min Qian of Peking University argues for cross discipline work and aims to apply probability to statistical mechanics. He discusses differences between American and Chinese students, noting discipline, workload, tuition support, and class ability gaps during his SIUC visit. He has held visiting posts at Northwestern and UC Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce J. Simmons
Southern Illinoisan
Min Qian
Peking University
China
Min
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Northwestern University
University of California At Berkeley
United States
U.S
Jerry Becker
SIUC
Becker
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Lawrence Tz Farm
Reed’s Station Road
de Soto
Diac
M. T. Joseph
Faustino Pageda
M. Ravin
Glenn Clarida
Edwin Soldner
Nita Joiner
Paul Robinson
Bill Costello
Joe Jines
Janet Berra and
New Johnston City
The
Norge
Sion
Raymond Hall
Hall
Frankfort
Simmons
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