Carbondale council sets HUD grant priorities and cuts
Carbondale officials plan how to spend 3.1 million in HUD grants over the next three years after an 8.6 million intake in three years. The council dropped senior programs, trimmed health and child care budgets, and reduced capital purchases while preserving one targeted property rehabilitation grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Donald Monty
Monty
Neal Eckert
Helen Westberg
Southern Illinois Avenue
Construction worker killed at Marion site by falling girder
Raymond A. Arro, 32, of Christopher, died when a girder struck a 12 000 volt line during crane lifting at a Wal Mart construction site in Westmore Plaza Marion. He died at Marion Memorial Hospital after receiving burns and an 18 foot fall. An inquest is set for Monday in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Arro
Chestnut St
Christopher
Marion
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Arro
Marion Memorial Hospital
Wilson
Steve McCormick
Creal Springs
A. B. Williams
Wal-Mart
Westmore Plaza
Tempo
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus, Eagles
Fire Department
Raymond
Ruth Evelyn Neal Arro
Iron Workers Local 782
Barbara Green
Andrea
Pete
Doris Morgan
West Frankfort
St. Andrew’s Cemetery
Gilbert Funeral Home
Heller disappointed by court ruling on representation
Jackson County Supervisor of Assessments Lowell Heller expressed disappointment after Judge Peyton Kunce denied his request for a court appointed lawyer in ongoing suit against the Jackson County Board. Kunce also upheld a motion to delay restoring Heller to full $14,000 salary pending appeals court ruling, noting he has had public representation options and that April 10 order to restore duties should stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Lowell Heller
Peyton Kunce
Heller
Jackson County Board
Kunce
County Board
Medical school gets grants from AMA funds
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Medicine received 7418 in grants from the American Medical Association educa tion and research foundation as part of 137000 awarded to 14 Illinois medical schools. The SIU C Foundation in Springfield got 7164 and the Carbon Dale foundation received 254. The unrestricted grants allow use for any school need funded by central and Southern Illinois physicians through their AMA dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Medicine
American Medical Association
Education and Research Foundation
AMA
Illinois
Siu-C School of Medicine Foundation
Springfield
Siu-C Foundation
Carbondale
Central
Southern Illinois
Zeigler Council Schedules Budget Hearing For May 15
Zeigler city council set a public hearing at 6 30 p m on May 15 to review a 263 550 budget for the coming fiscal year. The plan allocates funds to public affairs 7200 council finances 6250 public health and safety 70350 streets and improvements 32500 water and sewer 125000 motor fuel 17000 and miscellaneous 5200. The 1977 78 budget was 246 580. The council also named Joyce Sanders deputy city clerk succeeding Janice Pasquino who resigned April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinois
Zeigler
Council
Joyce Sanders
Janice Pasquino
Pasquino
Tom Rogers
John Swalls
Beals
Bill Gladich
West Frankfort
Sam
Rend Sewage Plant Wins Best Operated Award
The Army Corps of Engineers Rend Lake sewage treatment plant was cited as the best operated sewage treatment works in Illinois. The award was presented last week at the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators conference in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Illinois
Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators
Springfield
Smoke-In Draws About 500 at SIUC Demonstration
About 500 students gathered near the main administration building at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for a three hour marijuana smoke in to protest laws. There were no incidents or arrests and SIU C security observed the event. The Free Forum Area near Anthony Hall hosted the demonstration sponsored by the Yippie Party with a short parade through downtown Carbondale afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Clarence G
Doc” Doughery
Siu-C
Dougherty
Free Forum
Anthony Hall
The
Youth International
Carbondale
Pay by results fell flat a century ago in England
Henry de Fiebre reports that English efforts to pay teachers by student results failed, a cautionary tale for modern education reform. Raymond F. Callahan of Washington University discusses the Bandwagon Phenomenon, historical shifts in American schooling, and the need to evaluate new methods without chasing panaceas at SIU Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Raymond F. Callahan
Graduate Institute of Education
Washington University
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Callahan
George S. Counts
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Horace Mann
Massachusetts
George Counts
Siu-C
Columbia University
Counts
Du Quoin names Fronek fire chief after vote
Richard Fronek, 32, a four year Du Quoin firefighter, named fire chief by the city council in a 4-1 vote. He succeeds Rennie Bedar who retired after 20 years. Fronek will start Thursday and aims to boost volunteer ranks and EMS emphasis while praising city cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fronek
du Quoin
Karen Rothe
Richard Fronek
Rennie Bedar
Bedar
Vietnam
Department
Pay dispute settled at Percy mine restart after arbitration
Miners at Southwestern Illinois Coal Co Streamline mine in Percy returned to work Monday after a back pay dispute involving one United Mine Workers Local 7333 member. About 150 miners walked off April 25 over pay for a job reclassified in 1974. An arbitration review board had ruled the miner deserved pay for time in the higher wage job, though the exact amount remains undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Illinois Coal Co. Streamline
Percy
United Mine Workers of America Local 7333
UMW
Cambria to Seek Federal Funds for Water System Upgrade
Cambria plans to apply for 730000 in federal community development funds to overhaul its water system. The project would enlarge mains in the business district and at Cambria Grade School, improve North End pressure, extend sewer lines to new areas, and fund a community center and fire station. The village adopted a 169000 budget for 1978 79 and Trustee Everett Rodgers Jr. resigned to move to Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Village Board
John Rowatt
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Carbondale Council
Zeigler Council
Rend Sewage Treatment Unit
Siuc
Butch Nevious
SIU C
England
Raymond D. Callahan
Donald ‘‘Cotton” Brayfield
Franck
Robert Armstrong
Burt Williams
Tom Moss
Jerome Roznowski
Robert Murray
Brayfield
Raymond Pelczynski
Williams
St. Louis
UMW Subdistrict 6
Mike Bunton
Rowatt
Everett Rodgers Jr
Rodgers
Carterville
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