Birth control handbook removed from SIU texts
A Canadian birth control handbook used in SIU Carbondale biology courses was ordered removed from Morris Library’s self-instruction section on dean’s orders. Professor Wunderle defended its use as current, noting student support and lack of offense in a winter survey. Faculty call it academic censorship and may report to the AAUP.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Canada
Steven L. Wunderle
Wunderle
Morris Library
Muhlenbrock
Robert Mohlenbrock
Elbert Hadley
College of Science
William Keeton
SIU
Health Service
Alhough
Hadley
Mohlenbrock
American Association of University Professors
Princeton University
Time Magazine
Princeton
Time
Flooded Kaskaskia Island shows 24 homes destroyed
About twenty four of nearly one hundred homes on Kaskaskia Island were destroyed as the Mississippi River floodwaters breached levees. Sheriff Bollinger said water action pulls houses apart and seeks National Guard aid as waters recede. Looting has been halted by weather, patrols, and resident cooperation.
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Kaskaskia Island
Randolph County
Ralph Bollinger
Bollinger
National Guard
Sheriff's Department
Carbondale approves another year of CEMREL math program
Carbondale Grade School Board extends the experimental CEMREL math program for one year starting July 1 with changes. New guidelines require CEMREL teachers to have regional approval and certificated district staff in every class, and limit media contact to superintendent Laurence Martin.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carbondale Grade
Central Midwestern Educational Laboratory
Cemrel
Educational Service Region
Jackson County
Burt Kaufman
Winkler School
Charles Hines
Lewis School
Winkler
Hines
Lewis
James O’donnell
California
Laurence Martin
Rabies Confinement Ordered in Carterville Area
A 21 day confinement order for dogs and cats was issued after a rabid cat bit two children in Carterville. The 2 and 4 year olds begin anti rabies vaccine series today as health officials coordinate with Herrin veterinarian Robert Blakely and Carterville Mayor Mrs. Whiting. Citizens bitten or finding animals acting oddly or dead should call the Franklin Williamson Bi County Health Dept at 983 7671.
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Carterville
Sue Whiting
Franklin-Williamson
Health Department
Herrin
Robert S. Blakely
Whiting
Coroner verdict labels Carbondale homicide in Shoffner death
A Jackson County coroner's jury ruled the January 28 shooting of Robert Shoffner Sr. in Carbondale a homicide and urged action against Alfonso Hall who faces murder charges. The trial was rescheduled to August 6 after a hung jury last month.
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Jackson County
Robert Shaffner Sr
Carbondale
Alfonso
Sonny
Hall
Harry Flynn
Intrigue’s Kitchen
Washington St
Intrigue
Shoffner
Flynn
Car motorcycle collision injures Southern Illinois student
Ging J. Chang a 20 year old Southern Illinois University student from Carbondale was critically injured in a Thursday afternoon crash when his westbound motorcycle collided with a pickup driven by 64 year old John F. Seahorn as he turned into the Pennys entrance to Carbon dale. Chang was taken to Doctors Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Firmin Des loge Hospital in St Louis via the state trauma system.
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Southern Illinois University
Firmin Desloge
St. Louis
Ging J. Chang
E. Park St
Carbondale
John F. Seahorn
Pennsylvania Ave
Carterville
Penneys
Chang
Seahorn
Pennys
Doctors Memorial Hospital
The UN at Work in Nepal Talk by Jack Graham
Jack Graham, a former Nepal resident and higher education professor, speaks on United Nations work in Nepal at the Southern Illinois Chapter meeting. The lecture begins at 5 30 p m following an international buffet at First United Methodist Church Carbondale. Reservations via Mrs J Jack Graham 25 Hillcrest Dr 549 8950.
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Nepal
Jack Graham
Southern Illinois
United Nations Association
Graham
First United Methodist Church
W. Main St
Carbondale
Hillcrest Dr
Engineering exam given at Southern Illinois University
A 26-year-old record was broken Thursday as 56 students sat in the Student Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to take the Professional Engineer in Training examination. It marked the first time the test was offered south of Champaign in Illinois.
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Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Illinois
Champaign
Murphysboro to Dedicate Down Town Green Space Park
A new park area in Murphysboro prepared by clients of the Jackson Community Workshop will be dedicated Sunday night at 8. The 60 by 175 foot space on the former Illinois Central Railroad office site at 13th and Locust streets will be named Gina’s Park in memory of a workshop employee. If weather breaks the event moves to the American Legion Home on Locust and 3rd.
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Murphysboro
Jackson Community Workshop
Illinois Central Railroad
13Th and Locust Streets
Brucemond
Alonzo Crim
Jackson County Community Workshop
Southern Illinois University Glee Club
American Legion
Locust
3Th Streets
Regina Williams
Deaf education bill alive despite committee action in Marion
Sen Gene Johns says a $725,000 appropriation for Jefferson school additions in Marion remains alive after the senate appropriations committee declined to recommend passage. The measure would fund a new facility for a Williamson County deaf education program serving 43 students from 16 southern Illinois counties, currently meeting in a church.
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Bud Farrar
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Marion
Gene Johns
Johns
Senate Appropriations Committee
Jefferson School
Senate
Williamson County
Illinois
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
State General Revenue Fund
Office of
the Superintendent of Public Instruction
OSPI
Jack Schaffer
Algonquin
Richard B. Ogilvie
Temporary injunction bars hospital union contract
Judge Richard Richman in Jonesboro issued a temporary injunction preventing Union County Hospital Board from entering into any labor contract before June 1. The suit, filed April 25 by the Union County Hospital and Skilled Nursing Home Union, seeks a permanent injunction against contracting with Teamsters Local 347. A hearing set for June 1 will decide the permanent injunction, with the union claiming 85 of about 90 non professional and licensed practical nurses are represented.
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Richard Richman
Jonesboro
Union County Hospital Board
Union County Hospital and Skilled Nursing Home Union
Teamsters Union
West Frankfort
Teamsters
Richman
R. Corydon Finch
Tom Hanna
St. Louis
William H. South
Medlin, Zimmer and
South Law
Carbondale
Frank Fabbri III
Hanna
South
Shoe plant resumes production after smoke filled day
The Brown Shoe Co. plant at 20th street and Shomaker drive in Murphysboro reopened after a minor fire in a dust collection fan outside the plant. Plant Supt. Joe Vitale said workers were sent home Thursday due to smoke conditions, with the plant resuming operations today following the incident. A similar fire forced a half day closing on March 26.
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Brown Shoe Co
20Th Street
Shomaker Drive
Murphysboro
Joe Vitale
Dongola youth pleads guilty in aggravated battery case
A 15-year-old Dongola youth pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in Jonesboro circuit court. Judge Paul D. Reese sentenced David Maze to one to five years with the DOC and Juvenile Division. The attempted murder charge over the Feb 5 and Feb 10 shootings was reduced to aggravated battery. five shots were fired at Officer Cotton Norris and one at Norris in the Feb 10 incident, injuring a state trooper only in the face.
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Dongola
Jonesboro
Paul D. Reese
David Maze
Department of Corrections
Maze
Cotton Norris
Norris
Shawnee College trustees reorganize after canvass
Shawnee College board seating two incumbents after canvass of April results. Delano Mowery Anna and Donald Jordan of Tamms seated. Louis Horman named chairman, C. G. Ulrich vice chairman, A. L. Robinson secretary. Monthly meetings set for 7 30 p m on second Mondays. Mittendorf named treasurer of multiple college funds. Joan Duncan named treasurer of several funds.
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Shawnee College Board of Trustees
Delano Mowery Anna
Donald Jordan
Tamms
Atty
Louis Horman
Metropolis
C. G. Ulrich
Dongola
A.L. Robinson
Mounds
Lester Mittendorf
Joan Duncan
Impress
Federal Manpower Training Fund
Variances approved for east Carbondale furniture store
The Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals approved two variances for Renfro’s Furniture Store east of University Mall. It allows 35 parking spaces instead of 80 and a 30 foot setback instead of 60, citing storage needs and road curve.
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Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals
University Mall
East Main Street
Louis Renfro
Renfro
Carbondale
Land Trust
John Stuart
Stuart
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