Harrin High honors notable students for achievement
Harrin High School honored Barbara Lea Vit Kathleen Sutterer Debra Redpath Ruth Patterson Gerald Bloom and Alan Brown for academic excellence and citizenship. Anthony Venegoni foreign language teacher presented awards and urged students to shape the future. Entertainment was provided by the Herrin High School stage group.
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Vis High School
Barbara Leavit
Kathleen Sutterer
Debra Redpath
Ruth Patterson
Gerald Bloom
Alan Brown
Ser
Citixenship
Anthony Venegoni
Harrin High School
Herrin High School
Car Hits 5 Yearold Girl In Marion Then Driver Flees
A Marion girl, five, suffered pelvic injuries after being struck by a car at the intersection of Aikman and Chestnut about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The driver fled the scene. witnesses could not describe the vehicle or driver. Jennifer Sue Reid, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Reid, remained in good condition at Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Jennifer Sue Reid
James Reid
S. Aikman St
L. B. Hunter
Aikman and
Chestnut Streets
Hunter
Herrin expands progressive reading plan at North Side School
Herrin Unit School District approves expansion of a diagnostic and prescriptive reading program at North Side School begun this year. Principal Harry Revelle says the 12 level system moves students at their own pace and can skip levels. Two teachers plus a aide would replace three in next year. If successful district wide, the model may be adopted across Herrin schools.
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Linds Hughes
Ilinois
North Side School
Herrin
Herrin Unit
Harry Revelle
Revelle
William Clarida
North Side
Jack Murphy
Clinois
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Goals and leadership changes in Illinois education and law aid
Regional Illinois education talks outline 1970s goals under Michael Bakalis. The meeting at Holiday Inn, Marion, discussed school reorganization and teacher certification with Mike Stramaglia presenting. Separately, Douglas Ingold was named acting director of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Illinois, with J Kenny Fox as acting assistant director as a merger forms Land of Lincoln Legal Services Inc.
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Michael Bakalis
Marion
Dtinois Association of Superintendents of Schools
Iinoig
Holiday Inn
Mike Stramaglia
Bakalis
Pauline Meyer
Bakar Hs
Sandra Holter
Southern Illinoisan
Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Minors Inc
Douglas Ingold
Carbondale
Ingold
Gary Kolb
J. Kenny Fox
Fox
Legal Assistance Foundation
Land of Lincoln Legal Services Inc
Legal Services Society
Madison County
Alton
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Cairo
Kaskaskia Legal Aid Society
Centralia
Legal Assistance Foundation of
Champaign County, Inc
Champaign
Vermilion County Legal Aid Society
Danville
Legal Aid
Ronald Mano
Durby-laws
Murphysboro Eyes Crossing Warning Lights at Four Crossings
Murphysboro City Council authorized action to file with the ICC for crossing warnings on four Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad crossings Gartside Pine Spruce and Shumaker. Engineer John Schwinn noted lights could be funded by state motor fuel tax division though a railroad petition to close a crossing could complicate the plan. The council previously shelved Illinois avenue Missouri Pacific crossing action amid a potential Gartside street closure and an unmarked crossing.
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Murphysboro
William Wolff
Ulmers Commerce Commission
Ofar
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Gartside Street
Pine Street
Spruce Street
Shumaker Drive
ICC
John Schwinn
John T. Blankinship and Associates
Schwinn
Commerce Commission
Linois Avenue
Missouri-Pacific
Illinois Avenue
Council to begin meetings with a prayer in Carbondale
The Carbondale City Council decided Tuesday to open formal meetings with a prayer. Councilman Hans Fischer proposed the idea and urged a response from colleagues. The council agreed to invite the ministerial alliance to send a representative to open each session.
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Carbondale City
Hans Fischer
Fischer
Ministerial Alliance
Industrial park land sale approved by Marion board
The Marion Chamber of Commerce plans to sell 3.47 acres in its industrial park at 1500 per acre to contractor Red Mullen, with a later 6.6 acre purchase possibility leaving the chamber with 13 acres. The move aims to reduce debt and improve finances. The chamber reports 964 full paid and 20 associate members, up from last year.
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Marion Chamber of Commerce
Marion
Red
Mullen
Louis Noel
Chamber
Noel
C. L. Musgrave
Last
Bil Bowlby
Busch Stadium
St. Louis
Bowlby
Rend Lake
Hunt Club
Illinois Kentucky unions settle Dog Island job dispute
A 83 million rock and dam project on the Ohio River between Brookport and Golconda will share work equally between Illinois and Kentucky unions. About 200 to 950 engineers and 500 workers overall will be hired over five years, with Illinois engineers earning 1.6 to 2 million annually and Kentucky 7.8 to 10 million total.
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Dog Island Im
Ohio River
Kentucky
Wardell Riggs
International Union of Operating Engineers
Kentucky Union
Henderson
Ilinois
State
Riggs
Tabor
Engineers Union
Brookport
Golconda
Carbondale eyes annexation for major retail on Rt 13
City council likely to reverse planning panel and approve rezoning and annexation of about 15 acres east of Carbondale post office for a large retail unit and two smaller stores on Rt 13. Commission cited downtown redevelopment and flood plain concerns. officials anticipate flood data from Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Rt. 13
Carbondale
Carbondale Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Richard Greenwood
Greenwood
Cmestlands
Rt. 15
Gpest
J. W. McKinney
Land Trust
Sald
Bill Schwegman
McKinney
Hans Fischer
Fischer
Dogs win day again at Murphysboro council session
Murphysboro City Council held a brief meeting Tuesday night on a leash law for full dog control. The public improvements committee held a hearing last week and will continue investigating the dog issue. Mayor Bruce Richmond said the problem is common to many area cities and not easily solved. Action will be announced with sufficient public notice and may require more than one council meeting. Committee chair Mike Bowers is hospitalized, delaying committee actions. Dr. Louis Strack urged waiting for state guidelines on animal control before acting. Veterinarians offered to assist the review.
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Murphysboro
Public Improvements Committee
Bruce Richmond
Richmond
Mike Bowers
Bowers
Louis Strack
Strack
Rail crossings deemed unfeasible in Carbondale study
Carbondale City Council heard an engineer report that two railroad crossings at Willow streets and Rigdon-Fisher streets are not feasible to engineer due to proximity to Rt. 51 and the tracks. A proposed overpass near Oak would cost about 1.95 million, with other estimates around 2.25 million. Councilman Fischer urged exploring alternate northeast crossings within 30 days.
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Tenois Central Railroad
Willow Streets
Rt. 51
Rigdon-Fisher
Kondale
B. M. Webb
Gineer
Bigdom
Oak
Willow
Bill ‘Schwegman
Schwegman
Hans Fischer
Schwegmant
Willow Street
Webb
Clinvis Commerce Commission
Norvel Haynes
Clearland Matthews
SIU Senate Votes Impeachment Protest Against Nixon
SIU students vote in an emergency session to urge impeachment of President Nixon over Vietnam escalation. The motion passes 2 to 1 as factions clash on war policy and participation in a candlelight march to the Vietnamese Studies Center.
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Vietnam
SIU
Student Senate
Nixon
Southern Ilinois University
Illnois
U.S
Senate
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Associated Press
Chusid
Viet Center
Vbut Siu
Southern
Linois University
Woody
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Clark Vineyard
Ilinois Division
Michelle $. Klaus
Home Economics
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Thompson Point
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