Ballet West brings 19th century Russia to SIU stage
The Southern Illinois audience enjoyed Ballet West at Shryock Auditorium with performances of Serenade Paquita Pas de Deux and Con Amore. William F. Christensen’s company earned praise for modern yet faithful ballet, with standout dancing by Janice James Tomm Ruud Christopher Fair and Vivien Cockburn. The reviewer hails Ballet West as a lasting American art form and urges better stage conditions for future shows.
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Mike Shearer
Southern Illinoisan
Russia
Ballet West
Clin Eastwood
New York Knickerbockers
United States
Christensen
Shryock Auditorium
Janice James
Tomm Ruud
Christopher Fair
Vivien Cockburn
Moritat musical flops at SIU open
SIU in Carbondale opened Moritat a 49 percent failure with weak plot and music. Barry Kleinbert and Michael Moore led the project while Woyzeck and Marie failed to engage the audience. Performers John Speckhardt and Brad Trowbridge earned praise though the production overall lacked excitement and memorability.
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Southern Illinoisan
Barry Kleinbert
Michael Moore
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Moore
Woyzeck
Doctor
John Speckhardt
Brad Trowbridge
Kleinbert
Bonnie Hausman
Marie
Calipre
Siu
Verdicts returned in four Jackson County deaths
Jackson County Coroner Har ry Flynn announced verdicts on four recent deaths. Alma Bullar Bradley 65 drowned in a pond on a relative s farm. James Austin 59 died from accident injuries with alcohol listed as a contributing factor. Mabel Chapman 50 undetermined due to insufficient evidence from carbon monoxide poisoning. John M Carpenter 25 died by self inflicted .22 caliber gunshot following a suicide note.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Harry Flynn
Alma Bullar Bradley
15Th St
James Austin
Carbondale
Austin
Flynn
Mabel Chapman
N. Carico St
Draper Appointed to Cobden Board of Trustees
Herbert Draper, longtime Cobden street department employee, is named to fill an unexpired term on the Cobden Board of Trustees. He will serve until May 1975, completing William W. Fry’s term after Fry’s April mayoral election win. Draper retired two years ago after a broken leg injury.
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Herbert Draper
Cobden
Taylor to receive 1973 Sigma Xi Kaplan Award at SIU
Walter W. Taylor, SIUC anthropology professor and pioneer of New Archaeology, will receive the 1973 Sigma Xi Kaplan Research Award and deliver the Leo Kaplan Memorial Lecture at SIU Carbondale. The Monsanto Co. sponsors the 12th award, with a $100 prize and plaque, as chemistry professor C David Schmulbach heads the Sigma Xi program in the Neckers Building.
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Walter W. Taylor
Sigma Xi- Kaplan
Leo Kaplan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
STUC
Sigma Xi
National Professional Scientific Research Society
Siuc Sigma
Monsanto Co
Philip C. Hamm
Monsanto
Agricultural Division
St. Louis
Taylor
SIUC
Illinois faces up to 5.6 million loss in federal aid under Nixon budget
The University of Illinois warns it could lose as much as 5.6 million dollars in federal aid if Congress passes Nixon's 1974 budget. NASULGC survey shows 14 universities totaling 73.3 million in potential losses, with large cuts in student aid and health science programs.
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University of Illinois
Nixon
National Associaton
Nasulgc
Nasulge
College of Pharmacy
Nasalgc
SIU Expects Stable Federal Aid Despite Budget Pressures
SIU at Carbondale expects more than 1.4 million dollars in student financial aid and current federal funding for research, with director Frank Adams forecasting about a 10 percent cut in three main aid programs. A new federal program may offset losses, keeping funding near this year’s level as SIU explores new areas.
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Nixon
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Frank Adams
Adams
SIU
Marion flood control bill eyed to ease creek flooding
Sen Gene Johns of Marion says Gov Daniel Walker will seek 40000 for Crab Orchard Creek work to curb floodings in Marion. Mayor Robert Butler welcomes the move but doubts the amount will fully solve the problem as backwater floods the south Marion area during heavy rains.
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Gene Johns
Marion
Daniel Walker
Crab Orchard Creek
Johns
Senate
Robert Butler
Creal Springs
South Market Street
Walker
Butler
Mississippi
Rt. 37
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
State Division of Waterways
Jailer Training to Begin for Southern Illinois Counties
A 40 hour course starts June 4 at the Vocational Technical Institute for jailers from 20 Southern Illinois counties. Ron Wells of the Bureau of Detention Standards and Services says 30 to 35 jailers with no prior instruction will attend. Fred Finkbeiner, training coordinator, will lead. The course is free and related expenses are covered by the Department of Corrections.
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Vocational Technical Institute
Illinois
Ron Wells
Bureau of Detention Standards and Services
Department of Corrections
Fred Finkbeiner
Bureau
Wells
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