Harrisburg Driver Killed in Rt 45 Crash
Harrisburg resident Willard S. Parker died after his station wagon left Rt 45 two miles north of Rt 13 in Saline County. His body was taken to Gaskins Funeral Home.
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1973
Page
2
Harrisburg resident Willard S. Parker died after his station wagon left Rt 45 two miles north of Rt 13 in Saline County. His body was taken to Gaskins Funeral Home.
Sparta Unit District 140 votes to initiate proceedings to join the Belleville Junior College district by July 1974. Superintendent C. K. Pierce notes most graduates attending junior college choose Belleville, affecting tuition payments for students in non affiliating high school districts.
Anton Luckenbach 57 of Carbondale will become director of contract procurement for the Southern Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities on June 7. He leaves the Equal Opportunity Development Co after 16 years of service to manage contracts linking area industries with workshops for the handicapped across 16 southern Illinois counties.
The Southern Illinoisan publishes Sundays and daily except Saturdays and holidays from Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro offices. It is a successor to local papers and carries AP news dispatches with exclusive AP republication rights.
Charles Cohoon, maintenance and operations supervisor, inspects part of a 350 ton air conditioning system being installed as part of a $2.9 million modernization project at Marion Veterans Hospital. Carl Newbold, Buckley Construction Co. worker, cleans the rooftop as the system nears mid May operation.
John A Logan College Foundation Board re elected R A Bonifield of West Frankfort as president at the annual meeting. Harold E Rice of Du Quoin is elected vice president with Norman K Myers re elected secretary and executive director and Earl R Milton re elected treasurer. Directors serving three year terms include Don Gentry and Lawrence Eichler. The foundation also created 15 new scholarships worth 100 each to be awarded in September 1973.
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