SIU Referendum On Damages Postponed In Carbondale
A Southern Illinois University student referendum on paying roughly 5000 dollars for property damages from a May 10 antiwar protest was postponed to sample opinion. Senatorial amendments urged Mayor Neal Eckert to seek charges drops. no comment from student officers. Eckert stated he would not bargain to drop charges.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Carbondale
Senate
Neal Eckert
Eckert
Lawson Hall
Memorial scholarships to be given at Herrin High
Memorial fund for Marsha Fitzgerald will award two senior scholarships at Herrin High graduation. Full tuition for two years at John A Logan College will be funded by the fund which totals over 1100 dollars from family and friends. The fund was started by Bill Jack and is administered by a United Methodist Church committee. Other Herrin High scholarships include Fred Harrison Charles Jack Eagles and Veterans of Foreign Wars awards.
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Herrin High
Marsha Fitzgerald
John A. Logan College
Philip Fitzgerald
Bill Jack
United Methodist Church
Edward Souders
Souders
Herrin High School
Fred Harrison
Charles Jack
Eagles
Two Charged With Jonesboro Truck Theft Case
Two men from Ruffin North Carolina face theft and criminal trespass charges after a Jonesboro truck theft. Will L Stanley 32 and Mark S Pride 17 were arrested Saturday in Flora and remanded to Union County jail. Saddler reported his truck stolen Friday night in Jonesboro, and the vehicle was being driven by the suspects at arrest.
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Mark S. Pride
Ruffin
N.C
Jonesboro
Stanley
Pride
Flora
Union County
Saddler
Herrin teens earn Eagle Scout awards
Eagle Scouts Rick Brandon aged 16 and Mark Swayne aged 17, both Herrin residents, received Eagle Scout awards recently. They were members of Explorer Post 16 in Herrin.
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Rick Brandon
Mark Swayne
Herrin
Explorer Post 16
Johnston City Fire Department Operates With One Truck
Johnston City’s fire department runs with a single truck while awaiting a new purchase. A 1946 Ford fire truck was sold to Energy for 600 dollars and is stored at the station until Energy retrieves it. The department expects delivery within 90 days. the new truck from Towers Fire Apparatus Co. in Freeburg costs about 20,000 dollars and will use a Ford chassis with fire fighting equipment.
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Doyle Ray
Johnston Oe Fire
Energy
Towers Fire Apparatus Co
Freeburg
Vaudeville highlights at SIU convocation show
Southern Illinois University concludes spring quarter with a vaudeville and ragtime program featuring Max Morath at the Arena Thursday at 1 p.m. Admission is free to the public and to SIU students and staff. Reviewers praise Morath as a leading ragtime interpreter.
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Southern Illinois University
Max Morath
Morath
Local Directory Phone Listing Fragments
Readable fragments list telephone numbers for Herrin Murphysboro Marion and Carbondale along with area codes in a compact, uncontextualized line. No events or names beyond places and numbers are provided.
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Murphysboro
Marion
Carbondale
Belleville courthouse in court as landmark bid vows to save
Backers of St. Clair County 110 year old courthouse sought a last minute ruling to halt demolition. Judge Chamberlain ruled the landmark ordinance invalid, dissolved the injunction, and set bond at 100000 for appeal while the Fifth District Court of Appeals considers removing the bond before demolition crews move in.
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Belleville
St. Clair County
William H. Chamberlain
Circuit Court
Chamberlain
5Th District Court of Appeals
Mount Vernon
Welfare ID plan expanded to more Illinois counties
A program to stop lost and stolen welfare checks uses photo IDs. Sen. John W. Carroll said the pilot has cut cashing of checks by half in Sangamon County and will expand to Cook, St. Clair, Madison, Macon, Lake, Peoria, Winnebago, Rock Island and Champaign Counties.
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Springfield
John W. Carroll
Drowning of 4 year old in pool ruled accidental
Williamson County coroner jury ruled the death of Paul Davis 4 of 1221 N 14th St Herrin an accidental drowning in a private pool. Inquest heard the boy wandered from a group while witnesses said he could not be away long. A ball was found in the pool and investigators believe he tripped on the edge and fell in. Father Paul Davis a county deputy and Matt Youngbirth of Herrin Rescue Squad testified. Snyder did not testify.
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14Th St
Herrin
Williamson County
Marion
James Wilson
Paul
Matt Youngbirth
Herrin Rescue Squad
Snyder
Fire victims get help for SIU housing loss
Residents of 31g E Hester St Carbondale displaced after an early Monday fire. Occupants included three foreign students from Southern Illinois University and Richard Boss a costume designer at SIU. Boss lost all possessions including a white poodle. Donations to a Richard Boss Fund are requested at the School of Music Altgeld Hall SIU Carbondale. Frank Lehnert of International Student Services will accept contributions.
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Carbondale
Souther Illinois University
Richard Ross
SIU
Boss
Mary Elaine Wallace
Richard Boss
School of Music
Altgeld Hall
Southern Illinois University At
Frank Lehnert
International Student Services
STU
SIU Honors Banquet To Honor 56 Retirees June 7
Southern Illinois University Carbondale names 22 faculty and 17 civil service staff among 39 retirees. The banquet at 6 30 p m in the Ballroom recognizes long service with years ranging from 8 to 34 among professors, administrators, and plant and service workers.
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Southern Illinois University News Services
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Carbondale
Plant Foreman
Wilbur C. McDaniel
Lee McNeill
Roye R. Bryant
Hazel M. Jarrett
Center For the Study of Crime
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