Lesser 44 fired teachers continue picketing during interviews
The Lesser School District faced ongoing picketing by 44 teachers fired for not reporting to work. Superintendent Claude Lewis reported about 12 applicant interviews Thursday and roughly 10 more set for today as board action looms next week. A threat incident involving math teacher Curtis Hancock surfaced, with police identifying no suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Lewis
Coriect
Int
Washington School
Bill Sundermerger
Illinois Education Association Service Center
Marion
Lewis
Lesser Education Association
SEA
William Samples
Bob Gallo
James Sanders
Charles Bowers
Curtis Hancock
Margaret Arimond
Southern Illinois University College of Education
Arimond
Ahmond
Bowers
Hancock
Elverado schools set to open after pact with teachers
Elverado Education Association and the board approve a new contract. Base salary remains 7300 with 250 year increments for bachelor degree teachers and 300 for those with a master's. Non-certified staff gain 4 percent, principals 5 percent, and the superintendent 1000. New master plus 24 hours column starts at 8300 to 14300 for 20 years. Total cost 19411.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elverado Education Association
Board of Education
Mary Gibson
Elvorado Education Association
Elkville
Herrin teachers await mediator as negotiations stall
Herrin School Board and HEA await a Federal Mediation and Consiliation Service mediator after negotiations reached impasse Sunday. Teachers remain in classrooms and will stay at work while talks continue, with binding arbitration in dispute terms under discussion and the district offering a 5.3 percent raise plus fringe benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin School Board
Herrin Education Association
HEA
Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service
Lucretia Koclanes
Williamson County Fair Opens This Weekend 116th Year
Williamson County’s 116th annual fair, the oldest continuous county fair in Illinois, runs Saturday through Sept 9 with a record 43300 in prizes. Gate admission is 1 for adults, under 12 free. parking free. grandstand free first seven nights. Premiums in 731 classes across 10 departments. Wayne Smith and Arlie King named superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Illinois
Farm and Women’s Department
Wayne Smith
Man Fleeing Menard Honor Farm Sought After Escape
John Cota age 29 walked away from the Menard Penitentiary honor farm dairy barn Thursday afternoon after reportedly getting a ride near Rt 3. Police search ended Thursday night with Cota still at large. he is 5-11, 155 pounds with a forearm tattoo of a USS Lynde anchor. He arrived at Menard in June on a one to three year sentence from Sangamon County and was to face the parole board in January 1973.
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Menard Penitentiary
Honor Farm
Elza Brantley
John Cota
Cota
Rt. 3
U.S. Navy
Uss Lynde
Menard
Sangamon County
Murphysboro Apple Festival rehearsals feature film showings
The Murphysboro Apple Festival cast will present rehearsal films tonight in Murphysboro from 6 to 8 p.m. at Walnut and 13th streets. The play You Cant Take It With You runs Sept 8 and 9 at 8 15 p.m. in the Murphysboro High School auditorium. Tickets are sold by cast and at the Chamber of Commerce or at the door.
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Murphysboro
Walnut and
13Th Streets
Murphysboro High School
Chamber of Commerce
SIU E receives 14 million for Edwardsville buildings
Funds totaling 14,266,300 for construction of two classroom buildings at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville were released by Gov. Richard Ogilvie. The three story structures will rise north of the Peck Building, housing 160 labs, 39 classrooms, 29 seminar rooms, 10 observation rooms and 29 offices for the Business and Education divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Edwardsville
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois General Assembly
Peck
Tavern Case Ruling Pending in Marion Hearing
Marion Mayor Robert Butler heard a charge against tavern operator Jean Walker for selling liquor to 17 year old Ronald Stilley at the Marion establishment. Stilley, previously sentenced for burglary, was brought back to testify at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Robert Butler
Jean Walker
Ronald Stilley
Stilley
Telephone service outage between Carbondale and Murphysboro
Direct dial telephone service between Carbondale and Murphysboro was out today. General Telephone personnel said extended area service circuits were out of order. Residents encountered busy signals and could only reach local operators. A company spokesman could not estimate restoration time.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro
General Telephone
Telephone Company
Hawk Missile Dedication in Christopher
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray visits Christopher to dedicate a Hawk missile to the city and American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The 7 p.m. ceremony will be in front of the veterans memorial on South Victor Street where the missile will be permanently displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Christopher
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Memorial
Monment
South Victor Street
Eagleton Hits Nixon As Campaign Voices Mix In Carbondale
Sen. Thomas Eagleton told about 1,000 at Southern Illinois University that Nixon’s presidency has failed on inflation crime and the war. He compared McGovern’s warmth to Nixon’s errors while citing Nixon’s 1968 themes and air war. Walker and Pucinski praised unity and pledged tax relief and rural jobs for Southern Illinois.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Carbondale
Eagleton
Sargent Shriver
Southern Illinois University
Shriver
Dan Walker
Washington, D. C
George McGovern
Baseball Cardinals
Nixon
North Vietnam
Illinois
United States
Washington, D.C
Jackson County
McGovern
Walker
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
General Assembly
Clyde Choate
Anna
Otto Kerner
Roman Pucinski
U.S
Southern Illinois
Senate
Pucinski
Choate
Dean Barringer
Tom Lyons
Neil Hartigan
Hartigan
Chicago
Paul Simon
Neal Eckert
Democratic Party
Five hurt in wreck east of Carbondale on Rt. 13
At 10 p.m. Thursday a car crashed into three traffic signals and burned east of Carbondale near the Jackson Williamson line. The driver Alan L. Bird 24 of Des Moines Iowa and Robert Steurick 23 of Cambria suffered major injuries. Nancy Steurick Cambria Gary Deming 22 Carbondale and Philip Malec 19 Chicago had minor injuries. Signals knocked out. repairs planned. A second crash west of Johnston City injured Richard A. Grant 16 with major injuries after a rural road motorcycle loss of control at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Alan L. Bird
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Steurick
Cambria
Nancy Steurick
Gary M. Deming
Phillip Malec
Chicago
Doctors Hospital
Bird
District 9
Crab Orchard Lake
Richard A. Grant
Johnston City
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Largest LSD seizure in Williamson County nets $10,000 in pills
A Carterville raid recovered about 4 000 LSD pills worth 10 000 dollars and more than seven pounds of marijuana. Leonard A. DeClue Jr and Robert Chilnick, both charged with illegal possession, are jailed. three others were questioned and released.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Leonard A. DeClue Jr
Robert Chilnick
Los Angeles
Calif
George R. Cosby Jr
Ben Lomond
Frank James Glouschi
Riggin
Roadside Commerce Lures Fairgoers En Route to Du Quoin
Travelers from Carbondale and De Soto to the Du Quoin State Fair encounter signs selling tomatoes, fish bait, motorcycles, a house and a lawn mower. Yard sale displays dot the route and bedspreads tempt near the gate. Vendors promise meals and ice cream after rides, with ferris wheel thrills noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
de Soto
du Quoin
$315,000 Lawsuit Over Fatal 1971 River Crash
Bellesville court hears a $315,000 lawsuit arising from a June 11 1971 accident near Chester in which seven girls died when a station wagon plunged into the Mississippi River. Bessie L Canady mother of a drowned girl sues Fern Clark of Perryville Mo and General Motors Corp. Clark drove a GMC manufactured vehicle.
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St. Clair County
Belleville
Mississippi River
Chester
Bessie L. Canady
Fern Clark
Perryville
General Motors Corporation
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Lis
Herrin
Arlie King
Calvarymen
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Clayton Trio
Lou Kirby
F Troop
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Don Harper
R. D. White
Ray Miller
Eugene Roper
Nellie Odum
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