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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1981
Page
3
The Weathervane Shop at 1314 Walnut Street won first place in the Mur physboro Apple Festival display contest with a window theme Happiness Is showing a shared apple pie for Snoopy and Woodstock. Weber's Menswear took second for Happiness is at the end of the rainbow with other winners listed by address.
The Murphysboro community leader says the high school situation is well under control after a meeting with police, school officials, and black pupils. The executive committee vows continued efforts to prevent racial problems around the Apple Festival and to dispel rumors, with cooperation from police and administrators.
Murphysboro area site for a new county jail remains under review as the Jackson County committee seeks undisclosed site issues to resolve before negotiations. If unresolved, the ad hoc group may shift to alternate sites to keep a March bond referendum on track.
AFSCME members from Southern Illinois plan a Friday departure for Washington to join an AFL-CIO led protest against Reagan era tax and spending cuts. About 1,200 AFSCME members, including workers from Dixon Developmental Center and several state facilities, will attend with travel funded by district councils and locals. Local buses depart Marion Centralia Mount Vernon and other Illinois locations with leaders Gene Johns and Jim Rea giving send-offs.
Senate subcommittee cuts the MSHA budget from 157 million to 102 million, halving inspections and threatening jobs for hundreds of miners. The move also targets an MSHA authority bill that would further reduce inspections, training, penalties, and NIOSH access, prompting sharp criticism from UMW President Sam Church.
Farmers across Southern Illinois await drier skies as corn moisture hovers around 22 to 25 percent and yields vary widely from 70 to 130 bushels per acre. Extension advisers report early harvests in Jackson and Franklin counties with soybeans just ready or awaiting drier conditions.
Shawnee Health Service and Development Corp will build a Murphysboro clinic on St Joseph Memorial Hospital grounds after FHHA approved a 491600 loan. The facility near 215 N 14th St replaces a rented clinic and will employ two doctors a dentist and move administrative offices from Carbondale. Completion is slated for next summer.
Grover Brinkman recounts the Benton figure John Ing a Civil War veteran turned lay missionary who built a vast mausoleum in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Scholars doubt his fame while locals recall a plaque from Japan and a heresy label tied to a dispute in Franklin County. He aided Japanese peasants and mentored church leaders before dying. his daughter’s burial remains unaccounted for in the family mausoleum.
SIU C total enrollment reaches 23 991 the highest in school history Admissions director B Kirby Browning announced the figure which exceeds the prior record by 149 and tops last fall by 755. The on campus count is 21446 up 302 with 2545 at off campus locations mainly military bases. Undergraduates total 12330 up over 500 from last year while transfers number 2160 up from 2104 new freshmen dip to 2897. Browning notes fewer graduating high school seniors suggesting continued growth this year and beyond.
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