Robinson Daily News

Past pages — July 2, 2022


75 years ago — 1947
If Crawford county expects to have well qualified and highly trained replacements for older physicians who who are going out of service here, it will have to build a “not less than 50 bed” modern hospital, with plans to extend it to 100 beds.
In addition, it will have to see that this hospital is “not for profit” institution, controlled by a public spirited board of trustees, who will employ a competent hospital administrator to operate it with a medical staff which is acknowledged to be competent, and will examine and criticize the work and criticize of the hospital, and of all doctors who take cases there.
Cost of erecting such an institution will be something like $500,000, and it will have an annual deficit, in normal years, of something like $25,000.
The above are the bald, and perhaps somewhat shocking, facts which were developed at an open meeting were to consider a community hospital project, held Wednesday night at the Robinson Township High School auditorium.
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A faithful little two year old dog “Judy” was credited today with possibly saving her master’s life by her barking and frantically running back and forth between the river and her master cabin on the Embarrass River, sixteen miles southwest of Robinson.
Sam Seaney, who has a fishing shack on the Ed Arndt place along the river, was lying in his boat along the river’s edge unconscious. Arndt attracted by the dog’s unusual actions of running back and forth went over to investigate and found the stricken man in the boat. He was immediately removed to the Arndt home and today was taken by the Goodwine Ambulance to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bertha Seaney in Palestine.
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With his left hand badly mangled and crushed by being caught in a cultivator lift, Lloyd Spencer of Oblong R.R. 2, dismantled the machine and released the injured hand within a half hour, about 8:30 o’clock this morning.
Spencer was working in a field on his farm about a mile from the house when the accident occurred and was unable to make anyone hear him to come to his rescue.
Upon releasing his hand he then walked a mile back to his home and his wife brought him to the Schmidt Clinic in this city for medical attention.
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Announcement was made today by Don Pearce and William Mumford, proprietors of the Owl Cafe on North Cross street that they had lost their lease and were being forced out of business effective Saturday.
The Owl has long been an established cafe in this city.
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50 years ago — 1972
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 today that the death penalty is “cruel and unusual punishment” barred by the Constitution.
The momentous decision will spare the lives of 600 men now on death row in the nation.
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Crawford County residents pay a little more than half of the state average for rents, draw slightly more than half of the average income in the state, but live in a higher percentage of deficient units, Vacant properties are more prevalent in the county, too.
These are some of the statistics made available by the Illinois by Housing Authority to the Daily News as a result of a survey of selected housing market characteristics from the 1970 census.
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With searches entering the fifth day, few traces of the whereabouts of Dorothy Kay Kavanaugh have been found.
Foot searches were conducted along Illinois 15 today between Mt. Carmel and Albion. Authorities have received a wide variety of leads in the case but the clues have not led them to the girl, despite widespread searches in five counties.
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Members of the Robinson Rotary Club entertained their “Rotary-Annes” with a picnic at the shelter house of the Crawford County Country Club Wednesday evening.
President Boyd Lahr welcomed the ladies on behalf of the club.
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25 years ago — 1997
Summer storms hammered Crawford County with hail and more than an inch of rain late Wednesday.
There were several reports of downed tree limbs. Lightning struck a house in Flat Rock, causing smoke, but apparently no fire. Water backed up in Robinson streets, causing some temporary flooding in spots.
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WASHINGTON — Congress violated free-speech rights when it tried to curb smut on the Internet, the Supreme Court ruled today. In its first venture into cyber space law, the court invalidated a key provision of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
Congress’ effort to protect children from sexually explicit material goes too far because it also would keep such material from adults who have a right to see it, the justices said.
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A local financial institution’s first common stock offering was so successful there wasn’t enough stock to go around. Rick L. Catt, president of First Robinson Savings and Loan, F.A., announced that First Robinson Financial Corporation, the holding company for First Robinson, completed its initial offering today.

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