Rend Lake intercity water project gets first federal loan installment
The Rend Lake Conservancy District received the first 3 million of a 13.5 million federal loan from HUD and EDA for the intercity water system. Funds will pay contractors C and C Construction Shawnee Constructors and P and S Construction, with remaining funds used for project expenses. The system aims to serve 32 southern Illinois cities and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake Conservancy
Intercity
Richard Jones
Chicago
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Jones
C & C Construction Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
P & S Construction Co
Cape Girardeau
Shawnee Constructors
Carbondale
Illinois
Sparta's first Vietnam war casualty Pvt Terry L Douglas
Pvt Terry L. Douglas 21 of Sparta is the town’s first Vietnam War fatality. The Defense Department listed him as dead not as a result of hostile action. Douglas served a second tour in Vietnam with a supply unit and died July 26. He attended Sparta High School and enlisted in 1966. He served in Vietnam from February 1946 to February 1967, then re enlisted for three years and returned to Vietnam in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry L. Douglas
Irene B. Caldwell
Virgil Douglas
Sparta
Douglas
Thelma Sheppard
Vietnam
Defense Department
Sparta High School
Marion bid tops $77 764 for sewer lagoon project
K D Crain of Johnston City with a bid of 77 764 is the apparent low bidder for Marion’s sewer lagoon west of Interstate 57. Bids from New Ruhr Enterprises Eldorado Wayne Frost of Carbondale and Thomas W Harris Marion ranged 79 900 85 583 and 132 183.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. D. Crain
Johnston City
Marion
Marion City Hall
Glenn Clarida
New Ruhr Enterprises
Eldorado
Wayne Frost
Carbondale
Thomas W. Harris
Clarida
Cars and culottes and a jogger’s hazards
By Ben Gelman reflects on buying a used car choosing color over mechanics and notes jogging trends in Southern Illinois. He recalls a salvage operator and his dog along Oakland avenue near Oakland cemetery highlighting everyday hazards and observations in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale
Oakland Avenue
Oakland Cemetery
Seventeen Carbondale buildings razed in unsafe housing drive
Abandoned tarred structures and hazard sites are being demolished at a rapid pace in Carbondale. Since last fall seventeen buildings have been removed, either by owner action or court orders, with the Job Corps assisting on eight sites. Costs vary up to 1500 dollars for basements, and many structures remain, as the program relies on owner cooperation and winter activity limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Stafford
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Betty Evanson
Citizens Advisory Committee
Jackson County
Ddemolition Subcommittee
Housing Code Enforcement Authority
Carbondale Job Corps
James Trammer
Albert Ketchum
George Everingham
Everingham
Helen Westberg
State Supreme ‘Court
Carbondale Peace March Ends in City Rally
About 150 people joined a peace march through downtown Carbondale on Saturday then attended a Hiroshime Day Rally at Southern Illinois University Browne Auditorium. SIU instructors William Cohen and Donald Eggert spoke on the draft. Cohen and Eggert also participated in poetry and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Browne
William Cohen
Donald Eggert
Cohen
Eggert
SIU
David Schoenbrum
Vietnam
The
Southern Illinois Peace Committee
Zeigler Water Boil Advisory Lifted After Tests
Health officials say Zeigler's 2100 residents no longer need to boil drinking water as samples taken Friday show the water satisfactory for consumption. The booster pump and main filter plant were damaged by a lightning strike, but repairs are complete and samples indicate safe water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler
State Department of Public Health
Health Department
Three Carbondale men charged in beer theft from The Club
Three Carbondale men Louis Wright Frank Beard and Eddie Dickenson were charged with theft of beer from The Club at 6 53 a m Friday Police said Wright was seen with beer and Beard and Dickenson were found with four beer cases Bond for each man was set at 1000 pending a prelim in Jackson County Circuit Court Robert J Guggemos was charged with illegal possession of alcohol after beer cans were found in his car He posted a 25 cash bond
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Carbondale
Illinois Ave
Louis Wright
Marion St
Frank Beard
N. Wall St
Eddie Dickenson
Washington St
Wright
Beard
Dickenson
Jackson County Circuit Court
Robert J. Guggemos
Danville
Guggemos
Herrin shooting leaves man injured amid city hall dispute
George Saliba was shot in the leg about 9 50 p m on a Thursday night during a disagreement between Herrin Mayor Fred Henderson and Alderman Tom Shoemake. Saliba says he was walking with Mrs Jane Finney and her 17 year old son near the Ly Mar Hotel, adjacent to Herrin City Hall, when the shots rang out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Schneider Hall
Joe Zaleski
Bob Hagen
George Saliba
N. 14Th St
Herrin
Fred Henderson
Tom Shoemake
Saliba
Jane Finney
Jimmy
Ly-Mar
North 14Th Street
Herrin City Hall
Madison Street
Henderson
Shoemake
Roy Cole
Williamson County
Atty
Kenneth Hubler
Hubler
Cole
Sheemake
Serv-A-Cab
West Frankfort youth killed in hit-run on Interstate 57
A 19 year old West Frankfort resident Robert David Creek was killed when struck by an unidentified car on Interstate 57 near Johnston City. Quinn A. Kent of Buckner is held by Franklin County authorities as the investigation continues and no charges are filed before Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Robert David Creek
Rt. 1
Franklin County
Quinn A. Kent
Buckner
Kent
Charles Bray
Frank Dunbar
Benton
James Wilson
Quinn
McClure Junction
Fear
Norman K. Austin
Scott City
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Austin
Creek
Russell Dillingham
Wilson
New Rt. 13
Carbondale
Carterville
Ova Greer
Dillingham
Greer
Marion VA hospital expansion funds released in Illinois
Rep. Kenneth Gray announces $3 million released to expand the Marion Veterans Hospital after a conference with Veterans Administration official William J. Driver. The 1967 plan aimed to add 21 beds, raise capacity to 205, and upgrade facilities but was delayed by Vietnam war costs and bid overruns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Gray
D-West Frankfort
Marion Veterans Hospital
Gray
William J. Driver
Veterans Administration
Haynes quits Marion police force amid resignations
Public Safety Commissioner Rex Presson confirms Ed Haynes resigns from the Marion police force with resignation effective in one to two weeks. he has served since December 20 1965. It is the third resignation this year, as Ron Gdam and John Brush also leave for federal penitentiary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Haynes
Marion
Public Safety
Rex Presson
Haynes
Presson
City Hall
Ron Gdam
John Brush
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Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Kenneth R. Miller
Delyte W. Morris
SIU Foundation
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mississippi
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William McBride
Carbondale Community High School
CCHS
Squaresville
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Anna Man
Reedy
Curtis Kintner
Tower Heights
Lawrence Gossett
New Orleans
Robert
Lillie Creek
Frankfort Community High School
Joanie
Elgin
Gossett
Winnie Gossett
Jerry Fear
Mr. Fear
Union County
Luther
Helen Pitts Fear
Karen Kamphaus
U.S. Marine Corps
Christian Church
Anna
Anna - Jonesboro
Public Finance Corp
Jerry Lee
Jonesboro
Luther Jr
Ronald
Steve
Joan Reed
Otto Fear
Chappel
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Harold Miles
Anna Christian Church
Anna Cemetery
Doc Thompkins, Jr
Evansville
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
Rt. 460
Plum Hill
Myron Goldblatt
Fairfield
Louie McNabb
Flagstaff
Ariz
Jimmy Finney
Finney
Marion Project
Southern Forest
Southern Forest Survey
Gordon D. Cole
Samuel R. Resor
Olney
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