Boundary line proposed to curb Carbondale Murphysboro growth
Murphysboro and Carbondale officials propose a boundary line at Country Club Road to limit cross city expansion. Murphysboro City Council endorsed the plan 9-0 with two aldermen absent, awaiting Carbondale approval. The plan aims to stop zoning jurisdiction at the road while allowing possible future use as a dividing line if growth continues. Also, funds were approved to pursue federal grants for a new community pool and a sewer project on Commercial Avenue to Riverside Park, with completion targeted for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern
Carbondale
Country Club Road
Illinois 13
Murphysboro
Joe Bastien
Ronnie Williams
Mark Kennedy
Riverside Pool
YMCA
Heard Bowers
Commercial Avenue
23Rd Street
Riverside Park
Bowers
Woman named Alto Pass mayor by coin toss after long court battle
After a 16 month court fight Phyllis Kerby won the Alto Pass mayor seat by a coin flip Tuesday night. Sweitzer resigned June 6 amid business pressures and a coma in his 15 year old daughter affected the draw. The board and attorneys dispute the method with calls for a runoff or runoff-like process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto Pass
Ann Schottman Knol
Phyllis Kerby
Kerby
James Sweitzer
Illinois
Patricia
Womick
Sweitzer
Schwartz
Beadle Drive project bid dispute ends with lower bid
Carbondale street work on Beadle Drive near the clinic shifted after Goss-Havens bid was rejected for state spec noncompliance. The contract was reawarded to Denny and Sons, then reduced 10 percent by landowner vote to $72,290. Hannin Roofing won a separate $36,000 city hall roof contract.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois and Carbondale Construction Company
Carbondale
Beadle Drive
Illinois 13
Carbondale Clinic
Goss-Havens Construction Co
Goss- Havens Realty Inc
Ilinois
Goss-Havens
Denny and Sons of
Anna
Special
Council
Goss-Haven Realty
Goss- Havens Construction
Denny
Hannin Roofing and Sheetmetal Co
Paducah
East College Street
Illinois Department of Transportation
Strike idles 850 Consol mine workers in Illinois
Consolidation Coal Co mines across Southern Illinois shut for a second day as 850 United Mine Workers members at six mines and a central shop refuse to cross picket lines set by UMW Construction Local 1915. Westco laid off 92 local members after dragline work at Burning Star 5. pickets spread to Burning Star 4 3 and 2 and to Hillsboro and Norris mines. The dispute centers on whether construction workers are Consol or Westco employees and should stay on the payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidation Coal Co
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
UMW Construction
Westco Construction Co
Percy
Consol
de Soto
Burning Star
Jamestown
Sparta
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Hillsboro
Norris
Westco
Burning Star 5
Carbondale Liquor Board Overruled By State Panel
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission overruled a Carbondale panel that found Booby's Submarine Sandwiches violated city rules by letting patrons stay and drink after closing at about 2 36 a m on Oct 20. The state panel ordered a new trial since no transcript existed and then ruled the city failed to prove patrons remained after hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Liquor Control Commission
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Booby’s Submarine Sandwiches Ltd
Carbondale Commission
Carbondale
State
Aiken stars in Muny production of Damn Yankees
Franklin County native David Aiken a SINY graduate now a noted opera singer and teacher headlines the St. Louis Opera production of Damn Yankees as Joe Boyd. The Muny run continues through Sunday with Aiken also holding IU voice faculty duties and teaching at SIU.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
David Aiken
Franklin County
Southern Illinois (Normal) University
St. Louis Opera
Aiken
Southern Illinois
Brenda Lualdi
Herrin
Duty
Ms. Lualdi
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theater
SIUC
Lualdi
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Charlotte
Christopher
Frances
Manila
Philippines
Granddaughter enjoys merry go round with grandmother
In Du Quoin City Park a 17 month old girl Olyssia Crews rides the merry go round with her grandmother Mrs Lyla Graut pushing. Olyssia is the daughter of Charles and Pris Crews of Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olyssia Crews
Lyla
Marion chamber session centers on jobless pay costs
Democratic candidates at the Greater Marion Chamber of Commerce session addressed rising unemployment and workmen's compensation costs and urged reforms. Candidates discussed tightening eligibility, Sunset Legislation, and employer rights to challenge benefits, with focus on state and local fiscal policy and inflation impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Greater
Marion
Russell L. Oxford
Les McCollum
Gene Johns
William Harris
U.S
Paul Simon
James Rea
Chamber
Johns
Harris
Sue Hall named GOP's 24th district chairwoman
Sue Hall of Carbondale was named state central committeewoman for the 24th District of Southern Illinois. The vacancy was filled by Joseph Hale of Harrisburg who noted the 22-county district will coordinate Republican activities. Hall is married to attorney C. Robert Hall and has long chaired the Jackson County Lincoln Day Dinner and served as a precinct committee person. She has attended the 1975 Republican Leadership Conference and the Republican State Convention. She belongs to the Carbondale League of Women Voters and the Jackson County Republican Women's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Hall
Carbondale
Jackson County
Illinois
Joseph Hale
Harrisburg
Hale
Hall
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