Murphysboro mayor and council pursue goals set early
Murphysboro mayor Sydney Appleton and the city council, sworn in late April, are pursuing plans to expand city limits, enforce zoning within 1.5 miles, create a Walnut Street truck route, and consolidate fire departments. They approved an animal control ordinance, ongoing labor talks, and continued street projects and Siefert Subdivision development while weighing revenue gains against expansion costs.
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Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
Walnut Street
Louis Siefert
Appleton
City of
Carbondale
Country Club Road
Harrison
20Th and
Walnut
Illinois Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
Jackson County 4-H Food Show Highlights Youth Chefs
Young chefs at the Jackson County 4-H Food Show presented Apple crisp oatmeal cookies yeast breads and dishes with an international flavor showcasing tasty home economy recipes and culinary skills by 4-H participants.
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Jackson County
Southern Illinoisan publication and contact details
The Southern Illinoisan publishes in Carbondale and nearby towns with offices in Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion. Rates vary by circulation area and period with mail options and carrier service available.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Isan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Moboro Independent
Marion
Pipeline hearing set in Salem
Attorneys for Capco Pipe Co. seek a preliminary injunction to halt a 16 mile Carlyle Lake water line in Salem Illinois. U S District Judge William Beatty will hear the motion on Sept 2 after a Benton hearing denied a temporary restraining order. Capco, which makes asbestos cement pipe, argues construction should pause pending a suit against Salem and an Indiana contractor John R Reynolds Paoli Ind.
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Salem
Alabama
Illinois
U.S
William Beatty
Alton
Carlyle Lake
Capco Pipe Co
James Foreman
Benton
Capco
City of
Indiana Construction
Beatty
John R. Reynolds
Paoli
Ind
Bombardier recalls Nagasaki atomic bombing firsthand
Ralph Curry, then a 20 year old radio operator on a B 29, describes transmitting the signal that triggered the Nagasaki atomic bomb. He recalls the mushroom cloud rising to extreme altitudes and the blast’s immense force as he and the crew headed back to Okinawa. He says the mission helped end World War II and that 20 year olds were chosen for the job.
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Curry
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Sterling, Ill
Washington Monument
Okinawa
Thompson signs solar access bill at Illinois Solar Expo
Gov. James R. Thompson signed a measure at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to protect solar users from neighbor obstruction. The law lets non home-rule cities curb new buildings that block sun for solar equipment, easing access and reducing costly lawsuits, with sponsors Rep. Diana Nelson, Rep. David Barkhausen and Rep. Suzanne Deuchler, unveiled at the fair’s Solar Expo tent.
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Illinois
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Illinois State Fairgrounds
Nances
Diana Nelson
LaGrange
David N. Barkhausen
Waukegan
Suzanne L. Deuchler
Aurora
Mayor Byrne defends relatives' campaign pay
Chicago mayor Jane Byrne says her relatives earned nearly 100000 from her campaign funds last year. She cites Daley precedent and argues hiring family was justified. husband Jay McMullen received 74000, daughter Kathy 11874, sister Carol Sexton 15303.
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Chicago
Jane Byrne
Richard J. Daley
Mrs. Byrne
Jay McMullen
The
Chicago Sun-Times
Kathy Byrne
Carol Sexton
Head on crash injures two Tunnel Hill drivers
A 16 year old and an 18 year old from Tunnel Hill sustained major injuries in a head on collision at 2 50 p m Saturday in northwestern Oe County Illinois State police said Robert Schierbaum 18 was driving east in the westbound lane of Tunnel Hill Road about a mile east of Illinois 37 when his car hit a car driven west on Tunnel Hill Road by Terryn Koonce 16 Schierbaum and Koonce were taken to Marion Memorial Hospital which refused to release condition details Saturday night One was unconscious and the other suffered broken legs.
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Tunnel Hill
Oe County
Illinois
Robert Schierbaum
Tunnel Hill Road
Illinois 37
Terryn Koonce
Schierbaum
Koonce
Marion Memorial Hospital
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