Carbondale Considers Second Compactor Truck Purchase
Carbondale will study feasibility of buying two compactor type garbage trucks instead of one. City Council received bids August 5. Commissioner Frank Kirk urged seeking advice from the Plan Commission Chamber of Commerce and Citizens Advisory Committee before a decision. If two trucks are bought, trash would be left on curbs and only one weekly pickup would be needed. The city had hoped for once weekly service with a single truck.
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Carbondale
Frank Kirk
Carbondale Plan Commission
Carbondale Chamber of Comyerce
Citizens Advisory Commmittee
Rev Hoffman Named Head of UF Drive
Reverend Edward L. Hoffman pastor of First Methodist Church in Carbondale has been named chairman of the 196 Carbondale United Fund drive. At UF officers meeting Tuesday he was chosen with William Tudor of SIU Area Services as president and UF campus drive chairman. Robert Carlock serves as treasurer and Joan G. Gilbert was last year’s drive chairman. Hoffman is a Murphysboro native and SIU graduate.
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Ray
Edward L. Hoffman
High Zoning Sought For Southeast Carbondale Area
Southeast of Carbondale groups and public institutions agreed Tuesday to seek high zoning standards for the area within a mile and a half of the city. A mapless ordinance delay spurred a plan to draft a local zoning map limiting development to single and multiple family housing and planned developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Mormon Church
Presbyterian Church
Park District
Cecil Road
Clifton Greer
Plan Commission
Thomas Easterly
Spector
Kenneth Miller
Park Board
D Miller
Greer
Funeral services for Dorothy Podbielski in West Frankfort
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Podbielski of 11 F street West Frankfort will be at 2 PM Thursday at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort. She died at 5 30 PM Monday in Union Hospital West Frankfort. Rev Charles Donahue will officiate burial in Tower Heights Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 PM today at the funeral home.
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Dorothy Podbielski
West Frankfort
Union Funeral Home
Podbielski
Union Hospital
Charles Donahue
Tower Heights
Hugh Bussey
Energy
Pinckneyville
Her‘sin Hospital
Get
Birmingham
Ala
Dempsey and
Mattie Suggs Bussey
Minnie Humble
Lela Elders
A. Helton
Carbondale
Hubert Elders
Dorothy Waledyan
Los Angeles
Calif
George van Natta
Herrin
Joe Hankln
Energy Methodist Church
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Galesburg
Mayme Jobson
Cobden
Melvin Vandeloo
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
iFriends
Mines Working Thursday Fidelity Burning Star 1
Fiduly burning star reports indicate mining activity on Thursday involving Burning Star 1 and Burning Star 2 along with Old Ben and Zeigler sites 3 and 4. Additional Orient and Aeigtler numbers appear as codes for shifts or yields.
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Fidelity
Burning Star
Orient
Aeigtler
Zeigler
Carbondale Council awards sewer line contracts
Carbondale City Council awarded sewer construction contracts in three city areas for a bid totaling 234200 dollars. Thomas W. Harris Construction Co. of Marion will install two lines including a 7000 foot 2 inch line to the Industrial Park and a 150 inch line to the Western Heights subdivision. Harris was the low bidder on the first project.
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Carbondale
Thomas W. Harris Construction Co
Marion
Rt. Af
Airport Road
Western Heights
Carbondale City Counscil
Linden Street
Br Chain
Sullivan
John Stone Construction Co
Waf
Bloomington
Full Width Street Linden Project Decided
Linden street from Bleyer to North Smith in Carbondale will be opened to full width with 60 feet of right of way to 20 feet more. City study authorized. Engineer said 4 180 dollars for 60 foot width with storm sewers. 400 dollars for 40 foot width with open ditches. Opponents fear traffic and water concerns. supporters cite greater access. Next step: city attorney to request property owners sell. POLICE BRIEF: Chester Warner fined 21 dollars for speeding.
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Linden Street
Bleyer
Smith Street
Carbondale
City Street Department
Chase
West Main Street
Eldon Gosnell
Paul O. Hall and Associates
D. Blaney Miller
William Eaton
Joseph Ragsdale Jr
Frank Kirk
Miller
Edward Helton
Merrin
Chester Warner
Mental Health Petition Filing Set Monday
Jackson County group seeks a public mental health tax with a 10 cent levy per $100, aiming for a November vote. About 1,300 signatures collected. total likely over 1,580 needed. Petition drive led by Ed Adams with Rev. Lee Pope Ward as chair, promotion via mailings and speakers from Southern Winds Mental Health Clinic in Murphysboro. County may seek $16,000 to $18,000 to fund the program, potentially yielding about $110,000. Williamson County conducts a similar referendum to approve a levy around $18,000.
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Jackson County
Ed Adams
Lee Pope Ward
Southern Winds
Murphysboro
Jackson County Associatlon
Wiliamson County Mental Health Association
State Approval Sought For Murphysboro Line Extensions
Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission plans to seek Illinois Department of Public Health approval for three line extensions. Engineers presented 2240 feet of eight inch main and 510 feet of six inch main to serve Brown Shoe Co plant, with later loop to 20th street, plus 1100 feet in Cherry Lane area and a sewer line at Third and Mulberry to replace shallow lines. A request to add 20 house laterals on Nth Street Fair Acres was denied to avoid repair- responsibility confusion.
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Ilinois Dept. of Public Health
Murphysboro
20Th Street
Cherry Lane
Third
Mulberry Streets
Harold W.W. Koehn
N. 1Th Street
Fair Acres Subdivision
Koehn
Funeral services held for Mrs Clara King in Louisville Ky
Former Murphysboro resident Mrs Clara King 46 died Saturday after a brief illness at St Marys and Elizabeths Hospital in Louisville Cerebral hemorrhage. Services were at St Albert the Great Church with burial Calvary Cemetery Louisville. She was born in Altica Indiana daughter of J W Sims and married to James Anthony King She leaves husband her mother son daughter brother and several sisters from Murphysboro Hinsdale Fort Wayne and Danville.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Clara King
Murphysboro
Ind
Ruth Buckman
Muri Physbora
Johnston City Fire Rips Warehouse. $100,000 Loss
A Johnston City warehouse at 403 Main St housing Southern Illinois Coffee Service burned early today. Fire Chief John Elko estimated $100,000 in losses. one firefighter injured after falling 15 feet. The blaze drew crews from Herrin and West Frankfort. The building owned by James Culver collapsed partially as flames raged.
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Southern Jinois Coffee Service
Johnston City
John Elko
Main St
Elko
James Culver
West Frankfort
Hert
Dob
Harley Ray
Marion Memorial Hospital
Ray
Eiko
Herrin
SIU project forms Murphysboro Chamber business group
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce named a committee to work with the SIU sponsored Bureau of Business Research to attract new industry. The panel includes Dick Kennedy Richard Powers Jack Bozarth James Howard and Barney Williams with Russ Marshall as chair. The effort seeks $15,000 from local businesses to unlock $30,000 guaranteed by outside industries, enabling about $45,000 for bureau operations.
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Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Southern Ilinois
Bureau of Business Research
Southern Ilinois University
Dick Kennedy
Richard ‘Powers
Jack Bozarth
James Howard
Chamber
Barney Williams
Russ Marshall
Bureau
Murphysboro
Carbondale
du Quoin
Centralia
ML. Vernon
SIU Bureate
School of Business
Johnston City Police Brief Fines Bob Beasley
Bob Beasley of Johnston City was fined 35 dollars for operating without a license. Police records show no operator’s license on file for the vehicle involved.
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Johnston City
Bob Beasley
Women on ADC May Enter County Work Program
Jackson Williamson Public Aid officials study placing ADC women in jobs this fall at school cafeterias and a nursing home. Participants would keep aid but work required hours, with training by host agencies. Ends aim to reduce dependency by building job prospects.
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Lowell Ledford
Williamson County
Wallstreet
Jackson County
Ledford
County Zone Group Approves Rural Zoning Map
Jackson County zoning officials approved a rural area zoning map on Tuesday after two minor changes. Prepared by the Greater Egypt Regional Plan Commission, the map will be printed for distribution within a week. It covers unincorporated areas outside towns with no plan commissions and regions beyond 1.5 miles of Murphysboro and Carbondale city limits. Hearings will be held for potential changes.
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Jackson County Zoning Commission
Aisa
Vern Grissom
Murphysboro
Greater Egypt
County Names CD Director Named for Jackson County
Jackson County Supervisors named Raymond Graff of Murphysboro county Civil Defense Director at 100 per month. He succeeds Rev William West who retires after 92 voluntary posts. Don Cornell declined party status. West had sought full time post at 100 per week and recommended Cornell. Graff runs a Murphysboro charcoal plant with no prior CD ties.
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Jackson County
Raymond Gratt
Murphysboro
Jack Sipe
Graff
William West
de Soto
Lipe
Don Cornell
Rev. West
Cornell
Jackson County Tax Suits Filed
Delinquent personal property tax suits filed in Jackson County Circuit Court list 10 Carbondale residents as defendants. Named individuals include John F. Kelly, Oscar Horn, Dennis Kowal, Ruth Keeton, L. B. Kennett, Damon Keeton, Roger Jobson, Gary Eugene Klein, James Lacy, and others with 1961 and 1962 property tax amounts across addresses in Carbondale and nearby areas.
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Jackson County
Carbondale
John F. Kelly
Rt. 3
Oscar Horn
Dennis Kowal
N. Springer St
Ruth Keeton
Rt. 2
L. B. Kennett
Damon Keeton
Roger Jobson
Sug Lrailer Court
Gary Eugene Klein
Elm St
James Lacy
S. Marion St
Anna Girl Injured in Rt 51 Crash North of Anna
Sue Mathis 18 of Anna is reported in good condition at Union County Hospital after her car plunged down an embankment on Route 51. Officials arrived at 2 40 pm. The report notes the morning collision occurred north of Anna.
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Tde
Sue Mathis
Anna
Union County Hospital
Annan
Union County
Rt. Si
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