Tower Road clash looms over Carbondale water tie in
In Carbondale and Murdale Water District conflict, 26 Tower Road homes face forced city water connections. Murdale trustees defer suit until work begins, eyeing Aug 25 meeting after residents sign agreement deadline. District considers action against coerced hookups and potential suits against the city.
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Tower Road Homes
Middle of
Carbondale
Murdale
Tower Road
City of
William Ridgeway
Mardale Trustees
Ridgeway
City Water Lines
Water District
Kindhaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
Kinkaid Board
Richard Crowell
Crowell
Murphysboro OKs tax free mortgage for Huck's store
Murphysboro City Council approved a tax free mortgage of 130000 for a Huck's Convenience Stores project at Walnut and 20th streets. Local businessmen Decker Lauder dale and Fritz Borgsmiller would own the building and lease to Huck's. The plan aims to spur sales tax revenue, gas taxes, and about 15 new jobs, despite concerns over tax loopholes and precedent.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Charles Decker
Darrell Lauderdale
Grandpa John’s
Fritz Borgsmiller
Huck’s Convenience Stores
Walnut
20Th Streets
Huck’s
Decker
First Bank and Trust Co
William Ryan
Robert Fenwick
McDonald's Inc
McDonald’s
Jackson Square
Murphysboro to Open Bids in Three Separate Lot Sales
Murphysboro City Council approved selling 30 Louis Siefert Subdivision lots in three bid openings rather than all at once. The plan keeps no minimum bid and authorizes City Attorney to draft a subdivision covenant. Bids for specific lots will be opened Sept 28 Oct 12 and Oct 26 under 601 Program terms with Farmers Home Administration backing an $300 000 interest free loan. City seeks recoupment of $97 000 city investment through sales while IDOT handles some bids. Alderman Ryan again protests mayor travel pay. Mayor Appleton absent for funeral in Detroit.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Louis Siefert
Tom Jones
William Ryan
Ward
Harry Brawdy
David McDowell
Kie Taylor
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
R. and H. Steel Co
West Division Street
Illinois Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
Ryan
Leonard Williams
Leonard Pullis
Pullis
Jones
Sydney Appleton
Detroit
Mich
Norman Appleton
July 1981 Ranked Fourth Wettest in Illinois This Century
The Illinois State Water Survey reports July 1981 as the fourth wettest July of the century, with 7 to 10 inches in central and southwestern Illinois and rainfall well above normal for three months. Rivers rose past flood stages, reservoirs spilled, and groundwater stayed high. Forecasts call for below normal rainfall in August and near normal for fall and winter.
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Ron Poppenhagen
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Illinois State Water Survey
Southern
Stanley A. Changnon Jr
Mississippi
Chester
Big Muddy
East Southwest
Carbondale
West Southwest
Randolph County
Metro East
Water Survey
Miners save life of traffic accident victim near Whiteash
Two Marion miners Brad Lowe and Danny Norris on their way home from Old Ben No 25 mine found James H. Boles unconscious in his wrecked car when flames broke out in the trunk. Norris stayed with the car while Lowe sought help. a passerby used an extinguisher to douse the fire. Johnston City Fire Department removed Boles and he was hospitalized in fair condition. The crash occurred after the car left the roadway and struck a culvert, sign, and mailbox.
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Marion
James H. Boles
Brad Lowe
Danny Norris
Old Ben No. 25
Whiteash
Illinois 37
Lowe
Danny
Norris
Johnston City
Boles
Williamson County Sheriff's Department
Herrin Hospital
Foot reflexologists claim to ease wide range of ailments
Karen Ramsey profiles Du Quoin foot reflexology clinic practitioners Juandola Fortman and Margaret York. They describe foot manipulation as addressing body problems, claim benefits beyond doctors in some cases, and note certification by the National Institute of Foot Reflexology. They caution against quacks and seek licensed status.
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Karen Ramsey
Southern Illinois
Juandola Fortman
du Quoin
Spectator Sports Sap the Greens at Rend Lake Links
The Egyptian seniors contest at Bend Lake Golf Course illustrates how spectator sports drain funds from maintenance. Poorly mowed fairways and jungle-like rough hinder play as Rend Lake’s course suffers from depleted staffing after CETA funds ended. Mike Walsh notes the greens once closed due to issues and questions if local funds should prioritize public play over big-money events.
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Rend Lake
Illinois
Mike Walsh
CETA
Walsh
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Springfield
Mary Ann Midden
Oks
Bend Lake
Larry Nelson
Atlanta
Fuzzy Zoeller
Cleveland
California
Oakland Raiders
Los Angeles
Wheeling
W. Va
Hollis Stacy
Nancy Lopez-Melton
Tom Watson
LPGA
Ray Volpe
Volpe
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