Dayco to acquire Allen Industries in Herrin plant deal
Dayce Corp of Dayton Ohio plans to buy Allen Industries Inc owner of the Herrin plant with 1 042 000 Allen shares valued at about 46.9 million. Debentures convertible into Dayco stock at 45 a share will be issued. Board and stockholder approval required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Industries Inc
Herrin
Dayce Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Dayce
Allen
Fedders Corp
Norge
Borg-Warner Corp
Vic Reback
Zane Neely
Neely
Iinois
Detroit
Mich
Dayco
Harold C. Allen
David Schimmel
Detroit Bedding Co
Allen Industries
Southern Illinois
Ordill
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Illinois
Wildcat
William Pollock
Textile Workers Union of America
Schimmel
Ford
Chrysler
Troy
Chicago
New York
N. Y
Los Angeles
Calif
Rahway
N. J
Compton
Colonial Rubber Works Inc
Dyersburg
Tenn
Allen Industries Canada Ltd
Herrin Approves 10 Percent Water Rate Hike Outside City
Herrin City Council votes 10 rise for all out of town water customers including Colp Energy and Freeman Spur raising the per thousand rate to about 50 cents from 45.5 cents and lifting bi monthly bills for some customers. Inside city rates stay unchanged. The move follows a prior 1966 hike and plans consider energy system bids and a possible Rend Lake water system option. The council also contemplates extending a water line to a 20 acre subdivision and replacing an aging North 16th street line.
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Herrin
Jack McCarty
Water and Sewer Committee
Colp
Energy
Freeman Spur
McCarty
Rend Lake
Intercity
Carl Bruce
Bruce
Larry Lipe
Winyard - Givenrod Associates
Clark Trail
South 13Th Street
Bellaire
City Water Department
Lipe
Lipe and Water
Mike Miriani
Bill Drake
Herman Marlow
North 16Th Street
Marlow
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Carterville
Charles Sadler
Marion
Orval Wiggins
Paul Hindman
Herrin considers private firm to run landfill
Herrin council hears proposal from Roger Gorham and Dale Davis to operate the city landfill as private contractor. Gorham estimates 10 000 to 40 000 yearly, pending volume and cover time, and seeks a 30 day study. Mayor favors bids but contract should end with current administration.
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Herrin
Roger Gorham
Dale Davis
Marion
Gorham
Fred Henderson
R.E. Favreau
State Department of Public Health
Health Department
Davis
Henderson
Tom Shoemake
Herrin Jaycees denounce gunplay at council session
About 40 people packed Herrin city hall as the council met after a shooting tied to Aug 1. Mayor Fred Henderson and Alderman Tom Shoemake faced charges. a Jaycees statement urged diplomacy and lawful governance, while no council or audience remarks followed. The finance bills were approved and the meeting adjourned.
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Herrin City Hall
Fred Henderson
Tom Shoemake
George Saliba
Herrin
Henderson
Shoemake
Marion
Robert S. Blakely
Herrin Jaycees
Finance Committee
Steeleville Soldier Killed in Vietnam Action
Sgt. Alan D. Trucano 21 of Steeleville was killed in action in Vietnam. He was born July 11 1947 and a Steeleville High School graduate class of 1965. Funeral arrangements are handled by Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville.
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Alan D. Trucano
Steeleville
Vietnam
Oscar L. Trucano
W. Broadway St
Southern Illinois University
Trucano
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Polk
Fort Benning
Fort Jackson
S. C
Schaack Funeral Home
Nuclear disaster drill planned in Williamson County
Williamson County to host a full-scale simulated nuclear exercise in October. Civil Defense Director Tom Redickas told Marion City Council the four hour drill will be funded by the federal government and run by University of Illinois personnel under Defense Department contract. He invited Marion Herrin Carterville and Johnston City mayors along with Sheriff Farner and County Chairman Askew to a briefing at CD headquarters in Ordill.
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Williamson County
Civil Defense
Tom Redickas
Marion
Redickas
University of Illinois
Defense Department
Herrin
Carterville
Johnston City
Harold Farner
Homer Askew
Ordill
Beating A Man Found Injured In Carbondale
Carbondale police investigate an apparent assault after finding Louis Wright in the 200 block of North Washington Street early today. Wright, of unknown address, is in satisfactory condition at Doctor's Memorial Hospital with head injuries and cuts behind both ears. police found a broken bottle near the scene.
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Carbondale
North Washington Street
Louis Wright
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
Wright
SimonCampaign Tour Moves Through Southern Illinois
Paul Simon Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor spoke at 10 a.m. at the Perry County Courthouse Pinckneyville during a Southern Illinois campaign swing with wife Jeanne. He planned an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at The Knights of Columbus Hall in Du Quoin and appearances in Murphysboro and Carbondale later today.
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Paul Simon
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Simon
Jeanne
Illinois
du Quoin
Knights of Columbus
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Marion residents petition against planned sewage lagoon
About 175 signatures were presented to the Marion City Council protesting a proposed 212 000 sewer lagoon near the west industrial park. Spokesman Oral Pate argued the site harms nearby neighborhoods and lowers property values while mosquitoes breed. Council said it would study the petitions but privately indicated support for the project.
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Marion
Oral Pate
Fourth St
Chamber of Commerce
Pate
Carbondale
Herrin
Illinois
Creal Springs
Johnston City
Robert Butler
James Odendahl
Illinois Department of Public Health
Marion council approves room for aid bureau in city hall
Marion City Council approved a second floor room in city hall for the Jackson Williamson Legal Service Bureau to open by Sept 1, with a full time attorney, part time attorney, investigator and secretary. The bureau will adapt the space, provide free legal help to low income individuals and may later open a branch in Williamson County towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Williamson Legal Service Bureau
Marion
J. Edward Helton
Helton
Williamson County
Bureau
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Lawrence Feurer
Sewer Department
Treasury
Water Department
Adolph Fluck
E. E. Jeter
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Robert Connell
Former Carbondale tax assessor Ruffin E. Mitchell dies
Ruffin E. Mitchell, former Carbondale Township tax assessor of Rt. 3 Carbondale, died at 9 30 a m today in Doctors Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Huffman Funeral Home.
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Carbondale
Ruffin E. Mitchell
Rt. 3
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Huffman Funeral Home
Girl dies as Illinois weekend traffic toll rises to seven
An eight year old Chicago girl, Dolores Earnest, died at Barnes Hospital after injuries from a Sunday morning Interstate 57 crash near the Franklin Jefferson County line. Four other Chicago residents perished in separate Sunday incidents including a vehicle overturn on Rt 37 and a Pinckneyville bicycle collision.
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Southern Illinois
Chicago
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Dolores Earnest
Franklin Jefferson County
Land Horne
O’dell Horne
Chicago Area
West Vienna
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
David Lee Rice
Rt. 2
Rt. 154
Rice
Robert Lee
Belleville
Paulsen Headquarters Drawn To Southern Illinois Support
Southern Illinois backers of Pat Paulsen urge a headquarters for STAG in the region naming towns like Muddy Dog Walk or Carbondale. They seek a campaign mailing address and call for community input on location and STAG platform planks.
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Southern Illinois
Pat Paulsen
Johnston
White House
St. Louis
America
Denmark
Olive Branch
New Liberty
Town Hall
Carbondale
Paulsen
Ilinois
Southern Illinoisan
Political platform notes with contact and address prompts
A fragment urging the STAG party platform including a plan and notes on using extra paper neatness aptness of thought, with a cheeky line about winners chosen but no prizes. It ends with a request for NAME AGE ADDRESS CITY.
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Stag Party
Food stamps stolen and then returned
Mrs Eva DeLeonard reports food stamps were stolen by a burglar Friday night and later placed on her front porch Sunday before being returned to her. The incident was reported to the police in Marion.
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Eva DeLeonard
Granite St
Marion
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