SIU Carbondale to vote on 24-hour dorm visitation plan
SIU Carbondale students will vote this fall on dorm visitation types across floors with a 24-hour plan offered for the first time to set floor specific visiting rules. turnout will decide pay and floor changes while administrators note survey inconclusiveness and plan a September follow up poll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Dave Butler
Southern Trinoisand
Southern Ilinois University At
Carbondale
Samuel L. Rinella
Emil Spees
Associae
Will Travelstead
University
Rinella
STU
East Campus
Thompson Point
Herrin Extends Cable TV Contract Two Years
Herrin City Council approves a formal ordinance granting Southern Illinois Cable TV a maximum two year contract extension pending FCC approval. The council also passed a resolution opposing a Paducah Kentucky station for opposing Herrin cable plans. Mayor McVey noted no legal basis for boycotts.
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Zelah Scalf
Herrin
Paducah
City Attornney
Tom Haney
Iinois Cable Tv, Inc
West Frankfort
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Randolph County to decide on aged home bids in 20 days
Randolph County Board of Commissioners will act within 20 days on bids for the Anna Wehreheim Brown Old Folks Home after opening Monday in Chester. Base bid was 237780 from Chester Industrial Contractors with options. Charles Brown Contractors of Red Bud bid 277123 with no options. The eight unit elderly apartments will be rented, with about 256000 in the account and funds reserved for working capital. The project sits on 90 acres near Ellis Grove, left to the county by Mrs Brown who died in July. the county will serve as landlord and hopes profit funds future expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Anna Wehreheim Brown
Robert Schroeder
Schroeder
Chester
Chester Industrial Contractors
Charles Brown Contractors
Red Bud
Ellis Grove
Brown
Lesser School Board Adopts $915,754 Budget for 1972-73
The Lesser School Board Monday adopted a budget of 915754 for the 1972 73 school year, 23404 above last year's 792350. The educational fund rose from 647850 to 725454 due to a bookkeeping change on teachers salaries. The board also approved a 260000 tax levy for next year.
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Educational Fund
Claude Lewis
Marion councilmen travel to St Louis on sewer plant review
Marion City Councilmen, led by Jeter and Butler, plan a trip to St Louis to scrutinize Chem Pure Inc. concept plants as EPA orders reduction of stormwater bypass. A plant cost around 1.8 million is cited as meeting EPA standards and offering lower installation and operating costs.
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Wanda Barras
Marion City
St.Louis
St. Louis
Chem Pure Inc
St. Louis County
Marion
Environmental Protection, Agency
EPA
Horses Run Loose at Anna Golf Course Hole Breaks
Horses stabled at the Anna Fairgrounds near the nine hole golf course were freed Friday night. They fled across the course and left several holes in the turf before owners rounded them up after police were notified at 10 p.m. No injuries reported.
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Anna
Anna Fairgrounds
Monroe street name change proposed in Herrin
Monroe street in Herrin may be renamed Columbus drive as Ward 2 Alderman Herman Branca collects over 900 signatures on petitions urging the change to honor Christopher Columbus and Herrin residents of Italian descent. Branca aims for about 500 more signatures before presenting to the Herrin City Council on Sept 1.
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Zelah Seals
Monroe Street
Herrin
Columbus Drive
Herman Branca
America
Branca
Brana
16Th Street
Christopher Columbus
U.S
James Monroe
West Monroe Street
Fred Schoonover
Legion Boulevard
13Th Street
John Doe
Springfield
Tom Haney
Haney
John McVey
Hertin City Council to operate with seven members
The Hertin City Council will stay shorthanded with seven members until May as Mayor John McVey will not appoint a successor to Ward 1 Alderman Don Smith who resign ed July 24. An appointee would serve only until the next general election in May, a period McVey deems hard to fill. Smith's successor must run for the one year unexpired term in Ward 1 in May. Mine report notes mines reported working Wednesday.
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Hertin
John McVey
Ward
Don Smith
McVey
Smith
U S Steel seeks Lake Moses water sewer extensions in Benton
U S Steel asks Benton City Council to run water and sewer lines to Lake Moses for a vacation oriented development on about 700 acres surrounding the lake. Plan envisions a private homeowners association to maintain common areas for 1500 homes housing roughly 4500 people over five years. EPA signaled no extension issues once the sewage plant is updated. council to decide soon.
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John Trimbie
United States Steel Corp
Benton City
Lake Moses
Andy
U.S. Steel
Home Owners, Association
Onifer
Corporation
US. Steel
Benton
Herbert Mundell
Larry Sipe
Sipe
U.S. Steel Development
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Steel
Springfield
Conifer
EPA
Lipe
U. S. Steel
West Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
Five Suspects Questioned In Fire At Sale Barn
Lesser Fire Protection District and state fire marshals continue to probe a fire that destroyed the old sale barn on Aug. 6. District secretary Ned Mitchell reported five male suspects have been questioned and remain suspects. Deputy marshals Lawrence Rose and Les Dalby are leading the arson inquiry. The commission added three volunteer firemen, bringing the force to 20, and selected the Lesser Community Building to house equipment pending engineers evaluation of floor capacity.
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Sale
Ned Mitchell
District Commission
Motday
Mitchell
Lawrence Rose
West Frankfort
Les Dalby
du Quoin
Richard Hanes
Eddy Roberts
Charles Bowers
Sesser
Jackson commission Gorham zoning outline accepted
A basic Gorham zoning outline was adopted by the Jackson County Zoning Commission on Monday night. A map by the village board will be included in a countywide zoning ordinance and shown at public hearings in all townships before final adoption. The outline shows an industrial area near the Missouri Pacific railroad with small business zones on either side and a new R-1-T residential district for mobile homes. Norman Freemen said officials from Jacob, Neuxot, Makanda and Grand Tower will meet August 28 for preliminary review of zone lines.
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Gorham
Jackson County Zoning Commission
County Zoning Commission
la Varl Grace
Floyd Ven Pelt
Missouri-Pacific
Commission
Norman Freemen
Jacob
Neuext
Makanda
Grand Tower
Benton man shoots self in mobile home tragedy
Victor Owens, 22, underwent surgery at 4 a.m. to remove a .9 caliber bullet from the lower stomach after claiming accidental self injury. Accompanied by Delphia Garner, 18, Owens reported the shooting at Wilkerson Trailer Park in Lake Benton.
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Victor Owens
Franklin County
Owens
Delphia Garner
du Quoin
Wilkerson
Lake Benton
Marion fires chief returns as firefighter after pension error
Lonnie Dungey, Marion’s recently retired fire chief, is back on the job as a firefighter for five months to fix an error in payroll records that shorted his pension. The city council approved reinstatement at the same salary, while other officers attend University of Illinois courses funded by the city. Bill Whiting named interim fire chief.
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Marion
Pension Records
Lonnie Dungey
Dungey
Illinois Department of Insurance
Wee J O
Robert Butler
University of Iilnois
Bill Whiting
Fire Department
Youths Protest Benton Police Chief Resignation
About 75 Benton youths and parents protested at city hall over Police Chief Kenneth Eubanks plan to resign effective Sept 2. They carried signs opposing interim chief Cris Hall, demanded Eubanks stay, and urged accountability amid rumors of staffing changes. Police and officials offered no firm replacement plans as demonstrators dispersed.
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Kenny Eubanks
Benton
John Trimble
Htindisan
Hall
Eubanks
Kenneth Eubanks
Herbert Mandell
Mandell
Cris Hall
Pauline Spillman
Mundell
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John Kirby
Tony Magnotti
Kenneth J. Gray
Bell and Zoller Coal Co
Berlin
Lohacre
Ilinois
Randolph County
John Battaglia
Bill Battaglia
Teresa Young
Pete Young
Robert Buller
J. W.durham
Marion Square
West Main Street
North Market Street
South Market Street
Monroe
Columbus
Council
Lake Area
Jackson Commission
Benton Man
Self
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