IRS to close Herrin office citywide shifts
The IRS will shut the Herrin office on Sept 1 as part of a regional consolidation that includes Har risburg and Cairo. Carbondale will remain open and offer daily tax assistance, with a later plan to provide a tax agent to Herrin starting January 1974 if demand allows.
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Internal Revenue Service
TRS
Herrin
Leon C. Green
IRS
Springfield
Green
Louis Powenski
John McVey
Bruce Tisch
Johnston City
Carbondale
McVey
State denies funds for Carbondale rat and pest control
Carbondale’s rat and pest control program loses state funding as the state Department of Public Health denies a $20 000 grant. City Manager Carroll Fry says the program will not end but cannot be expanded. The city spent about $40 000 last year and will have about $15 000 for the program this year. The program was absorbed into code enforcement in May and former director Tom Bevitt lost his job. The state gave $13 000 last year. The Illinois Soldiers and Sailors home at Quincy becomes the Illinois Veterans Home under a bill signed by Gov. Daniel Walker sponsored by Rep. Michael McLain.
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Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Fry
State Department of Public Health
Tom Bevitt
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home
Quincy
Illinois Veterans Home
Daniel Walker
Rep
Michael McLain
Lemonade Sale at Marion Plaza Weekend Fundraiser
Volunteers from the Uptowner Restaurant will run a two cent a glass lemonade stand at Marion Tower Square Plaza on Friday and Saturday noon to five. The sale supports festive plaza activities with teenage girls selling refreshments.
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Marion Tower Square Plaza
Plaza
Uptowner
Peak's Recreation Center Fire Ruled Possible Arson
An August 1 blaze at Peak's Recreation and Marine Sales Center in West Frankfort is suspected arson. Fire Chief Fred Harkins and deputy state fire marshals investigated. an inspector was delayed by a Metropolis fire. An accelerant was suspected. owner Jim Peak received a threatening call before the fire. An unrelated report notes Elnora Ward, 64, of Elgin, died in a one car crash on I 70 near Effingham.
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Peak
West Frankfort
Fred Harkins
Harkins
Leslie Rose
Metropolis
Trans-America
Los Angeles
Calif
Effingham
Elnora E. Ward
Elgin
Save the Cross group to tackle Bald Knob cross repairs
A citizen group will form Sept 7 in Alto Pass to address engineering problems of the 111 foot Bald Knob cross. Eight attendees at a Monday preliminary meeting discussed repairing and preserving the cross, with plans to focus on wind damage and seek solutions.
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Alto Pass
Bald Knob
Wayman Presley
Thh
Presley
Joan Edwards
Anna
Jackie Hubble
Carbondale
Walker
Hubble
Grant funds hog farm near Carbondale
Human Resources Development Corporation in Carbondale received a $10,000 state grant for a hog production project on the Sid Schoen farm, about three miles east of Carbondale. The grant covers roughly one seventh of startup costs with local funding to complete the plan. The operation will house 150 sows and 3,000 feeder pigs annually, creating two jobs, with future plans for a locker plant in Carbondale Industrial Park to employ about 10 more people.
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Human Resources Development Corporation
Stilhrdc
Carbondale
Phillip Rush
Silhrdc
Governor’s Office of Human Resources
Sid Schoen
Rush
Choate Hospitalized With Pneumonia Twice Daily Therapy
The House Democratic leader Choate is in the hospital for pneumonia and receives inhalation therapy twice daily per press aide Terry Michael. He was hospitalized last November during the campaign and later won re election to a 14th term.
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Terry Michael
Choate
House
Vienna inmate Charles Neeley flees from minimum security
State police hunted for Charles Neeley 28 of Springfield an inmate at the Vienna Minimum who walked away Tuesday after a burglary armed robbery and unlawful weapons sentence. A prison spokesman provided the details.
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Vienna
Charles Neeley
Springfield
Meat spoiled after refrigerator malfunction at home
Don Hecke of Carbondale and his wife left meat worth $400 in a new $600 refrigerator-freezer and found it spoiled when they returned from the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The auto defrost stayed on all weekend, forcing them to stay in a motel and seek reimbursement from the dealer. Hecke previously worked in Springfield and became director of communications at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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Don Hecke
Carbondale
Hecke
Springfield
Southern Illinois University At
Heckes
SIU Dean of Students Post May Go to Baier
University at Carbondale recommends John L. Baier for the dean of students role as the current dean George Mace departs September 15. President Derge will interview Baier among eight other candidates and present a successor to the SIU Board of Trustees on September 14.
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Dave Butler
University At Carbondale
SIUC
John L. Baier
David R. Derge
Derge
Baier
George R. Mace
William C. Bleyer
Terence Buck
Loretta Ott
Samuel L. Rimella
Will W. Travelstead
SIU Board of Trustees
George Wilson
Graduate Student Council
Wilson
Faculty Senate
Joanine Thorpe
Senate
Graduate Faculty Council
K-Mart Store Site Rezoning Nears OK in Carbondale
Development of a 120000 square foot K-Mart complex with grocery, garden shop and drug store moves forward as E N Maisel and Associates seeks R-6 to B-4 rezoning. About 200 jobs expected. annual gross projected at 8.5 million by year three. Annexation needed for city sewer. site plan required before permits.
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Carbondale
Rt. 13
Penneys
University Mall
E. N. Maisel and Associates
Detroit
Mich
Goldmar
Assistant Paluch resigns prompts interim duties by city staff
George Paluch 33 resigns as Fry assistant in November. Jerry Maxwell had resigned to become city manager. Until a replacement is found, some office duties will be taken over by Scott Ratter coordinator of the city's summer employment program.
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George Paluch
Carbon- Fry
Jerry Maxwell
Fry
Paluch
Scott Ratter
SIU campus beer sale rulings prompt boundary debate
Carbondale officials consider rescinding a 1500 foot beer ban near Southern Illinois University as no license class exists for beer only. The Liquor Advisory Board backed repeal despite no new classification and discussed a Class G license for a bowling alley to serve beer and mixed drinks.
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Cindy Hazell
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Carbondale Liquor Advisory Board
Neal Eckert
Eckert
Tom Bevirt
Bevirt
SIU
Robert Stalls
Mike Travelstead
Ken Friess
Friess
Steve Hoffmann
Free Gas Tomorrow Hoax At Local Station
Paul Naas owner of Pauls Westown Shell in Carbondale reports a prank at his Rt 13 service station. A sign reading Free Gas Tomorrow drew patrons early today, but Naas says it was an employee joke and he removed the sign. One customer hoped to return tomorrow, but the sign is gone.
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Paul Naas
Paul
Westown Shell
Rt. 13 West
Carbondale
Naas
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