Franklin County districts study consolidation plan
Five Franklin County school boards plan a survey to explore forming a unit district covering the western third of the county. Christopher High and Grade School Districts and Mulkeytown Consolidated will approve survey agreements at upcoming meetings. the process mirrors a 1958 feasibility study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Bob Hagen
Southern Illinoisan
Christopher High End
Mulkeytown Consolidated
Zeigler
Royalton
SIU
Zeigler - Royalton
Citizens’ Committee
Bach
Office of Public Instruction
Department of School District Organization
Christopher
County Superintendent of Schools
Circuit Court
Christopher High School
Benton High
Williamson County
Franklin Superintendent of
Franklin County Board of School Trustees
Mulkeytown
Muskeytown
Rend College seeks six month option extension
Rend College eyes extending its option to buy about 50 acres near Inn west of Interstate 57 to March 23 1969. The college owes 232500 and plans a 242500 total price with 100 acres from the Army Corps of Engineers and Bend Lake Conservancy District to form a nearly 300 acre campus.
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Rend Lake College
Inn
Donald Musick
Interstate Rt. 57
Whittington
Musick
Byford Jones
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bend Lake
Mt. Vernon
Bonnie
Herrin Takes Steps to Meet State Landfill Rules
Herrin officials, health inspectors, and the landfill committee move to comply with state laws after a two month old landfill was found in violation. Improvements include area coverage, three dumping zones, and plans for an incinerator with industry cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
State Department of Public Health
Gene Hatfield
Health Department
Norge
Hatfield
Tom Shoemake
Shoemake
Co. V. Satterfield
Paisa
Zane Neely
Allen Industries
Floyd Hicks
Allen
Hicks
Allen’s
Dan Bain
Franklin-Williamson
Bain
Right-of-way aid promised for Carterville Colp highway
Eight residents from Carterville and Colp join Williamson County officials to secure easements for the new Carterville Colp highway. The board will draft a letter to Highway Superintendent Fred Thane to determine required land, with negotiations led by a local group familiar to residents.
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Carterville
Colp
Williamson County Board of Commissioers
Fred Thane
Homer Askew
County Highway Department
Askew
Nursing home workers vote against union at Carbondale
Styrest Nursing Home employees in Carbondale rejected union affiliation 27 to 17 after 44 of 62 eligible workers voted. Ray White said the election covered Local 316 of the Building Service Employees Union. In Murphysboro a stave mill vote failed 11 to 10 with 25 workers sought for representation by the Cooper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styrest Nursing Home
Carbondale
Service Employes Union
Ray White
Murphysboro
Hiram Walker and Sons, Inc
Coopers International Union of North America
Pair wins bid for new counsel in Murphysboro case
Two men Ernest C. Bailey and Edward Sarver charged with an armed motel robbery in Carbondale delay their trial as they obtain new counsel. Judge C. E. Wright approves a court appointed substitute attorney, with rulings on motions to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Holiday Inn
Circuit
Murphysboro
Ernest C. Bailey
Ralph Ray Sigman
Edward Sarver
Robert Ray Smith
Mulkeytown
Sarver-Smith
Cook County
Jackson County
Bailey Sigman
C.E. Wright
William Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Orgenie Gwisdon-Lopez-Sarver
Carbondale Atty. C
Robert Hall
Wright
Merits questioned Jackson officials criticize regional planning
Jackson County officials grilled the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission at a Thursday meeting over a 1963 capital improvement list and a proposed new project slate. They cited lack of cooperation and questioned the $5,600 annual payment while noting many 1963 items were completed without GERPDC aid and pressed for clearer progress reports and actual results.
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Greater Egypt
Jackson County
Gerpdc
General Fund
Ward
Pflanz
Sand Ridge
Murphysboro
Vergennes
Elkville
Royalton
Rt. 51
Boskeydell
George Borgsmiller
Borgsmiller
Bergsmiller
Jects
Richman
Planning Commission
Bob Frank
Ava Blacktop
Red Station
San Ridge Township
June Snider
Gilbert, Borg
The
County Extension Service
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro school board approves parking lot contract
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board approved a 3950 dollar contract with John Hoffman for rock surfacing the 150 by 250 foot lot at Carruthers Junior High to accommodate a new wing that adds 13 classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Unit
Carruthers
John Hoffman
Murphysboro
Lincoln and Longfellow
James Blackwood
Blackwood
Du Quoin State Fair Adds Chariot and Dog Acts
The Du Quoin State Fair opens Saturday with three new entertainment acts added between harness races from Saturday to August 28. The Paul White Chariot Racing Shetland Ponies and the Cold Nose Five performing dogs join the Twetimers musical trio. A Kids Day Show on August 30 features the Todd Family acrobatic dogs at 4 pm along with Corky the TV clown and other acts. Ride prices drop until 6:30 pm on Kids Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Paul White
Cold Nose
Twetimers
Todd Family
Corky the
Gentle Ben
the Bear
Inspector Hedley
Cold Nose Five
Tunetimers
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Rend College
St. Andrew’s Catholic
New Counsel
Jackson
Delmar Ward
Richard Richman
County General Fund
Dixie Pflanz
New Addition
City Rt. 13
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