Herrin and area districts clash over school contracts
Southern Illinois districts report mixed outcomes as DeSoto teachers picket over a rejected 10 000 base pay and a 7 percent raise while Herrin approves a three year contract averaging 12 percent. Other districts plan meetings as negotiations continue and classes near start dates.
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DeSoto Consolidated
Herrin
Board of Education
Gillmore
Illinois Education Association
Herrin Education Association
William Clarida
Clarida
Elverado Elverado
Sheldon Walker
Evansville
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
du Quoin
du Quoin Teachers Association
DuQoin Commu
Coulterville
Ronald Mazander
Chester
L.D. Bauersachs
Chester Education Association
Bauersachs
David Snedden
Sparta Sparta
Sparta
Time's ravages repaired on Murphysboro clock
The Walnut Street clock in Murphysboro, a 68 year old relic and pre tornado history, undergoes repainting and restoration led by John W Harvey with city funding and local volunteers. The project includes sandblasting, rust primer, gold trim, and reapplying original black and gold colors. Vester Cavarretta’s Wolff Bros Jewelers will supply night power. A Chicago motor from a distributor will replace the mechanism. The city hopes to finish in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Berker
Southern Illinois
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
John W. Harvey
South 20Th Street
Harvey
Bob
John
Bowers
Benton
Wilbur van Horn
Roy Short
Louis Brown
Ard Reynolds
Murphysboro High School
Short
Joe Melvin
Wolff Bros. Jewelers
John Wayne
Wolff Brothers
Martin
Anton
William
Vester Cavarretta
Chicago
Cairo man named Carbondale's new city attorney
Cairo lawyer George J. Kiriakos, 50, is appointed Carbondale's city attorney to start September 17. He replaces John Womick, who resigns August 31 but will still handle cases under contract. Kiriakos, longtime Cairo corporation counsel since 1971, is a general practitioner and special assistant attorney general in inheritance tax matters.
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Cairo
Carbondale
George J. Kiriakos
John Womick
Womick
Kiriakos
Alexander
Union Counties
Carbondale Community High School
Southern Illinois University-Carbonale
University of Iinois-Urbana
Washington University Laws School
St. Louis
Public housing contract OK for Cyprus firm
The low bid by J E N R Construction Co of Cyprus for re roofing William son County public housing units was approved by HUD. The $556 468 bid covers 19 units with new pitch roofs and shingles and will be completed this year as part of the modernization program amid leaking roofs in older units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.E.N.R. Construction Co
Cyprus
Williamson County
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
Housing Authority
HUD
Cobden man found guilty in slaying
A Union County jury found Larry "Butch" Camden, 35, guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Susan Coats, 19, at Camden's home in Anna last February. The defense claimed Coats killed herself. gun placement and fingerprint tests were pivotal in the trial. Camden is free on bond pending sentencing, with a maximum two to five years.
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Union County
Larry
Butch
Camden
Cobden
Susan Coats
Anna
Miss Coats
Air Illinois to drop Kirksville flights due to unprofitability
Air Illinois will discontinue service to Kirksville Missouri because the twice-daily flights to St Louis and Carbondale are not financially viable. Spokeswoman Alice Mitchell cited insufficient passenger use as the reason for ending the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirksville, Mo
Air Illinois
Kirksville
Alice Mitchell
St. Louis
Carbondale
Arson Suspected In Fire At Under Construction Store
Firefighters from Herrin and Energy extinguished a blaze at 3 36 a m near Williamson County Airport causing smoke damage to a center building that housed a retail clothing store nearing completion. Investigator David Bandera said materials found suggest arson and the Herrin Fire Department with the Williamson County Detective Unit are probing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois 148
Williamson County
Herrin and
Energy
David Bandera
Herlin
Bandera
Jay Smothers
Globe Fuel Co
Marion
Herrin Fire Department
Williamson County Detective Unit
Drowning victim Gayla Crabtree found in Lake of Egypt
The body of 33 year old Gayla Crabtree of Marion was recovered Thursday afternoon from the Lake of Egypt, 12 days after a drowning incident during a water skiing outing. Autopsy pending. temperature at depth 39 degrees slowed buoyancy. Funeral services set for Saturday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Gayla Crabtree
Marion
Lake of Egypt
Herrin Hospital
Williamson County
Jim Wilson
Wilson
Mitchell Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
New Illinois State Police District 13 Leaders Named
Raymond C. Niepert becomes commander at District 13 in Du Quoin. Lt. Leland O. Storm is administrative officer. Masser shifts to operations lieutenant. Storm previously served in District 11 at Litchfield. Art Athmer moves to field sergeant after serving as administrative replacement.
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Illinois State Police District 13
du Quoin
Raymond C. Niepert
Springfield
LaVarne
Niepert
Leland O. Storm
Litchfield
Ruth
Dale Masser
Joe Ginter
Masser
Storm
Art Athmer
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DeSoto
Nity
Ed Koenig
DuQuoin
Trico
Trico Community Unit
Shawnee Community Unit
Trico School Board of Education
Shawnee School Board of Education
Don Taylor
Emloyees
Coulterville Coulterville Education Association
Don Adams
Loren Eddleman
Teacers
Eddleman
Adams
Eddieman
Joe Jines
Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association
The
American Bar Association
Public Housing Contract OK
Shirley E. Johnson
Southern Illinoisan
State Department of Conservation
Sheriff's Deputies
Lake of Egypt Patrol
Kobler
Gayla Jane Crabtree Was
Lowell Ray and
Jane McAnelly Gibbons
Kenneth Eugene Crabtree
Trevor Ray
Travis Dean Crabtree
Jerry Gibbons
Rolla, Mo
District 13
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