Williamson County approves airport-adjacent residential platting near airport
Williamson County Commission in a special session split 6.64 acres near the Williamson County Airport into 14 lots and approved two more subdivisions Paul Hicks and Morgan Meadows near the Jackson County line. The airport area will be rezoned from cropland to single family homes with septic requirements and limited road maintenance by the county.
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Shirley E. Johnson
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Williamson County Commission
Jackson
J.C. Smothers
Curtis Palmer
Illinois 148
SIUC opens 1979 80 with smooth move in day crowds
About 20 000 students start the new year at Southern Illinois University Carbondale as housing reports show 60 percent of on campus residents moved in Friday and the rest over the weekend. Director Sam Rinella notes the three day move in went well and urges off campus students to arrange housing. Bruce Swinburne calls the start the best since he arrived. Police report an orderly downtown night with a few alcohol related arrests and eight officers on duty.
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Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan Lines
Central Illinois Public Srvice
Woody Hall
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale
Sam Rinella
SIUC
Rinella
Bruce Swinburne
Hogan
Kennedy airport drama features SIU-C grad in ballerina talks
The chief U.S. negotiator at Kennedy Airport drama over Soviet ballerina Ludmilla Vlasova is former SIU Carbondale graduate student Donald F. McHenry. A native of East St. Louis, McHenry is a top U.N. Mission official and was active in 1978 negotiations on Southwest Africa.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Donald F. McHenry
U.S
Ludmilla Vlasova
United States
Alexander Godunov
McHenry
Siu-C
East St. Louis
United Nations
Southwest Africa Peoples Organization
Angola
Carbondale
Illinois State University
Normal
U.S. State Department
Georgetown Uni
Carbondale Secures HUD 850000 Grant For City Projects
Carbondale officials announce an $850,000 grant from the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development as the second year funding in a three year Community Development Block Grant Small Cities program. Funds cover insulation rehab code enforcement demolitions street reconstructions health child care youth administration and a contingency. The city previously received 500000 for year one and plans to seek 1350000 for year three.
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Carbondale
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
East Sycamore Street
West Chestnut Street
Boil order ends for Du Quoin on North Hickory Street
A boil water order affecting part of North Hickory Street in Du Quoin ended after a water line broke. City Clerk Cecil Daily said the order was in effect for part of Saturday and Sunday and is now lifted.
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Hickory Street
du Quoin
Cecil Daily
Weary Willie’s makeup endures as his life changes
The piece profiles Emmett Kelly Jr. continuing the Weary Willie clown legacy while aging and touring a demanding circus schedule. Despite a 50 year gulf since his father’s era, the son preserves the sad face and red nose, balancing memory with personal evolution amid shifting audiences and nostalgia.
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Jean Ness
Illncison
Weary Willie
Willie
Emmett Kelly Sr
Emmett Kelly Jr
Kelly
du Quoin
Florida
Tomimed
United States
Emmett Kelly
Du Quoin fireman to face merit board hearing
Du Quoin fireman Ray Pelczynski will have a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday hearing before the Police and Fire Merit Board at city hall over a three day suspension for conduct unbecoming a firefighter. Fire Chief Richard Fronek suspended Pelczynski after he admitted making on duty statements about the late Police and Fire Commissioner Burt Williams during a funeral week. The suspension drew opposition from new Commissioner Robert Murray, while Mayor Robert Armstrong said the decision rests with the merit board. Pelczynski declined comment.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
du Quoin
Ray Pelczynski
Police and Fire Merit Board
Babe Hill
Pelezynski
Richard Fronek
Fronek
Burt Williams
Williams
Pelczynski
Pelcczynski
Murray
Robert Armstrong
Merit Board
Franck
Petcynski
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County Board
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Morgan Meadows
Hicks
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Leon R. Lauder
Jackson County Line
Lauder
Ed Hogan
Kennedy Airport
Siu
U.N
State Department
William Rogers
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carter
Joe Jines
du Quoin State Fair
Eddie Rabbitt
Left
Kendalls
Dolly Parton
America
Milton Berle
Kelly Jr
Kelly Sr
Chief
Bob Murray
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