SIU Wins Five Major Livestock Awards at Du Quoin Fair
SIU’s Department of Agriculture captures five livestock judging honors at the Du Quoin State Fair. Top awards include champion and reserve champion steer, and multiple champion and reserve titles across swine breeds such as Duroc, Berkshire, Landrace, Yorkshire, Spots, Chester White, Poland China, and Hampshire. Notable winners include Mike Boddy Lovington and Oscar Shaffner West Union with multiple bars and pens of barrows.
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Southern Illinois University
Department of Agriculture
du Quoin
Stu
SIU
Jim Bloomberg
Barrow
A Duroc
Mike Boddy
Levington
Pen
Ches
Ter Whites
Gerald Ginder
Claremont
Barrows
Hampshires
Charles Bauer
Smithboro
Duroe Swine
Lovington
Lawrence Range
Marissa
Boddy
Range
Berkshire
Spotswine
Oscar Shaffner
West Union
Shaffner
Chester White
Carlinville
Hampshire
Larry Jones
Hillsboro
Herrin lowers city tax rate by eight cents this year
Herrin City Council approves a tax levy of 98 cents per $100 evaluated for 1972 73, down from 1.06, with a total levy of 219554 dollars. Decline partly due to retirement of a 135000 library bond issued in 1957 and last payment around 26 thousand. Mayor cites public works needs including fire station and garbage collection costs while plans for sewer and street work move forward.
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Herrin
Marlene Simson
Simpson
John McVey
Herrin Public Building Commission
West Stodlar Street
South Park Avenue
South 17Th Street
Tyler Street
Tom Shoemake
Larry Sipe
13Th
16Th Streets
Shoemake
Lipe
Illinois Central Railroad
Rex Presson
Harry Lannom
John E. Anderson
Presson
Lannom
Honeywell Corp
Clarida
Robert Butler
State Department of Transportation
Court
Hendrickson
Butler
J. F. Newton
Crab Orchard Lake faces decline without improvements
Residents and lake users urge federal funding and shoreline stabilization to prevent Crab Orchard Lake from becoming a swamp. The CISCO committee plans a Sept. 23 cleanup as activists cite low water, broken campgrounds, and unsafe stumps and rocks hindering boating and camping.
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Bonita Troutt
Crab Orchard Lake
Steve Lomax
Carterville
John Hays
Pirates Cove Marina
Arch Mehrhoff
Hays
Kenneth Gray
Jack Wides
Murphysboro
Don Gentry
Leon Streigel
Carbondale
William Stewart
Wides
du Quoin
Cambria
Illinois
Mehrhoff
CISCO
Injunctions Ordered Against Five UMWA Locals in Danville
In Danville U S District Court injunctions were issued Monday against five United Mine Workers locals. Old Ben Coal Corp received orders against Locals 1124 1345 and 1487 while Locals 9111 at Orient 3 Waltonville and 1824 at Randolph Preparation Plant Marissa were also named. Miners returned to work and no strikes are ongoing. Authorities reported some confusion over potential additional locals but the ruling covers the five named locals.
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United Mine Workers of America
U. S. District Court
Danville
Old Ben Coal Corp
Orient 3
Waltonville
Randolph
Marissa
Triad Steel
Lesser
Orient 4
Johnston City
Orient 5
Logan
Orient 6
Kenneth Wells
Springfield
Umwa District 12
Pavloff Named Mulkey Postmaster in Appointment
Pavloff has been appointed postmaster at Mulkey town after a state Postal Service merit selection. He previously served as parcel post carrier at the Du Quoin post office and was among three applicants interviewed by the Selection Board. Robert W. Miller, Du Quoin postmaster, stated the merit basis favored Pavloff after thorough investigation of all candidates.
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Percy Pavloff
Mulkeytown
du Quoin
Pavloff
State Postal Service Management Selection Board
Robert W. Miller
Marion Eyes 1.2 Million Sewage Plant With Federal Aid
Marion City Council aims to build a 1.2 million dollar sewage treatment facility if an 80 percent federal grant is approved. State EPA approval is required after citing Crab Orchard Creek and Lake for pollution. A Missouri plant tour is cited as a model for plans.
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O. R. Walley
Marion
State Environmental Protection Agency
Crab Orchard Creek
E. E. Jeter
Bridgeton, Mo
Jeter
Missouri
Glenn Clarida
Council
Train Derails Near Goreville Blocks Tracks
Five Burlington Northern freight cars derailed three miles south of Goreville on Monday night. The train traveling from Centralia to Paducah, Kentucky left the rails around 10 30 p m. No injuries were reported as wreck crews worked to clear the line. It notes Byrd Station in Antarctica sits on 7000 feet of ice and is 15000 feet above sea level.
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Burlington Northern
Goreville
Paducah
Centralia
U.S. Navy
Byrd Station
Antartica
Williams pushes bill to end five percent tax on essentials
Republican state senate candidate Gale Williams from the 58th district says he will introduce a bill to end the five percent sales tax on food and medicine. He argues state income tax revenue can fund services without taxing essentials. His opponent Kenneth V. Buzbee plans his own tax reform platform later.
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Senate
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
Williams
Kennth V. Buzbee
Carbondale
Missing Murphysboro girl inquiry unsettles police
Murphysboro Police investigate a possible child abduction or mistreatment after two area children say a man tried to lure a girl into a car near North 9th street park. They misidentified the child as Carol Tucker, about 6, with the car described as a black over tan four door Chevrolet driven by a white man around 50.
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Murphysboro
Toby Berger
Berger
North 9Th Street Park
North 9Th Street
Carol Tucker
Carbondale
Toye
Laborers’ Talks Deadlocked in Southern Illinois Districts
Laborers in Highway District 9 in Southern Illinois remain at impasse with builders and road contractors after a two week strike. Federal mediator Edward Richards of Evansville Ind said none of the issues are economic and the parties are far apart on working conditions. District 7 workers have ratified a tentative agreement and resumed work, while District 9 workers rejected the terms and struck again after a brief return.
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Illinois
Edward Richards
Evansville
Ind
District 7
District 9
Coroner cites methanol linked to two teen deaths
A Perry County coroner told a jury the deaths of Kathy Moody 18 and David Huite 19 were accidental and methanol in their bodies could have caused blindness if they had survived the July Du Quoin crash.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Kathy Jean Moody
David O. Huite
du Quoin
Monay
Perry County
Barney West
Charles Matthew Benton
West
Miss Moody
Mr. Huite
James F. Reid III
Huite
Jacalyn Moss
Robby McCurdy
Edna Benton
Lyle Hanner
Main Street
Mulberry
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