Southern Illinois delegates form for national conventions
Southern Illinois Democrats and Republicans in the 24th district race to name delegates for the 1976 presidential nominating conventions. Democrats may send eight delegates with four alternates to New York, Republicans three or four with four alternates to Kansas City. Delegates may be uncommitted, with some backing for Stevenson or Ford’s era candidates, while others run independently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
24Th
U.S
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Holloway
Rosemary Hawkes
Gerald Sinclair
Salem National Bank
Simon
Sinclair
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Perry County
John Rednour
Daniel Walker
Walker
Gerald
Ford
Republican Central
Joseph Hale
Harrisburg
Republican Central Committee
California
Ronald Reagan
Hale
Tree rings reveal long ago weather data
(botany instructor Eugene Estes of Rend Lake College explains dendrochronology) tree rings record age and past weather. spring wood and summer wood form annual rings, widths indicate precipitation patterns. 1927 1929 wide, 1930 narrow, 1934 narrow, 1935 very wide, matching rainfall records. Estes has built a skeleton plot back to 1666 for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Sosniecki
Eugene Estes
Illinois
Estes
Rend Lake College
Marion mayor and Pepsi bottling executive Harry Crisp dies
Harry L. Crisp Sr. 73, longtime Marion business leader and three term mayor, died Sunday at Crisp Acres. He expanded a Marion poultry and egg business into a $2 million bottling plant with five state franchises and helped bring the Veterans Hospital and Marion Memorial Hospital to the area. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Crisp Sr
Marion
Crisp Acres
Illinois 13 West
Crisp
Akin
Benton
Charles Crisp
Ben
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Illinois Inc
Kentucky
Wendell Ford
City
Wisconsin
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C
Marion Memorial Hospital
Wilson Funeral Home
Citizens to Seek Grand Jury Probe in Alto Pass
A citizens group plans to request a grand jury investigation of possible irregularities by the Alto Pass Village Board. Union County State's Attorney James Leaton says no investigation is planned without official complaints. Several board members resigned and some kept seats after decisions on resignations and prior investigations into water rates and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto Pass
Union County
Michael Jeremiah
Citizens Group
Union County State
James Leaton
Leaton
Kenneth Parmly
James Sweitzer
Richard Boone
Delbert Wissman
Wissman
Cairo
Michael Seng
Seng
Sweitzer
Boone
Parmly
Randolph budget rises as tax levy trims slightly
Randolph County Board approves a 2.9 million 1976 appropriations ordinance, up 55,409 from 1975 due to courthouse rental. The tax rate is 52.1 cents per 100 value, one tenth of a cent less than 1975, with 1.073 million levy and 192000 county office revenue. Additional funds come from state and federal taxes and gains, and a larger jail increases operating costs by about 52000 annually. Leonard Ernsting is re elected board chair for 1976. only dissent comes from Kenneth Stellhorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County Board
Leonard Ernsting
D-Sparta
Kenneth Stellhorn
Red Bud
Meehan backs regional prosecution as task force shifts
Cairo attorney Meehan says regional prosecution is an excellent idea and he would welcome losing his job if the plan becomes real. He leads the State's Attorneys Task Force, aids counties, trains police, and now pilots diversion for first offenders with job training and placement. The project has $120,000 in grants, a $66,000 budget, and potential early next year operation pending county board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Sosniecki
Southern Illinoisan
William F. Meehan
First Judicial Circuit
Cairo
Meehan
Southern
Illinois
Sycamore St
Alexander Cornstate
Pulaski
Union
Johnson
Massac
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
Pope
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Howard Hood
Wil
Liamson County
Robert Howerton
Jackson and
Williamson Coun
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
Carbondale Downtown Redevelopment Appraisal Findings
Appraisals for a four block downtown Carbondale redevelopment area were submitted to City Manager Carroll Fry. The studies, by Charlie B. Brown and Murden Appraisal Co., cover the zone bordered by West Main Elm streets and South Illinois University avenues. Details will be released when owners and city finalize options and potential tax increment financing plans are developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
West Main
West Elm
South Illinois
South University Avenues
Carroll Fry
Fry
Charlie B. Brown and
Murden Appraisal Co
Car
Eckert
Ion County
Main Street
Cherry Street
Cherry
Elm Streets
Curtis Palmer Sworn In As Williamson County Commissioner
Curtis Palmer becomes county commissioner as an all-Democratic administration begins in Williamson County. Palmer defeated Republican Melvin Fisher in November and succeeds retiring William Sinks. The board also approves two federal grant requests for Marion and Devil's Kitchen Water District, detailing park and water/sewer projects and plans for a future sewage district.
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Williamson County
Curtis Palmer
Palmer
Melvin Fisher
Marion
William Sinks
William Humphreys
Cartervill
Jo M. Walker
Herrin
Greater Egypt
Sinks
Humphreys
Walker
The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
City
Chamber of Commerce
Devil’s Kitchen Water District
Farmers Home Administration
Formoon
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Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Stevenson
Kansas City
Mulkeytown
Shawneetown
St. Louis
Barzilla Silkwood
England
Pennsylvania
Southern Illinois
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Mississippi Valley
Randolph
Neal Eckert
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