Gasoline rush hits Southern Illinois as Sunday closing starts
Southern Illinois stations report a Saturday surge as drivers stock up before Sunday closures. Prices rose by 3 to 4 cents at several locations while others held or limited sales. Sta tions in Murphysboro Carbondale Herrin Marion posted higher volumes with some 10 gallon limits and no uniform price hikes, as communities prepared for the nationwide Sunday closing.
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Illinois
Murphysboro
Haury Standard
Walut St
Herrin Bailey
Park
Herrin
Standard Oil Co
G.F. Bailey
Bailey
Frank Hubbard
Rubbard
Fina
Carbondale
Paul Naas
Westown Shell Service
West Main Street
Naas
Virgil White
Martin Oil
Marion
More work Jess play at UMWA convention start
The United Mine Workers of America 46th constitutional convention opens Monday December 3 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. District 12 leader Kenneth Dawes says the event will emphasize work over party atmosphere with streamlined committees and direct rank and file elected officials for the first time. Local 1545 delegates from Inland Steel area total four based on 430 members with eight more from other locals.
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Don Frost
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Jess
Ilinoig
Kenineth Dawes
Lesser
Hilton Hotel
Pittsburg
Dawes
Bernard Ar‘onson
Arnold Miller
John L. Cox Jr. Herrin
Inland Steel Co
Cox
Local 1545
Tinois
Subdistrict 7
District 12
Inland Steel
Chhine
Carbondale seeks three year delay on sewer standards
At a Pollution Control Board hearing in Carbondale witnesses argued the city cannot meet 1974 wastewater quality standards due to limited state and federal aid. The city seeks a three year variance to 1977 while planning $3 million sewer work to Big Muddy River, with aid uncertain and funding sources to be explained.
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Pollution Control Board
Carbondale
Yarlance
Paul Sorgen
Delbert Haschmeyer
Attorney General's Office
John Womick
Control Board
Big Muddy
Crab Orchard Creek
Crab
Orchard Creek
Paul Clinebell
Clark Dietz and Associates
Clinebell
Sorgen
William Schwegman
Clark Dietz
James R. Mayhugh
Womick
Northwest
Schwegman
Environmental Protection ‘Agency
PCB
SIUC Officer Joins FBI National Academy Course
Donald R. Rogers a 38 year old SIUC Security Police sergeant was selected to attend a three month FBI National Academy advanced supervisory management training session starting January 4 in Quantico. A Metropolis native and 1971 promoted sergeant, he leads an eight man unit focused on crime prevention in high crime areas on the Carbondale campus.
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Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy
Donald R. Rogers
SIUC
FBI
Springfield
Quantist
Rogers
Murphys
Metropolis
New police written test discussed for Carbondale
A meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at city hall will consider a possible new written police examination for Carbondale candidates. Representatives from the Illinois Association of Fire and Police Commissioners and the University of Chicago will explain the test. The $30 exam includes seven computer scored tests and psychologist evaluation with a strengths weakness graph. The city council passed an ordinance empowering the city manager to hire from a board supplied list and voted to study psychologist use in evaluating applicants and current officers.
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Carbondale Police Department
City Hall
Bureau of Testing Services
Milnois Association of Boats of Fire and Police Commissioners
University of Chicago
Clinois Association of Chiefs of Police
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
FHA official to review Brookside Manor rents in Carbondale
Federal Housing Administration supervisor from Springfield will meet Brookside owner William Burts and Dr. George Karnes in Carbondale next Thursday to inspect rental policies at Brookside Manor. Karnes, a former city councilman and dentist, vacated after four months of subsidized rent near 100 dollars monthly and believes other tenants may also pay too little. If the review finds improper rent practices, Karnes vows to seek further action with Senator Percy.
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Gary Blackburn
Southern Mindrsa
Federal Housing Administration
Carbondale
Brookside Manor
Charles Walker
FHA
Springfield
Brookside
William Burts
George Karnes
Karnes
Burns
Walker
Sen
Charles Percy
H Ilinois
Grand Avenue
Telephone cable cut disrupts service to Carbondale homes
About 100 homes in Carbondale lost phone service for around three and a half hours Friday after a backhoe cut a cable at East Park and Wall. Central Illinois Public Service workers caused the break, cutting service from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Some SIU lines also malfunctioned, with intermittent trouble on a group of numbers. The problem started around 10 a.m. and was fixed by 2:30 p.m.
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Carbondale
East Park
Wall Street
John Youngblood
General Telephone
Central Illinois Public Service
Youngblood
Southern Illinois University
Siuc
Mock disaster drill tests hospital plan in Carbondale
A staged bus crash near Unity Point School triggered a full hospital disaster drill at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Trauma coordinator Loftus and EMS coordinator Motti oversaw theatre makeup and staged injuries as staff briefed, treated, and prepared transfer to St. Louis for a boy with a head injury. The drill highlighted communication gaps, with delays in notifying staff and ambulances and a plan to assign notification duties away from the overload operator.
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Charles Loftts
Doctors
Loftus
Unity Point School
Carbondale
Rt. 51
St. Louis
Carol Stolz
de Soto
Jackson County Health Dept
Robert Motti
Nilda Duranty
Carbondale Fire Dept
Duranty
Joy Goodman
Ticuim
de. Duranty
Lance
Neil Motti
Allen Satterfield
Young Motti
Beth Stangle
Walker Funeral Home
Patton
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Mel
Sunoco
Walnut St
Baril Shell
Baril
Clos
Larry Georgeff
Larry
Richard Berry
Liberty Gas
Carbon
Ohio
By Karen Rothe
Mayhugh
EPA
FBI Academy
London
Henry de Fiebre
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Beth Stangel
Neil Mati
Meek
Jack Griggs
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