TVA Recreation Development Looms In Kentucky Tennessee region
A $34 million TVA plan to create a large outdoor recreation area spans Kentucky Lake Barkley and surrounding shorelines. The project aims to attract up to 10 million visitors annually, with camping water conservation and hunting, while private investors will build most tourist facilities nearby.
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Stephen Tatarsky
Kentucky
Kenhe
Illinois
Nessée
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sm Tva
Kentucky Lake
Barkley
Ceedings
TVA
Barkely Hills
Ilincis
Kentucky Lake State Park
Tihinais
Williamson County Courthouse Faces Remodel or New Build
Williamson County weighs remodeling the aging two story courthouse atop Marion hill against building a new facility at higher cost. Officials, including Sheriff Miller and Deputy Clerk Howell, push for a new courthouse or jail upgrade while planners warn interior decay and inefficient use of space. The Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission praises the exterior but calls interior conditions outdated and space poorly utilized.
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Diva Walley
Williamson County
State Building
Marion
Board
Oscar Hamvis
St Louis
Carl Miller
Corthouse
Miller
Robert Howell
Rt. 13
State Highway Department
Rt. 1A
Ymits
Laval
Greater Egypt
Area Girls In Contest Seek Crown At Belleville
Two Southern Illinois girls vie for the Illinois Frit Queen title at the Belleville contest hosted by the Tinnis Fruit Council and One Illinois State Horticultural Society. Sue Stevens, 18, and Bren da Smith, 16, lead a field including Miss Jersey County and Harvest Queen finalists. Final judging follows a tea and evening ceremonies with a crowned winner and pendant watches for all contestants.
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Elizabeth McDonald
Southern Illinois
Sue Stevens
Murphysboro
Brenda Smith
Anna Fair
Belleville
Tinnis Fruit Council
Illinois
State Horticultural Society
Becky Hindeman
Anna
Mary Kathryn DicKinney
Grafton
Jersey County
Genie Moody
Pittsfield
Linda Tepen
Mepnen
Calhoun County
Rosalyn Virginia Cortner
New Athens
St. Clair County
Robert Schneider
Augustine's
Miss. Stevens
Pauline Althoff
Illinois cities test new bonding plan to lure firms
Southern Illinois community joins three others to try a federal backed industrial revenue bond program. Gene Graves of the State Board of Economic Development says four cities cooperate to test the plan. no tax pledge or municipal credit required, bonds backed by a local nonprofit and remain tax free under a federal ruling. Names of communities and prospects are not disclosed due to negotiations.
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Ilinois
Gene Graves
Lstate Board of Economic Development
Wedersday
Dept. of Revenue
Supreme Court
R. G. Crissenberry
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Salem
Gravessai
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Factican
Eigrs
Knoxville
Williamson County’s Courthouse
Works Progress Administration
Mariot Downtowners Association
County Board
Harris
Opinen
Charles Harris
Delbert Hankits
le Belleville
Miss Stevens
Bull Green
Richard Strothman
Marry Ziegler
Edward
Guiette
Charles Stevens
Cecil Isaacs
Herrin
James Tweedy
Newton
Southern Iincis University Vocational Technical Institute
Synith
Don Smith
Anna Jonesboro Community High School
And
Miss Hindman
Glenn R. Hinman
E. Monrse St
Anata
Jonesboro
Willam Raine
Shirley Eaton
Gary Geiger
Lyn Weatherly
Scott Abney
Sue Rogers
Thomas J. Keller
St. Murphysboro
Keller
Brenda Simth
Area City
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