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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1967
Page
5
Royalton village board considers filing suits against delinquent sewer customers to recover back taxes. A special meeting is set for December 16 to decide whether to sue and hand the matter to City Attorney Elmer Jenkins of Benton. Some accounts show months overdue with bills of 30 and 40 dollars plus 2 dollars monthly charges.
The Christopher City Council accepts a low bid from Lemon Chevrolet Co for a new police car, the $1,535 difference between the new car price and the old 1965 Ford trade-in. Water pumps to the old reservoir are shut down due to sufficient recent rainfall, and new no dumping signs with penalties are planned near the reservoir. Mercury lights added to city park court. Army Private Delbert Brockmeyer completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort Polk with guerrilla and booby trap techniques simulated for Vietnam terrain.
Illinois public works director Francis S. Lorenz said 1967 spending for construction and right of way will top 315 million dollars, a state record but less than a third of what is needed. He warned the backlog to relieve deterioration across the system costs about 3.8 billion dollars and 38 years at current pace. Road work in 1968 will focus on closing gaps on I 57 I 70 and I 74 with contracts or openings across the state.
Walter Kelley of Marion files a $30,000 personal injury suit in Jackson County Circuit Court against James Padilla of Champaign claiming injuries from a July 27 car crash on Route 13 in Perry County. Kelley alleges Padilla drove at excessive speed lost control and stayed in the wrong lane.
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