Olin Winchester Plant to Close End of Year
Olin plans to end production at its Winchester division plant in New Haven Conn by year end with shutdown early next year. George Becker of the United Steelworkers confirms the Ordnance Products Plant at Or dill will continue producing mortar illuminating flares hot gas generators and related devices. About 600 workers are employed at the Marion Ordill sites.
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Nes
Olin
Winchester
New Haven
Conn
George Becker
United Steelworkers of America
Ordnance Products
Ordill
Marion-Ordill
Brantley Considers Retirement From Menard Warden Post
Menard warden Brantley, 59, on active leave from the Illinois State Police, says he has not fixed plans though retirement requests were made earlier. Gov Ogilvie asked him to stay. a state administration shift from Democratic to Republican occurs during his pending retirement after 28 years with the force.
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Ian Bann
Lettee Soneety Ciace
Dan Walker
State Retirement Board
Mme
Menard
Ogilvie
Brantley
Illinois State Police
East St. Louis
Hit and run victim describes car in SIU incident
A 22 year old SIU student from 516 South Street described a 1966 Chevrolet as the vehicle in a hit and run that occurred at about 7 p.m. just east of the Baptist Foundation on Lincoln Drive according to city police.
Carbondale Deploys Breathalyzer Under Grant
Carbondale police introduce a Breathalyzer funded by a federal grant. Chief Joe Dakin watches as Pt. Tom Busch prepares a sample. If the reading hits .10 or higher a driver is intoxicated. Busch weighs 165 pounds and notes that about five to six beers in an hour could reach the threshold. Illinois implied consent requires submitting to the test or license revocation. The machine costs about $2,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Joe Dakin
Tom Busch
Busch
Illinois
Dakin
Postmasters face strict deadlines and overtime for Christmas mail
USPS district manager in Evansville Ind confirms no hold on mail trucks during the peak period. Aimed at expediting the holiday deluge, crews will work longer shifts with one daily delivery per route and no extra hires. Central and east Carbondale centers extend hours through Dec 22 to handle 90 offices.
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Charles Aas
Evansville
Ind
U.S. Postal Service District
Oxley
Carbondale
Sectional
East Carbondale
Sectional Postal Center
Hubert Goforth
Carbondale Downtown Plans Target Parking and Utilities
The Carbondale Downtown Task Force prioritizes new parking lots as a key factor in redevelopment. A rough $707,290 land cost estimate was shared, with total first year project costs around $3.4 million including depots, streets, drainage, and utilities. SBA loan option discussed to fund immediate improvements for a redevelopment corporation of at least 25 local businessmen or property owners.
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Frank A Eee
Ryder
Illinois Central Depot
Illinois Avenue
Mill Street
Consult Habilitation
South Illinois
Main
Walnut
Small Business Administration
SBA
John Stewart
Rend Lake leaders honored with Army Corps medal
Rend Lake Conservancy District president Roy Patton and board members received a civilian service medal from the U S Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Conservation. The meeting focused on short and long range land use planning at Rend Lake and included remarks by Henry N Barkhausen, state conservation director, about wise resource use and zoning. Pharoah's Gardens owners Don Howard and R Sidney Burberry won a lease proposal for a commercial boat dock at Rend Lake, with the conservancy district seeking land lease for public use.
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Karen Rothe
Roy Patton
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
Thursday
U.S. Army Corps of Engi
Illinois
Corps
Don Howard
R. Sidney Burberry
Pharoah’s
Creal Springs
Rend Lake
The
Conservancy District
Carbondale High School teachers vote on union choice
Carbondale High School voters will choose among Carbondale Community High School Education Association Illinois Federation of Teachers or no representation. Polls run 7 45 a m to 4 p m with observers allowed.
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Ann Silverberg
Southern Illnoisan
Carbondale
Carbondale High School Board
Carbondale Community High School Education Association
Illinois Education Association
National Education Association
Ilinois Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Teachers
League of Women Voters
Learning Center
Cchscentral
Cchs East
Ex Attica inmate reflects on 1971 riot and prison reform
Richard X. Clark, survivor of the Attica massacre, tells a Southern Illinois University convocation audience that prison conditions sparked the revolt and that officials who lied about hostages remain in authority. He calls for a democratic, self governed prison system with reform beyond jail walls.
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Attica
Richard X. Clark
Southern Illinois University
Clark
Retired Lt Col Dinnis Named Herrin Chamber Manager
Retired Army lieutenant colonel Thomas E. Dinnis, 45, a California native and former Army recruiter in Korea and Vietnam, is named manager of the Herrin Chamber of Commerce succeeding Lee Roy 1. Dinnis and his wife Joyce have two children and live near Carbondale. He notes retirement attracted him to Southern Illinois for outdoor life and hunting and fishing.
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Thomas E. Dinnis
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Dinnis
Lee Roy
W. Douglas Bryant
Korea
Vietnam
Joyce
California
Matthew
Carbondale Community High School
Mary
Giant City School
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Carbondale Chamber backs Alternate Rt. 51 plan
Hanley named chamber president as Carbondale backs the Alternate Rt. 51 bypass plan over the defeated 3 to 1 vote. A grid system proposal now awaits votes from the county board city council IDOT and SIU Board of Trustees. New officers include William J. Neuman and Hans J. Fischer with six new board members Ed Bernhardt Howard Goin Stan Hoye James Greer David Sanders Dan Sherrick.
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Bonita Troutt
Southern
Ed Bernhardt
Howard Goin
Stan Hoye
James Greer
David Sanders
Dan Sherrick
Ed Keyes
Don Meyer
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Menard Warden
Four State
Carbondale High School
Robert Wargel
William Holder
John Firich
Wargel
Sandra Holter
Southern Illinoisan
Tica
Russel G. Oswald
Herrin
Chamber
Rt. 1
Little Grassy Lake
Hanley
Carbondale Chamber
Rt. 51
Jack Hanley
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