Santa Claus to tour Carbondale with candy giveaway
Santa and his elves will tour Carbondale on Monday afternoon distributing candy and cheer to children. They travel in a red convertible, not a sleigh, in a Carbondale Park District sponsored event led by Bill Grainger with staffers Sharon Dinnell Ruth Ann Pfaff and Joyce Bonham. The route starts southwest Carbondale at 3 15 p m moves to Attucks Park area then northwest and Southwest Carbondale ending at Parrish School.
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Santa Claus
Carbondale
Pro
Carbondale Park District
Bill Grainger
Park District
Sharon Dienell
Ruth Ann Pfaff
Joyce Bonham
Gram
Attucks Park Area
Northwest
Southwest
Parrish School
Murphysboro Library Bond Backers Target Dec 18 Vote
Promoters of a 250000 bond issue for a new Murphysboro library discussed voting qualifications for the December 18 election. Voters must be 18, Illinois resident a year, Murphysboro resident 30 days. no registration needed. The measure could raise property taxes 2.9 percent and fund expansion.
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DeMaris Berry
Lay Citizen’s Advisory Council
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Bruce Richmond
Richmond
Dan Pautler
Council
Hubert Pearce
Associated Municipal Consultants
Naperville
Pearce
Hart Seeks Re election to 59th District Seat
Rep Richard Hart of Benton announces he will run again for the Illinois General Assembly from the 59th District. He serves on the Appropriations Committee and the Constitutional Implementation and Judicial Advisory Council. Hart previously discussed appellate court run but says no election machinery exists now. He criticizes Gov Ogilvie for vetoing a proposed judge election bill and plans to seek an override when the legislature reconvenes.
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Richard
Hart
D-Benton
State General Assembly
Hart and Hart Law Firm
Benton
Appropriations Committee
House Committee of Constitutional Implementation
Judicial Advisory Council
Fifth Judicial District
Supreme Court
Richard B. Ogilvie
Walgreens Plans 17960 Foot Mall Store In Carbondale
Walgreen announces a 17 960 square foot drug store at University Mall Shopping Center on Rt 13 East Carbondale. The unit will connect with Penneys Britt Department store and 50 smaller shops. A Grill Room will be inside the store and opening is planned for next fall. Contractors have borrowed site dirt for nearby Grand Avenue apartment work. Projects are developed by Hocker-Squitieri Co. of Owensboro Kentucky.
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Walgreen. Drug Stores
University Mall
Rt. 13 East
Carbondale
Penneys
Britt Department
Walgreen
Grand Avenue
Hocker-Squitieri Co
Owensboro, Ky
Williamson County woman accused in fatal stabbing
A coroner jury in Williamson County recommended Mrs Maxie Jean Cooks of Colp be held for grand jury action in the killing of her husband Homer Cooks Jr 30 who died Nov 15 from stab wounds to the throat allegedly inflicted by Cooks The testimony described the husband as abusive and the defense claim she acted during a beating The jurors named include Foreman Charles Vansaghi and others from Herrin.
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Williamson County
Maxie Jean Cooks
Homer Cooks Jr
Frank Caliper
Cocks’ House
Charles Vansaghi
Mike Vansaghi
Robert Branca
Harry Stone
Cecil Stone
Harold Crain
Herrin
Ozark Trails Springfield to Meigs Field Air Link
Ozark Airlines joins eight other carriers in contending to operate the Springfield to Meigs Field Chicago route. ICC chair David Armstrong said no decision yet as competing requests unfold. Air Illinois has sought the service since 1970 but faces route restrictions and prior denials.
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Bonita Troutt
Southern Illinoisan
Ozark Airlines
Springfield
Meigs Field
Chicago
Tom Jacobs
Ozark
St. Louis
Millinois Commerce
Thority
Jacobs
David Armstrong
ICC
Air Illinois
Southern Illinois
Southern
Armstrong
Parent denies notice of school inquiry hearing
Mrs. Rosemary Neal, who filed a child cruelty charge against Winkler School Principal Larry Drake, will not attend the Carbondale Grade School Board informal inquiry unless formally notified. The session aims to hear Drake and Neal to decide the charge while a separate Lewis School search incident is probed by the Legal Assistance Foundation and referred to the Northeast community for study.
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Rosemary Neal
Winkler
Larry Drake
Carbondale
Neal
Gary Kolb
Laurence Martin
Martin
Drake
Kolb
Norvell Haynes
Citizens Participation
Northeast Congress
Haynes
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Lewis School
Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Illinois, Inc
Douglas Ingold
Foundation
Ingold
Gaylin Fliger
Fliger
Rachael Nelson
Legal Assistance Office
Lu Ella Ford
Bernadette
Ford
Norge plant dump dispute pits EPA against city of Herrin
The Norge Division plant in Herrin faces an EPA clash over disposing up to 10 000 gallons daily of liquid industrial waste. The city landfill now hosts the waste with the mayor saying the city bears responsibility. EPA may sue the city for accepting liquid in apparent violation.
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Zelah Scalf
EPA
John McVey
Norge
McVey
Herrin
Lawrence Eichler
State Department of Mines and Minerals
C. E. Clark
Division of Land Pollution Control
Springfield
Clark
State Pollution Control Board
Council endorses high rise site for Marion elderly housing
Marion City Council approved the site at 1315 W Main St for a low rent elderly housing project under HUD turn key program. The move follows a request by Del-Fac Corp. vice president Tom Anderson and aims to partner with Williamson County Housing Authority.
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O.R. Walley
Marion
Tom Anderson
Del-Fac Corp
Robert Butler
Williamson County Housing Authority
W. Main St
Department of Housing and Urban Development
New 1971 Special Stamp Mini-Album Goes On Sale
Mrs Alberta Miller assists as the Carbondale sectional postmaster Harold Goforth announces a 1971 Special Stamp Mini-Album sale at Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Johnston City post offices. The album with 17 commemorative stamps costs 2 50 with hinges included.
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Alberta Miller
Carbondale
Hubert Goforth
Murphysboro
Herrin
Johnston City
Go’orth
U.S. Postal Service
Goforth
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Emma Hough
Paulder
Sallie Logan
Felks
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lawrenceville
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Zella Rath
Legislative
Richard O. Hart
Springfield-Chicago
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The
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Carroll Nelson
Herrin’s
Butler
Anderson
State Division of Highways
South Court Street
State
State Rt. 37
Main Street
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L.D. Fern Construction Co
West Union Street
Creal Springs
Market Street
Rex Pressen
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