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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1976
Page
15
West Frankfort plans an engineering study to reduce flooding along the Big Ditch from I 37 to the Big Muddy River. Mayor Jack Woolard says the sixt feet deep channel is too shallow for interstate runoff and needs dredging. The city will spend a $10,000 state grant on the analysis, not a fixed amount.
Electric service to 219 homes in White Ash and Spilllertown was cut when a bulldozer operator pushed a tree into a high voltage line. Engineer William Newman of Central Mingis Public Service Co. said power was off about 3 p.m. for repairs, then restored after 1 hour 42 minutes, with a blown fuse leaving 131 homes in White Ash without power for 16 more minutes. Newman said the operator’s identity had not been determined.
John A. Logan College teachers and administrators will meet with federal mediator El Richards on Tuesday to try to break a month long contract stalemate. This marks the first mediator presence since October and the first meeting since November 8 as 46 fulltime faculty, under three year contracts, renegotiate economic terms that expired in August.
In a public hearing led by Carbondale's community development department, 14 residents urged the city to consider neighborhood input on final street improvement options. City Manager Carroll Fry and public works representative Jack Wills presented the city drawn alternative, while residents backed their own draft in the environmental impact statement.
The Sinnis Eastern Community College board elevated its Fairfield night division to campus and named Richard Mason as president. The article details campus locations Olney Mount Carmel and Robinson and outlines city street widening proposals for Bridge Rigdon Carico Springer Almond and Kennicott streets to 28 or 30 feet. Citizens oppose the wider plan citing traffic and loss of neighborhood character while city planners defend the options and commit to an environmental study after council review.
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