New Bridge May Wind Up With No Approaches
Jackson County officials warn the Big Muddy River bridge at Sand Ridge may become an unusable project without proper approach roads. County Highway Supt. Bill Munson urged completing the bridge this summer at an estimated 750000 while cautioning about costly fill needed for approaches and possible delays.
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Jackson County
Nowhere
Bill Munson
Munson
Sand Ridge
Big Muddy River
Space squeeze prompts Jackson County courthouse review
Jackson County officials report crowded offices at the Murphysboro courthouse including the supervisor of assessments and the public defender. A space study committee was named to review current and projected uses while a separate action approves HUD grant processing for a new water storage tank between Murphysboro and Ava.
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Tony Stevens
Southern
Jackson County
Murphysboro
County Board
Supervisor of
Public Defender’s Office
Civil Defense
Jackson County Medical Society
Fliger
Kinkaid
Ava
Campbell Hill
Willisville
Pleasant Hill
Conservancy District
Chestnut St
Santa Claus to visit Murphysboro and Marion for holidays
Santa Claus resumes appearances in Murphysboro and Marion with visits in Marion at 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and 6 pm December 19 at the Bank of Marion and 2 to 5 pm December 20 at Mohr Value Store. Photo with Santa at 1.50 per print. Marion schedule also includes the Marion Public Square Friday night and Saturday with times pending. In Murphysboro Santa will be in the business district 5 to 8 pm Friday and 2 to 5 pm Saturday and December 20, plus Monday through December 23. Murphysboro Key Club volunteers assist with masqueradeed dates.
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Marion
Murphysboro
Santa Claus
Jolly Fat Man
Santa
Mohr Value Store
Bank of Marion
Marion Jaycees
Charles Prater
Marion Merchants Association
Marion Public Square
Marion faces decisive vote on school bonds to secure grant
At a public meeting William Peterson of the Illinois Capital Development Board warned Marion Unit Two School District that a state grant of 3.167 million dollars hinges on voters approving a 1.6 million general obligation bond for a new junior high and high school expansions to house 373 freshmen.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
William Peterson
Illinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Peterson
Richard Haney
Ilinois
David Ham
Creal Springs
Charles Garrison
Ted Pauley
Pauley
Trico School District Sells Bonds for Central School
The Trico Community Unit School District 176 Board sold 895000 in bonds at 6.2465 percent for a 46 000 square foot K–6 central school on a 22 acre site near the Trico Junior High complex at Campbell Hill Sept The project combines with a 725000 Capital Development Board grant. Groundbreaking slated for March or April with completion about a year later. Other bidders included Mercantile Trust Co LaSalle National Bank Wauterlek and Brown Inc Channel Newmann Securities Co and Columbian Securities Inc.
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Trico Community Unit
Board of Education
Channel Newman Securities Co
Chicago
Mercantile Trust Co
St. Louis
Dain, Kalman and Quail
Columbian Securities, Inc
Capital Development Board
Trico
Campbell Hill
Charles Miller
Miller
LaSalle National Bank
Wauterlek and Brown, Inc
Williamson judge denies bid to keep massage parlors open
Judge John Clayton in circuit court denied Robert Gower of Marion an injunction to halt Williamson County’s massage parlor ordinance. The ruling upheld the ordinance aimed at limiting traffic and noise and enabling patron records for public health, despite objections on state vs county powers. The packed courtroom included neighbors and local ministers.
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Williamson County
John Clayton
Robert Gower
Marion
Illinois 37
Gower
Robert Roth
Harrisburg
Robert Howerton
William Humphreys
Ordin
Humphreys
Dentists to Join Cairo Padco Community Hospital
National Health Service Corps will assign two dentists to Padco Community Hospital in Cairo. Salaries paid by the government, they should begin work by July in a doctor short community. Rep. Paul Simon notes Cairo has benefited from NHSC after two physicians were added in May.
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Washington
National Health Service Corps
Padco
Cairo
Paul Simon
Simon
NHSC
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Michigan
Southern Illinois Democrat
Move sought to transfer nursing negligence suit to Williamson County
Officials of Marion Memorial Hospital and the City of Marion seek to move a $1 million negligence suit over two deaths from St. Clair County to Williamson County. The action names the hospital and city, cites adulterated anesthetic exposure, and lists estates of Brian Schutzenhofer III and Jimmy Dean Watson as plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Harris
Marion Memorial Hospital
Marion
St. Clair County
Williamson County
Bernard J. Ysursa
Belleville
Karen Schutzenhofer
Herrin
Brian Christopher Schutzenhofer
Charles Watson
Jimmy Dean Watson
Ysursa
Williamson
Robert Butler
Usursa
Kenneth Powless
Butler
Ysuria
Schutzenhofer
Mr. Watson
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Watson
Atty
Robert Howerton
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Howerton
Eldorado Lineman Killed by 7200-Volt Boom Truck Incident
Larry Lane 38 of Eldorado, an electric cooperative lineman, died after his boom truck contacted a 7200 volt line three miles north of Benton on Baptist Camp Road. The accident occurred as Lane reached into the truck. coworker Gwaltney attempted revival before Lane’s death at Franklin Hospital. An inquest is expected within a week. Lane, born March 28 1937, leaves a wife Shirley Logan, a daughter Janet, two sons Curtis and Dustin, his parents, and two brothers. Funeral services are set for Friday at Bean Colonial Terrace Funeral Home Eldorado with burial in Lindale Gardens. Friends may visit today.
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Larry Lane
Eldorado
Benton
Baptist Camp Road
Franklin County
Charles Seagle
Lane
Grant St
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Seagle
Lane Gwaltney
Franklin Hospital
Earl
Mary Minschell Lane
Shirley Logan
Janet
Curtis
Dustin
Jerry
Ralph
Normal
Bean Colonial Terrace
Bill Tomberlin
Leonard Whitlock
Lindale Gardens
Randolph judge seeks Randolph County state's attorney post
Randolph County Associate Circuit Court Judge James F. Wheatley 70 R Chester filed as candidate for the Randolph County state's attorney race. Incumbent Bert J. Lantz Jr. 37 D Steeleville filed for a second term. William A. Schuwek Jr. 27 D Chester also filed. Wheatley retires Jan 1 1976 to seek the post. Jackson three more candidates entered county board races in 1976.
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Randolph County
James F. Wheatley
Chester
Herbert J. Lantz Jr
Steeleville
William A. Schuwerk Jr
Wheatley
Jackson
Jackson County
Doug Eriksen
Carbondale
Eriksen
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
School buses drill for emergency exit practice
Kristen Wunderle, a Carterville Grade School second grader, is assisted by Assistant Fire Chief Jim Johnson during bus exit drills. Principal Ann Duncan says Tuesday and Wednesday drills teach students how to act in an emergency, marking their first hands on exit practice. Ten is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Steve Wunderle of Carbondale.
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Kristen Wunderle
Carterville
Jim Johnson
Ann Duncan
Ten
Steve Wunderle
Carbondale
Butch Nevious
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Board
Finance Committee
Robert Harrell
Louise Wolfe
Health and Safety Committee
Albert Kaeser
Trico District
Marion Hospital
City
Randolph Judge
Gary G. Hartlieb
Tower Road
Hartlieb
Murphysboro Township
Marvin Wright
Route 3
Wright
Franklin
West Frankfort
Paul Caldwell
Terrence Hopkins
Loren P. Lewis
D-Benton
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