Public meetings listed for Southern Illinois towns
A calendar of open meetings includes event details for Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission Marion Herrin Johnston City Carbondale and Murphysboro. Highlights cover school boards councils park districts and advisory committees with times at 7:30 p m and noted venues such as courthouses city halls and community rooms. Police briefs note minor charges in Carbondale Marion Tamaroa districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Egypt
Oakdale House
Oakland
Carbondale
Lick Creek
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 6Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Winois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Carbondale Mayor Eckert Joins Walker in Lt Governor Run
Carbondale mayor Neal Eckert, 33, from Downstate with a farm business background and Cornell degree, announced Monday he will run with Dan Walker for governor. Eckert said he will balance city duties on Tuesdays and aims to explain his bid amid questions of party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Is Young
Downstate
Eckert
Walker
Neal Eckert
Springfield
Dan Walker
George Karnes
Illinois
Cornell University
Michael Bakalis
Paul Simon
Tower Operators Work Conditions Discussed at Airport Board
Williamson County Airport Authority reviewed a proposed five year working agreement for four control tower operators. Attorney J C Mitchell said the agreement not needed as conditions have changed and FAA takeover may occur within a year. Operators sought salaries benefits vacations and seniority rules with annual reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Airport Authority Board
Authority
J. C. Mitchell
Authority Board
Dee Rodd
Mitchell
Rodd
Federal Aviation Authority
Charles Jefferson
Jefferson
FAA
Charles Stoker
Aeroflite
Stoker
Boots disappear from Zwicks Shoe Store
A customer tried on a pair of $45 boots Monday morning at Zwicks Shoe Store in Carbondale. He asked for another pair, but when the clerk returned from the stock room the boots and the man were gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zwicks
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
West Frankfort approves lone bid for 1000 GPM pumper
West Frankfort City Council accepted a $34,885 bid from Pierce Manufacturing for a 1000 gallon per minute fire pumper, despite objections from Police and Fire Commissioner James LaVern Sanders who urged considering American LaFrance options. The vote also approved a $3,500 bid for a police car and tabled backhoe bids for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Pierce Manufacturing Inc
Appleton
Wis
James LaVern Sanders
Police and Fire Department
Sanders
Fred Harkins
Harkins
American LaFrance Co
Tom Griffin
State Inspection Bureau
Mike McClatchey
Frankfort
Coleman Chevrolet Co., Inc
Tomlinson
Ford Sales Co
Bud’s Motor Sales
Plymouth
West Frankort
Tom Aaron
Michael J. Drumsta
Police and Fire Commission Board
Drumsta
Griffin
Water Department
Burl May
B. J. Witunski
Redbirds
Window smashing reported across Marion area
Several properties suffered window damage Monday night with Bearden Construction, Ervin N. Baker Auto Sales, L. D. Fern Construction and Marion One Hundred Inc. among sites hit. Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad crew also affected. Damages not estimated. earlier vandalism at the High School caused 750 to 1000 dollars in damage per Superintendent A C Storme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Bearden Construction Co
W. Jackson St
Ervin N. Baker Auto Sales
W. Main St
L. D. Fern Construction Co
A. C. Storme
Herrin teachers to attend gifted program workshop at high school
Herrin Unit School District will dismiss pupils early on Thursday with morning kindergartners leaving at 11 a.m. and afternoon kindergarten canceled so teachers can attend a workshop on gifted and talented pupils led by Robert Campbell of Marion’s Area Service Center for the Education of Gifted Children at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Unit
Robert Campbell
Area Service Center For the
Marion
Zoning Commission Tightens Industrial Rules and Fees
Jackson County zoning commissioners reviewed the industrial classifications R I G I and I I adding EPA pollution standards to all three. The panel discussed conditional uses for I I and noted residential ban across the three districts while preparing a future section on signs. A resignation was accepted and a 1972 meeting schedule set. notices include Campbell Hill zoning and local traffic citations in Murphysboro Carbondale and Cobden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Zoning Commission
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Jim Rayfield
Greater Egypt
Rayfield
EPA
Commission
County Board of Appeals
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Campbell Hill
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Wendell Keith
Grand Tower
County Board of Supervisors
Tenure denial stirs national attention at SIU case
SIU philosophy professor Douglas M. Allen, denied tenure by the board 3-2, says his case will become the subject of a national investigation. The ACLU and AAUP are monitoring the case as controversy over classroom conduct and campus politics grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACLU
AAUP
Allen
Douglas M. Allen
SIU
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Illinois
American Civil Liberties Union
American Association of University Professors
Robert Harrell
Carbondale
Earl Walker
Harrisburg
Robert G. Sayer
Ivan Elliott Jr
Carmi
Elliott
Robert G. Layer
Layer
Philosophy Department
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Southern
McElwain School
Sweet Adelines Women’s Chorus
Carbondale First Presbyterian Church
Orpheum
Helen
Saluki
Fox
Venice
Liberty
Rue Morgue
Count Yorga
Webster
Steeleville
Rodgers, Anna
Mephisto
Strand
Harlem
Varsity
Bonnie and Clyde
Bullet
Herrin Park Board
Chamber of Commerce
E. Monroe St
Carbondale City Council
Cedar Lake
Carbondale Plan Commission
Jackson County Housing Authority
Bridge
Jimmie L. Brubaker
Larry J. Duncan
Hossein Ghane
Tamaroa
Walter P. Keller
By Gary Blackburn
The
Herman Hood
Little Egypt
Hood
John Trimble
Southern Illinoissan
Recreation & Marine Sales
Wembley
Jackson County
Marion L. Klelnan
Judith A. Woller
Cobden
Jeri J. Wacker
John Brown
Michelle S. Klaus
Harold Fischer
Granite City
Martin van Brown
Brown
Willis Moore
Moore
Johnny Childress
Aim Pearl
Ima
Gos North
Carbondalz
John
Herrin, Carbondale & W. Frankfort
ISS
Nhones
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