Storm disrupts utility service across southern Illinois
A spring storm knocked down transmission lines and power poles in multiple towns including Carbondale West Frankfort Herrin and Ina. About 160 residents faced outages with 46 telephone customers affected at Allen Industries plant in Herrin and Holts Prairie Prairie du Rocher outages affecting around 25 homes. Central Illinois Power and Marion utilities reported broken lines from fallen trees but no poles in Gorham. roughly 100 homes near Gorham lost electricity for about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Carruthers
Central Twinais Public Service Co
Marida
Carbondale
West Fransfort
West Frankfort
Zeidler
Benton and
Wear Frankfort
Ina
Central Illinois Power Co
Murphysboro
Gorham
Improvement leaves board seatless in meeting room upgrade
Jackson County supervisors found their meeting room chairless during a morning improvement project to convert the room into a third circuit court. Two months of work left old chairs removed and new movable tables and chairs not yet in place, prompting members to scrounge chairs from nearby offices to proceed with regular business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Supervisors
County Board
Trailer Rollover During Storm Damages University Heights Court
Trailer No. 9 in University Heights Trailer Court rolled over in a pounding wind. Mike Smith escaped with two bruises as his wrecked trailer and belongings were totaled. Neighbors and tenants, including Nettie Lew, watched the storm’s devastation across Warren Trailer Court and nearby units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shwan Ovasuns
Mike Smith
University Heights
Smith
Rall
Chester
Liv
Tom Warren
Warren
Nettie
Siu
Asher
Psychiatry Divi
Miss Lewis
Miss .Lewis
Carbondale
Cxenski
Tole
Uim
Warrén
Carl
University Heights Court
Carl Bush
Bush
Herrin Firm Wins Bid for New Fire Station
A Herrin contractor, Knute E Aronson, won a $137,259 contract from the Herrin Public Building Commission at a 9 am meeting to construct a new fire station. The project clears two houses at 401 409 S Park Avenue and must be finished in 19 work days, weather permitting, with financing from state sales tax revenues and no extra local taxes.
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Herrin
Herrin Public Building Commission
Knute E. Arotsda
Aronson
S. Park Avenue
Counterfeit Bills Reported In Carbondale
Melvin Lipe, head cashier at Carbondale National Bank, says counterfeit $20 bills were passed in Carbondale at P.N. Hirsch and McDonalds Restaurant on South Illinois Avenue. He notes a yellowish tint on the back as an easy ID.
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Carbondale
Melvin Lipe
Carbondale National Bank
Lipe
P.N. Hirsch
McDonalds
Tlinois Avenue
Government to end Ordill train service due to losses
Government plans to stop rail service in Ordill Area 1 effective January 1 as the Crab Orchards National Wildlife Refuge reports the operation loses about 80 percent of its costs. Project manager Arch Mehrhoff cites $20,000 lost in 1970 and says reductions across bureaus force cutoff of some expenses.
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Ordill
Area 1
Lerminsted
Arch Mehrholf
Crab Orchards National Wildlife-Refuge
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildside
Mehrhoff
Tral Railroad
East Side Lumber Yard Supply Co
Olin Corp
Central Fixture Manufacturing Co
Benns Corp
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Carbondale bids low on Cedar Lake water project
Chicago bids on a $3.6 million Cedar Lake revenue bond issue drew three remarkably low offers in the 5.62 to 6.22 percent range. City Manager William Schmidt said council action tonight will enable construction to begin on Cedar Lake, Carbondale’s long range water supply. HUD provides a $1.525 million grant and a $1 million loan, with total project cost estimated at $5.1 million.
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Carbondale
Wiliam Schmidt
Cedar Lake
Chicago
Nuveen
Dilon
Halsey
Bill Schwegman
Council
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Greater Egypt Planners approve salary hike and studies
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission approved a 5.5 percent across the board salary raise for 10 employees effective Dec. 1, with total salaries rising from 99 401 to 104 349. Frank Moreno, executive director, received the largest jump, from 16 000 to 16 881 annually. The group postponed participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund until 1973 due to federal wage guidelines. Commission members debated the raise amid funding concerns, while authorizing staff to seek funds for area water resources and transportation planning studies.
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Bud Farrar
Greater Egypt
Regionaal Planning Group
Iilinoiis Municipal
A. S
Ike” Kirkikis Tord Commission
Commission
Jack Hampton
Williamson County
Hampton
Clyde Winkler
Jackson County
Niespair
Winkler
Marion
Murphysboro bans street peddlers on Walnut street
Murphysboro City Council voted to ban street peddlers from Walnut street and two blocks each side to curb traffic hazards caused by sales from parked vehicles. A $2 per day permit for siren peddling remains in effect. Mayor Richmond linked burning limits to EPA actions expected by mid 1972, warning disposal issues if restrictions rise. The council also promoted two city employees to regular status and announced a $1,000 state grant for a student intern program to develop personnel and procedural manuals.
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Walnut Street
Mall
Bruce Richmond
Environmental Protection Agency
Richmond
Jim Nash
Jerry McClaren
State Dept. of Local Government
AP Fairs
Richmind
Une City
Carbondale council debates annexation terms with SIU campus
Carbondale officials held a public hearing on annexing a southern campus area of Southern Illinois University. Key unresolved points include tax rules, home rule implications, land valuation, and street vacations. SIU and the city seek state funds for a railroad underpass and traffic improvements, with questions about fire contracts and utility charges.
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Gary Blackburn
Carbondale
Pt Tt Southern Pincs University
Linda MacLachlan
Hillcrest Dr
STU
STU Board
Siu
STL
Grand Avenue
Grand and
Wall Street
Mill Street
University
Clark Vineyard
Vineyard
Omst Foundation
Primary filings hint at lively Illinois 34th district race
Five candidates file for the House and four for the Senate in the 34th Illinois district, with Republicans Henry Hendren Jr. and Rolland W. Lewis leading in the 4th Senate District and Democrats Terry L. Bruce and Carl Tennyson contesting the race. In the 58th and 59th districts, incumbents and veterans seek seats, including Gale Williams, Kenneth Buzbee, Clyde Choate, and Delmer Mitchel, as totals build across Bath and surrounding counties. The 54th, 59th and related districts cover multiple counties, with names from Hamilton to Williamson shaping a crowded primary landscape.
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Illnois Legislaive
House
Senate
Henry Hendren Jr
Albion
Rolland W. Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Terry L. Bruce
Olney
Carl Tennyson
McLeansboro
Séth
Ben Blades
Roscoe Cunningham
Charles Keller
B.B. Stele
Robert Walsh
Blades
Fairfield
Keller
Effingham
Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Stelle
MacLeansboro
Walsh
Gale Williams
R-Murphysore
Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
Williams
John Gilbert
Barbondale
Bath
Ralph Dunn
R.pinckneyville
Norbert G. Springer
Rchester
James D. Holloway
Sparta
H.W. West
Tamaroa
Fred Richert
Springer
Holloway
Delmer Mitche
Johnston City
C.L. McCormick
Vienna
T Tcket
Valier Teacher to File for State Representative Seat
Wayne R. Samuels, a 982 teacher at Valier Junior High, announced Tuesday his plan to seek the Democratic nomination for state representative in the 9th district. A Franklin County native, he and his wife Lins Bryant of West Frankfort reside with their three children in Lesser. He pledged to resign from other work if elected and to serve all district areas.
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Wayne R. Samuels
Valier Junior High School
Samuels
Springfield
Franklin County
Lins Bryant
West Frankfort
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Bonita Troutt
Mattingly Nursing
Herrin Firm
Greater
Egypt
C. J. Covington
Rend ‘Lake Conservancy
Cammission
Kirkikis
Great
St. Louis
Tony Stevens
Carbondale Council
Hans Fischer
Well Street
Pleasant Hill Reed
Pleasant Hill Road
William Schmidt
Neal Bckert
Tne
Park Avenue
Rt. 51
Pleasam Hill Road
Lathr
Ath
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Wayne Samuels
Lesser
Cheale
McCormick
Mitchell
Gene. Johns
Johns
James B. Eatherly
Galatia
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Wayne
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