Public meetings and events across Carbondale and southern Illinois
A schedule lists a series of public meetings in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and nearby towns. Items include city councils planning sessions school board meetings and commissions plus movie showings and special events at local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Carbondale City Hall
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
City Hall
Herrin
de Soto
Alto Pass
Anna City Council
City
Anna - Jonesboro
USDA
S. Court St
Marion
Greater Egypt
Kentucky man fined in Benton DUI case
Herman Turner, 46, of Kentucky, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court at Benton to driving while intoxicated and was fined $105. Police arrested Turner on North McLeansboro Street early Saturday. The charge of illegal transportation of liquor against Turner was dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Turner
Kentucky
Benton
Turner
McLeansboro Street
Christopher City Council Buys Radio Base Station
The Christopher City Council purchased a radio base station for the police department. Mayor Gene Smith said it will be installed in city hall to link the police office with the new police car and regional law enforcement offices. The $2000 cost was approved.
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Christopher
Gene Smith
Rend Lake
Smith
Fire damages at Dougher Ty Apartments and home on Wall St
Fire squads report a basement blaze at Dougher Ty Apartments 112 E Vienna St started by cigarette discarded into trash chutes. Smoke damage and a wall burned. Minor damage at 1314 Wall St owned by Mrs Louise Evans. St Jerome noted as patron saint of glasses since 1480 by Ghirlandajo.
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Anna
Dougherty Apartments
Vienna St
Murphysboro
Wall St
Louise Evans
St. Jerome
Ghirlandajo
Daughtery
A. J. Dougherty
Snowball Dance Queen Candidates Nominated in Carbondale
East and Central Carbondale Community High School pupils nominate senior girls Debbie Woods Ginger Jamison Sharon Stocks Janice Senkoskie and Maura Carlock for queen of the Misty Christmas snowball dance. Dance December 26 at the Carbondale Elks Club from 8 p.m. to midnight with Hicks Oil Band. price per couple 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misty Christmas
Carbondale Teen Council
Central Carbondale
Debbie Woods
Ginger Jamison
Sharon Stocks
Janice Senkoskie
Maura Carlock
Carbondale Elks Club
Linda Marchell
Michelle Crew
Gloria Thomas
Mara Carlock
Viola Hawkins
Penny Wittenberg
Hicks Oil Band
Firemen seek aid for victims of blaze in Murphysboro
Murphysboro firemen request furniture and clothing for a family left with little after a fire at 2033 Alexander Ave. Chief Chester Steele said the home was heavily damaged. The family includes a son and a daughter. donations of furniture bed clothing and clothing are welcome via the Murphysboro fire department.
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Murphysboro
Chester Steele
Pat Thompson
Alexander Ave
Steele
Murphysboro Fire Department
School Board Hires Driver and Accepts Resignations
Joseph Peebles was hired as bus driver by the Johnston City unit board of education to replace Leonard Malone, who resigned after accepting a county job. Superintendent Remo Castrale said Malone left for another position. The board also accepted the resignation of Howard Martin, fifth grade teacher at Washington School, who joined an insurer. Martin’s resignation becomes effective at semester end. no replacement has been hired.
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Joseph Peebles
Johnston
Howard Martin
Washington School
Martin
Two Women Injured in Herrin Area Car Collision
This morning at 6:30 a.m. two women, Louisa Robinson and Irene Leek, were injured in a crash at 13th Street and Herrin Avenue. Robinson, of 1620 North 13th Street Herrin, and Leek, of 705 East Lindell Street West Frankfort, were hospitalized at Herrin Hospital. Police say Robinson’s westbound car on Herrin Avenue and Leek’s northbound car on 13th Street collided. The report also notes Zeigler City Council granted Creation Lodge permission to use the city hall courtroom for the second Sunday of each month with the next meeting set for January 2 due to New Year’s Day.
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13Th Street
Herrin Avenue
Louisa Robinson
N. 13Th St
Herrin
Irene Leek
E. Lindell St
West Frankfort
Herrin Hospital
Robinson
Leek
Zeigler
Creation Lodge
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illlinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphy Independent
Associated Press
AP News
Gas pipelines Airport sells right of way
The Southern Illinois Airport Authority sold an underground gas line right of way to Central Illinois Public Service Co for 2000 dollars. The project will boost Carbondale gas supply by tapping a line west of De Soto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Airport Authority
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Cips Co
Carbondale
DeSoto
John C. Feirich
Chester High cancels games and music amid high absenteeism
A wave of absenteeism near 30 percent forces cancellations at Chester High School this week. A boys basketball game against Steeleville is called off, and the annual music program set for Thursday and Friday is also canceled. Absences reach 150 of 525 pupils in the high school and 119 of 575 in the grade school, with holiday vacations planned at week end.
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Chester High School
Chester
Steeleville
Industrial feasibility survey begins for Kaskaskia port area
RETAP staff of Southern Illinois University conducts an industrial feasibility survey for the Kaskaskia Regional Port District. Robert Ellis notes early study progress as an $81 million canalization project targets completion by 1972. A potential feasibility study for a new bridge in the Kaskaskia Mississippi Rivers area may follow.
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Kaskaskia Regional Port
Regional Economic Technical Assistance Program
RETAP
Bureau of Business Research
Southern Illinois University
Robert Ellis
Kaskaskia River
SIU
Kaskaskia-Mississippi Trivers
Ellis
Kerner Releases $850000 for SIU Edwardsville Projects
Gov Otto Kerner released 850000 dollars for road work utility line extensions and engineering services at the Edwardsville Campus of Southern Illinois University.
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Springfield, Ill
Otto Kerner
Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
Herrin Council Approves City Hall Site and Option Purchase
Herrin city council approved the site for a new city hall at Park Avenue and Madison Street and authorized the Public Building Commission to lease adjoining property for one year. Owner Clyde Brewster will be paid 1500 dollars for the option, minus it from a potential 50000 purchase. Building plans are not fixed yet. preliminary work foresees about 12500 square feet. The plan commission endorsed the site and approved parking plans, with a bond ordinance for 250000 dollars to finance the project forthcoming.
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Herrin
City Hall
Park Avenue
Madison Street
Public Building Commission
Clyde Brewster
Building Commission
Brewster
John McVey
Chet Townsend
Don Maase
Clark, Altay and Associates
Urbana
Maase
McVey
Herrin Plan Commission
Plan Commission
14Th Street
Madison
Men> Streets
Illinois Central Railroad
16Th Street
Henry Marcinkoswki
Marvin Owen
Lyle Ardis
Herrin Jaycees seek help to catch Christmas thieves
Herrin Jaycees urge residents to report thefts of Christmas decorations after over 300 dollars in lights and trees were stolen this year. Don Smith said thieves began with lights and moved to the trees, urging anyone with a license plate to call police.
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Herrin Jaycees
Jaycee
Don Smith
Smith
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Varsity
South Side
N. 14Th St. Marion
Goldsmith's
Southern Illinois
Santhera
San
San County
Vernon
School
Busters
Web
Coats
Walnut
Kelley
BIG Star
Airport
Feirich
Gene Seibert
Southernt Illinois University
Seibert
Carters
Walker
N. Park Ave
W. Jackson Carbondale
Marion West
Frankfort Benton
MT. Vernon DU Quoin
Herrin Council
Washington
Hotpoint
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