Sewage plans approved for three Jackson County sites
Illinois Department of Public Health approves three sewer projects in Jackson County. Unity Point Grade School District 140 will operate an extended aeration plant with chlorination discharging to Drury Creek. Green Tree Mobile Homes Park near Murphysboro will have an aeration plant with polishing pond and chlorination discharging to Beau coup Creek and the Big Muddy River. Veach Oil Co. north of Murphysboro will install sludge holding facilities with chlorination discharging to the Big Muddy River.
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Jackson County
Illinois Department of Public Health
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Unity Point
Board of Education
Drury Creek
Crab Orchard Creek
Green Tree Mobile Homes Park
Murphysboro
Kenneth Simpkins
Beaucoup Creek
Big Muddy
Veach Oil Co
Wisconsin lawmakers keep 18 year beer drinking age in 1967
Madison Wisconsin AP reports that after months of wrangling the Wisconsin legislature, controlled by Republicans, rejected a proposal to raise the minimum beer drinking age to 21. The session also denied a uniform beer age and a so called implied consent measure for chemical testing.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Christmas toy lists show girls crave Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls
Readers list dolls for girls and “Ann and Andy” as favorites, while boys request jet planes racing tracks robots and Major Matt Mason. Do something dolls and kitchen sets top the wish lists with items like musical instruments and the Incredible Edibles Thingmaker.
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Santa Claus
Raggedy Ann and
Andy
Ann and
Matt Mason
Lincoln Logs
Tinker
Santa
Pittsburg water service resumes next week for 502 customers
L D Fern announced the Pittsburg system will start water service next week after final 350 meters are installed. The project, funded by a $400,000 loan and $75,000 grant from the Farmers Home Administration, sources water from Johnston City and includes White Ash Spillertown Dog Walk and New Virginia residents on the line.
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Pittsburg
L. D. Fern
Carbondale Laboratory
Illinois Department of Health
Fern
Farmers Home Administration
Johnston City
White Ash
Spillertown
Dogwalk
New Virginia
Murphysboro Speech Team Excels at Holiday Tournament
Murphysboro students won multiple honors at the Holiday Speech Tournament in Murphysboro. The team placed third overall while ten finalists led a strong showing in individual events. Members Jerrilynn Mendenhall Louis Ceci Beth Willet Debbie Daniel David Worley Bill Berra and Nanci Klonwnski earned trophies or certificates.
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Murphysboro
Marysboro
Reader’s
David Biggs
Mary Ammerman
Karen Stoll
Jan Esposito
Wood River
Metropolis
Jerrilynn Mendenhall
Louis Ceci
Beth Willet
Debbie Daniel
David Worley
Bill Berra
Nanci Klonwnski
Carbondale Receives 775 Honorary SIU Students As Citizens
Carbondale Mayor David Keene designated 775 international students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale as honorary citizens. He issued signed cards and urged students to show them to police if legal misunderstandings arise. Public safety director Richard Wilhelmy and SIU official Joseph Chu will coordinate the effort.
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Carbondale
David Keene
Southern Illinois University
Keene
Richard Wilhelmy
Mark Twain Marine Industries Moves Toward Crab Orchard Lease
Arch Mehrhoff of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge reports United Marine Co. Inc. of Kansas City has moved equipment into Orchill area buildings and is negotiating leases on four government owned structures, with a possible move in next month.
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Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc
Orchill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Arch Mehrhoff
United Marine Co., Inc
Kansas City
Mark Twain
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Thelma Berry
The
Foundation
Poor Boy
Washington
Shulton
Friendship Garden
le Quatre Walgreen Drugs
N. Park Ave
Herrin, Ill
Belleville
Francis Reiman
Sarah Taylor
Rick McElmurrey
Gordon Harroff
Debbie Buchman
Mark Holt
Elizabeth Purcell
David Randall
Springfield
Bloomington
Seagram
Seagram Distillers Company
New York City
Southern Illinois
S. Illinois
Decorating Center
Calhoun Plumbing & Heating
Eaton & Brown Appliance CO
Goss Home Furnishings, Inc
Grady Plumbing & Electric
Hunter Sales Corp
Lumber City
Montgomery Ward
Owen Bros. Plumbing & Heating Contractors
Peterson
Pyramid Lumber CO
Dept. Carbondale
Raymond Stotlar Lumber CO
Weller’s Inc
Chas. T. Williams Plumbing
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