Elvis Still King at SIU-C Arena Revenue Fight
At SIU-C Arena Elvis Presley remains the top earner after a 1976 concert, with $107,789 paid. The Ringling Brothers circus appears higher at $111,000 in board reports but final totals show Elvis netted more profit for SIU-C, and circus receipts totaled $122,552 with a net profit of about $4,500 for Elvis and $2,685 kept from circus proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvis Presley
Southern Illinois University
SIU Board of
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Elvis
Arena
Arena Records
Clarence G
Doc’’ Dougherty
Camus Services
SIUC
Union ambulance service may close this year
The Multi-County Ambulance service serving Union Pulaski and Alexander counties faces closure by year end as about 51 000 in patient bills remain unpaid while the service carries 40 000 in debt. State and federal help is sought to cover the shortfall though rates may rise.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan Union
Pulaski
Alexander
James Williams
Robert Winchester
Department of Transportation
Winchester
Williams
Cairo
Anna
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Talks Delay as Court Hears Injunction Request in Coal Strike
Zeigler Coal Co and the Illinois United Mine Workers suspend talks until Tuesday due to a Metropolis court hearing on American Electric Power Service Corp. bid for a temporary injunction against striking miners. American Electric operates the Cook Coal Transfer Terminal at Metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schechter
Zeigler Coal Co
Illinois United Mine Workers of America
Metropolis
UMW
Massac County
American Electric Power Service Corp
American Electric
Cook
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio Power Co
Zeigler Coal Company
St. Louis
Zeigler
Coulterville
Sparta
Johnston City
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Evansville Firm Wins Carbondale East Grand Project
Evansville Cement Finishers, Inc. moves equipment to East Grand Avenue in Carbondale as a $320,152 contract to widen and resurface the street between U.S. 51 and Wall Street proceeds. Construction should not disrupt traffic through winter, with work to start by Friday per federal guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville Cement Finishers, Inc
East Grand Avenue
Carbondale
Evansville
Ind
Humphreys Elected Williamson County Board Chairman for 1978
William Humphreys of Cartherville is named chairman of the Williamson County Board of Commissioners for 1978. He previously served as chairman in 1974 and 1975 and succeeds Curtis Palmer of Marion. Palmer and Jo M. Walker seek re election in 1978. Palmer announces Jack Smith of Herrin will head the general assistance office at 9000 a year. Smith, a former Rechter Brothers store manager, replaces Stephen Aschieris who resigned to join probation. The board raises probation salaries by 1000 to 14000 for Elmer Farmer and sets 11000 for Jim Dean to become probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Humphreys
Cartervile
Williamson County
Smith
Rechter Brothers
Herrin
Stephen Aschieris
Marion
Williamson County Probation Department
Elmer Farmer
Jim Dean
Johnston City
Aschieris
Edward L. Throgmorton
14Th St
Terry Harmon
Jerald Kobler
Verlyn Dobbins
Throgmorton
Herrin City
Green Acres
Energy
Johnston City Firefighters Collect Toys for Holidays
Johnston City volunteers led by Fire Chief Dennis Beaumont and firefighter Bill Moake gathered toys for local children. Firemen asked residents for used toys and began receiving donations to support families this Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Bill Moake
Dennis Beaumont
Republicans file for Jackson County offices in 1978 primary
Two more Republicans, Muriel Canfield of Carbondale and John Hoffman of Murphysboro, join the Jackson County slate as the 1978 primary filing deadline nears at 4 p.m. Hoffman’s entry creates a four way sheriff race. Other GOP filings include Warren Grammer, Bill Maurizio, Vernon Bagley, and Verlyn Dobbins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Muriel Canfield
1609
Taylor
Drive
Carbondale
John Hoffman
Route 1
Murphysboro
Hoffman
Don White
Warren Grammer
Bill Maurizio
Vernon L. Bagley
Dowell
Bill Childer
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Robert Harrell
Neighborhood Fixit George Brown Heads Carbondale
George Brown 71, a former Oklahoma City teacher turned chemist, is a longtime Carbondale neighbor known for fixing almost anything. Last January he helped neighbors by digging a stuck resident from the lawn, warming a home with heaters, delivering water for frozen pipes, changing a tire, and tutoring a neighborhood boy on algebra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
George Brown
Carbondale
Brown
Kansas
George E. Brown
E. W. Vogler Sr
Franklin
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Siu-C
Union Ambulance Service
Paducah
Illinois
West Frankfort
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Public Aid Department
Grand Avenue
George and Ethelyn Brown
Humphreys
Merry Christmas
Kids
Beaumont
Ed Greer
Perry County
Jerry Woolsey
PinckKneyville
Eugene Rodely
du Quoin
George Purcell
Perry
Russell Birkner
Pinckneyville
Winton Bigham
Marion Dunn
River
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Missouri
Iowa
Glenview Drive
Ethelyn
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