Daley's influence praised by Southern Illinois leaders after his death
Area leaders credit Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley with shaping Southern Illinois growth over 30 years through friendships with state legislators and support for Rend Lake and SU projects. Figures such as Geoffrey Hughes and Clyde Choate recall his approachable, practical politics and cross-county impact despite mixed Downstate views.
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Gary Sosniecki
Southern Illinois
Ilinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Illinois Inc
Clyde Choate
Donna
Southern Illinois University
Choate
Cook County
Illinois
Rend Lake
Hughes
U.S
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Petitions seek to keep Montgomery Ward in Murphysboro open
Petition drive aims to halt the closing of the Montgomery Ward store in Murphysboro after 40 years. Managers and local officials deny origin of petitions, with union and chamber leaders unaware of who started the effort. The store plans to close next spring as advertised.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
Murphysboro
Ward
Harley Rottmeyer
Elizabeth Davitt
Retail Clerks Union
Bob Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Riseling
Chamber
Kenneth Taylor
Herrin Mayor Race Sees Four Petitioners Seek Office
Four candidates have taken out nominating petitions three weeks before filing opens in Herrin. City Clerk Bernita Hopkins says petitions go to Ward 2 Alderman Mario Ottolini, former Ward 4 Alderman Tom Shremake, Leonard Lawrence, and Theodore Bollmann. Incumbent Mayor John McVey and City Treasurer Bill Drake have not announced candidacy. Filing runs Jan 10 to Feb 14. election set for April 19 with terms expiring for McVey Hopkins Drake and four aldermen.
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Herrin
Bernita Hopkins
Mario
Moochie” Ottolini
Ward 4
Tom Shremake
Leonard Lawrence
Theodore Bollmann
John McVey
Bill Drake
McVey
Hopkins
Drake
Johnston City to sue over damaged Washington School site
Johnston City School District plans a 2 million suit in Williamson County Circuit Court Marion against Fields Goldman and McGee Architects Layne Western Co and others alleging knowledge of undermined ground and improper design led to mine subsidence halting the 1974 Washington School project More than 500 students are in temporary classrooms while a new school is funded by 1 3 million from the Illinois Capital Development Board and a 550 000 bond issue voters approved in February
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinois
Johnston City
Williamson County Circuit Court
Marion
Washington
Sanders
Fields Goldman and McGee Architects
Mt. Vernon
Layne-Western Co
Kirkwood, Mo
Illinois Capital Development Board
George McGee
Fields, Goldman & McGee
Len Luther
ICC approves telephone rate hike for Illinois General Telephone
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a 4.6 million dollar rate increase averaging 68 percent for General Telephone Co of Illinois serving much of Southern Illinois. Local rates rise Jan 1, half the proceeds go to taxes. impact on individual bills unspecified. The commission also approved a 10 cent rate hike for Geneva Telephone to 29 cents and rejected a 20 cent directory assistance charge.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
General Telephone Co
Illinois
General Telephone
Carbondale council cools on mobile home zoning bid
Carbondale officials gave cool reception Monday to a rezoning request for two acres near Springer Ridge Road from agricultural to mobile home zoning to serve five homes and a sewage lagoon. The planning commission had approved 5 to 3, with council members debating pattern effects and land suitability.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Phillip Koch
Meadow Lane
Springer Ridge
Koch
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Helen Westberg
Archie Jones
Hans
Joseph Dakin
Johnston City bus drivers ratify three year pact
The Johnston City Unit 1 School Board ratified a three year contract with six bus drivers, including a $30 monthly wage increase and an overnight trip rate rise from 4 to 4.25 per hour. The agreement follows three months of talks and includes a June wage reopener. Laborers International Local 567 represents the group.
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Johnston City Unit 1
Remo Castrale
Laborers International Local 567
Inmate protest over double occupancy at Menard unit
Inmates at Menard Correctional Center seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop doubling up in the protective custody segregation unit. Warden Ernest Morris says population will rise to about 2 650 by July with 432 cells in North Cell House, some kept single for discipline, while others are converted.
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Menard Correctional Center
Chester
Ernest Morris
Mervard
Canada
Wiinis Dept. of Corrections
Menard
Pri
Morris
Kids send Santa love and lists to Carbondale area
Letters from Southern Illinois children express love and requests for Santa. The Carbondale post office forwards most letters to the Carbondale Park District which reports that nearly all have been answered. Messages name toys from dolls to bikes and even a toy cash register amid last minute shopping.
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Santa
Southern Illinois
Santa Claus
Carbondale
North Pole
Carbondale Park
Carbondale Park District
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