Rate hike brings protest in Murphysboro
A citizen protest letter from Gale Williams, former state representative and Republican candidate, urges Murphysboro City Council to reconsider a 37 percent water and sewage rate increase effective next week. Mayor Bruce Richmond will hear the letter at 7 30 p m, with officials citing revenue bonds and EPA orders as the reason for higher charges. The plan, approved November 13, would raise about 1 83 monthly for the typical user.
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Murphysboro
Bruce Richmond
Gale
Williams
Rt. 4
Illinois
Richmond
Wiliams
Environmental Protection Agency
Norge Plant Reopens After Holiday Break
Norge Division of Fedders Corp plant in Herrin resumes operation after a five day shutdown caused by a water line break and Christmas. The line has been repaired and 1,600 employees will be off again for New Year’s Eve and Day.
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Norge
Fedders Corp
Herrin
Lawrence E. Kichler
Fire damages yardstick in Christmas morning blaze
Carbondale firemen were summoned to 1400 Taylor Drive early Christmas morning to extinguish Bruce Amble's yardstick. Amble's wife, Bette Jean, said most of the 36 inches were damaged beyond measurement after a pilot light on a gas water heater ignited the stick.
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Carbondale
Taylor Drive
Bruce Amble
Amble
Bette Jean
Greater Egypt region planning board names leadership
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission expanded its board to 26 members, naming William Sinks of Williamson County as chairman and detailing the roles of Gene Schumaier, C. J. Covington, Neal Eckert, and R. A. Bonifield as vice chairs and treasurer. The group includes county and municipal officials from Franklin Jackson Jefferson Perry and Williamson counties, plus Rend Lake Conservancy District members and other local leaders.
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Greater
Greater Egypt
Ther
Illinois
Twin County Service Co
Schumaier Seed and Plant Food Service
Pinckneyville
Schulwaier Aviation
C. J. Covington
Jefferson County
Covington
Rend Lake
Donzee Electric Inc
Mt. Vernon
King City Federal Savings and Loan
Security Bank and Trust
Neal Eckert
Carbondale
Eckert
Eckert’s Inc
Eckert's Orchards
Eckert Land Co
Southpass Products Inc
R. A. Bonifield
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Bonifield
John A. Logan College Foundation
First Community Bank of
Southern Ilinois Inc
Massack County
Bonifield Brothers Freight Lines
Commission
Frank Feltmeier
Vernon
Feltmeier
Mt. Vernon Glass Co
St. Louis
Charles Dawson
Russell Davis
Larry Foster
Jackson County
J.C. Penn
Charles Gray
Robert Irvin
Max Schurtz
Garrold Shields
Perry County
Dr. Allen
Baker
Herman Yehling
Paul McNutt
Williamson County
Jo Walker
Robert Williams
Douglas Cox
Kinkaid Lake Conservancy District
Glenn Schlimpert
Assembly of Local
Stanley Copeland
Murphysboro
Bruce Richmond
Rolland Lewis
Mike McClatchey
Kinkaid district cancels contract to finish water lines
The Kinkaid Lake Conservancy District votes to cancel its $745,297 contract with EBJ Fisher Co of St. Louis and complete the water line system itself. Fisher filed for bankruptcy last month. bonding agent Maryland Casualty Co. is notified. The district plans a bid call tentatively Jan 15 to finish remaining work, with about 90 percent completed per engineering, and faults to be corrected in a new contract. Line breaks caused service to Murdale Water District, now temporarily served by Carbondale.
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Kinkaid Lake
Trict Board
Maryland Casualty Co
Fisher
District Board
J. T. Blankinship
Jack Miller
Miller
Murdale
Kinkaid
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Truck Hits Abandoned Car In Washington County Crash
A Tuesday night collision on U S 460 east of Okanville road left two injured. Vanover, 19, and passenger Rose Stieg, 17, both Nashville residents, were hospitalized after their van struck an abandoned car in a ditch and overturned.
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U.S. 460
Okanville Road
Washington County
Rose
A. Stieg
Nashville
Jeffrey L. Vanover
Red Bud
Vanover
Washington County Hospital
Donald L. Birkner
New Athens
Birkner
Train and truck collide near Cardox Road crossing
An Amtrak Panama Limited train collided with a truck at Cardox Road crossing near Mose and Stankel in Cumberland County. All 39 passengers aboard the northbound train from New Orleans to Chicago were uninjured, while the truck driver was hospitalized for observation after walking away from the wreck. The engine and truck were heavily damaged and the train continued to Chicago using a freight locomotive.
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Amtrak
Carbondale
Monee
Trinois Central Gulf
Frank Malone
Cardox Road
Mose
Stankel
New Orleans
Chicago
Malone
Speeding charge cleared for Randolph County official
Ruth E. Gilster, D-Chester, chair of the Randolph County Board of Commissioners, was found innocent of a speeding violation by Judge James F. Wheatley in Randolph County Circuit Court on December 17. Gilster, elected November 8 as the first woman on the board, was arrested October 25 in Sparta for driving 40 in a 30 zone. the case was delayed from an early November date.
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Ruth E. Gilster
D-Chester
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
James F. Wheatley
Randolph County
Mrs. Gilster
Board of Commissioners
Sparta
Woman dies in auto crash near Alto Pass
Ida M. Trexler, 69, of Rt. 1 Alto Pass, died on arrival at Union County Hospital Anna after her car veered off Mountain Glen blacktop and overturned. Coroner to hold inquest. death not classified as traffic fatality until coroner's report is received. Five children were riding.
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Ida M. Trexler
Rt. 1
Alto Pass
Union County Hospital
Anna
Mountain Glen
Trexler
Rt. 127
Union County Sheriff's Office
Lloyd Sitters
Cairo woman dies of injuries in car bus crash
Clara A. Boykin, 68, of Route 1 Cairo, died in a Cape Girardeau hospital after a Sunday accident on U.S. 51 two miles south of Illinois 3. Bus driver Robert W. Brown, 53, of South Haven Massachusetts, was not injured. Boykin formerly Ida Belle Brown born Sept 6, 1904 in Cobden. Surviving sons John Edgar Jack. daughters Dorothy Draper and Evelyn Knox. sister Martha Hill. 19 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren. Services 10 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Alto Pass. burial Alto Pass Cemetery. Contributions to Ida Belle Trexler Memorial Fund in lieu of flowers.
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Clara A. Boykin
Rt. 1
Cairo
Cape Girardeau
U.S. 51
Ilinois 3
Robert W. Brown
South Haven
Mass
Dorothy Draper
Cobden
Evelyn Knox
Springfield
Ida. Belle Trexler
Leu of Flowers
Temporary dam breaks at Carbondale City Reservoir
A wood and metal cofferdam under construction at Carbondale City Reservoir failed around 11:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Wayne Wheeles reported heavy rains increased pressure causing the collapse. Water flowed through a gap in the permanent dam, flooding Reservoir Road until Tuesday afternoon while Cedar Lake water is planned to be pumped to the treatment plant.
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Carbondale City
Wayne Wheeles
Carbondale
Cedar Lake
Everteen Park
Lech resigns as Carbondale Chamber director
Ray Lech executive director of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce has resigned effective February. In his resignation letter he says it is time for him to move on. An executive committee including David Emerson Ed Keyes Hans Fischer and Richard Hunter will seek a replacement.
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Ray Lech
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Lech
David Emerson
Ed Keyes
Hans Fischer
Richard Hunter
Prairie du Rocher 25st celebration set
Prairie du Rocher prepares to observe La Guiannee, the town’s French New Year’s Eve custom, for the 251st time as residents recall its 1722 settlement origins. Meredith Conner recounts joining in after military service in 1946 and notes the tradition’s Normandy and Brittany roots.
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DeMaris Berry
Prairie du Rocher
Normandy
Brittany
France
Christ
Meredith Conner
Conner
American Legion Hall
United States
Cahokia
Ste. Genevieve
Bloomsdale
Clere
One minute Marion meeting sets city record
A Marion City Council briefing on Christmas Eve set a new brevity record with a one minute session after roll call. The event followed a historic 1963 blaze on the Public Square that left nine businesses burned out.
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Marion
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Sneed Highway
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