Cedar Lake near Carbondale fills as new water source
Cedar Lake in Carbondale reaches about 900 surface acres at 25 percent full with 98 percent completion on the lake and dam work. Phase two extends water lines to the plant. contractor seeks April 30 finish. Total project cost tops 4.05 million dollars with deadlines to replace Crab Orchard supply. Water could be available this summer.
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Carbondale
Cedar Lake
Evergreen Park
South Wall Street
Schwegman
Crab Orchard Lake
East St. Louis Welcomes New Anti-Drug Task Force
DEA and local police announce a joint anti-drug task force to begin operations by January 7 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, and East St. Louis with federal and local agents. Three St. Louis officers will join the team, after a period of reduced manpower following the Collinsville raids and related civil rights indictments.
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St. Louis
Eugene Camp
Thomas H. Maher
The
Drug Enforcement Administration
St. Louis County
East St. Louis
Maher
Collinsville
Lowe seeks international VP post for retired miners in UMWA
Walter Lowe, 59, Dowell, runs for newly created UMWA international vice president for retired miners. The election will be held in November after the convention in Pittsburgh approved the post. Lowe, a 30 year member and disabled miner with black lung, would push unity between retired and active miners and backs President Arnold Miller.
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Walter Lowe
Dowell
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Pittsburgh
Lowe
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient No. 5
Logan
Franklin County
Umwa District 12
SIU C gifts and grants total 1 908 451 in third quarter
Outside gifts and grants to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale totaled 1 908 451 for the July August September 1973 quarter. The External Fund Report shows 670 contributions across endowment research student aid program improvements athletic libraries and unrestricted purposes. Nearly 950 000 funded program improvements including the SIU School of Medicine in Springfield. Student aid received 506 241. Most funds came from government agencies. The report adds books and other items to the dollar value.
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SIU
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Siuc School of Medicine
Springfield
Siuc Office of Institutional Research
Fire chief Warren Brown pursues global disaster work and fire stations
Franklin County Civil Defense director Warren E. Brown, 52, of West Frankfort, has spent decades aiding disasters since age 14. He volunteers 25 years with the local fire department, chairs county first aid for 20 years, and has helped on major fires and 28 drownings. He and his wife Jane now travel the world, visiting fire stations abroad, with a Greece plaque marking his service.
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Warren E. Brown
Brown
West Frankfort
Franklin County Civil Defense
Franklin County
Illinois
Salvation Army Field Kitchen
Arkansas
Athens
Greece
Greek Fire Brigade
Siberia
United States Civil Defense Program
Sweden
Chicago
Chicago Fire Academy
Two injured in icy crash on U S 45 in Johnson County
Two people were seriously injured Thursday night when their car skidded on ice on U S 45 north of Tunnel Hill Road, Johnson County. Driver Gregory B. Easley, 19, and passenger Clara B. Roberts, 20, were listed in fair condition at Union County Hospital, Anna.
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U.S. 45
Johnson County
Gregory B. Easley
Rt. 1
Pulaski
Clara B. Roberts
Evansville
Ind
Union County Hospital
Anna
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