SIUC Budget Chief Wins Pepper Jelly Prize at Du Quoin
Robert E. Gentry of Carbondale, SIUC vice president for financial affairs, won first place in the miscellaneous jelly category at the Du Quoin State Fair with pepper jelly. He grows peppers behind his university house and makes about 75 to 100 jars each summer. He notes pepper jelly pairs with cheese, meat, toast, and crackers and warns to wear rubber gloves during preparation.
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Sedlalia
Gentry
du Quoin
SIUC
Wisconsin
Fremk Horton
University House
Chautauqua Street
Carbondale
Fischer
N. Red Lane
Neal Eckert
Fischer-Stein Associates
Adamczyk
S. Forest
Chicago
Hewette
S. University Ave
Pentagon
U.S. Post Office
Hill House
Mayoral contests in Murphysboro Johnston City and Du Quoin
Incumbent mayors face challengers in Murphysboro Du Quoin and Johnston City with February primaries and a general election in April Carbondale will skip a primary with four candidates for two council seats including Archie Jones the citys only Black council member incumbent mayor Bill Stevens seeks reelection in Johnston City while Du Quoin and Murphysboro see multiple alderman contests and new candidates including Nash Bowers and others in a crowded field.
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Murphysboro
du Quoin
Johnston City
Illinois
Carbondale
Marion Nash
Michael Bowers
Nash
Egyptian Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors Inc
Bowers
Ronnie Williams
Kenneth Cochran
Tony Riggio
Leonard Pullis
Somerset
Joe Bastien
Larry Wood
Pine
Kie’’ Taylor
William Harewig
Taylor
Harevig
Harry Brawdy
John Wrycht
David McDwell
Bill Stevens
Doyle Ray
Clifton
Kip’ Litton
Melvin N. Williams
Mary Williams
Cecil Ernest
Harry Hancock
Ralph ‘Peppy’ Kowalis
Frank Vieceli
Ray Dare
Robert Stecks
Terry Pyle
Jack Struck
Robert M. Armstrong
James A. Wilbern
Cecil Daily
Daily
James Fiorino
Tom Moss
Ralph E. Roach
Delmar R. Falk
Archie Jones
Hens Fischer
Dennis Adamczyk
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
James B Hewette
Jones
N. Wall St
Carrier Mills
Saline County
Electrical supply office burns in Anna
A building housing Belcher Electric Inc. in Anna was destroyed by a Monday fire that began shortly after workers locked up for lunch. No injuries were reported as fire crews fought the blaze, which started near a drafting room and restroom. Jonesboro firefighters assisted. The roof collapsed and walls stood, with a large inventory of electrical supplies presumed lost. no official damage estimate yet.
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Belcher Electric Inc
Anna
Lawrence Beyer
Boyer
Willis
John Belcher
Jonesboro
Marion death probe stalled by witness move to Missouri
A Williamson County grand jury probe into two possible hospital deaths at Marion Memorial Hospital is delayed as witness William Flack relocates to Missouri and cannot be subpoenaed. State’s Atty. Robert Howerton says he will seek Missouri court help to compel testimony while reviewing other cases and noting the October 1974 deaths of Brian Schutzenhofer and Jim Dean Watson.
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OR. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Memorial Hospital
Illinis
Missouri
Williamson County
Robert Howerton
Lssouri
William Flack
Flack
Granite City
Hewerton
St. Louis
Howerton
Brian Schutzenhofer
White Ash
Jim Dean Watson
Marion
Marion Hospital
Shirley Travelstead
Grand Jury
Carbondale Crime Rate Keeps Rising Says Police Chief
Police Chief George Kennedy reported 2 063 crimes in Carbondale from Jan 1 to Nov 30 1976 up 16 8 percent from 1975 marking the highest 11 month total since 1970. Aggravated assaults more than doubled prior year while murders rapes robberies burglaries and auto thefts fell. Kennedy cited FBI classification changes and more fights as factors. The council also area allocations from federal funds totaling 2.7 million for 1977 78 including 546 000 for street work in Springmore and 1 450 000 for building housing and 734 000 for social services.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
George Kennedy
Moonday
Cri
Mes
Kennedy
Council
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Springmore
Donald Monty
Illinois
Spillertown area Marion to open new landfill soon
Marion officials expect a new landfill east of Spillertown road on Cadle and Maze land to be ready in about 30 days. The site totals roughly 14 acres of strip mined land, similar to the city’s first landfill, which operated over four years.
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Robert Butler
Marion
Spillertown Road
William Cadle
Oran
Stella Maze
Cadle
Maze
Butler
Woodsman Tucker Makes Furniture From Native Woods
Robert Tucker, 48, of Union Mississippi and Vienna Ranger station, blends a forestry career with furniture making. Using woods from his work regions he crafts beds desks chests and a pool table among other pieces. His wife Bobbye financed college. Tucker adapts plans from catalogs with occasional fixes and built a poster bed for his daughter Kathy from white oak.
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Southern Illinois
Robert Tucker
Union
Miss
Mississippi State University
Shawnee National Forest
Vienna
Tucker
Bobbye
Washington State
Florida
Forest Service
Minnesota
Washington
Illinois
Ranger Station
Tuckers
Kathy
South
Shawnee Forest Worker Turns Native Wood Into Furniture
Shawnee National Forest worker based in Vienna creates hand crafted pieces from native woods. He repurposed a 160 year old black ash tree into an ashtray stand and makes magazine racks and nameplates as gifts for family. He has worked in forests in several states and hopes for a Florida transfer.
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Shawnee National Forest
Vienna
Kathy
Tucker
Washington
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
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Robert Gentry
Butch Nevious
Siuc Budget Maker
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Robert E. Gentry
Curtis E. Jackson
Robert Murray
Jerome Roznowski
Burt Williams
Walter Woods
Carroll Fry
University Mall
Highlander
U.S. 51 South
Philip Koch
Springer Ridge Road
Spillertown Area
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CLES
Public Safety
Ron Joyner
Charles Heyde
Joyner
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
By Wanda Harris
Mississippi
Kim
Ed Greer
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