Marion council pursues 150 public housing units
Marion City Council moves to form its own housing authority and file for 150 public housing units with HUD. Kathy Hoffman of Harrisburg outlines steps to organize, with a council vote pending on procedures. HUD funds expected in three weeks, with 500 units anticipated for Southern Illinois. Williamson County Authority has 164 Marion units already.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Marion City
Kathy Hoffman
Harrisburg
Miss Hoffman
HUD
Southern Illinois
City Housing Authority
Williamson County Housing Authority
Marion
Herrin Considers Lower Rates for Large Water Users
Herrin may cut rates for major water users as the council weighs a proposal from Water Committee Chair Edward Quaglia. Firms using at least 2 million gallons monthly could pay 57 cents per 1,000 gallons, down from 60 cents. Industries include Norge Co. Allen Industries and Container Stapling, with Norge the city’s largest employer.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Water Committee
Edward Quaglia
Norge
Rend Lake Intercity Water System
Rend Lake
Quaglia
Murphysboro Aims No-Interest Home Repair Loans
Murphysboro promotes a no interest loan program to help residents repair homes. Only five or six applications have been submitted despite a $140,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mayor Michael Bowers announced the slow uptake at a city council meeting.
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Murphysboro
Tony Stevens
The
Southern Illinoisan
Michael Bowers
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel
Donation from federal official aids Hill House program
Hill House in Carbondale received a surprising donation of 100 from Frank A. Weil assistant secretary for industry and trade at the U S Department of Commerce. The town plans meetings and HUD reviewed priority areas for home improvements including indoor plumbing and potential self enclosed bathrooms.
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Hill House
Carbondale
Industry and Trade
U.S. Department of Commerce
Paul Reitman
Frank A
Weil
Commerce Department
Washington D.C
S. Beveridge
W. Cherry St
Neighbors Rally to Help Injured Farmer George McKinney
George McKinney, 33, a farmer from rural Carterville, slipped in a field and trapped his leg in a combine. About 50 volunteers gathered in subfreezing conditions to harvest his crops, with 85 acres of soybeans and 45 acres of corn completed before noon. He was treated at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, where doctors hope to save his leg. Members of the community described the effort as a spontaneous, joyful display of neighborly support.
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Merrill Perlman
George McKinney
McKinney
Carterville
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
Farmers Aid Injured Carterville Farmer After Accident
In Carterville neighbors and area farmers, including Hawthorne and W. C. Hawthorne, helped McKinney harvest crops using four combines, two corn pickers, eight trucks, six slope wagons, and three tractors while McKinney recuperates. Some volunteers were on strike or visiting relatives for Christmas. The group stored portion of the crop at Murphysboro Grain Elevator and planned to rely on hired help for remaining work. Jenkins said locals would remain ready to assist George McKinney as he recovers.
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George
Steve McKinney
Don Hawthorne
du Quoin
Hawthorne
W. C
McKinney
Jenkins
Murphysboro
Zeigler Water Outage Affects Main Street Residents
Zeigler residents faced a water outage after two breaks on S Main St were repaired Tuesday night and water was restored by 6 p.m. A third break on Coxspur Street found today was deemed not serious and expected to require only 15 to 20 minutes of off time.
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Zeigler
Lhé S. Main St
Herrin handyman known as Mr Fixit helps neighbors
In Herrin, Mildred and Ercol Oldani are longtime residents who fix what others won’t. He retired from 40 years in auto work but still tinkers at small jobs while his wife watches over neighbors’ houses or handles errands. The couple say they simply help where needed and enjoy woodwork as a hobby.
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Merrill Perlman
Ercol Oldani
Mildred
Herrin
Oldanis
Ed Tani
Ercol
Mildred Oldani
Mr. Oldani
Mr. Fixit
Presley biography highlights a humble start to a tour empire
Willadene Brown chronicles Wayman Presley makanda rural mail carrier turned tour guide magnate. The book details his poverty to prosperity, community fund raising, cross project work at Bald Knob, and 1955 This Is Your Life feature that raised funds. Brown, educator and tour guide in Switzerland, presents a vivid life story.
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SINU
Roscoe Pulliam
Bald Knob
Marion
Oscar Schafale
Presley
Schafale
Bald Knob Mountain
Grand Tower
Rossclare
Miami Beach
Miami Beach Shore Club
Presley fundraiser memoir details a Southern Illinois promoter
Journal notes byline rates negotiated by Presley and his role as best man. Mrs Brown writes of his cross cleaning fish drives at Crab Orchard Lake and selling them. Presley once teased me with turtles and I captured him returning bass. The memoir covers a rags to riches tale of a Southern Illinois boy who became an international tour promoter. The book, about five dollars, benefits Makanda Cemetery profits for Presleys mother memorial.
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Southern Illinois Normal University
Henry Shryock
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
New York
Makanda
Darthamne
Presley
Mrs. Brown
Southern Illinoisan
Try
Southern Illinois
U.S. Citizens, Inc
Siu-Carbondale
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Illinois Office of Building
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Cpment
Bowers
City Hall
North Williams Street
South 3Rd Street
Richard Carter
Ray Jenkins
Don Myers
Coxspur Street
Automotive
Karr Motors
Hays Chevrolet
Wayman Presley
Ben Gelman
Willadene Brown
Springfield
Phillips Brothers, Inc
Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
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