Carbondale Adopts Fair Housing Law and city measures
Carbondale council unanimously approved a fair housing ordinance the city’s 24th in Illinois. A new injunctive relief provision allows action to prevent discrimination during investigations. The package also includes a five member fair housing board, fines up to 500 per day, and procurement and gift restrictions for officials.
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Mike Shane
Carbondale
Illinois
Randall Nelson
Fair Housing Board
Nelson
Ragsdale Objects
Joseph Ragsdale
Ragsdale
George Fleerlage
Carbondale toTerminate Some Engineering Contracts
Carbondale City Council authorized the city manager to negotiate severances with the Paul O. Hall engineering firm. Four projects with 95 percent completion will finish under Hall, while four others are canceled or abandoned. The council also seeks proposals for an engineering review of the $4.2 million sewage treatment plant plans and cost estimates.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Tatum Heights
South
Wall Street
Robert Alexander
Paul Hall
Hall
Richard Wilhelmy
Paul O. Hall
Norman
Cedar Creek
Death truck theft linked to carbon monoxide tragedy
A stolen panel truck tied to three Missouri residents found on a Marissa farm left two men injured. Dennis Haynes died at Sparta Hospital while Thomas Carmack and Gary Haynes were hospitalized in critical and fair condition. The truck, idling after being stolen Nov 11 from Florissant, trapped fumes inside as engine ran. Funeral plans set for Dennis Haynes.
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Missouri
Leonard Clark
Marissa
Thomas Carmack
Jennings Road
Jennings
Dennis
Gary Haynes
Carmack
Charles Abrason
Sparta Community Hospital
Gary
Illinois
Florissant
Abrason
St. Louis
Dennis Haynes
Mullen Mortuary
Ferguson
Youth Guilty in Beating In Murphysboro Court
Henry Mackey aged 17 of Carbondale found guilty of reckless conduct in a Murphysboro circuit court bench trial before Judge Peyton Kunce. Mackey was linked to the August beating of Claude Williams, 18, also of Carbondale, with Golden and Palmer named in the related indictment. Palmer’s charges were dismissed and Golden’s delinquency hearing was set for Jan. 23 for pre sentence investigation.
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Henry Mackey
E. Chestnut St
Carbondale
East Side Rangers
Murphysboro
Mackey
Claude Williams
Peyton Kunce
Kunce
James Golden
N. Barnes St
Joseph Palmer
E. Oak St
Williams
Palmer
Golden
IC to complete track repairs after derailment near Boskydell
Illinois Central officials said full track restoration would take time as crews clear wreckage and rebuild tracks after the Pana ma Limited derailed about midnight on a curve 1 1/2 miles south of Boskydell. O E Crain of Centralia was hospitalized and two others treated and released. about 150 passengers were aboard.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Clarence L. Miskell
Carbondale
Miskell
Boskydell
O.E. Crain
Centralia
Crain
St. Marys Hospital
Motorist Killed When Car Plunges Into Herrin Cemetery
A 32 year old man identified as Robert D. Moore died after his car left Old Johnston City road, struck a telephone pole and tombstone, then crashed into the Herrin City Cemetery. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Herrin Hospital. Police questioned a passerby who reported the car in the cemetery with its lights on at about 6 15 AM. Authorities said Moore’s home was listed as Eldorado but he may have moved to Johnston City. Cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Herrin City
Robert D. Moore
Herrin
Roy Cole
Eldorado
Johnston City
Cole
Moore
Morris resigns as Freeman superintendent
Buddie Morris resigns as general superintendent of Freeman Coal Co to take a post as general manager of underground operations at Pittsburg and Midway in Kentucky. A West Frankfort native, Morris joined Freeman in 1966 and will relocate to Kentucky to begin Jan 1.
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Buddie Morris
Freeman Coal Co
Kentucky
Morris
E. St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Freeman Company
Pittsburg
Midway
Freeman
Kentucky Company
Floyd Morris
Lake West Frankfort
Theft charge set in Marion court for Van Russell
Van Russell of 702 Pear Street Carterville was arraigned in Marion Circuit Court on theft charges. Judge Lan Haney granted a continuance to January 11 to obtain counsel. Bond set at $3000. Russell allegedly stole property valued over $150 from Paul Franklin of Franklin Construction on December 25. He was captured in Carterville and jailed in Williamson County.
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van Russell
Pear St
Carterville
Marion
Lan Haney
Russell
Paul Franklin
Franklin Construction Co
Williamson County
Du Quoin Recall Hearing Rescheduled to January 18
The recall hearing in Du Quoin has been reset to 9:30 a.m. January 18 in Perry County Circuit Court. Judge Alvin Maeys moved the date due to illness of Du Quoin City Attorney Don Johnson. The hearing location is circuit court in Pinckneyville.
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du Quoin
Perry County
Alvin Maeys
Don Johnson
Pinckneyville
Carbondale to gain 1968 highway connector funds plan
The 1968 Illinois highway program allocates 535000 to build a permanent north south Rt 51 connector in Carbondale. A temporary pair was opened in August to reroute traffic while the project proceeds with bid calls possible by March and completion within a year.
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Carbondale
Vernon Kupel
District 9
Kupel
Oak Street
University Avenue
Mill Street
Illinois Avenue
Willow Street
Chesnut Street
Technical Tape Corp
Hickory Street
Chestnut
Illinois Central
Freeman Street
Illinois
Grand Avenue
$200 Million Plant Considered for Southern Illinois
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray says a $200 million electric power plant may be announced for Southern Illinois by spring 1968. Yankee-Dixie Power executives mention Illinois sites in the Mt. Vernon area near Farmersville and near Canton as likely locations for a two-unit coal plant with coal reserves crucial to site selection.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Harrisburg
Shawnee Hills
Yankee- Dixie Power Inc
Winchester
Indiana
Illinois
Ilinois-Indiana
Yankee-Dixie
Illinois-Indiana
Botto
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Ora Snider
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Marion
Appalachia
Yankee- Dixie
Western Illinois Power Cooperative
Springfield
Jacksonville
Freeman Coal Co
Mt. Vernon
Hunter
Rend Lake
John Hunter
Utilities
Farmersville
Canton
Merger Creates ICG Railroad From Illinois Central and GM&O
Illinois Central and Gulf Mobile and Ohio plan to merge to form the ICG Railroad. Officials signed documents in Jackson Mississippi with Gov Johnson and Gov elect Williams present. The new company would be a subsidiary of Illinois Central Industries, with leaders from both lines presiding, awaiting stockholder approval. The network would run from Chicago to New Orleans and from Albert Lea to Louisville and Indianapolis, covering multiple states.
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Illinois Central Gulf
ICG) Railroad Co
Midwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central and Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Jackson
Miss
ICG Railroad
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
John Bell Williams
ICG
Illinois
Chicago
Carbondale
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
Pascagoula
Albert Lea
Minn
Sioux Falls
S. C
Sioux City
Iowa
Kansas City
Montgomery
Birmingham
Alabama
Louisville
Inodianapolis
Ind
Rend Lake Dam Washouts Prompt Investigation
An engineering probe is launched into the Rend Lake secondary dam washout near Waltonville. Congressman Kenneth Gray seeks a congressional review, citing delay in reporting. Damages are to be assessed in dollar terms, with reconstruction timelines studied. original costs exceed one million dollars.
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Rend Lake
Waltonville
Kenneth Gray
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
William Matheny
Matheny
Wilson Association Dinner Draws 300 in Southern Illinois
More than 300 people from 16 counties attended the 39th Woodrow Wilson Association dinner in Union County. Dr. Nicholas A. Masters, Carbondale native and Penn State political science professor, spoke. His honorarium was a bushel of Union County apples.
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Illinois
Woodrow Wilson Association
Union County
Nicholas A. Masters
Carbondale
Penn State University
Wilson
Finish Hunsaker
Cobden
Cluster Wiggins
Jonesboro
Beer theft at Carbondale LBJ warehouse reported
Police report says fifteen cases of beer were stolen Thursday from the LBJ restaurant warehouse behind the Carbondale restaurant. The warehouse door lock was found broken.
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LBJ
Carbondale
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