Model Cities starts four of seven loans still in operation
The Model Cities economic development program made seven loans in Carbondale and Rock Island. Four businesses remain open, including Bob Margum’s car reconditioning shop at 41742 E Main St Carbondale and the Inspirational Choir Recording Co. The program aims to help minority owned ventures with 6 percent loans and managerial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Blackburn
Miiheisan
Bob Margum
Bob
E. Main St
Carbondale
Margum
Model Cities Economic Development Program
Equal Opportunity Development Corp
EODC
Model Cities Agency
Zodiac
S. Illi
Nois Ave
Chuck Benson
Darryl Madison
Benson and Madison
Edward J. Cavitt
Washington Ave
Speedy
One Hour Dry Cleaners
Inspirational Choir Recording Co
Olivet Freewill Baptist Church
Loyd Sumner
Sumner
Music Center
Third World Music Center
Pat Holmes
Walter G. Robinson Jr
George Ganster
Ganster
Harvard School of Business Studies
Southern Illinois University Business Research Bureau
Rock Island
L. Baldwin Holmes
Olyone
Holmes
Dempsey Thomas
Ross
Daniel Sherrick
Bank of Carbondale
Sherrick
John Beverly
Model Cities
Beverly
Two apprentices from Southern Illinois pre apprenticeship program
The article details a Model Cities pre apprenticeship effort in Carbondale aimed at black workers. Of 22 screened, 11 completed a 22 week training with stipends, but only Arnold Woods secured a carpenter's union spot. others faced layoffs or program dropouts while unions cited economic downturn and strict qualification rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Gary Blackburn
Blackburn
Carol Alexander
Bonita Troutt
Southern Illinois
Goreville
Arnold Woods
Carpenter’s Union
Illinois State Employment Service
Chicago
Model Cities
Preston Bouler
Bouler
Manpower Development and Training Assistance Act
MDTA
Southern Ilnois University
Willis Bailey
Carpenters
Electricians
Cording
John Beverly
Beverly
Bailey
Woods
Electrician’s Union
Public Calendar Notes For Open Meetings And Local Films
The notice invites readers to submit open public meetings for listing and lists film showings at local theaters. Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 7 30 p m Thursday at Carbondale Community Center with beginner lessons and a 1 25 dollar fee for public play. Movies include Billy Jack Star Spangled Girl Dirty Harry Man in the Wilderness and others at Liberty Murphysboro Fox Carbondale Saluki Egyptian Webster Orpheum Rodgers and more with dates Wednesday through Tuesday listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community Center
Liberty
Murphysboro
Fox
Carbondale
Varsity
Saluki
Orpheum
Marion
Dr. Phibes
Webster
Steeleville
Holidays close Southern Illinois public offices
Agencies in Southern Illinois will close for New Year observances with varying hours. Jackson County Courthouse closes at noon and reopens Monday. Ben ton West Frankfort Carbondale Murphysboro city offices close all day Friday. Franklin Randolph counties and Williamson County offices close. Marion and Chester close at noon Friday. Herrin closes Monday. Sparta stays open Friday and Monday.
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Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Monay
Benton
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Franklin
Randolph County
Williamson County
Marion
Chester
Herrin
Sparta
Local police briefs from Herrin to Murphysboro show minor incidents
Reports list false alarm at Norge Division plant in Herrin, diesel engine fire oil pads near Ilinois Central Railroad crossing in Du Quoin, and total loss from a Buckner house trailer. Carbondale and Makanda incidences include speeding and traffic violations. ages and fines noted.
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Herrin
Norge Division
East Maple Street
du Quoin
St. John’s Crossing
Ilinois Central Railroad
Buckner
Chuck Dalton
Herrin Elks Duplicate Bridge Club Event
Herrin Elks host a duplicate bridge session at 7 30 p m Friday at the Elks Club inviting all bridge players to participate.
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Herrin Elks Duplicate Bridge Club
Elks Club
Store theft and arrests reported in West Frankfort area
Sears Roebuck investigators are probing a theft over $1,000 at the West Frankfort Sears store. West Frankfort Police Chief Tom Aaron said Sears investigators would handle the matter. Two Du Quoin men, Clifford Morgan 29 and Daniel Happold 24, face charges for stealing gasoline in West Frankfort and were held in the West Frankfort jail awaiting bail after being stopped at 1 45 a.m. A separate break in at Crab Orchard Ronnie Paris Phillips 66 saw burglars take 35 in change six cigarette lighters from a cash box and machines. a window was broken to gain entry.
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Sears Roebuck and Co
West Frankfort
Tom Aaron
Sears
Frankfort
du Quoin
Clifford Morgan
Daniel Happold
Ronnie Paris
Crab Orchard
Williamson County
Virgil Vancil
Christopher draws new plans for school addition
The Christopher Grade School board reviews eight classroom addition plans by Simon Rettberg Garrison and Floms Architects Inc Carbondale. A 307000 bond referendum failed in 1970. final cost pending but likely higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Glenn Byars
Simon, Rettberg, Garrison and Flom Architects, Inc
Carbondale
Byars
Two Union County Teens Injured In Davie Street Crash
Five teens sustained injuries in a 10 p m accident on Davie Street road near Anna. Bobby Hines 17 and Rhonda Smith 15 were admitted to Union County Hospital with major injuries. Dianna Smith 13 Ronnie King 16 and Billy Stoner Jr 16 were treated and released for minor injuries. Hines faced speeding and illegal alcohol charges. King and Stoner were also cited for illegal possession of alcohol.
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Union County
Davie Street
Brady Mill Road
Anna
Bobby J. Hines
Jonesboro
Rhonda Smith
Union County Hospital
Dianna Smith
Ronnie King
Billy Stoner Jr
Hines
Woman killed when car goes off Illinois 3 south of Waterloo
Mrs Elsa M Clark 59 of Cairo died Tuesday when her auto left Illinois 3 six miles south of Waterloo in Monroe County A passenger Ronald D Clark 22 suffered minor injuries state police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Elsa M. Clark
Cairo
Illinois
Monroe County
Ronald D. Clark
Marine Pfc Stephen Cocke serves with Second Marine Division in Corsica exercises
Marine Pfc Stephen Cocke from Benton took part in Operation Iles dOr, a NATO joint amphibious drill with French Legionnaires and French Army Reserves. The Benton Consolidated High School 1969 graduate is stationed at Camp Lejeune with the Battalion Landing Team after corsica exercises. Elkville notes: Ronald R. Lovel, 27, fined $20 for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Cocke
Benton
Second Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Isle of
Corsica
French Legionnaires
Cocke
Iles d’Or
Bertha R. Cocke
S. McLeansboro St
Benton Consolidated High School
Survivors Named in Mrs Stella Gooden Funeral
The survivors of 85 year old Mrs Stella Gooden of Freeburg formerly of Carterville include two daughters Mrs Zella Childress of rural Carterville and Mrs Maxine Leeper of Freeburg, sons William of Caseyville and Eugene of Monrovia Liberia, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Monday in Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Gooden
Freeburg
Carterville
Cairo manPleads Guilty in Deputy Shooting Case
Leon Dent 24 of St Louis pleaded guilty in Cairo Circuit Court to attempted murder aggravated battery and conspiracy for the shooting of a sheriff deputy a year ago. Judge Trafton Dennis sentenced him to seven to 10 years on each count to run concurrently. Dent to be returned to Missouri to continue a seven year term there. Dent will begin serving the Tuesday sentence after completing the Missouri term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Leon Dent
St. Louis
Trafton Dennis
Dent
Dennis
Missouri
Dent sentenced in Missouri term for 1969 beating case
Dent, a former lieutenant general in the St. Louis Black Liberators, received a seven year term for the 1969 assault with intent to kill of Oscar James King Jr. The 1971 shooting in Cairo involved Dent and two others conspiring to shoot Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Bosecher, with Chester L. R. Burner of Wichita and Gregory Walker of Cairo charged and free on $27,000 bond each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Dent
Oscar James King Jr
St. Louis Black Liberators
King
Cairo
Lloyd Bosecher
Chester L. R. Burner
Wichita
Kan
Gregory Walker
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Son
Tyrone
Federal
Public
Vice
George Paluch
Department of Labor
PSC
Southern
Southern Illinoisan
Bruce Mitchell
Gee
Mildred V. McDaniel
Robert S. Rowe
Patrick J. Schmalenberger
Makanda
Thomas J. Walsh
Carbondall
Shirley J. Westbrook
Sharon Hargis
Charlotte Evilsizer
Unoin County
Stoner
Fred R. Wagner
Nasan
Rt. 148
Mt. Vernon
Wagner
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Benton Man
Elkville
Ronald R. Lovel
THE
Park
Brewster Motors
Frosty Acres
Reelfoot
Marion Meat Mart
Sam Sweet
N. Courtney
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