Urban renewal head Burns fired amid HUD concerns
William Burns, head of Carbondale urban renewal, is fired as City Manager Schmidt and acting manager Schwegman reorganize the program. HUD cited lack of citizen participation and job opportunities. Burns disputed the charges and blamed funding delays and project changes for the program’s troubles. Elden Gosnell named acting division head, while a relocation director and new project director search continue.
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Gary Blackburn
Southern Illinoisan
William Burns
Carbondale
William Schmidt
Schmidt
Bill Schwegman
Schwegman
Elden Gosnell
College Neighborhood
Gosnell
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
John Waner
Ner
Burns
NDP
Tion
Gary Worth
Rt. 2
Jerry Maxwell
Waner
Northeast Project
Sam Clark
Neal Eckert
Clark Vineyard
Archie Jones
Hans Fischer
Geroge Karnes
Carol Alexander
Dave Parsons
Chicago
Bill Burns
Parsons
David Keene
Keene
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Blue Ribbon
Reform
Keere
Department of Urban Renewal
Teamsters Union
Community Conservation Board
al Ross
Ross
Lincoln
College
Eldon Gosnell
Controversy Follows Carbondale Urban Renewal Chief Burns
A profile of Bill Burns, longtime Carbondale urban renewal director, details clashes with city leaders and HUD. Once praised, Burns faced overrules and calls for firing amid department reshaping, union moves, and resident complaints about input and staff diversity.
Crashes near Marion injure three in two accidents
Three people were injured in two separate crashes near Marion Illinois on Thursday afternoon. A Bradley man, William R. Coughlin, 25, suffered head injuries when his car left Rt. 13 and overturned near Marion at 10:30 p.m. He was in fair condition at Marion Memorial Hospital and charged with driving while intoxicated. In the second crash on Rt. 13 east of Marion near Paulton Road, William McClain, 30, of Franklin, Kentucky, and Linda Crowell, 24, of Carterville, were involved. McClain was uninjured, his four year old son injured lightly, and Crowell admitted with minor injuries.
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Ilinois
Bradley
Marion
William R. Coughlin
Blatt Boulevard
Marion Memorial Hospital
Coughlin
New Rt. 13
Rt. 13
Paulton Road
William McClain
Franklin
Linda Crowell
Carterville
McClain
Jared
Miss Crowell
Carbondale
S. University Avenue
J. B. Hewitt
William Couglin
S. Rawlings St
South Illinois Avenue
Terry Swarz
E. Park St
Stephen Costigan
Carbondale Mobile Home Park
Oakland
Sycamore
Costigan
Area grads farewell as freshmen from SIU Carbondale
Freshmen entering Southern Illinois University at Carbondale this fall include a Top 10 list of high schools with the highest overall GPA among new freshmen. Johnston City leads, followed by Peoria Central, Anna Jonesboro, Mt. Vernon, Carbondale, Benton, Herrin and others. the report, sent to principals, outlines broad performance without individual student names.
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Johnston City
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Jerre Pfaff
SIU
Pfaff
Anna Jonesboro
Mt. Vernon
Benton
Herrin
Peoria Central
11-year-old girl pinned under horse at Herrin packing plant
An 11 year old Herrin girl was listed in satisfactory condition at Herrin Hospital after a horse fell on her near noon Wednesday at the Herrin Packing Co. The girl was getting on the horse when it overbalanced against a wall. Her back injuries were minor. the horse and brother were uninjured. The owner is James Shannon, the girl's stepfather.
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Herrin
Herrin Packing Co
Laura Hoover
Route 1
Miss Hoover
James Shannon
Shannon
Packers set strike talk in Chicago
Negotiations between Du Quoin Packing Co. and the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butchers Workmen of North America are scheduled for Monday in Chicago. Raymond O'Mohundro will lead for Du Quoin Local P-156. The plant, in receivership since November, faces about 320 employees on strike since September. Contract talks stalled December 13 after a 5.5 percent raise offer was rejected.
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du Quoin Packing Co
Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
International
Chicago
Raymond O’mohundro
East
Murphysboro Vacates Waller Heights Plat
The Murphysboro City Council approved vacating the Waller Heights Subdivision plat adopted in November 1954. The area lies west of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and north of Route 149 and has not had development or sales. The council also approved specs for a new police car to be heavier for maintenance reasons, with bids to be sought in January.
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Murphysboro
Harold Koehn
Waller Heights
Missouri- Pacific Railroad
Rt. 149
Toby Berger
Berger
Williamson County burglary case to grand jury charged four Marion men
Four men, Jesse Watkins Wendell Kent Frank Kent and Tommy Norris all of Marion, were bound over for grand jury action on burglary and theft after being arrested at a power cooperative sub station near Marion. They pled innocent with $5,000 bonds and remain jailed. Police found them inside the station with equipment piled for removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Jesse Watkins
Wendell Kent
Frank Kent
Tommy Norris
Williamson County
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Eight Washington classrooms damaged force Johnston City to relocate pupils
Eight classrooms in the southeast corner of Washington Grade School were damaged by a mine squeeze, affecting 232 Johnston City pupils. The district will close Monday for repairs, with 120 eighth graders moved to the high school and first and second graders to a church educational building.
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Marta Ladd
Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City
Washington
Castrale
Norman R. Ellis
First Baptist Church
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Bennet Neb
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Clarence A. Moore
Ava
Shirley R. Ripley
Dale Arnold
Marion Youth Center
Kerry Kurfee
Bob Canady
Lynn Strebel
Jack Armstrong
Ricky Lannom
Packers
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Crab Orchard
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
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