Pittsburg School in Pittsburg Faces Closure Debate
In Pittsburg Illinois the nearby grade school, built in 1929 and now neglected, faces possible closure despite residents and officials arguing over costs, enrollments, safety codes, and the town’s future. Marion Unit Two Board of Education weighs a July 1974 deadline and a $108,000 repair estimate amid community appeals.
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Pittsburg
Marion
Abraham Lincoln
R.A. Nack and Associates
Carbondale
Marion School
Storme
Simon . Rett
Pittsburg School Debate Sees Busing and Boundaries Challenged
The Pittsburg area faces a clash over school size and redrawn boundaries as parents accuse the Marion district of shifting lines to shrink Pittsburg’s enrollment. Advocates say smaller boundaries boost parental involvement and student attention while opponents warn of longer bus rides and safety risks.
Kerner conviction top Illinois story of 1973
The Associated Press notes Otto Kerner’s trial and conviction on racetrack stock scandal charges as Illinois’s top news story of 1973 with 99 points and 15 first place votes. Runner up were spring floods on the Mississippi and related rivers. other top items included narcotics raids in Collinsville and the Regional Transportation Authority dispute.
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Associated Press
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Kerner
Mississippi
Fox
Rock
Collinsville
Regional Transportation Authority
Palos Hills
Daniel Walker
Peoria
Anthony Angelos
State Insurance Department
Chicago
City Departments to Receive Extra Gasoline Allocation
Carbondale city departments will gain more gasoline in January as an unnamed supplier provides additional stock. All departments except street, refuse and police get 75 percent of January 1973 usage while the exempted groups receive 85 percent. The city will not disclose the supplier’s identity to protect the source.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnute Street
Murphysboro
Southern Ilinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Daily Journal
Associated Press
New filters may save $80,000 at Carbondale plant
Treatment Superintendent James Mayhugh says replacement of sand filters with granulated carbon at the Carbondale water plant reduces odor and taste issues and removes herbicides. The change saves chemical costs and, with five year life and regeneration, nets about $80,000. Parliament in Salisbury Rhodesia passes harsher penalties for harboring or failing to report terrorist infiltrators.
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Carbondale
James Mayhugh
Mayhugh
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Board plans busing to close Pittsburg school
Marion Unit Two school board bills plan to shut Pittsburg school and bus students to Washington and Logan in Marion. Logan would gain Pittsburg pupils as a two room addition expands Jefferson. Superintendent Storme says a 30 minute maximum bus ride is possible per trip. Parents fear a four hour longer day and seek monitors for discipline.
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Johnston City
Pittsburg
Marion Unit Two
Washington
Logan
Jefferson
Logan School
Supt
A.C. Storme
Storme
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Harley Probst
Nack
Sally Bayles
Kenneth Edwards
Pittsburg Area
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