Williamson County builds road to court over tax for bonds
Williamson County Building Commission agrees to push a court suit to settle a tax legality question blocking a $1 million bond issue for a courthouse. Chairman Thurmond and attorney Haney seek Bar Association action as Percy of St. Louis offers a financing survey, with Schafale opposing due to lack of competitive bidding. The dispute centers on whether the unit roads district tax contributes to the county rate and if court approval is required to issue bonds.
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Williamson County Public Building Commission
K. Neil Thurmond
Commission
Thomas Haney
Bar Association
Howard Percy
St. Louis
Oscar Schafale
Percy
Schafale
Unit Roads
Charles and Trauernicht
Haney
County Bar Association
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
The
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Thurmond
Oscar
Jackson County Joins Carbondale Drainage Improvement Plan
Jackson County Supervisors join the City of Carbondale Southern Illinois University Carbondale Township and the Carbondale Mosquito Abatement District as joint sponsors for creek drainage work in Carbondale. The project funds come partly from Shawnee RC&D with possible federal support. No county financial obligation is required at this stage, with potential future cost sharing totaling about five hundred thousand dollars.
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Jackson County Supervisors
Carbondale
City of
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Township
J. L.burnett
Burnett
Giant City unit may vote on school addition
Giant City School district residents may vote in April on whether to add to the current building. Supt Claude Ross said four classrooms a science laboratory and a combined music room library auditorium are planned. The board prefers April election for the decision.
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Giant City
Claude Ross
Ross
Carbondale to delay voter registration until 1969 70
County officials announced Carbondale's shift from 13 to 18 precincts makes a new voter registration necessary. State law requires a county wide re registration on three dates starting Nov 21 1969 with additional filing through Dec 19 1969 and Jan 15 1970. Deputies will be assigned to all precincts and new cards issued, with about $24 000 to be raised by a two mill tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Delmar Ward
County Board of Supervisors
Ward
Richard Richman
Carbondale Township
Richman
Board Meeting Set on Lerner and Other Topics
The Carbondale Community High School District 165 board schedules a special meeting at 7 30 p m in the Central conference room. Topics include the resignation of Charles J Lerner, financial picture, human relations, discipline policy, and defeat of a December 9 tax increase proposal.
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Lerner
Carbondale Community High School
Board of Education
Charles J. Lerner
Cchs Central Conference Room
Greater Egypt to seek 64620 from EDA for 1968 program
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission will request 64620 in federal aid from the Economic Development Administration before January ends to fund a second year of the Greater Egypt development district program. The 1967 district ran on 481000 federal funds.
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Economic Development Administration
EDA
Greater Egypt
HUD
Jefferson County
David Morris
State Dept. of Business and Economic Development
Herrin
Morris
Commission
Packing house workers strike in Du Quoin
About 250 members of Local 156 of the Packing House Workers union walked off their jobs in a wildcat strike at the Du Quoin Packing Co at 1 30 p m Wednesday after meetings with company officials over grievances from the killing room. The company said the walkout violated the collective bargaining agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packing House Workers Union
du Quoin
J. T. English
Russell Stephens Jr
SIU Students Post $10,000 Bond In Narcotics Case
One of two Southern Illinois University students charged with narcotics offenses posted a $10,000 cash bond as he awaited a Monday hearing. Richard A. Greco, 20, of Chicago, living at 301 W. Willow St., faces sale of narcotics charges. Joseph V. Kotleba, 21, of Moline, living at 717 S. Marion, also has a $10,000 bond and awaits the same Jackson County Circuit Court hearing.
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Southern Illinois University
Richard A. Greco
Chicago
W. Willow St
Greco
Joseph V. Kotleba
Moline
S. Marion St
Kotleba
Jackson County
Man Sentenced to Menard for Theft and Fraud
A 42 year old Jacksonville man was sentenced in Benton Circuit Court to one to seven years in Menard Penitentiary after being found guilty of theft of property exceeding 150 dollars. He was accused of swapping a fake diamond for a real one and receiving 2000 dollars from an area man. He was arrested April 17 and taken to Menard by Franklin County Sheriff Robert Ice.
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Jacksonville
Flaman
Benton
Menard
Luther Hazen
Hazen
Randall S. Quindry
Franklin County
Robert Ice
Hawkeye Passenger Train Derails Near Manson Iowa
An Illinois Central Hawkeye passenger train derailed early today four miles east of Manson Iowa after a track derailment. Eight cars and an engine were involved with no serious injuries reported.
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Manson
Iowa
Illinois Central
Here
Cold lunch for squirrels amid frozen ground and snow
With the ground frozen and snow and ice covering the area, squirrels adjust their midday provisions. a brief report notes scarce access to typical wal- and other edible items while noting wildlife resilience in harsh winter conditions.
Public hearing urged on six trains between Carbondale and St Louis
Carbondale Citizens Advisory Committee urged the city council to sponsor a public hearing on discontinuing six passenger trains to St Louis. Earl Winfield warned that loss of service could boost freight traffic and cost 100 local jobs, with 366 railroad workers in Carbondale division and a $3.2 million payroll. The Interstate Commerce Commission announced hearings and a four month continuation plan. The advisory group also proposed a shoppers special and baseball special to St Louis if trains are cut.
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Carbondale
Citizens Advisory Committee
St. Louis
Earl Winfield
Brotherhood of Railroad
Carmen
Winfield
Citizens’ Advisory Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
Grand Tower
Brake
Chicago
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Adisory Commission
Robert Hunt
Adele Kajeckus
Linus Turley
Dispersed city concept eyed for Southern Illinois industry
A five county dispersed city plan called Metro Lakeland aims to attract industry to the Greater Egypt region. Illinois IDBEP RETAP SIU and Greater Egypt plan coordinated sessions to present the concept to state and regional groups, with Jefferson County later added to the area. The plan centers on Jackson Williamson Franklin Perry counties and growth centers, to be shared with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and utility and railroad groups. The concept will be reviewed by the business industry advisory committee after completion.
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Greater Egypt
Illinois Dept. of Business and Economic Development
Regional Economic Technical Assistance Program
RETAP
Southern Illinois University
Commission
Benton
Metro-Lakeland
Robert Ellis
Southern Illinois
Arthur E. Prell
SIU Bureau of Business Research
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
State Department
Jefferson
Carlock
Allen Y. Baker
Greater
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Franklyn Moreno
Moreno
Greater Egypt Commission
Sav-Mart Seeks Annexation by Carbondale
Owners of the Sav-Mart on Rt. 13 east of Carbondale want annexation to Carbondale. Mayor David Keene says a Jan 25 meeting will discuss the move. If annexed, sales tax would go to Carbondale. the store is described as a multi million dollar operation with current tenants including a service station a grocery and a department store.
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Rt. 13
Carbondale
City of
Carbonale
David Keene
Keene
Jackson County
Negro leader seeks Cairo welfare probe and police assurances
Cairo NAACP official Preston Ewing Jr accuses the city’s adult vocational school and the county public aid office of colluding to force Black residents into attendance. He urges an advisory committee meeting, cites welfare threats, and presses Cairo officials for two unkept promises to improve police relations.
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Cairo
Alexandere County
State Dept. of Public Aid
Preston Ewing Jr
Southern Illinois
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Ewing
Illinois Dept. of Public Aid
Robert MacRae
Chicago
Lee Stenzel
Stenzel
MacRae
Public Aid Department
Carl Clutts
Police and Firemen Board
Carbondale Woman Dies of Heart Attack After Car Crash
Ethel Brasel, 43, of 615 North Allyn Street, was found in her car and pronounced dead after a crash near North Allyn Street. Jackson County Coroner Harry Flynn cited a heart attack as the cause. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Van Natta Funeral Home in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Ethel Brasel
N. Allyn St
North Allyn Street
Brasel
Walnut Street
Illinois Avenue
van Natta Funeral Home
Cardinals trade Simpson to Reds for Johnson
The Cincinnati Reds send outfielder Dick Simpson to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for outfielder Alex Johnson. Both clubs confirm the deal.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Dick Simpson
St. Louis Cardinals
Alex Johnson
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Williamson County
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Eugene Gellings
Illinois Ave
Gellings
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Plan Commission
Edgar Roberts
Belleville
Edgar Henry Roberts
Ellis Grove
Memorial Hospital
Crosstown
James
Mary Ellis Roberts
Marie Hargis
Missouri
Janet Wittenborn
Edith Weibrech
Daisy Garris
Marie Miers
Edwardsville
James Roberts
First Baptist Church
Elbert Elliott
Cashner-Mathews Funeral Home
Evansville
Cobden
Ira Casper
Union County
Anna
Casper
Union County Housing Authority
Ed Greer
Carbondale Citizens Group
Bondale
Max Siegfried
Max M. Siegfried
Prairie di Rocher
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Prairie du Rocher
Theodore Siekman
Dashner
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