Herrin Commission Okay on Financing Plan for Two Buildings
The Herrin Public Building Commission approved a financing plan Monday night described as too good to be true but workable. City Clerk Bernita Beers presented the plan to fund two new city buildings through a simple bookkeeping maneuver.
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Herrin
Bernita Beers
Beers
Commission
John McVey
Tom Haney
Bill Drake
Larry Lipe
Building Commission
Haney
Building Commission Fund
City Hall
Benton considers city own gas pumps and shelter home cap
Finance official Lyle Lampley proposes Benton buy and operate its own gas pumps to save about 140 to 150 dollars monthly, with bids on pumps to be opened by January 29. The council also weighs an ordinance to limit sheltered care homes, aiming for seven, with monthly health inspections.
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Benton City
Lyle Lampley
Lampley
Franklin County Highway Department
Don Cox
Cox
Charles Toler
Benton
Anna State Hospital
State Dept. of Mental Health
Public Health
Dept. of Mental Health
Dept. of Public Health
Buncombe Soldier Killed in Vietnam Action
Army Sgt. Bobby D. Crawford son of Mr and Mrs Don Crawford Rt 1 Buncombe was killed in action in Vietnam Funeral services are pending at Mount Funeral Home Vienna Sgt Crawford lived in Union County near Goreville He was a graduate of Anna Jonesboro High School.
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Army
Bobby D. Crawford
Don Crawford
Rt. 1
Buncombe
Vietnam
Mount Funeral Home
Vienna
Crawford
Union County
Goreville
Anna Jonesboro High School
Rend Lake district seeks federal funds for water system
Rend Lake Conservancy District officials, led by District Manager Richard Jones, seek additional federal funding after bids on the inter city water system exceeded the prior $12.3 million loan by about $1 million. Action on the bids is hoped by February 20, with a 90 day bid period ending then. Savings of about $200,000 may come from removing a temporary subimpoundment dam if the main dam and spillway proceed on schedule.
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Rend Lake Conservancy District
Richard Jones
Economic Developement Administration
Community Facilities Administration
Jones
Mine Not Working Wednesday Report Shows Ben 21
A mine listed as not working on Wednesday is Old Ben with number 21. All other mines were reported as operating on the same day.
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Ben
Contract ends strike at Ordill Power Plant
Employes of the U S Power Co plant in Ordill returned to work after voting to accept a new two year contract. The 107 workers, represented by the United Mine Workers of America, approved the deal on Monday afternoon on the first ballot. The pact provides a 12 cent hourly raise across the board, a 5 percent raise in year two, an extra paid holiday on December 24, higher shift differential, and improved hospitalization benefits.
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U.S. Power Co
Ordill
L. W. Braniff
United Mine Workers of America
Braniff
UMWA
Rend Lake dam bids seen in February amid wage amendment
U S Army Corps of Engineers in St Louis reports bid openings for the Rend Lake main dam and spillway may occur in mid February after an amendment to specifications. Updated wage scales could delay bidding. contracts could be awarded in March with project completion in 1970 at an estimated cost of 8 to 11 million dollars.
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Rend Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Bend Lake
Burglars Hit Adams Drugs in Hurst Break-In
A Monday night burglary at Adams Drugs in Hurst saw thieves pry a lock from the front door and steal cash from the register along with non narcotic drugs. Proprietor Walter Adams and his wife live in an apartment behind the store but did not hear the break in and found it the next morning.
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Adams Drugs
Hurst
Walter Adams
Adams
Herrin Plan Commission Names New Officers
Thomas elected chairman replacing Mrs. Morgan Sweeney. Ald Waldrop is vice chairman and Mrs. Garey Redmond secretary. The panel set its first annual Town Hall for Jan 30 to present six years of work and goals and take questions. Marvin Owen chairs the annual meeting committee.
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Herrin Plan Commission
Morgan Sweeney
Ronald Waldrop
Garey Redmond
Plan Commission
Herrin
Marvin Owen
William Jack
Gregory speaks at SIU on nonviolence and rights
Dick Gregory addressed about 1,400 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale calling non violence a favor and focusing on America's race problem. He likened efforts for equality to political struggle, warned of possible winter violence, and praised Washington and St. Louis for safety due to trees.
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Roger Stafford
Southern Illinoisan
Dick Gregory
Southern Illinois University
Gregory
SIU
America
Carbondale
United States
St. Louis
Washington
D. C
Gregory draws overflow crowd at SIU with satire and race talk
Comedian Dick Gregory spoke at SIU in Carbondale Monday night after a speech in the women’s gym. He mocked white attitudes toward blacks while preaching unity with poor whites and defended his 40 day fast against the Vietnam War. He noted a $1200 payment from the freedom committee and recalled the crowd’s rapt attention at Ben’s Crescent Restaurant.
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Mike Shane
Southern Illinoisan
Dick Gregory
Ben’s Crescent
Carbondale
Benton City OKs 180000 off street parking bond
Benton City Council approved a 180000 revenue bond issue for a 113 space off street parking lot in the northeast city square. Bonds retire over 25 years with meter receipts and a six percent cap, issued by Midwest Securities Co. from St Louis.
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Dave Hurst
Southern Illinois
Benton City
Midwest Securities Co
St. Louis
Midwest Securities
Carbondale selects Urbana engineers for sewage plant review
Carbondale City Council chose Clark Dietz and Associates of Urbana to perform a rapid review of plans for the proposed sewage treatment facility. The firm won from three bidders, including Stanley Consultants of Muscatine and Crawford, Murphy and Tilly of Springfield, which had helped design portions of the project. A $2.1 million federal grant funded the effort, and the review aims to ensure the trickling filter plant meets current state and federal requirements and city needs.
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Clark, Dietz
Carbondale
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine, Iowa
Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc
Springfield
Johnston City Seeks Bids for New School Bus and Election
Johnston City School District board approves mailing bid letters for a new bus and sets an April 13 election for two three year terms. Filing runs February 28 to March 23. Board members plan to attend the Illinois Association of School Boards meeting February 14 in Marion.
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Johnston City Unit
Marion suit settled after hospital fall injury
A $15 000 lawsuit filed by Ann Samples against the city of Marion was dismissed in Marion Circuit Court on settlement. Samples claimed negligence after a fall from a second floor at Marion Memorial Hospital on October 19 1966 while hospitalized for a mental condition. The Murphysboro Board of Appeals meeting was postponed to January 22 to avoid conflict, with sessions at 7 30 p.m. in city hall.
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Marion
Ann Samples
Samples
Marion Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro Board of Appeals
Suspect Arrested in Jackson County Forgery Case
Jackson County authorities arrest Harrisburg youth Thomas Eugene Mays 19 on a forgery charge from a Aug. 15 1966 check in Carbondale. Indicted by a grand jury last week he allegedly took a check from a mailbox. Federal authorities were reviewing possible charges.
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Jackson County
Harrisburg
Thomas Eugene Mays
Saline County
Carbondale
Richard Richman
Fire destroys Marion home of Mr and Mrs Starling
Fire razed the home of James and wife on Rt 5 Marion five miles south of the city on Rt 37. Firemen arriving around 11 30 a m found the house burned to the ground. the couple saved some furnishings and reported no insurance.
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James Starling
Rt. 5
Marion
Rt. 37
Starlings
Gregory speaks at SIU amid three moods and big crowd
Gregory wearing a beard and delivering jokes lectures and thunderous remarks told a mixed Negro and white audience that black people are tired of promises and want constitutional rights. He drew a standing ovation from about 1,400 at the SIU Women's Gym and was swarmed by autograph seekers for copies of his book Nigger.
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Dick Gregory
Southern Illinois University
Whitey
Gregory
SIU
Steve Rice
Commission Meet Canceled in Murphysboro due to Weather
A Murphysboro Taxicab Commission meeting set for Monday night was canceled because of bad weather. Chairman H. T. Wright announced the next meeting will be scheduled early in February.
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Murphysboro Taxicab Commission
H. T. Wright
Carterville Chili Supper Before Big Basketball Game
Carterville Teen Town hosts a chili supper in the high school cafeteria on Friday night. Serving begins at 5 30 p.m. Proceeds support local programs ahead of the Lesser Carterville basketball clash.
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Carterville
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