Platform ideas heard before Illinois Republican State Platform Committee
Roger Stafford reports from Carbondale as education, law enforcement and tax issues were aired at the Illinois Republican State Platform Committee hearing in City Hall. Chair Joe Hale led the 13th session, noting the process as a new experiment with public release of the platform planned after the national convention in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Stafford
Illinois Republican State Platform Committee
Carbondale City Hall
Joe Hale
Shawmeet
Robert W. Mitch
Ler
Oswego
Miami
Fla
Mitchler
Chicago
Illinois
Harrisburg
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
Gilbert
Hazel
Keene
Republican Party
Lyndon Johnson
Herrin weighs 10 percent water rate hike for outside users
Herrin City Council committee recommends a 10 percent rise in water rates for customers outside the city including Energy, Colp and Freeman Spur to cover rising costs. The plan raises village sale prices and outside minimums while Herrin customers stay unchanged. The council must approve at the next meeting on Aug 12 for the hike to take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin City
Water and Sewer
Herrin
Jack McCarty
Energy, Corp and Freeman Spur
Herrin Water
Mike Miriani
Colp
Freeman Spur
Fred Henderson
Frank Caliper
Col
Allen Corp Area
Henderson
Fall in silo kills worker at Cypress
A 52 year old Carlyle man Elmer Nethrt employed by Beckmeyer Silo Co. died after falling 35 feet inside a silo at the J. W. Robinson farm four miles south of Cypress. The coroner ruled accidental death from a broken neck caused by a scaffold failure while moving a silo. two other workers were unharmed. Funeral services are pending in Carlyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Johnson County
J. W. Robinson
Cypress
Elmer Nethrt
Beckmeyer Silo Co
Beckmeyer
Robinson Farm
Royce Bridges
Nethrt
Bridges
Vandals Damage Marion Driver Education Car
Marion High School reports vandals damaged a driver education car. A window was broken and several wires in the motor torn. Sam Houston, a janitor, found the damage and notified Marion police around 6 a.m. The vehicle was parked on the south side of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Clay Hunter
Sam Houston
Marion
Carbondale Eyes Appropriations Measure For New Fiscal Year
Carbondale's City Council plans to pass an appropriations ordinance at tonight's meeting. State law requires action within the first quarter of the new fiscal year which began May 1. The first quarter ends Wednesday and officials were still drafting the ordinance with details unavailable this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Slaying of Cairo distributor under investigation
State Police aid probe into the ambush slaying of Howard Edward Baker, 42, owner of a Cairo beer and vending machine business. The incident occurred about 6 10 p m Saturday on Rt 3 near Town and Country Motel Restaurant and Bar which he owned. An earlier attempted shooting by an undetermined assailant left him injured by shotgun pellets. Baker operated Downstate Vendors Inc Cairo and the Baker Distributor Co Cape Girardeau Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Edward Baker
Cairo
Baker
Rt. 3
Mr. Baker
Downstate Vendors Inc
Baker Distributor Co
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Herrin post office bids rejected
All bids on alterations at the Herrin Post Office were rejected by a General Services Administration spokesman. No reason given. bids typically exceed estimated cost. Work included restroom remodeling, wiring changes, and a canopy at the IRS entrance. apparent low bid was B D Click Co of Abilene Texas at 9738 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
General Services Administration
GSA
Internal Revenue Service
B. D. Click Co
Abilene
Texas
John Mildazis ‘Construction Co
Beverly Shores
Ind
Arthur Painting Co
Akron
Ohio
Feurer Construction Co
Marion
Tavern owners hearings set in Jackson County
Two Jackson County tavern operators face hearings before liquor commissioner Roy Gilbert on August 6 for alleged after hour violations. Club 77 and Judy's Place are named with licenses to Harold Hograte and Judy Van Zant. Polly's Place was cited similarly. petitions were filed after a Monday meeting with the state's attorney. Deputies conducted a countywide tavern check as part of a regular survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Roy Gilbert
Club '77
Rt. 4
Ava
Campbell Hill
Harold Hograte
Judy
Murphysboro
Ralph and
Polly King
Raymond Dillinger
Richman
Dillinger
Baby Found Abandoned in Car at Holden Hospital
A dark-haired infant boy under 24 hours old was found wrapped in a towel in a cardboard box in a hospital parking lot at Holden Hospital Carbondale. Ruth Kenney a nurse discovered the baby at 11:02 p.m. and hospital officials say the child was in good condition the next morning. A caller warned there is a baby in the lot and police report a black car circling the driveway during the interval. Authorities seek the infant’s parents. if none are found the child may become a state ward.
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Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Ruth Kenney
Air pollution plan approved for Sesser mine and Vernon plant
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board approved Old Ben Coal Corp Sesser plan and Vernon Inc Mt Vernon plan at a Chicago meeting. Johnson County Asphalt Co Red Bud must cease particulates by Sept 1 or face injunctive action. Old Ben to install 12 cyclone collectors this month and add a secondary system by March 1969. A coal pak boiler will be replaced within two years. Vernois to install pollution control on two paint booths by December and on two cupolas by July 1969. Public hearing on Johnson County Asphalt violations held June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County Asphalt Co
Red Bud
Old Ben
Vernois, Inc
Johnson County
Cattle strike injures woman. trucks collide near Nashville
Katherine Dahncke 21 of Oakdale suffered minor injuries when a car driven by her husband Thomas 21 struck two cows owned by James Watts near Nashville on Rt 127. The cattle were killed and sent to Ashville Frozen Foods. In a separate crash, Reinhold Sprhe 39 and Dean Sprehe 13 of Nashville had minor injuries in a head on collision with a dump truck driven by Leroy Mensing 37 of Centralia on Covington Quarry Road. Mensing unharmed.
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Katherine Dahncke
Oakdale
Thomas
James Watts
Nashville
Dahncke
Rt. 127
Watts
Ashville
Reinhold Sprehe
Dean Sprehe
Leroy B. Mensing
Centralia
Washington County Hospital
Mensing
Covington Quarry
Rt. 177
Washington County
Farner appoints Cadle deputy in Williamson County
Sheriff Harold Farner named Bill Cadle of Rt. 1 Marion to fill a deputy post replacing Audie Gower who resigned to work at Inland Steel coal mine Lesser. Cadle, 45, a Cottage Lake Crest developer and former Marion Motors salesman, will earn 425 dollars monthly plus a 250 dollar car allowance. Other deputies include Vernon Lowe, Ova Greer, and Virgil Vancil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cadle
Rt. 1
Marion
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Cadle
Audie Gower
Eighth St
Johnster City
Gower
Inland Steel
Lesser
Johnston City
Farner
Cottage Lake Crest
Lake of Egypt
Marion Motors
Vernon Lowe
Ova Greer
Herrin
Virgil Vancil
Freeman Spur
Marion approves subdivision annexation and census survey
Marion City Council annexed a 22 lot subdivision east of Oasis Park and approved purchasing a block census survey from GERPC for about 550 dollars in 1970. Ray H. Smith is the developer. The vote was 3 to 2 with Jeter and Pres son in favor and Connell and Flack opposed. Army Private Billy W. Schack, 22, son of Nilo and Mrs. Schack of Carterville, was assigned as a truck driver in Vietnam with the 36th Engineer Battalion near Vung Tau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Oasis Park
Ray H. Smith
Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission
Frank Moreno
GERPC
Robert L. Butler
Everett Jeter
Rex Presson
Robert Connell
Adolph Flack
City Hall
Billy W. Schack
Nilo B. Schack
Kramer St
Carterville
36Th Engineer
Vung Tau
Vietnam
Marjorie
Sixteen Seek Board Seats in Du Quoin Unit District 300 Election
Sixteen candidates compete for seven seats on the Community Unit School District 300 board in Du Quoin. Voters may cast ballots Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. at Du Quoin Township High School. Four seats come from Township 6-1 and three from outside Perry County. terms fixed by organizational lot.
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Community Unit
du Quoin
du Quoin Township
Sevenman
Perry County
Philip Provart
Jackie Bishop
Sunfield
Clarence Zoller
Sman
Green
Provart
New Unit District
Community Unit School District
Community Consolidated District
Shakerag
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Jack Hazel
David Keene
Todd Stearns
Senate Education Committee
Orient
Zeigler
Southern Illinois Inc
Stearns
GOP
Sesser
Old Ben Coal Corp
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
Vernon, Inc., of
Mt. Vernon
Mines Workis Fidelity
Burning Star
Ednesday
Robert W. Miller
Ben Kinsman
Russell Emling
Marion I. Harrison
John B. Vancil
Joe A. Siefert
Siefert Trucking Co
Robert Bowlin
Olyn E. Carson
Don Beggs
Beggs Sales and Service
Eugene A. Rodely
James G. Heiman
Community Consolidated Board
Paradise Area
Robert Green
Robert M. Eisenhauer
Jack Licata
Bishop, Vancil, Carson
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