Carbondale approves Rt. 51 relocation plan for downtown
Carbondale Downtown Task Force endorsed a redevelopment plan rerouting Rt. 51 along railroad bounds and converting Illinois avenue into a pedestrian mall between Cherry and Main. The plan envisions a three-lane highway with a service lane and barrier, plus relocation of the railroad depot.
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Bonita Troutt
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Ilinois Avenue
Cherry
Main Streets
Frank Ruder
Urban Programming Corp
Ryder
Highway Department
Illinois Central
Amtrak
Ruder
Johnston City Area Weighs 50 Employment Factory
Charles Bryber, president of the Johnston City Chamber of Commerce, says a company planning 50 jobs is considering Johnston City or Southern Illinois. He notes no site or land amount is known and declines to name the company or product. Interstate 57 availability is a key factor. decision possible soon. The last major industry, National Transformer Corp., opened in 1967 with 60 employees.
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Johnston City
Southern Illinois
Charles Brymer
Brymer
National Transformer Corp
Cambria Votes Saturday on $35,000 Sewage Bond
Cambria Village Hall opens 6 am to 6 pm Saturday for a bond referendum of 35000 to finance a sewage treatment system. Village President Virgil Waldron cites leaking septic tanks and open ditches. taxes would rise 20 to 30 cents per 100 dollars of assessed value.
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Cambria Village
Virgil Waldron
Waldron
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Cambria
Herrin Welcomes New Doctor This Summer
Herrin Hospital administrator Larry Feil says a general practitioner from Marion Iowa named Dr Thomas Porter will begin practice in Herrin in the third week of July. He may fill the vacant office of Dr E L Hennig who retired a year ago. Dr J W Tidwell notes the shared office at 120 West Walnut Street and says he will retire July 1. The incoming physician could arrive in August or September but Feil declined to name the doctor.
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Herrin
Larry Feil
Herrin Hospital
Thomas Porter
Marion
Iowa
E. L. Hennig
J. W. Tidwell
Tidwell
Hennig
Walnut St
Feil
Herrin High honors 209 graduates in 1949 ceremony
Herrin High School awarded diplomas to 209 graduates at an 8 p.m. ceremony in the gym. Fifteen students earned mid year diplomas. Scholarships went to Charlene Gwaltney and Donald Nickens for Marsha Fitzgerald, Melissa Spezia and Mike Crabtree for foreign language, Mike Garavalla for Charles Jack Key Club, Sue Niederkorn and Robert Robinson for Fred Harrison, Jack Anders for Bob Cook, Greg Hall for Eagles, and Cathy Mitchell for Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Herrin High School
Charlene Gwaltney
Donald Nickens
Marsha Fitzgerald
John A. Logan College
Melissa Spezia
Mike Crabtree
Mike Garavalla
Sue Niederkorn
Robert Robinson
Fred Harrison
Jack Anders
Bob Cook
Greg Hall
Eagles
Cathy Mitchell
Illinois colleges hold multiple spring commencements
Du Quoin Fairgrounds Logan program set with L H Horton as speaker for John A Logan College third annual commencement at 2 30 p m Sunday. 149 graduates include two with high honors and 12 with honors. Douglas H Wells and Victor Lawrence Taylor are the high honors students. Taylor is an inmate at Marion prison and will receive his degree in absentia then attend an August ceremony there. Rend Lake College will graduate 213 at 3 p m Sunday in the college gymnasium with Dean Howard E Rawlinson delivering the address. Shawnee College Ullin graduates 125 at 5 p m Sunday on campus with Richard Browne as main speaker. Rain plans include moving ceremonies to Century High School gym. David Derge of SIU Carbondale spoke at Carbondale Community High School, with Gretchen Hindersman as class speaker and Beverly Freeman giving the invocation. Approximately 256 students are expected to graduate.
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L.H. Horton
Illinois Community College Trustees Association
John A. Logan College
du Quoin Fairgrounds
Douglas H. Wells
Herrin
Victor Lawrence Taylor
Marion
Taylor
US Penitentiary At
Shawnee College
Ullin
Richard Browne
Normal
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Century High School
David Derge
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Bleyer Athletic Field
Bowen Gymnasium
Gretchen Hindersman
Beverly Freeman
Mine Report Zeigler 4 Idle Among Mines Saturday
Zeigler 4 mine was idle while all other mines reported operating on Saturday according to the latest mining status update.
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Zeigler
EPA probes two water incidents near Mt. Vernon and Du Quoin
EPA investigators in Marion test results from two cases of possible water pollution. In Casey Fork Creek near Mt. Vernon about 1,000 to 2,000 fish died, likely from low flow oxygen deficiency, not chemicals. In Du Quoin, Phelps Dodge drainage of a cooling lagoon into a road ditch is being analyzed, with potential prosecution discussed.
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Bud Farrar
Environmental Protection Agency
Marion
Casey Fork Creek
Mt. Vernon
Phelps Dodge Cable and Wire Co
du Quoin
Murl Teske
EPA
Rt. 15 Highway
Jefferson County
Rend Lake
Teske
Phhlps Dodge Offi
Cials
Rt. 51
Illinois Attorney General
Gladys Hargett
Rt. 2
Carbondale Man Burned In Home Fire
Francis Turnipseed of 511 N Davis St Carbondale suffered severe burns while laying floor tile when glue ignited by flames from a water heater. He was taken to Doctors Memorial Hospital where officials listed his condition as satisfactory. The fire damaged the utility room kitchen and caused smoke damage throughout the house. Archie Henderson Saline County states attorney announced his resignation effective June 15 to become counsel with a Marion based corporation.
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Francis Turnipseed
N. Davis St
Carbondale
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Southern Illinoisan
Harrisburg
Archie Henderson
Saline County
Henderson
Marion
Marion High School honors 234 graduates in 88th class
Two hundred thirty four Marion High School seniors received diplomas as the eighty eighth graduating class. Supt A C Storme praised steady achievement and noted 55 percent plan to pursue further education with 16 in four year colleges 34 in junior colleges and 5 in trade schools.
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Marion High School
A. C. Storme
Rebecca Whitehead
John Pape
Carbondale High Board Approves Budget Amid Deficit Concerns
Carbondale Community High School plans to spend about 12 800 more than it takes in for 1972 73 despite a salary freeze for faculty and staff. Comptroller Cecil Hollis warns the district could go bankrupt within six years unless measures cut costs and raise revenue.
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Carbondale High School
Cecil Hollis
R. C. Joseph
Learning Center
Carbondale Community High School
John C. Feirich
Charles Lerner
Feirich
Lerner
Hollis
Hollis, Kemper, Fisher, Faust, Lawrence and Co
Ient
Park District
Oakland Avenue
Main Streets
Thieves Take Safe From General Telephone Office
Thieves broke into the General Telephone office at 11 N. 11th Street in Murphysboro and hauled off a 200 pound safe containing $100 and 55 keys. Police were called at 2 20 a m and found the burglars gone. Entry used sheet metal peeled from the back door and a drill to push in a door section.
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N. 11Th St
Murphysboro
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City Planning Commission
Real Estate Research Corp
St. Louis
Charles Goss
Logan
Rend Lake College
Rend Lake College, Inc
Howard E. Rawlinson
CCHS
Mt. Vernon and
Phelps Dodge
Joe Lewis
Tically
Stan Dare
Melvin Ponton
Valerie Thurmond
Rabelow
Pape
Miss Whitehead
Miss Dodds
Charles Hale
Hatchett
Lucker
Paul and
Louise Grady
Atty
August Fowler
Jeffrey Richey
David Merrell
Vietnam
William Kibler
Unit Two Board of Education
Theresa Stearns
Gary Blackburn
Southern
Illnoisan
Reid Martin
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