Petitions oppose sale of Du Quoin reservoir and waterworks
Mayor says council has taken no formal action on rumors of selling the city lake and waterworks. A petition with more than 3,000 names opposed any sale, urging retention, while the council only approved test drillings by Consolidation Coal Co. for coal prospects. The mayor said disposition would require bid public auction and city improvements, noting the reservoir is non profit and north of the city with 80 to 100 leased sites.
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Rend
Jack Struck
Consolidation Coal Co
Struck
Ter
Proposed Jackson County zoning ordinance eyed by commission
Jackson County zoning commissioners reviewed a farm zoning ordinance with Ora Township officials and GERPDC planners. The plan aims to limit urban encroachment while preserving agriculture and will proceed with public hearings in all 16 townships before any action.
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Jackson County
County Zoning Commission
Ed Pugh
Ora Township
Floyd Cox
Oraville
Norman Freeman
Freeman
Zoning Commission
Greater
Commission
United States Geological Survey
Cox
Mary Miesner
Fountain Bluff
Vergennes and Dowell
Mt Vernon Woman Wounded In Suiting Drive Shooting
Mt Vernon woman Augusta Gates 28 is listed in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital with a stomach wound from a .22 magnum pistol. Her boyfriend, held for investigation, drove her to the hospital after a nine mile drive from a car on Rt 148. Investigators plan to question Gates as part of the case.
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Augusta Gates
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan
Miss Gates
Jefferson County
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Office
Marion council approves traffic control upgrades under TOPICS Act
A 14 minute Marion City Council session approved three intersection improvements under the federal TOPICS Act with the government funding $50 340 and the state and city $24 830 each totaling $100 000. Upgrades include traffic signals and left turn lanes at Main and Russell streets court and Boulevard signage and left turn lanes at Main and Carbon streets. An ICC public hearing notice set for 10 am June 23 in Springfield concerns Central Illinois Public Service Co rate increase requests.
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Main
Russell Streets
Court and
Boulevard
Carbon Streets
ICC
Springfield
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Carbondale Police Adopt New Gold Cars With Red Lights
Carbondale police will replace the bubble gum machine red roof light with rear and dual headlight red lights to avoid quick recognition from a distance. Chief Joe Dakin explains the change, and all city vehicles will receive the new symbol aligned with the All-America City award.
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Carbondale
Joe
Dakin
Ptl
Ron Littledale
Alll City
Gasoline Ignites Fire In West Frankfort Home
West Frankfort man Robert Rumsey 27 suffered first and second degree burns while moving a gasoline motor inside his house. His wife Cora 26 was treated for shock and released. neighbor Mrs. Wiggin also treated for shock. Fire caused about $8 000 damage. fumes likely ignited by a furnace or water heater pilot light. Donations of clothing or furniture are requested.
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West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Robert Rumsey
E. Lindell St
Luke Henson
Cora Rumsey
Henson
Dick Wiggins
Rumsey
Cecil Rumsey
Robert
Rt. 4
Thompsonville
Mock rally honors Derge at SIU campus event
About 30 members of the Coalition to Defend the Right to Repress attended a mock rally Monday for SIU President David R. Derge. The group handed tongue in cheek awards to Derge and other administrators, with Derge and Carbondale Mayor Neal Eckert receiving broom props for “keeping the streets free of incipient threats.”
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Coalition
Southern Illinois University
David R. Derge
CDRR
Free Forum
Derge
SIU
Carbondale
Neal Eckert
Anna Chamber weighs full time ambassador to woo industry
At a quarterly Anna Chamber meeting, Leon Whitney urged hiring a full time ambassador to attract industry. The idea echoed a 1958 suggestion tied to the Anna Industrial Corp, formed in 1961. Whitney cited past successes and current stock in the effort, noting the corporation is now broke. Plans for a Christmas parade and the 1972 United Fund Drive were also discussed.
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Anna Chamber of Commerce
Leon Whitney
Anna Industrial Corp
Whitney
Chamber Board
Anna
Transcraft Corp
Florsheim Shoe Co
National Mobile Homes
Chamber
Frank Hamra
Charles Glover
United Fund
Two editors join Southern Illinois editorial staff
Charles Adair aged 30 is named metro editor guiding four city editors and aiding news desk work. Henry deFiebre aged 22 is hired as regional news reporter. Both bring journalism degrees and previous reporting experience to the Southern Illinois editorial team.
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Charles Adair
Henry deFiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Adair
Metro
University of Missouri
Northern Star
NIU
DeFiebre
Marion
George Willhite
Champaign Urbana Courier
Carol Alexander
Metro East Journal
East St. Louis
Land price review for Carbondale urban renewal area
Carbondale City Manager Carroll J. Fry and Urban Renewal staff will study possible reductions in redevelopment land prices in the College Urban Renewal area to attract private developers. Fry plans to present recommendations to the city council for action and potential federal approval. He outlined upcoming staff briefings and a shift toward more open premeeting agenda releases.
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Gary Blackburn
Ilinois
College
New Carbondale
Carroll J. Fry
Fry
Eldon Gosnell
Carbondale weighs full time mayor and transit goals
A public process in Carbondale surveys 222 residents to set preliminary goals including a full time mayor and a downtown shopping mall. The plan calls for mass transit and railroad improvement along with enhanced education and health care, with SIU and local schools coordinating future programs. The May 16 survey results were released today with City Manager Carroll Fry commenting on confidentiality.
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Carbondale
Don Monty
Monty
Public Affairs Research Bureau
Southern Illinois University
Transportation System and Urban Design
Transportation
Illinois Central
City Road
SIU
John A. Logan College
New
Carroll J. Fry
Eight men and a girl arrested in Carbondale drug raid
State Police arrested eight people in a Carbondale raid about 12:30 a.m. in Room 214 of the Holiday Inn. They face cannabis control act charges in Jackson County circuit court, with Coulson also charged with aggravated battery and related offenses.
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Jackson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Thomas Coulson
Allen Magenheimer
Southern Illinois University
Chenoa
Billy Schulte
SIU
Bourbonnais
Gregg Politsch
Mendota
Mike Dale Wise
Rt. 5
Carbondale Bank Cashier Resigns for New Post
Allen Kaiser resigns as cashier of University Bank Carbondale to become executive vice president of Lebanon Trust and Savings Bank Lebanon. After five years at University Bank he moves June 26. He formerly worked as auditor for Northtown Bank in Decatur. His wife Sandy works in SIU bursar’s office. Replacement not yet named.
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Allen Kaiser
University Bank
Carbondale
Kaiser
Lebanon Trust and Savings Bank
Lebanon
Decatur
Northtown Bank
Sandy
Southern Illinois University
Herrin Warehouse Picketing Tied to Union Recognition
Three Tri State Electric Co. warehousemen at 301 Monroe St Herrin continue picketing during business hours seeking Teamster Local 347 recognition. They were reportedly fired after receiving hand delivered termination letters. Wage claims rise from 1.60 to about 2.00 per hour.
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Tri- State Electric Co
W. Monroe St
Herrin
Teamster Union
James Collens
Howard Rushing
Sam Trefts
West Frankfort
Area group opposes UN fund cuts in Illinois chapter vote
The Southern Illinois United Nations Association chapter board met in Carbondale to urge Sen. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Charles Percy to restore UN appropriation in line with treaty obligations. A Senate vote soon faces a proposal to reduce U.S. funding of UN operations from 31.5 percent to 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois United Nations Association
Carbondale
Adlai Stevenson
D-Nl
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate
United Nations
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Marion prison Trusty escapes during count at Marion Federal Penitentiary
James Joseph Murphy 39 of Chicago walked away from an outdoor landscaping detail at Marion federal penitentiary during a 4 p.m. inmate count. White, 5 feet 8 inches, 175 pounds, brown hair and eyes, wearing green trousers and T shirt. Murphy, committed for bank robbery in 1970, faced release in November 1974. authorities said he not considered dangerous.
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Marion’ Federal Penitentiary
George W. Pickett
James Joseph Murphy
Chicago
Murphy
Pickett
Marion Penitentiary
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