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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1972
Page
8
Fireman Second Class Mickey Cochran of Redwood City California and formerly of Carterville has earned a promotion while serving aboard the USS Midway off Vietnam. Cochran left the area over seven years ago and has served in the Navy since the summer of 1969.
Thompsonville officials move to acquire land easements for a sanitary sewage treatment plant costing over 300000 funded by Farmers Home Administration grants and a 160000 village contribution. Dongola approves a preliminary sewer survey by R A Nack and Associates to assess needs and costs and to pursue federal and state funds.
Margo Carlock and Sherry Williford of Carbondale received a Carbondale City Panhellenic Scholarship Award for scholastic achievement. Sandy DeMattei of Benton, Sherry Pease and Louise Tolle, both of Carbondale, were initiated into the Order of Isis for campus and community project involvement.
The Cobden Board of Trustees approved a 7500 dollar street maintenance program for 1972. Mayor G Wallace Rich said work will include maintenance and repairs to streets and alleys. East Ash street toward Rt 51 is under repair with Union County highway department work on ditches and culverts this week. About 1100 feet of the street will be widened, oiled and chipped.
The Southern Illinois conference of the United Methodist Church approved a record 1973 budget of $1,422,124 to run 460 churches and included $47,627 for support of 12 black colleges. It also passed two antiwar resolutions urging Nixon to end escalation in Indochina and urging southern Illinois lawmakers to work toward U.S. withdrawal and POW release.
An advertisement touts FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder for a longer firmer hold. It claims dentures feel steadier and help wearers eat naturally and feel more comfortable, urging regular dental checkups.
In 1972 up to 100000 Illinois drivers may fail the state written test as rules change. A self scoring practice kit from AA AA School of Safe Driving offers questions, answers, and read signs for six dollars plus 75 cents handling. Mail orders to Chicago address.
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