Cobden Basket and Box Co. burns in Cobden fire
Cobden's oldest business dating to 1883 the Cobden Basket and Box Co. was destroyed by a late night blaze. Fire chief Charles Veal said the cause was undetermined with an explosion and intense flames. Two other nearby buildings were saved and nursing home patients evacuated with no injuries reported. Firemen from Anna and Jonesboro aided Cobden crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobden
Cobden Basket and Box Co
Charles Veal
Veal
Tripp Nursing Home
Anna
Jonesboro
H.A. DuBois and
Health cabinet officials join Cairo hospital meeting
Dr. Mark H. Lepper and Joel Edelman of the Illinois health cabinet plan talks with St. Marys Hospital and Sisters of the Holy Cross in South Bend to map Cairo area health strategy amid financial woes. The hospital faces a daily deficit of about 1300 dollars as 80 percent of patients rely on Medicare or public aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry deFiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois “Health Cabinet
South Bend
Ind
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Mark H. Lepper
Joel Edelman
Illinois Dept. of Public Aid
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Order
Gerald Hartney
St. Mary’s
St. Gerald
Gerald
Frustrations at EPA session call for clear guidelines
Illinois EPA hearing on proposed water pollution rules drew municipal leaders like Harold Roffmann and Carbondale officials lamenting five years of abrupt changes and slow grants. They cited $4 million for a pollution facility, $100k for a second system, and a 60 percent rate rise since 1969 while awaiting state or federal funds. The panel warned that federal rules keep shifting and final guidelines may take months or years, with funding now community by community rather than basin by basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Harold Roffmann
Vernon City
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Roffman
B.J. Schwegman
Schwegman
Big Muddy
Warren Miller
State
Miller
William Pye
Illinois
Washington, D.C
Cave-in-Rock
Second body recovered from Ohio River boating tragedy
Harrisburg man William Martin, 44, was found near Caseyville at 8:25 a.m. as authorities search for his stepson Frank Greeley, 9. Martins wife Carolyn, 27, drowned in the same boating accident. her body later recovered near Cave-in-Rock. Five others survived after a 16-foot boat capsized in high waves and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Ohio River
William Martin
Caseyville
Hardin County Sheriff's Office
Martin
Carolyn
Cave-in-Rock
Frank Greeley
Kentucky
Illinois
Hardin County
Charles Millikan
Enactment Favored but Enforcement Seen Flawed
Carbondale residents expect Gov. Walker to sign a bill allowing 19 and 20 year olds to drink beer and wine. Stores and students foresee mixed effects with enforcement challenges and possible shifts in underage drinking patterns.
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Carbondale
Daniel Walker
House
Senate
Walker
Steve Hoffman
Neal Eckert
Mace
SIU
Michael Carr
John Hardt
Jon Taylor
City Council approves federal grant plan for sewer intercept lines
In a five minute special meeting on Wednesday night the Du Quoin City Council agreed to proceed with plans for a federal grant to build intercept sewer lines in the city. Mayor Robert Armstrong said the cost probably will be about $370 000 and he does not know how much money the city will be able to get through the grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong
Bicyclist Hurt After Collision With Car in Marion
Annetta Nicholson, 17, of Route 1 Marion, was listed in good condition at Marion Memorial Hospital after a bicycle collision with Lois Fowler’s car on White Ash Road at 2 30 p m Wednesday. Nicholson was knocked unconscious and sustained a bruise under the right eye plus injuries to the right shoulder knee and back. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Dodd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annetta Nicholson
Rt. 1
Marion
Marion Memorial
Lois Fowler
Paul Davis
White Ash
Miss Nicholson
Lester Dodd
Ozark Plans Limited Flights to Nine Cities Start June
Ozark Air Lines will resume limited service to nine cities in Missouri and Illinois starting June 21. President Edward J. Crane said the move aids residents lacking an air carrier, with Joplin Springfield St. Louis in Missouri and Peoria Decatur Champaign Urbana Springfield and Chicago in Illinois receiving service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark Air Lines
Missouri
Illinois
Edward J. Crane
Ozark
Joplin
Springfield
St. Louis
Peoria
Decatur
Champaign- Urbana
Chicago
Crane
Carbondale zoning changes loosen flood plain rules and housing limits
The Carbondale Zoning Commission revised key text in the new ordinance. Flood way rebuild rules broaden for structures damaged over 51 percent and rental occupancy in R-2 zones expands to allow more unrelated tenants per floor space. Changes follow public hearings and reflect compromises and ongoing debate among commissioners.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University
Commission
Susan Casey
SIU Board OKs personnel changes and new appointments
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees approved changes including Ralph Bedwell as assistant dean of continuing education at SIU Carbondale and several continuing appointments in the School of Medicine. Other moves include reassignment for John M. H. Olmsted to mathematics, new appointments for Walter G. Robinson and others, and the resignation of Edward L. Winn Jr. to join the University of Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Ralph Bedwell
Division of
Siu-Carbondale
Bedwell
Small Business Institute
School of Medicine
John J. Devitt
Walter L. Myers
Elvin G. Zook
William T. Kabisch
Eli L. Borkon
John M. H. Olmsted
Walter G. Robinson
Robinson
SIU
G. Wayne Brown
Clifford Harper
Kenneth van Lente
Edward L. Winn Jr
University of Mississippi
Motorcyclist Hurt in Head-On Crash Near Marion
State police said Kurt David Reed 28 of Carbondale was listed in fair condition at Marion Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle collision head on with a pickup driven by Michael Marien 27 of Marion on a rural road near Route 148 and Interstate 57 at about 6 20 p m Reed sustained major injuries Marton was not injured at the scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Reed
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Marion Memorial Hospital
Reed
Michael Marien
Marion
Rt. 148
Interstate Rt
Marton
Grant supports Carbondale Urban Renewal land bank
A $949,522 federal grant for Carbondale's College Neighborhood Urban Renewal Project funds land bank preparation north of Mill Street to await a stable land market. Urban Renewal Director Eldon Gosnell says the money fills the gap from 1968 financing. total federal money for the project reaches $2,318,859 as announced by Rep. Kenneth J. Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale’s College Neighborhood
Mill Street
Eldon Gosnell
Kenneth J. Gray
Dwest Frankfort
Judge James O. Monroe Dies in Car Crash
Glen Carbon police report Judge James O. Monroe Jr., 56, of the 3rd Circuit, died when his car ran off Illinois 159 between Glen Carbon and Edwardsville and struck an embankment. Monroe formerly served on a postwar US-UK team investigating Japanese atrocities and was part owner of the Collinsville Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Monroe Jr
Illinois
Glen Carbon
Edwardsville
Monroe
Collinsville
Karl
Bond
Madison
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Little Rock Crate and Basket Co
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock Company
Union County
Dudley Swann
Carterville
Bill Edwards
James Jones
Farris St
Edwards
Health Cabinet
Sister Mary Alice Bowler
Roger Grimes
Grimes
John B. Vitt
By Gary Blackburn
Eckert
New York
Municipal League
Edward Hogan
Hogan
Mom
Pop
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
George Mace
Jeffery Lohrman
Association of Illinois
University Center
Carr
Charles
Pete’ Tolbert
Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic
Tolbert
New Carbondale
Gidley
George Twomey
Clyde Arnold
Arnold
SIU Board
Kurt
James O. Monroe
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