Second Carbondale urban renewal survey moves forward
An initial survey of Carbondale's Mill Street urban renewal project is under way. Burns of the Carbondale Community Conservation Board says 43 acres bounded by Mill Elizabeth Free man and University avenues will be surveyed to inform plans for improving and conserving the area. The project leverages more than 2 million in credits from SIU property purchases and is framed as community use rather than SIU use.
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Carbondale
William J. Burns
Carbondale Community Conservation Board
Mill Street
Elizabeth Street
Freeman Street
University Avenue
Burns
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Urban Renewal Agency
Charles L. Murden
Washington Avenue
Grand Avenue
State Street
Hester Street
SIU
Board Sets Pay Boost for Airline Mechanics
A presidential board recommended wage increases up to 48 cents an hour over 42 months for about 34,000 mechanics at five major airlines. Top rate would reach $4 an hour. The board led by Sen. Wayne Morse called the plan strictly non inflationary and did not consider wage price guidelines in deliberations.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
David Ginsburg
Richard E. Neustadt
Harvard
Carterville Council weighs fire protection funding changes
Carterville city leaders weigh adding a separate fire protection district or higher charges for residents outside the city. Mayor Samuel urges fair sharing while keeping local control. plans also approve Lake Shore Homes expansion and a 1980 growth plan by the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission.
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Carterville
Stanley Valley
Frank Samuel Jr
Samuel
Don Gentry
City Plan Commission
Lake Shore Homes
Gentry
Greater Egypt
Anna Plant Manager Grisham Honored by Chamber
Anna Chamber of Commerce honors Grisham, plant manager of Florsheim Shoe Co. in Anna, for leadership as chamber president since December. He will transfer this summer to Chicago as George McDorman moves from Chicago to run Anna and Cape Girardeau plants. Vice President Hase to serve as president for remainder of year.
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Duane Grisham
Florsheim Shoe Co
Anna
Chicago
Anna Chamber of Commerce
Grisham
Florsheim
Cape Girardeau
George McDorman
S.F. Eagan
Anna Chamber
Corydon Finch
Eddon Denford
Lynn Sifford
John Ruzich
Dale Denny
Ed Knowles
Chamber
Finch
Richard Hase
Ritter Named Credit Unions Supervisor in Illinois
Eugene O. Ritter of Springfield has been appointed supervisor of the Division of Credit Unions in the Illinois Department of Financial Institutions. Ritter, previously assistant division supervisor, succeeds Ernest S. Lair of Jacksonville who died May 23.
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Credit Union
Springfield
Eugene O. Ritter
Illinois Department of Financial Institutions
Ritter
Ernest S. Lair
Jacksonville
French Force Plan Okayed by NATO Ministers
NATO foreign ministers reached a last minute compromise with France on the future role of 72,000 French troops in Germany. The NATO Political Council in Paris will study the mission while military details stay between General Lemnitzer and French Chief of Staff Ailleret.
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Brussels
NATO
France
Germany
Netherlands
Josef Luns
Maurice Couve de Murville
Paris
U.S
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Charles Ailleret
Aging Illinois incumbents Duel With Young Challengers
Illinois primaries spotlight two 80 plus and 84 year old incumbents from Chicago with strong party backing facing bold upstarts in Dawson vs Hubbard and O'Hara vs Mikva. Mikva and Hubbard mount stiff challenges amid Daley machine support and grass roots momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Srd
Springfield
Illinois
William L. Dawson
Barratt O’hara
Chicago
South Side
Dawson
Fred D. Hubbard
O’hara
Abner Mikva
Hubbard
Mikva
Richard J. Daley
Democratic
Incum
Police Briefs List Speeding Fines in Illinois Towns
Murphysboro Dennis W Savion fined 18 for speeding. Carbondale Robert E Thompson fined 20 for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Dennis W. Savion
Carbondale
Robert E. Thompson
Eddings Honored for Scholarship at Illinois University
David D. Eddings son of Mr and Mrs W L Eddings of Rt 4 Carbondale received honors at University of Illinois Urbana honors day. He is a senior majoring in civil engineering and attended Southern Illinois University and Christian Brothers College in Memphis Tennessee. He graduated from Carbondale Community High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David D. Eddings
W.L. Eddings
Rt. 4
Carbondale
University of Illinois
Urbana
Eddings
Southern Illinois University
Christian Brothers College
Memphis
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