Water line dispute between Carterville and Cambria
Cambria Village Board and Carterville City Council representatives met but no decision on the six inch Fern Construction line. Cambria residents consider tapping the line while Carterville plans not to solicit Cambria customers but will serve Cambria residents who tap in. Cambria buys water from Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Cambria
Eugene Henley
Fern Construction Co
Marion
Henley
Cam
Herrin approves mobile home rezoning and votes on park avenue plan
Herrin city council okayed rezoning at 1008-12 S 10th St from R-2 to R-3 to let George Dixon place a mobile home, after plan commission approval and neighbor signoffs. Alderman McCarty urged reconsideration of May 27 decision re 316-20 S Park Ave from B-2 to B-1 for First Federal Savings and Loan, but the motion died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Plan Commission
S. 10Th St
George Dixon
Dixon
Tom Shoemake
Jack McCarty
McCarty
S. Park Ave
Central Business
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Herman Marlow
Savings and Loan Associations
Marion man sentenced to two to four years
Larry Shadowens, 23, of Marion, was sentenced in Marion circuit court to two to four years in the state penitentiary at Menard after pleading guilty to burglary for stealing about 300 worth of copper tubing from Leon Kipping, contractor for two apartment projects. Other charges were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Shadowens
Marion
Menard
Shadowens
Lan Haney
Leon Kipping
New Rt. 13
West More Plaza
Ray Shasteen
Williamson County
Haney
Stove Fire at Carbondale Residence on Forest Street
A stove fire at 512 S Forest St Carbondale occurred at 8 10 p m Monday in the home of R A Allen with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
S. Forest St
R. A. Allen
Marion to form own community action agency with JWCAA
Marion Mayor Robert Butler announced the City Council will apply to form its own community action agency and join the Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency, seeking representation on the JWCAA board. Attendees included JWCAA deputies and Illinois office staff explaining the Green amendment and local voices in war on poverty programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Robert Butler
Jackson-Williamson
JWCAA
Butler
Lester Burke
Sally Wright
Carbondale
Illinois Office of Economic Opportunity
Robert Heydenburg
Northern Illinois
Robert Buchanan
Everett Lynch
Bruce Patton
Joseph VanRoekel
Miss Wright
Heydenburg
Ment
Burke
Carbondale Economic Commission
Missing in action Murphysboro soldier listed dead Viet Nam
Delbert R. Brockmeyer 20 of Murphysboro reported missing June 3 and killed in action June 4 in Viet Nam. Son of Clarence and unnamed Brockmeyer of Ava married to Brenda Jones. Funeral plans await body return. he is eighth local serviceman to die in Vietnam. Also Kelley V. Garrison 28 of Carbondale fined $55 for reckless driving after a Marion circuit court plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert R. Brockmeyer
Rt. 4
Murphysboro
Vietnam
Brockmeyer
Clarence Brockmeyer
Rt. 2
Ava
Brenda Jones
Frank Jones
Kelley
Garrison
DeLyn Marr Homes
Rt. 1
Carbondale
Marion
Williamson County
Audie Gower
Rt. 37
Gower
Marion City Council awards road repair contracts
The Marion City Council awarded contracts to Franklin Asphalt Co for MC-3 and MC-5 oils and to Wilson Asphalt Co for aggregate spread bid. Franklin was the low bidder on oils at 17.5 cents per gallon. The council also contracted with the Illinois Farmers Union to supply Neighborhood Youth Corps workers with Rex Presson supervising. no linkage to the JWCAA.
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Marion
Franklin Asphalt Co
Benton
Franklin
Wilson Asphalt Co
Rt. 3
Wilson
Connell
McCabe Brothers
Guy Tanner
Illinois Farmers Union
Rex Presson
Jim Fisher
IFU
Neighborhood Youth Corps
JWCAA
Light turnout as Carbondale voters select local and state candidates
Voter activity was light in Southern Illinois with Carbondale reporting about six to seven hundred votes by mid morning. Confusion over polling place changes prompted precinct shifts, while Herrin Murphysboro and Union County saw similarly slow turnout.
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Illinois
Herrin
Marion
Williamson County
Barney Boren
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Church of the Good Shepherd
West Side
Union County
Charges Dropped Against SIU Students in Dynamite Case
Williamson County State’s Attorney Kenneth Hubler said burglary and theft charges against three Southern Illinois University students were dropped. Jerry Chabman Floyd Tobias and James Taheny were accused after a May 7 burglary at Lakewood Park Unit 4 where dynamite was seized. they reportedly passed lie detector tests and admitted taking an old horse collar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Williamson County
Siu
Hubler
Land purchase delays push Kinkaid dam project bids back
Kinkaid Lake Conservancy District reports land acquisition delays by state agencies and the US Forest Service may postpone contract bids for dam construction and clearing work to late summer or fall. Board members present lacked a quorum as John Guillou cited negotiations extending into September or October. A crippled children clinic is slated at the Herrin Elks Lodge on Wednesday from 9 to noon, sponsored by the Illinois Elks with six southern counties participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkaid Lake
Guillou
Herrin Elks Lodge
N. Park Ave
The
Illinois Elks
Signs Shape Carbondale Through Coordinated Design
SIU design students preview a five week project An Essay on Signs detailing how to curb visual clutter downtown and on campus. Columbus Indiana parallels show repainting coordinated signs and improved street lighting. The project, led by John Quinn with support from Greater Egypt planning commission and a HUD grant, aims to foster visual order.
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Southern Illinois University
Design Department
SIU
Carbondale Planning Commission
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Columbus
Ind
John Celuch
Thomas Rachel
Vern Kramer
Stephen Pernick
Jon Pohl
Fred Werth
John Quinn
Greater Egypt
Johnston City council approves raises and park loan
Johnston City officials approved a $25 monthly raise for water department workers and other city staff funded from corporate funds. A $4,000 loan from the park board will be repaid in two installments, July and year-end, with the mayor warning of a potentially embarrassing situation and urging revenue measures to cover the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Gregory
Southern Illinois
Johnston
Jesse Carter
City Park Board
Water Department
Park Board
Henry Slover
Water and Sewer Committee
Carter
Body found in orchard in Missouri woman identified
Randolph County authorities investigated a death at Leonard Gross Fruit Farm near Chester. Margaret Dodson, 47, of Poplar Bluff, was found in a farm bed with marks on the body, autopsy pending, with sheriff noting she had likely been dead about an hour. She had been picking strawberries earlier.
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Randolph County
Missouri
Chester
Margaret Dodson
Poplar Bluff
Leonard Gross
Rt. 3
Vernon Dashner
Vernon Affleman
West Frankfort miner injured in fall at Orient 5 mine
A West Frankfort coal miner identified as Ted Martin, 43, of 1210 E Clark St, is in serious condition at Union Hospital after falling coal at the Freeman Coal Mining Corp Orient 5 mine near Benton. He reportedly suffers rib and vertebral fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Benton
Ted Martin
E. Clark Sr
Union Hospital
Carbondale Board Holds First Public Hearing On Walkout
Carbondale's Board of Inquiry into the March employe walkout held its first public hearing Monday with no witnesses testifying. Chairman George Patterson said this may be the only public hearing before the report, expected by summer end. The board, appointed by the city council, will compile the events record, find causes, and suggest remedies while conducting closed interviews with city employees.
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Carbondale
Board of
George Patterson
Patterson
Orville Alexander
Department of Government
Southern Illinois University
Alexander
David Vieth
Jack Reno
Reno
Patterson and
Kenneth Cannon
Milton Edelman
Lenis Turley
Royal Dillinger
Tracy L Bryant
John W. Stotlar
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Milton Holland
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Herman Branca
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Floyd Hicks
Davis’ Service
Fred Henderson
Marlow
Drake
C. B. Avery Co
St. Louis
Avery
LeeRoy Brandon
Jack Muckiey
H. R. Koonce
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Paul Powell
Powell
Chicago
Kinkaid
Children’s Clinic
Hearin
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Roger Hughes
Johnston City
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Ernest
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Mil Mines
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