Tamaroa family seeks Greater Egypt aid for town revival
A Tamaroa family returning after 25 years cites the water tower and sewerage system as urgent needs. Robert Parish presents a request to the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission, with Franklyn Moreno noting a trend of aid requests from small communities. Moreno may contract for detailed work. letters also came from Spikertown mayor Leroy Linck and Buckner planner Mrs. Louis Sherada.
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Tamaroa
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission
Robert Prarish
Greater Egypt Commission
Franklyn Moreno
Greater Egypt
Parish
California
James 0. Brady
Moreno
David Mortis
Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Tamarca Group
Leroy Linck
Spikertown
Williamson County
Louis Sherada
Buckner Planning Commission
Franklin County
Endorsement urged for Cedar Creek proposal in Carbondale
Wayman Presley asked Carbondale City Council to back a plan to buy 4,000 acres around the Cedar Creek lake site and build a corridor to Grant City State Park. The informal meeting ended with no action. Presley, longtime spokesman for local landowners, disputed misquotations about city endorsement and scope of the proposal.
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Wayman Presley
Carbondale
Cedar Creek
Presley
Grant City State Park
C. William Norman
Gene Ramsey
Carbon- Gala
Southern Minors Inc
Norman
State Conservation Department
Ramsey
Giant City
Jake
Four new teachers hired as bus purchase approved
Giant City grade school board approved buying a 60 passenger school bus from Vogler Motors for 6228 and hired Nina Steinbaugh Jean Stricklin Donald Bittle and William Donaldson at 6000 yearly plus 300 coaching increments. The district raised minimum salary to 6000 and reduced pending resignations.
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Giant City
Nina K. Steinbaugh
Jean Stricklin
Donald Bittle
William Donaldson
Claude Ross
Vogler Motors
Ross
Walter Leiner
Vandalia
Poole
Carbondale Council Deliberates on Fire Aid Letters
Carbondale council discussed letters praising fire departments that aided the Old Main blaze early Sunday. The meeting included a mayoral letter to Martin Oil Co thanking them for donated products and services at the fire scene, plus support from State Rep Clyde Choate for aid to cities impacted by state universities.
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Carbondale
Lellers
David Keene
Martin Oil Co
C. William Norman
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Norman
Northeast
Police Briefs and Firefighter Thanks From Carbondale
Carbondale: Danny Brice cited for illegal parking at Crab Orchard Refuge $15. Terry Forbes 17 cited for illegal transportation of liquor $30 in Royalton. Herrin: Lottie Veach 50 cited for failure to yield right of way $15. Development Congress reports six appointees meeting with plan commission on northeast plans. letter sent to plan commission. Carterville mayor thanks city for aiding theft of checks at Carterville Unit School District 5. Firefighters: Carbondale fire chief Almont Crawshaw and City Manager William Norman sent thanks to 12 Southern Illinois fire departments for aiding Sunday blaze that destroyed Old Main at SIU Carbondale. letters sent to Cairo Carterville Elkville Marion Hurst Herrin Du Quoin Dowell De Soto Christopher Mt Vernon Murphysboro chiefs.
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Carbondale
Danny Brice
Crab Orchard Refuge
Royalton
Terry Forbes
Herrin
Lottie Veach
Almont J Crawshaw
Wiliam Norman
Southernllinois
Old Main
Southern Ilinois University
Cairo
Carterville
Elkville
Marion
Hurst
du Quoin
Dowell
de Soto
Christopher
Mt. Vernon
Murphysboro
Chicago U Union Demands Pay Raise
Union instructors at the University of Illinois at Chicago demand an 8 percent pay raise and a collective bargaining election. They threaten to strike if no other option remains. The move is by Local 1627 of the AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers.
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Chicago
University of Ilinois At
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
Egyptian Unit District names new superintendent Johnson
Jerry Johnson 34 of McClure has been named superintendent at Shawnee Junior College near Tamms MecClure road, succeeding Dean Barringer who resigned. Johnson has served five years as assistant superintendent in Alexander County, holds a bachelor’s from Southern Illinois University a master’s from the University of Illinois and is pursuing a doctorate at SIU. He will assume duties July 1 at Egyptian Unit District offices in the district’s new school.
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Jerry Johnson
McClure
Shawnee Junior College
Nastrict
Alexander and
Pulaski
Johnson
Alexander County
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
SIU
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