Carbondale wins 2.9 million HUD block grant contract
City officials celebrate a 2.9 million federal block grant under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for Carbondale. The six year program begins with funds to be released after a letter of credit, while the plan prioritizes land, public works, code enforcement, rehab loans and urban renewal.
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Carroll Fry
Carbondale
Marty Press
U. S
Ment of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Southern Illinois
University City Complex
Neal Eckert
Gerald Ford
Rogan
Cable TV unit to set complaint procedure
The Carbondale Cable Television Commission formed a committee to establish procedures for receiving and handling complaints about cable TV service. committee members Joel Preston and Rose Vieth will draft the tentative process this week. a June 24 meeting will finalize it. Charles Shipley was elected vice chairman and Rose Vieth secretary. The city mayor will appoint the chairman at the next council meeting.
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Carbondale Cable Television Commission
Joel Preston
Rose Vieth
Hans’ Fischer
Commission
Fischer
Charles Shipley
Neal Eckert
Lesser unit approves deficit budget for 1975-76
The Lesser Community Unit School District 196 boards OKs a $1,183,775 tentative budget with $1,172,000 in receipts for the 1975-76 year. The deficit will be covered by 1974-75 fund balances. No major cuts are planned despite lower receipts than the prior year. The district seeks a $1 million entitlement from the Capital Development Board for a K-12 school project. the CDB meets today in Chicago to decide eligibility.
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Lesser Community Unit
Board of Education
Claude Lewis
Capital Development Board
Springfield
CDB
Chicago
Lewis
Girl Scout Bench Makers At Day Camp
About 145 Girl Scouts from Marion Crab Orchard and Johnston City troops gathered at the Bi-Ki-Wah Day Camp near Crab Orchard. Girls cooked hiked and made a bench by lashing tree limbs. Names listed Kar en McCuan Karla MecCuan and Trina Monroe.
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Karen McCuan
Karla MecCuan
Trina Monroe
Marion
Crab Orchard
Johnston City
A Lang
Perry County Chester firm lands landfill contract
Perry County Board of Commissioners accepted a $4350 monthly landfill service bid from L and L Sanitation Service of Chester. The five year contract shifts operation and costs by population shares: 34 percent county, 4 Tamaroa, 42 Du Quoin, 20 Pinckneyville, with a 54 acre site reduced by two acres for the transfer station open to residents and haulers.
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Perry County Board of Commissioners
L and L Sanitation Service
Chester
Wallie West
D-Du
Tamaroa
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
S and L
Federal agencies delay funding for Greater Egypt plan
Several hundred thousand dollars in federal grants remain undecided for the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission with a June 30 deadline for decisions. Pending sums include 57,600 from HUD, 82,390 from EDA, 44,123 from a drug abuse program, and 56,500 from the attorney general's office. Confirmed grants total 5,333 from EDA and 19,885 for water resources.
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Greater Egypt
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Economic Development Administration
Dangerous Drug Commission
Attorney General’s Office
EDA
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