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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
8
At a Monday night city council meeting Shoemake proposed awarding the garbage contract to Dale Davis of Marion. The 4 to 2 vote defeated the motion with cost concerns cited as Davis’ total bid near 23100 annually.
The Murphysboro Municipal Band opens a summer season with weekly one hour concerts at 8 p m in the Riverside Park shell. Co directors are Charles B Rogers and Charles Taylor with Joe Stanes as band master. The group of about 35 includes local residents and aims to perform marches show tunes and other pieces through August 8 plus special summer appearances.
Today unofficial results corrected a reporting error in Carbondale Precinct 5. Billy Branch led with 73 votes to A P Penn 61 and D B Bennett 54 though Branch was not on the ballot. canvass pending. Also results from Blairsville races noted for four precincts and other contests.
Carbondale's Community Conservation Board schedules a final public hearing for the College Neighborhood Renewal Project at 4 p.m. June 20 in City Hall. William J. Burns notes the hearing precedes submission of final plans to federal agencies and that most affected are absentee landowners. The project lies north of Mill Street between University and Oakland Avenues. this is the CCB’s second final hearing after the Lincoln Neighborhood project.
Pinckneyville District 50 plans a bond issue to finance part of a new high school with voters approving the $300000 portion of a $5000000 project in an upcoming May 4 election. The sale will not be advertised and bids will not be publicly presented. David Dickey was hired as a junior high teacher.
David Rands associate professor of chemistry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has been elected chairman of the SIU Graduate Council. He succeeds David Kenny of the Public Affairs Research Bureau Carbondale. New vice chair is J K Leasure, professor and chairman of plant industries at Carbondale Murphysboro. Ida A Michael $15 speed to fast for condition.
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