Greater Egypt plans 1973 fiscal year budget totals 350,140
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission approved a 1973 budget of 350,140 at four Benton meetings. Seventy percent from federal and state sources, 30 percent local funds. Last year's budget near 190,000, with 140,000 expected increase from new grants for transportation, water resources, and HUD programs. Projects include transportation analysis, flood plain mapping, criminal justice planning, housing policies, and intergovernmental coordination. Staff costs dominate at 64.1 percent totaling 224,401 with new hires and raises for existing staff. Continued funding from five agencies plus local dues and in-kind contributions. Potential additional grants total about 300,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Farrar
Ilinoiian
Greater Egypt
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Greater
Egypt
Commission
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale
Jefferson
Williamson
Roger Hughes
Ncome
Regional Planning Commission
Momber
Tunois Law Enforcement Commission
Department of Justice
Economic Development Administration
Tiinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Tinois Department of Transportation
DOT
University of Ilinois Cooperative Extension Service
Jackson
Perry
Franklin
Jefferson County
Williamson County
Big Muddy River Basin
Strip mining foes form five-county committee
Gene Schumaier of Pinckneyville resisted joining the new five county Greater Egypt strip mining committee. Ike Brandon of the Commission, in Benton, chose Schumaier and William Sinks to serve, with Bob Williams to head the panel. Other members include Garold Shields of Jefferson County, Paul Dickerson and J. C. Penn from Jackson and Jefferson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Farrar
Clinaison
Gene Schumaler
Pinckneyville
Schumaier
Ike
Brandon
Greater Egypt
William Sinks
Williamson County
Bob Williams
Sinks
Garold Shields
Jefferson County Board
Paul Dickerson
J. C. Penn
Jackson County
Murphysboro geologist hosts royal visitors at North Sea rig
Charley Ruble of Murphysboro explained core samples from 10,000 feet beneath the sea to Crown Prince Harold and Crown Princess Sonja during a North Sea visit. Ruble, a 1948 high school grad and 1947 football captain, has 15 years with Standard Oil subsidiary Amaco Norway Oil in Oslo after Navy service and Illinois education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rig
North Sea
Murphysboro
Charley Ruble
Crown Prince
Harold
Crown Princess
Sonja
Norway
Zapata Explorer
Amaco Norway Oil Co
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Ruble
Blanche Spencer
Murphysboro Township
Rubie
The
University of Illnois
Standard Oil
North Africa
Middle East
England
Japan
Oslo
New airliner on display at Southern Illinois Airport
Jos Goodman, director of the Southern Illinois University Information and Scheduling Center and a former Air Force pilot, tests the controls of a prototype Hawker Siddley 748-24 on order by Air Illinois. The plane visiting today should operate between Carbondale, Springfield and Chicago Meigs Field in early 1973, cutting flight time by 42 minutes with 49 passengers, and can use short runways such as Meigs. Ozark’s Fairchild 227 cannot land at Meigs under federal rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos Goodman
Southern Illinois University Information and Scheduling Center
Air Force
Air Mlinois
Uliasis
Carbondale
Springfield
Chicago
Meigs Field
Meigs
Ozark
Williamson County
Marion to Welcome 6.1 Acre Industrial Laundry Site
Ground broken for a $61,950 industrial laundry plant on a 6.1 acre site formerly owned by Marion Chamber of Commerce. Charles Todd Uniform Rental Service Inc of St Louis operates 11 plants and will close its Her tin facility at 321 N. 4th St. A 14,400 square foot building will rise with a 150 foot road running east to west from Carter Street to the F E Holmes subdivision. The new plant will employ about 100 workers and expansion may raise staff to 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Chamber of Commarca
Charles Todd Uniform Rental Service
Charles Todd Inc
St. Louis
Mth
Hertin
Chamber Es En Heal
Robert Morgan Todd
Murphysboro
Carter Street
F. E. Holmes
Todd
Railroads get formal request for auto signal lights
Murghysboro City Council adopted a resolution asking the Interstate Commerce Commission to require automatic signal lights at four GM and G Railroad street crossings Gartside Pine Spruce and Shumaker. The measure seeks ICC jurisdiction and a public hearing. Three months of council effort cites open crossings lacking protection. Walnut Street crossing is the only in city with an automatic signal device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinois Commerce Commission
Murghysboro
Gm&c
Gartside Street
Pine Street
Spruce Street
Shumaker Drive
ICC
Walnut Street
Carbondale Fire Dept Wagon Damaged In Collision
A Carbondale Fire Department station wagon sustained about 1200 dollars in body work after a June 7 crash with a car driven by 17 year old Ronnie Roberson at Wall and Walnut. Captain Bill Johnson said he could not stop in time at a safety speed. Roberson heard a siren and saw lights but was blocked by a car ahead. no tickets were issued.
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Carbondale Fire Department
Bill Johnson
Ronnie Roberson
Wall
Walnut Streets
Johnson
Roberson
Du Quoin Board to Appeal Jewell Dismissal Case
The Du Quoin Unit District 200 board will appeal the Sue Jewell dismissal to the appellate court after a Tuesday session. The board contends the motion to dismiss was improper in executive session. Jewell, a guidance counselor, was fired March 25, 1971, ending her second year at Du Quoin High School.
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Board of Education of
du Quoin
Miss Jewell
Miss Jewel
Whitecotton
Robert Gandy
Mss Jewell
Paducah
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Committee elects new board
The Southern Illinois Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse elected a new board at its Carbondale meeting. Sonny Goldenstein was reelected chairman. Mary Minanti first vice chairman. Ted Osborne second vice chairman. Doris Denzel secretary. Sister Georgiana treasurer. Officers serve one year. The bylaws push education, treatment, care, and rehabilitation. Also notes the New York Public Library as the largest in the U.S. by volumes and branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Dlinois Committee
Carbondale
Sonny Goldenstein
Jackson County Committee On
Mary Minanti
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Ted Osborne
Ilinois Dept. of Mental Health
Doris Denzel
Georgiana
St. Joseph's
Indictments Issued In Marion County Intensive Case Mix
A Marion County circuit court grand jury returned 12 indictments including Michael Bassin 23 of Detroit charged with attempted murder after firing on Trooper Verlyn Dobbins near Johnston City on Interstate 57. Other indictments cover unlawful possession of controlled substances theft auto theft and unlawful possession of stolen GM vehicles. Several cases involve two counties and multiple suspects with names including Nina Curry Roberts Vern Stubblefield John McFarland Lawrence Blanch and Steven Matschke.
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Michael Frank Bassin
Deltroit
Mich
Marion
Bassin
Verlyn Dobbins
Johnston City
Dobbins
Williamson County
John Clayton
Nina Curry Roberts
Champaign
Herrin
Vern Stubblefield
John McFarland
General Motors Corp. Assembly
Detroit
McFarland
Kenneth Francis Williams
Yampa
Fla
Williams
Ray E. Lee
Indiana
Lee
Cahokia
Lawrence Blanch
Terence Powell
Steven F. Matschke
Locust St. Carterville
Vocational Technical Institute of Southern Ilinois University
VTV
Jennifer L. Holder
Dennis Gunning
Wendel Clay Mezo
Esersy
Carbondale Opposes CIPS Rate Hike At ICC Hearing
Carbondale will oppose Central Illinois Public Service Co rate increases that would raise city utility taxes. ICC will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. Friday June 23 in Springfield. The council agreed to send reps to argue the tax revenue would not offset higher city utility costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illnois Commerce Commission
Springfield
ICC
Herrin Roofers Picket Over Union Contract Dispute
Three Bacons Roofing and Siding Co. workers in Herrin picketed at 7 am seeking union recognition with Roofers Local 255. Owner Elmer Baccus resisted contract terms, citing legal advice. wage scales and job classifications sparked dispute. Body of Victor Moeller found in Mississippi River near Chester. river conditions suspected in boat capsize.
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Bacons Roofing and Siding Co
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Eugena ‘Baldwin
Roofers Union
Varnan
Arnold
Samuel
Steele
Arlington
Carpenters Union
Baccus
Wayne Turn
Srs
Sevee
Mississippi
Jackson County
Randolph County
Ralph]Bollinger
Moeller
Menard Penitentiary
Special adviser Lt James Allen Halliday to new post in Argentina
Special adviser Lt James Allen Halliday son of Mr and Mrs Bob Halliday of Murphysboro Rt 4 will take new duties in Argentina this month as a special adviser to a United States Embassy. He graduates from Defensa Language Institute East Branch in Washington in April and will be aide du camp to Brig Gen John G Waggener who becomes military group commander in Buenos Aires. The assignment is effective Saturday. Haliday was recently promoted to first lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allen Halliday
Bob Halliday
Rt. 4
Murphysboro
Argentina
United States
Halliday
Defensa Language Institute East Branch
Washington, D.C
John G. Waggener
Buenos Aires
Helliday
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Margie Mitchell
Charley Rubin
Industrial Laundry
Board To
New York
Stubblefield
Hans Fischer
Commerce Commission
Baldwin
Elmer Baccus
the Previn
Win
Chester
Gilbert Douglas
Victor F. Moeller
Lincoln Blvd
Foreman
Welge Funeral Home
Hester
James A. Gerfield
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