Martin named permanent superintendent at CCHS District 165
Reid Martin, 44, appointed by the Carbondale Community High School District 165 board as permanent superintendent after a closed-session review of three candidates. He will serve a one year contract at 25000 annually and was approved unanimously. Martin has 23 years in the district and plans to address the budget and long term goals.
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Karen Rothe
Carbondale Community High School
CCHS
Reid Martin
Martin
Robert Brewer
William Corncy
Carol
Bers
James Sobecki
Washington Community Schools
Washington
Ind
Donald R. Stanton
Pinckneyville High School
Rock Falls Township
Brewer
Melvin Spence
Spence
Cchs -Central
Black
Harold Emme
Charles Lemming
Leonard Nickel
Carbondale
Education Fund
Winkler
Don Beggs
W. Taylor Drive
Beggs
Tindall
Board of Education
Maggie Busse
Lincoln Junior High School
Ralph Litherland
Litherland
Busing plan could shift 66 Carbondale pupils
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 contemplates busing 66 kindergarten through sixth grade pupils to different schools to meet state minority percentages. The plan would move East and North side students to Springmore Winkler Thomas Lewis and Brush schools, reducing overrepresentation at Thomas and Lewis while adjusting other schools’ minority figures.
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Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Laurence Martin
Board of Education
Donald Tindall
Martin
Illinois Office of Education
Thomas School
Lewis School
Lewis
Reynolds Street
Burke Street
Piles Fork Creek
Springmore School
The
MAT Industries Strike Persists In West Frankfort
About 117 workers at MAT Industries in West Frankfort remain on strike with no negotiations scheduled to renew a three year contract that expired at midnight. A spokesman for Local 347 says talks are not planned with firm representatives and plant manager Richard Melvin confirms no change or demands are known. MAT Industries manufactures and repairs mining equipment.
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M.A.T. Industries
West Frankfort
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Richard Melvin
Melvin
Bridge steel work begins on I-57 river crossing
The John F. Beasley Construction Co. of Dallas has started mid river at Pier No. 12 on the I-57 bridge across the Mississippi River north of Cairo. Work progresses in both directions while crews paint a river elevation marker on the pier as photographed by Ed Greer.
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Mississippi River
Cairo
John F
Beasley Construction Co. of
Dallas
Firemen Plan Fun Day in Marion with Parade and Dance
Southern Illinois fire departments join Marion for Fireman’s Fun Day featuring a 10 a.m. parade from Marion Junior High to Washington School, a noon lunch at the Eagles Club, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. competitions including water fights and tug of war on VA Hospital grounds, followed by a Saturday night dance at the Eagles Club.
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Southern Illinois
Marion
Marion Junior High School
Main Street
Washington School
Eagles Club
Veterans Administration Hospital
Carbondale Hearing Looms Over Liquor License Probes
Carbondale City Atty. John Womick will present a plan Monday to the City Council on how subpoenaed liquor store owners will present evidence in a probe tied to Hoffmann and Palmier interests. State and local officials have discussed transfers between Hoffmann owned stores and others amid ongoing investigations.
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Carbondale
John Womick
Southern Illinoisan
Hoffmann Brothers
Hoffmanns
Hoffmanns Or
Palmiers
George Twomey
Womick
Jackson County
Howard Hood
Lawrence Rippe
Hood
Leo’s
Rippe
Mt. Vernon
Rolland Lewis
Broadway
Record McDaniel
Weekend Sunshine Likely After Thunderstorms
Weather observer Lou Ditzler at the Southern Illinois Airport reports two lines of thunderstorms moved through Southern Illinois Friday with clearing to follow. He forecasts a good weekend as the sun returns by Saturday afternoon.
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Lou Ditzler
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Ditzler
Indiana suspects caught near Lesser
Two Lebanon, Indiana men Danny S. Allen and John R. Eskew, both in their early twenties, were arrested near Sesser by Franklin County deputies and jailed in Benton on burglary charges awaiting extradition. The chase began after a Lesser resident reported a suspicious black and yellow car with two men resting nearby.
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Lafayette
Ind
Franklin County
Benton
Danny S. Allen
John R. Eskew
Lebanon
Sesser
Indiana
Jim Kinsman
Mt. Vernon
Illinois 183
Kinsman
Claude Filkins
Shooting Death Under Investigation In Anna
The shooting death of 63 year old Mary Louise Hartman of Route 1 Anna is under investigation by Union County authorities. A .45 caliber gun with one discharged shell was found near the body and officials say she died of a gunshot wound to the head. An inquest has been set.
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Anna
Union County
Lloyd Sitter
Mary Louise Hartman
Route 1
Ritter
Jag Ta
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Walker
Mem
Ford
Brush
Lakeland
Lincoln Junior High
Parrish
Springmore
M.A.T
Lake Murphysboro
Murphysboro
Girl Scouts
Pam Voss
John and
Carol Voss
Rt. 2
Rich Stefaniak
Ed Greer
Cording
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Commission
Thomas Murphy
Springfield
Eastgate Liquor Mart
Leo
Westown Liquor Mart
Robert
Thomas Palmier
W. Stephen
Thomas Hoffmann
Eastgate
ABC Liquor
Philip Hoffmann
Hoff
Hoffmanns and Palmiers
Jackson County Circuit Court
Lesser
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