Storm knocks out power and damages Saw-Mart in Southern Illinois
High winds and thunderstorms cause minor damage across Southern Illinois with no injuries. Saw-Mart store east of Carbondale suffers roof and water damage estimated at 20000 dollars. Downed trees close roads in Herrin Johnston City Benton and Marion area power outages affect 2000 homes. funnel cloud and tornado sightings reported. Temperature drops 12 degrees after 11 p.m. and power restoration progresses through the morning.
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Illinois
Saw-Mart
Carbondale
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Dennis Shelton
Drug Department
Mike Sullivan
Herrin
Bryan Street
Rt. 148
Cambria
Carterville
Johnston City
CIPS
West Frankfort
Benton
Murphysboro
Toby Berger
Marion
Civil Defense
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Bill Neuman
de Soto
Elkville
Makanda
Midland Hills
Dick Kimberly
General Telephone Co
Perry
Randolph
Jackson
St. Clair
Illinois Power Co
Cairns
du Quoin
A. F. Techlenburg
Illinois Power
Perry County
Old du Quoin
Sunfield
Tamaroa
Dubois
Pinckneyville
Percy
Cutler
Willisville
Campbell Hill
Ava
Marissa
Old Marissa
National Weather Service
Cairo
Annexation offer to drop water bill stirs Carbondale council
Carbondale City Council weighs annexing the north area to drop a $25 000 water bill for the Carbondale Mobile Home Park The park owner’s attorney says annexation would be presented to the owners and council members note potential tax increases from higher population Officials also approved a public nuisance abatement ordinance targeting repeatedly troubled houses and backed code enforcement actions including a citation against Carl Jones over a motor home parked in his driveway
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Gary Blackburn
Illnoisan
Carbondale
James Morris
Gordon Parrish
Parrish
Morris
Hans Fischer
Clark Vineyard
Neal Eckert
George Karnes
Southern Illinois University
Alice Kimzey
Walnut St
Kathryn Silvania
W. Walnut
Carl Jones
Linden St
Jones
Stuck May BeSIU Assistant Provost Next
Dean L Stuck assistant dean of education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale could be named to replace J Keith Leasure as assistant SIU provost Leasure becomes vice president for academic affairs and provost on July 1 Board of Trustees will consider a successor at the July 13 meeting Stuck would assume duties July 1 1968 Stuck has taught at SIU since 1968 and holds degrees from Northwest Missouri State Drake and Iowa State He is also associate professor of educational administration and foundations He and his family reside in Carterville Leasure’s appointment follows a university restructuring Willis E Malone will become a special assistant to the president for planning
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Southern Illinoisan
L. Stuck
Southern Ilinois University At
Carbondale
J. Keith Leasure
SIU
Leasure
Stuck
SIU Board of Trustees
Carterville
Willis E. Malone
Malone
Southern Ilmnois Builders’ Association
Egyptian Contractors’ Association
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
O. M. Hudgens
E. T. Simonds
E. T. Simonds Construction Co
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Union
Johnson, Saline
Hamilton
White
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Massac
Pulaski
Alexander
China
Hedrick
Siu-C
David R. Derge
No new meeting scheduled in SI area engineering strike
The Southern Illinois operating engineers strike enters a second day with no talks set after a Marion discus sion failed to yield a contract for 500 Harrisburg Local 318 members. Key issues are a granddaddy wage clause and a reassignment clause affecting project staffing.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Operating Engineers
Marion
Harrisburg
International Union of Operating Engineers
L. D
Allen
Area Con
Carbondale seeks federal funds for rail, tunnels, and monorail
Rep. Kenneth Gray says only a Nixon veto blocks a $75 million railroad relocation package, with Carbondale plans including two miles of open tunnels downtown, overpasses, a federal building consolidation, and a university linked monorail project as funding prospects remain uncertain. Gray expects two Carbondale projects to advance this year.
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Richard Nixon
Carbondale
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Gray
Senate House
Illinois
St. Louis
Springfield
Chicago
Nixon
Gray’s House Public Works Committee
Congress
Johnston City Awarded 528000 HUD Grant and Loan
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a combined 528000 for Johnston City to extend water mains and build a new water tower. Mayor Bill Stevens said 207000 is a grant and 321000 is a low interest loan with terms to be set later. This will improve water supply and could lower fire insurance costs. A separate AP report notes the FBI sought three men in a Mount Erie State Bank robbery near Indianapolis, after authorities found the getaway car.
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U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Johnston City
Bill Stevens
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Stevens
Mount Erie, Ill
FBI
Indianapolis
Mount Erie
Marion Pedestrian Killed by Falling Traffic Signal
An elderly Marion man Roy Brown 87 died after a traffic signal fell during a two car crash on New Route 13 and Russell Street at 4 50 p m He stood on a traffic island awaiting crossing and was struck by the downed light standard Police say driver Arthur Powers failed to yield and his car struck the other vehicle causing the signal to topple Brown born Georgetown May 11 1886 was married to Minnie Pulley in 1907 He leaves three daughters a sister six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren He was a hodcarrier and member of several local lodges and churches Services set for 2 pm Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home Burial in Maplewood Cemetery Masonic rites 7 30 pm Wednesday
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Marion
Roy Brown
North Russell Street
Marion Memorial Hospital
New Rt. 13
Russell Street
Rt. 13
Arthur Powers
Jefferson St
Lawrenceville
Wrayanne Flascar
N. Church St
Wilson Funeral Home
Bruce Patton
Maplewood Cemetery
SIU Plans International Education Center in Vienna
SIU may open a Vienna based international education office as its first overseas center. Basil Hedrick says the project could start by July 1 1974 with one project leader and light staffing. Other centers eyed for Ljubljana and Kiev or Leningrad with future plans for Asia and China.
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Basil Hedrick
SIU
Europe
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Kiev
Leningrad
Russia
Hedrick
Vienna
Vernon Anderson
Gedan Named Program Director at Carbondale Cablevision
Ira J. Gedan aged 34 was appointed the new program director for Carbondale Cablevision replacing Marvin Rimmerman who was fired Monday. Gedan will expand to three channels and develop a varied schedule as city franchise requirements push local origination. Rimmerman declined to discuss the firing and will keep a half-time teaching post at Southern Illinois University School of Journalism. Gedan previously worked in local government and broadcasting in Western New York before joining Cable Information Systems in 1972 and has since led Carbondale operations and Oak Ridge Tennessee as program director.
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Ira J. Gedan
Carbondale Cablevision
Marvin Rimmerman
Gedan
Rimmerman
Southern
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Carbondale Mobile Home Park
Council
By Dave Butler
College of Education
Northwest Missouri
Dean L. Stuck
Edward Richards
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Evansville
Ind
By Gary Blackburn
The
Lian Burgfeld
Cape Girardeau
Vivian Rien
Northbrook
Ruth Vacek
Oaklawn
Cora Jones
Georgetown
Brown
First Christian Church
Fellowship Lodge 89
Noel Shrine Lodge
White Shrine of
Ternational Union of North America
Sallie Groves
N. Buchanan St
Rosemary Kennedy
N. Johnson St
International Education
Siu May
Austria
Southern Illinois and New International Education
Southern Illinois University At
Western Illinois University
Board of Governors
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