Housing work resumed on Carbondale elderly apartments
Jackson County Housing Authority approved resumption of construction on the five story Old West Main street elderly apartment building after an architect and outside tests found the floors structurally sound. Tests used 100 tons of weight and showed no failure despite prior deflection concerns.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Housing Authority
Carbondale
Illinois
Old West Main Street
Housing Authority
Buckley Construction Co
Gordon Flom
Anco
St. Louis
Flom
Modernization Bids Approved for 170 Housing Units
The Jackson County Housing Authority cleared low bids totaling 467 631 for modernization of 170 units including 120 in Murphysboro and 50 in Carbondale. HUD already assigned funds and the project covers roofs windows plumbing electrical work and improved facilities across units and sites.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Marion Street
Cials
Chicago
Norman Ellis Construction Co
J.N. Barger Plumbing and Heating Co
National Heating and Plumbing Co
Ridgway Electric Co
Herrin
J & J Television Co
Christopher
Authority
HUD
North 17Th Street
Riverside Park
Troutman
Bridgewood
Mur - Wood
Zoning plan advances to council and town meeting
The Carbondale Zoning Commission finished work on the proposed ordinance and will present it to the city council Monday. A town meeting is also set for the new city council chambers in the University City cafeteria where public input is expected. The commission recommended rezoning seven acres northeast of the wastewater plant on Old Rt. 13 to restricted light industrial for George Wilson of Wilson Electric to build a warehouse.
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Carbondale Zoning Commission
City Council
New City Council
University City
Carbondale Planning Commission
Rt. 13
George Wilson
Wilson Electric
Strike talks report complete impasse in Illinois project stalls
About 500 members of Harrisburg Local 318 of the International Union of Operating Engineers strike enters day four as talks break off at a complete impasse. Independent contractors may sign with engineers if permitted. The walkout idles thousands and halts roughly 175 million in construction across 14 counties, including a 5.5 million Norge plant expansion at Herrin.
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Harrisburg
International Union of Operating Engineers
Edward Richards
Evansville
Ind
Norge
Herrin
Chester Industrial, Inc
Robert Schroeder
Chester
Southern Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Union
Hamilton
White
Saline
Gallatin
Hardin
Pope
Massac
Johnson
Pulaski
Alexander
International Union
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Shawnee and Olney Junior Colleges Receive State Funds
The governor announced a $5 million state grant for Shawnee Junior College at Allin and Olney Central Junior College at Olney. Shawnee campus will add three buildings totaling 124000 square feet with classrooms, a library, dining facilities and labs, costing 4.3 million with state and local funding.
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Shawnee Junior College
Allin
Olney Central Junior College
Olney
Shawnee
Circuit judge leads effort for regional juvenile center
Judge John Clayton of the First Judicial Circuit leads a plan to fund a short term detention diagnostic and treatment center for youths across eight counties. The $246 305 project would be built in Carbondale with federal state and local support and staff including a director case workers and clinicians. The proposal aims to replace jail confinement for under 16 youths with targeted rehabilitation resources.
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John Clayton
First Judicial Circuit
Williamson
Jackson
Saline
Union
Massac
Pope
Pulaski
Johnson
Alexander
Clayton
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Dorothy Spomer
Cairo
James R. Rush
Greater Egypt
Dept. of Mental Health
Dept. of Children and Family Services
Brentwood
University City Complex
Carbondale
Orescanin Named Executive VP at SIU Carbondale
Danilo Orescanin rises to executive vice president and campus treasurer at Southern Illinois University Carbondale effective July 1, acting campus president during David Derge’s China trip. He will coordinate other vice presidents and aims to keep operations smooth while Derge is away.
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Danilo Orescanin
David Derge
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Orescanin
Derge
Indiana University
SIU
China
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
J. Keith Leasure
Willie E. Malone
Malone
Crescanin
Ohio
University of South Florida
West Virginia University
Indiana
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First day of summer lawn trouble in Carbondale
Beverly Goodiel and her daughter Mrs. Fred Mitchell of Kansas City struggle with a non working lawn mower on the first day of summer at 1006 W. Sycamore St in Carbondale. The article notes grass growing and the heat expected in the afternoon.
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Beverly Goodiel
Fred Mitchell
Kansas City
SIU rejects 47000 settlement offer in bias case
Marisa Canut-Amoros rejected SIU's 47000 lump sum offer over a sex discrimination dispute. She cites conditions requiring dismissal of HEW charges and says HEW may compel further pay. FEPC hearing remains set for August 28 at the Carbondale Holiday Inn as talks continue.
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Dave Butler
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Marisa Canut-Amoros
Canut-Amoros
Siu
U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
HEW
FEPC
Carbondale Holiday Inn
John Huffman
Huffman
Benton street department strike over job jurisdiction
Laborers International Local 529 picketed the Benton street department over a work jurisdiction dispute. The union says two road work jobs should be theirs, currently filled by members of the operating engineers union. Mayor Mundell said he will not meet with either union and urged the unions to settle the dispute themselves.
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Benton (Ap
Laborers International
Benton Street Department
Laborers Union
Operating Engineers Union
Herbert Mundell
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Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Local 318
Wardell Riggs
Hudgens
Riggs
Springfield
Wanda Barras
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Wilson
Pulaski County
Migrant Council
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