First Jackson County Zoning Meet Outlines Proposal
The first Elkville public education session on a countywide zoning ordinance outlined a plan to cover Jackson County except Carbondale Murphysboro and Campbell Hill. The proposal aims to guide land use protect rural character and prevent industrial dumping while detailing 17 districts and future public hearings with maps by GERPDC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern
Freeman
Jackson County
Gerpdc
Frank Moreno
Jack Sipe
Vergennes
Zoning Commission
Chester Vinson
Elkville
Milford Morgan
Morris Eaton
Moreno
Neel Stallings
Board of Appeals
Frank Bridges
Carbondale
New Era
Barnes Given 20 to 100 Year Sentence for Murder
Cynthia Barnes, 17, of Marion, was sentenced by Judge William Lewis in Marion to 20 to 100 years for the murder of Martha Damico. The 4.5 hour hearing considered aggravation and mitigation, with Barnes eligible for parole after 11 years 3 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Cynthia
Cindy’’ Barnes
Marion
Dwight Women’s Reformatory
William Lewis
Martha Damico
Robert Howerton
Kenneth Hubler
Lewis
Miss Barnes
Hubler
Department of Corrections
Luther Barnes
Barnes
Alice
A.R. Cagle
Granite City Youth Organization
Granite City
Florida
Uptowner
Orpheum Theater
River flood breach leaves Gale area unprotected
Floodwaters from the Mississippi continue to backwash into the East Cape Girardeau Water District through a levee breach at Gale. The river is forecast to crest at 32 feet and then fall, with Cape Girardeau reporting 31.5 feet. McClure residents begin moving possessions back as recovery efforts loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Cape Girardeau Water District
Mississippi River
Gale
Mel Doernhoefer
Army Corps of Engineers
Water District Board
Doernhoefer
Cape Gireardeau
McClure
Alexander County
Frank Murchildon
Skylab to be visible in Southern Illinois skies this weekend
The unmanned Skylab Space Station will be visible over Southern Illinois with three observation windows this weekend. Friday at 10:21 p.m. in the west moving SW to NE, Saturday at 4:53 a.m. in the west moving NW to SE, and Saturday at 9:38 p.m. overhead moving SW to NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Divorce and drugs tied to Cindy Barnes murder case
The Williamson County case outlines how Cindy Barnes, once an average teen, drifted after her parents divorced in 1969. By 1973 she faced a murder charge in the death of Martha Damico after a pattern of drug use and unstable living arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Barnes
Chicago
Eddie McBride
Marion
Howerton
Damico
John Stewart
Cynthia
Cindy
Barnes
Williamson County
Martha Damico
Elmer Farmer
Luther Barnes
Granite City
Marion High School
Uptowner
Orpheum Theater
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Franklin and Williamson Counties
Neighborhood school concept eyed for Carbondale district
A 13 point ad hoc boundary and enrollment report urges improvements in racial and academic balance while preserving neighborhood schools where feasible. It calls for boundary shifts before 1974 1975, targets about 30 percent black enrollment per school, and proposes shorter bus rides and early kindergarten pre registration to guide future enrollment. It notes Lakeland and Lewis schools exceed balanced mix and cites reading gaps and space constraints in primary buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Lakeland School
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lewis School
Lakeland
Lewis
Muzzle loaders to join 1673 New France rifle match
The Jackson County Anti Horse and Mule Thief Association will sponsor the Rencontre Fusil International De La Nouvelle France July 6-8 in Grand Tower Illinois. The event commemorates Marquette and Joliet’s Mississippi River explorations with a re enactment of Moredock s escape a 300 yard timed run and a fire making test. The secretary Marion Mitchell says the occasion is planned as a family affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Tower
Ill
Jackson County Anti- Horse and Mule Thief Association
Rencontre Fusil International de la Nouvelle France
Marquette and
Joliet
Marion Mitchell
Moredock
Mitchell
Fairfield Sparta Outreach Centers to Open in IL Cities
Governor Walker’s Southern Illinois office plans Outreach Center offices in Fairfield and Sparta to reduce government red tape. Fairfield opens Monday. Sparta ribbon cutting July 3 with Nolan Jones and Russell Dawe attending. Sparta center at 109A E Main St serves Randolph, Perry, Monroe, Washington, Bond, Clinton and rural St Clair counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Walker
Southern Illinois
Marion
Fairfield
Sparta
Nolan Jones
Russell Dawe
Mines and Minerals
Main St
Janet Wolff
Evansville
Randolph
Perry
Monroe
Washington
Bond
Clinton
St. Clair
Three building managers kept on jobs in Illinois ruling
Sangamon County Circuit Judge Paul C. Verticchio ordered the Illinois Department of Personnel to retain three regional state office building managers for at least 25 more days after finding the department violated a state code by removing their jobs without a formal hearing. Nathan Kaplan Michael J. Mehan and Harley Mayberry won a temporary restraining order and must receive a hearing within 15 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Sangamon County
Paul C. Verticchio
Carlinville
Illinois Department of Personnel
Nolan B. Jones
Nathan Kaplan
Marion
Michael J. Mehan
Peoria
Harley Mayberry
Springfield
Kaplan
Patriotic Man Burns Flag On Illinois Avenue
Charles Overton, 52, of Elkville, burned a used American flag after it touched the ground during a parade in Carbondale. Police say he set the flag ablaze in a box on Illinois avenue and was arrested by Patrolman Don Robbins for disorderly conduct, spending the night in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Overton
Overton
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Elkville
Don Robbins
Contractors back union talks in Marion strike update
About 60 contractors met in Marion and voted unanimously to support their negotiating committee in talks with striking Southern Illinois operating engineers Local 318. No new sessions were planned as the five day strike idled roughly 500 workers across 14 counties and halted about 175 million dollars in construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Southern Illinois
O.M. Hudgens
Egyptian Contractors’ Association
Hudgens
Harris
Burg
International Union of Operating Engineers
Strke
Wardell Riggs
Local 318
Egyptian Association
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Union
Johnson
Saline
Hamilton
White
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Massac
Pulaski
Alexander
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Greater Egypt
Cynthia Barnes
Russell Oxford
Oxford
Jackie
Dwight
Cindy Barnes
Ovie Greer
Ed Greer
Laurence Martin
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