Blaise-O-Liner paints Carbondale streets in novelty machine
Maurice Blaise built the Blaise-O-Liner with help from William Glasco and Richard Eads to stripe center lines and add reflector beads on city roads. The device, assembled from Public Works scrap at 300 E Main, cost about 500 dollars in guns and bead dispensers and may not be patented.
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Blaise-O
Maurice Blaise
Assis
Ted
William Glasco
Richard Eads
Blaise
Glasco
Eads
Public Works Department
E. Main St
Williamson County awards contracts for road materials and communications
Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved contracts totaling 90112 for road materials with Wilson Asphalt Co. and Southern Illinois Stone Co. A separate bid of 16778 from Duvall Communications Inc. for a sheriff radio system awaits IDOT approval and ILEC grant clearance. The board also authorized 24 hour police communications with White Ash and Crainville, extending service under grant conditions.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Wilson Asphalt Co
Marion
Southern Illinois Stone Co
Buncombe
Illinois Dept. of Transportation
Greater
Hearings Open On Job Noise Levels Across Industries
Washington AP reports officials opened four weeks of hearings to decide permissible noise levels on the job amid a fight between labor and industry. OSHA official Daniel P. Boyd defended the proposal as changeable, with testimony from over 100 witnesses including AFL CIO scientists agencies and trade groups. The debate centers on tougher medical testing while eight hour limits remain, while the EPA argues 90 decibels falls short for public health.
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Washington
OSHA
Afl-Cio
Environmental Protection Agency
Juveniles in Court as Murder Suspects
Two 15 year old Marion youths appeared in circuit court in Murphysboro today facing murder charges. The defendants were remanded to secure detention as authorities continue investigations.
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Marion
Murphysboro
Jefferys
Jackson County
Blanche Elliott
Blairsville
Dunn wins Ollie award for Outstanding Illinois Legislators
Southern Illinois Rep Ralph Dunn received an Ollie award from the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities, honoring eight legislators for understanding higher education issues. The ceremony was led by federation chair J Roger Miller of Millikin College.
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Southern Illinois
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
Dunn
Illinois
Ollie
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
J. Roger Miller
Millikin College
Decatur
Miller
Hot spot forces layoff of 350 at Sesser mine
Inland Steel coal mine near Sesser reports a hot spot not a fire in a mined out shaft. The condition forced about 350 miners into temporary layoff while a concrete wall is built to cut oxygen and carbon dioxide is pumped in. Normal work may not resume for about a week.
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Sesser
Roger Scholes
Scholes
Flying Cross Survives Fire After Fatal Motorcycle Jump
Daredevil Doug Cross of New Burnside attempted the Towering Inferno Motorcycle Jump at Williamson County Speedway. He cleared 154 burning bales but crashed on the up ramp, suffering multiple injuries including a broken leg and several broken ribs. He was flown to hospitals for treatment as a crowd of 5 000 watched.
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Doug Cross
Flying Cross
Cross
New Burnside
Williamson County Speedway
Dick Poe
Poe
Gary Wells
Phoenix
Ariz
Bessie Jackson
Grenada
Tenn
Williamson
Cairo Hospital
Teresa Crowder
Albert Williamson
Cary Williamson
Sonja Williamson
Everett Williamson
Memphis
Heat Strain At Jackson County Nursing Home
An air conditioner failure at the Jackson County Nursing Home left about 230 residents in the heat with only a small booster unit running. Administrators plan emergency action to replace the nine year old main unit, with a new system possibly installed in 20 to 30 days. Ice bags and extra fruit juices were provided to prevent dehydration.
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Jackson County Nursing Home
Nursing Home Committee
County Board
Kathryn Ann Blackwell
Shawnee College, Chicago Architect to Meet Over Bid Errors
Shawnee College officials and architect Frank Larocca face a Thursday meeting with the Illinois Capital Development Board in Springfield to resolve disputes over erroneous bid documents for the Ullin campus. Dr C G Ulrich says the college has been billed over 47000 for change orders and extra work, including a 20700 unpaid earth moving bill by Edgemon t Construction Co. of East St Louis, which Shawnee says never occurred.
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Shawnee College
Chicago
Ilinois Capital Development Board
Springfield
C. G. Ulrich
Shawnee
Frank Larocca
Larocca
Fitch Larocca Associates Inc
Ullin
Ulrich
Edgemont Construction Co
East St. Louis
Rail cutbacks could cost Illinois jobs, says Rep Simon
Rep Paul Simon warns preliminary USRA rail abandonment plans threaten 1000 plus jobs in Southern Illinois. He cites Scott Lad food distribution Eldorado and Burkart division Cairo as at risk if a Penn Central spur is removed, with potential fertilizer and grain shipment impacts. Congress has until Sept 24 to act after July 26 final plan submission.
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Washington
U.S. Railway Association
Illinois
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Ilinois
Congress
Simon
Scott Lad Food Distribution Company
Eldorado, Il
Cairo
Penn Central
White County
Field Fire Smoke Ties Fatal Crash On I 57
A Tennessee Ridge man, Stanley Chmielewski, 61, died after stepping from a car at the scene of a collision on Interstate 57 in Pulaski County near the Mounds exit. The crash involved vehicles driven by Jean Chmielewski and Cramon Oliver, with B. W. Williamson causing the follow-up impact. Several others were injured.
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Tennessee
Mounds
Pulaski County
Stanley Chmielewski
Tennessee Ridge, Tenn
Jean Chmielewski
Tennessee Ridge
Chmielewski
Cramon Oliver
Chicago
B. W. Williamson
Memphis, Tenn
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Carbondale
Duvall Communications Inc
Labor
Industry
Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Daniel P. Boyd
Ficial
Award
Cary Lee Reischauer
Willie Jefferys Jr
North Market Street
David Lee Beaver
E. Jefferson St
Richard Richman
Dorothy Spomer
First Judicial Circuit
Williamson County
Beaver
Richman
Spomer
Atty
Howard Hood
Reischauer
Paula Herring
Laura Beth Hanning
Little Indians
Murphysboro Girl Scout
Lake Murphysboro State Park
Ed Greer
Jump Cross
Marion Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Nurs
Ing Home
Eldorado
USRA
Association
Burkart Co
Textron Corp
Padco Hospital
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