Fire Devastates Logan House in Murphysboro
Fire in Murphysboro destroys the Logan House and four other businesses and offices in the downtown area. Investigators seek arson clues while police pursue theories including death by self harm and possible homicide. A former Grand Tower resident, Marjorie Nation Wilkerson, 46, is the lone victim, with an autopsy planned to confirm identity.
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Logan
Murphysboro
Marjorie Nation Wilkerson
Grand Tower
Wilkerson
Apartment 1
Larry Tincher
Cecil Baltzell
Illinois Dept. of Conservation
Gymnastics camp at Du Quoin draws students from several states
Young gymnast assists Valerie Painton as Mike Merrit helps at the gymnastic camp held at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. About 150 students, from New York, Texas, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, attended the first week starting June 15. Two more sessions run until July 5 under director Alyce Vogel and coordinator Patti Feirich.
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Mike Merrit
Carbondale
Valerie Painton
Rochester
N.Y
du Quoin
Patti Feirich
New York
Texas
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Alyce Vogel
Fire destroys Logan House. families displaced
Jim Kirkpatrick reports seven families lost their homes when the Logan House was destroyed by fire. Among the victims are the Miller family with four children who escaped with only the clothes on their backs. Victims received aid from Red Cross Salvation Army and local churches and agencies while seeking shelter and furniture.
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James
Loretta Miller
Logan House
Millers
Becaus
Margie Wilkerson
Murphysboro
Port authority plan eyed for Mississippi River reach
A proposed port authority along 30 miles of the Mississippi River in Jackson and Union counties moves forward with a Carbondale meeting of civic leaders and Shawnee town Regional Port District officials. The panel discussed feasibility studies, funding, and potential job creation, including a 60 000 dollar study and a 60 000 dollar annual seed budget, plus possible impacts on local cities and counties.
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Mississippi River
Jackson
Union Counties
Carbondale
Shawneetown
Carroll Fry
James L. Seed
Southern Illinois Inc
Gorham
L. Neal Patterson
Washington, D.C
Don Atkins
Ohio River
Ilinois
Atkins
Viet hairdresser tangled in U.S. bureaucracy
Nga Le and family, Vietnamese refugees living in Carbondale, face delays in Illinois hairdresser licensing amid training, school admissions limits for foreigners, and high costs. Officials consider proficiency tests as alternatives while the family awaits housing and work.
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U.S
John Trimble
Southern Illinoisan
Nga le
Saigon
Dakin objects to downtown redevelopment presentation
Carbondale City Councilman Joseph Dakin accuses Mayor Neal Eckert and City Manager Carroll Fry of presenting a downtown redevelopment plan without council consultation. He notes the council had directed builders to develop plans last year, while others defend the process as already underway. A chamber meeting discussed a university area project including a city hall complex and library with mixed funding.
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Carbondale
Joseph Dakin
Neal Eckert
Carroll Fry
Hans Fischer
Dakin
Southern Illinoisan
Eckert
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Fry
University Avenue
Eckert and Fry
Mer
Walnut
Main Streets
Fischer
Grant Funds 10-County Pollution Study In Southern Illinois
A $1.2 million federal grant to develop a water pollution control plan for 10 Southern Illinois counties was awarded to the Greater Egypt Regional and Development Commission in partnership with the Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission. The two year project targets non point sources including mine waste and aims to identify cleanup and prevention measures with matching funds from the EPA. The plan notes 226 miles of polluted streams and envisions future funding for local governments and private entities to implement required work.
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Illinois
Greater Egypt
Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission
Gerpdc
S. Kirkikis
Kirkikis
Southeastern
Firemen contain oil storage tank blaze near Lake Benton
Benton firefighters responded to a blaze in one of four 20 foot tanks northeast of Lake Benton about 8 p.m. The center tank burned briefly as the relief valve blew but the oil did not explode. Other tanks were not endangered. Fire crews cooled the tank with water and could not determine the cause. Owners remained unfound.
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Rogers
Non-toll phone service eyed for Herrin area
General Telephone proposes non-toll service linking Herrin with the Lake of Egypt area and Goreville Creal Springs exchanges. A vote would be offered by the company if petitions or governing bodies request it, with potential monthly bill increases from 20 cents to 1.05 dollars depending on exchange and customer type.
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General Telephone Co
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Herrin
Lake of Egypt
Loren Carter
General Telephone Division
Carter
Creal Springs
Goreville
Marion
Chamber
EAS
Gore
Clyde Brewster
Brewster
Williamson County
Carbondale
West Frankfort
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Tony Stevens
Tincher
Baltzell
Chester Steele
Steele
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The
Logan House Association
Walnut Street
Illinois 149
11Th
12Th Streets
S. 12Th St
Rodell’s Men’s
Southern Illinois Cable TV
Gary Dillinger
Hufnagel Cleaners
Jim Kirkpatrick
Southern
James Miller
Miller
Darrell
Jerry
Steve
Sandra
Jackson, Union Counties
Area Port Authority Sought
By Gary Sosniecki
Port Authority
Union County
Jackson County
Jonesboro
Anna
David Abrahams
Moshman Associates Inc
Washington, D. C
Abrahams
Orval Twenhafel
Jacob
Louis Wills
Steve Casey
Harold L. Lawder
Lawder
Lawder Land Co
State Division of Water Resources
Lan
California
John A. Logan Cosmetology School
Logan College
U. S. Dept. of Immigration and Naturalization
Harold O’neil
Kathryn Lacy
U.S. Defense Language Institute
Monterey
Calif
Hollywood Beauty School
Vietnam
Ton Son Nhut
Franklin
Jack
Perry
Williamson
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin, Jefferson, Pope and
Saline
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Lake
Egypt
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