Elkville appoints leader and expands town enforcement
New mayor Dick Jorgenson launches a town policing program with John Halstead aiding village marshal Jack Phillips to enforce ordinances. Board adopts junkyard license rule for five or more abandoned cars and a demolition order requiring repair or razing abandoned buildings. Jorgenson notes image change. Trustee Perryman resigns. Harry Criswell fills vacancy. Annual appropriation passes at $21,000. water line extension plans under Rt 5 and railroad tracks proceed with Tok ens hip and Co. Engineers hired to seek bids.
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Elkville
Dick Jorgenson
John Halstead
Jack Phillips
Jor Benson
Jorgenson
Donald Perryman
Harry Criswell
Perryman
T.okenship and Co. Engines
Moving day in Anna at new public apartment building
Milford David, custodian at the Anna public apartment building, surveys disturbed furniture as residents move in. Vicki Chamness of the Union County Housing Authority notes occupancy began this week with two units filled in the 110-unit complex. Groundbreaking was last July. Dillon Inc. of Akron built the project with a 2,132,304 HUD grant.
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Milford David
New Anna
Vicki Chamness
Union County Housing Authority
Dillon Inc
Akron
Ohio
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Carbondale police promote four officers effective July 1
Four Carbondale police officers received promotions approved by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Marvin Voss, 34, rises from corporal to sergeant in patrol. Larry McKimmey, 29, becomes sergeant in investigation. Pil. James Rossiter, 34, is promoted to corporal and assists McKimmey in the program. Paul Staffey, 27, moves to corporal in uniform patrol. Promotions take effect July 1. Additional moves name Wayne Martin as training officer, Robert Goro as detective, and Arthur Valentine to juvenile investigation.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Marvin Voss
Larry McKimmey
James Rossiter
Abies McKimmey
Police
Paul Staffey
Uniform
Wayne Martin
Robert Goro
Arthur Valentine
Bakalis outlines six education priorities for Illinois
Illinois Superintendent Michael J. Bakalis unveils a second annual State of Education message listing six priorities including school district reorganization criteria and enactment of collective bargaining legislation. He calls for a partly elected State Board of Education by 1975 and emphasizes improving educational quality and stability amid labor disputes.
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Climois
Michael J. Bakalis
I Bakalis
Springfield
Dinois
Bakali
Board of Education
Balkalis
Bakalis
Governnor
Commission On Schools
Illinois
Guardsman from area is officer at OCS graduation
Robert A. Knapp of Tamaroa was among 89 graduates of the Illinois Army National Guard Officer Candidate School in Springfield. Maj. Gen. James C. Smith, commander of the Fifth Army Readiness Region, urged new lieutenants to accept 24 hour duties and warned that peace time service may rival wartime stress. Awards included the Erickson Trophy to Patrick OConner of Aurora, the academic award to James Audt of Dahlgren, and the leadership plaque to Ronald Henderson of Chicago.
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Tamaroa
Robert A. Knapp
Iinois Army National Guard
Springfield
James C. Smith
Fifth Army Readiness Region
Ft. Sheridan
Highland Park
Vietnam
Smith
Erickson
Patrick O'Conner
Aurora
James Audt
Dahlgren
Ronald Henderson
Chicago
Shawnee group wins ACTION grant for RSVP rollout
Shawnee Development Council in Karnak was awarded a 33519 dollar ACTION grant to operate a Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The program aims to place 300 volunteers in Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski and Union counties in its first year, aiding community service for adults 60 and over.
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Shawnee Development Council
Karnak
Citizens Ser
F ‘Peace Corps
Mike Balzano
Alexander
Johnson
Massac
Pulasii
Union
Mount Vernon Quiet After Racial Disturbances
AP reports Mount Vernon calmed after disturbances over two days. A gas station dispute with a Black employee led to dispersal of a crowd, and at a drive in theater about 150 Blacks argued with a cashier over unpaid items. Police later investigated broken street lamps and windows in a Black quarter. no confirmed shots, six businesses sustained minor damage.
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Mount Vernon
Fred Dedman
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