Herrin Seeks Funds for Intake Pipe Cleaning Project
Herrin Water Supt. says a change order to the Housing and Home Finance Agency would fund cleaning the Crab Orchard Lake intake pipe. A final agency inspection is set for July 14 on the $150,000 project, with Millstone Construction Co. as contractor awaiting agency approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Water
Mike Miriani
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Crab Orchard Lake
Fred A. Henderson
Miriam
Millstone Construction Co
Centralia
Jack McCarty
Springfield
Devil’s Kitchen
Crab Orchard
Herrin
East Cherry Street
City Plan Commission
L. D. Starrick
East Harrison Street
Harrison
Park Avenue
FHA Approves Saline Rural Group Loan
The Farmers Home Administration approves the first group loan under War on Poverty rural provisions for 600 to Mountain Township Farmers Cooperative in Saline County. Three members will buy machinery to improve pasture land with a brush cutter spray rig and other equipment. Loans run up to 30 years at 4 percent.
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Farmers Home Administration
War On Poverty
Mountain Township Farmers Cooperative
Saline County
Eldon Colegrove
FHA
Champaign
Economic Opportunity Act
Colegrove
Court of St James Ambassadors Explained
Ambassadors to Great Britain are called ambassadors to the Court of St Jameses because the old palace of St James was long used for royal receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of
Herrin Bank delays vacating alleys for new building plan
Carl Bruce of the Herrin Bank board told the city council the plan to vacate two alleys on a Park Avenue block for a new building will start soon after August 23. The council postponed action due to two absent aldermen as Vander of Herrin prepares razing by August 22 the Elk’s Lodge and old bank site.
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Herrin
Bank of Herrin
Park Avenue
South 16Th
West Harrison
West Walnut Streets
Carl Bruce
Bank Board of Directors
Park and Walnut
Bank
16Th
Walnut Streets
Wendell L. Kane
16Th Street
Bruce
Monroe Street
Park
Elk’s Lodge
The
Elks
John Vander
Vander
Herrin Lumber Co
Hironimus, Kanapp
Given Associates
Evansville
Ind
City vacates land to SIU gains sewer easement deal
Carbondale City Council approves a 10 by 250 foot land conveyance to Southern Illinois University for a sewer easement along Park Street. City pays John Hawkins $1,000 for permanent easement and right of way. Public Property Commissioner says the sewer enables future development. One more easement remains. A separate issue notes FCC delays affect cable television antenna service, with General Telephone Co. poles used under an agreement.
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Park Street
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
John Hawkins
Rt. 2
D. Blaney Miller
Joseph Ragsdale Jr
Corp
J. Edward Helton
SIU
East Park Street
University
Brush Tower
Southern Video Corp
Harrisburg
Federal Communications Commission
Oakland
Chautauqua
General Telephone Co
Miller
Unit School Seeks Bids for Transport and Vehicle
The Zeigler Royalton Community Unit School District invites bids for milk and bread delivery and coal hauling. Bids open July 15. A 1956 sedan used to haul kindergarten children has bids open July 6. A bus specifications committee includes Charles Tinsley, Rinaldi Maniez, and Frank Reece. Student insurance study committee names Charles Smith, Marion Poggas, and Tinsley. Supt. William Ramsey to prepare the coming year's budget for July presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler- Royalton Community Unit
William Ramsey
Charles Tinsley
Rinaldi Maniez
Frank Reece
Charles Smith
Marion Poggas
Tinsley
Ramsey
Red Racer Bicycle Stolen From Carbondale Street
A red English racer bicycle was reported stolen from 1600 West Freeman Street in Carbondale on Monday.
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RED Racer
W. Freeman St
Carbondale
Ava Man Dies Died at 55 in Ava Illinois
Ray Taylor 55 a lifelong Ava resident died Monday at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro after six months illness. Born May 21 1910 in Kinkaid Township he is survived by his father William and many siblings. Funeral 2 pm Thursday Wilson Funeral Home Ava with Rev William G Fex officiating. burial Crain Cemetery near Ava. Friends may call after 7 pm today.
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Ray Taylor
Ava
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Taylor
Kinkaid Township
William
Martha Ann Dailey Taylor
Owen
George
Rockwood
Clarence
John
Arvil
Oregon
Della Weatherford
Pearl Derossett
Granite City
Mary Caughlin
East St. Louis
Wilson Funeral Home
William G. Fex
Crain Cemetery
Marion Raises Workers' Pay in City Budget Move
Marion city workers receive a $350 monthly minimum raise retroactive to the new budget year starting in May. Police Chief Charles Edwards and Water Plant Supt. Paul Powell keep their salaries, while Treasurer Gilbert Bratten’s pay drops from 633 to 500 monthly, with funds split across four departments. Finance Commissioner Adolph Fluck notes supervisor duties justify higher raises but aims to aid lower paid staff, with total yearly cost between 12,000 and 14,000.
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Marion
Charles Edwards
Paul Powell
Gilbert Bratten
General Fund
Adolph Fluck
Bratten
Fluck
Herrin Council Accepts Street Materials Bid
The Herrin city council accepted the low bid of 531 dollars by W. A. Willis Trucking Service of Jonesboro for 237 tons of surfacing material at 2.20 per ton. The project totals 35,000 dollars funded from state motor fuel tax receipts and covers 12.75 miles of resurfacing and 23.5 miles of surface repairs and ditches. Aldermen discussed East Bond Street funding and county cooperation. police investigated damage to a manhole at 14th and Pine streets with a bill to the responsible motorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
W. A. Willis Trucking Service
Jonesboro
Charles W. Smith
Benton
State Division of Highways
Bernita Beers
Willis
Charles Galli
Fred A. Henderson
Williamson County Highway Department
East Bond Street
Henderson
Roy Cole
14Th
Pine Streets
Floyd Hicks
Cole
Marion
Franklin Asphalt Co
Franklin
Bill Nelson
Ridgeway
Taxi Fire at Anna Cabs Catches Fire. Minor Vehicle Damage
A taxi owned by the Anna Cab Company caught fire at 6 p m on Monday in Anna. The motor sustained slight damage according to police.
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The
Anna Cab Co
Anna
Marion Council Extends Tavern Hours to 1 a m
Marion city council extended tavern hours to 1 a m amid mixed opinion. Mayor Butler opposed the ordinance, while Commissioner Flack argued the change aids liquor license holders and club operators. Sunday liquor sales remain banned.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
Adolph Flack
Fluck
Marshall Skelcher
Southern Illinois Golf and Country Club
Peace Corps Unit At SIU To Train 74 Volunteers
A group of 74 Peace Corps volunteers will arrive Saturday at Southern Illinois University for 12 weeks of training to serve in Niger and Senegal. The program mirrors a previous SIU run and follows prior work in Honduras, Tunisia, and Nepal. Volunteers will stay in two fraternity and sorority houses and study languages and five work areas including social work and public health.
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Peace Corps
Southern Illinois University
Niger
Senegal
SIU
Honduras
Tunisia
Nepal
Heat Exhaustion Knocks Out Umpire At Murphys Park
Gorham man Jack B. Shephard collapsed from heat exhaustion while umpiring a Khoury League game at Riverside Park Murphys. St. Joseph Memorial Hospital reports he is in good condition after being rushed to the hospital around 7 25 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Jack B. Shephard
Marion Opens New Landfill With City Purchase
Marion OKs $10,000 Fabick bulldozer and buys 40 acre site for 4500 to operate a landfill. D-7 tractor guaranteed three months. old 11 acre dump slated for sale with $1200 minimum bids. New site to replace old dump, with disposal rules discussed with haulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Fabick Machinery Co
Rt. 37
Interstate Rt. 57
Water Department
Lowell Skelton
Fabick
Police Briefs From Local Courts Include Several Fines
Herrin reports Robert Steinmetz fined 15 dollars for speeding. Herrin lists Onie Cooper fined 25 dollars for disorderly conduct. Johnston City notes Plincy Braggio fined 35 dollars for disorderly conduct.
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Herrin
Robert Steinmetz
Onie Cooper
Johnston City
Plincy Braggio
Joliet Officials Urge Water Conservation
Joliet city officials urged residents to curb lawn sprinkling due to a pump breakdown and light rainfall. City Manager Aaron Marsh noted Saturday water use reached a record 15 million gallons, well above the average 12 million, and urged limiting lawn watering to two hours in any four day span with rescheduled sprinkling days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Aaron Marsh
Marsh
Murphysboro Youth Hurt in Scooter Car Collision
A Murphysboro youth named Jessey Smith, 17, was injured Monday when a motor scooter collided with a car on Route 149 about four miles west of Murphysboro. Smith, listed in good condition at St Joseph Memorial Hospital, rode with another teen driver while Ray Gwaltney of Gorham drove the car.
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Murphysboro
Jessey Smith
Commercial St
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Smith
Ray Gwaltney
Gorham
Car Crash in Carbondale Involving Missouri Drivers
A Missouri man and a taxi collided in Carbondale at Main Street and not Avenue at 8 30 p m. The drivers were Lanny Brewer 24 of Ferguson and Arthur Holland 45 Rt 2 De Soto police said.
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Missouri
Carbondale
Main Street
Avenue
Lanny Brewer
Ferguson
Arthur Holland
Rt. 2
de Soto
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13Th and
Monroe Streets
Kane
Walnut and
Ava Man
Williams Store
S. Illinois
Herrin Council
Lloyd's Murdale Shopping
Rexall S
Rexall ‘Mer
SUN
Rexall
REX
Everain
Rexall Drug
Hewitt
University At Freeman
Illinois
Elvin
St. Illinois
Zn Ice' S Ladies Store
Herrin, Il
Apt
Zwick’s Ladies’ Store
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