Jackson County reapportionment approved for 15 seats
Jackson County approves a five district plan creating a 15 member county board, with three supervisors per district. The plan, drawn by Richman, faces legal questions over contiguity in District 4 and may conflict with state law. County moves to May 197.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Jackson County
Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Richman
Pomona Township
W. S. Brandon
Pomona
Makanda
Somerset Township
Roy Gilbert
Brandon
County Board of Review
Vergennes
Jack Sipe
Oklahoma officials review Seiscor 240 voting machine
Jackson County officials examined the Seiscor 240 vote recorder to meet a 1974 state requirement for electronic counting in counties over 40 000 population. The unit uses punch card ballots counted by computer and features absentee voting and write in counts with up to 135 ballot choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Seiscor
Seiscor Voting Products Section
Tulsa
Oklo
Samuel Gilpin
Jerry Myers
Illinois Office Supply Co
Ottawa
Adams County
Arthur F. Witte
Arthur Witte
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Illinois
Ward
Myers
Southern Illinois University
Franklin County
Bob Hiller
Marion council approves county cleanup cooperation plan
The Marion City Council agreed to cooperate with Williamson County in a one day cleanup campaign using city trucks and drivers. The body also discussed annexation, street numbering in Scottsboro, bids for city fuel, and the pending reapportionment of the county board into five districts with a 15 member body and revised chair terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Township
de Soto, Elk
Vergennes
Ora
Bradley
Degognia
Kinkaid
Levan
Somerset
Fountain Bluff
Grand Tower
Sand Ridge
Carbondale Township
Main Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Williamson County
Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
Scottsboro
Marion Equipment Co
Water and Sewer Department
Public Improvements Committee
Brandeis Machine and Supply Corp
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Council
Thomas Haney
16Th
Madison
Adams
13Th
Polk
Public Works Committee
13Th Street
Floyd Hicks
SII considers four plant sites in Southern Illinois area
Southern Illinois Incorporated executives and local leaders discussed locating four new factories in the area. James Maas of the Army Corps of Engineers outlined Big Muddy River basin water development plans with multiuse aims. Cairo business and transportation access were noted as key factors for Century Homes Inc to locate a plant there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Illinois Incorporated
SII
Hughes
du Quoin
Ing
James Maas
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Maas
Big Muddy River
Harry Bolen
Cairo
Merce
Century Homes, Inc
George M. Scherrer
Saline Valley Conservancy District
Kenneth Miller
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Richard “Itchy” Jones
SIU
Herrin Council prays for Supreme Court amid rulings
Herrin City Council opened its meeting with a prayer about the U S Supreme Court. Alderman Tom Shoemake urged including the court for its decisions reversing Muhammad Ali and Richard Speck verdicts. Shoemake called the court to be prayed for amid the rulings on draft evasion and the Chicago nurse murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
U. S. Supreme Court
Tom Shoemake
U.S. Supreme Court
Shoemake
Muhammad Ali
Richard F. Speck
Chicago
Speck
John Steh
Airline meeting canceled over direct Chicago Springfield flights
Ozark Airlines canceled a Marion meeting with the Chamber of Commerce due to heavy schedules. Officials planned to discuss direct flights to Chicago and Springfield from Williamson Conn Airport, now routed via St. Louis. Chamber says fall regional office opening and tourism could make flights viable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Chicago-Springfield-Williamson Conn- Airport
Paul J. Rogers
Ozark Airlines
St. Louis
Springfield
Chicago
Chamber
State
Liquor Hearings Continue for Two Southern Illinois Dealers
Hearings on Illinois Liquor Control Commission charges against Ralph Herron of Murphysboro and Ralph Parrish of the Plaza Motel Lounge, Inc. were continued to July 23. Herron’s charge for refilling was continued due to his attorney’s court appearance and Parrish’s continuance due to his lawyer’s absence in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Ralph Herron
Munker’s Place
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Perry County
Ralph Parrish
Plaza Motel Lounge, Inc
Ted Lorek
Maryland
Plaza Motel Lounge
Herrin seeks shortgage allowance for free water from Rend Lake system
Herrin officials ask Rend Lake Intercity Water System for a shortage allowance to supply free water for city facilities and emergency needs as it prepares to switch to Rend Lake water in mid July. The move relies on approval by the Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees and could extend to smaller communities under contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelah Scalf
Southern Illinois
Herrin
Rend Lake
John McVey
McVey
Rend Lake Intercity Water System Advisory Council
Coun
Conservancy District
Richard Jones
Illinois
ILEC funds Frankfort police revamp plan approved
West Frankfort approves a three police and two civilian staff expansion funded by an ILEC grant of 19 850 dollars. The city will add ten officers total with three specialists and hire two or three new policemen at the next council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
The
Ilinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
Jim Kinsman
Kinsman
TLEC
Frankfort
SIU faculty member faces tax charge
An associate professor at the Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute has been charged in Springfield with two counts of failure to report gross income of 43076 for 1965 and 1966. The 53 year old Herrin resident, CPA and attorney, could face up to 10000 fine or one year in prison per count plus unpaid taxes if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute
US District Court
Springfield
J. William Cundiff
Herrin
Cundiff
VTI
Jay G. Philpott
Internal Revenue Service
Central and
Southern Illinois
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Mittee
Clyde Winkler
Ilinois Central Railroad
Glenview Drive
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Street
Makanda Township
Makanda Carbondale Township
Oklahoma
O. R. Walley
Water Department
W. W. Bowman and Son
J. H. Byassee
Standard Oil
Knapp Oil Co
Harold and
Helen Hellberg
Russell Street
Everett Henshaw
J. W. Durham
Herrin Council
Supreme Court
Read
John Trimble
Community High School
University of Illinois Police Training Institute
Champaign
Paul Pitt
Greater
Egypt
Planning and Development Commission
Greater Egypt
John Fauhnestock
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