Flood plan approved for Southern Illinois projects worth 54.9 million
The U.S. House okayed 54.9 million for flood control navigation water supply and recreation work in 16 Southern Illinois counties. Highlights include 3.2 million for Rend Lake 9.9 million for Kaskaskia River and 26.5 million for Smithland locks and dam. Deadline set for flood aid July 12 with HUD aid noted and a toll free number to reach for assistance.
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U.S
House of Representatives
Illinois
Rend
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia Island
Big Muddy
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Smithland
Wabash River
Mound City
Degognia
Fountain Bluff
Grand Tower
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Olive Branch
Jerseyville
Moline
Edwardsville
Rockford
Kinkaid groups join anti-pollution push for new lake
Two groups backing Kinkaid Lake in Murphysboro unite to curb surface pollution. Murphysboro Kinkaid Lake Boating Association and Kinkaid Development Association vow to curb litter and report violations, even pursuing prosecutions to protect the lake.
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New Lake
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Jim Gibbs
Murphysboro- Kinkaid Lake
Gibbs
Kinkaid Development Association
Ava
Boat Association
Carbondale weighs refunding bonds to save costs
Carbondale City Manager Fry and City Atty. Womick met with Chicago consultants to discuss refinancing a 1.5 million revenue bond issue proposed by UMIC Inc of Memphis. Attorneys weigh legal ramifications and possible use of the 78 thousand windfall, with options including local charities or university foundations.
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Carbondale
Carroll Fry
John Womick
Chicago
Umic, Inc
Memphis
Wagner named financial manager for Jackson County Mental Health
Tom L. Wagner a Newton school psychologist, will serve as financial manager for the Jackson County Community Mental Health Board. He will be paid 13500 and starts July 1, with duties including fiscal oversight and seeking funding for a county drug program. He previously worked at J.C. Penney and Cary's Mens Shop and holds SIU degrees. He will work temporarily in Murphysboro as the coroner's office is vacant.
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Tom L. Wagner
Newton
Jackson County Community Mental Health Board
708
Michael Altekruse
Wagner
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
J.C. Penney Co
Centralia
Cary
Carbondale
SIU
Altekruse
Murphysboro
Harry Flynn
Hospital board awards 7558 dollar ceiling and lighting contract
The Union County Hospital Board awarded a 7558 dollar contract to Wayne Miller of Anna to install a new ceiling and lighting system. The board reported no other bids were received. Publicity chairwoman Joan Edwards said she again asked the county Board of Commissioners for 3000 to build a heliport for the hospital.
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Union County Hospital Board
Wayne Miller
Anna
Miller
Joan Edwards
County Board of Commissioners
Strike Continues for Southern Illinois Engineers
No progress reported today in the Habsburg Local 318 strike of the International Union of Operating Engineers. About 500 engineers have halted most building and highway work in Southern Illinois since June 18 after failing to reach a contract with three contractors' associations. Thomas M. Brooks, dean at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, spoke Thursday at the NEA conference in Portland, Oregon.
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Habsburg
International Union of Operating Engineers
Illinois
Thomas M. Brooks
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
National Education Association
Portland
Ore
Carbondale HUD grant funds renew urban renewal program
Carbondale's urban renewal program receives 3.1 million dollars from HUD, the third program year to begin Sunday. Director Eldon Gosnell says the city fared well compared with Illinois peers, with 3,160,018 planned for street work and rehabilitation in the A-3-1 area and carry over funds for year two acquisitions relocations and demolitions.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Eldon Gosnell
Chicago
Gosnell
SIU Carbondale Medical School Receives $114 910 Grant
The School of Medicine at Southern Illinois University Carbondale gains a $114 910 HEW health professions capita tion grant as part of a national $96 million package. Based on 53 students as of June 25 the award equals about $2 250 per student and funds will expand an evolving three year curriculum, add faculty, support health manpower training, sustain the Med-Prep effort for minority and low income students, and grow family practice residencies including Doctors Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
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Health Professions
School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
SIU
Siu-C
Marvin Moore
Office of
Medical School
Tinue
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Southern Illinois Faces Worst Spring Floods and Losses
Flooding along the Mississippi and heavy storms devastate Southern Illinois with levee breaks, crop losses, and road damage. Officials cite $2 million in property losses and four deaths from flash floods while irrigation and erosion threaten farms and orchards across nine counties.
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Cindy Harrell
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Mississippi River
Civil Defense
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Illinois
Hezzie Fisher
Union County
James West
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Cobden
West
Carl DeWitt
State Highway Department
Rend Lake
Union
Jackson
Pulaski
DeWitt
Federal Highway Administration
St. Clair
Monroe
Randolph
Franklin
Alexander
Massac
Johnson
Lusk Creek
Eddyville
Pope County
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Pulaski County
Southern Illinois University
Makanda
Herr
Norge
Boren
IGA Foodliner
Flooding hits Don Whistle catfish farm near Gorham
Floods wreck Don and Mrs. Whistle's catfish operation near Gorham Illinois. They lost three years of work as ponds flooded and levees must be rebuilt. They hope to restock fish in the fall while the family has moved to Murphysboro. The Mississippi fishing outlook is described as improving in the Wall Street Journal.
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Big Five
Big Muddy River
Union County
Gale
Alexander County
Mississippi River Commission
Illinois
Frank
Kaskaskia Island
Randolph County Civil Defense
Ora Edwards
Kaskaskia
Edwards
Belleville
Small Business Administration
Springfield
Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
John Matheny
Corps of Engineers
Chester
Kaskaskia Levees
Don Whistle
Gorham
VIPs Paint Historic Grand Tower House For Free
The Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild plans a no pay work day on Saturday to paint the Huthmacher House in Grand Tower. VIPs from banks, universities and government will participate from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a potluck at 6 p.m. Proceeds support the Grand Tower Homecoming and Illinois tricentennial events as the house becomes a guild center and display site.
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Grand Tower
Ilinois
Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild
Illinois
Huthmacher
The
Arts and Crafts Guild
Guild
Charles
Chuck’? Huthmacher
Decatur
Marilyn Phillips
Phillips
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
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Ohio
Mississippi Rivers
Joseph C. Munson
Munson
Illinois Civil Defense Agency
Robert S. Ritz
State Civil Defense Agency
Ritz
Carbondale Bonds
Fry
UMIC
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Carbondale Business and Industrial Development Association
Mental Health Board
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Hospital Board
Siu Dean
NEA
Carbondale Renewal i S Agency
HEW Funds
SIU Medical School
Herrin
Paul Ice
U. S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Ice
Robert Frank
University of Illinois Extension
Jackson County
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