Murphysboro Officer Hosts Drug Truth Exhibit in Schools
Murphysboro Policeman Jim Nash tours area schools and civic groups with a homemade drug exhibit designed to tell the truth about drugs. The display categorizes amphetamines barbiturates hallucinogens narcotics and marijuana with authentic yet diluted samples and accompanying information.
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Tony Stevens
Illnoisan
Murphysboro
Jim Nash
Nash
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Don ‘Castleberry
National District Attorney’s
Chicago
Northwest Carbondale street plan faces resident opposition
Residents at a Carbondale town meeting resisted a proposed $2 million street widening and storm drainage project for northwest streets including Bridge and Rigdon. City officials say work would start in 1977 with later phases if funds allow, while residents seek alternatives to preserve the neighborhood’s character and curb environmental impact.
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Joseph Arimond
Carbondale
William Boyd
Mitchell Hadder
Bridge
Carico
Rigdon
Chestnut
Kennicott
Almond
Boyd
Bll Mitchell
Bridge Street
Mitchell
Hans Fischer
Tak
Jack Cooper
Northwest
Cooper
Rail relocation funds win House approval for Carbondale project
The House approves a Department of Transportation appropriation bill funding Carbon dale railroad relocation and 18 crossing demonstration projects with a total of 22.8 million dollars. The measure moves to the Senate pending presidential signoff, with public hearing set for August 11 to advance the environmental impact statement. If the project proceeds, about 52 million will be spent by 1983.
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House of Representatives
Department of Transportation
Carbondale
U.S
Paul Simon
Senate
White House
Simon
Neal Eckert
Publi
Coal plant hopes lift Willisville and nearby towns
Residents of Willisville and Cutler welcome a $276 million coal conversion plant planned northeast of the community. They describe past hardship, anticipate jobs for locals, housing strains, and a regional economic upturn as miners, penitentiary workers, and small-town businesses expect benefits from the project.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Nick Culp
Culp
Willisville
Wayne Beisner
Menard Penitentiary
Beisner
Sparta
Cutler
William Illig
Marion residents seek annexation to city limits
North State Street residents outside Marion city limits ask to join the city to gain sewer and water service. An ordinance for a referendum will be prepared for the next council meeting. About 47 houses with 125 to 150 residents on the road toward Spillertown would be affected.
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North State Street
Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
Spillertown
Glenn Clarida
Herrin board weighs sites for new middle school
The Herrin Community School District 4 board met in a special session to discuss possible five acre sites for a new middle school for grades five to eight. They approved hiring a local abstractor to determine owners of several potential sites and plan to submit two options to the Illinois Capital Development Board for review and testing.
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Herrin Community School District 4
Illinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Supt
William Clarida
Board of Education
Herrin
Herrin Council approves top merit test hires for two policemen
The Herrin City Council tentatively approved full time employment for Thomas Duncan Horn and Charles Rusty Denham after they ranked highest on a June 19 police merit test. Denham has served as part time officer since November. eight of 15 applicants passed the exam. The board also seeks a federal mediator to clarify parts of the Laborers Local 372 contract, focusing on vacancies seniority promotions and job classifications. The council honored Norge Co for 30th anniversary and 50th year under Norge brand and 25th year in washing machines, and appointed Richard Pisoni to the Library Board.
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Robert Grupp
Herrin
Thomas Duncan Horn
Charles ‘‘Rusty
Denham
Herrin Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Herrin Police Department
Laborers International Union Local 372
Norge
Richard Pisoni
Hoffmann Brothers Under IBI Probe in Marion Liquor Trade
Mayor Robert Butler confirmed an Illinois Bureau of Investigation inquiry into Hoffmann brothers liquor stores in Marion. Philip Hoffmann owns ABC Liquor, while W Stephen and Thomas Hoffmann run Westmore Liquor Mart. The probe, prompted after IBI contact, targets possible market cornering and transfer practices across several cities, with background investigations already in Carbondale and Mt. Vernon.
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Robert Butler
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
IBI
Hoffmann Brothers
Marion
Philip Hoffmann
ABC Liquor Store
W. Stephen
Thomas Hoffmann
Westmore Liquor Mart
Butler
IBS
Neal Eckert
Carbondale
Michael Bowers
Murphysboro
Hoffmann
Carbondale Liquor Commission
Hoffmanns
Robert
Thomas Palmier
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Mt. Vernon
Rolland Lewis
Southern Illinoisan
SIUC reports mixed summer enrollment gains and drops
SIUC summer figures show undergraduate enrollment up by 129 to 6988 while total enrollment falls 2.6 percent to 10116. Graduate numbers drop 315 to 3000 amid off campus course reductions and later registration. Officials expect a smaller decline by summer end.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
B. K. Browning
Siu-C
Browning
School of Medicine
Robert C. Radtke
Radtke
School of Technical Careers
College of ‘Science
College of Education
School of Engineering and Technology
School of Agriculture
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Jackson County
Randolph
Perry
Northwest Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Susan Hartwick
Poplar Camp Creek Road
Cedar Lake
Hardwick
Ronald
Hartwick
Fry
Don Helvey
Jane Cheatham
Richard Stefaniak
Iane Cheatham
O. R. Walley
Madison and
Marion Streets
William Cabaniss
Future
Hadfield Streets
Pinewood Lane
James Wilson
Homer Askew
Herrin Board
Horn, Denham
John B. McVey
Noreen Marcus
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