Carbondale urban renewal no longer a myth
In Carbondale urban renewal moves forward despite red tape and apathy. City officials and the Community Conservation Board pursue federal funded plans to replace blighted areas with improved streets and housing, aiming to create a city without substandard housing within a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Joe Citizen
Frank Kirk
Southern Ilinois University
William Burns
Community Conservation Board
Federal Housing Agency
Burns
National Urban Renew
Eldon Gosnell
Con
Urban Renewal Terms Outlined for Carbondale Board
The Carbondale Community Conservation Board coordinates urban renewal with city control and council approval. Federal funds support projects via grants loans and technical assistance while governing rules require a Workable Program and time schedules. Next steps reference forthcoming Carbondale projects.
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Servation Board
Community Conservation Board
Carbondale
Driver not negligent in pedestrian collision case
A Williamson County jury found for driver Donald Snoddy in a $25,000 suit by 66 year old Janie Quigley of Marion. Quigley claimed injuries from a June 27 1965 accident while crossing near New Rt 113. The verdict held Snoddy not negligent and cited contributory negligence by Quigley for crossing mid block without looking.
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Williamson County
Janie Quigley
E. DeYoung St
Marion
Donald Snoddy
New Rt. 113
Marion City
Park
Snoddy
Carbondale teachers protest district pay schedule
Carbondale educators protested a June 1 salary schedule after a survey showed 75.5 percent of 98 respondents found the raise unfair. The district switched to an index system with a $5,600 base for new teachers and higher year by year increases, drawing criticism from CEA leaders.
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Carbondale Education Association
CEA
Carbondale Grade School District
William Sundermeyer
Gaylin Fliger
Sundermeyer
Sondermeyer
Zone law case ends in mistrial in Marion court
Judge Lan Haney declared a mistrial in a Marion zoning case accusing Mary Blades of placing a trailer on her lot without a city permit. The proceeding began as criminal but was reclassified as civil after the jury was seated, the first such Marion zoning case in a decade.
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Marion
Lan Haney
Williamson County
Mary Blades
Haney
Quiet funeral honors Hayes and wife in Du Quoin
About 700 mourners attended a simple service for Don Hayes and his wife Ruby in Du Quoin. The harness racing figure and bottling company founder died in a private plane crash last weekend. Governors, corporate and university leaders joined family and racing community members at the Du Quoin First Baptist Church before burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Don Hayes
Ruby
du Quoin
Hayes
du Quoin State Fair
du Quoin First Baptist Church
Thomas Laws
Atlanta, Ga
Coca-Cola
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Kerner
Illinois
W. T. Branon
W. S. Erwin
Sunset Memorial Park
Gene
W. R. Hayes
Hayes Fair Acres Stable
Bottling Corporation
Carbondale approves junior high addition and Springmore roof
The Carbondale Grade School Board awards a $60,943 contract to W E Snyder Construction for a three room addition to Lincoln Junior High adjoining the north wing. Norman Ellis bids and other firms listed. A separate $11,362 contract to J L Robinson Construction Co for a new roof and repair at Springmore School is approved without rebid.
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Carbondale
Springmore
W. E. Snyder Construction Co
Herrin
Lincoln Junior High School
East College Street
J and L. Robinson Construction Co
Norman Ellis Construction Co
Murphysboro
Richard Hunt Construction Co
Mt. Vernon
Eugene Draper Construction Co
Snyder
Laurence Martin
Murphysboro Park District approves 1967 68 tax levy
The Murphysboro Park District Board on Thursday approved a tax levy aligning with last year’s budget. The levy allocates 28500 for general corporate purposes for 1967 68, while the district’s May budget totals 37320, funded by receipts and other sources. General expenditures receive 19000 and the recreational program fund 9500.
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Murphysboro Park District
Meeting over salary talks prompts legality debate in Carbondale boards
Carbondale grade school and community high school boards faced a legality question after a joint executive session on administrators salaries. The session excluded five grade school supervisors and union and civic leaders, while the press attended only if allowed.
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Carbondale
The
Carbondale Education Associ
Charles Lerner
Lerner
Three zoning changes OK'd by Carbondale Board
The Carbondale Board of Appeals approved three variances to city zoning ordinances at a public hearing. No protests were raised. Actions included a trailer in a backyard for relatives, a temporary mobile home for an invalid on a West Chautauqua lot, and extending a canopy at Horstman’s cleaners & Farriers on 303 S. University Ave.
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Carbondale Board of Appeals
Keith Corson
Robert A. Biggs
North St
Duane Schroeder
West Chautauqua Street
Emerald Lane
Tower Road
Board of Appeals
Horstman’s Cleaners & Farriers
S. University Ave
Murphysboro school fire safety upgrades totaling 102974
Murphysboro Unit 186 board studied a 102974 cost estimate to bring six schools to the state fire safety code. Reports will be sent to the Jackson County superintendent. totals per school include Lincoln 11935 High School 26487 Longfellow 19615 Douglas 11855 Logan 20450 Washington 12632.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Unit
Jackson County
Lincoln
High
Longfellow
Douglas
Four arraigned for car theft in Williamson County
Four Marion men appeared in Williamson County Circuit Court on theft and car stripping charges. Jerry McRoy waived preliminary hearing on theft of Charles Merritt's car with Charles Ray Samples. Samples is charged but not yet arrested. McRoy bond set at 2000 dollars. others at 500 each. The group was bound over to a grand jury by Judge Lan Haney.
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Marion
Williamson County
Jerry McRoy
Charles Merritt
Charles Ray Samples
Samples
James Starnes
Jim Davis
Leslie Crain
Lan Haney
McRoy
Atty
Kenneth Hubler
Merritt
Grade schools decline to share in Carbondale planning plan
The Carbondale grade school board refuses to participate in a city planning program, citing state law limiting school district spending on planning. The high school district had also declined, while the park district and SIU signaled support if others join, though university officials doubt impact on participation.
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Carbondale
Laurence Martin
Elmer Dalton
State Office of Public Instruction
Illinois
Charles Hines
Carbondale Community
Carbondale Park
Southern Illinois University
C. William Norman
John S. Rendleman
SIU
Bowers Named Principal at Mc Elwain Center in Unit 186
Timothy Bowers, athletic director and staff member at Murphysboro High School, is appointed principal of the Mc Elwain attendance center in Unit 186. He succeeds Hal Cornett and will resign as AD. The board also hired two teachers and set starting salaries at $5,600 with 3 percent yearly raises.
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Timothy Bowers
Murphysboro High School
McElwain
Unit 186
Bowers
Hal Cornett
James Blackwood
Southern Illinois University
Murphysboro Township
William T. Davis
Washington and Orchard Hills
C. E. Roberts
Carruthers Junior High
Kenneth Farmer
Gary Stagen
SIU
Stagen
Neighbors seek bus for Negro children to Brush school
Five Northeast Carbondale parents appeared before the Grade School District board Thursday night asking that a school bus transport 14 children from Northeast Carbondale to Brush Grade School in the fall. Officials noted district policy allows students to attend any school if class size permits, while concern was raised about broader integration steps.
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Carbondale
Brush
Brush School
Albert Hillestad
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Hillestad
Jerry Lacey
Laurence Martin
Lincoln
Martin
Lewis
Lewis Lane
Attucks
New Lewis School
George Mendenall
C. Norman Geyer
Lewis School
Lacey
Truck Driver Stroke Shuts Route in Marion
Pryor Oklahoma truck driver Jack Dillard, 55, suffered a stroke while driving through Marion at 8 45 a m today. His son noticed the vehicle veering toward a parked car and used the wheel to stop it. Dillard was transported to Marion Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
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