Recreation area access plans eyed by Illinois agency
Anthony Dean new director of the Illinois Department of Conservation outlines goals to restore and maintain public lands. The plan emphasizes basic improvements like walks and camping areas, with focus on Southern Illinois sites such as Swampy Heron Pond Bend Lake and Lusk Creek Canyon. He urges private land participation and controlled use of land for hunting and fishing with liability safeguards and landowner cooperation. Dean, 27, a Yale alumnus active in Sierra Club and Audubon Society, was appointed by Gov. Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rother
State Department of Conservation
Daniel Walker
Marion
Dean
Illinois
St. Louis
Chicago
Heron Pond
Wildcat Bluff
Vienna
Bend Lake
Lusk Creek Canyon
Big Muddy River
Jike Central Park
New York
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Kansas
Yale University
Sierra Club
The
Audubon Society
Norge to Expand Herrin Plant By 70 Percent
A $5.5 million expansion at the Norge Division plant in Herrin will add about 160000 square feet, bringing total floor space to 870000. The project aims to boost production of 20 pound washers and dryers by about 40 percent, with new electro deposition paint systems and more automation. The plant employs around 1800 people and operates under Fedders Corp with Lawrence E. Eichler as vice president and GM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelah Scalf
Southern Illinoisan
Norge Division
Herrin
Fedders Corp
E. Maple St
Norge
Nor
Effingham
Herrrin
Fedders
Southern Illinois
Borg-Warner Corp
Lawrence E. Eichler
Meritorious Service Unit honors three in Shawnee RC&D dinner
The Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Project awarded its Meritorious Service Award to chairman L. E. Gard of Golconda at the sixth annual dinner. Louise Wolfe of De Soto and Helen Stonecipher of Carbondale also received honors for service to soil and water conservation efforts and related programs. Attendees included state senators Buzbee and Johns and representatives Dunn and Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Project
L. E. Gard
Golconda
Louise Wolfe
de Soto
Jackson County Board
Helen Stonecipher
Carbondale
Gard
Shawnee RC and
D Project
Pope-Hardin County Soil and Water Conservation Service
State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Shawnee Land Use Council
Wolfe
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Stonecipher
Shawnee National Forest
Kenneth V. Buzbee
Gene Johns
Marion
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
Richard O. Hart
Benton
Rabid Skunks Spurring Pet Vaccination Drive in Campbell Hill
Over six days ten rabid skunks have been destroyed in Campbell Hill amid two confirmed cases by state labs and eight clinical cases. Rabies educator David Gobble warns residents: vaccinate dogs and cats promptly. A sixty day dog confinement order took effect, village officials say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Hill
Jackson County
Henry Fulford
Jackson County Health Dept
David Gobble
Gobble
Fulford
Village Board
Herbert A. Bollmann
Corps awards contracts for Mississippi river revetments
The Army Corps of Engineers awarded two river protection contracts above the Ohio River mouth. Patton and Tullay of Memphis received $1,429,905 for work in Grand Tower and areas around Cape Girardeau Missouri. Markham and Brown of Dallas earned $1,065,600 for work in Randolph County and Ste Genevieve Jefferson and St Louis counties in Missouri.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Kenneth J. Gray
Dwest
Dallas
Tex
Randolph County
Ste. Genevieve
Jefferson
St. Louis Counties
Murphysboro forms downtown redevelopment committee
A 111 member Murphysboro Downtown Redevelopment Committee formed in an organizational meeting focuses on easing parking and traffic issues and beautifying the central business district. Members include Mayor Bruce Richmond and Chamber of Commerce head Jack Brundage. Paul Michaels named recording secretary. The group plans to meet with city officials and GERPDC to discuss long range parking, traffic, and modernization proposals.
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Murphysboro
Bruce Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Brundage
Russell Breading
Harold Koehn
Harold Grove
David Watt Jr
Ernie Miller
Rupert Bergsmiller
Phil Green
Bill Jones
Norman Ellis
Paul Michaels
Greater Egypt
State bids for Mud Line road surfacing near Kinkaid Lake
The state lists surfacing of Mud Line road into the Kinkaid Lake dam area west of Murphysboro as a bid call project in a March setting. The state department of Transportation will accept bids on 51 highway projects.
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Kinkaid Lake
Kinkaid Lake Dam
Murphysboro
The
State Dept. of Transportation
Springfield
Jackson County
Dave Fliger
Reed’s Creek
Rt. 149
Fliger
Ava
Campbell Hill
Mardale Water District
de Soto
Elkville
Denmark
Perry County
Cobden Beautification Funds Fund Storage Purchase
Cobden Village Board approves buying the former Standard Service Station on East Front Street for 3400 and allocates 200 for continuing a beautification program. Plans include planting blue spruce trees near the railroad, with the Cobden Junior Woman's Club leading the first planting. Arthur Chapman will coordinate. Additional park and parking improvements are planned around the village hall and near a new community park.
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Cobden
Arthur Chapman
U. S. Forest Service
R. Wallace Rich
First National Bank of
Marion considers pedestrian alley walkway by city hall
Mayor Robert Butler told Marion City Council he authorizedFields Goldman and Magee to draft full plans to convert the alley by city hall into a pedestrian walkway. The preliminary drawing shows an alley closed to traffic with trees planters benches and display windows for shoppers. The firm designing the square clock tower also handles Public Square revitalization and plans aim for minimal expenditure before council acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
Robert Butler
Marion
City Hall
Fields, Goldman and Magee
Vernon
Butler
Talks resume in 19 week walkout at Herrin plant
Negotiations resumed at Container Stapling Corp in Herrin as company and union officials met today. The 88 members of Congress of Independent Unions Local 13 have been on strike since October 20, with prior talks held February 13 aided by FMCS commissioner John Pink of Evansville Indiana. The Herrin plant at 100 South 27th Street makes staples and stapling equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Container Stapling Corp
Herrin
John Pink
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Evansville
Ind
Congress of Independent Unions Local 13
S. 27Th St
Plant fuel conversion under way in Cobden plant
A Cobden mobile home plant is converting from natural gas to a temporary liquid petroleum gas supply after Cobden officials opted to limit gas usage to stay within a 49 222 cubic feet allotment from Texas Eastern Transmission Corp The city told the plant gas would be cut off after March 1 but allowed continued supply until the conversion was completed Mayor G Wallace Rich reported ten members of the 1224th Transportation Company Illinois Army National Guard received five year honorable service medals for service in Murphysboro Carbondale Dix Carterville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobden
National Homes Inc
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
G. Wallace Rich
1224Th Transportation Company
Illinois Army National Guard
Carbondale
George Baskin
Willis Shadowens
Daniel Turk
Dennis Blankenship
Murphysboro
James Dvorshock
Avid Phillips
Richard Davenport
Victor de Frank
John Loos
Dix
Randy Mitchell
Carterville
Smoke test fails to find leaks at Marion pool
The Marion Park District Board heard that a smoke test of water lines at the Marion swimming pool did not reveal leaks. Commissioner Jim Garrison suggested a second smoke test if needed, with a valve stem depth of 11 feet possibly checked. Commissioner John McAnelly noted a contractor will submit an estimate for rights for the Stotlar Field baseball diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Swimming Pool
Park District Board
Jim Garrison
John McAnelly
Stotlar Field
Hill House seeks emergency loan at Carbondale meeting
Hill House a drug rehabilitation center on Old Rt. 13 West asks Carbondale City Council for a 4000 loan to keep operations going until state funds arrive. CAN says staff may stay with partial pay. council delayed action for more financial detail.
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Lil Swanson
Carbondale
Hill House
Old Rt. 13 West
Fred Evans
Carbondale Action Now
CAN
George Karnes
Neal Eckert
Evans
Lindy Goodman
Archie Jones
Victory Gardens
Bill Schwegman
Broken windows attack at Carbondale Marine recruiting station
Federal property windows at 201 W. Walnut St. were smashed by a passing drink bottle for the ninth time costing about $300 per replacement. The Air Force at 205 W. Walnut logged the eleventh break in four years. FBI may investigate. taxpayers bear the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
U. S
U.S. Marine Corps
Walnut St
Mitchell Sutherland
U.S. Air Force
W. Walnut
Dwight Freeman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Sutherland
Herrin High Considers Flexible Scheduling Plan
Herrin High School teachers debated a proposed variable scheduling system and an open campus. The plan would replace five subjects five days with class meetings from one to five times weekly and expand specialized courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey Hellen
Herrin
Woodstock High School
Woodstock
Darryl Reach
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Corps
Central Business District
Franklin-Williamson County
Williamson-Johnson County
Council
Shipley
Radio-Tv
William Shipley
Southern Illinois University
International Radio and Television Society
IRTS
Tarrytown
N.Y
Carroll Fry
Eckert
National League of Cities
Washington, D.C
Open
Anthony Venegoni
Venegoni
William Clarida
Clarida
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