Wilhelmy denies charges in Hazel firing case details
Carbondale Public Safety Director Richard Wilhelmy disputes points from Police Chief Hazel's March letter in a four hour Saturday session with the city council and again with a Southern Illinoisan reporter. He says he did not dismiss the auxiliary force, did not issue directives outside the chain of command, and did not seek Hazel's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Jack Hazel
Hazel
Wilhelmy
Public Safety
Police and Fire Merit Board
City conflict misrepresented says League leader
Mrs. John McDermott president of Carbondale's League of Women Voters says a Sunday meeting was misrepresented and she did not advocate an impartial investigation as a league representative. She arrived late and heard no clear group identity. Wilhelmy withdraws resignation offer. Norman's stands. Labor unions say they have not discussed sympathetic pickets at city hall this week.
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John McDermott
Carbondale
League of Women Voters
Morris Castle
Wilhelmy
Norman
Hazel
City Hall
Mrs. Ford’s Narrow Escape in Ban Me Thuot During Tet
SIU educator Mrs. Jane Ford recounts a violent Tet confrontation in Ban Me Thuot Vietnam where Viet Cong attacks and shelling forced her to shelter in a Montagnard village. A Viet Namese ranger later revealed the danger, and she notes bullets through the house despite no major damage to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Ford
Southern Illinois University
South Vietnam
Delyte W. Morris
Ban Me Thuot
Saigon
Morris
Montagnard
Hong Kong
Korea
Williamson County approves $1 million revenue bond contract
Williamson County public building commission signed a $1 million revenue bonds contract with Midwest Securities Co of Chicago at a rate not exceeding 5.8 percent. The plan aims to fund a new courthouse amid tax rate questions affecting the county general obligation status and potential competitive bidding. Commissioner Schafale criticized the negotiated terms, estimating bids around 4.75 percent and warning the 5.8 percent cap could raise interest by about $145,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Securities Co
Chicago
K. Neil Thurmond
Williamson County Public Building Commission
Thomas Haney
Commission
Howard Percy
St. Louis
Haney
Thurmond
Percy
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
County Bar Association
Oscar Schafale
Schafale
Bank of Marion
Imum
Charles and Trauernicht
Chapman and Cutler
St. Louis Bank
Midwest
Chicago Bond Company
Fire notes from Colp and Herrin incidents and area updates
Fire destroyed a house north west of Colp at 7 45 p m Saturday. In Herrin a car owned by Don Walker suffered wiring damage in a 6 25 p m Saturday blaze. WSIU TV to broadcast Secretary Rusk Senate hearing at 7 p m for about two and a half hours. Bids set for campus loop road section from Thompson Street to University Avenue and a west side parking lot. Separate bids for street lighting. Murphysboro notices include Dempsey Gilmore 15 for failure to yield and Robert A Barnes 15 for driving too fast for conditions. Midwest Securities Co faces questions on a county revenue bond issue tied to tax payments, with expert opinions split on feasibility and higher interest. An organizational meeting for a new Southern Illinois economic development district moved to Tuesday at the Gateway Inn, Muddy, with a 15-member board to guide the Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission including Saline, Hamilton, Gallatin, Pope and Hardin counties.
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Colp
Charles Spiller
Herrin
Don Walker
North 16Th Street
Southern Illinois University
Thompson Street
University Avenue
New Street
Grand Avenue
Southern Illinois Economic Development District
Gateway Inn
Muddy
Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission
Saline
Hamilton
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Sparta stores robbed and road garage burned in weekend incidents
Downtown Sparta saw two stores robbed Saturday night and a state maintenance garage burned early Sunday. Items stolen from the Kroger included a dollar camera, hair spray, meat, and lawn mowers. The Chrysler-Plymouth dealer reported missing oil filters and batteries. Entry to Kroger was by breaking the back wall, and the showroom doors were damaged at the Chrysler-Plymouth shop. A fire at the maintenance garage caused about 2500 dollars in damage, with arson suspected. Police and deputies investigated. thefts were discovered Sunday morning and no uniform count was available from the stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Benny Gibbs
Paul Wright
Chrysler - Plymouth
S. Vine St
Wright
Kroger
Benny Roberson
Roberson
Donald Deppe
Sparta Community Hospital
East Broadway Street
McCormick Sees GOP Path to Victory in Illinois
State Rep. C. L. McCormick of Vienna, seeking a seventh term, argues nationwide dissatisfaction drives voters to the Republican Party. He claims roads, parks, hospitals and taxes demand GOP leadership and predicts a strong Southern Illinois GOP showing. discusses constitutional reform, highway plans, prison completion, and a two percent sales tax proposal.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
House of Representatives
McCormick
Illinois
U. S
Kenny Gray
Gray
G. R
Bob”’ Beckmeyer
Nashville
State Division of Highways
West Vienna
Rt. 145
Metropolis
Harrisburg
Rt. 146
Ware
Golconda
Division of Highways
Nixon
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Reagan
Johnson
Meyers pleads guilty in Marion theft case
Fred Meyers 25 of Marion was sentenced to two to five years by Judge Lan Haney after pleading guilty to stealing a television set and two turkeys during a break in at Paulton School on November 22. Co-defendant James Garris 22 of Rt. 2 Marion pled guilty November 28 and received one to two years. No report from Orient. All other mines reported working Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Meyers
Marion
Lan Haney
Meyers
Paulton School
James Garris
Rt. 2
Haney
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Murphysboro
C. William Norman
Elizabeth Leighty
Frank Kirk
David Keene
Mrs
Vietnam
Siu
Wiliamson County
WSIU
Senate
Wsiu-Tv
Dean Rusk
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Siu Loop
Gop
Southern Illinois
Teally
Anna Sate Hospital
House
Cook County
Legislative Highway Commission
Youth Commission
Dixon
Orient 3
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