Retiring Du Quoin mayor reflects on term and future needs
Du Quoin mayor Jack Struck, nearing retirement in May, says many major challenges are met though not all solved. He highlights priorities for $85,000 in federal revenue sharing, including a railroad overpass, a new municipal building, and a city swimming pool, while noting water supply improvements and housing projects under County Housing Authority.
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DeMaris Berry
Struck
du Quoin
Rend Lake
Consolidation Coal Co
City Lake
Poplar
Division Streets
Special council session on Overpass to be held tonight
Du Quoin Illinois special Dia Quoin City Chatell meeting will discuss an Overpass topic. Police Fire Commissioner Delmar Falk, seeking re election, announced the session amid an election issues forum at the Du Quoin Lions Club gathering. Other candidates for mayor and commissioner attended the forum.
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Delmar Falk
du Quoin Lions Club
Falk
Robert M. Armstrong
Pool funding incoming for Carbondale park pool
Carbondale Park District expects 259000 in HUD funds this week to cover half the cost of the first city pool. Land acquisition and development hinge on receipt while the other half is to be raised by revenue bonds. Construction planned for this summer with use possible in 1974. the L shaped facility will include eight lanes a diving well and a wading area.
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HUD
Ilinois Supreme Court
Struck
Carbondale Park District
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Park Board
Tom Langdon
Charles Hines
Park District
Robert Coatney
Regional legal aid funding seen extended amid federal cuts
The Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation's regional program in Carbondale Marion may continue through Jan 31 as federal social service cuts loom. Director Martin Mendelsohn says unofficial sources indicate funding at the prior year's level, with offices statewide and a shift toward a presidentially appointed governing body under a potential legal services corporation.
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Carbondale
Marion
Doug Ingold
Martin Mendelsohn
East St. Louis
Regional Legal Service Foundation
Legal Service
Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Illinois, Inc
Carbondale and
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Centralia
Champaign
Danville
Mendelsohn
Carbondale - Marion
Ingold
Legal Services
Congress
OEO
Legal Services Corporation
Nixon
Carbondale Chamber to hear 45-15 year round plan
Bonita Troutt reports Valley View School District in Romeoville will discuss the 45-15 year round calendar at 7 p m April 18 in SIU’s Ballroom B. Valley View has used 45-15 since 1970. Also, chamber defers brochure project funding and approves $200 for landscaping with $800 promised by Brown Shoe Fit Co if chamber matches.
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Pat Page
Valley View Community Unit
Romeoville
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale
Valley View
Page
Illinois Avenue
Dick Perry
Brown Shoe Fit Co
Perry
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