Belchak Returns To Carbondale After 20 Month Gap
Belchak reappears in Carbondale after a 20 month absence with a new look and plan. He travels toward Florida while handing out pamphlets and promoting his belief that everything should be free. He reflects on past hassles and notes he now travels with a straw hat, signs, and a novelty gadget as he draws attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
Mike
Freedom
Belchak
Carbondale
Florida
Michigan
Ridgecrest
Calif
Jackson GOP write in Heller files for treasurer
Lowell Heller of Murphysboro, longtime Jackson County Supervisor of Assessments, announces a Republican write-in bid for treasurer. The slate adds a write-in candidate amid a court challenge over county board salary and duty changes affecting Heller he seeks to curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Heller
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Larry Jacober
Carbondale
Don Stricklin
Monroe Deming
Deming
Shirley Booker
Heller
Jackson County Circuit Court
Marion council approves water main replacements and zoning change
Marion City Council voted to spend 8824 on supplies to replace 2200 feet of low pressure water mains along Park DeYoung Browning and Main Streets. They appointed auxiliary police to three members and approved a zoning change at State and DeYoung for highway business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Robert Connell
Park
DeYoung
Browning
Main Streets
Dale Almaroad
Jerald Casper
Ben Little
Vance Schmid
State and
DeYoung Streets
William Ripley
Marion Ford-Mercury Inc
Ervin N
Miners Hold Fast as Court Order Shuts In Taft Hartley Blockade
Southern Illinois coal miners stay home despite a federal Taft Hartley restraining order to end picketing and restore work. Mines run idle while supervisors operate. UMW members await a possible Washington contract deal amid widespread aid efforts and continued food stamp support checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Aubrey Robinson
UMW
AMAX
Peabody
Consolidation
Freeman United
Old Ben
Inland Steel Coal Companies
Illinois
Washington
Consolidation Coal Co
Burning Star 2
du Quoin
Pittman
Carter
U. S. Departments of Agriculture and Health, Education and Welfare
Springfield
Chicago
West Walnut residents oppose Carbondale project hearing set
A group of West Walnut Street residents in Carbondale urged council to halt an east-west traffic couple plan. They warned completion would harm the historic district and urged alternatives, citing ongoing construction on Illinois 13 and long street-traffic debates. The council scheduled a public hearing for May 8 and asked for concrete traffic solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Walnut
Robert Grupp
Southern Illinois
West Walnut Street
Carbondale
Central
West Main
Walnut Street
Main Street
Association
Kay Sanders
W. Walnut
Mike Kimmel
Carroll Fry
Neal Eckert
Council
Carbondale grants liquor permits after reversal
Carbondale liquor commissioners reversed an earlier ruling and granted Ernest Fligor a Class B license for Southern Barbeque at 220 S. Illinois Ave. The panel also approved a Danver's Restaurant license for Robert K. Collins at 1010 E. Main St. and a Lewis Park Mall package liquor store for Wilbur Pick, amid public objections and critique from commissioner Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Ernest Fliger
S. Illinois Ave
Commission
South Illinois Avenue
Liquor Control Commission
Hans ~ Fischer
Fligor
Fli
Gor
Southern Barbeque
Archie Jones
Helen Westberg
Eldon Ray
Neal Eckert
Fliger
Robert K. Collins
Danver’s
E. Main St
Collins
Ray
The
Liquor Commission
Wilbur Pick
Lewis Park Mall
East Grand Avenue
Pick
Jones
Lewis Park
Velma Halstead
Tommy Glisson
Herrin backs ambulance subsidies for county plan
Herrin City Council backs Mayor Ottolini's effort to have Williamson County communities subsidize Pulley Ambulance Co of Marion. Pulley stopped countywide runs March 1, resumed in Herrin Friday awaiting subsidy. Factory runs and nearby towns’ coverage hinge on county action while Herrin pays $1,080 monthly for emergency service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schechter
Southern
Pulley
Herrin
Norge Co
Hurst
Herrin Hospital
Roy Randall
Norge
Robert Chaplin
Ottolini
Herrin Industries
Eugene Shafer
Benton murder probe widens as autopsy links death to assault
Franklin County coroner says Debra Smith 19 of McLeansboro was strangled and sexually assaulted. Her nude body was found in Lake Moses near Benton after she was last seen in Benton at 2 a.m. Sunday. Investigators pursue leads. no arrests yet. Funeral set for Ten Mile Baptist Church in McLeansboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Illinois
Franklin County
Debra Smith
McLeansboro
Lake Moses
Benton
Miss Smith
Charles Seagle
A. S. Thompson
Herrin Hospital
Illinois 14
Seagle
West Frankfort
McLeasboro
Ten Mile Baptist Church
Gholson Funeral Home
Hamilton County
McLeansboro Township High School
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Minneapolis
Minn
Larry Johnson
Ernest Mann
San Francisco
Mike Belchak
Jackson Gop
Baker, Inc
Homer Askew
Howard Valentine
UMW Safety Committee
Tom Shoemake
Freeman United Orient 4
Shoemake
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Dan Pittman
Vernon
Rocky
Morris
United Auto Workers
United Steel Workers
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Illinois Farmers
Bondale
New Era Road
Oakland Street
University Avenue
Hans Fischer
Thomas Hone
Eason Drive
Howe
East Park Street
John Winn
Georgetown
Halstead
Ine
Murdale Baptist Church
Csetaeale
Winn
Pappas
Gary Hernbeck
Hernbeck
S. 6Th St
Robco Homes Inc
Herrin Planning Commission
Frank Hubbard
Hubbard
Terrence Hopkins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Rend Lake College
Ina
George Smith
Dennis
Ewing
Darrel
Denver, Colo
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