Mississippi and Big Muddy Flooding Strikes Western Illinois
Flooding from the Mississippi River threatens western Illinois towns with crest expected Friday or Saturday as levees at Menard Penitentiary fail. About 350 of 600 farmland acres planted in wheat sit behind the breached levee. 25 acres unprotected also flood. Big Muddy River floods cut phone service in Jackson County and threaten Murphysboro water and power facilities as crests approach 30 feet.
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Illinois
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
Paul Sympson
Sympson
Kaskaskia Island
Mississippi River
St. Marys
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cape Girardeau
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Charles Meadows
General Telephone Co
Ava
Glenn Exchange
Meadows
Jacob-Neunert
Big Muddy
Sand Ridge
East Walnut Street
Wildcat walkout at Herrin Herrin Allen plant
A one week old walkout at the Allen Industries Inc. Herrin plant involves 250 Textile Workers of America Local 1374 members urged to return to work. Company seeks an injunction while Dayco, Dayton, says expansion plans for 1.5 million dollars proceed to boost Herrin production of molded dash liners for 1974 automobiles by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Industries Inc
Herrin
Textile Workers of America
Rm Manning A Production Corp
Dayton
Dayco
Carbondale Man Charged in Palm's Tavern Stabbing
Leonard Higgins, 23, of Carbondale is charged with aggravated battery after a Saturday stabbing at Palm's Tavern. Witnesses say Higgins took a drink from a woman, sparking a fight that left Wayman Abbage seriously injured. Abbage is in satisfactory condition at Doctors Memorial Hospital. Higgins awaits arraignment in Jackson County Court. a burglary warrant from St Clair County is also on file. Judge Stewart Cluster to lead Law Day planning across nine counties.
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Carbondale
Leonard Higgins
Wayman Abbage
Palm’s Tavern
Washington Ave
Higgins
E. Elm St
Abbage
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Jackson County
St. Clair County
Du Quoin Approves Overpass Engineering Contracts
Du Quoin City Council awarded engineering contracts for an Illinois Central Gulf overpass to Watwood and Pyle of Centralia and Givenrod-Lipe of Benton. The 800 foot long structure will be 33.6 feet wide and pass over tracks with Chestnut and Oak streets beneath. Completion is targeted for August 1974 with funding in place by March 1974.
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Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
du Quoin
Walnut Street
Division Street
ICG
Chestnut
Oak Streets
Commerce Commission
Main Street
Struck
ICG Division
Carbondale
Benton
Licata
West Frankfort Chamber backs easing of EPA air rules
The West Frankfort Chamber approved a resolution supporting relaxed air pollution standards with UMWA coal interests and other groups. Executive Secretary Walter Collins says copies go to area lawmakers and senators. A coordinated meeting of officials is pending as the city council favors less stringent controls to protect Illinois coal industry.
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State Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chamber
Ada
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Walter Collins
Collins
West Frankfort
Illinois
Munson Named Jackson County Highway Chief
Jackson County appoints William P. Munson of Murphysboro as the new County Superintendent of Highways effective April 1. The Jackson County Board approved the selection after screening seven applicants and certifying both Munson and Theodore L. Jennings of Carterville.
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William P. Munson
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Munson
Theodore L. Jennings
Carterville
State Dept. of Transportation
James Gillmore
Jennings
Carl Worthen
A. B. Harris
Jaycees Sell Honey Drive To Fight Muscular Dystrophy
Marion Jaycees are selling 360 jars of honey at 1 dollar each to raise funds for muscular dystrophy. Chairman Paul Hethman says the Marion project runs statewide and aims to complete sales Sunday with a door to door Honey Sunday drive.
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Marion Jaycees
Paul Hethman
Marion
HUD ends Carbondale land funds
City Manager Carroll Fry announced HUD will not provide land acquisition funds for the 1974 action year starting July 1. Urban Renewal Director Eldon Gosnell said eight condemnation suits are ready, with about $40,000 in project funding. land acquisition only is affected. The Northwest Rehabilitation Project is likely dead, with hopes for future community development revenue sharing funds.
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Carbondale
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Carroll Fry
Fry
Eldon Gosnell
Gosnell
Washington and Larch
Northwest
Olin guards negotiate new contract terms at Olin Corp
Negotiations continue between the American Federation of Peace Officers Guards and Enforcement Personnel Local 19 and Richardson Detective Agency over a two year deal for 12 union guards at Olin Corp in Ordill. The current hourly base is 2.5342 with shift differentials of 7 and 10 cents.
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American Federation of Peace Officers
Richardson Detective Agency
Olin Corp
Ordill
Ralph Yancey
Herrin
al Trotter
Springfield
Health leaders gather for day-long public health session
About 75 public health administrators from 12 departments in a 27 county Southern Illinois area met at the Jackson County Country Club for a full day on developments in public health. Sponsored by the Jackson County Board of Health, the conference covered health service coordination legislation county government relations equal opportunity funding and environmental protection.
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Jackson County Country Club
Jackson County Board of Health
Southern
Illinois
Elkville votes on Legion hall purchase and remodeling
Elkville Village Board approves buying the Elkville American Legion building for $1. The president says no immediate plans for use yet. The structure will require extensive remodeling before any civic group meetings.
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Elkville
Elkville American Legion
Elkville Village
Chester Vinson
Vinson
Jackson County board sets special session on federal funds
The Jackson County Board scheduled a 7:30 p.m. March 29 special meeting to set policies and priorities for about 1 million dollars in federal revenue sharing funds. They authorized notices to urge all agencies to draft priority lists and reviewed several fund requests, with a few items designated very low priority.
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Tony Stevens
Jackson County
Health Committee
Sallie Logan Library
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Ing
Sallie Logan Library Board of
Walnut
18Th Streets
Jackson County Building Commission
Jackson board split on revenue sharing transfer decision
Jackson County board split 7 7 over funding a part time assistant and a new secretary for the state's attorney office. After a failed motion to classify the request as low priority, State's Atty. Hood won approval to transfer $12 000 within his budget to cover the new positions by a 4 0 vote.
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Jackson County
Howard Hood
Douglas Eriksen
Finance Committee
Eriksen
James Gillmore
Charles Gray Russell Marshall
Mary Miesner
J. C. Penn
Noel Stallings
Frank Bridges
Susan Casey
Gene Chambers
Mary Chew
Bill Kelley
Reginald Stearns
Louise Wolfe
Hood
Carbondale considers four acre mobile home zoning districts
The Carbondale planning and zoning commissions discuss a proposed ordinance to create mobile home districts at least four acres in size and regulate land use rather than structures. Nonconforming parks face 90 day limits on land use with a 50 percent destruction rule for replacements.
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Carbondale
Glen Gidley
Gidley
Mobile Home District
Mobile
James Rayfield
Rayfield
Herrin Park board slows actions ahead of April election
Herrin Park Board delays key decisions until the April 13 election. The panel votes to buy 500 more ballots to total 1,500 while postponing hiring a new secretary, pool manager, park director, and other projects. Election specifics include poll hours and candidate filings, with write-in campaigns noted.
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Park Board
Zelah Scalf
Herrin Park Board
Bob Hardcastle
Laborers International Union
Afl-Cio
Herrin
John Berra
Don Quaglia
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Water Street
Conagra-Illinois Inc
H. C. Cole Milling Co
Pierre Menard
David Wetzel
Riverview Gardens
Carbondale Man
Stewart
Cluster Law Day Chairman
Stewart Cluster
Johnston City
First Judicial Circuit
Cluster
Dent
Gillmore
Alberta Johnson
Sandra Snider
Grand Tower
Carbondale Land
Olin Guards
Jackson County Board
Doug Eriksen
Penses
State’s Attorney’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
Treasurer’s Office
County General Fund
U.S
Jackson Board
Joseph Arimond
The
Southern Illinoisan
Hardcastle
Rose Marie Jensen
Ann Tygett
Helen Vansaghi
Frances Bellett
Frances Tygett
South 16Th Street
Terry Hughes
Kane
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