Sandbagging Planned as River Rises Near Chester Area
U S Army Corps of Engineers will fill and place sandbags on Kaskaskia Island levee if the Mississippi rises another foot. At 8:30 a.m. the river stood 34.9 feet with crest forecast at 35 feet Sunday. Flood stage at Chester is 27 feet. Island residents delay sandbagging until 36 feet at Chester. The flood has inundated farmland near Chester and breached levees around Menard Penitentiary.
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Kaskaskia Island Levee
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Chester
Kaskaskia Island
St. Marys
Menard Penitentiary
Water Street
Murphysboro
East Walnu Street
Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Free curbside trash pickup set for Carbondale residents
Spring cleaning begins as Carbondale’s street and sanitation department offers free curb-side collection next week. Items from refrigerators to rusty tools can be left at the curb and picked up at no charge following the schedule: Monday north of Main Street and east of the railroad, Tuesday north of Main Street and west of Oakland, Wednesday east of Oakland and south of Main, Thursday north of Main and west of the railroad, Friday south of Main Street.
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Street and Sanitation Department
Main Street
Oakland Avenue
Downtown Task Force meeting lacks members in Carbondale
Seven people attended the Carbondale Downtown Task Force steering committee meeting Thursday night, but no steering committee members were present. Jim Rayfield said city council will decide Monday on projects for the capital improvements program. Perry announced plans to improve the 200 block of South Illinois Avenue with $200 from the Chamber of Commerce, while Jaycees designate Downtown Carbondale Week to raise the remaining $1,900 for the Urban Programming Corp. and Real Estate Research Corp. study. Copies of the final reports were handed out.
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Carbondale
Jim Rayfield
Rayfield
Dick Perry
Brown Shoe Fit Co
S. Illinois Ave
South
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Perry
Jaycees
Urban Programming Corp
Real Estate Research Corp
Zeigler-Royalton board accepts Belcher resignation
Zeigler Royalton Unit School Board accepted district superintendent Roy Belcher’s resignation. Belcher will become superintendent of the Bement School District July 1. Applications for his replacement are invited by April 15. Belcher has led since 1968 after William Ramsey’s 22 years.
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Zeigler-Royalton Unit School Board
Roy Belcher
Belcher
Bement
Champaign
William Ramsey
West Franklin High School
Zeigler
Mt. Vernon
Marion Poggas
Royalton
County board may fund Jackson drug and alcohol center
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors may fund central intake for drug and alcohol problems with 24000 dollars from federal revenue sharing. The plan includes a detox center at Care House in Carbondale, testing and counseling, and a central referral point for courts and agencies. It would also fund job training and follow up services with staff and volunteers.
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Henry de Fiebre
Jackson County
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Health and Safety Committee
Central Intake
Carbondale
David Smith
Smith
Hill House
Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic
Frank Wilkerson
Discipline approach criticized by Brush PTA at district board
Brush School PTA members told the Carbondale Grade School Board that the district discipline code enacted last September fails to curb problems. They urged more professional help, social workers, and guidance counselors to assist students with developing or serious emotional issues. Board members noted teachers’ responsibilities but took no action.
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Brush School
PTA
Carbondale
Brush Pta
Margaret Stauber
Jerry Lacey
Linda Wilson
Energy hosts Saint Patrick box supper at grade school
Energy Volunteer Fire Department sponsors a 6 pm pie and box supper at Energy grade school with a Saint Patrick theme. Women should bring two person boxes auctioned to the highest bidder while senior women bring pies. Prizes for best boxes and special titles announced. proceeds go to the fire department. A Jonesboro circuit court one day grand jury session was set to consider 11 or 12 indictments before Union County State's Attorney James Leaton.
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The
Energy Volunteer Fire Department
Energy
Tim Griffith
Fire Department
Herrin Barber Shop
Jonesboro
Union County
James Leaton
Benton hospital union drive stalls after board refusal
In Benton, Frank lin Hospital faced a setback as the hospital board refused to consider unionization cards. A Wednesday meeting excluded union organizers from an executive session, and no impartial card counting was ordered. The LIU Local 529 contends enough names exist for an election, while nurses scarcer staff and protests persist.
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Franklin Hospital
Benton
Judith Shurtz
Miss Shurtz
Laborers International Union
Warren Stark
Laborers Local 529
Low bidders scale down bids for 60 federal housing units
Three low bidders on the 60 unit project in northeast Carbondale have reduced bids to fit the Jackson County Housing Authority budget. Revised totals exceed funds but a 10 percent contingency is planned. HUD approval is pending. Units to be built on five sites near Fisher Birch Barnes and Wall streets.
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Carbondale
Jackson County Housing Authority
Reid Troutman
Troutman
Authority
McCarthy Brothers
St. Louis
Plumbing
B&c Plumbing
Murphysboro
Hall Electric Co
Sparta
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chicago
HUD
Fisher, Birch, Barnes and
Wall Streets
Fire damages Home Lumber Co. in Tamaroa blaze
Tamaroa Fire Chief Barney West reports a Wednesday fire at the Home Lumber Co. started near the front wiring around 5 45 p.m. The ceiling was lowered and fire stayed there with water damage to merchandise. The yard is run by Audrey Kirkpatrick. No damage estimate yet.
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du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Tamaroa
Home Lumber Co
Barney West
West
Audrey Kirkpatrick
Three Injured in Marion Three-Car Crash
Three people sustained minor injuries in a four thirty five p.m. Marion crash at the Rt. 37 New Rt. 13 intersection. Margaret Davie nineteen left turned into James Cox thirty nine and his son James Cox thirteen. Cox’s pickup hit Davie’s car and struck Walter Fozzard fifty four. Davie charged with failure to yield right of way and Cox with driving too fast for conditions. Sgt. Terry F Hope reported for duty at the Marine Corps Air Station Beauford South Carolina.
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Marion
Margaret Davie
W. White St
James
C. Cox
Laclede Ave
Carterville
James Cox
Marion Memorial Hospital
Rt. 37
New Rt. 13
Miss Davie
Rt. 13
Cox
Davie
Walter Fozzard
E. Marion St
Terry F. Hope
Otto Hope
Rt. 5
Marine Corps Air Station
Beauford
S.C
Mt Vernon Boy Drowns In Creek Flood Rescue Search
The body of Buddy Niederfer, 9, was recovered Friday from flood swollen Casey Creek after he fell from a tree into the water Wednesday. Searchers found him tangled in brush along the bank about a quarter mile from the initial fall.
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Buddy Niederfer
Casey Creek
Governor listens on freeway plan discussed in Springfield
Gov Daniel Walker met for nearly an hour with 11 Southern Illinois leaders to discuss the proposed supplemental freeway from Harrisburg to East St. Louis. Dycus of Carbondale said the governor did not commit but acknowledged the statewide need for new freeways and the priority of the project. Attendees included Hum phr y Dodd Miller McVey Dinnis MacMillan Burroughs Richmond Hayes and other local officials.
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Southern Illinois
Daniel Walker
Harrisburg
East St. Louis
Harold Dycus
Carbondale
Springfield
Walker
Dycus
Bill Humphrey
Carterville
George Dodd
Diane Miller
Marion
Bob Brewer
John McVey
Tom Dinnis
Herrin
Col
Alexander MacMillan
Ray Burroughs
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Bill Hayes
du Quoin
Miner Dennis Summer Regains Consciousness After Accident
Dennis Summer aged 29 of West Frankfort has regained consciousness after a February 22 coal mining accident. He cannot speak but recognizes visitors, a relative says, and he remained semi conscious for more than two weeks.
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Dennis Summer
West Frankfort
Summers
Carbondale housing project to undergo load stress tests
Jackson County Housing Authority will load stress test the five story Old West Main building to confirm structural safety after floor deflections. If tests fail, sections may be torn out. contractor Buckley Construction to conduct tests with outside agencies, tests to begin later this month.
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Tony Stevens
Ilinois and
Carbondale
Jackson County Housing Authority
Old West Main Street
Authority
Joseph Ragsdale
Reid Troutman
The
Buckley Construction Co
Fenton, Mo
Simon, Rettberg, Garrison and
Flom
Troutman
Tom Buckley
Nick Honti
Buckley
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Zeigler-Royalton
Drug, Alcohol Problem Center
Joseph Arimond
Joey Helleny
Southern Illinoisan
Paul W. Sympson
Menard State Penitentiary
Benton Dispute
W.W. Lamont
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Carbondale Housing
Lumber Firm
Burns
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