Carbondale Township voters seek clerk and four auditors
Carbondale Township voters will elect a tax assessor, a clerk and four auditors on April 3. Incumbent assessor Parrish faces challenger Michael Harty, a SIU educated writer, who criticizes real estate ties in assessments and calls for fairer valuations. Clerk candidates include Virginia Price seeking reelection and Pat Kowal, who urges more publicity. Four auditors will be chosen from eight candidates, with several newcomers and veterans sharing varied local government experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Troutt
Carbondale Township
Michael Harty
John R. Parrish
Parrish
Paul Brown
Harry
Harty
Murphysboro
SIU
Illinois
Virginia Price
Price
Pat Kowal
Kowal
Rosenthal
Gerald Compton
Carbondale Community High School
Compton
W. Elm St
Carbondale
Joe Wilson
S. Poplar St
Wilson
Langdon
Tom Langdon
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Baskins-Robbins
Princeton University
Princeton
N.J
McClure
Havens
Fromm
Carbondale Plan Commission
General Telephone Co
Jackson County
Clerk’s Office
Murphysboro Township to Elect Four Auditors in 1970s Election
Four incumbents and several challengers race for township posts in Murphysboro April 3 election as the board expands from three to four auditors under a new state rule. Incumbents Jack Davis and Murl Keiser seek reentries for town clerk and auditor respectively, while Charles Vallo and Jim McCann seek assessor and auditor seats. Republican and Democratic candidates contend for the added auditor position. polling places include St. Andrews School and City Hall among ten locations in Murphysboro and Mt. Carbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro Township
Jack Davis
Charles ‘‘Boy” Vallo
Murl Keiser
Jim McCann
Davis
Keiser
Vallo
McCann
Russell Marshall
Marshall
Richard Buchman
Mills Distributing Co
Buchman
Elm St
Valle
9Th St
Pro
Clark St
Vinson
Spike
Erickson
Don Burris
Frank Eovaldi
McCord S&t
Gene Porter
County Board of Supervisor
Collins
Rt. 2
Newsome
Clay St
14Th St
Milcur
Illinois Ave
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s School
Mulberry St
7Th
Hanson Streets
City Hall
North 11Th Street
Wisely Florist
Walnut St
Housing Authority Community Room
North 17Th Street
Leland Lockard
Logan St
Lincoln School
South 21St Street
Clyde Graeff
John Crawford
Division St
New Hill
Grace Fertilizer Office
Williams Street
Mt. Carbon
Piedmont UFO sighting near Grand Tower reported
Murphysboro man Oscar Wills saw a bright disk with red, white and amber lights hovering about 1,500 feet high near the Grand Tower CIPS transformer around 9:15 PM. It moved silently toward the Mississippi River after about four minutes, then faded from view. The sighting comes amid a spike of UFO reports in the Piedmont area following a Piedmont High School coach’s incident last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Oscar Wills
Murphysboro
CIPS
Grand Tower
Wills
Mississippi River
Willis Hughes
Hughes
Springfield
Fire destroys storerooms in Anna blaze
Fire destroyed one storeroom and damaged another at a storage building owned by Phil Bridwell and in the storeroom at Davis Pastry Shop 312 S Main St in Anna. Firefighters were alerted about 6 30 p m and contained the flames in about an hour. Paint on a nearby car was scorched and the cause is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Phil Bridwell
Davis Pastry Shop
S. Main St
H. E. Douglas
Douglas
Trampoline Facility at Logan College Damaged by Wind
John A. Logan College Carterville reports its air supported gym roof collapsed in a March 6 wind storm. Most equipment is stored at SIU Vocational Technical Institute until a new campus PE facility is ready this summer. Cld Air Corp. previously repaired the structure and will compensate the college this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Logan
Southern Illinois University Vocational - Technical Institute
Cld Air Corp. of
Chicago
Norman Myers
SIU Law School admits first class for 1973
SIU Carbondale mails acceptance notices to 75 students for the new School of Law. About 800 applications were considered for the 75 places in the inaugural class entering September 1973. Roughly 90 percent are from Illinois, with two thirds from Southern Illinois. Sixteen women were admitted. One third of admits attended SIU, a smaller portion came from the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
New School of Law
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Hiram H. Lesar
Jin
Lesar
Illinois
Southern Illinois
University of Illinois
Break-in Charges Considered Against Benton Men
West Frankfort police weigh theft and attempted breakin charges against two Benton men who are under investigation for an alleged break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Benton
Bridges Struggle as Ohio River Rises toward Crest
The rising Ohio River has flooded two bridges from the Cairo area to Kentucky with traffic moving amid rising water. River stage reached 54.5 feet and could threaten further movement if levels climb. Meanwhile West Frankfort police prep possible charges against James and Carney Hammonds in separate theft cases, with both held on $30,000 bonds in Franklin County jail.
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Cairo
Kentucky
Ohio River
West Frankfort
Demaretti
Nichohs
Bowen Center Faces Staffing Cut After DMH Talk
Albert Shafter, superintendent of the A.L. Bowen Children's Center, said the Springfield meeting with Department of Mental Health officials set an employment ceiling of 277, one less than current staffing. Bowen serves about 240 mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed youths from 27 southern Illinois counties with no time limit indicated for reaching the ceiling. Officials emphasized direct care during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.L. Bowen Children’s Center
Albert Shafter
Springfield
Dept. of Mental Health
DMH
Shafter
Bowen
Illinois
Southern Illinois voters file for April 14 school boards
Filing closes for the April 14 Southern Illinois school board elections. In Carbondale five candidates seek two seats on the Carbon dale Community High Board. three seats on the Carbon dale Grade School Board feature six newcomers plus incumbents. Other districts add numerous candidates with economic and financial disclosures filed. Ruth Nikolich noted replacing a misspelled name in the Carbondale list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Carbondale
Don Smith
Ben Franklin
Richard C. Hayes
Civil Service
Southern Illinois University
Robert E. Brewer
Southern Ilinois University
Roy Weshinsky
SIU
Bill South
Richard LeFevre
LeFevre
Clifford Neill
Jerry Lacey
Katherine Pedersen
Glenview Drive
Karin Lanchester
James P. O’ Donnell
N. Lark Lane
Donald Tindall
Anita Lenzini
S. James Sr
James Kirk
Frank Brimmer
Giant City
Lawrence Carlley
George Kapusta
Carlton Sisk
Sisk
Louie Cecil
Joyce Ekker
Cralley
Kapusta
Glendale
Earl James
Bill Eichholz
James
James Sheppard
Unit 166
Mississippi Valley Unit 166 Board of Education
Richard Shields
Harry Heins
Urban Butler
Butler
Charles Closson
William Arbeiter
John Cicardo
Nippe
Wyciskalla
Scaglione
Thce Unit
Trico
Board of Education
John Stumpe
Ticky
Ava
Doris Coleman
Percy
Coleman Lawrence Ehlers
Campbell Hill
Irvin Phoenix
Gilbert Welge
William L. Brown
Johnston City
John Oliver
James Coulson
Lesser
William Sample
Sample
John H. Harris
Benton High School
John R. Miller
William J. Swinney
Benton
Benton Grade
L.C. LaPlate
Richard Lee Phillips
Dallas Rea
Robert Montgomery
West Frankfort Unit District
Dean Hammers
Roger Raubach
Jim Bernhard
Jerry Warren
Richard Doty
Fred Ellis
Carroll Turner
West Frankfort
du Quoin du Quoin Unit
Jackie Bishop
du Quoin
Herman Krone
Mike Kristaluzy
Shawnee School Board
Harry O. Meyers
Wolf Lake
Robert Goodman
McClure
Harry D. Meyers
Harry D. Hanson
Grand Tower
Gary Rendleman
Bill David
Robert Baltzell
Marlow Brown
Alice Sproat
Jonesboro
Herschel Teller
Lyman Eudy
Larry Hepburn
George Weaver
Dale Weaver
Anna Jonesboro
George Dillon
Anna
Ernest Sauerbrunn
Ben Hartline
Ronald Bittle
Anna Grade School
Dean Williams
Harold Miller
Crab Orchard
Gerald Glasco
Marion
Donald Flack
Ted Odum
Stanley Rix
Rt. 5
Compton Files Financial Disclosure Form
Compton has filed a financial disclosure form. ADD: Frank J. Ditto of Herrin and Lloyd Summers of Energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Frank J. Ditto
Herrin
Lloyd Summers
Energy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parrish, Harty
Jesse Fry
Clarence Baker
Shelly Chappell
Baker
Chappell
E. Larch St
D. Clara McClure
D. Thomas E. Langdon
Larry Havens
Anne Rosenthal
Mike Fromm
Norwood Drive
David
Board of Auditors Enlarged
Perty Control Division
State Dept. of Revenue
Shirley Parrish
Rt. 4
Jackson County Board of Review
Burris
Wall St
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Eovaldi
Pine St
Murphysbrop
Murphy St
McCann’s
Patricia Collins
John Newsome
Albert Mileur
Myers
Richard Mueller
Randy Mansker
Chester
Prosper Fager
de Soto
Doug Chamness
Law School
James Donald Hammonds
Carney Les Hammonds
Reno
Sunoco
Young
Murray
Brandon
David Heal
Celmentine Lenzine
Malcolm Zwick
Cies
Henry Grob
Murphysboro Unit
Tom Wright
Donald Batz
First United Methodist Church
Earl Long
Albert G. Kaeser
James E. Edmonds
Marion Unit
Eugene Mayer
Jerry Harris
William Bleyer
Harry Simpson
Simpson
Harris
Bob Dillon
Lawrence Dietz
Donald Zieba
Dietz
Zieba
Kenneth Fassel
John Bowlin
Unity Point
Bill Dunkel
John Cherry
Jack Earls
Judith McHose
ADD
Charles Forcum
Rt. 1
Johnson City
Ruth Nikolich
Rogers
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