Carbondale hires inquiry panel on city employee strike
Eight people were named to an inquiry panel by the Carbondale city council to investigate the March 6-11 walkout by city employees. The appointees include Orville Alexander SIU official Tracy Bryant dentist Kenneth Cannon Royal Dillinger postmaster and others. The panel will establish a record of events and causes and may lead to actions to eliminate underlying issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Alexander
Department of Government
Southen Illinois University
Tracy L. Bryant
Carbondale
Kenneth Cannon
Royal L. Dillinger
Carbondale Loan and Improvement Association
Milton T. Edelman
Southern Illinois University Economics
George R. Patterson
Lenis Turley
Rock Hill Baptist Church
John W. Stotlar
SIU
Physical Education Department
Randall Nelson
Alexander
Board of Inquiry
Dillinger
David Keene
Mack Morton
406A
E. Ashley Sr
City Plan Commission
Bill Hudgens
Community Conservation Board
Hudgens
Charles Hines
Jackson Street
University and
Illinois Avenues
Jack Hazel
Jackson-Williamson County Community Action Agency
Jackson and
Marion Streets
City Hall
Poverty Agency
Heard
Frank C. Brown & Co
New York
Carbondale HUD dispute on scattered site housing fate
Carbondale officials press HUD regional head for clarity on a time extension and potential cancellation of the scattered site housing project Tl.53-10. Mayor Keene questions a HUD official’s authority while the human relations commission urges retention of the project and defends site choices amid local opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
David Keene
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Frank Fisher
Fisher
Chicago
Keene
Leon Urbain
Urbain
Human Relations Commission
Edward O’day
Washington, D.C
O’day
Jackson Housing Authority
Price
Recreation proposal outlined for Carbondale summer program
City council heard a four category summer recreation plan from SIU recreation instructor William H. Ridinger. Proposed activities include supervised play at Lincoln playground events and a wrap up community circus with potential street closures. Partners would be the park district and school board with SIU bearing most of the $10,000 cost. Memorial Day plans in Carbondale feature Navy chaplains and Arthur Godfrey attending a May 29 reception, parade, luncheon, and two performances of Make Her Wilderness Like Eden under state sesquicentennial observance.
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Carbondale
William H. Ridinger
Southern Illinois University
Recreation Department
Ridinger
Lincoln Playground
Park District
SIU
Paul Biggers
Navy
Arthur Godfrey
Biggers
City Memorial Day Association
Godfrey
Eden
Illinois
CTI Seeks 50 Workers For New Plant Near Murphysboro
Central Technology, Inc. plans to hire about 50 workers as a new plant between Murphysboro and Carbondale nears completion. Applications are being taken at the Illinois State Employment Service office, 1401 Walnut St., Murphysboro, for both men and women, per ISES manager Wilson P. Coker.
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Central Technology, Inc
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Illinois State Employment Service Office
Walnut St
Wilson P. Coker
ISES
Carbondale Receives $164000 Street Improvement Plan
City Engineer Bill Schwegman proposed a $164000 street resurfacing program funded by $133000 Motor Fuel Tax money and $31000 from general funds. The council asked the plan commission to review financing and which parts to implement this year as Eaton urges reserving MFT for new streets.
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Carbondale
Bill Schwegman
Schwegman
William Eaton
Eaton
Plan Commission
MFT
Cedarview
Lewis Lane
Council and Plan Commission
Park Avenue
Grand
Grand Avenue
Park
South Wall Street
Murphysboro gro cery owner seeks variance to rebuild
John Porter former operator of Porter Food Market at 635 N 16th St asks Murphysboro Board of Appeals for a variance to permit rebuilding after a January fire gutted the store. The 100000 loss occurred in an R 2 residential area where non conforming use is terminated after 70 percent destruction. The board will hear the request at its next meeting April 22.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Board of Appeals
John Porter
Porter Food Market
N. 16Th St
Tom Stevenson
Board of Appeals
Porter Market
Porter
Escapee with self-inflicted wounds recaptured near White Hall
Billie Thomas Baze, 37, an honor farm inmate, cut his ankle with broken eyeglass glass while at large from Menard Penitentiary. He was found driving a stolen car in Greene County after being spotted near White Hall and returned to Menard Hospital. He faces escape and vehicle theft charges.
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Menard Penitentiary
Chester
Billie Thomas Baze
Jersey County
Boyd Memorial Hospital
Carrollton
Baze
Honor Farm
District 11
White Hall
Greene County
Lewis Lence
Menard General Hospital
Lence
Randolph
Rend Lake College to sign power line right of way
Rend Lake College will sign a right of way with the U S Army Corps of Engineers to permit a 138 kilovolt power line to cross college property. College officials had opposed the route citing potential interference with a vocational electronics program and an eyesore in recreation areas.
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Rend Lake College
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
J. M. Snyder
Holland Simmons
Snyder
Franklin - Jefferson County Line
Paul B. Jacob,Jr
State College of Mississippi
College Board
Greater Egypt
Mr Southern Illinois History writer revisits SIU at 60 years
John W. Allen, 80, famed as Mr. Southern Illinois History, returns to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale exactly six decades after first visiting the campus. A former rural teacher, he later joined SIU Museum staff and wrote the weekly column It Happened in Southern Illinois later published as Legends and Lore of Southern Illinois. He works as instructor emeritus and proofs a second Legends and Lore volume, with a new book due late May or June.
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John W. Allen
Southern Illinois History
Southern Illinois University
Allen
Carbondale
Saline County
Southern Illinois State Normal
SISNU
SIU
Works Progress Administration
Southern Illinois
SIU Information Service
Ogilvie Plans Benton Visit for Get Acquainted Session
Richard B. Ogilvie, Republican gubernatorial candidate, will meet voters Friday at the Benton Community Building from 2 to 3 p.m. A noontime luncheon is also planned at the Gateway Inn in Harrisburg. Ogilvie, 45, heads the Cook County Board of Commissioners and earlier served as Cook County sheriff. He is a Kent College of Law and Yale alumnus and former U S attorney general aide.
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Richard B. Ogilvie
Benton
Benton Community
N. Main St
Frankfort - Denning Township
Republican Club
Ogilvie
Gateway Inn
Harrisburg
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Multiple Small Fire Calls Reported in Local Cities
Fire crews responded to incidents in Johnston City Carbondale and Marion. Smoke from a skillet at Lee's Apartments caused no fire and only smoke damage. A grass fire near Neely Hall dormitory caused no damage. A car on fire at South Wall street caused minor damage. A grass fire at Parham and Otis streets and a trash fire at Sunbeam Bread store caused no property damage.
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Johnston City
Lee’s
E. Broadway
Carbondale
Neely Hall
Illinois Central Railroad
South Wall Street
Marion
Parham
Otis Streets
Sunbeam Bread
North Market Street
Police seek suspects in Sparta Kroger burglary
Sparta Police and Randolph County authorities continue to search for other men believed involved in the March 10 Kroger burglary. Henry Eanes, 30, East St. Louis, was arrested in Monroe County March 16 on attempted burglary charges, posted $7,500 bond, and was moved to Sparta. Police say more than one man was involved and a back wall entry was made by a large concrete hole. Items stolen included a camera, hair spray, meat, and lawn mowers.
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Sparta
Randolph County
Sparta Kroger
Henry Eanes
East St. Louis
Monroe County
Columbia
Carl Adams
Donald Deppe
Eanes
Kroger
Adams
Waterloo County
Banes
Galatia Man Waives Hearing in Fatal Benton Crash
Marion McFarland 48 waived preliminary hearing in Benton circuit court on involuntary manslaughter charges linked to the March 13 death of his ex wife Lillian Rodgers 54 in a head on Benton auto crash. He awaits grand jury action, and faces driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident charges. The incident also involved Thelma Jones 58 of Carbondale who sustained minor injuries in a Rt 51 car truck collision nearby.
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Marion McFarland
Galatia
McFarland
Circuit Court
Benton
Webb Johnson
Lillian L. Rodgers
Eldorado
Thelma G. Jones
Carbondale
Rt. 51
Jones
Danny J. Polley
du Quoin
Teachers' pay hikes discussed at Carbondale meeting
Carbondale Community High School board and teachers salary committee reviewed a report on the district's finances and proposed 21 cent educational fund tax increase aimed at funding pay raises. Superintendent McBride compared CCHS to 21 state peers and projected costs over five years. no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community High School
William McBride
CCHS
Upstate
John C. Gardner
Southern Illinois University
Two Cyclists Hurt In Jonesboro Wreck
Two 16 year old Jonesboro boys James Thompson and Steven Womack were injured when a motorcycle collided with a car on Route 127 near Jonesboro at 7 15 p m They were admitted to Union County Hospital in fair condition State police said Patricia Wilson 25 of Anna drove the car and made a left turn into the motorcycle No ticket was issued pending investigation.
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Jonesboro
Rt. 127
James Thompson
Steven Womack
Union County Hospital
Patricia Wilson
Anna
Thompson
Vandals Damage Public Phones In Carbondale
Police report receivers ripped from pay phones in booths at UC cafeteria on 901 S Illinois Ave and Young Hair Stylist at 415 S Illinois Ave before 4 15 a m. A pay phone was pulled from the wall and missing at Dudsy 606 S Illinois Ave between 3 30 and 4 30 a m.
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Carbondale
S. Illinois Ave
S. Illinois Avenue
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