Street Repairs Planned in Marion City Council Session
The Marion City Council approved about 50000 dollars in motor fuel tax funds to repair streets citing widespread damage from winter weather. Commissioner Homer Askew noted most oil-and-chip streets are damaged and repairs will begin soon. The meeting also approved a water department truck purchase for 5186 dollars from Westernaire Dodge after bids from Marion Ford Mercury 5358, Parks Implement 5394, and Ervin N Baker 5417.
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Marion
Homer Askew
Water Department
Westernaire Dodge
Marion Ford-Mercury Inc
Parks Implement Co
Ervin N. Baker
Herrin Faces 148 widening costs for city utilities and signal
The Herrin City Council learned it must pay half the traffic signal cost planned for the busy Illinois 148 Clark Trail intersection and cover utilities relocation. Officials expect bids after July 1 for the first phase widening from Hemlock to Ford, with a possible 30,000 dollar signal price and a 7,000 dollar sewer upgrade. The state will widen Illinois 148 to five lanes and fund other phases later. Pulley Ambulance will remain at the Herrin Fire Station with city industries asked to share monthly costs. County subsidy for ambulance service totals 57,000 dollars.
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Barbara Schechter
Illinois
Herrin
Ilinois Department of Transportation
Larry Lipe
Ottolini
Pulley Ambulance Co
Marion
Pulley
City
Dustries
Williamson County
Cecil Isaacs
Students grade SIU C administrators for the first time
SIU C graduate students plan to evaluate nine university administrators including President Warren Brandt in April and May. The Graduate Student Council, with about 60 members, aims for a three-part review: public interview, student grades, and a written executive evaluation. The effort, encouraged by the Board of Trustees, seeks to assess administration performance rather than individuals, while stressing it is not a witch hunt.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Warren W. Brandt
SIUC
Ray Huebschmann
Barry Munitz
University of Houston
Association of Governing Boards
Huebschmann
SIU Board of Trustees
Council
Ricardo Caballero-Aquino
Robert Grupp
Carbondale
Eckert
Carbondale Considers Stricter Fire Code District Rules
City Council in Carbondale plans an ordinance to require primary fire district construction materials from the National Building Code. The rule targets safer buildings after a December blaze on South Illinois Avenue that damaged four stores. A map identifies the district as high risk with many employees and value. The measure faces further discussion April 24. Engineers presented waste water plant improvements amid EPA delays in meeting water quality standards. No action taken.
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Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
East Walnut Street
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
John Womick
Womick
Archie Jones
Fischer
Eldon Ray
West Frankfort Grand Jury Hears Two Witnesses In Benton
A federal grand jury probing West Frankfort city government heard two witnesses in Benton by 11 a.m. The panel may hear more in April and officials appear not subpoenaed this week. Topics include a 1.1 million sewer project begun in 1971, a 1969 cable TV franchise, and a 1974 rate increase. Former councilman Andy May, indicted for official misconduct, faces testimony about taking a fee to push the franchise.
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West Frankfort
Benton
Burl T
Andy’’ May
Williamson County
Missing Carlyle plane in Carlyle Lake search underway
Army Corps of Engineers rangers searched for a light plane reported missing near Carlyle. Ranger Brad Keshlear said there was no confirmation of a crash, with last radar sighting suggesting it may be down, possibly in open land or under the lake where visibility is hampered by high water and depth.
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Carlyle (Ap
Army Corps of Engineers Rangers
Carlyle Lake
Keshlear
Two men charged in spree of 13 home burglaries
Arthur E. McDowell and Terry L. Siddens, both from Murphysboro, face burglary charges in Jackson County Circuit Court for a two week daylight theft spree totaling 13 homes across rural Jackson County Murphysboro and Williamson County. About $5,000 in loot including money guns coins jewelry was recovered. The arrests followed a car crash north of Murphysboro and involved a 15 year old girl not charged.
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Jackson County Circuit Court
Murphysboro
Jackson County
James Nesler
Williamson County
Nesler
Harrison
Albert Imhoff
Ava Blacktop
Jim Staffey
Roble Street
McDowell
Union County
Siddens
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Mississippi River
Martin
C. M. Shelton
Rockwood
Illinois 13
Hemlock Street
Ford Street
Energy
Lipe
Mario ‘‘Moochie
Sipe
Department of Transportation
Quatro’s Pizza
Ramada Inn
American Legion Hall
Zorba’s
Southern Illinois Cable TV Co
May
Tom Griffin
East St. Louis
Carlyle
Ranger Brad Keshlear
Arthur E. McDowell
Terry L. Siddens
Roble St
Illinois Dept. of Corrections
Knox County
Butch Nevious
Mike Teas
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