Carbondale faces clash over 80 square mile land use plan
Realist John Lonergan and idealists Barrett Rochman critique the 1980 Carbondale land use proposal at planning commission while city planner John Quinn defends it as a practical modification. They favor more open space and flood plain use, and discuss downtown livability and campus district expansion.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
John Lonergan
Carbondale
John Quinn
Plan Commission
Lonergan
Barrett Rochman
Old Town
Lonergan and Rochman
Central City
Main Street
University and
Illinois Avenues
Walnut Street
Rechman
Lonergan and Rechman
Park
Quinn
Rochman
Waltonville Miners Walk Out Over Bidding and Seniority
About 300 members of United Mine Workers Local 1591 walked off the Waltonville Mine 6 at 4 p.m. Wednesday in a dispute over job bidding and seniority. Local president Davis Warren said members will meet Friday at 9 a.m. in the Benton Union Hall to discuss conditions for returning to work.
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United Mine Workers Local 1591
Waltonville Mine
Benton Union Hall
Davis Warren
Governor releases funds for Fort Massac reconstruction project
The governor’s office commits 548000 to reconstruct Fort Massac and build a state park museum in Fort Massac State Park near Metropolis. The package funds park redesign, with Springfield firm Golabowski Spinney and Coady awarded a 35850 architectural services contract. Rep. C. L. McCormick announced the release.
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Fort Massac
Fort Massac State Park
Metropolis
Governor’s Office
Golabowski, Spinney and Coady
Springfield
Williamson Jackson to take highway bids
Bids will be accepted early next week for major road improvements in Jackson and Williamson Counties. Murphysboro city hall will open bids at 11 a.m. Monday for the summer street maintenance program covering about five miles of streets. Williamson County in Marion will accept bids at 10 a.m. Monday for two work programs with state highway approval required under motor fuel classification.
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Jackson
Williamson
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Marion
State Division of Highways
Writers tour Southern Illinois urged to keep it
A group of 15 travel writers from Illinois and neighboring states heard Ray Dickerson of the Department of Business and Economic Development speak at a Marion Ramada Inn dinner. About 150 attended. Virginia Marmaduke acted as mistress of ceremonies. The writers planned bus tours of Crab Orchard Refuge Grand Tower Pine Hills Giant City state Park and Lusk Creek. Dickerson and others praised the area and offered help for upcoming stories. Marmaduke urged writers to help sell Southern Illinois.
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Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
Ray Dickerson
Dept. of Business and Economic Development
Marion Ramada Inn
Virginia Marmaduke
Pinck
Neyville
Chicago
Crab Orchard Refuge
Grand Tower
Pine Hills
Giant City State Park
Lusk Creek
Dickerson
Miss Marmaduke
Southern Illinois
Carterville approves $198700 budget with new goals
Carterville council approves a 198700 budget for the new fiscal year, up 48000 from last year. Budget officer B D Cross, new in post, outlines programs including salary hikes, library cut, street and building projects, fire truck purchase, and office equipment funding. council seating includes Samuels Beasley and Walker.
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Carterville
B. D. Cross
Inmate Stabbed at Marion Penitentiary Reported Satisfactory
A 35 year old inmate James Cecil Mauldin of Orlando Fla was stabbed twice in the chest about 7 30 p m Monday in a cellblock area at the Marion federal penitentiary in Missouri He is in satisfactory condition at the Bureau of Prisons medical center in Springfield FBI is investigating and a suspect is named by Warden C E Harris
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Marion Federal Penitentiary
Bureau of Prisons Medical Center
Springfield
James Cecil Mauldin
Orlando
Fla
FBI
C. E. Harris
Parking fee cuts urged by SIU advisory panel
The Southern Illinois University traffic and parking advisory committee recommends steep reductions in parking decals for next fall. The panel votes seven to two to cut blue inner campus decals from 65 to 35 dollars, red decals from 35 to 20, and silver outer-campus stickers from 15 to 0.01. A subcommittee urged moderate cuts, while final changes await Chancellor Layer's action and Board approval for broader car use changes.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Carbondale
Robert G. Layer
Board of Trustees
Herrin patrol boy struck by truck near Park and Van Buren
Henry Dusty Mallow 11, a Herrin North Side School patrol boy, was hit at 3 45 p m by a truck driven by Steven Sears of St Pats Apartments Carbondale while stepping from behind a tractor trailer at the Park Avenue Van Buren Street intersection. He remained in satisfactory condition at Herrin Hospital.
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Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Henry
Dusty
Mallow
Steven Sears
St. Pats Apartments
Rt. 2
Carbondale
van Buren Street
Park Avenue
Sears
North Side
Henry L. Mallow
N. Park Ave
Candlelight antiwar march on SIU campus downtown Carbondale
About 250 people joined a candlelight antiwar memorial walk on the SIU campus and through downtown Carbondale Wednesday night. The mostly peaceful event drew students, some faculty and bystanders who urged bystanders to join and faced occasional hostility including a water throw at Snyder Hall and verbal taunts. Police blocked streets and provided an escort. speakers urged nonviolent civil disobedience and plans for an overnight stay were discouraged by rain.
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Michelle S. Klaus
Southern
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Main Street
University Avenue
West College Street
University Park
Snyder Hall
Mary Robbins
Scott Miller
The
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Kent
Jackson State
Southeast Asia
Student Mobilization Committee
Southern Illinois Peace Committee
Black Student Union
Women’s Liberation Front
Woody Hal
William Meffett
SMC
Tom Dempsey
John Kelly
SIPC
VVAW
Washington
Rev. Allen Line
Student Christian Foundation
Moffett
Center For
Franklin County bus case still pending after suspect released
Richard Kennedy of Oak Lawn was released on his own recognizance from Franklin County jail after a pattern of jail stays and hospitalizations over a replevin dispute over a bus and a $6,000 engine repair bill. The case centers on ownership and payment amid a prior theft charge dropped.
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John Trimble
Richard Kennedy
Oak Lawn
Franklin County
Bendh
Kennedy
Joe Hickman
Benton
Bonifield Trucking Co
West Frankfort
Cook County
Hickman
Randall Quindry
Fairfield
Franklin Hospital
Gunman takes 1328 dollars from Carbondale shop
An armed man entered Spires Clothing Store at 303 S. Washington St. in Carbondale at 10 58 a.m. Wednesday and obtained 1328 by threatening employee Betty Harrelson with a small automatic pistol. He ordered other workers to stay still or Harrelson would be killed, police said.
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Spires Clothing
S. Washington St
Carbondale
Betty Harrelson
Kathleen Harris
Randolph nursing home bid approved for state standard work
Randolph County Board of Commissioners accepted the low bid of 44,918 from Charles Brown Construction Co. to upgrade the Randolph County Nursing Home in Sparta to meet state standards. Work should start soon and be completed within 90 days, per county clerk Oscar Mennerich.
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Randolph County
Sparta
Oscar Mennerich
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Charles Brown Construction Co
Red Bud
Kiefner Brothers Inc
Missouri
Mennerich
Jailhouse Lawyer Petition Filed in Marion Circuit Court
Clifford Kelley a 23 year old inmate at Menard Penitentiary filed in Marion circuit court for leave to hire a jailhouse lawyer to represent him in a divorce counter suit against his wife Gwendolyn 23. He seeks self chosen counsel to save court costs. The petition notes the jailhouse lawyer would receive no fee. Kelley was sentenced to three to five years for burglary and theft with his wife also pleading guilty and receiving one year. Court officials say no similar petition has been seen.
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Carterville
Menard Penitentiary
Marion
Clifford Kelley
Gwendolyn
Kelley
Agers
Rt. 37
Johnstown City
Dwight Reformatory
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Park District
Illinois Central Tracks
Mill Street
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Rt. 51
U.S
Vietnam
Waltonville
Willis Street
Bryant Street
Cross
Floyd Samuels
Samuels
William Beasley
Everett
Walker
William Corley
Everett Walker
D. P. Jackson
John Bogard
James Street
South Division
North Division
Ronald W. Falmier
Patrol Boy
Randolph Nursing Home
State Dept. of Public Health
M. J. Boettcher
Boettcher
Randy Pellegrini
Pleasant Valley Trailer Court
Carondale
Pellegrini
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