Records Seized at Carbondale ERC Court Action
Jackson County sheriff seized books and records from the Carbondale Employment Resource Center on Judge Schwartz order amid a suit by Councilman Vineyard and Don Monty. The records are held by the circuit clerk pending resolution of the case against center director Elbert Simon. Vineyard seeks an outside audit to assess finances, arguing for a fiscal accounting the board has refused. Simon defends ongoing negotiations with the state employment service and says deficits may be state costs to be reimbursed.
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Carbondale Employment Resource Center
ERC
E. Jackson St
Jackson County
Robert W. Schwartz
Clark Vineyard
Don Monty
Vineyard
Center
Elbert Simon
Monty
Simon
Carbondale council freezes ERC funds amid demands
The Carbondale council froze city funds for the Employment and Resource Center as a group called Concerned Black People pressed for full funding and removal of board members. Council motion to suspend city funds pending deficit review passed 4 to 0 with one abstention.
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North Marion
Fry
Northeast Congress
Flood conditions rise on Mississippi as floods ease elsewhere
Heavy rains push the Mississippi River at Chester higher, with crests and drops tracked daily. Floodwaters cover thousands of Randolph County acres including Kaskaskia Island, while the Big Muddy rises briefly at Murphysboro. Illinois Senate passes two emergency flood relief bills totaling 300000 to shield state aid for districts with flood days lost.
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Mississippi
Chester
US. Army Corps of Engineers
Randolph County
Kaskaskia Island
Murphysboro
Illinois Senate
House of Representatives
Kenneth V. Buzbee
Carbondale
Senate
James Holloway
Sparta
House
Du Quoin elects tie breaking vote for city department heads
Du Quoin new mayor Robert M. Armstrong casts the tie breaking vote to set department head order by April 17 election results. Whitley wins 1578 votes and heads fire and police. Fulk retains accounts and finance. Roach takes streets. Moss heads water and sewer. council agrees on assignments before reorganizational meeting.
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Robert M. Armstrong
du Quoin
Gerald H. Whitley
Delmar Falk
Tom Moss
Whitley
Ralph
Tiny
Roach
Fulk
Moss
Jack Struck
Hospital seeks funds for heliport at Union County Hospital
Union County Hospital board member Joan Edwards urged the County Commissioners to provide 3000 dollars from federal revenue sharing to build a 40 by 40 foot heliport for trauma network helicopters. The hospital has a state permit and the request is under advisement.
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Joan Edwards
Union County Hospital Board
Union County Board of Commissioners
Elliott Jr to be reappointed SIU Board trustee
Gov. Walker plans to reappoint Ivan A. Elliott Jr. of Carmi to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, with Norton Kay confirming the move. The announcement follows the opening of a new governor’s office in Marion and precedes news on a second upcoming appointment next week. Elliott first joined the board in 1967 and currently chairs it while Martin Van Brown serves as secretary.
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Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Daniel Walker
Norton Kay
Walker
Elliott
Southern Illinois
Marion
SIU
Kay
Martin van Brown
Carbondale
Brown
Andrew Leahy
Leahy
Wind hurled freight cars off track near Poplar Bluff
Two Missouri Pacific Railroad employees, Willard Dowd and Dennis Ward, were injured when high winds blew the last four cars of a freight train off the tracks east of Poplar Bluff Missouri. They were treated at a Poplar Bluff hospital. A mobile home trailer near Butler County was overturned injuring five people. A twister near Freeburg Illinois damaged five trailers. two farm store workers were injured. Jack Anderson to share Watergate insights on Moyers Journal at 9:30 p.m. on WSIU and WUSI.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Poplar Bluff
Highway Patrol
Willard Dowd
Dupo
Dennis Ward
Chester
Butler County
Freeburg
St. Louis
Marion Governor opens Southern Illinois office symbolizing access
Gov. Daniel Walker opened the Marion regional office calling it the governors presence in the area and an action center to coordinate services. He emphasized it is not a command center and listed follow up as key, with staff to escort visitors to other agencies when needed. The setup features inmate art, used furniture, and a toll free line for residents.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Marion State
Vienna Correctional Center
Illinois State Prison
Menard
Daniel Walker
Walker
Marion
Southern
Illinois
Harrisburg
Richard B. Ogilvie
Arkell
Dorothy Hughes
Johnston City
Rue Starr
James Rae
Christopher
Steve McCurdy
Pinckneyville
Roofer contract talks set to resume in Mt. Vernon area
A week into a strike by about 50 Southern Illinois roofers in Mt. Vernon Local 255 a negotiating session may be held Wednesday. Roofers seek a dollar per hour raise, while contractors offer 50 cents. Affected firms include Baccus Roofing and Siding in Herrin Biebel Roofing Benton Roofing and Neal Brothers Roofing in Mt. Vernon.
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Southern Illinois
Gilbert Douglas
Roofers
Elmer Baccus
Baccus Roofing and Siding Co
Herrin
Douglas
Mt. Vernon
United State Tile and Composition Roofers Camp and
Waterproof Contractors Association
Baccus, Biebel Roofing Co
Benton
Benton Roofing Co
Neal Brothers Roofing, Co
Dongola Village Board Reorganized In Swearing-In
The Dongola Village Board was reorganized Monday with Mayor Leo Keller and City Clerk C. E. Needham sworn in again. Trustees Neal Karraker Kenneth Corzine and Wayne Osman also took the oath of office.
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Dongola
Leo Keller
C. E. Needham
Neal Karraker
Kenneth Corzine
Wayne Osman
Carterville Boy Hit by Car Recovers in Hospital
A Carterville child, William Reynolds aged 6, was treated at Herrin Hospital for head lacerations after darting from behind a parked truck into a car on South Division Street. Driver Melbalena Fleming, 29, Marion, was not charged. police say the child was at fault and witnesses corroborated the scene. The boy is the son of Mr and Mrs Howell Reynolds.
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Carterville
Herrin Hospital
William Reynolds
Rt. 1
Melbalena Fleming
E. Boulevard
Marion
South Division Street
Norman Lewis
Lewis
Howell Reynolds
Council halts meeting as siren sounds tornado alert
The Jonesboro City Council called time out during its Monday meeting while City Clerk Marella Tucker blew the fire siren to warn residents of a tornado alert. Union county Civil Defense Director Owen Craig had alerted the village, and the council resumed about an hour later.
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Jonesboro
Marella Tucker
Union County
Owen Craig
Tornado outbreaks in Southern Illinois and Missouri blamed
A spring squall blasted Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri Monday night spawning several tornadoes and windstorms. Two tornadoes touched down causing cabin damage near Du Quoin and roof and window destruction at Opdyke. One man was seriously injured, two others lightly hurt, and a mobile home demolished. Civil Defense warned residents as funnel clouds were sighted across Jackson and Union counties while utilities reported brief power outages.
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Illinois
Missouri
du Quoin City
Lou Ozburn
Perry County Civil Defense
Dom McCamick
Belleville
Ozburn
Civil Defense
Opdyke
Jefferson Co
Marion Meadows
Rt. 460
Jones
Jackson County Civil Defense Unit
Murphysboro
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Archie Jones
Charles Simon
Margaret Nesbitt
Lena Parran
Henry Bell
Carroll Fry
Neal Eckert
Congress
Fires and Police Department
Anderson
Moyers
Jack Anderson
Nixon
Bill Moyers
Wsiu-Tv
Wusi-Tv
Olney
Gov. Walker
Jan Schulte
Jacobs
Dept. of Revenue
Civil Service Employees Council
Southern Illinois University At
Carolyn Fleming
Lincoln Duncan
Ridgeway
Duncan
Bob
Robert Arkell
Roofer
Dongola Board
Council
Donna Simpson
James Simpson
Clarence Peyton
Simpsons
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Meadows
James Orrison
Peyton
Orrison
Owen Jones
Jefferson County Civil Defense
Utili
Reynoldsville
Union County Civil Defense
Craig
Anna State
Rt. 37
J. W. Childers
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