Students explore ocean life in bubble aboard at SIU Lab
Third grade students at Longfellow Elementary in Murphysboro ride in a 10 by 11 foot plastic bubble supplied by Southern Illinois University Carbondale to learn about the ocean. Dermalee Lindberg guides the activity as nearly 100 blue balloons mimic bubbles while movies of undersea life are shown. The bubble has toured Carterville Grade School and Logan School in Marion and will appear at Outdoor Laboratories on May 18 for Giant City first graders.
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Longfellow
Murphysboro
Elementary Education Department
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Dermalee Lindberg
SIU
Carterville
Logan School
Marion
Giant City
Joe Tucker
Subdivision and Shopping Center Planned North of Sparta
Developers Melvin and wife plan a 50,900 to 60,000 square foot shopping center called West Wind Building and a 180 lot North Town Meadows subdivision north of Sparta on Rt 4 across from Sparta airport. First 180 by 50 foot building to rise in June, weather permitting, with three shops and an office already signed. Four buildings total, steel construction, four year completion. Kloth building a home in the subdivision.
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Sparta
Melvin Kloth
Kloth
West Wind
North Town Center
Rt. 4
Sparta Airport
North Town Meadows
Greater Egypt seeks 27832 supplemental EDA funds
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission voted to request a 27832 supplemental grant from the EDA to extend development planning through June 1974. The group warned of possible program termination and discussed budget gaps if Congress vetoes extending the act.
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Greater Egypt
Congress
Nixon
Students Seek Early Graduation At Murphysboro High
Murphysboro Township High School a step closer to seven semester graduation after the Student Council proposed an early graduation plan. The Unit 186 board approved key points but sent the plan back for further study, raising minimum grades and adding approval requirements.
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Murphysboro Township High School
Unit 186
Carbondale Industrial aims to sell former Gannon Building
The Carbondale Industrial Corp reports a prospective buyer for the 30,000 square foot former Gannon Building in the Carbondale Industrial Park. Paul McRoy says the firm has taken steps to exercise an option while negotiations continue. Turco Manufacturing recently warehoused there. its lease ended April 30.
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Carbondale Industrial Corp
Gannon
Carbondale
North Rt. 51
Paul McRoy
The
Industrial Corporation
St. Louis
McRoy
Turco Manufacturing
du Quoin
Turco
Caltesco Midwest, Inc
Chamber seeks zoning revisions for Carbondale area
The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce plans changes to the proposed zoning map to prevent flood plain overreach that could curb industrial and commercial growth, raise taxes, and lower property values. A committee will study the map and present edits at the next public hearing. The chamber also announces an anti shoplifting seminar and a sponsorship at the Du Quoin State Fair. Private Michael L. Deaton recently completed an automotive course at Camp Lejeune, married to Gloria Emery, with parents in Marion.
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Fountain Bluff
Neiman
U.S. Geological Survey
Department of Housing and Urban Development
City Planning Department
Carbondale
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Marion
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Vernon
Ilinois Law Enforcement Commission
Benton
Jackson - Williamson
Massac
Jackson County
Williamson County
Jack Hanley
Sid Schoen
Dick Hunter
Howard Goin
Dave Emerson
W. Main St
SIU School of Technical Careers
du Quoin
Ray Lech
Lincoln Junior High School
Michael L. Deaton
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Gloria Emery
James Deaton
Rt. 3
Carbondale Officials Said Near ILEC Posts
Kenney says ILEC appointment likely this week for himself at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and police chief Joseph Dakin as potential members. The ILEC, created in 1969, has 16 unsalaried members plus staff, meets quarterly and allocates law enforcement grants.
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Carbondale
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
David Kenney
Public Affairs Research Bureau
Southern Illinois University At
Carbonndale
Donald Page Moore
Kenney
Moore
Carbondile
Joseph Dakin
Dakin
Tom McNamara
McNamara
Commission
Richard Ogilvie
Millstadt Man Found Drowned in Horseshoe Lake
Nelson P Hatter a 55 year old Millstadt resident was found drowned in Horseshoe Lake in Alexander County He apparently fell from a boat while fishing and was located about one and a half feet below the surface near the bank His boat was found drifting by Straughn's Boatdock recreation area residents who to shore and searched the lake Water near the body was about 10 feet deep and officials say he had not been dead long He had arrived Friday for a four week vacation and worked at Stag Brewery in Millstadt His body was taken to Johnson Lambert Funeral Home in Millstadt.
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Millstadt
Horseshoe Lake
Alexander County
Nelson P. Hatter
Gene Chrestman
Chrestman
Hatter
Straughn’s Boatdock
Straughn
Stag Brewery
Johnson-Lambert
Murphysboro Annexation Debate Returns to Council
Murphysboro council resumes annexation action with one formal petition for Wright's Subdivision, two notices of intent, and one opposition petition. Wright's area of 9.8 acres near Old Rt. 13 to North 7th St. approved as contiguous to city limits amid concerns it would isolate surrounding land.
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Great Somerset
Murphysboro
Wright’s Subdivision
Old Rt. 13
Jackson County Nursing Home
North 7Th Street
Wright’s
James
Laura Wright
Fred
Pearl Hunziker
Marian Scuras
Bruce Richmond
Thomas Vestal
Rt. 3
Vestal
William Wolff
Atty
Charles Decker
Wright
Chamber of Commerce
New Rt. 13
Decker
Richmond
Health Dept Lifts 21 Day Dog and Cat Confinement Order
Franklin Williamson Bi County health department rescinds a 21 day confinement order for dogs and cats issued after two Carterville children were bitten by a rabid cat. Sanitarian David Blaise says the rural victims and the order were not necessary and provides no further details.
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Williamson County
Franklin-Williamson
Health Department
Carterville
David Blaise
Department Sanitarian
Blaise
SIU hearing postponed to June 12
A public FEPC sex discrimination hearing against Southern Illinois University Carbondale was moved from Tuesday to June 12. Carolyn Weiss alleges her SIU dismissal as a woman, with hearings at the Carbondale Holiday Inn. Open to the public, both Canut Amoro s and Weiss cases proceed after motions.
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Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
SIU
Carolyn Weiss
Cartographic Laboratory
Illinois Fair Employment Commission
Ms. Weiss
FEPC
William T. Regas
Arnold Charnin
Charnin
Regas
Delying
Marisa Canut-Amoros
Canut- Amoros
Carbondale Holiday Inn
Murphysboro approves raises for city workers in new contracts
City council on Tuesday night approved three separate raise ranges for water and sewer staff, street department workers, and all other city employees. Increases are 2.5 percent this year and 5.5 percent on May 1, 1974, with holidays rising from eight to nine and full days off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Water and sewer wages rise to 4.26 per hour May 1 and to 4.50 May 1, 1974. street workers move from 721.56 to 761.25 per month May 1, 1974. The move aligns nonunion staff with union concessions. Mayor reconfirmed appointment of department heads.
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Murphysboro
Water and Sewer Department
City Street Department
Street Department
Bruce Richmond
Mike Bowers
Richmond
Toby Berger
Chester Steele
James Penrod
William Wolff
Herrin adopts CEMREL experimental math for kindergartners
Herrin School Board votes to pilot the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory math program for kindergarten and first grade in 1973-74 at South Side School. The district plans a free three day training in Carbondale and may fund workshop expenses up to 100 dollars. outcome to be decided at year end.
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Herrin
Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory
Cemrel
Carbondale
South Side
Jack Murphy
Lucille Phillips
John Walker
Herrin Education Association
HEA
William Clarida
Walker
Gene Elkins
Clarida
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Moreno
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Ramsey
Illinois
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Jefferson
Williamson
Perry
Stuart Neiman
Mardale
Crab Orchard Creek
Rend Lake
Big Muddy
Rt. 51
Beaucoup Creek
Kenney, Dakin
By Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Kindergarten
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