Carterville board rejects teachers contract talks
Carterville Unit 5 school board dismisses a pro negotiated teachers' contract and favors a faculty advisory committee to receive board meeting notices. Chair Ray McCluskey cites needed dual consent for termination and questions committee residency and district ties while noting earlier districts with similar talks. The panel aims to discuss salaries and curriculum as districts like Carbondale Marion and Murphysboro use negotiated deals.
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Carterville
Unit 5
Bill Bleyer
Ray McCluskey
McCluskey
Carbondale
Marion
Murphysboro
Herrin
Carondale
Carterville Names Dawson Principal at Carterville High
Gale Dawson Cairo High School principal was named the new Carterville High School principal to replace Ivan Swan who resigns after this school year. Dawson will earn 12000 dollars annually and is a West Frankfort native and 1960 Southern Illinois University graduate. He has taught in Cairo and Marion and currently serves as Cairo's principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Dawson
Cairo
Carterville High School
Ivan Swan
Dawson
Southern [Illinois University
Unit 5
Taft Baker
Chicago
Cairo High School
Marion High School
West Frankfort
Baker
Simon Rettberg
Garrison
Benton High Hires Two Teachers and Buys Equipment
The Benton High School Board hired Lawrence Richmond as chemistry and physics teacher and Larry Hancock as mathematics teacher, replacing two resignations. They also bought 101 desks at 17.80 each from Allied School Equipment and 15 typewriters totaling 2218 from Henry's Typewriter Service. A vocational building trades class house will be auctioned May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton High School
Lawrence Richmond
Trrell Spees
Larry Hancock
Randy Dudley
Mt. Vernon
Allied School Equipment
Springfield
Henry
Harrisburg
Vocational Building Trades
Rend Lake water system work starts ahead of notices
Work has unofficially begun on the 13.5 million Rend Lake intercity water system. Contractors, including C C Construction of Fort Wayne and Shawnee Constructors of Carbondale, have started at sites while notices to proceed await the Rend Lake Conservancy District May 21 board action. Federal funds for initial payments are due by mid June, with system completion planned for fall 1970 serving 31 area cities and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake
Richard Jones
Rend Lake Conservancy District
C & C Construction Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Benton
Palestine Road
Shawnee Constructors Inc
Carbondale
McLeansboro
Mt. Vernon
P & S Constructors Inc
Cape Girardeau
Herrin
Johnston City
Jones
Conservancy District
Energy OKs Village Water to Golf Course Annex
The Energy Village Board approves supplying village water to Green Acres Golf Course if the entire area is annexed. The nine hole course and subdivision are under construction with developer Valgene Gould. A special meeting will discuss annexation and roads will be graded for the motor fuel tax program. Bids for repairs and oiling are planned for late May and early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Energy Village Board
Green Acres
Valgene Gould
Cobden approves zoning ordinance in Union County
Cobden village board adopts a zoning ordinance becoming the second Union County town to pass such laws after Jonesboro. Central States Planners assisted with the plans. Cobden sets six districts A-1 through M-1 and includes a seven member board of appeals.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Cobden
Illinois Ozarks
Union County
Jonesboro
Stan Reddick
Central States Planners
Reddick
Board of Appeals
Village Plan Commission
Central States
Alto Pass
Dongola
Anna
Carbondale Trash Can Poll Sparks Colorful Debate
Carbondale residents vote on blue flying saucer topped trash receptacles with 49 ballots in favor and 26 against after a three day tally of 89 to 47. Voters exchange jabber about Edsel design and downtown appeal while some call for painting to a sedate color.
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Carbondale
Coney Island
Fire damages Cochennour Building in Carbondale
An early morning blaze at 219 W. Jackson St. Carbondale damaged the Cochennour building interior. Firemen fought the fire from 12:45 a.m. to 5 a.m. and prevented spread to nearby areas. Three first floor offices including Flynn Insurance and Cochennour agencies were destroyed. one more first floor space and a second floor apartment were damaged. No damage estimate available. cause undetermined may have started under a stair on the first floor.
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Cochennour
W. Jackson St
Carbondale
van Natta Funeral Home
Elmer Rodgers
Flynn Insurance Agency
Cochennour Insurance and Real Estate Agency
Nancy Dunn Secretarial Service
William George Realty
la Parisienne Salon of Beauty
Carbondale Teachers Approve Salary Schedule Boost
Carbondale teachers voted 103 to 3 to approve a new salary schedule costing the district about 165,941 dollars. The board will consider the plan next week, financed in part by borrowing roughly 68 thousand to 70 thousand dollars.
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Carbondale
Board of Education
Carbondale Education Association
CEA
William Sondermeyer
DEA
Lawrence Martin
Carbondale Seeks State Help For Municipal Struggles
Carbondale officials told the Illinois Municipal Problems Commission they face severe funding gaps that threaten water, sewage, streets, and police services as the city grows toward a possible 90 000 population by 2000. Mayors from Ina Joppa Rossdale Glen Carbon spoke briefly, while Rend Lake junior college expansion looms and rural areas anticipate shared challenges.
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Carbondale
Ina
Joppa
Rossclare
Glen Carbon
Pinckneyville
Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Central Railroad
C. William Norman
Illinois Villages and Cities
Everett R. Peters
R-St. Joseph
Inn Village
Howard Roberson
Rend Lake
Inn-Bend Lake
Availa
John Gilbert
Carterville- Cambria
Senate Education Committee
General Assembly
Illinois
Keene
Norman
City Atty
George Fleerlage
Randall Nelson
Carrier Mills Boy Drowns In Strip Mine Pit
Michael Lee Randolph nine year old of Carrier Mills drowned in a strip mine pit near the community on Thursday while walking with another youth. His body was recovered about 45 minutes after he fell into about nine feet of water. coroner to hold an inquest next week. Funeral arrangements are with Thornton Funeral Home Carrier Mills. Feurer Construction of Marion awarded twenty three thousand five hundred fifty dollar contract for a new therapy room at Warren G Murray Children's Center Centralia.
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Michael Lee Randolph
Carrier Mills
Oliver Randolph
Leo Randolph
Shirley Kelly
Hammond
Ind
Patricia
Pamela
Gayla
Saline County
Louie Rodgers
Thornton Funeral Home
Feurer Construction Co. of
Marion
Warren G. Murray Childrens Center
Centralia
Margaret Pulliam
Fire destroys Cochennour Building first floor in Carbondale
A 12:45 a.m. blaze at 219 W. Jackson St in the Cochennour Building in Carbondale destroyed most of the first floor and damaged parts of the second. Cause unavailable and no damage estimate given. Fire crews were dispatched promptly.
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Carbondale
W. Jackson St
Cochennour
Harrisburg Grant Okayed For Sewer Expansion Project
A $760000 federal grant from the Economic Development Administration was announced for Harrisburg to expand sewer facilities. The funds will support Wilson Cabinet Manufacturing Co. and Doctors Hospital, creating 55 and 70 jobs respectively. Total project cost is 1125000, with 365000 funded by the city.
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Harrisburg
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West Frankfort
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Wilson Cabinet Manufacturing Co
Doctors Hospital
Wilson
Carbondale mayor cites police force deficiency and costs
Carbondale Mayor David Keene told a state commission the town cannot face the future with its current police force. He urged more professionally trained officers and a larger budget, saying the community must change its attitude and fund enforcement quickly. He noted SIU growth keeps the town “swinging” and unrest persists. Mines reported working Saturday with Burning Star 3 Fidelity listed. others not in operation.
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Carbondale
David Keene
Southern Illinois University
Burning Star
Fidelity
SIU candidates repudiate violence in student body race
Four candidates for the Southern Illinois University student body presidency state opposition to violence as a tactic. They campaign on educational reform, call for improved Afro-American studies, recruitment of black instructors, and unified student leadership while pledging channeling protests through proper university avenues.
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Southern Illinois University
Sigma Delta Chi
Gary Krischer
Chicago
Krischer
The
Egyptian
Stu
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Carbondale Containers
Edsel
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Carbondale Building
Roger Hughes
Grant
SIU Student Body Presidency
By Sally Weillands
Steve Antonacci
Action Party
Sam Panayotovich
Impact Party
Orrin Benn
Ot and Progress Party
Antonacci
Benn
Guiana
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