Community public meetings and events in Carbondale area
Public notices list numerous open meetings in Carbondale and surrounding communities including city planning reviews, school boards, library board appointments, and cultural events. Highlights include Carbondale Savings and Loan conference, Amateur Photographers meeting, and the RSI calendar of theater shows, fairs, and lectures with dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Main
Oakland
Mill
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
John Quinn
Amateur Photographers Association
Rolando
S.llinois Ave
Illinois
Johnston City High School
East Grand Avenue
Marion Street
Duplicate Bridge Club
Carbondale Community Center
SEA sues Sesser Unit Board over contract negotiations
The Lesser Education Association sues the Franklin County Circuit Court Benton unit board alleging failure to negotiate items. Supt. Claude Lewis confirms non negotiable items exist and will be listed in the board’s summons answer. The tornado damaged bus garage and shop class building will be replaced by the Thompsonville High School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lesser Education Association
SEA
Franklin County
Benton
Lesser Unit School Board
Claude Lewis
SEA Negotiating Committee
Lewis
Thompsonville High School Board
Benton High to Auction Project House Open House Planned
The district votes to replace a building at a cost of 3500 dollars and rehires teachers for 1971 72. Charles O'Brien will teach chemistry and biology part time at 3600 dollar annual salary. The tornado damaged the gym, affecting graduation. Benton High hosts an open house for the fourth project house built on Old Orchard Drive with an auction and sealed bids starting May 22. Minimum bid is 28100. Open house schedules run Friday to Sunday with varied hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O’brien
David E. Barry
O’brien
Benton High School
Old Orchard Drive
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinoisan Inc with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes its lineage as successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and credits the Associated Press for local news republication and dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Wanut Street
Murphysboro
Secone
Carbondale Illnois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Menard unit receives $506,819 grant for psychiatric services
Illinois Department of Corrections Psychiatric Division at Menard State Penitentiary secures a $506,819 grant. Dr. Terry Brelje says most funds fund new hires including activity therapists, counselors, nurses and security staff plus equipment. The unit began at Menard in 1935 and split from the prison in 1970. In Marion, Ralph E. Robertson, 22, faces $35 for illegal alcohol transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Department of Corrections
Menard State Penitentiary
Illinois Law Enforcement
Terry Brelje
Psychiatric Division
Menard
Marion
Ralph E. Robertson
Cash theft report and multiple burglaries in Carbondale
A theft report notes $1,000 in receipts including $400 cash stolen from an unlocked car near SIU Center. Several burglaries claim stereo gear and cash from residences, with items valued at $225 to $300, and windows and doors pried at a Carbondale restaurant as another break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Center
Harry Klein
Discount Records
Klein
Mark E. Leatzow
Richard M. Johnson
Lincoln Ave
Carbondale
Ted Lorek
South Wall Street
Police report of break by thrown open front door at Davies AG Store
Area police say a Wednesday night incident threw the front door of Davies AG Store at 201 N Washington St Carbondale but officers found no entry inside the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies AG
Washington St
Carbondale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southern
Energy Village Board
Benton High School Board of Education
Benton High
Carbondale Citizens Advisory Committee
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek
Kenneth A. Stark
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Building
Southern Illinois University
Robert Anderson
Purdue University
Lawson Hall
Leo Kaplan
Alfred Lit
Sigma Xi Kaplan
Neckers Building
Shalom Society Film Festival
Davis Auditorium
the Arts
Missouri and Kaskaskia River
Farm Bureau
Royalton Village
Wedlaoe
Carterville
Webster Theatre
Steeleville
Pufnstuf
Orpheum
Fox
Wuthering Heights
Campus Drive-In
Riviera Drive-In
Marion Drive-In
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Market St
Sparta
Spartan Printing Co
State Environmental Protection Agency
Papa Caesar
Southgate
Winkler
Laboratory
Communications
Ralph McCoy
Area Library Board
Carbondale Public Library Board
Shawnee Library System Board
McCoy
Public Library Board
Zella Rath
Sesser Unit Board
Thompsonville
Area School Report
Souther
Telephone
Carbondale Marion Herrin Murphysbore
Sary Scruggs
Thomas
Organ Live & Direct From
Egyptian Music CO
WDQN
Anna
Beltone
Hearing Aid Service
Southern Illinois Surgical Appliance Co
West Frankfort, Ill
Michael Reynolds
S. Graham St
Area Police
Montgomer
Riverside
F.E.T
Calvert
Ohal
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