Annex bill clears in committee over SIU campus split
A House committee approved a bill forcing SIU Board of Trustees to annex the portion of the Carbondale campus outside the city. Opponents argued it shifts annexation power to the legislature and burdens Jackson County with costs. Negotiations with Carbondale continue as the measure moves toward the Senate.
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Gary Blackburn
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
William Schmidt
Neal Eckert
Richman
Gruny
Springfield
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
General Assembly
Jackson County
SIU
University
Rt. 51
Robert Layer
Illinois Central Railroad
Senate
Schmidt
James Brown
SIU Board
Gale Williams
Murphysboro
Higher Education
Williams
Williamson County CourtHouse revisions await county board cost decision
Third floor work on the Williamson County Court House proceeds as the county board weighs who pays for jail facility updates to meet state standards. Builders estimate jail changes at about 21 922 and sheriff quarters at 15 539 with possible extra electrical and plumbing costs. If the board declines payment, the commission may cover up to about 8 000 in install costs.
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Williamson County
State Dept. of Correction
William J. Sinks
K. Neil Thurmond
Building Commission
Thurmond
Coun
Sinks
Herman Bearden
Bearden
Oscar Schafale
Public Defender
Murphysboro Joint Use Agreement Revision Planned
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 and the Murphysboro Park District plan to rewrite the 1963 joint use pact. The school district would control Riverside Diamond from Labor Day to Dec 31, with the park district handling spring sports and night lighting costs. The park board may accept terms at the May 20 meeting.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Park
Riverside Park
Unit 186
Riverside
Park District
Park Board
Park
Robert Wheeler
Carruthers Junior
Carruthers
Wheeler
Fire call at Monroe Street hallway lamp causes minor blaze
At 6 50 p m firefighters responded to 418 West Monroe Street in Carbondale where a heat lamp ignited a hallway ceiling. Minor damage reported. Owner John Lannin noted.
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Carbondale
Monroe St
John Lannin
Murphysboro Board Approves Fire Safety Work at Carruthers JHS
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 directors approve a low bid of 16368 from Norman Ellis Construction for Carruthers Junior High School fire safety upgrades including detectors, boiler room controls, smoke screen doors, and gymnasium fire retardant paint.
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Murphysboro
Carruthers
Norman Ellis Construction Co
J. & L. Robinson Construction Co
Carbondale
Gordon Flom
Frank Shaw
Simon-Rettberg, Garrison and
Lincoln School
Washington School
Mahl Schultz, Inc
Appleton
Wisc
New Carbondale police lieutenant stresses crime education
Edward Hogan, a 49 year old former St. Louis detective, started duties April 16 as Carbondale’s police lieutenant. He emphasizes letting the public know crime exists and where it happens, and stresses open police citizen communication and narcotics control to improve the crime picture. Hogan will build a detective force, set up records, and has already placed narcotics detectives and investigators, noting city crime charts aid patrol planning. He praises Carbondale students and plans to relocate his family from St Louis as he settles in.
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Bonita Troutt
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Edward Hogan
St. Louis
Hogan
Terry Murphy
Paul Staffey
Walter Allen
Larry McKimmy
William Rypkema
Lineen
Neb
Hegan
Fugitive Returns to Federal Prison in WV Escape Case
Michael Allen a 23 year old of Carterville surrendered at Williamson County jail and was returned Wednesday afternoon to a federal prison in Morgantown West Virginia. He had been sentenced for burgling the Buckner Post Office in late 1969 and had escaped from a federal prison with two others before turning himself in May 5. Sheriff's deputies did not know when he escaped.
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Michael Allen
Carterville
West Virginia
Williamson County
Allen
Morgantown
West Va
Buckner
United States
Escapee Still Sought From Carbondale Work Release Center
A prisoner, William T. Schwartz, 27, who escaped from the Work Release Center in Carbondale Tuesday remains missing. Center director Ron Scott said no trace of Schwartz has been found since the 1:45 a.m. report, noting he arrived in January and would be eligible for parole in July.
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Carbondale
William T. Schwartz
Ron Scott
Schwartz
Murphysboro Boy Hurt After Sliding Under Mail Truck
A 9 year old Murphysboro boy, McKinty Holloman of 702 Maple St, was injured when he slid under a mail truck at Carruthers Junior High School grounds at 8 40 a m. He was treated and released at St Joseph Memorial Hospital. The truck was driven by Chester F Dunivan, 52, of 2105 Rainbow Dr.
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Murphysboro
McKinty Holloman
Maple St
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Carruthers Junior High School
Chester F. Dunivan
Rainbow Dr
SIU students push plan for peoples park at old hospital site
The SIU Carbondale student senate voted to form a committee to study converting the former Holden Hospital site on South Illinois Avenue into a peoples park to save trees. The First National Bank of Carbondale owns the site and plans may include tearing down the old wing, keeping the new wing as office space, and providing parking. The bank paid 500000 for expansion rights and awaits engineering reports before any development plan, with Code enforcement needing approval.
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Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Glenn W. Storme
Bank
Storme
Doctors Memorial Hospital
West Main Street
Howard Shand
Carbondale Foundation
CFBE
Shand
John Lonergan
SIU
Lonergan
Dycus
Kosinski
Rend Lake College Students Protest Tree Removals
A group of Rend Lake College students near Mount Vernon circulated petitions opposing the removal of about 30 campus trees for new construction. Three protesters camped under the trees Sunday and Monday nights but relocated Tuesday after officials warned them they were violating campus rules.
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Mount Vernon
Rend Lake College
Jackson County Five-District Plan Survives Senate Action
Illinois Senate rejected a proposal in Senate Bill 190 that would allow uneven representation in county boards, preserving Jackson County’s plan for five equal districts each with five members. County officials say the action supports Jackson County’s map lo cated around Carbondale and Murphysboro with total population about 55 008 per 1970 census.
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Tony Stevens
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Illinois Senate
Springfield
Senate
Richard Richman
Richman
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Bers
Carbondale Township
Makanda Township
Murphysboro Township
Water dispute delays De Soto Carbondale water deal
De Soto seeks continued water from Carbondale while negotiating with Kinkaid-Reed Creek Conservancy District and faces pressure for a 10 year contract. Carbondale cites revenue needs and potential shutoff amid funding shifts as negotiations continue into 1973.
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de Soto
Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
Carbondale
Murdale Water Disrid, Ae
Kinkaid
Murdale
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Harold Dycus
Rend College
Jackson
de Soto City Atty
Charles Decker
de Soto and
Carbondale City
Ron Briggs
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