Benton Council approves 830000 water sewer contracts
Benton City Council awarded contracts totaling 830000 for water and sewer improvements. Holtzman and Silverman of Detroit win water work at 437714.11 and Ivy Pipeline of Harrisburg wins sewer work at 258548. Project funded by federal grant 415000, revenue bonds 165000, and local funds 250000. Construction to begin within 30 days.
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Benton City
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Benton
Bend Lake
Don Cox
Cox
S. M. Chambers
Rend Lake
Mt. Vernon
Charles Toler
Toler
Franklin Asphalt Co
Benton
Charles Smith
McLeansboro Street
Marion lake expansion likely to be bid soon
City engineer Glenn Clarida told the Marion City Council that final plans are nearly complete to raise the earthen dam nine feet, increasing lake capacity and area. The project may be let in 30 days pending easements from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
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Marion City
Glenn Clarida
Marion
Clarida
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Three people fined in Murphysboro circuit court
In Murphysboro Monday three defendants pled guilty and were fined. Louis Wright, 41, received 50 dollars plus costs and one year probation for theft under 150 dollars after changing his prior not guilty plea. Ralph E. Davis, 18, SIU student, pled guilty to reckless driving and paid 25 dollars plus costs for a May 7 campus drive ticket. Daisy M. Clemons, 19, pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license, fined 25 dollars plus costs and six months probation issued for a D Street citation.
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Murphysboro
Louis Wright
N. Marion St
Carbondale
Wright
Thelma Humphrey
Ralph E. Davis
Southern Illinois University
Thompson Woods
SIU
Daisy M. Clemons
Rt. 2
D Street
Benton plans zone hearing over two zoning change requests
The Benton Planning Commission scheduled a public hearing for May 27 at 7 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce office to consider rezoning Bailey Lane parcels from B 1 residential to B 1 business Franklin IGA Foodliner seeks a 1300 square foot expansion and Benton Development Ct runs a medical arts clinic ahead of the decision.
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Benton Planning Commission
Franklin Iga Foodliner
Benton Development Ct
Bailey Lane
Franklin Iga
Chamber of Commerce
N. Main St
Harris calls for GOP unity at Carbondale coffee
Sen. William C. Harris addresses 65 Republicans at a Carbondale coffee urging unity in the Illinois GOP ticket for the November election. The Pontiac senator, 46, seeks state auditor and says the office must act as a spending watchdog with checks like municipal spending comparisons. Other candidates introduced include Val Oshel, Ralph Dunn, and Pat Redd.
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Illinois
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Carbondale
Harris
John G. Gilbert
Gilbert
Russell Arrington
Evanston
Val Oshel
Harrisburg
U.S. House of Representatives
21St
Ralph Dunn
du Quoin
Miami
Pat Redd
Stratton lauded as best qualified governor by Benton meeting
William G. Stratton is praised as the best qualified man to seek Illinois governor at a Benton gathering in the Franklin County Courthouse. Ed ward G. Pree calls him the greatest roadbuilder in Illinois history and credits his eight years as governor with aiding Southern Illinois and funding Rend Lake. He notes opposition to a state income tax and cites tax per person figures from 1960 to today. Aden Summers introduces Pree, with Ted Kozer presiding.
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William G. Stratton
Franklin County
Benton
Edward G. Pree
Stratton
Illinois
Southern
Pree
Centralia
Vienna
Harrisburg
Rend Lake
GOP
Aden Summers
Ted Kozer
Richard Earl Named to Herrin Police for Summer
Richard Earl has been named to the Herrin police force for the summer as night radio operator replacing Emanuel Merlo who will fill in for officers on vacation. Earl previously worked at Robb's Phillips 66 station in Carbondale. Casey R. Kemper faced a $15 fine for a vehicle brake failure involved in a Carbondale accident.
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Richard Earl
Herrin
Earl
Emanuel Merlo
Merlo
Robb
Phillips 66
Fire damages Sesser store in downtown blaze
Fire heavily damaged a one story wooden building on Main street near the Bank of Sesser. Fire Chief Ronnie Robinson said the Phillips building was almost destroyed after a midnight rekindle. Firemen from Benton and nearby towns fought the flames from about 2:45 a.m. until 6:15 a.m. Faulty wiring likely caused the fire and no damage estimate was given.
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Sesser
Ronnie Robinson
Main Street
Bank of Sesser
Robinson
Phillips
Walier
Benton
Poe Nm
Marion man bound over to grand jury in aggravated battery case
R. J. Jones, 20, Marion, waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of aggravated battery after beating a Marion service station attendant. The incident at 207 S. Court St. followed urging Jones to leave the Martin Service Station. Jones, a Navy serviceman on leave from Rhode Island, posted a $5,000 bond. Larry Adams, 26, remained in satisfactory condition at St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, with a skull fracture and facial injuries.
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R. J. Jones
Marion
Jones
Larry Adams
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Adams
John Kelly
Adam
Martin
S. Court St
Navy
Rhode Island
Bomb Damage Repairs Resume In School Wing
Repairs to a school building after bomb damage estimated at 50000 dollars allow classes to resume in the damaged wing including classrooms and laboratories.
Chamber backs Kinkaid Lake tourism effort
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce forms a tourism committee to support the Kinkaid Lake plan. Newly elected president Gerald Dunn said the group will attend conservancy district meetings and report progress to keep the chamber informed. Members include Bill Loy Edward Althoff Dewey Worthen Gene Best Ernest Miller Henry Wasmer Jr. Norman Ellis.
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Murphysboro
Chamber of Commerce
Kinkaid Lake
Postmasters to Present Sha piro With Sesquicentennial Cards
Illinois postmasters count 1300 sesquicentennial postcards for 150th state anniversary. They plan to mail from 1360 offices for the state archives in Carbondale. Lt Gov Shapiro to receive a packet during a Wednesday session at Carbondale Holiday Inn as Donald Swanson outlines regional events.
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Illinois
Sam Shapiro
Carbondale
Hubert Goforth
Sion
David Keene
Chamber of Commerce
William Whitson
Giant City State Park Lodge
Donald Swanson
Chicago
Shapiro
Holiday Inn
Kinkaid Lake board approves state planning contract
Survey delayed as Kinkaid Lake Conservancy District OKs a state planning contract for a lake development study. The district will share costs while a second proposal from GERPDC was tabled for more scope and timing details.
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Kinkaid Lake Board
Novick Returns to Campus for Advisement at SIU
Stuart Novick, barred last week for being incendiary, returned to Southern Illinois University campus for a summer term advisement appointment. He said Dean Wilbur Moulton approved the visit and told him to go directly to the appointment and leave immediately after. Novick leads the student coalition seeking policy changes. Carbondale police report more than $600 in valuables stolen Monday night from 813 W Walnut St, including a motor boat, coin collection, and clothing. Evidence includes window entry, fingerprints, and outside footprints.
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Stuart Novick
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
Novick
Wilbur Moulton
SIU
Carbondale
Walnut St
Mike Lynn Smith
Harrisburg
Grant to be sought Herrin okays sewer plan
Herrin City Council approved moving forward with a 380000 sewer improvement project and sought a federal grant. Consulting engineers outlined steps to request funds and noted possible 30 to 80 percent grant shares depending on a statewide anti polluting measure.
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Herrin
Joseph W. Rezek
Clark, Dietz and Asssociates
Urbana
Fred A. Henderson
Bernita Beers
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Rezek
Illinois
Economic Development Administration
State Sanitary Water Board
Tom Shoemake
Water and Sewer Committee
Water and Sewer Department
Henderson
Crisenberry Dam Official Name for Kinkaid Lake
The Creek Conservancy District names the dam Crisenberry Dam honoring late Sen R G Crisenberry of Murphysboro a key Kinkaid Lake planner. He helped spark the project and chaired the conservancy district board. The move follows earlier state designation and potential future lake area naming options.
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Kinkaid Lake
Jackson County
Crisenberry Dam
Reed’s Creek
Kinkaid Lake Brochures Planned for Southern Illinois Promotions
The Kinkaid Lake district approved distributing informational pamphlets to Southern Illinois promotions this year. Manager David Fliger will obtain quotes for 18 000 to 20 000 pamphlets and the materials will mirror last year’s colored brochure showing the lake and surrounding area. Pamphlets will be provided for the National Campers and Hikers Association national convention in Du Quoin in July and for groups including Southern Illinois Inc Murphysboro Apple Festival the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce and general conservancy district mailing. Fliger noted the Land Between the Lakes area in Kentucky is being developed as a national federal recreation area. The board also reactivated the Kinkaid Lake Development Association with meetings the first Thursday each month at Buck Bower Park Ava O Dell Reeder named chair Frank Graff secretary and set 8 p m meeting times during daylight saving.
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Larry Lipe
E.A. Sullivan Co
Lipe
Mid-America Construction Co
Don Quaglia
Harry Crain Jr
Herrin
Alderman Shoemake
Williamson County
Shoemake Sd
Bank of Herrin
Shoemake
Williamson County Commission
Homer Askew
Champaign
Lavern Kerley
Lindell “Sparky” Carrasco
Cherry Street
16Th
Vancy District
Kinkaid Lake
Crisenberry
Conservancy District Board
Springfield
David Fliger
Southern Illinois
Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
Fliger
National Campers and Hikers Association
du Quoin
Filiger
Southern Illinois, Inc
Murphysboro
Kentucky
Kentucky ,Lake
Barkley Lake
Ing
Ilinois
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Marion Lake
General Services Administration
Veterans Hospital
Robert Connell
Charles Street
Connell
Capital Improvement Fund
Fish and Game Fund
Everett Jeter
Carbondale Coffee
Casey R. Kemper
Sesser Store
Ilinois University
Kinkaid
Veterans Administration
Michael F. Fromm
Joseph Ivy
Vergennes
George R. Nehring
Postmasters Meeting
Tony Stevens
State Division of Waterways
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Waterways
Conservancy District
Gerpdc
Jack Sipe
Fitger
Glenn Schlimpert
Robert H. Johnston
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