Seepwater Worsens Floods As Mississippi River Drops
The Mississippi River crest reached 42.1 feet Saturday in the Big Five Levee Area and began dropping. Engineer Charles Grojean says seep and flood water worsen conditions with 18 pumps in Clear Creek and East Cape Girardeau districts. Chester's river at 38.3 feet and forecast drop toward flood stage in early June.
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Union
Alexander
Charles Grojean
Army Corps of Engineers
Cape Girardeau
Big Five Levee
Big Muddy River
Union County
Gale
Alexander County
Grojean
Clear Creek
East
Preston Wailer
North Alexander
Miller Pond
Chester
Kaskas
SIU Carbondale to build 8.9 million student recreation center
Groundbreaking planned this summer for an 30,000 square foot recreation complex at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The project includes gyms, courts, indoor golf, an Olympic pool, and extensive playfields. Total cost around 7 million for construction plus 1.9 million for utilities and site work.
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SIU
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Willard Hart
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale Election Expenses Reported by Winners
The Carbondale City Council winners filed campaign expenditure statements with City Clerk Elizabeth Leighty. Hans Fischer led with 2656 in primary and general costs, Archie Jones reported 774, each with itemized spending including ads, printing, signs, and travel. Losing candidates Cleveland Matthews and Herberta Beyler did not file.
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Carbondale
Elizabeth Leighty
Hans Fischer
Archie Jones
Fisher
Jones
Fischer
Cleveland Matthews
Herberta Beyler
Murphysboro Chamber to honor past presidents
The Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce plans a Tuesday night gala at Murphysboro Township High School cafeteria at 6 30 p.m. honoring its past presidents. Robert W Shaffer of Bloomington and president of General Telephone Co of Illinois will be guest speaker. Charles Meadows will be installed as president with Brundage presenting retiring and new officers. New board members elected last month begin terms as retiring members are cited.
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Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Murphysboro Township High School
Robert W. Shaffer
Bloomington
General Telephone Co
Illinois
Shaffer
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas
General Telephone
Chamber
Jack Brundage
Brundage
Charles Meadows
Keith Adams
Dale Adkins
Jim Pat Loy
Richard Strothmann
Henry Wasmer
Meadows
Roofers End Strike In Southern Illinois After Talks
A week-and-a-half strike by about 50 roofers ended Saturday as negotiators reached a one-year contract. The agreement raises pay in two steps to 4.75 dollars for apprentices and 6.25 dollars for journeymen, with 50 cents immediate and 25 cents in September, plus daily overtime. Work resumed at University Mall Shopping Center in Carbondale, halted Friday by picket lines. The four companies involved were Baccus Roofing and Siding, Herrin. Biebel Roofing Co., Benton. Benton Roofing Co.. Neal Brothers Roofing Co., Mt. Vernon.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Roofers
Gilbert Douglas
Federal Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Douglas
University Mall
Carbondale
Lavern Jacobs
Baccus Roofing
Herrin
Biebel Roofing Co
Benton
Benton Roofing Co
Neal Brothers Roofing Co
Mt. Vernon
EPA Sets Herrin Hearing On Dumping Charges
A pre-trial conference in a EPA suit against Herrin and the Norge Division factory is set for Thursday at the IPCB offices in Chicago. Attorneys will discuss charges over alleged illegal dumping of an oil based compound in the city landfill. Mayor John McVey warned fines could reach 300000 if guilty.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Herrin
Norge Division
Illinois Pollution Control Board
IPCB
Chicago
Norge
John McVey
Carbondale Could Receive 2.9 Million in 1975 Revenue Sharing
Carbondale would get 2.9 million dollars in special federal revenue sharing for fiscal year 1975 starting July 1 1974 under the proposed Better Communities Act. A hold harmless clause would ensure no loss versus the 1968–1972 HUD funding average of 2.9 million annually.
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Washington Carbondale
Nixon
Carbondale
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Kenneth J. Gray
Dwest
Dragline Crossing Closing Route 13-127 South of Pinckneyville
A stretch near Pinckneyville on Route 13 127 will close about three miles south for roughly 142 hours on Tuesday as a strip mining dragline crosses the highway.
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Pinckneyville
Saline River section to be channelized at $888,613
Rep Kenneth J Gray says Saline River north fork Section Four will be channeled as part of a $12 million project. Hardwick Brothers Co II of Beardstown awarded contracts. A 6 million pound CON SOL dragline moves from a Du Quoin strip mine toward Burning Star No 4 in Perry County, despite recent flooding.
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Saline River
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Hardwick Brothers Co. II
Beardstown
John Roark
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
du Quoin
Jamestown
Perry County
Burning Star No. 4
Roark
Prison inmate innocent in Menard stabbing verdict
Thruston Fields, 30, a Menard Penitentiary inmate, was found innocent of stabbing Gary Thetford, 30, of Chicago, during their inmate period. Fields acted as his own counsel with public defender Robert Gandy’s help. Thetford was stabbed on Jan. 15. Fields faces 45 to 90 years for a prior shooting.
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Thruston Fields
Gary Thetford
Chicago
Menard
Chester
Fields
Robert Gandy
du Quoin
Thetford
Herbert J. Lantz Jr
Randolph County
Donald L. Diehl
Belleville
Sparta
St. Louis, Mo
Board of Education
Diehl
St. Clair County
Murder trial scheduled for Cindy Barnes in Marion
Cynthia Barnes a 17 year old of Marion is charged with murder in the Feb 19 death of Martha Damico 50 in a low rent housing project. The trial set for June 4 in Marion circuit court as part of a 14 case jury docket. Barnes was arrested in Chicago Feb 21 and jailed in Williamson County.
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Cynthia
Cindy’ Barnes
Marion
Williamson County
Robert Howerton
Miss Barnes
Martha Damico
Damico
Chicago
SIU instructor arrested after campus bomb threat
Mark Levine 28 of Carbondale was arrested after allegedly calling police to say a bomb would explode at a Thompson Point concert ten minutes after the call. Police traced the line while SIU security searched the area. no bomb was found and the instructor was charged with disorderly conduct and released on 100 dollar bond.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Mark Levine
Oakland Ave
Carbondale
Thompson Point
General Telephone Co
Government Department
Olive Branch flood aid center sees rush as two weeks end
Olive Branch flood aid center, open May 3, reports about 575 families assisted and a new morning rush. Coordinator Kenneth Hall notes hours reduced to 9 am to 6 pm six days with toll free follow ups and local agency cooperation including Red Cross SBA and IRS.
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Olive Branch
Kenneth Hall
Hall
Williamson County Jail to bill for prisoner lodging costs
Williamson County commissioners set daily lodging rates for municipal and federal prisoners and for inmates held for other counties. Fees include 6 a day for lodging and 56 a day for matron salaries when needed, with federal prisoners at 6 a day. The plan aims to offset rising jail costs and curb dumping grounds. The board also advanced law enforcement and planning funding and attend Springfield hearings on tax collection and mineral tax allocation. About 10,000 springboks to be shot on farms for export to Europe this year.
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Williamson County
Board of Commissioners
William J. Sinks
Williamson
Marion
State Department of Corrections
Sinks
Southern Illinois
Joseph T. Dakin
Carbondale
Russell Oxford
Greater Egypt
Springfield
Robert Williams
South Africa
Europe
Rend Lake board chair cleared of conflict of interest
West Frankfort city attorney finds no impropriety in Roy Patton’s dual role with Rend Lake Conservancy District. Commissioner Sanders argued a potential indirect conflict due to Patton’s 3 000 dollar annual pay and Howell Insurance Agency’s city policy sales. City Atty Don Lucas to present his findings to the council at 7 p.m.
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Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
West Frankfort
Roy Patton
James Lavern Sanders
Patton
Don Lucas
Howell Insurance Agency
Lucas
Conservancy District Board
Sanders
Conservancy District
Water District may restart in four to six weeks
Anna Jonesboro Water District may resume operation in four to six weeks after a main line break near Dutch Creek five miles from Anna and Jonesboro. The old Anna plant has pumped about one million gallons daily to meet demand while repairs proceed, with replacement pipe to be ordered today and delivered within the stated window.
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Anna-Jonesboro
Dutch Creek
Anna and
Jonesboro
Anna
Tom Campbell
Water District Board
Campbell
Water district to receive $640000 FHA loan for system
A $640 000 loan from the Farmers Home Administration funds the Corinth Water District to install a water system serving about 600 families in parts of Williamson Franklin and Saline Counties. Tap-on fees differ by signup date with $100 before May 30 and $350 after. The loan runs 40 years at 5 percent interest. Mitchell Smith chairs the board. R A Nack & Associates are engineers and Don Kramer is attorney.
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Corinth Water District
Farmers Home Administration
Bill G. Bullock
Williamson County
Franklin County
Saline County
Mitchell Smith
Corinth
Water District
R. A. Nack & Associates
Don Kramer
Métion
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Grand
University Park
Brush Towers
Hart
Ralph Rapson Associates, Inc
Philadelphia
Murphysboro
Raymond Rainbow
After the Sun
Michael Sullivan
Atlanta
Siu-C
David R. Derge
Sullivan
Karen
Rainbow
Congress
Red Cross
Small Business Administration
SBA
Department of Labor
Internal Revenue Service
Farmer’s Home Administration
Springboks
Johannesburg
Rend Lake Board
Ware
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