SIU Tightens Off-Campus Trailer Housing Rules
Southern Illinois University moves to restrict single undergraduate off campus housing with new rules approved by the SIU Board of Trustees. Applications for permission to live unsupervised are limited to students over 21 juniors and those with exceptional need, with Sept. 1 deadline and strict supervisory requirements. Local owners claim the changes devalue property in Carbondale’s southeast area while some 1800 trailers and numerous small unsupervised homes face new standards and enforcement.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
SIU Board of Trustees
University
Southern Illinois University
Anita Kuo
Permisson
Carbondale
SIU
SIU Information Service
Kuo
Southernllinois University
John Lannin
Lannin
East Grand Avenue
Mines Report Yields Shifts and Names Observed
Mines Worthy Thursday notes activity with Old Ben and Zeigler names, Orient entries, and Burning Star strikes. First shift shows mines not working Burin staying, second shift incomplete details.
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Ben
Orlonk
Orient
Chamber Meeting Set With Noted Speakers At Dinner
The Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting at 6 30 p m Tuesday in Carruthers Junior High School Edward Lindsay publisher of the Southern Madison and editor of the Lindsay Schaub papers and Victor de Grazia member of the State Board of Economic Development will be guests speakers at the dinner Nickels at 2 apiece are available from the chamber office and board members
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Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Carruthers Junior High
Edward Lindsay
The
Southern Madsan
Lindsay-Schaub News
Victor de Grazia
State Board of Economic Development
Board of Directors
Marion Cooksey touts meters paying for themselves in Marion
Former mayor Robert Cooksey told a Marion City Council that new water meters will boost revenue by curbing undercharges. A stockpile of 690 meters was discussed, with about $8,000 owed to Utility Sales Co. for meters bought without bids or contracts. He cited 300 meters installed last winter raising bills $1.50 to $2 monthly, estimating $5,400 annual gain and a 1.5 year payback.
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Marion
Robert Cooksey
Marion Water Department
Utility Sales Co
Cooksey
Williamson County
Oscar Williams Dies at West Frankfort Home
Oscar Williams, 72, of 1701 Ilm St West Frankfort, died at 3:15 am today at his home after a four month illness. He had been in ill health for several months.
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Oscar Williams
Lm St
West Frankfort
Herrin Grade School board awards five repair contracts
Herrin Grade School Board of Education awarded five summer repair contracts Tuesday night for grade school buildings. F L Cox received several bids to replace windows and install ceilings at South Side School with totals near 37.80 per window and 1 144 to 1 330 for ceilings. W H Snyder Construction Co. won other bids for hardwood floors and ceiling work, with figures around 3728 to 3770. Caliper Plumbing Heating Corp won eight new lavatories at Lincoln School for 456.35. McNairy’s Floor Lading got Lincoln gym floor refinishing at 421.80. Midland Laboratories bid 0.44 per sq ft for flooring, about 492.10.
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Herrin
Board of Education
F. L. Cox
South Side
Cox
W. E. Snyder Construction Co., Inc
Hervin
W. E. Snyder Construction Co
Snyder Construction Co
Fox
Bruce
W. I. Snyder Construction Co
McNary
Marion
Lincoln School
Midland Laboratories
Midland
Walker
Cobden Youth Drowns In Little Grassy Lake Tragedy
Thomas William Crowell 6 year old Cobden youth drowned near a small cove off Little Grassy Lake after a failed rescue by companion Kenneth Smith. Crowell, Chuck Neal, and Kenneth Smith were swimming about 150 yards across the cove when Crowell lagged behind and began to struggle. Smith attempted to reach him before sinking, but Crowell could not be held above water. Witnesses Mrs. Jiny Lyons and her husband alerted others. rescue units from Carbondale and surrounding towns arrived. Crowell’s body was recovered at 7:10 p.m. from 30 to 35 feet of water by Dale Greene and SIU student Ken Salus. Crowell, a Cobden Community High School junior basketball player, was born June 25, 1946, and leaves parents, three sisters, and grandparents. Funeral set for Thursday at Broadway Funeral Home Cobden. coroner to hold inquest next week.
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Cobden
Little Grassy Lake
Thomas William Crowell
Little Grassy
Crowell
Chuck Neal
Kenneth Smith
Jiny Lyons
Sycamore St
Carbondale
Smith
Lyons
Neal
Carterville
du Quoin
Marion
Herrin
Pinckneyville
Dale Greene
Stewart
Union County
Thomas
Florence Crowell
Rt. 2
Martha Rhodes
Mary
Mildred
Thomas P. Crowell
Martha Maze
Cape Girardeau
First Baptist Church
Broadway Funeral
Eugene Williams
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Crisenberry Re-Elected Murphysboro Chamber President
Crisenberry was re-elected president of the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting Tuesday. Officers include Russell Marshall as vice president and Charles Meadows as treasurer. The board outlined five annual goals and scheduled the May 21 dinner and May 22 kickoff breakfast for the 1963 drive.
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Crisenberry
Murphyshoro
Murphysboro
Marion Nash
Chamber
Logan Hotel
Storm clouds darken area as storm brings rain and damage
Dusk fell as a black cloud rolled in from the northwest around 9:30 am. Drivers switched headlights on while street lights flickered. A large limb blocked North 13th Street in Herrin and was cleared. Rain totals included West Frankfort half inch and Benson three quarters inch, with winds to 38 mph at Williamson County Airport. Minor power line damage reported in Union County. Radar tracked hail north of Herrin and a fast-moving storm front from the west.
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Carbondale
Marphysboro
Hein
Marion
North 13Th Street
Herrin
Col
Tan
West Frankfort
Benson
Williamson County
St. Louis
Union County
Burns Chosen Chairman of Community Conservation Board
William Burns 34 of 608 Park St Carbondale was named chairman at the City Council meeting. He will replace Geuther and begin June 1 serving the rest of Geuther’s term through 1947 with a 5400 yearly half time salary from federal urban renewal funds. Frank Kirk was reappointed to a four year term on the board. George Glenn resigned from the Carbondale Plan Commission to take a year teaching post at Southern Illinois University.
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William Burns
Park St
Carbondale
Burns
Russell Geurther
I Carbondale
Geuther
Tulsa
Tllinois Council
Southern Winds University
The
Independent Voters of Illinois
Illinois Committee For Constitutional Revision
Frank Kirk
N. Allyn St
George Glenn
W. Freeman St
Carbondale Plan Commission
Glenn
Southern Illinois University School of Technology
Industrial Development Committee Set to Meet
The Marion Chamber of Commerce industrial development committee will meet at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday in the visual aids room of the Junior High School. Chairman Bill Brown will present a report from the utilities committee. It is the first committee report to secure information on city facilities. The meeting is open to the public.
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Marion Chamber of [Commerce
Bill Brown
Utilities Committee
Grade School Board Grants $100 Bonuses to Staff
Herrin grade school teachers and employees were voted $100 bonuses Tuesday night. The bonuses totaling $5,600 were approved by the Grade School Board of Education. Supt. Lee Booth said the bonuses will be paid from $12,750 received as aid to areas with many federal employees. The bonus will be pro-rated for employees and teachers who have not worked a full year.
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Herrin
Lee Booth
Lake District Election Set For Conservancy District
A public election on June 8 in Jackson County will decide creating Reed's Creek and Kinkaid Lake conservancy district. County Judge Peyton Kunce signed the order. the district would cover most of Jackson County except Carbondale Pomona and Makanda townships and would have taxing powers to fund development with a maximum levy of 66 cents per $100 assessed value.
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Reed's Creek
Kinkaid Lake
Developers Seek Subdivision Rule Revisions in Carbondale
Twenty one housing developers request changes to Carbondale’s proposed subdivision ordinance. A letter asks for a meeting with two developers an engineer and a legal consultant to discuss edits. Council plans to meet with Kenneth Yow and another developer along with Corporation Counsel J Edward Helton building and zoning inspector Thomas Easterly city engineer Paul C Hall and Plan Commission members at a session ahead of a public hearing and council action.
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Carbondale
Kenneth Yow
J. Edward Helton
Thomas Easterly
Paul C. Hall
Carbondale Plan Commission
Council
Carbondale Considers Night Watering for Low Pressure
Carbondale will ask Southern Illinois University to water lawns at night to ease low water pressure in the late afternoon. Residents on Briarwood Glenview Skyline Drives and West Chautauqua Street report reduced pressure during these hours as Public Property Commissioner Joseph Ragsdale Jr. notes other areas are affected.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Briarwood
Glenview
Skyline Drives
West Chautauqua Street
Joseph Ragsdale Jr
Safety ideas offered after Orient mine fire
Federal mine inspector A J Kepp issued final report on the January 29 Orient mine fire near Benton in which three men died. Recommendations include fire resistant underground conveyor belts drills for all personnel emergency escape routes and supervisor responsibility to ensure all evacuees reach safety. The State Mining Board orders on check in check out airline system and fire-fighting plans are binding. Freeman Coal Mining Corp says it has complied with the orders.
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A. J. Kepp
Benton
Kepp
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Lemine
State Mining Board
Ralph Roach
du Quoin
Tre
Roach
Freeman
Frank Nuzent
Water outage hits 25 homes in Grand Avenue area
Water service to about 25 homes on the west side of Grand Avenue between 9th and Johnston City was cut off from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday as new storm drainage pipes are planned and repairs widen the system. The Planning Commission meeting is at 7:30 p.m. today in Carterville to discuss the project.
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Grand
Beteen
Johnston City
Greater’ Egypt
Planning Commission
Mts
Carterville
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Kyo
Walter
Mrs. Lyons
Thomas W. Crowell Jr
R. G. Crisenberry
Conservation Board
Industrial Development Committee
Lake District
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