West Frankfort council weighs water fix for northeast area
About 50 residents north east of West Frankfort petitioned the city council for a water system upgrade. They report no water and low pressure with dirty water from a 1.4 inch line and a recent break. Officials will repair the line Tuesday and consider a new larger system. a water district and federal funds were proposed.
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West Frankfort
Peabody Coal Co
Gene Wells
Wells
James Lavern Sanders
Tom Griffin
Mike McClatchey
Burl
Andy
Don Lucas
Push to Dismiss Barnes Murder Charge in Marion Court
A motion to dismiss the murder charge against 17 year old Cynthia Barnes of Marion will be ruled on at 1 30 p m Monday in Marion circuit court Public defender Kenneth Hubler filed the motion arguing the indictments fail to state an offense He also asked to suppress Barnes statements made after her 5 a m Feb 23 arrest in Chicago and requested a change of venue due to widespread publicity and bias in Williamson County The state plans to try Barnes on June 4 for murder with additional charges of armed robbery and burglary Barnes was arrested in Chicago and brought back to Williamson County for questioning without advised rights Officials contend the statements were coerced and involuntary and a fair trial in Williamson County is unlikely without a venue change.
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Cynthia
Cindy” Barnes
Marion
Kenneth Hubler
Williamson County
Public Defender
Miss Barnes
Robert Howerton
Martha Damico
Hubler
Miss
Williamson
Carbondale Library Approves 1974 Budget
The Carbondale Public Library approves a $82,700 budget for 1974, up from this year by $3,150, with $76,200 from taxes and the rest from fines fees gifts and interest. Salaries total $40,000, books $12,000 supplies $2,300 building fund $15,000, plus utilities periodicals recordings and various maintenance. Carl Jones Jr. reappointed to Shawnee Library System Board and Charles O Perdue will become librarian June 1 replacing retiring Zella Rath.
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Carbondale
Carl Jones Jr
Shawnee Library System Board
Charles O. Perdue
Town City
Perdue
Zella Rath
Land Use and Tax Policy Talk by Voters Group
Carbondale League of Women Voters hosts a 7 30 p m public meeting at First Presbyterian Church on land value taxation. Speaker Noah Alpers of Public Revenue Education Council in St Louis will discuss a system taxing land value and show the film Done Way to Better Cities. Panelists include Richard Fryman SIU Economics James Rayfield Carbondale city planner and John Parrish Carbondale township assessor.
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Carbondale League of Women Voters
First Presbyterian Church
Noah Alpers
Public Revenue Education Council
St. Louis
Alpers
Richard Fryman
Southern Illinois University Department of Economics
James Rayfield
Carbondale
Greater Egypt
Drivers damage public square marker and plaza
Marion officials report a weekend driver jumped the northeast curb, rammed a planter, and toppled a veteran marker on the public square. The motorist fled and remains unidentified. A second driver damaged the plaza earlier in the week.
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Marion Public Square
E. E. Jeter
Henry Sullins
Sullins
Longtime Giant City teacher retires after 35 years
Mrs. Lee Wheeles, 65, ends a 35 year teaching career in Southern Illinois at Giant City school, tracing roots to 1926 one room schoolhouse. She recalls open classroom concepts, early grades, and her transition to the consolidated Giant City school with her family on the Makanda farm.
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Lee Wheeles
Wheeles
Giant City
Carbondale
Illinois
Zion School
Giant City School
Consolidated Giant City School
Lee Ellen Starkweather
Vienna
Makanda
Mrs. Wheeles
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Murphysboro Independent
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