Miss Costume Pageant Crown Goes to Carbondale Woman
Karen Daugherty 18 of Carbondale won the Miss Costume contest in the Bend Lake Festival Pageant first round judging. She wore a James Bond theme with a white cat prop and a white tuxedo jacket. Daugherty, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale student, thanked sponsor C. E. McNeill of McNeill Jewelry Store. Final judging and public viewing set for Thursday at Rich Herrin Gym Benton High School.
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Karen Daugherty
Carbondale
Daugherty
James Bond
C.E. McNeill
McNeill
Brains
Miss Daugherty
Carbondale Community High School
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Competiton
Rich Herrin
Benton High School
Subsidence Damages Murphysboro Apartment Building
Emergency repairs are under way on a six month old Jackson County four unit building near Illinois 13 and 127 after subsidence from the Big Muddy Coal Mine caused a corner to drop four to five inches. Owner Everett Hawk of Pomona reported damage. two residents evacuated. Support beams are being installed by James Construction Co of Marion, costing $5,000 under a federally backed emergency repair program.
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Springfield
Jackson County
Big Muddy
Illinois 13
Illinois 127
Everett Hawk
Pomona
Hawk
Kim Shambart
James Construction Co
Marion
Cape Girardeau Bridge Project Could Benefit Two States
Missouri and Illinois officials study a long discussed Cape Girardeau bridge replacement as part of a regional economic package. The plan envisions a wider four lane link and feeder roads to I 57 and I 24 in Illinois, tying to I 55 in Missouri, with hearings, surveys, and design before construction.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinois
Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missouri
Missouri Highway and Transportation Department
Sikeston
Yarnell
Missouri
Hanschen
Carbondale
Illinois
Larry Meyer
Carbondale Planning Division
Illinois Department of Transportation
Meyer
Mississippi River
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Senate
Poshard
Alexander County
Fired TIP director to appeal reinstatement to board
Paula Roe of Carterville, former Montessori Preschool head at TIP, was fired after complaints of corporal punishment though directed at her own children off duty in the TIP parking lot. Roe plans a TIP board hearing within two weeks to contest the action and seek reinstatement.
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Tim Landis
The
Southern Illinoisan
TIP of Illinois
TIP
Paula Roe
Carterville
Ms. Roe
Lems
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
TIP Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Districts Explore School Consolidation Options in De Soto Glendale
De Soto and Glendale boards review district programs and local needs to assess consolidation prospects. Officials note advantages like De Soto departmentalized instruction and Glendale’s favorable student teacher ratio. Public information session set for Monday at 7 15 p m with Q&A on consolidation procedures.
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Page One
Zieba
Cameron
de Soto
Glendale
Illinois
Donald Stricklin
Stricklin
Legal defense fund aids Coleman murder case in Williamson County
A defense fund for Donna Marie Coleman has been organized at Bank of Herrin as she faces three murder counts in the apparent killing of her husband Charles Franklin Coleman. Sister Doris Pratt reports about 475 dollars raised. attorney firm Winters and Garrison of Marion will defend her after she posted a $15,000 cash bond and was released from Williamson County Jail.
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Donna Marie Coleman
Bank of Herrin
Marion
Robert Butler
Chamber names Burroughs Citizen of the Year
Raymond Burroughs, chairman of City National Bank of Murphysboro, was named Citizen of the Year at Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce awards. The chamber also honored late attorney Omer W. Jones with a memorial plaque for community work.
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Tony Stevens
Southern
St. Louis
General Telephone Co. of Illinois
Burroughs
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Foundation
John A. Logan College Foundation
Southern Illinois Inc
Murphysboro
Dale
Nancy Adkins
Jones
Herb McMeen
Wolff, Jones and Lawder
McMeen
Chamber
Richard Powers
Bruce Fager
Milford Lowery
Murphysboro District Plans Summer Programs and Staffing
The Murphysboro Unit District board approved a summer computer training camp for K through 8, six athletic camps, and basic summer school classes. A federal grant funds the computer camp with a $5 materials fee. athletics span basketball, PE, baseball, football, and an open gym. A US history course will limit participation to in district pupils. An assistant superintendent appointment was approved with applications due by May 22. Pre school after school programs were dropped after minimal interest. The May 28 meeting was canceled and rescheduled for May 23.
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Board of
Murphysboro Unit District
United States
Ernie Bozarth
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Cape Girardeau Bridge
Dwight Nale
Mierge
Marion Chamber
Marion Chamber of Commerce
City of
West Main Street
Mary Lou Roberts
Water and Budget Department
Herrin
Edward Quaglia
Ees
Marlene Simpson
Quaglia
Simpson
Water Department
West Frankfort
Orville Nolen
East Main Street
Nolen
E. Main St
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