Water plant bids set for May in Kinkaid Lake district
Bids for a 3 million gallon daily water treatment plant at Kinkaid Lake and about 40 miles of service lines will open May 27 at 2 p.m. in the Jackson County courthouse Murphysboro. Sections cover plant, service lines, and two storage tanks with project reach including Murphysboro De Soto Elkville Ava Campbell Hill Willisville and Murdale area. Plans are available via consulting engineer John T. Blankinship 401 S 17th St Murphysboro and EPA has given verbal plan approval.
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Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Reed’s Creek
de Soto
S. 17Th St
Marion Holliday
Murdale
Williamson County Fair seeks help to salvage 116th event
The Williamson County Fair Association board, facing a 1971 loss of 2895 and 26000 attendees, seeks volunteers to ready the grounds for the September 116th fair. State aid of 21500 aided rehabilitation. premiums to exhibitors totaled 27271. New electric and water lines, grandstand and tractor pull plans, potential admission changes discussed.
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O. R. Walley
Williamson County Fair Association
Carlyle Sims
David Moake
Marion
Sims
Jaycees
Williamson County
Fairgrounds
Melvin Felts
Fair Board
Fabick Machinery Co
Fabick
Union County board may waive taxes for Anna high rise
Union County Housing Authority seeks tax in lieu of payment waivers for a 110 unit elderly housing high rise on Washington Street Anna. The director says UDAs require economic feasibility and five year black ink, while the state's attorney studies legality. Rental limits and low payments for residents highlighted. Also notes SIU Press milestone and award to Caldwell and Derge for a book on China.
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Anna May
Union County Board
Union County Housing Authority
Vicki Chamness
Washington Street
Anna
Chamness
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Du Quoin Restricts Trailers to Mobile Home Parks
The Du Quoin City Council enacted an ordinance requiring all trailers not on town lots to be placed in mobile home parks after June 1. The council also vacated streets in the Charlaine Subdivision Court for the new Perry County federal housing project.
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du Quoin
Charlaine Subdivision
Perry County
Benton youth charged in fatal Illinois trooper crash
Gary W. Hoey, 19, Benton, faces reckless homicide counts in the highway crash that killed Illinois State Trooper Frank Dunbar, 37. Hoey bonded out on $500 cash, with additional charges for reckless driving and wrong lane usage. Trooper Dunbar died after his car, struck by Hoey’s vehicle while Hoey attempted to pass another car.
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Gary W. Hoey
Benton
Ilinois
Frank Dunbar
Franklin County
Hoey
State Police Corp
Roger L. Draves
Mr. Dunbar
Rt. 1
Franklin Hospital
Roger D. Sanders
Sanders
Dunbar
Rt. 37
Kirby Webb
Protesters near SIU president's office ordered to remove tents
Antiwar demonstrators vigil near Southern Illinois University president David Derge area were told to remove tents and stop bonfires. SIU officials said residents may stay overnight but tents and fires are barred. protesters claim free speech and demand dismissal of charges from Thursday night disruption.
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Southern Illinois University
Dan Orescanin
David Derge
Free Forum
Edward Hammond
Derge
Crescanin
Hammond
Orescanin
Governor's wife dedicates Southern Illinois regional trauma center
Dorothy Ogilvie, wife of Gov. Richard Ogilvie, dedicates Doctors Memorial Hospital regional trauma center in Carbondale with about 60 officials and health leaders in attendance. She presents a plaque to Dr. John B. Taylor as the statewide trauma network serves 7,570 patients, including 211 at Carbondale.
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Carol Alexander
Southern
Joy Goodman
Effingham
Harrisburg
Pinckneyville
Olney
Cairo
Anna Junior High School
Jackson Community
Murphysboro
Syncon at SIU Opens New Worlds Conference
Syncon begins at Southern Illinois University with advance registration and luncheons. About 150 people attend the kick-off telematic wheel event in the Student Center, featuring a 45 minute Genesis multimedia presentation by SIU students Jeff Cole and Chris Sack. The weeklong, open to the public, gathers astronauts poets painters and media engineers to explore interdisciplinary problem solving.
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Southern Illinois University
Jeff Cole
Chris Sack
SIU
Student Center
Shawnee Library System Board approves 1972 73 budget
The Shawnee Library System Board approved a 1972 73 budget of $293 720, up $36 448 from the prior year. The rise reflects an about $18 000 state grant increase and a new 17.77 percent contract for service to the A L Bowens Children Center in Harrisburg. The state grant grows to $18 per square mile for 6 200 square miles across 18 counties. A new Equality community reading center opened, with about 12 centers currently operating in communities lacking libraries, staffed by local groups while the system provides books and films.
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Shawnee Library System Board
Jim Abel
A. L. Bowens
Harrisburg
Vocational Education Emphasized By State Official
William Hill Region Six director urged vocational education at a Herrin High School dinner meeting. He said programs help students pick the right job, begin early with dignity of work, align with community needs, and justify tax dollars. About 60 attended.
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State Division of Vocational and Technical Education
Herrin
William Hill
Region Six
Former CIPS area chief W A Luecke dies at 67
W A Luecke known as Bill, 67, longtime Central Illinois Public Service Co Southern Division manager, died at Marion Memorial Hospital after 2½ years illness. Survived by wife Margaret and son Ralph, services at Wilson Funeral Home Marion with burial in Greenmount Cemetery Quincy. thousands affiliated with Rotary Elks and Boy Scouts.
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W. A
Bill” Luecke
Marion
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Southern Division
Marion Memorial Hospital
Luecke
CIPS
Southern Illinois
Macomb
Egyptian Boy Scout Council
Southern Illinois Inc
Marion Rotary Club
Jackson County airs Ava zoning plan outlines
Jackson County Zoning Commission, with Ava officials, sketches district lines for Ava and county areas not yet covered by existing zoning. Areas include R-1 residential zones, primary and secondary business zones, and a GM&O railroad north industrial block. Public meetings and council review anticipated before county adoption.
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Jackson County Commission
Ava
Jackson County Zoning Commission
Zoning Commission
Lester Clinton
Ezra Shaeffer
Commission
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Campbell Hill
Ava Council
Anti
Main Street
Rt. 151
Ava Citizen
Jefferson Street
Fifth Street
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
BPR
Gm&o
Rosson Street
Washington Street
Howard Street
Council
Jackson CountyBoard
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Williamson County Fair
Anna High Rise
SIU Press
Southern Illinois University Press
Oliver Caldwell
China
Caldwell
U.S. Office of Strategic Services
Chiang Kai-shek
Mrs. Ogilvie
SIU President’s
Syncon
Shawnee Library
Linda Hughes
The
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Cips Area
W. A. Luecke
Wilson Funeral Home
Everett Lynch
Zehender
Quincy
Greenmount Cemetery
Tony Stevens
James Rayfield
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