Carbondale County Board Holds Get Acquainted Talks
Jackson County Board members meet with agencies to learn operations. Tours included Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission, Civil Defense, sheriff, and nursing home committee reviews. Scheduling covers coroner, treasurer, clerk, probation, and health offices with planned follow ups.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Tony Stevens
Jackson County Board
Charles Gray
Gray
Greater
Jackson County Housing repair costs set at five hundred fifteen thousand
Jackson County Housing Authority outlines an architect's estimate for repairs to 90 units at Bridgewood and Mur Wood. The plan totals 515,242 with a $500,000 grant sought from the Public Housing Administration and a $12,000 insurance credit.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Jackson County Housing Authority
Authority
Bridgewood Homes
Bridge Street
Mur Wood Homes
20Th Street
Shomaker Drive
Reid Troutman
Public Housing Administration
Troutman
Cahokia names Wilkerson new Christopher high chief
Joe Dennis Wilkerson a Cahokia native is named superintendent of the Christopher High School District at a $16 000 yearly salary. He succeeds Bob Huffman who was not retained. Wilkerson will start July 1 after interviews of four Illinois candidates. He has long Cahokia ties including roles from biology teacher to high school principal and has degrees from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He and his wife Charlotte Green have two sons.
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Shawnee College
Bob White
West Vienna
Greg Trofidlo
John Duner
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Con Brio
Joe Dennis Wilkerson
Cahokia
Benton
Christopher High
Wilkerson
Bob Huffman
Huffman
Ilinois
Jay Espy
Espy
Sparta High School
Benton High School
Charlotte Green
du Quoin
George
Joe
Officer Frank Dunbar Laid to Rest in Benton Vigil
About 150 law officers from across Illinois gathered in Benton for the funeral of trooper Frank Robert Dunbar 37 who died in a Rt. 37 crash. The service at East Benton Baptist Church included a six member honor guard and a procession of some 80 police cars to Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Dunbar, a 15 year state trooper from District 13, was the first Illinois officer killed in a patrol car in Southern Illinois and the 48th in the state's 50 year history.
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Zelah Scalf
Illinois
Frank Brookman
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Benton
American Legion
Mr. Dunbar
Shirley Yauch
Pearl Dunbar
Dunbar
Franklin Hospital
Hoey
Roger D. Sanders
Illinois State Police
James Bradley
State Department of Law Enforcement
Springfield
Bradley
State Force
Fire probe continues at Johnston City Laundromat
Fire marshals keep investigating an apparent arson at the G E Laundromat in Johnston City from March. About 15000 dollars in damage was caused by a detonating device found intact after the blaze. an Army bomb disposal unit disarmed it, with part still active. Rose asserts the fire was set and says investigations can take time.
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Johnston City
G.E. Laundromat
Rose
Reckless homicide charge recommended in highway deaths
Williamson County coroner's jury recommends Delta Groves 18 Marion be bound over for grand jury on reckless homicide. James Phipps 35 of Johnston City died in a head on crash on Rt. 37 near Marion after Groves' car struck his vehicle. Phipps was a Marion federal penitentiary corrections counselor. Groves testified she had not been drinking and cited a family dispute and car handling issues. An inquest also urged possible involuntary manslaughter action against Nina Curry 19 Champaign in the deaths of Chris Draper 21 and Steven Newbold 21 Herrin who died near a parked car on New Rt. at night. Curry faced other charges.
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Williamson County
Delta Groves
Marion
Grand Jug
James Phipps
Trout St
Johnston Ms
Rt. 37
Johnston City
Groves
Phipps
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Henry Phipps
Stiritz
Shawneetown
Cedar Grove
Powless
Nina Roberts Curry
Champaign
Chris Draper
Steven Newbold
Herrin
New Rt
Bette
Curry
Yugoslav ambassador warns Syncon on development focus
Yugoslav UN ambassador Lazar Mojsov urged Syncon attendees at SIU to prioritize economic and social development over ecological issues. He argued for attention to undernourished and unemployed people, warned against unilateral limited growth theories, and said population growth supports progress. The conference at SIU runs through Sunday with talks by William Shelton and Gene Roddenberry and is open to the public.
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Michelle S. Klaus
United Nations
Yugolavia
Carbondale
Lazar Mojsov
Syncon
Southern Illinois University
Mojsov
SIU
William Shelton
Gene Roddenberry
Benton city hall remodel eyed by council committee
A Benton City Council special committee met with two local contractors to study whether city hall should be remodeled or rebuilt. They plan to estimate costs for extensive remodeling including heating, windows, wiring, and more, noting the building was condemned in the early 1960s and a new hall once contemplated costing about 80 000.
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Troutman
HAO
Benton City Hall
James Phillips
Fred Summers
Bob Tedrow
City Hall
Tedrow
Tedrow Sai
Handbills Target Herrin Police After Teen Arrests
Police seek source of handbills circulated at Herrin High School after three teens were charged. Paul James 15 faced obstruction charges, Charles 17 and Mike Wiegand 17 disobeyed officers. all bonded at $100. A Herrin High School grad admitted distributing the flyer.
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Herrin High School
Bill Humphrey
Humphrey
Paul James
S. 14Th St
James
Charles James
Humphrey Humphrey
Herrin
Collinsville Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Red Bud
Henry O. Beck, 64, of Collinsville, died at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday in a Red Bud hospital from injuries from an auto accident earlier that night. State Police at Du Quoin said the crash occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Route 159 one mile north of Route 154 near Red Bud.
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Henry O. Beck
Collinsville
Red Bud
Dist
du Quoin
Rt. 159
Rt. 154
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Raymond Graff
Graff
Cairo
St. Louis
Jackson
Ron Briggs
Nursing Home Committee
Harry Flynn
Raymond Dillinger
Peyton Kunce
James Kerley
Kat Muhlenbrock
Charles Brantley
Delmar Ward
708
Bill Price
Jackson County
Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic
Lowell Heller
Heller
County Highway Office
Superintendent of Schools
County Nursing Home
County Department of Health
County Extension Service
Bridgewood
Shawnee
Christopher
Frank Robert Dunbar
Thompson Jr
Carl
Gary W. Hoey
Frank R. Dunbar
Alan Ladwig
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