Rend Lake College bonds delayed amid court challenge
Rend Lake College may issue 8.4 million dollars in bonds within 60 to 90 days to fund its local share of a 9.41 million campus project. A court challenge to the Illinois junior college law has halted bond sales. a Kankakee circuit court case seeks speedy action, with further appeals planned to reach the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Rend Lake Junior College
Donald Musick
Mt. Vernon
Niga
Monmouth Area
Warren County
Carl Sandburg
Musick
Wiliam Clark
Kankakee
Thomas EB. Coughlan
H. C. Speer & Sons
Chicago
Rend Lake College
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Coughlan
Bend Lake District
Benton
Lewis and Lewis
Monmouth
Chapman and Cutler
Project Bend Lake
Inn
Whittington
Byford Jones
Jones
Caudill, Rowlett and Scott
Houston
Tex
Fields Goldman and Magee
Curtis Parker
Rend Lake
Rend College Leases Bonnie School for Programs
Rend Lake College Governing Board approved leasing the Bonnie Grade School building to host two agriculture courses and a mechanical technology program. The $6,000 yearly lease runs three years with classes set to begin next fall while a $9.4 million campus is built nearby.
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Rend Lake — College
Bonnie
Inn Consolidated School
J. M. Snyder
Allen ¥. Baker
Pinckneyville
Inn
Whittington
Roy Belcher
Zeigler - Royalton Unit
Zeigler - Royalton
Bend Lake
Belcher
Royalton
Zeigler City Hall
Donald Musick
Mt. Vernon
Hadeen
Royalton High
Musick
Royadotn
Board Monivers
Tor Sture
North Central Association Ac
Witness Schools
Alford W. Briel
Evansville
Ind
Brehm-Hanna Chevrolet
Anna project bids sought on hospital demolition
John A. Kennedy, director of the Department of General Services, announces a call for bids to demolish a 75 year old three story former patient residence hall at Anne State Hospital. The project will demolish Hamilton Hall and wings 14 18 and 16.
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Anne State Hospital
John A. Kennedy
Department of General Services
Hamilton Hall
Du Quoin contractor fatally crushed in farm tractor accident
Green, a retired Du Quoin contractor active in local building projects and a former Du Quoin Township High School Board member, died when a tractor overturned in a ditch near his home on Catholic Cemetery Road at about 3 10 p.m. Tuesday. He was 74. The scene was near Route 152, with Ralph Hemmer discovering the body while trying to pull the tractor from the ditch. He leaves a wife, two daughters, six sons, a stepdaughter, and 13 grandchildren. Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Du Quoin, with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. friends may call at Neal Funeral Home after today.
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Orion Run
Green
du Quoin
Catholic Cemetery Road
Rt. 152
Ralph Hemmer
du Quoin Township
Roy Mitchell
American Legion
Mr. Green
Anna
James
Edith Green
Inez Green
Nell Hill Womack
Pinckneyville
First Baptist Church
W. T. Branon
Sunset Memorial Park
Neal Funeral Home
Birth Control Panel Meeting Set in Carbondale
A panel discussion on birth control is planned for Thursday at 7:80 p.m. in Carbondale in the Oak and Marion streets area. Rev. Joh Francisco will head the Planned Parent Committee. Public questions are welcome and bids open June 11 in Springfield.
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Carbondale
Bood Committee
Joh Francisco
Oak
Marion
Anna State
Springfield
Sion
Carbondale Woman Charged in 1965 Infant Death
Pauline Snowden, 26, of 413 E Brush St Carbondale, is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 1965 death of Noah Laverne Farter. Indicted June 30 1986, she was picked up by police and sheriff deputies after a long search and released on a 2000 bond pending a hearing. The infant died Nov 5 1965 at Doctors Hospital with a pathologist labeling the death probable homicide and detailing skull fracture brain injury and other trauma. Snowden said she dropped the child while placing him in a bassinet and that she had blacked out.
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Carbondale
Pauline Snowden
E. Brush St
Jackson County
Noah Laverne Farter
Richard Rickman
Richman
Doctors Hospital
Jett
Carbondale to finalize sewer plant design plans
Carbondale City Council authorized Dietz and Associates of Urbana to complete final design for a new 3.4 million dollar sewage treatment plant with a total estimated cost of about 3.61 million. If plans are approved by mid July, bids could open in September and construction may start in October, contingent on EDA funding. The project includes testing borings and right of way studies with no major routing issues.
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Carbondale
Clark' Dietz and Associates
Urbana
Seil
Jess Dietz
Economic Development Administration
Eas
EDA
William Normat
David Keene
Minneapolis
Mt. Vernon revises blue law amid merchant debate
Mt. Vernon City Council voted 3 2 to amend the 30 year old blue law allowing Sunday noon to 5 p.m. sales of all items except liquor. The measure followed a test opening by Super Drugs and a fines case upheld by the circuit court. Local ministers favored keeping the law while some merchants opposed the revision. Mayor Joe Martin and Councilman Lane voted against the change with Flora Burnett and Kenneth Martin in support.
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Mt. Vernon
C. Dencon Matthews
Fairfield
Joe Martin
Russell l Lane
Coy Flora
Woodrow Burnett
Kenneth Martin
Franklin County votes down mental health tax plan
Franklin County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposed 3 cent mental health tax referendum for November. The mental health association may circulate petitions needing about 1,800 signatures or 10 percent of last election votes. If approved, the tax would be 10 cents per $100 valuation to fund a clinic. The board also discussed possible county landfill sites and approved June primary expenses. A block-long alley in Fort Fort Township was vacated.
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Franklin County Board of Supervisors
Charles Dawson
County Mental Health Association
State Department of Public Health
Dawson
Benton
Frankfort
Carbondale CSD 185 Rehires Vern Pollock as Coach
The Carbondale Community High School District 185 board re hired Vern Pollock as head football coach while postponing action on hiring a new district superintendent. Pollock, 31, previously coached at CCHS from 1964 until resigning in February for Southern Illinois University football duties. He will receive base pay of 49.30 a year plus 80 annually for coaching duties and a master's degree, with extra pay for additional coaching roles. A four hour executive session reviewed two superintendent candidates. no decision was made and the meeting was continued to 7:30 p.m. this Thursday.
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Carbondale Community High School
Board of Education
Vern Pollock
Pollock
CCHS
Southern Illinois’ University
William McBride
City fiscal study begins in Carbondale
Four subcommittees were formed by Carbondale's fiscal advisory committee at its second meeting since February. The divisions cover property and taxes, business and utility charges, licenses and service fees, parking, fines, investments, and state and university payments, with a June 27 report due. Funeral services are pending for Harold Freytag, 51, of Chester, who died Tuesday after months of illness.
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Carbondale
Bernard Ross
Harold Freytag
Chester
Memorial Hospital
Schroeder
Cars Towed For Blocking Sidewalks By Carbondale Police
Carbondale police chief Jack Hazel says cars parked across sidewalks near driveways and businesses will be hauled away at owner expense when owners cannot be found after tickets are issued. The crackdown targets illegal sidewalk obstruction in the city.
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Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Hazel
Stratton rally in Mt. Vernon
A rally for Republican governor candidate William G. Stratton will be held at the Mt. Vernon State Fairgrounds Saturday. Max Schurtz of Mt. Vernon chairs the Downstate Citizens for Stratton Committee. The event runs 5 to 8 pm with two fish fries. Aden Summers of Benton helps with arrangements.
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William G. Stratton
Mt. Vernon State Fairgrounds
Max Schurtz
Mt. Vernon
Downstate
Citizens For Stratton Committee
Aden Summers
Benton
Fire alarms and a car blaze report in Illinois towns
Fire calls in Carbondale and Murphysboro report false alarms at Pyramid Dormitories on Rawlings Street and a separate vehicle fire on Northath Street in Murphysboro causing heavy interior damage. Details list times around 1 am Tuesday with multiple addresses and minor discrepancies in spelling.
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Carbondale
Pyramids
Rawlings St
Murphysboro
Northath Street
Marion Board Adopts New Teacher Salary Schedule
The Marion Unit Two School Board approved a new salary plan raising base pay to 5700 for a bachelor degree with no experience and top pay for a master's degree to 9200 with 13 years experience. The schedule includes annual increases, notable raises for administrators, and cost implications of 116936 more than last year. Summer programs, contracts, and staffing changes were also approved.
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Marion Unit Two
Marion Unit Teachers Association
William Armstrong
A.C. Storme
Wilbern Boatright
Robert Gay
Orland Stanley
Industrial Sound and Communications
Marion
Brunner
Carbordale
IBM
Logan School
Melvin Fisher
Sons of
Kathleen Pape
Petition calls for resignations at SIU campus
A circulation on Southern Illinois University Carbondale demands the resignations of President Delyte Morris, SIU Security Police chief Thomas Leffler, and the entire university police, citing handling of the May 8 demonstration and accusing campus police of lacking qualification. About 500 black students signed, with threats of withdrawal if complaints are not dropped or policy changes announced. The student senate plans bills on investigating charges and possible Morris resignation if policy statements are not made public.
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Southern Iillinois University
Carbondale
Delyte W. Morris
Thomas Leffler
SIU
Morris
Tthe
William Gerler
Ing Center
Teacher union fails to pass in Marion
The Merion Unit Teachers Association vote to join the American Federation of Teachers failed by seven votes after a meeting with about half of the 221 teachers in attendance. Bitter talks and a sense of future conflict colored the session while a proposed compromise salary schedule was approved. Police report a break in at Jeffries Laundromat with about 30 to 35 dollars in coins stolen from coin machines.
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Merion Unit Teachers Association
American Federation of Teachers
MUBA
Teachers’ Union
Carbondale
Cain
Yea Channels controversy sparks student reaction at SIU
Southern Illinois University faces student backlash after the Board of Trustees approved a $10 per quarter athletic fee. Senator Paul Wheeler plans a bill titled The $16 Fee Increase, or Yea Channels, urging students to protest by letters to administration. A campus referendum showed split views with 839 voting no, 667 for a $3.50 rise, and 724 for at least a $3 increase.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Delyte W. Morris
Paul Wheeler
Senate
Carbondale
Wheeler
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Federal Housing and Urban Development Agency
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Southern Illinois University
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University of Wisconsin
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Marion Memorial Hospital
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Wilson Funeral
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Washington University
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Velma Rushing
Longfellow School
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Washington School
Jeannette Tolrey
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