Work begins on mall fits regional shopping complex
Construction starts on the 3 million Univer sity Mall Shopping Center along Rt 33 between Penneys Spore and the new regional post office. W H Miller Construction builds for Hocker Squitiers of Owensboro Ky with Enclosed air conditioned mall linking to Penneys and two major anchors Britts Department Store and Walgreens Drug Store, plus Goodyear Center and about 30 40 smaller stores. The project faces permit timing, zoning conditions, and funding for a frontage road to connect with Rt 13 and future Giant City Road extension, with completion about 15 months away if weather cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arimopa
Southern Clingisan
University Mall
Rt. 33
Penneys Spore
John Yew
Carber- Gale
W. H. Miller Construction
Atlanta, Ga
Hocker Squitiers
Owensboro
Penneys
Britts Department
Walgreens Drug
David Hocker
Goodyear Automotive Center
Rt. 13
Penneys Amematic
Hocker
Carbondale Board of Appeals
Carbondale
Richard Greenwood
Greenwood
Harold Hall
Hocker-Squitiasi
Bill Schwegman
State Highway Department
Schwegman
Herrin Hightse
Feas
Steinmarch
Herrin Building
Mallon
J. W. Durham
State Department of Transportation
Main
Russell Streets
Court and
Boulevard Streets
Carbon
Durham
Halfway Road
Union Street
Russell Street
New Rt. 13
Police seek council OK to form Carbondale Police Officers Association
Members of the Carbondale Police Department will ask the city council tonight for permission to organize the Carbondale Police Officers Association. A petition with 39 signatures was presented last month and the council previously allowed an election on the proposal. Cpl. Larry McKimmy said 36 voted for forming the CPOA, two against, and four favored a bargaining agent but did not name the CPOA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Police Department
Carbondale Police Officers Association
Cpoact
Cpl
Larry McKimmy
CPOA
McKimmy
Illinois Security Hospital Groundbreaking Near Chester
Groundbreaking for the Illinois Security Hospital near Chester marks a shift from locking up the mentally ill to treating them as recoverable, with Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie outlining aims to serve 400 patients, admit females for the first time, and create skilled jobs as the old 1891 Chester facility is replaced. The $6 million project sits one mile north of Chester on Rt. 3, with Buckley Construction Co. as contractor and Hellmuth Obata Kassabaum as designer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Chester
Richard B. Ogilive
Gay
Ogilvie
Albert J.glass
State Department of Mental Health
John F. Briggs
Mental Health Department
Ivan l Davoyic
Region 4
Vernon J. Affleman
Security Hospital
Chesteron Rt. 3
Illinois Security Hospital
Buckley Construction Co
Fenton, Mo
Hellmuth, Obata
Marion moves ahead with public housing site plan
Marion City Council approved a Williamson County Housing Authority plan for a six story elderly housing building at West Main and Bentley, on two two acre lots owned by Mrs. John Neely and James Otey, with space for a recreation area and off street parking near Marion Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Walley
Southern Mindsan
Williamson County Housing Authority
Marion City Council
West Main
Bentley Streets
John Neely
James Otey
Julius Steinmarch
Authority
Marion Memorial Hospital
Steinmarch
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Herrin City financials show $75,000 surplus for 1971-72
A preliminary audit for Herrin indicates the 1971-72 fiscal year closed about $75,000 in the black, per Mayor John McVey, with the prior year at $63,000 in the black and three years earlier $68,000 in the red. City Attorney Haney was authorized to settle a small claims suit against Womick Trucking Co. for about $50,000. All mines reported working Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelah Scalf
Herrin
John McVey
McVey
Don Swinford
Herrin Certified Public Accountant
Swinford
Tom Haney
Womick Trucking Co
Anna
Polk
12Th Streets
Haney
Strike talks set Friday at Marion quarry sites
Workers from 19 Southern Blnds quarries and union reps plan Friday talks with a federal mediator at 4:30 p.m. in Marion. If unresolved, area road and building projects may stall in one to two weeks, delaying Interstate 24 work and other county jobs, with potential impact on ready mix plants and bridge projects.
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Wanda Barras
Southern
Marion
International Union of Operating Engineers
Harrisburg
E.T. Simonds
Anna Quarries, Inc
Simonds Construction Co
Carbondale
Interstate 24
Ava
Fred Thane
Williamson County
Pittsburg
Three Star
Thane
Three Star Construction Co
Heerin-Freeman
Odum
Marton
Anna
Alin
White—Hall
Mermet
Buncombe
Campbell Cave-in-Rock
Sidespehervile
Simonds
Wardell Riggs
Riggs
De Soto restaurant plans to buy Tom's Place
Hayes Fair Acres Inc of Du Quoin announced plans to purchase Tom's Place, a restaurant north of De Soto, from owner Roger Kuss after a purchase option expired. Kuss will return to Shawano, Wis., to run his other restaurant after July 17, with management to be decided in coming weeks. Tom's Place gained national notice in 1962 in Duncan Hines Travel Books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes Fair Acres, Inc
du Quoin
Tom's Place
de Soto
Roger Kuss
Kuss
Shawano
Wis
William R. Hayes II
du Quoin State Fair
Hayes
Duncan Hines
Joe Moroni
F. M
River" Hewitt
Carbondale
Hewitt
Jackson County seeks multiplier reduction probe
Jackson County officials pressed to cut the tax multiplier from 1.905 after a Monday hearing in Springfield. Chairman Charles Gray said state officials will study the county's protest, with a final decision expected in a week or ten days. County data show a 39 percent value jump in 1971 reassessments, supporting a lower multiplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Springfield
Charles Gray
Gray
Water plant Kinkaid bids sought for lake district project
A legal notice calls for bids on a water treatment plant and facilities at Kinkaid Lake west of Murphysboro with bid opening at 2 p m on June 27 at the Jackson County courthouse Murphysboro. Bids are to be submitted in three sections covering construction at the lake site distribution lines and pumping stations and storage facilities at the plant site and in De Soto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Reed's Creek Conservancy
de Soto
Five Car Crash at Intersection Injures Ruby Ross
Five cars collided at an intersection near the Ruby Ross area on a morning today causing serious injuries to Ruby Ross of 329 N Logan Centralia. Her daughter and another passenger sustained minor injuries. Mrs Rees was admitted to Marion Memorial Hospital with throat and facial injuries. Police and Trooper Akid Mitchell of West are investigating. a full report is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Ross
N. Logan
Centralia
Parton
Rees
Marion Memorial Hospital
Akid Mitchell
West
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Illinois
Ilinois Security Hospital
J. W. Childers
Marion Carnegie Library Board
Pearl Fowell
Harry Beneke
Williamson County Public Building Commission
Oscar Schafale
Schafale
F. E. Holmes
Ron Swafford
John Logan College
Robert Butler
Swafford
Rex Presson
Ilinois
Presson
James Triplett
BU Norris
Paul Joyner
Shate Division of Public Water Supplies
Cal Meyers
Sweden
Meyers
Southern Illinois University
Lund
Oo Meyers
SIU
Walter S. Matthews
Holland
Italy
de Soto Restaurant
Tom
John R. Parrish
Parrish
Delmar Ward
Scotter Teed ‘Y
Ron Briggs
Visor
Lowell Helier
Raymond Dilinger
Kinkaid
Ed Greer
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