Marion mayor seeks flood control study with Springfield officials
Marion Mayor Robert Butler met in Springfield with William F. Cellini and John C. Guillou to discuss flood control. Rep. Gale Williams plans a legislative bill funding a study to identify cause and possible fixes for backwaters flooding Crab Orchard Creek and Crab Orchard Lake.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Springfield
William F. Cellini
Department of Public Works and Buildings
John C. Guillou
Division of Waterways
Gale Williams
Cellini
Butler
Williams
Richard Ogilvie
Beating leads to probation at penal farm term
Willie Broadnax 17 of Carbondale pleaded guilty in Marion Circuit Court to aggravated battery. Judge A R Cagle gave him three years and three months probation with June 7 to Nov 20 at Vandalia state penal farm. The crime stemmed from an attack and robbery near the D W Club on May 19 1970. Henry Abney received a head injury from a concrete block fragment and spent three weeks in a St Louis hospital. The robbery charge was dismissed and the battery treated as a misdemeanor.
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Willie Broadnax
Carbondale
Marion
A. R. Cagle
Broadnax
Vandalia
Henry Abney
Abney
St. Louis
Hatchery on the Corner to Close After 34 Percent Years
Savage Hatchery in Marion will close between June 1 and 10 after 34 percent years in business. Mary Gillespie and Everett Dallas, who bought the feed and groceries store in 1969, cite taxes and tight hours as reasons. The corner store, once a hub for farmers with horse and wagon trade, sold tens of thousands of chicks in peak years and now anchors the old Hitchrack site as a fading memory.
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Savage Hatchery
Marion
Mary Gillespie
Everett Dallas
Betwen
Miss Gillespie
Union
Madison
Mary
Dallas
John Missavage
West Frankfort
John Turner
Forest McDonald
Glenda Taylor
Marion plea in police case denied
Illinois Supreme Court denies Marion petition to appeal in the Charles Edwards case. Edwards was discharged as police chief in May 1967 without merit board hearing, sued, died, and the ruling upheld by the Fifth Appellate Court. His widow Vivian Edwards pursues pension fund eligibility.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Marion
Charles Edwards
Edwards
Vivian Edwards
Sanders named to Illinois SBA Advisory Council
Robert A. Dwyer Midwest regional director of the Small Business Administration announced James W. Sanders of Marion to the Illinois Advisory Council for SBA. Sanders is an attorney and Williamson County Republican chairman, and he will serve as liaison between SBA and business interests in the state.
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Robert A. Dwyer
Midwest
The
Small Business Administration
James W. Sanders
Marion
Illinois Advisory Council
SBA
Sanders
Williamson County
Murphysboro Considers Major Walnut Street Traffic Changes
Murphysboro city council heard proposed parking and traffic changes from a planning committee led by Robert McCormack. The plan includes skip zone parking on the north side of Walnut between 9th and 17th, no parking on the south side from 8th to 9th? and 13th 11th 13th 14th 17th and 20th left turn gathering lanes, plus new automatic signals at Walnut and 13th streets. The proposals await state highway division approval before any formal action this year.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Walnut Street
Robert McCormack
McCormack
State Division of Highways
Council
9Th
17Th
11Th
13Th
14Th
Walnut
13Th Streets
20Th Streets
20Th
8Th
9Th Streets
Walnut and
22Nd Streets
Rt. 149
20Th Street
Pine Street
15Th
Joe Anderson
7Th
Walnut Streets
Nazarene Church
St. Andrew’s Church
New City
14Th Streets
16Th Streets
North 15Th Street
15Th Street
Pine
Logan Streets
SIU
Schmidt
Fischer
Robert Lehnhausen
State Department of Local Governmental Affairs
Gale Williams
McGinnis Lady's Store founder Mrs Fannie McGinnis dies
Mrs. Fannie McGinnis 87, former owner of McGinnis Ladies Store in Carbondale, died 8 45 p m Tuesday at Styrest Nursing Home. She and husband William B McGinnis operated the business for 38 years. he died in 1957. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Van Natta Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery. She leaves children, grandchildren, a great grandchild, siblings, and several Carbondale residents among others. She was active in First United Methodist Church and local clubs.
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Fannie McGinnis
McGinnis
Carbondale
Styrest Nursing Home
Ginnis
St. Louis
Joe F. Fitch
Bertie Stout
Jackson County
Lelia Thompson
Metropolis
van Natta Funeral Home
Lee C. Moorehead
William Warner
First United Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Murphysboro approves low bid for high school parking work
Murphysboro city council accepted a 35 591 bid by R B Stephens Construction Co for parking improvements around Murphysboro Township High School. The plan adds angled parking near 22nd and Division streets and creates a bus loading zone and new sidewalks.
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Murphysboro Township
Murphysboro
R. B. Stephens Construction Co
Carbondale
Norman R. Ellis Construction Co
22Nd
Division Streets
Bruce Richmond
Tower Grove Cemetery
City Cemetery
Richmond
City Hall
Fischer objects to annexation plan stirring council debate
Carbondale officials weighed annexing the rest of Southern Illinois University through the legislature after City Manager Schmidt backed the move. Councilman Fischer urged council discussion before policy steps, while others urged more information. the plan includes a lake project and water rate timetable with a July deadline for funding and a November 1975 completion target.
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Carbondale
Southern Illlmois University
Hans Fischer
TJ Am
William Schmidt
Fischer
Schmidt
George Karnes
Clark Vineyard
Vineyard
Archie Jones
Carbondale approves mandatory garbage service and higher rates
Carbondale city council passed a new ordinance mandating waste collection for all residences, either city or private, with rates rising from $1.50 to $1.75 a month. The measure allows private haulers for backdoor pickup while city curbside service remains.
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Carbondale
William Schmidt
Schmidt
First Herrin service coop launches housing project
Herrin First Service Corp the first of its type in Southern Illinois and the fourth in the state bought the 20 acre Harrison Woods subdivision in Herrin from the Julia Bruce Foundation. The project aims to stimulate building with at least 23 5000 dollar homes and 3500 dollar lots while using funds from the savings and loan association.
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Zelah Scalf
Herrin First Service Corp
Illinois
Cook County
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Herrin
W. Douglas Bryant
The
Savings and Loan Association
Bryant
Herrin First Service
Harrison Woods
Julia Bruce Foundation
First Federal Savings and Loan
S. Park Ave
First Federal
Jo V. Walker
Frank G. Marlow
Maggie Bione
Hal L
Grand jury to hear Illinois raid narcotics evidence
Charges involving illegal possession of narcotics from an Illinois Bureau of Investigation raid last month will be presented to a Jackson County grand jury Thursday in Murphysboro. The jury will be empaneled at 9 a.m.
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Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Jackson County
Murphysboro
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Everette Dallas
Marion Hatchery
SBA Council
Murphysboro City Council
Mrs. McGinnis
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Cedar Lake
Bill Schwegman
Public Works
Carbondale City Council
Robert A. Lapp
Illinois House
New Herrin Corporation
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