Citizens seek Carbondale City Council seat in wake of Fischer vacancy
Susan Mitchell 29 and Rev Charles Watkins join former mayor D Blaney Miller in vying for the Carbondale City Council seat vacated Aug 21 when Hans Fischer became mayor after Neal Eckert resigned Aug 8. The council debates whether to elect or appoint to fill the remaining two and a half years of Fischer's term, with cost concerns over a special election.
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O. R. Walley
Susan Mitchell
Charles Watkins
D. Blaney Miller
Carbondale
Hans Fischer
Neal Eckert
Eckert
Houston
Texas
Fischer
Miller
Mitchell
Citizens Community Development Steering Committee
Northwest Planning Workshop
Watkins
First Christian Church
Joe Dakin
Eldon Ray
Council
Goals For
Ray
Archie Jones
Helen Westberg
Perry County bridge listed for replacement on future IDOT schedule
Two Southern Illinois highway structures, one near De Soto on U S 51 and another on Illinois 152 east of Pyatt's Wye, are slated for replacement under a state federal bridge program. Design work proceeds with funds anticipated in 1980, bids possible late 1979 or early 1980, with projects priced around 900000 and 400000 dollars.
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Jackson County
Perry County
Illinois Department of Transportation
U.S. 51
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
de Soto
Panther Creek
Pyatt’s Wye
Ray
ICG
Illinois
Chester inmates confined for weekend prison search
AP reports Menard Correctional Center housed 2,150 inmates in cells for a weekend search ordered by Warden Michael Lane. He said the sweep would cover cellhouses, buildings and grounds, with visiting hours maintained for weekend and normal duties resuming Monday.
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Chester
Lane
Randolph Democrats choose John McCuen as chairman
John McCuen, 61, was elected chairman of the Randolph County Democratic Central Committee by 28 members at a Steelville meeting to fill the remainder of Maciejski’s term ending in 1980. McCuen, a longtime party insider and vice chairman for five years, is a stationary engineer at the Chester Mental Health Center and aims to unify the party and work within its framework.
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Chester
Stanley Macieiski
Randolph County Democratic Central Committee
Macieiski
Maciejski
John McCuen
Percy
McCuen
Steeleville
Pires
Methane Leak Forces Eldorado Evacuations From Abandoned Mine
An old Ogara mine near Fourth Street in Eldorado leaks methane prompting a two block exclusion and evacuation of an automotive parts store and a family home. Officials report gas pressure built under a concrete seal. a plastic vented tent now covers the site while Mines and Minerals overseer and local fire police monitor safety. Traffic rerouted.
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Eldorado
Ogara
Fourth Street
Eldorado Automotive Parts
Department of Mines and Minerals
Striking laborers vote on tentative Southern Illinois pact
Four thousand Southern Illinois construction workers on strike for 38 days will vote weekend on a tentative contract with contractors. Federal mediator Tom O'Brien said the Southern Illinois Builders Association and Laborers Southwestern District Council reached the pact after eight hours of talks. Details were not disclosed but both groups will recommend the proposal to their members.
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Belleville
Southern Illinois
Tom O’brien
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Laborers Southwestern District Council
O’brien
Centralia prison bids studied
The Capital Development Board is evaluating five bids for guard tower construction at the Cen tralia Correctional Center. A 750 bed prison and another near Hillsboro are to be finished by fall 1980 with rough grading at both sites.
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Springfield
Capital Development Board
Centralia Correctional Center
Mary Kelly
Hillsboro
Clinton County
Centralia
Miss Kelly
Hillsboro’s
Budget balanced as Carbondale grades open
Carbondale elementary schools in district 95 begin the year with a 3.4 million balanced budget and no deficit. Superintendent George Edwards notes the first black balance in years and outlines $3,403,241 in expenditures with a $219,624 carryover. Local revenue up, state funding down due to lower EAV, tax rate at maximum. Public hearing set for Sept 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brush Administrative Center.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
District
George Edwards
District 95
Board of Education
Brush
Edwards
John Barbie
Barbie
Audit verifies CCHS fiscal improvements
The Carbondale High School District 165 board heard that the district's fiscal position improved, with an educational fund balance of 260,000 dollars versus a prior year deficit. The budget for 1978-79 was adopted showing revenues of 3,688,559 dollars and expenditures of 3,760,908 dollars, about 338,000 higher than the previous budget.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Reid Martin
Board of Education
Charles Will
Kemper
Fischer
Faust
Lawrence
Will
Carol McDermott
Harold Emme
Phoebe Cox
Larry Jackson
Mary Sasse
Margaret Hollis
Logan nursing instructor rehired over legal obligation
John A. Logan College rehired nursing instructor Shirley Daniels after a layoff cited by state law limits. Public information officer Greg Starrick said Daniels returns to her role and the college will continue clinical work at St. Joseph's Hospital in Murphysboro, with her contract active through December. Nursing students picketed the administration building and urged the board to oppose cuts.
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John A. Logan
Shirley Daniels
Cer
Starrick
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Daniels
John A. Logan College
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Ward Overpass
Harry Ray
IDOT
District 9
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State Department of Transportation
Greene and el
Butch Nevious
Party
Randolph
CCHS
Barbara Schmulbach
Jane Renfro
Dale Smith
Charles Warren
Doug Woolard
Everett Watson
Kathy Anderson
Jennifer Stanley
Martin
West Bus Service, Inc
Logan
Greg Starrick
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