Murphysboro Bi ds On Three Lots At Subdivision
Murphysboro City Council accepted three bids on the Louis Siefert Subdivision lots including one from an alderman and another from the alderman's father. Only 10 bids came in on five of the 10 lots and the top bid was 6010. Bids await Farmers Home Administration approval before sale. Alderman Kennedy bid 5101 on lot 19 amid questions about eligibility.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Louis Siefert
Farmers Home Administration
Leonard Pullis
Mark Kennedy
Kennedy
Fmha
Jones
Donald Morgan
Richard Kennedy
Kennedys
Kennedy Real Estate
Mor
Ryan
Patrick McCann
Bert Hall
Hall
Charles Decker
Richard Kael
Sydney Appleton
Public Improvements Committee
David McDowell
FIHA
West Frankfort faces tax advance to cover payroll
West Frankfort Finance Commissioner John Simmons won a 5 0 council vote to seek an advance payment of property taxes from the Franklin County clerk to cover a looming payroll. The council also endorsed a feasibility study for a sewer system under Highway 37 North Water District plans, while bids on a new ambulance were tabled.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
John Simmons
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Simmons
Fred Harkins
Water and Sewer Departments
Kirkikis
Johnston City
Illinois 37
Public Safety
James Bernhard
George Culley
Culley
Harkins
Trial date set for murder suspect James Drake in Franklin County
James Drake, 27, charged with the murder of Billie Ann Melvin in Bent on, faces trial November 2 in Franklin County Circuit Court after a Diy conference. Judge Loren Lewis scheduled a final pre trial for October 23 at 1 30 p m to hear motions. Melvin was found dead August 7 in her home, allegedly strangled with a wire. Drake, a construction worker, was arrested that day in Du Quoin and brought from Menard prison for Tuesday's court appearance.
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James Drake
Voin
Illie Ann Melvin
Christopher
Franklin County
Benton
Jake
Menard
Bill Wilson
Loren Lewis
Tate
Terrence Hopkins
Carroll Owens
Lewis
Melvin
Drake
du Quoin
Murphysboro parents form committee on biracial student group
Tony Stevens reports concerned parents at Murphysboro High School held a three hour meeting to address a racial problem. They established an eight member committee to help form a biracial student group and discussed causes of trouble including discipline and prejudice both in and outside school. The group noted only one black teacher on Unit 186 staff and 103 black students among 950 pupils as factors in the broader tensions.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro High School
James Hubbard Sr
Bob Graeff
Michael Lewis
Lewis
Barbara Arbeiter
Ladonna Hodges
Wanda Bierbaum
Marilyn Crawford
Linda
Tim Bowers
Graeff
Bowers
Lem
Hubbard
Community fears over clergy restraint on social issues
A local observer notes unusual quiet in town where clergy hesitate to express stances on race and social matters. The remark highlights a climate of fear and questions the community’s openness after two decades of change.
Do-it-yourself ideas turn comic in a reader’s tale
A humorously weary narrator remembers do-it-yourself magazines with glossy ads and precise project plans. He details a DIY mailbox upgrade gone awry, listing tools, materials, mistakes, delays, and the all-too-human scramble to assemble a practical but imperfect home project.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Coal executive urges energy production push
Evan M. Davis reports MAPCO Inc. chairman Robert Thomas urged expanded American energy output at a Southern Illinois banquet in Marion. He praised Reagan policies, urged faster nuclear and synthetic fuel development, warned of economic decline without growth, and described Carmi and Patiki mines planned to supply a 1.5 million ton annual output to a northern Florida plant.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Illinois’ Next Coal Company
Southern Illinois Inc
Marion
Robert Thomas
Mapco Inc
Thomas
Carmi
Russia
James Watt
MAPCO
Synthetic Fuels Corp
SFC
Patiki
Tom Patterson
Kentucky
Florida
Ohio
Pestigious Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
Railrod
Illinois
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