Williamson County Airport Board approves land purchase for expansion
The Williamson County Airport Board allocates 72000 dollars for 48 acres adjacent to the air field. They plan runway extensions to meet Ozark Air Lines DC 9 jet requirements and anticipate Dec 1 1967 start of flights. Bond authorization to cover about a quarter of 440000 cost.
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Williamson County Airport Board
Atty
J. C. Mitchell
Ozark Air Lines
Federal Aviation Agency
Williamson County
Mitchell
Peabody Mine
Shawnee Library Association
Rt. 148
Library Association
Dee Rodd
Grand Tower Homecoming Marks Lions Club Drive
The 14th annual Grand Tower Homecoming, sponsored by the Lions Club, runs Friday to Sunday with rides and food at the grade school grounds. Proceeds fund scholarships and $2,000 for lighting the old baseball field for Khoury League night games. Egyptian Combo plays Saturday night at 9, Christianaires Gospel Quartet Sunday, and a combined church service at 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Grand Tower
Lions Club of
Lions Club
Christianaires Guospel
Churches of
MTHS Students Attend SIU Workshop Sessions
Four Murphysboro Township High School students joined a July communications workshop at Southern Illinois University. Bill Jackson and Rick Holt took speech and debate sessions while Louis Ceci and Sandy Borgsmiller attended theater sessions. Fees were paid by Murphysboro civic clubs.
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Murphysboro Township
Southern Illinois University
Bill Jackson
Rick Holt
Louis Ceci
Sandy Borgsmiller
Murphysboro
Fire destroys implement building in Olive Branch
A welding spark ignited a blaze that leveled a one story frame structure housing Gowan Brothers Farm Implement Co in Olive Branch. Kenneth Gowan said the warehouse contents were also destroyed in the Monday fire.
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Olive Branch
Gowan Brothers, Farm Implement Co
Kenneth Gowan
Alexander County
Production Talks at Brown Shoe Plant in Murphysboro Stall
Production continued at the Brown Shoe Co. plant in Murphysboro as union and company officials held talks over a production line dispute. Officials gave no comment and said the issue was not fully resolved after a Monday meeting. Local 12652 president Larry Pflasterer said workers were told to return to work this week while discussions proceed. The union says the walkout Friday cited working conditions on one production line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Shoe Co
Murphysboro
Larry Pflasterer
United Mine Workers District 50
Two Marion youths charged in $500000 train wreck
Carl Neafus reports Marion youths Carl Neafus 17 and Jesse Watkins 13 faced criminal damage charges for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight wreck that damaged three diesel engines and several cars injuring four crewmen. Police say more charges may follow as arraignments are set in Williamson County Circuit Court.
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Diva Walley
Carl Neafus
Jesse Watkins
Marion
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
Charles Edwards
Williamson County
Wilbur Gallion
Floy Cruzen
Walnut Hill
George Fields
Donald Huston
Arnold Bookhout
Salem
Cruzen
Fields
Bookhout
Marion Memorial Hospital
Edwards
New District Army Engineer Appointed in St. Louis
Col Edwin R. Decker becomes district engineer for the U S Army Engineer District St Louis succeeding Col James B Meanor Jr Meanor transfers to Saigon Vietnam Decker 45 a Menominee Michigan native graduate of Michigan College of Mining and Technology West Point and Harvard civil engineering master overseas postings include Korea Turkey offices oversee Rend Lake Carlyle Lake and Kaskaskia River canalization projects
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Edwin R. Decker
James B. Meanor Jr
U.S. Army Engineer District
St. Louis
Meanor
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Decker
Menominee, Mich
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Harvard
Korea
Turkey
St. Louis Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Carlyle Lake
Kaskaskia River
Braves fire Bragan as manager. Hitchcock named successor
Atlanta AP report states Bobby Bragan was fired today as manager of the Atlanta Braves and replaced by Billy Hitchcock. Hitchcock, who led the Baltimore Orioles in 1962 and 1963, had been a Braves scout in 1965 and was hired as a coach last winter.
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Bobby Bragan
Atlanta Braves
Billy Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Baltimore Orioles
Braves
Wednesday Meeting of Jackson County ACS Luncheon
The Jackson County Unit of the American Cancer Society holds its quarterly luncheon meeting at Logan House restaurant in Murphysboro at 12 noon on Wednesday.
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Jackson County
The
American Cancer Society
Logan House
Murphysboro
Mt. Vernon Police Brief Fines Mario Sheffield for Yield Violation
Mario O. Sheffield of Mt. Vernon was fined $15 for failing to yield the right of way in a minor traffic incident handled by local police. The citation notes no injuries and a simple civil penalty.
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Mt. Vernon
Mario O. Sheffield
Carbondale Man Pleads Innocent in July Shooting Case
Leroy Dentman, 46, charged with battery and shooting Queenie Higgins during an incident at 523 E. Birch St, files not guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court. State's Attorney Richard Richman says case will be heard next in September jury session. Dentman released on $1000 bond. Higgins sustained a leg wound from a .22 rifle.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Leroy Dentman
Queenie Higgins
E. Birch St
Richard Richiman
Dentmon
Higgins
Group Plans Zone Meeting After Public Hearing
The Herrin zoning commission will meet early next week for discussion following Tuesday’s public hearing on the citys proposed zoning ordinance. Five businessmen spoke against strip zoning of Park avenue and Monroe street with residents continuing to inquire and comment. The commission will forward the ordinance to the City Council for final action and may or may not modify recommendations before adoption.
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Herrin
SIU Action Party Fights Motorcycle Rules
The SIU Student Action Party condemns campus rules placing motorcycles under auto regulations. Freshmen and new students starting in September face limits unless they live within two miles or show need. The party calls for a $500 study on legality and campus bus service, with an attorney to oversee it.
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Student Action Party
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Action Party
Senate
Ted Orf
Orf
Bonds Found on River Victim in Tragic Fall
St. Louis authorities recovered the body of Mrs. Clara Praktish, about 60, after she fell Sunday from the MacArthur Bridge into the Mississippi River. Seven U.S. savings bonds worth 1,000 dollars each were sewn into her dress, along with five bank books totaling 14,674 dollars and a purse with 6 dollars and IDs.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
MacArthur Bridge
Clara Praktish
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S
Police Association Meeting Hosts Morris at West Frankfort
William Morris, superintendent of the Illinois State Police, will be a guest at the Shawnee Division meeting of the Illinois Police Association at Two Tony's Smorgasbord in West Frankfort. Dinner begins at 7 p.m.
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William Morris
Illinois State Police
Illinois Police Association
Tony’s Smorgasbord
West Frankfort
Carbondale Considers Free Parking For Cycles
Carbondale officials weighed a plan to offer free parking at two cycle lots to promote goodwill among cyclists and ease downtown car parking. Council delayed decision a week to study objections while meters may be used on a University Avenue stretch now unmetered.
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Carbondale
William Eaton
Eaton
Frank Kirk
University Avenue
Cherry
Oak Streets
University
West Monroe Street
Cherry Street
Varsity Theater
Presbyterian Church
van Natta Funeral Home
Rodgers Theater
Monroe Street
Elm Street
Washington Avenue
Sanity Landfill
Kirk
Joseph Ragsdale
Harold Hill
Hill
Koppers
Bids Set for Rt. 57 and Southern Illinois Road Projects
State highway officials announced apparent low bidders for multiple Southern Illinois road jobs. E. T. Simonds Construction and J. D. Barter Construction lead with 2.33 million for 1.23 miles of concrete and related work near Mounds. Other bids cover lighting at Marion and West Frankfort interchanges, widening and resurfacing Rt. 13 near Shawneetown, grading near Mounds, landscaping in Union and Pulaski counties, and several rest areas along Rt. 34, 146, 3, 127 and related routes with bids ranging from about 27 thousand to 394 thousand dollars.
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State Division of Highways
Southern Illinois
E. T. Simonds Construction Co
Carbondale
J. D. Barter Construction Co
Harrisburg
Mounds
Allin
Marion
Sullivan Electric
Cairo
Rt. 13
Shawneetown
Mitchell Construction Co
Herrin
Illinois Central Railroad
Edgar Stephens and Sons Inc
Rt. 57
Union
Pulaski
Federal Landscaping Co
Rt. 149
West Frankfort
Sullivan Electrical
Rt. 14
West City
Champaign Asphalt Co
Champaign
B and T Construction Co
Rt. 34
Denny and Simpson Stone Co
Rt. 146
Elizabethtown
Pautler Bros
Chester
Rt. 3
Ellis Grove
Dale Denny Construction Co
Anna
Rt. 127
Jonesboro
FTC clarifies meaning of two tires for one low price
The Federal Trade Commission will interpret two tires for one low price as either two tires offered for the regular price of one or at a significant reduction for two. Exact meaning depends on ad language. TheGuides aim to stop fictitious bargains that mislead consumers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Clark seeks injunctions over three mines for stream pollution
Illinois Attorney General William G. Clark filed Monday injunction suits in Williamson and Saline counties alleging waste discharges from the Menow Coal Co. near Crab Orchard and the Big Muddy Coal Corp. near Cambria, plus Howard C. Jones Old Wasson Mine No. 1 in Saline County. Fines of 600 dollars are sought against the Menow and Big Muddy operations, and 500 dollars against Jones.
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Illinois Atty
William G. Clark
Williamson County
Saline County
Menow Coal Co
Crab Orchard
Big Muddy Coal Corp
Cambria
Clark
Menow
Crab Orchard Creek
Big Muddy River
Howard C. Jones
Wasson
Blackland
Saline River
Carbondale Council Seeks 160000 Urban Renewal Funds
The Carbondale City Council passed a resolution requesting 160000 in planning funds for a 97 acre Northeast Carbondale urban renewal project. They will pay 1000 for application prep and may use future CATV funds or other revenue to cover costs. Annexation adds land near Walnut Street extension with R-4 zoning after a protest against R-5. The council also reinstated officer Deming after military leave and set terms for a new city manager salary and moving expenses.
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Carbondale
William Burns
Community Conservation Board
William Eaton
Eaton
Burns
D. Blaney Miller
Walker
Mabel Schwartz
Walnut Street
Walker Drive
Pyle
Mike Deming
Deming
Frank Kirk
William Norman
Norman
Pinellas Park
Fla
Democratic Aides Named Four Assistant County Chairs
The Williamson County Democratic Women's Organization elected four assistant county chairmen on Monday. Named were Mrs. Jess Carter Johnston City Mrs. Harry Jeters Herrin Mrs. Paul Litton Marion and Mrs. Lawrence Basler Carterville. Also named were Mrs. Sandra Parrish Marion secretary and Mrs. Betty Angel Marion treasurer.
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Williamson County Democratic Women’s Organization
Jess Carter
Johnston City
Harry Jeters
Herrin
Paul Litton
Marion
Lawrence Basler
Carterville
Sandra Parrish
Betty Angel
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Col. Decker New
Army Engineer
Bragan
Atlanta, Ga
Carbondale Spaces
Council
Oak Street
Illinois Avenue
John Huffman
Oak
Democratic
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