John Kerby family three die in Missouri wreck
Three members of the John Ray Kerby family of Carbondale were killed when their Ford hit a guardrail on Interstate 70 west of Sweet Springs Missouri and caught fire during a Friday night trip to Washington. The father Kerby 42 and the three boys aged 18 12 and 10 died at the scene while his wife 37 and daughter 16 were hospitalized with severe burns and other injuries. The family attended Palestine Baptist Church near Crab Orchard Refuge. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Timess
Missouri
John Ray Kerby
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Washington
Sweet Springs
Robert Eugene Kerby
Michael Edward
Donald Wayne
Marion
Juan Jta
Eileen Kerby
Melody Ann
Sweet Springs Clinic
Research Hospital
Kansas City
Miles
Hewest
Kerby
Missouri Highway Patrol
Kerbys
Mach
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Robert Eugene
Logan
Lincoln School
The
Penitentiary
Frantz St
Cerro Gordo
Osterpillar Co
Decatur
Wiliamson County
Wall Creek
Little Grassy
Crab Orchard
Palestine Baptist Church
Death Wish and theater notes in Southern Illinoisan
A mixed column blends political satire on Spiro Agnew with theater reviews at Southern Illinois University. The piece uses sharp opinion on Nixon era politics, recalls past SIU productions, and notes local cultural events with humor about cinema and campus life. The writer reflects on critics and the evolving role of theater in the area.
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Ben Geknan
Dick Nixon
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Southern Illnois University Theater Company
George Bernard Shaw
Arms
Southern Ilinois University
Anton Chekhov
Russia
No bids delay Shryock Auditorium renovation at SIU
SIU Carbondale postpones 1.2 million Shryock Auditorium upgrade after general construction bids failed and mechanical bids ran high. Work set for summer will be rebid. venue reallocations push events to SIU Arena and other spaces during the 1968 69 school year amidst funding uncertainty from Gov. Shapiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shryock
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Samuel Shapiro
Joseph Goodman
SIU
Théta Xi
Goodman
Charles Pulley
Pulley
Board of Trustees
Blacktopping bid approved by Murphysboro council
Murphysboro city council accepted a 5000 dollar bid from Gillmore Asphalt Lee of Anna for blacktop resurfacing of Pine Street from the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Rail Road west to 19th Street and South Street from Walnut to Hansom Streets. Mayor Joe Williams said work would be done this week and noted two other street and alley projects. Widening on a block of South 10th Street between Chestnut and Mulberry Streets should finish soon, with city crews handling the widening adjacent to the former Central Hotel site. The city has also scheduled oiling of missed alley sections and ordered more oil.
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Murphysboro
Gillmore Asphalt
Lee of Anna
Pine Street
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
19Th Street
Walnut
Joe Williams
Williams
South 10Th Street
Chestnut and
Mulberry Streets
Central Hotel
City Street Department
Chestnut Street
Carbondale Wins Federal Demolition Grant Surprise
The city received a $33,330 federal demolition grant from HUD with a total program value of $49,985 over two years to raze 60 abandoned unsafe structures. Rep. Kenneth Gray notified Mayor David Keene of the approval, aiding a project once thought unlikely amid prior HUD Treasury doubts.
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Carbondale
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
David Keene
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Betty Evanson
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
George Everingham
Murphysboro approves near-identical tax levy for next year
City council sets total levy at 118240 for general city operations and 99000 for special services. General levy up 210 from last year while special services rise 2450. Budget lists general services at 263240 and special services at 92001 with 145000 anticipated from other sources, including parking and fees. Levy starts May 1 1958 and covers items such as street department salaries, pensions, garbage disposal, library and Civil Defense. New items include 5000 for street department garage and 12000 for a garbage truck. 1000 to cover the 1969 city election.
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Murphysboro
Williliam Wolf
I Insurance
Civil Defense
Murphysboro Council Faults Railroad Housekeeping Efforts
Murphysboro mayor cites numerous complaints about weeds and trash along Illinois Central tracks and depot area at 19th and Locust. City to forward concerns to IC officials in Carbondale. line now serves only freight. Also reports trash at Woolworth Store trigger police inquiry. Council to bid for 1969 police car and to rezone land west of Missouri Pacific for trailer installation after planning commission hearing with no opposition.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Illinois Central Railroad
19Th
Locust Streets
Aso
Carbondale
Waimmt Street
Williams
Billy J. Staples
Fire and Police Commission
City Planning Commission
Missouri - Pacific
Planning Commission
Parochial school in Herrin forms lay board
St Marys School Herrin voted to establish a lay advisory board the first in its 60 year history. The 12 nominees selected by a parish committee included Robert Osowski president and Murray Isaacs. Terms vary from one to three years. The board will influence policy on curriculum hiring and tuition while final decisions remain with the administration. The diocese oversees guidelines and operations.
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St. Mary’s School of Herrin
Bernard P. Mongan
St. Mary's
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Mongan
Robert Osowski
Lee Roy Brandon
John Kosco
John Branca
Beatrice Chiadini
Cecil Isaacs
Jack Murray
St. Mary’s
Osowski, Kosco
Orginal
Cairo
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Laurence O'Connell
Father Mon- Qatt
William Lengust
Marie DeLourdes
Father Mongan
Rend College Lands Purchase Approved for New Campus
Rend Lake College won approval from the Illinois Junior College Board to buy 350 acres near Ina in Jefferson County for a future 9.4 million campus. The district plans 850 acres total, with 100 acres to be sold to the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the Conservancy District, plus a 50 acre top-up from the district. The site will sit west of Interstate 57 between Witt ington and Inn, with a final campus area about 200 acres. The option expires September 23, with a hoped six month extension due to Winds Junior College Act legal questions and a bond sale proposal of 53.1 million planned for September 7 if issues clear.
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Rend Lake College
Tiihois Junior College Board
Ina
Jefferson County
Interstate Rt. 57
Whittington and
Inn
Read Lake College Board
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Read Lake Conservancy District
Conservancy District
Carbondale Fire Spreads Across Several Local Sites
Fire incidents reported in multiple towns include a vehicle fire south of Carbondale on Bk 51 with no damage estimate, a transformer blaze at Daniel Super Market in Carbondale with damage not listed, and residence fires at Seth Norris in Marion and Waldo Stover in Spillertown. A backfire through a carburetor caused a car fire at Elm and Van Bur en in West Frankfort with damage undetermined. In addition a rehabilitation seminar by Southern Illinois University will aid blind job counselors in Indianapolis.
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Marion
Carol Egerton
van Buren St
Carbondale
Vero Yasumichi
Daniel Super Market
S. Tlinois Ave
Seth Norris
Cherry St
Mattress
Spillertown
Waldo Stover
Frankfort
Elm
van Buren
Carl Cagh
Rehabilitation Institute of Southern Iinois University
Indianapolis
Murphysboro buys site for downtown parking lot
Murphysboro council approved a 40 000 purchase from the City National Bank for a 70 car parking lot half a block from Walnut Street business area. The site includes parts of T M Logans 1st Addition between the Eagles Club and South Street from 18th Street west to the alley. The city plans to demolish the former Daniel home at 1095 13th Street and develop a lot to be metered at 2 cents per hour, with costs and transfer fees totaling about 40 382. Funds come from parking meter receipts and 3 percent interest on the mortgage.
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Murphysboro
Walnut Street
City National Bank
T. M. Logan
Eagles Club
South Street
18Th Street
Bank
Daniel
13Th St
Joe Williams
Kenneth Taylor
Williams
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Ellis Grove
Helen Kolmer
Columbia
Robert Wilson
Lawrence Wilson
Conrad A. Kolmer
Kolmer
Wilson
Mulkeytown
Christopher
James B. Towers
John ‘J. Bullock
Towers
Debbie Rhine
Shoemaker Drive
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Rodert Rhine
Shepherd of the Hills
Southern Illinois University Players
Southern Playhouse
Ben
Murphyshoro
University Center
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Reaction
Robert B. Harrell
Makanda
James P. Scroggins
Evanson
George Fleerlage
Everingham
Step
Gray
HUD
J. C. ‘Housekeeping
Herrin
Theschool
Neletoes
Colp
Freeman Spur
Robert DeGasperi
Monroe St
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church
Rend College Land Purchase
Paul Pietch
Richard Shiveley
Bridgeport
Herbert H. Groul
13Th Street
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