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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1966
Page
3
The Jackson County Housing Authority has received notice that reservations have been approved for 150 low income housing units in Northeast Carbondale.
Nineteen Herrin clubs and businesses bought six month liquor licenses to Feb 1, raising $6,062.50 for the city. Fifteen paid $350 each. four licenses cost less based on membership. The licenses follow a February revenue drop after the Tiki Room closure.
Eight international penal and corrections officers studying at Southern Illinois University were commissioned Kentucky Colonels by Henry Berns. The group included six men from Vietnam and Tanzania and two women from Vietnam, with on-site training at Kentucky facilities and assignments in Louisville and Pewee Valley.
Carbondale city records show 32 motorbike wheel tax stickers sold at $3.50 and 335 dog tags issued. The column notes declining auto sticker sales at 2845 in 1965 and questions whether drivers are more law abiding than riders, urging compliance before deadlines.
Mrs Augusta Zigann, 89, of Palatine and former Royalton resident, died Saturday. Born Aug 11 1877 to Theodore and Caroline Balka Henkhouse, she moved from Royalton in 1941 after husband Carl’s death. Survived by two daughters Erna Dehn and Harriet Zydmont, a son Ted Loeb Sr, a sister Clara Mrosek, six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Moeller Funeral Home Royalton, Rev Ray Kelly officiating. Burial Miners Cemetery Royalton. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Police logged two prowler reports in Carbondale Saturday night. At 9 50 p m a prowler damaged a clothes line on North Allyn Street and fled before officers arrived. At 11 30 p m a prowler seen as a shadow outside a window on North Springer Street fled prior to police arrival.
The Class of recent CCHS graduates will join the CCHS Board of Education at 7 30 p m in the conference room to discuss their experiences since graduation and relate them to current programs.
The Jackson County YMCA announces the summer swimming program ends Sunday with Riverside Pool in Murphysboro closing at 5 p.m.
Three inmates testifying in the Menard riot trial describe prison conditions. Sam Hull says inmates gave him drugs, James Partee testifies he was placed on a rock quarry after surgery, and Le Roy Murff compares Menard unfavorably with federal prison food and treatment. All three remain incarcerated at Stateville Penitentiary.
Jackson County Circuit Clerk James Kerley handles 904 tax deed petitions to be heard October 30 and 31 in circuit court. The filing includes docket sheets, two page petitions, and fee sheets, with clerks Judy Chamness Marilyn Lange Wilma Burke aided by Treasurer Raymond Mileur’s office amid jacket shortages and a $13,560 fee tally that the county board will not pay.
A house at the corner of Mill street and University avenue in Carbondale, once home to Alpha Gamma Delta, was razed today to widen Mill street to 56 feet as part of a $1.4 million city street improvement. Seven other streets slated for widening or repaving by Howell Construction Co. of Carbondale and Gilmore Asphalt Co. of Anna.
Conflict in booking dates cancels Pee Wee King and the Collins Sisters while Henry Youngman joins the Murphysboro Apple Festival lineup for the September 15 17 event. He will headline the Saturday night show and serve as grand parade marshal after appearing at Southern Illinois University last year.
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