Public Meetings Set Across Southern Illinois Area
Jackson County Housing Authority and Carbondale officials meet at 7 30 p m in Carbondale City Hall to decide on northeast Carbondale federal housing units. SIU Summer Music Theater presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at 8 p m Thursday and Friday in Muckelroy Auditorium. Final play tryouts Thursday in Murphysboro City National Bank Community Room. Community events include Indian Pow Wow at SIU Outdoor Laboratory Little Grassy Lake and various drive ins screens showing Rosemarys Baby and The Thomas Crown Affair.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Carbondale
Carbondale City Hall
Zeigler Royalton
Franklin High School
Lincoln Junior High
Glendale School Board
Southern Illinois University
Muckelroy
SIU Agriculture
University Center Information Desk
Comca Eeeiee
Murphysboro
Murphysboro City National Bank
Roger Dade
Cyril Rennels
Mitchell
SIU
Southern Ilinois University
SIU Outdoor
Little Grassy Lake
SIU Faculty Council Reaffirms Due Process Stance
Willis Moore reports that SIU Chancellor MacVicar refused to suspend actions against 11 students tied to the May 2 protest against military recruiters. The council urged action referral to a committee and reaffirmed due process, with further student rights review planned for fall quarter.
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MacVicar
Willis Moore
Carberdale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
University Center
Ralph Ruffner
Moore
University Council
Funeral Rites Planned for Sgt Alan D Trucano in Steeleville
Funeral services for Sgt Alan D Trucano 21 of Steeleville will be held Saturday at Peace Lutheran Church Steeleville with burial in the church cemetery and military rites at the grave. Trucano was killed August 8 in Vietnam and is the second Steeleville war casualty. He was born July 11 1947 in Murphysboro son of Oscar and Alberta Trucano and attended Steeleville schools graduating in 1965. He served at Fort Leonard Wood Fort Polk Fort Benning and Fort Jackson before going to Vietnam June 4. He leaves his parents one sister Mrs Donna James of Colorado Springs and fianc Cathy Uchtman of Steeleville along with paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Trucano of Willisville. Friends may call at Schaack Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Friday until noon Saturday.
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Kenneth Schroeder
Trucano
Vietnam
Steeleville
Steven Gerlach
Murphysboro
Oscar
Alberta Trucano
Peace Lutheran Church
Armed Forces
Southern Illinois University
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Polk
Fort Benning
Fort Jackson
S. C
Donna James
Colorado Springs
Colo
John Trucano
Willisville
Katheryn Uchtman
Schaack Funeral Home
Campaign continues Nixon wants order Humphrey
The story notes Hubert Humphrey stating that law and order will be a major campaign issue and that better enforcement should liberate, not repress, while Spiro Agnew argues civil rights and nonviolence are not inconsistent with law and order. It also covers McGovern accepting a possible nomination, McCarthy proposing inner city housing policy, calls for an open convention, and Southern Democrats weighing VP candidates.
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Associated Press
Hubert “S. Humphrey
Humphrey
America
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
George S. McGovern
Cherry Hill
N. J
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Washington
Allard Lowenstein
Clark challenges Nixon on order and the law stance
Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark held a news conference questioning Richard Nixon's call for law and order. Clark outlined his own views including gun control, police professionalization, mental health funding, juvenile affairs, and prison spending while accusing past GOP administrations of inaction on organized crime.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Clark
State approves 398 182 bid for concrete road upgrade
Arnold Lenzini of the state Division of Highways said today a bid of 398 182 for 2.348 miles of work north of Pittsburg was accepted from Rigsby Barnard Construction Co. of Cave in Rock. A prior bid of 397 955 by the same firm was rejected in June as too high. Minor changes were made after the rejection. The project includes upgrading the existing one lane concrete slab road, surfacing with blacktop, and a concrete culvert.
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Pittsburg
Arnold Lenzini
State Division of Highways
Rigsby Barnard Construction Co
Cave-in-Rock
Lenzini
Accident victim dies in Eldorado after Rt 142 crash
An Omaha resident, 74 year old Esta P Bradley, died Wednesday at Pearce Hospital Eldorado from injuries after her car ran off Rt 142 near Ridgeway road south of Eldorado Monday. An extended SIU summer commencement will honor about 1 200 degrees August 30 at SIU Arena with telecast by WSIU TV.
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Omaha
Pearce Hospital
Eldorado
Esta P. Bradley
Rt. 142
Ridgeway Road
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Wsiu-Tv
Lincoln Park Circus Set For Weekend In Carbondale
The Lincoln Park Community Circus arrives this Friday and Saturday at Lincoln Recreation Park as Carbondale hosts a two day festival. A parade featuring the SIU Cavalcade of Fun wagons and the 70 member Marissa High School Band starts Friday at 11 a.m. Big Top performances run 2–4 p.m. and 7–9 p.m. with acts by Sylvia Thompson and animals, ventriloquist Bill Boley, clown Richard Price, musician Bob Holly, and local 4H groups. Admission is 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults, with midway booths and displays by the American Cancer Society and others. Concessions include sno cones and fried chicken meals. The event is sponsored by SIU recreation, Carbondale Park District, the city, School District 95, the Teen Center, and the Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency.
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William Ridinger
Southern Illinois University
Lincoln Recreation Park
Carbondale
Park Street
Marion
Grand
Jackson
University
Down College
The
Park
SIU
Sylvia Thompson
Bill Boley
Noor
Health meetings on Southern Illinois problems set
Two public health meetings are scheduled in Marion at the Ramada Inn. An informational conference on federally backed area wide health planning agencies begins at 9:30 a.m. The Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Health Planning and Resources Development hosts. A public hearing by the Illinois Public Health Study and Survey Commission is set for 1:15 p.m. with reports from public health experts and area health leaders on regional problems and needs.
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Illinois Public Health Study and Survey Commission
Ramada Inn
Marion
du Quein
City Hall
Division of Health Planning and Resources Development
Illinois Public Health Department
Southern Illinois
Division of
Illinois Department of Public Health
Marketing Men Co-Author Book Market Strategy
Marketing professors David J. Luck and Arthur E. Prell of Southern Illinois University School of Business co-authored Market Strategy. The work claims to place marketing strategy at the center of corporate planning and targets students and businessmen. Appleton-Century Crofts published it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
School of Business
David J. Luck
Arthur E. Prell
Herrin Park District adopts 1968 69 tax levy ordinance
The Herrin Park District Board adopted its 1968-69 tax levy totaling 28960 dollars and approved keeping 50 percent of annual tax receipts in the first disbursement next year. They also authorized payment of 7675 dollars to White Electric Co. for park lighting modernization and considered tax anticipation warrants if funds run short.
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Herrin Park District Board
Park District
Fred Lowe
White Electric Co
Herrin
Lowe
Bob Hardcastle
Herrin Fire Department
Memorial Ball Park Association
Ball Association
Hardcastle
Herrin Jaycees
Sudden stop sparks chain crash near Anna on Rt 146
A car, two school buses and a second car collided in a rear end crash on Rt 146 at the east edge of Anna after a hospital bus stopped abruptly. No injuries were reported. Betty Casper, driving behind the hospital bus, halted to avoid contact, prompting the following bus to hit hers and another car to hit the second bus. The buses were being checked by Pearl Motor Co. mechanics ahead of the new school year. Police say the hospital bus pulled away after the incident with the driver unaware of the collisions.
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Rt. 146
Anna
Betty J. Casper
Casper
Sandra Arnold
Marion
Pearl Motor Co
Dallas West
Jackson County plans move for highway garage site
Jackson County will study moving its crowded highway garage from North 19th Street to a new site on South 20th Street. The move would include selling the existing North 19th Street site and inviting proposals. Funding may come from motor fuel tax. The city of Murphysboro eyes a joint project at the new site.
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Jackson County
County Board of Supervisors
Carl Worthen
Road and Bridge Committee
South 20Th Street
North 19Th Street
Worthen
Brown Shoe Co
Murphysboro
City Street
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
Board of Review
Roy Gilbert
Carbondale
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Riviera
Marlows Theater
Marion Drive-In
Ivy
Sebastian
Orpheum
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Herrin Senior Citizens
Herrin Center
N. 14Th St
Pulaski County
Rt. 51
Pulaski
Moviestore Drive-In
South Herrin
Rodgers
SIU Faculty Council
Alan D. Trucano
du Quoin State Fair
Outerwear, Inc
Grace Street
Chicago
McGovern
John Connally
Texas
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Robert McNair
South Carolina
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
George Smathers
Florida
George C. Wallace
Hammond
Ind
Fort Wayne
Nixon Law
Cosa Nostra
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Iiiino
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Harts Bread
Murphysbore Marien
Harrisburg
Lincoln Park
John Murphy
SIU Department of Recreation and Outdoor Education
Carbondale Park District
City of
School District No. 95
Carbondale Teen Center
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
Freddy
Marketing Men
Jaroy Weber
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Mobile, Alabama
Betty Stalnecker
David
Carol Tyson
West Main Street
Illinois
Marion Encounter Crusade
Herrin Park Board
Miracle Equipment Co
John A. Logan College
Murphysboro Retail Committee
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