Vernon Kupel Dies. Murphysboro Area Highway Chief
Vernon T. Kupel 50 district engineer for the Illinois Division of Highways District 9 died Wednesday night in St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro after months of illness. He served as district engineer since March 1964 and earlier spent 15 years in District 9 including traffic engineer. He chaired Murphysboro Park District 1964 and helped form Murphysboro Water and Sewage Commission in 1958. Born February 22 1918 in Danvers he married Claudia Wisely in New York City October 4 1942. He leaves wife daughters and a granddaughter, along with his parents and siblings. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Crawshaw Mortuary Murphysboro with burial at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call Friday after 4 p.m.
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Vernon T. Kupel
State Division of Highways
Carbondale
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Kupel
District 9
Murphysboro Park District
Murphysboro Water and Sewage Commission
Murphysboro Water Co
Mr. Kupel
Danvers
George
Jessie Taylor Kupel
New York
N. Y
Claudia Wisely
Richard Westermeier
Robert Purcell
Amarillo
Tex
George Kupel
Chicago
al Kargol
Arlington Heights
Richard
Hamilton
Ohio
Gerald
Detroit
Mich
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
William B. Lewis
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Big Muddy survey report discussed by Jackson board
Jim Gillooly told the Jackson County Board of Supervisors that the U S Army Corps of Engineers completed a Big Muddy River study and will release it during 1968. He outlined plans for a four acre lake in Murphysboro Riverside Park, Kinkaid Lake, Reed's Creek Conservancy District, Cedar Creek Lake water supply for Carbondale, strip mine reclamation, erosion control and highway site markers. He noted state law changes affect older stripped lands and possible federal aid for reclamation may come later.
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Jim Gillooly
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Big Muddy
Corps
Board of Supervisors
Illinois
Gillooly
Jackson County
RCD
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek
Carbondale Industrial Board Sees Resignations
Sem M Hunter and Winton Walkup resign from Carbondale Industrial Corp prompting review of board membership and by law changes. Hunter cites time constraints. Walkup is away after retirement from Illinois Central. The nonprofit body formed in 1961 aided Technical Tape Co. and developed the industrial park.
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Sem M. Hunter
Winton Walkup
Carbondale Industrial Corp
Hunter
Walkup
Paul McRoy
William George
Chamber of
Commerce
Chamber
Industrial Corporations
Carbondale
Technical Tape Co
Rt. 51
George
Post Office Plans Purported for Carbondale West Side
The U S Post Office Department has not bought land yet for a regional post office on Carbondale's west side. On March 2 the 42 acre site on West Main street was announced and land acquisition steps were said to begin soon. Surveys by R A Nack & Associates and first appraisals by Charlie Brown were completed. Local owners reported no further information and some had heard nothing. The proposed 58,000 square foot, single story facility is to be ready by May 1971 and would sit between Rt 13 west Glenview drive Old Main street and the Mardale Texaco station.
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United States Post Office Department
Carbondale
West Main Street
R. A. Nack & Associates
Rt. 13 West
Glenview Drive
Old Main Street
Mardale Texaco
Validity of recall vote questioned in Du Quoin case
In Perry County Circuit Court, former Du Quoin officials Tom Moss and Jerome Roznowski challenge the recall vote law interpretation. The case asks whether a majority of those voting on the recall, or a majority of all votes cast, determines removal. Election results show Moss and Roznowski would keep their seats under the contrasted interpretations.
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Perry County
du Quoin
Tom Moss
Jerome Roznowski
Robert Hill
Hill
City of
Illinois
Moss
Roznowski
Cecil Daily
Pinckneyville Power Progress Show Opens At Fairgrounds
The nine annual American Thresherman Power Progress Show starts today at the Perry County Fairgrounds Pinckneyville. It runs four days through Sunday with steam engines on display and daily demonstrations of threshing plowing shingle making and wood processing. Activities include antique car shows sky diving performances and nightly steam calliope concerts plus tractor pulling contests and a special tribute to Illinois Sesquicentennial. Admission is $1.25 with free parking and grandstand seating.
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Perry County Fairgrounds
Pinckneyville
America
Illinois
Gila
Robert J. Manhard
Highland
Parole Revoked for Quinn Kent in Fatal I 57 Crash Case
Quinn Kent 34 of Buckner had his parole revoked and will be returned to Statesville Penitentiary Joliet for at least a year after being arrested during the search for the driver of a car that struck and killed Robert Creek 19 near Johnston City on I 57. Kent had served about one year of a 5 15 year manslaughter sentence for a fatal shooting of a 13 year old boy and faces further charges for leaving the scene. Funeral arrangements are pending for Mrs Martha Dryden Nett of Hurst who died at Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale.
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Quinn Kent
Buckner
Williamson County
Kenneth Hubler
Tony
Kent
Robert David Creek
Rt. 1
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Hubler
Statesville
Joliet
Cook County
Martha Dryden Nett of
Hurst
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Walker Funeral Home
Bank examiners scam thwarted by Carbondale seniors
Carbondale residents repelled a bank examiners scam when callers urged withdrawals to check accounts. Carbondale National Bank official Bill Etherton urged verification with bank staff before any withdrawal and timely police contact if trust is lacking. Earlier this year an elderly couple lost money to a similar con. Police said no new complaints yet but would notify Etherton.
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Carbondale
Carbondale National Bank
Bill Etherton
Etherton
First National Bank
Guyana official to finish studies in U S forest program
Carlton F. Collins, a Guyana forestry official, will complete three weeks of study in forest products industries and research in southern Missouri Indiana and Illinois under a U S Forest Service program at Southern Illinois University. He works with George Niskala a regional Forest Service specialist. Collins participates in a four month United Nations FAO fellowship to gain techniques for wood use applicable to Guyana.
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Carlton F. Collins
Guyana
South America
British Guiana
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
U.S. Forest Service Agency
Southern Illinois University
Collins
George Niskala
Forest Service
SIU
Collis
U.S
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Ragsdale named Briggs quits housing board
A Jackson County Housing Authority veteran, Dr. Harold E. Briggs, resigned effective Sept 1 to move from Carbondale. Roy Gilbert announced Joe Ragsdale of Carbondale will fill the vacancy, with John Thomas replacing Ragsdale for now. Holdover members are Walter King Fred Will and Campbell Tyner.
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Jackson County Board of Supervisor
Roy Gilbert
Harold E. Briggs
Southern Illinois University
Housing Authority
Carbondale
Briggs
Gilbert
Dr. Briggs
Joe Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Board of Supervisors
John Thomas
Murphysboro
Elkville
Walter King
Fred Will
Campbell Tyner
Chicago
Public Housing Ac
Journalism head invited to join National Newspaper Week committee
Howard R. Long, chairman of the journalism department at Southern Illinois University, is invited to participate on the committee organizing National Newspaper Week in October. The event is sponsored by the American Newspaper Publishers Association, Inland Daily Press, and state press groups nationwide. Robert M. Shaw of the Minnesota Press Association extended the invitation. MINE REPORT All mines reported working Friday.
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Howard R. Long
Southern Illinois University
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Inland Daily Press
Long
Robert M. Shaw
Minnesota Press Association
Jackson County approves new liquor control ordinance
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance consolidating liquor control in county licensed areas. It creates four license classes with set fees, caps Class D licenses, defines hours, and tightens underage drinking rules with fines up to 500 dollars. The measure includes pro rated Class A fees, township license limits, and rules for Jacob Day festival permits.
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Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Community Association
Civic
Jacob Community Association
Jacob Day Association
Jacob Wurst Mart
Murphysboro
George Borsmilller
Borgsmiller
de Soto
Sand Ridge
Fountain Bluff
Somerset
Kinkaid
Bradley
Grand Tower
Degognia
Jacob Day festival liquor permit under state review
Jackson County State’s Attorney Richard Richman says a courtesy permit from the governor’s office allows a Jacob Day beer stand for years. The case follows underage drinking charges and a county move to formalize a part time Class D license for special events. Nine youths faced charges linked to the festival. four more await hearings next Tuesday in Murphysboro Circuit Court.
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Jackson County
Richard Richman
Illinois Liquor Commission
Richman
State Commission
Jacob Day
Roy Gilbert
County Board of Supervisors
Jacob
Murphysboro
Circuit Court
Armed intruder interrupts Marion girls party
Six Marion teens faced a frightening night as an armed intruder lurked in a closet during a slumber party at Wayland Sims home. Marcia Ledbetter fractured an ankle during the panic. Police questioned a local ex-inmate but cleared him of involvement.
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Marion
Marcia Ledbetter
Vicki Holmes
Wayland Sims
E. Thorn St
Miss Ledbetter
Frances Mayer
Judy Lang
Nancy Rue
Pat Parker
Sims
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Vernon Kupel
Dief
Jackson Board
Industrial Board
Mendzie Kimmerling
Foreground
New Harmony
Ind
Rudy Lilienkamp
Hoyleton
H. B. Young
Cape Girardeau
Martha Nett
Housing Board
Jackson County Housing Authority
War
Richman Checking
Jacob Picnic
Governor's Office
Miss Holmes
Miss Rue
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