Marion City Cuts Tax Levy for Third Straight Year
Marion City Council reduced the total tax levy to 268 050 for 1967, the third consecutive cut from 295 597 in 1965 and 285 807 in 1966, aided by higher sales tax receipts. Despite salary hikes for city workers, the council shaved the general corporate salaries by funding seven police positions from 30 840 to 19 935 via sales tax. Other levies saw adjustments for hospital bonds, library, garbage, playgrounds, retirement funds, and civil defense, with the council calling the move holding the line and noting a slightly lower rate next year due to higher valuation.
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Marion
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Police
Psychologist hired for Perry County schools
Perry County School District 300 hires Linda Hester of Pinckneyville as Perry County School Psychologist for 1968-1969. Salary 11 000 plus 75 monthly expenses. state funds 5 000, remainder from Perry County districts. Unit 300 sponsors hiring. county superintendent cannot hire for entire county. Board also awards fuel contract to DX Service with identical oil bids from Willi Oil and Texaco. Substitute pay set for teachers. treasurer Howard Lee appointed with 75 000 bond. Board adjourns to August 29 at John B Ward School Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Hester
Pinckneyville
Community Unit School District 300
Perry County
Hester
du Quoin
Ray C. Todd
Todd
Willi Oil Distributors
Texaco
Howard Lee
Lee
du Quoin Township
John B. Ward School
Job Corps chief injured in highway rollover crash
Woodrow Austin 50 director of Crab Orchard Job Corps camp was treated and released at Herrin Hospital after a northbound crash on Interstate 57 near Dongola. Police say he fell asleep and was cited for driving too fast for conditions. His 15 year old daughter Cheryl also treated and released. A truck driver gave them a ride to Marion and a staff member drove them to the hospital. Austin was returning from Mississippi after attending his grandfather's funeral. Carbondale police are investigating two vandalism incidents nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Austin
Crab Orchard
Herrin Hospital
Austin
Dongola
Cheryl
Marion
Job Corps
Vicksburg
Miss
Carbondale
Joe Reed
Edith
S. Illinois Ave
Jerry Haynes
Flora
E. Jackson St
Counties seek input on Egypt planning commission value
Williamson County Commissioners request information from communities about the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission to decide on overdue dues. Action paused during board review, with Dec. 1 deadline looming. County owes 10,488 over two years and names Christine Mercer K Neil Thurmond Julius Steinmarch as representatives through Dec. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Greater Egypt
Askew
Williamson
Christine Mercer
Carterville
K. Neil Thurmond
Johnston City
Julius Steinmarch
Herrin
Pflant
Hale
Lee Booth
Pflanz
Williamson County
Booth and
Barney Boren
Infant home from hospital after Carbondale beating
Timothy Glasford, 3, released from Doctor's Memorial Hospital after Sunday attack at Lincoln School playground Carbondale. A nine year old youth charged with beating appeared in Circuit Court Murphysboro. hearing set for Aug 30. Cobden Musgrave 20 faces $15 safety test. Carbondale Muir 28 fined $20 for speeding. Alto Pass Morffield 20 fined $15 for speeding.
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Timothy Glasford
Lincoln School
Carbondale
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Cobden
William L. Musgrave
Ronald D. Muir
Alto Pass
William E. Morefield
Sunflower specimen linked to Kansas delegates at convention
A distinctive sunflower found along Route 3 west of Murphysboro Illinois was used by TV viewers to identify Kansas delegates at the Republican National Convention. The bloom sparked chatter about regional sunflowers and political displays.
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Kansas
Rt. 3
Murphysboro
Williamson County Courthouse Tops Proposed Improvements
Williamson County officials and Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission met in Marion to discuss capital improvements. Dixie Pflant defined capital improvements as permanent non maintenance projects, citing the courthouse construction and equipment purchases as examples while noting road repairs do not qualify.
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Williamson County
County
Greater Egypt
Hit and run charge dismissed in Marion court
Quinn Kent, 34, of Buckner, had a misdemeanor leaving the scene charge dropped after a parole revocation related to a Joliet penitentiary sentence for manslaughter. The case followed the Aug 3 death of Robert Creek, 19, near Johnston City on Interstate 57, where the driver fled. Kent’s manslaughter sentence stemmed from a Cook County shooting of a 13-year-old boy in 1962-63.
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Quinn Kent
Buckner
Stewart Cluster
Marion
Kent
Statesville
Joliet
Williamson County
Robert David Creek
West Frankfort
Creek
Johnston City
Cook County
Herrin Mayor Henderson Pleads Innocent on Weapons Charges
Henderson pleaded innocent in Marion circuit court to unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated assault and requested a jury trial. Judge Clayton continued the case for jury setting and kept a $1,000 bond. motions deadline extended. The charges stem from Aug 1 gunplay that injuried George Saliba during a city hall incident after a council meeting.
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Herrin
Free Henderson
Marion
Henderson
John H. Clayton
Tom Shoemake
George Saliba
Saliba
Shoemake
Marion council approves liquor license fee revision
The Marion City Council approved an amendment to the liquor control ordinance to allow a half year license fee for a new tavern operator. Mayor Butler announced moves by current licensees including Lecil Ray moving Lecil's to North Court, Bill Davis opening Tea-Hekia Tavern, and Tony Castellano relocating Tony's Lounge. Parrish plans to apply for the vacant Planter license for a Hotel State lounge around Oct 1. The council set a $500 fee for licenses with under six months left, and John Lannin plans transfer of Thurmond license to Motel Marion. The meeting also touched on board term confusion, manhole removal hazards, a bridge project delay, and a five year lease to Eaton Trucking for a city lot.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Lecil Ray
Lecil
Davis
Lewil
Butler
Quentin Parrish
Gray Plaza
Hotel State Building
Parrish
John Lannin
Wally Thurmond
Ray Hancock
Robert Hudgens
Hudgens
E.E. Jeter
Robert Connell
Boyton Street
Electric Code Enforcement Board
James Johnson
Henry Sullins
Lonnie Dungey
Eaton Trucking and Excavating Co
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
City hall plans imperiled by Red Men lease dispute
Herrin Public Building Commission faces a hurdle in building a new city hall as the Red Men Lodge seeks 30000 to cancel its 1914 lease and vacate the third floor. The group wants the old Bandyville school site plus payment, while officials push for a cheaper resolution or possible site move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Red Men
Building Commission
Lodge
Commission
Bandyville
Knorr
Denzil Walker
McVey
City Hall
Clyde Brewster
Wilson
Don Smith
Walker
Red Men Into the New City Hall
Shawnee library Board approves Karnak center
Shawnee Library System Board approves opening a community reading center in Karnak sponsored by the Methodist Church and local churches. The center offers about 400 rotating books with no cost to the community. Construction of a new headquarters west of Carterville is 44 percent complete under a $263,000 contract.
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Shawnee Library System Board
Karnak
Methodist Church of
Ubel
W. E. Snyder Construction Co
Herrin
Fire calls and minor incidents in Du Quoin and West Frankfort
Sunday fire calls report 113 S. Maple St Du Quoin with no damage. At 10 05 a m at Midwest Farms Dairy 401 E Olive St Du Quoin burning trash at rear. West Frankfort at 8 30 a m a television set owned by Richard Goforth at 702 E Garland St sustained about 50 damage.
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du Quoin
S. Maple St
Midwest Farms Dairy
E. Olive St
West Frankfort
E. Garland St
Richard Goforth
MacVicar apologizes to SIU black students over remarks
SIU Carbondale Chancellor Robert MacVicar issued a formal apology to black students after remarks at a Thursday luncheon. The Egyptian reported the apology followed a Friday meeting with about 10 black students and student leader Henry Gardner who urged a black studies program and cultural center in Morris Library.教師
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Sally Veilands
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Robert MacVicar
SIU
The
Egyptian
MacVicar
Henry Gardner
Gardner
Walter Robinson
University Services
Carbondale
Robinson
Morris Library
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Superior Structures Co
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Bobby Joe Hale
Marion Council
Vic Wilson
John McVey
Carl Knerr
Shawnee Library
Karnak Center
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