Morris Backs International Education Act
Southern Illinois University President Delyte W. Morris urged passage of the International Education Act before the Senate Education Subcommittee. He noted grants and amendments to the National Defense Education Act would advance international understanding and world peace, citing SIU programs, foreign student scholarships, AID teams, Peace Corps training, and campus seminars. He also discussed a Rome castle visit linked to Crosby’s plan for an international education center.
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Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
Senate
Morris
William Tudor
U. S
SIU
Italy
Rome
Caresse Crosby
Du Quoin Officials Plan Washington Grant Meeting
Five Du Quoin residents will travel to Washington D C to meet EDA representatives and Rep Kenneth J Gray to review progress on a water and sewer project grant. Mayor Dray Struck said the group will discuss a pending federal grant and the council approved shifting several streets to parallel parking and adding spaces near Keys Park with traffic safety checks planned on South Washington Street.
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du Quoin
Washington, D.C
The
Economic Development Administration
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Struck
South Oak Street
Main and Poplar
North Division Street
Main
Park Streets
South Division Street
Keys Park
South Washington Street
Meters Replaced as Thieves Target Delhi Meters
In New Delhi thieves stole an average of five meters daily prompting officials to store meters inside homes. The piece notes meters fetch metal and that porcelain is often called chinaware because it originated from China.
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New Delhi
China
Brigadoon thrills SIU Summer Production in Shryock
SIU Summer Music Theater opened Brigadoon in Shryock Auditorium with standout dance numbers by Michael Tevlin Sondra Sugar and James Fox. Robert Guy and William McHughes head the American leads with Fiona MacLaren sung by Susie Webb. Production gains praise for Polished cast and direction with Tevlin an accomplished dancer and Sugar a noted ballet major. Tickets priced 1 and 1.50 available at the University Center.
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Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
Michael Tevlin
Sondra Sugar
James Fox
Linda Sublett
Jeannie
Gilbert Reed
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Robert Guy
Tommy Allbright
William McHughes
Jeff Douglas
Guy
Susie Webb
Fiona MacLaren
McHughes
Douglas
Bill Wailis
Charlie Dalrymple
Bonnie Jean
Elizabeth Weiss
Mr. Lundie
Alfred Erickson
Archie Beaton
SIU
University Center
City to Send Tax Notices in Carbondale
Carbondale residents with delinquent wheel taxes will receive notices from the police department this week. The city clerk’s office has sold 2,653 of the $3.50 city stickers for autos, 33 for motorcycles, and 332 for trucks. The city will escalate to a court summons if taxes remain unpaid, with costs. Payment is at the clerk’s office on the first floor of City Hall.
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Carbondale
Carbondale City Hall
Beulah Morse Creal 82 Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Beulah Morse Creal age 82 of Creal Springs who died Friday in Marion Memorial Hospital will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Glendale Methodist Church. The Rev. Paul Moss will officiate with burial in Glendale Cemetery. Friends may call Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion. She was born October 23 1883 in Eddyville to Andrew and Nancy Saylors Jaco. She was widowed from Alonzo Morse and later married Paul Creal. Survived by daughters Ruby Harlow Jewel Cobb Pearl Dobberstein Opal Dickey and sons Sam Dewey and William Morse along with 28 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
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Beulah Morse Creal
Creal Springs
Marion Memorial Hospital
Glendale Methodist Church
Paul Moss
Glendale Cemetery
Mitchell Funeral Home
Marion
Creal
Eddyville
Andrew
Nancy Saylors Jaco
Alonzo Morse
Paul Creal
Ruby Harlow
Kirkwood
Jewel Cobb
Crea
Springs
Pearl Dobberstein
el Monte
Calif
Opal Dickey
Decatur
Sam Morse
Sparta
Dewey Morse
Moscow Mills
William Morse
Glendora
Police Brief: Austin Fined for Speeding in Murphysboro
In Murphysboro police records James R. Austin was fined $15 after a speeding violation. The brief notes Austin received the penalty from local authorities and the case closes with payment.
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Murphysboro
James R. Austin
Former Carbondale Woman Dies in Florida
A former Carbondale resident, Lillian Jenetta Hays, 52, of South Miami Florida, died of a heart attack Friday in Doctors' Hospital Coral Gables. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale, with burial at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. She was born August 11, 1914 in Carbondale, married to George R. Hays September 24, 1939, and leaves her husband, her Carbondale mother, a son James Robert Hays of South Miami, two brothers Edgar Barnes Dickey Carmi and James M. Dickey St Louis, and a sister Mrs. Sarah Rotrammel Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Lillian Jenetta Hays
South Miami
Fla
Doctors’ Hospital
Coral Gables
Huffman Funeral
Charles E. F. Howe
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Hays
D. B
Lillian Barnes Dickey
George R. Hays
James Robert Hays
Edgar Barnes Dickey
Carmi
James M. Dickey
St. Louis
Sarah Rotrammel
Dominick to Speak at Carbondale Dinner
U S Senator Peter Dominick of Colorado will be the speaker at the Pre Hambletonian Dinner in Carbondale on August 30. The 10 per plate event begins at 6 30 p m at the Southern Illinois University Center and will be attended by Republican state and district candidates.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Illnoison
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
U. S
Peter Dominick
Rcolo
21St Congressional District Republican Committee
Southern Illinois University Center
Joe Hale
Shawneetown
Carbondale Fines Susan Lipham for Improper Passing
Susan M. Lipham of Carbondale was fined $15 after a traffic stop for improper passing. The citation notes the offense occurred on a local roadway and reflects a minor infraction under city ordinances.
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Carbondale
Susan M. Lipham
Multiple Vehicle Crashes Leave Several Injured Across County
Several crashes Friday and Saturday in Jackson County left three truck drivers and multiple others with minor injuries. In one 2:10 a.m. collision on Rt. 3 two miles south of Grand Tower Road, Clyde Coleman and Warren Adler, along with relief driver Johnny Keen, were treated at St. Francis Hospital. Separate incidents near Percy, Crab Orchard, Ashley, and Carbondale involved pickups, cars, and a tractor, with drivers including Harold Guebert, Donald Schoenberger, Loretta Huff, Richard Qualls, Louis Winiger, August Erp lin, Nelson Kiefer, and James Cooper. No major injuries reported beyond minor conditions.
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Rt. 3
Grand Tower Road
Jackson County
Clyde Coleman
Markham
Warren Adler
Orlando
Fila
Johnny Keen
Fla
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Harold Guebert
Percy
Donald Schoenperg
Willisville
Loretta Huff
Marion
State Division of Highways
Crab Orchard
Orville South
Creal Springs
Richard H. Qualls
Ashley
Louis A. Winiger
Evansville
Ind
Winiger
Sharon
August L. Erplin
Pinckneyville
Nelson R. Kiefer
Cutler
Edn
Kiefer
Erplin
James A. Cooper
Carbondale
New Rt. 13
Southern Illinois Airport
Carbore
Dog Owners Fined for Rabies Vaccination Violation
Two Jackson County residents, Jack Valiant of Carbondale and Ben Krelo of Elkville, were fined 25 dollars each in Circuit Court for violating the state rabies vaccination law. They were ticketed by rabies control officer Henry Fulford. State law requires yearly rabies vaccination for all dogs.
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Jackson County
Jack Valiant
N. Connor St
Carbondale
Ben Krelo
Rt. 1
Elkville
Henry Fulford
Police Briefs From Carbondale And Cambria
Carbondale fines issued to Herbert Allen Stark for driving without a valid license and to Steven L. Fairfield for speeding. Cambria lists Charles M. Green Jr. with a pending or unspecified offense.
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Carbondale
Herbert Allen Stark
Steven L. Fairfield
Cambria
Charles M. Green Jr
Wreck Destroys Space Suit Truck Near Chester
A Federal vehicle carrying NASA space suits overturned on Route 3 near Chester. Driver John Parks 49 of Marianna Florida was treated and listed in good condition. The Marshall Space Flight Center vehicle, carrying space suits, was impounded for transfer to federal authorities.
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Space Project
Chester
John Parks
Marianna
Fla
Memorial Hospital
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Parks
Rt. 3
Chester Park
Chester Pool
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