Architect on the job Lewis Park Meadows review
The Lewis Park Meadows Planned Development is evolving after the Aug. 7 Carbondale Plan Commission meeting as an architect joins to steer original plans toward cohesion. Commission members previously disapproved of proposed commercial elements, citing lack of unity and an excessive trade level for the area. A recent meeting yielded no binding decisions, but all parties continue working from the original plan, including a brochure approved in June 1966 showing residential sites and neighborhood businesses. The developers must secure commission approval for any significant deviations as these are viewed as special exceptions. A proposed theater in the Lewis Park area is considered acceptable if it fits the neighborhood plan. Final approval was granted for Wedgerood Terrace West subdivision off West Freeman Street. Three women injured in a car-train crash near Gorham remained in or near hospital care with conditions unchanged. Richard Lawson of SIU attended an institute in New York on Negro literature funded by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
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Commission Amembers
Commission
Fed Commission
Glen Zilmer
Susan Casey
Lewis Park
Casey
Zilmer
Faegee
Bishiesses
Carbondale
Sycamore
Spring Juv
Webb
Nave
Carbondale Park District
Anna Fair cancels auto show due to breakdown
About 5000 fairgoers in Anna expected an auto show canceled after equipment failed near Cleveland. Johnny King and Thrill Show were moved to Friday night with a rearranged schedule including a country and western act from Chicago replacing the Danielanto act. The queen’s contest time was adjusted to 7 p.m. and the Johnny King Jr Auto Thrill Show set for 8:45 p.m. Friday.
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Anna
Anna Feir
Daniel
Don Daniel Aylo
Com- the Tank
Cleveland
Ohio
Barbara Dale
Pappy
Neshville
Ith Ritter
Boll Wea
Johnny King
Aute Thrill
Sham Af Civinertn
Wriday
Chicago
Daniel Anto
Benton to build new $500,000 mine rescue station
Bids expected within a month for a new state mine rescue station in Benton replacing the current Main St. site. The one story brick structure will cover about 19,000 square feet with precast concrete canopy panels. It will house the Department of Mines and Minerals laboratory and replace the 1911 Benton station merged with Herrin in 1954.
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Benton
Main St
Ilinois Building Authority
Department of Mines and Minerals Analytical Laboratory
West Frankfort
Herrin
Freeman Spur Marine wounded in Vietnam
A 20 year old Freeman Spur Marine, PFC Stutz, was injured in Vietnam while sweeping a road in Quang Nam Province. He lost his left foot and suffered shrapnel wounds to both arms and legs. He is in good condition at Da Nang hospital and will be transferred to a U S hospital within a week. He attended Herrin High School and worked as a cook before joining the Marines in November.
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Freeman Spur Marine
Vietnam
Pie
Williams Stutz
Lawrence Stutz
Stutz
Quang Nam
Benton Marine
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Herrin High School
Herrin
Hambletonian Sunday Opens Du Quoin 1968 Fair
The 1968 Du Quoin State Fair begins Saturday with Hambletonian Sunday now moved to the weekend. Attendance is hoped to break records as 20 000 plus fans arrive for the big trot and other events. Australia’s racing group led by Bruce Skeggs will cover the race for broadcast back home.
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du Quoin
Tincis
Castelton Farm
Gentle Ben
Inspector Hedley
Buck Owens
Red Foley
Lynn Anderson
Sonny James
Tex Ritter
Hank Snow
Roy Clark
Phil Harris
Robbie Gentry
Kids Next Door
Don Rice
Lou Breese
Lawrence Welk
Housing trip set Wednesday in Carbondale plan
Mayor Keene says 80 public housing units planned for the Northeast Urban Renewal Area will be outlined at 10 am Wednesday in Chicago. City and county officials, Jackson County Housing Authority, and the Community Conservation Board will meet with a HUD representative amid earlier suspensions of an additional 70 scattered units. Police briefs note reckless driving in West Frankfort, speeding in Herrin, and a speeding citation in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Caicaga
David Keene
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Keene
Jackson County Housing Authority
Community Conservation Board
Chicago
Municipal election law puzzles area officials
Illinois Municipal League officials and city leaders in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro Du Quoin and Marion wrestle with a revised state election law on voter registration Cities under 500 population must register to vote but the method can be county clerk designation or city controlled lists Herrin has adopted a city registration ordinance while other towns seek guidance from the league A referendum to create an elected board of election commissioners is seen as ideal but uncertain in current law Murphysboro Carbondale and other cities plan actions to align with the new rules ahead of 1971 1972 elections and primaries
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Ilinois Municipal League
League
Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Marion
A. I. Sargent
Municipal League
Springfield
Choos
Board of Election Commissioners
Smith-Hurd
Lingis Annotated
Statutas
Waa
Board of Election
Sargent
Jone
Stabtrrees Cremdin
Aieulluus
Gargeml Baun
Herrin City
Atty
Snyder Hettin
Errin
Hergin
Pier Am Ne Mentmat Wal Det
Msie Ause Eye
Fair awards 5000 four year Hambletonian scholarship
The Du Quoin State Fair announces a 5000 pay four year veterinary medicine scholarship. James A. Milligan of Salem Ohio will start his junior year at Purdue University this September chosen by the Hambletonian owners. Purdue designated by the owners K D Owen, C T F Gaines and John Gaines. Police in Murphysboro fined four minors for underage liquor charges, with Pyron fined 50 dollars and others 25 dollars plus costs.
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William R. Hayes
du Quoin
Purdue University
K. D. Owen
C. TF
John Gaines
Speedy Streak
Murphysboro
Eugene L. Pyron
Charles Naegele
Philip O
Judy
Frederick Lawson
Park Forest
Carbondale Council Sets Dog Hearing on Control Ordinance
Carbondale City Council schedules a public hearing for Tuesday on a proposed dog control ordinance. The plan requires city dog licensing and owner control, following recommendations by the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Dog Control. The committee chair indicated a preference to skip the hearing.
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Carbondale
Carbondale men posted bonds on court charges
Two Carbondale men Rolla Coulter 34 and Gary McVey 21 were released on $1000 bonds in Murphysboro circuit court after a Plaza Lounge fight. Coulter faces dis orderly conduct and resisting a police officer charges while McVey is charged with obstructing a peace officer. A Sept. 10 hearing was set.
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Carbondale
Murphyshoro
Rolla Coulter
Gary WcVey
Coulter
McVey
Plaza
Cardrondale
Metropolis Girl Crowned Queen at Cooperative Convention
Pamela Sue Williamson, 17, of Metropolis, was chosen queen of the Association of Iineis Electric Cooperatives at the annual convention. Sherry Chastain of Springfield was first runner up and Nancy Herter of Golden Eagle second. In Carbondale, Charles Morris, 16, fined $20 for speeding. Freeman Spur arrest Sylvester L. Evans, 18, $15 for speeding. Marion sees Carol Thompson, 1, $15 for speeding. Benton records Margaret A. McCletten, 18, $15 for speeding. Carterville notes James M. Henson, 28, $25 for no valid license.
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Springfield
Pamela Sue Williamson
Metropolis
Association of Iineis Electric Cooperatives
Sherry Chastain
Nancy Herter
Golden Eagle
Carbondale
Charles Morris
Freeman Spur
Sylvester L. Evans
Marion
Carol $. Thompson
Benton
Margaret A. McCletten
Carterville
James M. Henson
Benton man killed in head-on collision
A Benton man Ralph Spears aged 28 was killed in a head-on collision with a lumber truck about 8 am one mile north of West Frankfort on Route 7. Spears died at Union Hospital West Frankfort from multiple injuries. the truck driver John K Joplin 22 Benton was uninjured. An inquest is pending.
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Benton
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Ralph Spears
Smith St
Union Hospital
Dorris
Spears
John K. Joplin
S. McLeansboro
St. Benton
Robert Tee
Frankfort
Audit shows funds source for Merion Unit Two schools
An audit of Merion Unit Two District shows total educational fund revenue of 2,977,631 with local taxes at 563,370 and federal state aid at 1,271,660. Expenditures reached 2,862,037, producing a 115,594 excess. local taxes funded building, transportation, retirement, and bond interests, while long-term liabilities total 2,198,950 with 1,743,000 in bonds payable.
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Merion Unit
Board of Education
Gray, Hunter, Stern and Co
Marion
Transportation Fund
Wilneis
Three accidents injure four in Illinois crashes
Four people were injured in three separate incidents on Route 51 and Route 46 in Illinois. Larry Casico 19 Berwyn and Richard Ellison 21 Berwyn were treated for major injuries at SIU Health Center after their car left Route 51 north of Carbondale at 6:30 p.m. John Husted 25 Centralia suffered major head injuries and was treated at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin after his car hit poles and went off Route 51 near Tamara at 3:35 p.m. A second crash on Route 46 west of Ashley involved Alex Rybacki 64 Du Bois and Hurley Payne 36 Mt. Vernon. Rybacki had minor injuries, Payne was listed in uncertain condition.
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Chicago
John Husted
Centralia
Marshall Browning Hospital
Ln du Quoin
Rt. 51
Tamera
Husted
Alex Rybacki
du Bois
Hurley L. S Payne
Mt. Vernon
Ashley
Polite
Rybacki
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Lewis Park Meadows Project
Lewis Park Meadows
Carbondale Plan Commission
Alicia Schneider
John Quinn
Quinn
Alan Randall
Wedgerood Terrace West
West Freeman Street
Jacob
Gorham
Herb Rathjen
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Richard Lawson
Southern Illinois University
New York
National Foundation
Freeman
Budapest
Hungary
Southern Illinois
Siu Dome
Frank Samuel
Fair
Bobby Gentry
Jay Might
Orson
James Riddle
Jacqueline Reichert
Vern W. Tate
Ony Vk wuMany Ylovur
Pyle
William Wolff
Murephysboro
Carbondale Council
Metropolis Girl
Makanda
Robert E. Brewer
Alberta D. Hicks
Charles Davis
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