SIU Plans Off Campus Student Housing Inspections
SIU housing officials will conduct inspections of unsupervised off campus student housing to ensure compliance with sanitary and fire standards. Anita Kuo estimates about 1,000 students may violate rules. 10 student workers will join staff to complete surveys within a week, with landlords asked to assist. The aim is to deter evasion and reduce future checks.
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Southern Illinois University
Anita Kuo
SIU
Kuo
Poverty Agencies Receive Awards
Harry Deck, director of Williamson County War on Poverty, accepted an award for the agency's summer Neighborhood Youth Corps program. The Illinois Farmers Union cited the program's excellence, noting 86 youths employed in Williamson County and plans to honor other Southern Illinois agencies including Jackson County Coordinating Agency, Franklin County agency, and Western Egyptian agency.
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Harry Deck
Williamson County War On Poverty
Illinois Farmers Union
Deck
Williamson County
Illinois
Farmers Union
Jackson County
Rev. Loyd Sumner
Franklin County
Herbert Upchurch
Western Egyptian Agency
M.A. Ivanuck
Police Brief from Herrin On Ed Ferguson Charge
Herrin police report Ed Ferguson facing a $15 fine for toxication.
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Herrin
Ed Ferguson
Dorm space shortage alarms Carbondale housing market
Carbondale fears half of the 20 largest off campus dormitories may fail to fill, risking mortgage payments and lower property tax bases. SIU enrollment projections and housing rules by the university and the Householders Association intensify the stakes for city finances and local school funding.
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Ron O’connor
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Householders’ Association
Owen Hunsinger
Association
Hunsinger
James Johnston
University City
Tory
Johnston
Thomas Easterly
Householders Association
Anita Kuo
Kuo
University
Rural Road Wreck Kills Percy Man
A Percy man Arkell Biermann, 28, died Thursday afternoon when his car overturned after swerving to avoid a Southwestern Coal Corporation truck on a rural Perry Randolph County line road near Percy. Passenger William Henson, 31, escaped with minor injuries. no collision occurred. Police logged the time at 3 05 p m two miles north of Route 150.
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Percy
Arkell Biermann
William Henson
Sparta Community Hospital
Rt. 150
Perry Randolph County Line
Southwestern Coal Corporation
Streamline
Poice
Biermann
Gerberding
Steeleville
Rossclare
Rt. 13-166
Marion
Mildred Howard
Rosiclare
Glen Marks
Creal Springs
Gina Howard
Marion Memorial Hospital
Howard
Anna Fair Attracts Thousands With Opry Stars
The Anna Fair draws large crowds with Grand Ole Opry stars from Nashville performing before a grandstand audience. About 6,000 people attend the fairgrounds as harness racing runs at 4 p.m. Contestants number 15 will crown Miss Anna Fair of 1966 tonight.
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Grand Ole Opry _ stars
Nashville
Tenn
Woman Burns Mattress and Floods Jail Cell in Williamson County
Iva Nell Jones 42 Carterville faced additional charges after setting fires to her bed and flooding her Williamson County jail cell Thursday night. Sheriff Miller said she used matches and that a bad check charge covering a $30 bond also awaits filing. She was arrested Wednesday and twice detained on related disturbances.
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Iva Nell Jones
Carterville
Williamson County
Carl Miller
Miller
Marion
Ideal Tavern
Shortage Of Private Dorms Could Hit Carbondale And Nation
The loss of contracts for privately financed off-campus dormitories in Carbondale could trigger local and national repercussions for years. SIU, an early adopter of private student housing, faces a period with few new dorms, while existing facilities may stay open despite mortgage pressures.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
James Johnston
Johnston
University City
Russell Oakes
Plains Leasing Co
James Cherry
South Wall Street
College Square
Wall Street
Carterville and Crainville Face Zoning and Merger Talks
Carterville planners discuss zoning near Rt 13 and a possible city merger with Crainville. Crainville residents resist union citing debt concerns while officials argue a merger could improve services. The plan commission will review criticisms at the September 26 meeting after presenting the June mimeographed proposal.
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Mission
City Plan Commission
Crainville
Carterville
Franklyn Moreno
Greater Egypt
Gentry
Moreno
Commission
Miss Sehnert Seeks Crown At Murphysboro Festival
Brenda Sehnert, 19, of Carbondale enters the Murphysboro Apple Festival Queen contest as the twelfth contestant. Deadline to enter is Saturday. She is sponsored by Fashion Fabrics of Carbondale. The queen will be crowned on Sept 17 after three festival days finishing Sept 15 through 17.
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Brenda Sehnert
Murphysboro
Miss Sehnert
Frank Sehnert
Rt. 4
Carbondale
Fashion Fabrics of
No Quorum Postpones Alto Pass District Meeting
Alto Pass High School District 202 postponed its meeting to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the high school after no quorum was present for Thursday's session. Superintendent John N. Highland confirmed the lack of a quorum.
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Alto Pass High School
John N. Highland
Grand Ole Opry Plans at Du Quoin Fair Opens Saturday
The 44th Du Quoin State Fair opens Saturday with free gate and parking for 10 days. Gates open at daybreak. exhibits and Olson Show midway open all day and night. The main street becomes a pedestrian mall with a 514 by 45 foot Swiss Lift ride. Livestock entries total 2395 across cattle sheep swine and horses with a free public livestock area. Evening events include Teen A Go Go 6 pm and Grand Ole Opry shows 7 30 pm featuring Hank Williams Jr Roy Clark Ferlin Husky and more.
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Jades of
Herrin
Hank Williams Jr
Roy Clark
Ferlin Husky
Flatt and Scruggs
Grandpa Jones
Loretta Lynn
Warner Mack
Pete Drake
Carl Smith
The
Stoney Mountain Cloggers
Regional Landfill Proposed by Carterville Mayor
Carterville Mayor Frank Samuel Jr urged a study to form a regional sanitary landfill at a Plan Commission meeting. He warned small towns cannot operate separate landfills and suggested using idle land or old strip mines for waste. Open dumps have been illegal since April under State Health Department rules.
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Carterville
Frank Samuel Jr
Samuel
Plan Commission
State Health Department
Franklin - Williamson
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily except Sundays and holidays published by 710 North Illinois Corporation with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press the Herrin Dairy Journal and the Murphysboro Independent. AP is exclusively allowed to republish local news and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dairy Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Thief Steals 40 to 50 Chickens From Van Vorst Farm
Forty to fifty young frying chickens were taken from Charles Van Vorst’s farm three-fourths of a mile northwest of Stiritz. The loss is about $70 as the Van Vorsts heard cackling at 3 a.m. and found half the flock missing this morning. Williamson County sheriff investigates.
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Charles van Vorst
Stiritz
Van
Du Quoin Fair Features SIU Coed Go Go Dancer
SIU junior Diane Mueller 20 from Prospect appears as a go go dancer at the Du Quoin State Fair Teen A Go Go through Labor Day. Her knee injury paused gymnastics ambitions, and dancing now helps pay college costs while she eyes independence from parental support.
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Southern Illinois University
Dee
Murphysboro park district hires Riverside caretaker
The Murphysboro Park District selects Bill Frazier as the new Riverside Park caretaker at 39 years old with a 3000 dollar yearly salary. He replaces retiring George Baker who served ten years. The board plans to hand football and baseball facilities to Unit School District 186 for a baseball exhibition on August 29.
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Murphysboro Park
Riverside Park
Bill Frazier
Murphysboro
Frazier
George Baker
Riverside
Unit
Park Board
Charles Davis Funeral Saturday in Anna
Funeral services for Charles F. Davis 83 will be at 2 p m Saturday at Crain Norris Funeral Home Anna with Rev Herman McGill officiating. Burial in Anna Cemetery. He was born March 5 1883 in Dongola son of Alison and Elizabeth Henry Davis. He leaves sons Nolan Claude Donald all of Anna Rooney of St Louis Mo Quentin of Jonesboro sisters Aliie Ferguson Spring Valley Calif Myrtle Bolen Villa Ridge Clara Porter Los Angeles Calif a brother Elmer Davis 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Charles F. Davis
Anna
Crain-Norris Funeral
Herman McGill
Anna Cemetery
Mr. Davis
Dongola
Alison
Elizabeth Henry Davis
Big Creek
Quentin
Jonesboro
Aliie Ferguson
Spring Valley
Calif
Myrtle Bolen
Villa Ridge
Clara Porter
Los Angeles
Elmer Davis
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Gasser
Anna Fair
Ces
Carterville Planners
City Zone Commission
Rt. 13
Don Gentry
Greater Egypt Regional Planning
16Th & Walnut Murphysbore
Diane Mueller
Go-Go
Grand Ole Opry
du Quoin
Eydie Gorme
Steve Lawrence
Perry Como
Siu Coed
Charles Davis
Great Plains Gas
Bob Casleton
Glenn
Great Plains
Crain’s Furniture
Glenn's AppLiaNces
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