Southern Illinois public meetings and weekend events
Public meetings include Human Relations Commission and City Council both at 7 30 p m Tuesday at city hall. grade school board 7 30 p m Tuesday at grade school building. Benton plan commission 8 p m public hearing on rezoning. Unit District 300 adjourned meeting 8 p m Tuesday at John B Ward School Du Quoin. Mysboro planning commission 7 p m Tuesday in CIPS meeting room. SIU graduate student art exhibit August 21 27 Mitchell Gallery SIU Home Economics Building free admission. Du Quoin State Fair free gate admission 1 parking per car midway open all day. The Graduate at Anna Drive in The Graduate and War Wagon at Strand West Frankfort The Graduate at Campus Drive in Murphysboro Thoroughly Modern Millie and War Wagon at Riveria Herrin Detective Hombre at Marlow's Murphysboro Dr Zhivago 2 30 p m Sunday and 7 30 p m weekdays ends Wednesday Fox Carbondale The Graduate starts Wednesday Orpheum Marion The Graduate at Varsity Carbondale With Six You Get Eggroll at Du Quoin State Fair free gate admission Midway open 6 p m Judging Oxford sheep Berkshire swine at 6 p m 7 p m Dancing Teen A Go Go until 11 p m music by Turks of Evansville Phil Harris Show 8 p m pinochle and bridge at Herrin Senior Citizens Center 301 N 14th St 9 a m to noon Tuesday
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Human Relations Commission
City Hall
Carbondale City Council
Benton Plan Commission
Nave Hall
Unit District 300
John B. Ward
du Quoin
Mysboro Planning Commis
CIPS
Southern Illinois University
Barbara Williams
Marci Zelmanoff
Mitchell
SIU
du Quoin State Fair
Anna Drive-in
Strand
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Riveria
Herrin
Hombre
Marion
Custer
The
West
Harry Sundown
Marlow’s
Dr. Zhivago
Fox
Carbondale
Thomas Crown
Orpheum
Varsity
Oxford Sheep
Berkshire
Turks of
Evansville
Ind
Phil Harris
Bobby Gentry
Herrin Senior Citizens Center
14Th St
Jersey
du Quoin Packing Co
Midwestern County Fair Highlights Schedule And Acts
Wednesday events include Christopher High School Board meeting at 7 30 p m and Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission session in City Hall both listed for Wednesday. Herrin Senior Citizens center hosts sewing and crafts 10 a m to 2 p m with livestock judging starting at 8 a m and 9 a m and notable Grand Circuit harness races at 1 p m. Movie night at Egyptian Drive-In features multiple films with showings through Saturday ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher High School Board
Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission
Chicago firms win Cairo bridge cleaning contract
Two Chicago firms Cosmopolitan Printing Co. Inc. and Kalamas Painting Inc. were awarded a $114,595 contract by the state Division of Highways to clean and paint the Rt. 60 and Rt. 62 bridge spanning the Mississippi River from Alexander County Illinois to Mississippi County Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mississippi River
Cairo
State Division of Highways
Cosmopolitan Printing Co., Inc
Kalamas Painting, Inc
Alexander County
Illinois
Mississippi County
Missouri
Leash Law and City Budget On Council Agenda
Public hearings will discuss a dog control ordinance billed as a leash law with a 3 and 5 dollar dog license structure and no cat license. A separate budget hearing will consider a 3.2 million city budget with proposed cuts of 21 411 dollars and methods to restore balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
C. William Norman
Mt. Vernon Crash Injures Three
Three Mt. Vernon residents were treated for minor injuries and released from Good Samaritan Hospital after a one car accident on Route 37 north of Mt. Vernon at 5 p.m. The car driven by Alex Jenkins 37 veered off the road and struck a bridge abutment. Also named were Paul Jenkins 12 and William Jenkins 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Jenkins
Paul Jenkins
William Jenkens
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Rt. 37
Jenkins
They and the day of judgment in Southern Illinois
Roger Stafford discusses the volatile use of they in public discourse. He argues the pronoun obscures accountability, fuels rumors, and reduces individuals to faceless members of a group, warning against collective judgment as cycles shift back toward responsible usage.
Jury rules death by own action in Johnston City case
A Williamson County jury ruled Garland Kenneth Burchfield died by his own action. The 30 year old Johnston City man was found dead in his living room Friday of a gunshot wound to the chest with a .22 rifle nearby. Inquest witnesses included his father Mack Burchfield brother Cletus Burchfield and neighbor Myrtle Potts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Garland Kenneth Burchfield
Burchfield
Johnston City
Mack Burchfield
Cletus Burchfield
Myrtle Potts
Benton delays longevity pay plan in city council action
The Benton City Council postponed adopting a longevity pay plan until next spring. Details are unsettled though unions pressed for the plan covering firemen and policemen. The panel approved water service for Barter Engineering Co at regular rates and granted a 1.33 acre easement to the Army Corps of Engineers for the Rend Lake project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Otto Biggs
Barter Engineering Co
Rend Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Benton
Washington Street
City Hall
Man hurt in Herrin wreck with intoxicated driver
A 19 year old Herrin man Ronald L Cornell sustained minor injuries in an early morning crash in Herrin. He was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car rear ended a parked vehicle at 209% S Park Ave. Cornell was treated at Herrin Hospital and held at the city jail while police planned further talks. Carterville brief notes Michael E Mitchell 25 cited for disobeying a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Ronald L. Cornell
W. McKinley St
Herrin Hospital
Cornell
Norma J. Kerr
S. Park Ave
Roy Cole
Cole
Herrin City
Livestock awards crown Du Quoin fair winners
At the Du Quoin State Fair livestock show Roger Roehrig of Mascoutah topped the grand champion barrow and pen of barrows in Hampshire judging. Champions across swine cattle sheep and heavy horses included Landrace and Duroc entries, many named breeders and farms, with Roehrig earning multiple top awards and Reserve titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Roehrig
Mascoutah
du Quoin
Roehrig
Hampshires
Hampshire
Barrows
Cedar Ridge Farm
Poland
China
Barrow
Jack Durbin
Brownstown
Russell Gehrig
Mascoulah
Chester White
Charles Baily
Charleston Duroc
Howard Hodges
Butler
Berkshire
W. J. Martin
Altamont
Yorkshire
Homer Jenkins
Murphysboro
Larry Jones
Winchester
All Breeds
Stanley Brothers
Ingraham
Weidner Prairie Farms
Dalton City
Keifer
Cedar Crest Farm
Oconee Ayrshire
Bill Jennings
Olney
Green Hill Farms
Waltonville
Gilbert Bigham
Pinckneyville
Break-ins Reported in Williamson County Occur Monday Night
Three break ins were reported to authorities in Williamson County on Monday night. Marion police said a soda machine was pried open at the R and L Speedwash at 909 N Court St with a small amount of change stolen. The sheriff's office reported burglaries at Ted Brown's Marathon Station at Hurst and Bert Wilson's salvage yard at Dogwalk, including a broken window at the station and three pinball machines pried open with cash removed. A pair of binoculars, a gun, and $15 to $20 in change were stolen from Wilson's trailer after a door was pried open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion
N. Court St
Sheriff’s Office
Ted Brown
Hurst
Bert Wilson
Dogwalk
Wilson
Southern Illinoisan Publisher Notes
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily newspaper serving Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with regional editions. It notes office addresses and USPS mailing facts and credits the Associated Press for local and dispatch news.
Johnston City approves levy and resignations in council meeting
The Johnston City Council adopted a 1968 69 tax levy of 119 567 up from last year by 4 392 and approved funds for payroll light police fire streets cemetery jail scavenger hall legal and other departments. It accepted resignations of plan commission chair Jam es Parker and member Dorothy Hughes and named Mary Williams to replace Hughes. The council also amended the fire protection ordinance raising rural call fees from 100 to 200 and granted John Arms permission to remove curbing adjacent to an alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
City Lakeview Cemetery
Plan Commission
James Parker
Dorothy Hughes
Parker
Mary Williams
Hughes
John Arms
Johnston City plan group sets hearing on rezoning
The Johnston City Plan Commission sets a 7:30 p.m. hearing on rezoning a Pine Street half-block area from R-2 to A-4 to allow a trailer with 500 square feet of living space. Clarence Jackson seeks to move a trailer onto his non zoned lot. The commission also moves its meeting date to the fourth Monday after changing from the third Tuesday to accommodate council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City Plan Commission
Clarence Jackson
Jackson
City Hall
Pine Street
16Th
18Th Streets
Plan Commission
SIU Commencement Honors Six Retiring Faculty
SIU Arena hosts commencement exercises Friday recognizing six retiring faculty led by Otis B. Young with 39 years service. About 1,350 students including 70 doctoral candidates will receive degrees as F. Guy Hitt and Delyte Morris confer the advanced degrees. Reverend John Francisco Jr will give the invocation and four seniors will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the Air Force Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Otis B. Young
Roye Bryant
Jesse Harris
Alexander MacMillan
Transportation Institute
Lina Spiccer
Central Publications
Walter B. Welch
F. Guy Hitt
SIU Board of Trustees
Benton
Delyte Morris
Morris
John Francisco, Jr
Bethel A.M.E. Church of
Carbondale
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Robert Rohfing
Murphysboro
Daniel Campbell
Sutter
Brian Hawkins
Bellvue
Wash
Kenneth Peterson
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Iron Coast
Blackie
Charles Shawver
Mississippi State University
John Quant
Roger
Southern
Leo Branch
Branch
Jackson County
Jewell Lane Gibbs
Raye J. Larsen
Carterville
Michael E. Mitchell
J. W. Reynolds Monument Company
J. W. Reynolds
Val
Oshel
Republican
Congress
Crainville
Cambria
Blairsville
Val Oshel
Jack D. Hill
du Quoin Fair
Crandall Farms
Albion
Herefords
Lloyd Stone
Casey Shorthorns
Sunnyland Farms
Clarence Rincker
Stewardson
Ewe
Robert Heggemier
Nashville
Montadale
Ram
Mike Dawson
Fairfield
Champio
William Herbert Woods
Mount Vernon
J. M. Cathecart
Marissa
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 6Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinoi
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Johnston City Plan Group
Frigidaire
RCA Color TV
Carbondale Appliance & TV Mart
Phil Harris Show
Bobbie Gentry
Kids Next Door
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