Du Quoin State Fair Free Gate and Evening Shows
Southern Illinois schedule lists free gate admission and all day midway at Du Quoin State Fair. Evening highlights include Dancing at Teen A Go Go with Weymen of Carterville, The Phil Harris Show, senior citizens bingo, and multiple movie screenings across nearby theaters with titles such as The Graduate Hombre and The Carpetbaggers. Local high school reunion planning also noted.
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du Quoin State Fair
Weymen
Carterville
Phil Harris
Robbie Gentry
Herrin Senior Citizens
14Th St
Herrin High School
N. 23Rd St
Herrin
Southern Illinois Labor Day Festival Weekend Highlights
At Benton the Saturday schedule features Gabe McCar ty Band at 6 p.m. and Country Travelers at 8 p.m. Teen dance by Mark V and Bit of Honey. Frank Monthly paper drive begins 9 a.m. at Herrin. Du Quoin State Fair offers free gate, $1 parking, and mid day auto races with $7,500 purse. Evening events include Teen A Go Go 7 p.m. and The Phil Harris Show at 8 p.m. at Drive-in theatres.
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Southern Illinois Labor Day Association
Benton
Gabe McCarty
Country Travelers
Mark V
Bit of Honey
Frank
Herrin Baseball
du Quoin State Fair
United States Auto Club
Street Corner Society of
Herrin
Phil Harris
Robbie Gentry
Sunday Auto Club Trials and County Fair Events
Sunday noon time trials for a 100 mile United States Auto Club championship late model stock cars with an estimated purse of 24000 dollars. Starts 2 pm with dances and music at Benton fairgrounds in Franklin County featuring Hank Wright and Country Western Boys and teens events. Rodgers Theater Anna presents How Sweet It Is while Marlow's Theater shows How To Save A Marriage And Ruin Your Life and Desperado Trail. Anna Drive-in screens King Kong Escapes and Journey To Shilo h.
Drunken Driving Charge Filed in Herrin Collision
Paul F. Smith, 35, of 1006 N 14th St Herrin, charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene after his car struck a head on collision at 14th and Maple with Toni L. DeRossett, 21, of Rt. 2 Marion, Thursday night.
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Paul F. Smith
14Th St
Herrin
Smith
14Th
Maple Streets
Toni L. DeRossett
Rt. 2
Marion
Kennedy tribute sparks emotional scenes at Democratic convention
At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago a film tribute to Sen Robert F Kennedy sparked 19 minutes of singing and chanting led by delegates. Sen Edward Kennedy spoke via videotape from Hyannisport calling for justice and peace before the hall finally quieted for a MLK tribute.
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Chicago
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Carl Albert
Edward M. Kennedy
Hyannisport
Mass
Atlantic City
N.J
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
New York
Albert
Dorothy W. Bush
Democratic National Committee
Ralph ‘Metcalf
Martin Luther King Jr
Carbondale Mayor Guides Venezuelan Visitors Tour
Carbondale Mayor David Keene shows visitors from Venezuela home construction on Tower Road and explains the city tax structure. The group, comprised of English teachers, listens as he outlines local policy and development.
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Carbondale
David Keene
Tower Road
Venezuela
Keene
B52 bomber crashes near Cape Kennedy after near miss over towns
Air Force Stratofortress crashed in a remote Cape Kennedy area after skimming populated zones and a nuclear submarine. Seven crewmen bailed out with minor injuries. Pilot Maj. Bobby L. Ward guided the plane toward the ocean, brushing Cocoa Cocoa Beach Titusville and Port Canaveral. Nuclear submarine Daniel Webster was offshore. crew member Terry Castle described the event.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Missile Row
Cape
Bobby L. Ward
Universal City
Tex
Cocoa
Cocoa Beach
Titusville
Port Canaveral
Daniel Webster
Webster l
Terry Castle
Glenborne
S.C
Orlando
Outpost overruns. heavy combat across Vietnam reports
Allied officers said hard fighting raged in northern and central South Vietnam for a 13th day. About 200 enemy troops were killed as a government outpost fell, 18 civilians were slain, and 65 civilians were taken. In Da Nang area fighting yielded 126 enemy killed. Marines and rangers sustained casualties while Duc Lap area battles continued.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Duc Lap
Quang Ngai City
Ha Thanh
Eisenhower improves further allows light reading in bed
Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital report former President Eisenhower has improved and is allowed light reading in his bedroom. The general remains in good spirits after another comfortable night with continued confinement and音乐 for background.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Air Pollution Control Board Approves CIPS Plans
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board approves Central Illinois Public Service programs for Grand Tower Coffeen and Meredosia plants. Two electrostatic precipitators to be added by 1969 and one by 1970 with older stokers retired by 1972. Three Southern Illinois firms granted time extensions for proposal filings.
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Central Ilinois Public Service Co
Grand Tower
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
CIPS
Springfield
Control Board
Southern Illinois
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient 3
Crown
Electric Energy, Inc
Joppa
Autocart Corp
New Athens
Du Quoin State Fair swine champ crowned at carcass show
Roger Roehrig of Mascoutah won the grand champion Hampshire barrow and the top carcass prize in the Du Quoin State Fair swine exhibition. Carcasses were judged for loin, weight, fat, and ham yield with 200 pounds minimum and 29 inch length.
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du Quoin
Roger Roehrig
Mascoutah
Roehrig
Hampshire
du Quoin Packing Co
Howard Miller
School of Agriculture
Animal Industries
Southern Illinois University
DuQuoin
Miller
Hamlein
Larry Thorpe
Carlinville
Homer Jenkins
Murphysboro
York
Dean Bartle
Pinckneyville
Bartle
Bonds Sold Under New Law for Illinois State University Hall
The 75th General Assembly set a new limit allowing revenue bonds up to 6 percent. State Colleges and Universities sold $8 million bonds at 5.25 percent for a Western Illinois University residence hall in Macomb. Northern Trust and Associates of Chicago bought the issue. Galesburg Construction Co. bid $4.6 million for the general contract. Also reported are police briefs from Carbondale, Murphysboro, and Campbell Hill, including violations and fines.
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Springfield
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
General Assembly
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Northern Trust and Associates of
Chicago
Galesburg Construction Co
Charles Dewitt 94 dies in Murphysboro
Charles Dewitt 94 of Murphysboro died at home Thursday. Born March 19 1894 in Charleston he was an ice dealer and member of First Christian Church. He leaves a son, a brother, a sister, a grandson and a granddaughter. Funeral services Sunday at Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday after 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Dean Isom
Marion
West Frankfort
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Isom
Christopher
Kenneth
Nellie Bridges Isom
Betty Stephens
University of Illinois
St. Louis, Mo
College of Pharmacy
St. Louis
Cline Vick
Centralia
Isom
Marion First Methodist Church
Kappa Phi Fraternity
Illinois
National Pharmaceutical Associations
Arizona Drug Association
Marion Ells Lodge
Lois Hillhouse
Lee Modglin
Inverness
Fla
Harold Isom
Wilson Funeral Home
Bruce Patton
Rose Hill Cemetery
Charles Dewitt
Murphysboro
Mr. Dewitt
Charleston
Lem
Hester Dewitt
Mary Ann Harrison
First Christian Church
R. L
Pine Bluff
Ark
Leonard
Eva Clance
Los Angeles
Calif
Gerald Dewitt
Tucson
James Cleland
Indianapolis
Ind
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Larry Reynolds
Tower Grove
Hallie Williams
King Ave
Hurst
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Christopher and
Maude E. Pippin Tymner
Floyd Williams
Goldin Nannie
Kenneth Higginbotham
Freddie Higginbotham
Sacramento
Arthur Higginbotham
Waukegan
Ted Tyner
Wisconsin
Lester Tyner
New Rochele
N.Y
van Natta
Frank Clark
Herrin Pentecostal Church
Schlicting
Marie Schlicting
Cobden
Union County Hospital
Anna
Trinity Lutheran Church
Broadway-McCarty
West Frankfort seeks federal aid for sewer upgrade plan
West Frankfort officials discussed a long range sewer improvement program to qualify for federal funding. W.S. Dickey Clay Pipe officials urged a comprehensive plan rather than a single project. Winyard-Givenrod Associates outlined a $600000 renovation of sewage facilities after a 1948 bond program left the system deteriorating.
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West Frankfort
City Council
Plan Commission
Troy Norris
Larry Davis
W.S. Dickey Clay Pipe Manufacturing Co
William Frerking
Norris
Washington, D.C
Mississippi
Winyard-Givenrod Associates
Benton
State Sanitary Water Board
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Strand
Riveria
Hombre
Orpheum
Fox
Campus Drive-in
Custer
Carpetbaggers
Anna Drive-in
Jerico
Tobruk
Arizona
Benton Ministerial Alliance
Hank Wright
Franklin County Fairgrounds
U.S. State Department
Uage
Rotary Club
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 6Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinoi
Carbondale Free Press
Cos
Caraneel Kinsey Union
OPEL
McDermott
BUICK
GMC
du Quoin Barrow
Clela B. Rawson
Arlen A. Peebles
Paula J. Phillips
Calvin C. Smith
John G. Lipscomb
Campbell Hill
Joan Svanda
Robert D. Rowden
United Farm Agency
Nationwide Real Estate Service
Budd Waller
Town
U. S. 51
United
Waller
United Farm Agency, Inc
Alberta
Peck
Reynolds & Kirby
Tom-Boy Stores
CapCevkite
Dane Rercille
F.D.I.C
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