Public Meetings and Arts Events Listed for Carbondale Area
Carbondale Plan Commission meets at city hall 7 30 pm Wednesday to discuss community facilities in the comprehensive plan. Franklin County Zoning Commission meets 8 pm Wednesday at the Benton courthouse. Marion City Council 7 30 pm Wednesday to discuss a bond issue for Marion Memorial Hospital improvements. Red Cross Bloodmobile operates at SIU Student Center ballroom with varying hours through the week. SIU Mitchell Gallery hosts Twelve Dutch Potters exhibition December 1 18 10 am 4 pm weekdays. free admission. The Mother Goose Follies children's play at SIU Theater December 1 2 11 30 am, tickets 75 cents. Movie listings include Chrome and Hot Leather Count Yorga Vampire Willard T R Baskin Carry on Camping Gone With The Wind. Carbondale Grade School Board meets 7 30 pm Thursday at Baptist Building. Carbondale Citizens Advisory Committee meets 4 pm Thursday. Illinois Pollution Control Board holds public hearing on plant nutrient standards Thursday at Carbondale Township Hall. Herrin Unit School District Project HELP meeting 7 30 pm Thursday in high school band room. Sallie Logan Public Library board 7 pm Thursday at the Murphysboro Presbyterian Church for Dec 18 bond issue reports. Jackson County Civil Defense Emergency Operations Simulated Training Exercise 7 30 pm Thursday in the CD office basel of courthouse. Special events include SIU gymnastics team at 1 pm Thursday in the Arena and lectures by Sue D. Lewis at 4 pm Thursday in Agriculture Building Seminar Room 209. Duplicate Bridge Club at 1 pm Thursday Carbondale Community Center with beginner lessons. Arts events include Student Component Recital 8 pm Thursday Home Economics Building auditorium SIU. Free admission.
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Franklin County Zoning Commission
Benton
Marion City Council
City Hall
Marion Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Southern Illinois University Student Center
Southern Illinois University
Mitchell
Carbondale Grade School
Baptist
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Carbondale
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Carbondale Township
E. Main St
Herrin
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Presbyterian Church
Murphysboro
Jackson County Civils Defense
Jackson County
Sue D. Lewis
Southern Illinois University Cooperative Fisheries Research Lab
Duplicate Bridge Club
OO Ais
Carbondale Community Center
Benton Consolidated High School to Add 43-Room Building and Gym
Construction on a 1.8 million 43 room classroom building and gym at Benton Consolidated High School progresses with F E Holmes Construction Co of Marion as general contractor. The project serving 900 students in classes and a gym for 4000 is slated for completion in December 1972. Principal Barnie Genisio stated the work is about three weeks ahead of schedule.
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Benton Consolidated High School
Bob Jones
Walier
F.E. Holmes
Barnie Genisio
Marion Jaycees seek grant for drug education center
Marion Jaycees will apply for a federal grant to fund a walk in center as part of a drug education program. Rep Kenneth J Gray and State Sen Gene Johns are assisting. About 35000 is needed to run the center for two years with 24 hour access and possible expansion into a crisis center. Rex Presson suggests community support and official help to inform parents and involve agencies. Herrin Police sponsor drug information booklet to be financed by merchants for 800 and 2000 booklets to be distributed to schools libraries and clinics.
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Marion Jaycees
Lattuca
Kenneth J. Gray
Rex Presson
Marion
Presson
Bill Humphrey
Herrin
Ron Absher
Williamson Sales Co
Franklin, Tenn
Humphrey
West Frankfort plant operator robbed and assaulted
A West Frankfort disposal plant operator, Paul Ratley, 56, was robbed of 50 dollars and struck in the head by a robber early today while tending the facility. Police reported the suspect fled prior to arrival of officers. Ratley was treated at the scene and released.
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West Frankfort
Paul Ratley
North Douglas Street
J. R. Mize
Ratley
Mize
Emergency operations drill planned in Murphysboro
Thursday night the Jackson County Civil Defense unit will host an Emergency Operations Simulated Training Exercise at 7 p.m. in the county courthouse basement. Officials from Jackson County Carbondale and Murphysboro will practice coordinating rescue and recovery tasks for disasters such as tornadoes floods earthquakes severe winter storms and other attacks.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County CD
Jackson County
Carbondale
Jackson CD
Raymond Graff
County CD Unit
Marion man charged with theft tied to radiator heist
Larry Duncan, 23, Marion, was arrested Tuesday at Value Plus store on theft under 150. He is charged with stealing 49 radiators from Bert Wilson junkyard near Cedar Grove on Rt 37 Saturday night. Twenty radiators were sold to Biggs Iron and Metal Works in Marion Monday morning. Wilson identified a radiator. Duncan held at Williamson County jail.
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Larry Duncan
Marion
Duncan
Bert Wilson
Cedar Grove
Rt. 37
Biggs Iron and Metal Works
Wilson
Williamson County
Indefinite date for federal grand jury in jail death
A federal grand jury date for the Aug 25 death of Joseph Lee Wilson in a St Louis city jail remains undecided. U S Attorney Daniel Bartlett said the investigation is ongoing and will be presented to a grand jury at a yet to be determined date. The Civil Rights Division is reviewing the case at the highest level. Wilson, 37, was found dead five hours after arrest for disorderly conduct. no fatal injuries were found in a prior physical exam. A state grand jury did not indict.
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Herrin
St. Louis, Mo
Daniel Bartlett
U. S
Civil Rights Division
U. S. Department of Justice
Bartlett
Wilson
Saturday in Carbondale Women Caucus Plans Action Conference
The Southern Illinois Women's Political Caucus schedules a daylong conference in Carbondale at the Presbyterian Church from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Free child care is offered next door at the Unitarian Church. Elizabeth Nall Rosemary Hawkes and Pat Moffett speak at 9 30 a m. The group seeks greater female representation on boards and in politics and may create a regional women's center and newsletter.
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Southern Illinois Women's Political Caucus
SIWPC
Southern Illinois
Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
Carbondale
Unitarian Church
Elizabeth Nall
Southern Ilinois University
Women’s Rights
Rosemary Hawkes
Pat Moffett
Illinois Women’s Policitical Caucus
Springfield
Southern Illinois Group
State Group
State Caucus
Moffett
STWPC
SIU Board of Trustees
Illinois offers no fault insurance facts toll free
The Illinois Department of Insurance launches a two month toll free line to answer consumer questions about changes in no fault auto insurance. Gov Ogilvie signed the law in September, effective January 1, with the service operating 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through December and January. Dial 800-252-8926.
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Illinois Dept. of Insurance
Richard B. Ogilvie
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