Greater Egypt counties lead rebound in Southern Illinois Census
Census estimates show Southern Illinois 31 counties added 45 000 people between 1960 and 1966, led by the Greater Egypt five county area with a 10.5 percent net gain. Jackson and Perry posted large gains while Madison rose 19 500, and several counties saw declines in population.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
U. S. Census Bureau
Egypt
Ray Wakely
Southern Il
Wakely
Illinois
Greater
Madison-St. Clair
Metro-East
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Jefferson
Perry and
East St. Louis
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Greater Egypt
Kendall
Monroe County
DuPage
DeKalb
Madison
Eatherly Gains 1092 Votes in Saline County Recount
In eight Saline County precincts the 58th District recount shows James D. Eatherly of Galatia adding 1,092 votes, with Blades Hart and Stedelin also gaining. County Clerk Cannon explains straight ballots caused cumulative vote shifts, while eight precinct totals also reflect slight gains for Blades in Wayne and other counties.
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Saline County
Eatherly
James D. Eatherly
Galatia
Saline
Franklin
Hamilton
Wayne
Jefferson
Ben Blades
R-Fairfield
Richard O
Hart
D-Benton
Harold Stedelin
Centralia
State House
Blades
Stedelin
Maynard Cannon
Cannon
Batherly
Harrisburg
Patherly
Wayne County
House Election Committee
Petition filed to remove Benton officer during tense council meeting
Reporter Bob Hagen notes Benton residents erupted in a shouting match when a petition against Assistant Police Chief Oris Hall was presented at the Benton City Council. Mayor Charles Toler criticized the petition’s authors while urging formal charges to be filed with the Fire and Police Merit Board.
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Bob Hagen
Southern Illinois
Benton City
Richard Hudnal
Spain St
Benton
Oris Hall
Hall
Charles Toler
Hudnal
Toler
Num
Fire and Police Merit Board
Retired clergyman Father Joseph J. Taggart dies at 87
The Rev. Joseph J. Taggart, 87, longtime priest in Southern Illinois, died today at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis. Born February 6, 1881, in East St. Louis, he was ordained September 26, 1903 and served as pastor of St. Andrew's Church in Murphysboro from 1925 to 1965. Funeral plans are pending with Meyer-Denny Funeral Home in Murphysboro.
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Joseph J. Taggart
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Murphysboro
Elizabethtown
St. Francisville
St. Andrew’s School
A. H. Pellegrini
Tulsa
Oklo
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Johnston City Chamber backs basin plan
The Johnston City Chamber of Commerce endorses the Big Muddy River basin plan on flood control. Secretary K Neil Thurmond says the plan envisions two lakes near Johnston City one east and one southwest of the city for flood control.
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Big Muddy
Johnston City
Paroled fugitive captured in Paducah case linked to Illinois parole
Maurice Leroy Mitchell, 35, of Metropolis, was arrested by Paducah police on a parole violation tied to Illinois Parole and Pardon Office. He had been paroled from Vienna Minimum Security Prison in 1966 for Saline County burglary and faced transfer to Menard prison after a Sikeston arrest.
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Maurice Leroy Mitchell
Second St
Metropolis
Paducah
Illinois Pardon and Paroles Office
Mitchell
Vienna
Saline County
Sikeston
George F. Garner
Cairo
Billy Lee Sullivan
Mounds
Garner
Missouri
Sullivan
Fielding Potashnick
Illinois
Massae County
Menard
Arson Ruled In Carbondale Structure Fires
Fire officials say arson caused destruction of three vacant houses and two sheds near Carbondale on Jenkins and Knight streets in the Searing Addition. Norman Hilton, deputy state fire marshal, confirmed probable arson after investigating last week. Insufficient evidence to pursue further inquiry.
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Carbondale
Norman Hilton
Mont Crawshaw
Hilton
Jenkins and
Knight Streets
Architects win go ahead for Williamson County courthouse
The Public Building Commission approved a corrected final floor plan and plans to hold meetings with Clark Altay and Associates to finalize blueprints. Bids are to be sought in January with occupancy planned by April 1, 1970. The county will lease the building and levy 110000 dollars yearly from 1969 to fund construction on the old Washington School site.
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Williamson County
Public Building Commission
Sakip Altay
Clark, Altay and Associates
Urbana
County Board of Commissioners
Commission
Washington
Unit Two
Pines from Marion join White House Christmas display
A 15 foot pine and 57 twelve foot loblolly pines grown by Peabody Coal Co of Williamson and Saline Center will travel to Washington. The trees will form a bell shaped display near the White House ellipse and be lit by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 16.
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Marion
Senate
Washington
D.C
Peabody Coal Co
Williamson
Saline
White House
Lyndon B. John
Utah
Washington Area
Senate Rotunda
President’s Park
Franklin clerk hires supervisor’s wife for county post
Mrs. Vivian Leeper, wife of Franklin County Board member H L Leeper, was hired as a clerk in the Franklin County clerk’s office at 360 dollars monthly. The hire by Mrs. Marie Hiller, widow of former Clerk Lemuel Hiller, follows Leeper’s vote to enable her to finish her husband’s term. The office now has five employees with Bob Hiller as chief deputy.
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Vivian Leeper
Franklin County Board
H.L. Leeper
West Frankfort
Franklin County Clerk’s
Leeper
Marie Hiller
Hiller
Coun'y
Lemuel Hiller
County Board of Supervisors
Carbondale considers new liquor license type for lounges
Carbondale Liquor Advisory Board recommended a new Class A license for lounges serving liquor by the drink. Two men sought the license for a 52 seat lounge at 520 E Main St in a former College Inn Barbeque building. The board will seek input from current license holders before a firm recommendation.
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Carbondale
Liquor Advisory Board
City Atty
George Fleerlage
Bill Rodd
Dale Martin
E. Main St
College Inn
Rodd
Martin
Rodd and Martin
David Luck
David Keene
Luck
Keene
Illinois Municipal League
Illinois
Cobden Board Delays Sewer Rate Plan Discussion
Cobden Village Board postpones action on a proposed sewer ordinance until January. The plan would base rates on water use rather than a flat fee and Board President Carl Wilkins said no decisions have been reached on the new rate structure.
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Cobden Village
Rend Lake College bids to award campus contracts
The Rend Lake College board is expected to recommend awarding campus construction contracts to Lipps Construction Co. of Mount Vernon for 1 735 509 in general work. Other low bids include Midland Development Co. for general, H and H Plumbing and Heating for plumbing and heating, Calnan Co. for plumbing and heating, Harrison F Blades for electrical, with various second low bids noted. A break in at Anthony Bombin’s home in Pittsburg resulted in the loss of a television and beer cans left at the scene.
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Rend Lake College Board
Illinois Building Authority
Mount Vernon
Lipps Construction Co
Junior College Board
Midland Development Co
Harrisburg
H & H Plumbing and Heating Co
John J. Calnan Co
Carbondale
Harrison F. Blades
Decatur
Gill G. Allen
Anthony Bombin
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Man Hopes to Return to Face Forgery Charge
A man charged April 2, 1964, in Marion Circuit Court with forgery seeks return to face the charge. Roger Kind told circuit clerk Mary Erwin from Hong Kong he wants the $150 bond returned for passage back to court, but the clerk refused. His bond was forfeited and a bench warrant issued December 21, 1966, for failure to appear. Kind is charged with giving a bad $123 check to a local doctor.
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Marion
Roger Kind
Mary Erwin
Hong Kong
Kind
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