Southern Illinois University events and area movie listings
Calendar notes a series of public events and film screenings across Southern Illinois. Meetings include the Area Human Development Corp. board at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Mt. Vernon, and the Du Quoin City Council at 7 p.m. Friday. SIU hosts student plays, an art exhibit with sale, and campus film series at multiple venues through the weekend.
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Illinois Area Human Development Corp. Board of
L & N Restaurant
Mt. Vernon
du Quoin
Christmas Concerts and Community Events in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Oratorio Choir and Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra present their annual Christmas Concert at 8 p m in Shryock Auditorium on a Saturday with admission 50 cents for students and 1 for non students Du Quoin Lions Club hosts a canned foods show at the Grand Theater inviting donations of canned goods for Christmas baskets for the needy Open to all grade school children Doors open at 9 30 a m show starts at 10 a m The Herrin Senior Citizens hold a rummage sale 9 a m to noon at 301 N 14th St Featuring Half a Six Pence with Tommy Steele also upcoming is another orchestral concert 4 p m Sunday at Shryock Auditorium Admission same as above Movies listed at local theaters include In spector Clouseau The Swim mer A Dandy in Aspic Sweet November Counterfeit Killer Plus obituary details for Edwin A Reuscher and a note on Richard Channin winning first prize for painting at a Container Corporation of America contest.
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Southern Illinois Oratorio Choir
Southern Illinois Symphonic Orchestra
Southern Illinois University
Shryock
Christmas shopping hours extend across area stores
Downtown Carbondale will run 9 a.m. to 8 30 p.m. on several December days while Murphysboro and Herrin shops adjust hours for the holidays. Marion stores push late hours from December 16 with some staying open to 9 p.m. through Christmas Eve.
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Carbondale
Mardale
Murphysboro
Herrin
Leon Zwick
Herrin Merchants Association
Marion
Northeast Congress Debates Plan To Restructure
A proposal to reorganize the Northeast Community Development Congress triggered a heated meeting debate. The plan would make membership voluntary within Model Cities boundaries, allow petitions for voting status, and require majority votes at meetings with no current executive board.
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Jim Hatton
Southern Illinoisand
Northeast Community Development Congress
Northeast
Charles Simon
Simon
John Holmes
Holmes
Albert Ross
Congress
Vienna Soldier Wins Bronze Star in Vietnam Heroism
Army staff Sergeant Ronnie L. Alsip of Vienna receives the Bronze Star for heroism in Vietnam. His wife Sharon and parents live on Route 3 Vienna. He has also earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart and is a 1965 Vienna High School graduate who worked for a Karnak lumber firm before joining the Army in 1967.
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Ronnie L. Alsip
Vienna
Vietnam
Alsip
Sharon
Route 3
Marshal L. Alsip
Vienna High School
Karnak Lumber
Various small fires reported across multiple towns
Fire calls from Marion Mil dred Kenner Benton Carbondale and Murphysboro detail fires in trash barrels flues cars and apartments with minor or no damage. One note cites bees driving up to 90 percent of pollination in fruit orchards per Southern Illinois University researchers.
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Marion
Veterans Hospital
Mildred Kenner
S. Liberty St
Benton
Clare Hidritch
East Main Street
Carbondale
E. College
S. Lincoln St
Ted Lorek
John Harty
Murphysboro
Walnut St
Louis W. Johnson
Southern Illinois University
Police Check Two Men Claim Encyclopedia Salesman
Carbondale police sought to verify a claim by two men who said they sold encyclopedias after a resident reported them. One man questioned the resident about his home, the other watched the apartment, and a car circling the block prompted a call. The men produced Oklahoma licenses and a New York firm card. Mt Vernon police denied knowledge of them.
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Carbondale
Richard Makurat
McKinley Street
Makurat
Maukurat
Oklahoma
New York
Texas
Mt. Vernon
Du Quoin Firemen Fight Three Grass and shed Fires
Du Quoin firefighters answered three fire calls Thursday the first in six weeks. Grass fires at the Earl Baumeyer residence and on Raymond Cowley property caused no damage. A shed fire at 205 W Poplar Street damaged minor structure.
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du Quoin
Earl Baumeyer
N. Winters St
Raymond Cowley
Rt. 3
Baumeyer
Cowley
Poplar St
Ken Tritschler
Technical Tape union begin negotiations in Carbondale
Negotiations have started between Technical Tape Corp in Carbondale and Local 994 of the Laborers International. The current three year pact ends mid December and both sides report progress though the hardest issues are yet to come. Army Private Robert R. Bush 24, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Bush Route 3 Carbondale, has been assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade in Vietnam as a mortar specialist. His wife Mary also lives on Route 3 Carbondale.
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Technical Tape Corp
Carbondale
Laborers International of North America
Robert Bush
Vietnam
Robert R. Bush
Paul Bush
Bush
Mary
Route
Thieves Take Two Portable TV Sets in Du Quoin
Thieves broke into Guthrie Appliance at 110 E Main St Du Quoin Thursday night and stole two portable color television sets worth 500 dollars. Police Chief George Foster said a brick-size concrete piece was used to break the display window and the ledge items were taken.
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Guthrie Appliance
Main St
du Quoin
George Foster
Foster
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