SIU Museum Secures $75000 Grant for Field Work
The National Park Service funds Southern Illinois University Museum with 75000 dollars to support archaeological work in the lower Kaskaskia River basin ahead of canal plans. Last year’s Marty Coolidge site work near New Athens will resume under curator Philip C. Weigand with Carl Kuttruff supervising. A separate $750 grant from NPS matched by Illinois Waterways supports an intensive basin survey for the Kinkaid Lake area near Murphysboro this winter including test excavations. Tests for police and fire promotions occur Wednesday at the Marion Carnegie Library. two officers may rise to assistant chief and sergeant, and one fireman to captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Southern Illinois University
Museum
Kaskaskia
Marty Coolidge
New Athens
Philip C. Weigand
Carl Kuttruff
Illinois State Waterways Division
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
Marion Police and Firemens Merit Board
Carnegie Library
D. A. Waterbury
Marion
John Kelly
Lunar Landing Training Vehicle Crash May Delay Moon Program
The Lunar Landing Training Vehicle crashed at the Space Center Houston causing concerns for the moon project. Pilot Joseph Algranti ejected safely as the $1.8 million craft twisted and swooped before loss of control four minutes into a six minute flight. The incident prompts an investigation by a board led by Walter M. Schirra Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Joseph Algranti
Algranti
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paul Haney
NASA Spacecraft Center
LLTV
Maney
Walter M. Schirra Jr
NASA
Carbondale and Karnak Minor Offenses Reported
Lacy Morgan age 19 of Carbondale cited for illegal possession of liquor with a $30 bond. Andy E Bond age 68 of Karnak cited for speeding with a $17 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Lacy Morgan
Karnak
Andy E. Bond
Seven Torahs Buried in Sacred Scrolls Fire Burial
Some 2 000 Orthodox Jews buried seven sacred Torah scrolls harmed by a Brooklyn fire set by vandals on November 27. Mourners in black gathered outside the Yeshiva of Eastern Parkway and carried a funeral service before traveling to Beth David Cemetery in Elmont New York where the scrolls in a pine coffin were lowered into the ground by eight Yeshiva students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dals
Brooklyn
Yeshiva of Eastern Parkway
Beth David
Elmont
N. Y
Yeshiva
Also Mentioned on This Page
SIU Museum
Marion Board
Carterville
Fredrick D. Alexander
Ava Man
Veterans Hospital
John M. Oltman
Ava
Mr. Oltman
Iowa
Union Electric Co
East St. Louis
Oltman
Wilson Funeral Home
James Christoff
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Murphysboro Heart Fund
George Weeks
Heart Fund
Walter King
Jackson County Heart Association
King
Heart Sunday
Weeks
Bill Banks Ford
ALSOP
Sawyer
Smith- Alsop
Helleny
Herrin
Treece Supply
West Frankfort
Brooks
Anna
House of Color
Westinghouse
Auto Matic
West Main St
Carbondaie
Ambassador
H.P
V-group & L Group
Tom Clark
THE
United
Bill Cardwell
Mona Williams
Red Bard
Henry Grob
Harold W. Grob
Arold W. Grob Motor Sales
Rambler Dealer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!