Six-County Foundation study recommends two-year college plan
Feasibility study for the Six-County Foundation proposes a center-area two-year college with no dorms, tuition free within district until enrollment hits 1,000. Territory includes Murphysboro, Sparta and 19 high school districts. Project cost $4 million with a 3 cent local building levy and annual debt payments of 81,756 for 20 years.
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Foundation
Sparta
Murphysboro
Rend Lake Junior College
Belleville
Southern Illinois University
Chester
Columbia
Coulterville
du Quoin
Elverado
Freeburg
Gorham
Marissa
New Athens
Okanville
Pinckneyville
Red Bud
Steeleville
Tamarca
Trico
Valmeyer
Waterloo
Charges Dismissed in Deceptive Practice Case
Paul E. Camacho of Piscataway New Jersey had a deceptive practice charge dismissed in Williamson County Circuit Court after restitution of 26.87 to Karsten Texaco Service and 35.30 in court costs. Previous deceptive practice charges were dismissed after restitution. A defrauding an innkeeper charge remains pending as Camacho negotiates Marshall Skelcher properties and appeared in court with facial injuries.
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Paul E. Camacho
Piscataway
N.J
Williamson County
Camacho
Karsten Texaco
Jerry D. Sikon
Marshall Skelcher Properties
Rend Lake district boundaries discussed in Carmi meeting
Three southeastern Illinois colleges and officials from the proposed Rend Lake district met in Carmi to resolve overlapping boundaries. Gerald Smith of the state Junior College Board said another meeting after December 14 would aim to draw definite lines. White and Wayne counties are central to the boundary conflict.
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Illinois
Rend Lake Junior College
Carmi
Gerald Smith
State Junior College Board
White
Wayne
Rend Lake District
Wabash Valley College
Mt. Carmel
East Richland College
Olney
Ern Illinois College
Harrisburg
Rend Lake College
Wayne County
Enfield
White County
Wayne City
Smith
Rend Lake
Southeastern Illinois College
Saline
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin Counties
Three Held On Charges In Car Theft Probe
Three men were held by Jackson County authorities on charges of attempted car theft in Carbondale early Wednesday. Kenny Fisher and Richard Mounce were taken into custody by Du Quoin police and transferred to Jackson County. Dennis Ray Melvin and David Downs were arrested by Carbondale police. Monnce was released on a 250 dollar cash bond as investigations tied these men to gasoline theft at the Fidelity Mine near Du Quoin and a Chicago car theft on November 28.
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Jackson County
Carbondale
Kenny Fisher
du Quoin
Richard Mounce
St. Louis
Dennis Ray Melvin
David Downs
Chicago
North
Oakland Avenue
Monnce
Perry County
Fidelity
Mine Names and Scores from Historic Carded Entry
The fragment lists a sequence of mine identifiers and scores or flags: Wo1 Old Ben 9 Old Ben 21 Orient 3 EI-B 1. It appears to be a compact ledger or game card noting mines or teams with associated values.
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Mines
Ben
Orient
Port 1g Saturday Mines Idie Orient and Zeigler
Racing results show Mines Idie Orient defeating Orient 4 5 Zeigler 3 4 with Fidelity Burning Star finishing first.
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Orient
Zeigler
Fidelity
Burning Star
Grand Jury to Probe Carbondale Motorcycle Death
A Jackson County grand jury in Murphysboro will hear evidence on the Oct 16 traffic crash at Main and Poplar in Carbondale that killed 19 year old Duane Antrim of Pekin. No charges against former county coroner Floyd Crawshaw will be presented.
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Jackson County
Murphysore
Carbondale
Circuit Court
Duane Antrim
Pekin
Floyd Crawshaw
Richard Richman
Crawshaw
Robert Schwartz
Main
Poplar
Antrim
Elliott R. Vick
Oak Lawn
Robert Nelson
Walnut St
Joe E. Davis
DeSoto
Davis
Stella Provenzano
Party Time
Murphysboro
Robert Fozzard
Donald E. Whittington
James Whittington
Ed Mitchell
N. Marion
Chester G. Thomas
Larry Michael Mamula
Maurie Solis
Otteson
S. Wall St
Man Bound to Grand Jury in Theft Case
Judge Lan Haney bound Lowell Logan Craig to a Williamson County Circuit Court grand jury on a theft charge. Craig, 48, of Creal Springs, is accused of stealing a truck owned by Ronald Barnett of Marion on Sunday.
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Lan Haney
Lowell Logan Craig
Creal Springs
Williamson County
Craig
Ronald Barnett
Marion
Obscenities Painted on Crane in Carbondale
A construction crane was painted with obscenities Thursday in Carbondale. Minner Construction Co., general contractor for the Jackson County Housing Authority's high rise at Marion and Elm, told police some instruments were thrown from the two story cab.
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Carbondale
Minner Construction Co
Jackson County Housing Authoritie
Marion and
Elm Streets
Heart Group Plans Rheumatic Fever Prevention Program
The Jackson County Heart Association aims to prevent rheumatic fever in children by throat culture screening for sore throats in one or two grade schools and referral to family doctors for those with strep. Heart Sunday falls on February 20 and February is heart month. two members will attend the Illinois Heart Association convention in Springfield, while the county unit meets January 17 at 1005 W Mill St Carbondale.
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Jackson County Heart Association
Heart
Sidney Schoen
Robert Thomas
Illinois Heart Association
Springfield
W. Mill St
Carbondale
Cambria Grade School Plans Homecoming Carnival Queen Crowning
Cambria Grade School will celebrate its annual homecoming Monday with a carnival supper queen crowning and basketball game. Supper runs 5 30 to 7 30 p m with sandwiches chili pie and beverages. Queen candidates from seventh and eighth grades include Polly Gulley Ladonna Pearson Brenda Downen Barbara Lloyd and Martha Halterman.
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Cambria
Polly Gulley
Ladonna Pearson
Brenda Downen
Barbara Lloyd
Martha Halterman
Carbondale Soldier Returned to Army
A Carbondale man, Larry Kenner, 19, was arrested on AWOL charges and turned over to Army officials. He had been absent since Oct. 31 and was held in Jackson County jail after police seized him Tuesday.
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Carbondale
Army
Larry Kenner
N. Brush Sr
Jackson County
Diner Proprietor Robbed After Unconsciousing Attack
The Mezo's diner operator in Johnston City was knocked unconscious at 10:40 a m and robbed of 80 dollars. He described two white men in a 1959 blue Chevrolet with Kentucky plates. one tall slim man in dark trousers and a white shirt and a shorter heavyset man. Mezo declined hospital treatment for a head injury. police seek suspects and are unsure if a gun or blunt instrument was used.
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Johnston City
Paul Mezo
Mezo
Kentucky
Meza
Tree Of Lights Reaches $400
A total of 400 dollars has been collected for the West Frankfort Salvation Army Christmas program and 40 lights, each representing 10 dollars, blaze on the Tree of Lights on the Post Office lawn. A bell ringing campaign on city streets Saturday will be conducted by the West Frankfort Ministerial Association.
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West Frankfort
Benton School Buys Stove Raises Tax
The Benton High School Board will purchase a new gas range for the cafeteria from a local firm without bids. Principal Barnie Genisio says the current range cannot be repaired and the county clerk will be instructed to raise the bond fund tax levy by $230 to cover shortfalls. The fund annually retires $3,000 in bonds plus $112 in interest.
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Benton High School Board of Education
Barnie Genisio
Genisio
Genesio
Son charged in attempted robbery of Bays Thriftway
Donald Bays 23 and Charles Adams were arrested in Paducah after an attempted robbery at Bays Thriftway Supermarket in Marion. The men admitted the 6:40 a.m. incident and waived extradition. Police traced the escape route and set roadblocks as Bays described a tall gunman in a dark wind breaker.
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Marion
Donald Lee Bays
Charles Adams
Paducah
W. Albert Bays Thriftway
N. Court St
Edwards
Donald Bays
Adams
Southern Illinois University
Bays
Greater Egypt Subdivision Ordinance Considered by County Boards
Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission has drafted a model subdivision ordinance for land outside cities in Jackson Williamson Perry and Franklin counties. If adopted by the counties the plan calls for preliminary and final plats with standards on streets alleys easements sidewalks and utilities to align with a comprehensive plan and reduce later city annexation costs. Fromm says the measure benefits subdividers homeowners and cities through uniform standards and stabilized property values.
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Murphysboro
Little Egypt
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Greater Egypt
Sion
William Fromm
Commission
Greater
Egypt
Mum
Fromm
Car Overturns Injuring Coulterville Driver
A Coulterville man Morris Voges, 21, was seriously hurt when his car overturned on Route 13 four miles west of Coulterville at 11:40 p.m. He was taken to Sparta Community Hospital with major injuries, state police said.
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Coulterville
Rt. 13
Morris Voges
Sparta Community Hospital
Survivors Omitted in Obituary for Alice Boone
Three surviving relatives of Alice Boone age 50 who died Wednesday at her Murphysboro home were not listed in the Southern Illinoisan. The relatives include half sister Mrs Anna M Adams of Cambria and half brothers Arthur Needham of Carbondale and Mervin Needham of Arkansas.
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Alice Boone
Murphysboro
Anna MM. Adams
Cambria
Arthur Needham
Carbondale
Mervin Needham
Arkansas
Club
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Terles
Coma Tervielle
Six-County Foundation
Rend
Idie
DeSoto Man
Heart Group
Tree of Lights
Benton School
Charles Edwards
Frank Jeters
Shawneetown
Sam Smith
Sam
L. D. Fern Construction Co
Granite St
W. Albert Bays Jr
W. Albert Bays Sr
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