Marion court upholds dismissal of police chief
Judge C E Wright in Marion Circuit Court rejected Charles Edwards bid for reinstatement and back pay. The ruling cites the Cities and Villages Act merit system and council authority to appoint and discharge police chiefs, noting Edwards had no contractual employment right. Rex Presson cited disciplinary failures as grounds for dismissal. John Kelly succeeded Edwards as chief.
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Marion
Charles Edwards
C. E. Wright
Wright
Edwards
Merit Board
John Kelly
Foggy roads blamed for nine injuries in southern Illinois accidents
Nine people were injured Sunday in scattered single vehicle crashes across Southern Illinois amid dense fog and misty driving. Police said several drivers veered off highways on Route 37, Route 13, Route 154, and other roads. some occupants treated for minor injuries at local hospitals.
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Illinois
Samuel W. Burnett
Marion
Rt. 37
Johnston City
James L. Erwin
du Quoin
Rt. 13
Pinckneyville
Edward Kobler
University City
Swanwick
Kobler
Improvement talks set for Carbondale city hall
Carbondale officials invite other city agencies and businesses to a 10 a.m. Thursday meeting in city hall to discuss plans for improving Carbondale through urban renewal efforts and participation in planning and financing. HUD may attend as the city submits a model city application for a second time. A HUD representative is expected. A 7:30 p.m. public hearing today in Hurst city hall covers the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission proposed comprehensive plan.
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Carbondale
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Hurst
Greater Egypt
Colp Woman Injured In Herrin Street Crash
A 47 year old Colp woman Myrtle Towns was injured in a one car crash in Herrin about 9 20 a m Sunday. Towns swerved to avoid a dog on Herrin street near the Illinois Central tracks and her car struck a billboard before entering a ditch. She was admitted to Herrin Hospital with no ticket issued.
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Colp
Herrin
Myrtle Towns
Herrin Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Herrin Hospital
Dynamite Found Hidden Near Oraville in Woods
A hunter found a milk pail containing 20 sticks of dynamite in a wooded area northeast of Oroville. Sheriff Ray mond Dillinger said there were no caps and the dynamite was taken into custody. Possession for stump clearing isn’t illegal, but hiding it off a farm is improper.
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Oraville
Jackson County
Raymond Dillinger
Dillinger
Oroville
Massac County elects three to Shawnee Junior College board
Massac County voters elected three candidates to the Shawnee Junior College board. Dr A L Robinson from Mounds led with 5334 votes, joining nonincorporated members Dr C G Ulrich and Louis G Horman. Other counties also placed candidates. Alexander and Jackson counties have none. Official canvass today.
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Massac
Massac County
Shawnee Junior College Board
Pulaski County
Union County
Johnson County
Alexander
Jackson
Union County Superintendent of Schools
George Otrich
A. L. Robinson
Rt. 1
Mounds
Dongola
C. G. Ulrich
Louis G. Horman
Metropolis
Carroll Adam Turner
Cypress
Johnson
Thomas M. Garrett
Brookport
Charles E. Taylor
Joppa Area
Ralph N. Taake Jr
Allin
Pulaski
Robinson
Ulrich
Taylor and Taake
Martin Brown
Cairo
Robert G. Cruse
Goreville
John R. Greenwell
Wendell H. Keith
Grand Tower
Charles A. Roberts
Anna
Francis E. Sorrels
Glenn Dempsey
Grace Lingle
Joseph E. Bennett
Larry Bill Britton
Joseph Gruber
Paul J. Rehberger
Slate
Turner, Taylor
Dr. Ulrich
Horman
Glendale Plans Jan 20 Vote On Education Tax Increase
Glendale school district schedules a second vote for January 20 on raising the educational fund tax ceiling from 90 cents to $1.11 per $100 assessed value. Voting will be from noon to 7 p.m. at the school, following a 56-30 defeat in November. Principal Harry Bennett notes the increase funds mandated teacher raises.
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Glendale
Harry Bennett
Special guest Nathan Smith honored at Murphysboro Shrine dinner
Nathan Smith four year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Smith of Chester attended the Murphysboro Shrine Club Christmas dinner in the Masonic Temple. Shrine Club member Otto Stein who had read of Nathan’s 1966 accident sponsored him for admission to a Shrine hospital and free prosthetics until age 21. Nathan’s parents, former Murphysboro residents, also attended.
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Nathan Smith
Walter Smith
Chester
Murphysboro Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Nathan
Otto Stein
Shrine Club
Southern Illinoisan
Stein
Shrine Hospital
Murphysboro
From where I sit this Christmas season
University editor Ben Gelman reflects on a season of goodwill in Southern Illinois. He notes reader calls and letters that lifted his mood, contrasts positive and negative journalism, and thanks readers for their support as he wishes a merry Christmas and happy New Year.
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Ben Gelman
Bing Crosby
Southern Illinois
Good Will
Marion Woman Injured When Car Hits Tree at West Main
A Marion woman Lily Mae Whitfield, 47, of 606 West Rice Street, was injured Sunday morning when her car ran off West Main at Bentley and struck a tree. She was admitted to Marion Memorial Hospital in fair condition after the 7:30 a.m. crash and cited for speeding for conditions by Officer Carlos Dunning. Mine report notes all mines active Tuesday.
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Marion
West Main
Bentley
Lily Mae
Mary’’ Whitfield
W. Rice St
Marion Memorial Hospital
Whitfield
Carlos Dunning
Man Arrested After Home Dispute Wounding Woman
Murphysboro man Ralph Barnes 38 of 215 S 8th St is jailed on aggravated battery charges after a home dispute with Magnolia Travis 32 of the same address Saturday. Travis suffered a deep cut on the upper left arm and blood loss, treated at St Joseph Memorial Hospital. Barnes is held on a 5000 dollar bond.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Ralph Barnes
S. 8Th St
Magnolia Travis
Miss Travis
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Barnes
SIU to Convert Woody Hall and Dorms Into Offices
SIU Carbondale will convert the 17 story Brush Towers dorms and Woody Hall into office space as 422 beds are removed to fund a 7.5 million humanities and social sciences building. The project includes a new 600-foot classroom office wing by Robert Geddes and renovations across Shryock Auditorium Parkinson Laboratory and Anthony Hall with bids due 1968. Mrs. Marguerite Brown of Herrin died, aged 51, with funeral details at Johnson Funeral Home.
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Woody
University and
Grand Avenues
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Brush Towers
Woody Hall
University Center
Thompson Street
Stenographic Service
Central Information and Scheduling
SIU Band
Robert Geddes
Penn’s Landing
Philadelphia
Princeton University School of Architecture
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Grand Avenue
SIU Board of Trustees
Shryock Auditorium
Parkinson Laboratory
Anthony Hall
Harwood Avenue
Marguerite Brown
Rt. 1
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Lorento
P.A
Velva Drake Shores
Layton Brown
Brown
Herrin First
Lucille Aubrey
San Pedro
Calif
Johnson Funeral Home
E. E. Souders
Herrin City
Funeral Home
SIU names heads for two new education programs
SIU Board of Trustees in Carbondale approved appointments naming John F. Hayward professor of philosophy and director of religious studies and Robert A. Allen assistant professor in the Vocational-Technical Institute and director of a police and corrections officer training program.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale
John F. Hayward
Robert A. Allen
Vocational - Technical Institute
Hayward
Meadville Theological School
Lombard College
Chicago
LIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Allen
President
Joint Commission On Correctional
Williamson County GOP aims for four in 1968 ticket
Williamson County Republican chairman James W. Sanders predicts a repeat of 1966 GOP triumphs in the 1968 campaign. He urges balanced ticketing across Marion Herrin Johnston City and Carterville, touts potential candidates for state attorney and circuit clerk, and argues for statewide fielding with downstate emphasis. Sanders previews Nixon Rockefeller or Reagan as national figures and notes the Vietnam issue shaping votes.
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Williamson County
GOP
James WW. Sanders
Marion
Grover Haynes
Sanders
Herrin
Johnston City
Carterville
Haynes
Chicago
Downstate
Illinois
John Altorfer
Cook County
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Altorfer
Robert Dwyer
William Scott
Charles Carpentier Jr
Congress
Kenneth Gray
D-West Frankfort
Gray
Wth
Johnson
Vietnam
Ralph W. Harris
Harris
Joseph Hale
Ridgeway
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
Barry Goldwater
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Juanita Tygett
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Patrick E. Greenwood
Rt. 154
Sparta
William R. Woodis
St. Carlos
Orient Road
West Frankfort
Hurst Plan
Garrett and
Raake
Guest of
Shriners
Tion
Washington, D.C
Reidsville
N.C
North Carolina Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
Ivan Hostetler
North Carolina State University
SIU School of Technology
Willard P. Ranney
University of Tennessee
Arthur E. Lean
Jacob O. Bach
White House
United States
By. O. R. Walley
Ralph Dunn
C. E. Brehm
Mt. Vernon
James Gullett
Lawrence Wohlwend
Dee Rodd
Oldham Paisley
Don Mitchell
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
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