Unseasonably Warm December Splashes Southern Illinois
Unusually high December temperatures in Southern Illinois bring lighter clothing, flowering trees, and drying Christmas trees. Friday's highs reached 65 to 66 degrees, well above the normal 46.4 for the month, with folklore notes predicting a warm winter. Local residents John Allen and John Wright discuss memory biases about winters.
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Ron O’connor
Rockies
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Williamson
Cairo
Weather Bureau
John Allen
Southern
Allen
John I. Wright
W. Freeman Sr
Wright
Police Target Illegal Parking Drive Cuts Violations in Murphysboro
Murphysboro police outlined a campaign against illegal parking. Since December 1 officers issued 82 tickets at a $3 fine and offered court trials. 1,000 warning tickets were issued from August to November before the drive, with strong complaints but promising results in reducing violations.
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Murphysboro
Toby Berger
Berger
City Seeks Housing Study for Elderly Needs
Murphysboro plans a federal survey to assess elderly housing needs. City Council approved contacting Jackson County Housing Authority, which is taking applications for a 60 unit seven story elderly high rise at 13th and Hanson. The survey is nonbinding.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County Housing Authority
Joe Williams
County Authority
13Th
Hanson Streets
Williams
Murphysboro Plans Weekday Parking Cuts on Walnut Street
Murphysboro City Council approved weekday parking and traffic restrictions on Walnut street downtown to ease congestion. The measures ban parking on specified blocks Monday through Saturday, designate Locust street as a one way east to west, and allow two hour parking on Manning street. An ordinance will be prepared for action at the December 22 meeting.
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Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Public Improvement Committee
Joe Williams
Manning Street
13Th
15Th
12Th Street
Locust
Eason
15Th Street
Walnut
Pine Streets
14Th Street
Manning
Poplar
South Street
15Th Streets
Eighth Street
Chestnut Street
Division Street
Hanson Street
14Th
Locust Street
Eighth
14Th Streets
Manning Streets
City Corp
William Wolff
Williams
Carbondale League of Women Voters
Jackson County
Semantics Group Meeting Headed by SIU Professor
David N. Bateman of the SIU management department will head a general semantics group meeting during the national convention of the Speech Association of America December 27 to 30 in New York City.
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David N. Bateman
SIU Management Department
The
Speech Association of America
New York City
Newspaper office moves in Murphysboro to new quarters
The Murphysboro Southern Illinoisan moved from 9 11 S. 12th St. to 1117 Walnut S. in a former Wunderlich Insurance Agency building. The paper and its predecessor had occupied the 12th street site for over 50 years. Business and advertising occupy the front, editorial at the rear.
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Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
New Quarters
S. 12Th St
Walnut S
Wunderlich Insurance Agency
Daily Independent
12Th Street
Murphysboro Plans Planning Course In January
Murphysboro will host a planning course run by the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission from January 10 to February 14 with weekly classes. Enrollment aims for 10 to 24 students, with 20 to 24 preferred. A similar course is set for Christopher during the same period.
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Murphysboro
Greater Egypt
Christopher
Coun
SIU to Seek Short Term Loans for Camp Breckinridge
Southern Illinois University trustees authorize borrowing up to 750000 from area banks to finance Camp Breckinridge Job Corps Center contracts with the Office of Economic Opportunity. Loans would run short term at up to four percent interest and repaid from federal funds, not a state or university debt.
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Southern Illinois University
Bard of Trustees
University
Camp Breckinridge
Office of Economic Opportunity
Morganfield
SIU
Washington, D.C
Illinois Bankers Association
G. Wallace Rich
First National Bank
Cobden
State
Grand Tower Man Held on Forgery Charge
David L. Hatley, 31, of Grand Tower, is jailed in Jackson County awaiting arraignment Monday for forgery. Hatley was captured in St. Louis after the sheriff’s office picked him up Saturday. He has a forgery record dating to 1951 and previously served 214 years at Menard Penitentiary from 1956 to 1958.
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David L. Hatley
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Sheriff’s Office
St. Louis
Hatley
Menard Penitentiary
Trustees Enthusiastic on Carbondale Urban Renewal Pact
SIU Board expressed enthusiasm for the Carbondale urban renewal program but did not authorize signing a cooperation agreement to enable the first project. The plan would use SIU land purchases as non-cash credits matched by federal funds, with a March 15 deadline for forms to Washington.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Washington, D.C
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Bondale
Community Conservation Board
Illinois Central Railroad
University
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Morris
Conservation Board
SIU Board of Trustees
William Burns
Carbondale Conservation Boo
SIU considers rebid for four million apartment project
SIU Board of Trustees recommends rejecting all six proposals for the Carbondale campus moderate cost housing project. Rebid in about 30 days under firmer guidelines. Aim to build 360 apartments for 4 million with Foundation Board approval pending.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
SIU Carbondale
SIU Foundation Board of Directors
Foundation
City of
Carbondale
Car Hits Man In Carbondale
Isaac T. Caldwell 72 of Murphysboro was struck by a car at Main Street and Washington Avenue in Carbondale at 6 pm Saturday. Driver F Guy Hitt, a Southern Illinois University board member, said Caldwell walked into the path as he drove south. Caldwell remained unconscious in critical condition at Doctors Hospital. no tickets issued.
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Isaac T. Caldwell
Murphy St
Murphysboro
Main Street
Washington Avenue
Carbondale
F. Guy Hitt
Benton
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Hitt
Caldwell
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale student fined in theft case
Jerry S. Ashby a 23 year old Southern Illinois University student from Mt. Carroll pleaded guilty and was fined in Jackson County Circuit Court on a theft under 150 charge. He admitted stealing school supplies from the University Center Book Store on October 6 before Judge Everett Prosser.
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Jerry S. Ashby
Southern Illinois University
Mt. Carroll
Jackson County
Ashby
Everett Prosser
University Center
Pair Also Faces Charges In Kentucky
Two men Bays and Adams faced burglary and grand larceny charges in Paducah after an attempted robbery at Says Thriftway Supermarket in Marion. Arrested around 9:10 a.m. outside the Ritz Hotel in Paducah, they carried gas materials and masks. Bays, son of the Marion store owner, phoned his father to surrender. The elder Bays and Adams were to be handed to Illinois authorities after Kentucky processing.
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Paducah
Says Thriftway
N. Court St
Marion
Donald Lee Bays
Jefferson St
Charles Adams
Ritz
Kentucky
Bays
W. Albert Bays
Charles Edwards
Edwards
Wallace Cunningham
Cunningham
Illinois
Adams
Sam Smith
Sam
Toledo
Ohio
Jonesboro Sesquicentennial Delayed for New Founding Date
Jonesboro will delay its sesquicentennial as the 1818 founding date is now supported by the sesquicentennial committee led by chairman George Rice after researching the city’s history. The adjustment shifts the celebration to a later year.
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Jonesboro
George Rice
Southern Illinois Covered Bridge Preservation Story
The Marys River bridge northeast of Chester near Route 150 is 111 years old and now serves as a picnic area. Once part of Randolph Plank Road and a toll bridge until 1872, it passed to Randolph County, then to the state via the Chester Chamber of Commerce in 1930.
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Mary’s River
Chester
Rt. 150
Illinois
Sparta
Randolph Plank Road Company
The
Chester Chamber of Commerce
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Pana
Forbes Alexander
Charter Board
Hunter Price
SIU Board
Burns
Charles Pulley
Illinois Society of Professional Engineers
American Institute of Architects
Consulting Engineers Association of Illinois
Federal Housing Administration
Arnold Maremont
Chicago
J. L. Simmons
Decatur
Corbetta Construction Co
Des Plaines
National MCI Construction Co
Urbana
McCarthy Bros
Midland Development Co
Harrisburg
Scholz Homes, Inc
Southern Illinois’ Covered Bridge
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