Herrin Considers Land Exchange For Sanitary Landfill
Herrin City Council may swap 240 acres east of the cemetery for a coal company lawsuit, dropping claims over watershed destruction. Mayor Henderson said Forsythe Coal Co. presented the proposal. A medical needs study for several towns was also discussed and an editorial on water taps was read into minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Gordon Forsythe
St. Louis
Forsythe Coal Co
Henderson
Herman Mariow
Williamson County Medical Society
Richard Fox
Mariow
Marion
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Southern Illinoisan
John J. McCarty
Tom Shoemake
Robbery at Anna service station prompts manhunt
Police search for a about 20 year old man who cut his hand during an armed robbery at the Martin Oil Co. service station in Anna. The suspect held up attendant Tony Fritsch at 1:45 am and fled after injuring his hand yanking a telephone. About $50 to $60 was taken and the robber wrapped his hand in a towel. Hospitals were alerted. In a separate case, Saul K. Castleton, 58, was fined 150 dollars and placed on probation for one year after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in Jackson County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Oil Co
Anna
Tony Fritsch
Gary Morrison
Fritsch
Morrison
de Soto
Jackson County
Saul K. Castleton
Herrin Council dodges aldermanic vacancy vote
Six Ward 2 applicants sought the aldermanic seat after Gene Garavaglia resigned. Mayor Henderson proposed leaving the vacancy open and the council approved the plan, noting state law and proxy issues. The six candidates included Louis Rolando Henry Brusati Juanita Garagiola Paul Parks Frank Lockwood and Ray Huggins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Grotta
Garavaglia
Henderson
Snyder Herrin
Herrin
John J. McCarty
Herman Marlow
Ward 2
Marlow
McCarty
Louis Rolando
Henry Brusati
Juanita Garagiola
Paul D. Parks
Frank Lockwood
Ray Huggins
Brusati
Tom Shoemake
Floyd Hicks
Auto Hits Truck Driver Charged in Benton Crash
A 55-year-old Benton man Floyd Foster 308 Lawrence St was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck a parked truck in the 400 block of East Church Street at 12 12 a m Police said Foster released on 200 bond and to appear in Circuit Court at Benton December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Floyd Foster
Lawrence St
East Church Street
Foster
Herrin Council accepts civil defense chief resignation
Herrin City Council accepted the resignation of Civil Defense director Leon Wilcox after seven years and approved a Plan Commission replacement for Robert Brixey. The council also named new aldermanic assignments, replaced Gene Garavaglia, and approved a renewed fire truck inspection contract with America LaFrance raising hourly rate to 9.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Plan Commission
Leon Wilcox
Fred Henderson
Wilcox
Southern Illinois
Robert Brixey
8Th St
Olin Mathieson
Louis
Gene’’ Garavaglia
Zeigler
Tom Shoemake
John Steh
John McCarty
America la France
City hall site action delayed in Herrin for council debate
Herrin city officials delayed a decision on site for a proposed new city hall. John McVey said the Public Building Commission selected the current city hall and adjoining Clyde Brewster property. A special meeting was set for Monday night to discuss the site with aldermen and commissions. The council also formed a committee to draft an ordinance raising police and fire pay to 500 dollars monthly from January 1, and moved the next regular meeting to December 21 due to Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
John McVey
Public Building Commission
Clyde Brewster
Henderson
Aldermen, Building Commission and Plan Commission
Bernita Beers
McCarty
Shoemake
C. Ardell Grimes
SIU student injured walking on Wall Street in Carbondale
SIU senior Ken Bauder was struck by a car on South Wall Street near the University trailer court around 9:55 p.m. He was treated at Doctors Hospital and transferred to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis with possible skull injuries and was listed in serious condition. No charges were filed. driver Michael Vollan claimed he swerved to avoid pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Bauder
Southern Illinois University
St. Louis
South Wall Street
Carbondale
Bauder
University
Doctors Hospital
Barnes Hospital
SIU
Wall Street
Michael D. Vollan
Malibu
Herrin Man Wilfred Pearce Found Dead At Home
Wilfred J. Pearce, 56, of 325 South 17th Street Herrin, was found dead at his residence about 8:30 a.m. today and authorities say he had likely been dead for about three days. Neighbors saw lights burning and notified Pearce’s son Jim of Du Quoin, who discovered the body. An inquest is pending. Pearce worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Benton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Mitchell Funeral Home Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred J. Pearce
S. 17Th St
Herrin
College board sets meeting with Smith
The Egyptian Junior College board will meet Thursday in Marion with the executive secretary of the state Junior College Board. President Ronnie L. Odum said the meeting is to ask Gerald Smith about the college and to obtain grant forms for a $100,000 initial operating costs grant. The meeting is at 7 30 p.m. in the Williamson County Superintendent of Schools office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egyptian Junior College Board
Marion
State Junior College Board
Ronnie L. Odum
Gerald Smith
Smith
Williamson County Superintendent of Schools
Narcotics trial delayed for SIU student
A narcotics case against Christopher J. Tulner of Park Forest was continued to the next Jackson County jury term in Murphysboro. Tulner, 18, was released on a $300 bond after police found marijuana Nov 22 in Boomer Hall Room 222 on the SIU campus. The charge is to be listed in January. POLICE BRIEF Creal Springs: Bennie D. Little cited for too fast for conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County Circuit Court
Murphysboro
Christopher J. Tulner
Park Forest
Tuller
SIU
Boomer Hall No. 2
Johnston City Votes to Pay 16 Year Debt to Federal Government
Johnston City will pay a 16 year debt of 7100 plus interest to the federal government for a street improvement program. The council deadlocked 4 to 4 before Mayor Jesse Carter cast the deciding yes. First installment 2500 due Friday with two more 2500 yearly payments and a 163.21 balance in 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Jesse Carter
Mike Malkovich
Robert Cobb
Bill Wilson
Ed Carr
Henry Slover
Frank Vieceli
Louis Woolard
Arnold Garrett
Paul O. Hall
Hall
HUD OKs scattered sites for Northeast Carbondale public housing
HUD approved moving from a three site plan to a multi site approach in Northeast Carbondale. The Jackson County Housing Authority gains extension to March 7, 1969, and a $500 per unit cost increase. The group had opposed scattered sites due to cost after spending over $100,000 on planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jackson County Housing Authority
Reid Troutman
William Burns
Troutman
JCHA
Johnston City Council Sets Monthly Time Voucher System
City council votes to require the water superintendent to submit monthly time vouchers for extra hours worked by water department staff. The Water Board was dissolved in 1966 and the council now handles approvals. The meeting also extends the month’s pay to the widow of fireman Wilbur King and notes a fence erection by Albert Hinckle on a city alley. Civil Defense siren tests set for 10 30 a m first Tuesday monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Water Department
Henry Slover
Water Board
Frank Vieceli
Metropolis woman charged with murder in Dec 7 shooting
Sarah Hendrix, 43, of Metropolis, is jailed on a murder charge in the Dec. 7 shooting of her husband Charles Hendrix, 42. Authorities say a weeklong probe led to her arrest. a lie detector test was not given due to her condition. Bond is set at $10,000. the case goes to the grand jury Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Hendrix
Metropolis
Massac County
Charles
Hendrix
Metropolis News
Henry Brenningmeyer
Centralia
Doctor's medical bag stolen from Murphysboro car
A doctor's bag containing about 10 cc of demerol 50 morphine tablets a prescription pad medical instruments and stamps with Dr J A Petrazio's name was stolen from a car in the St Joseph Memorial Hospital lot between 845 and 1045 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Petrazio
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Anna man and state worker dies in crash on Rt 127 near Alto Pass
Samuel S. Fox a 67 year old Farm Employment Representative with the State Employment Service in Murphysboro was killed in a head on collision with a semi-trailer on rain slick Rt 127 near Alto Pass. Riley F Jenkins 42 of El Paso the truck driver suffered minor injuries. An inquest is pending at McCarty Funeral Home Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Employment Service
Murphysboro
Rt. 127
Alto Pass
Samuel S. Fox
Rt. 1
Anna
Riley F. Jenkins
el Paso
Union County Hospital
Auna
Fox
State Employment Service Office
McCarty
Union County
Lloyd Sitter
Three SIU students charged with burglary in Carbondale
A recent SIU graduate Mario Solis and two SIU students James Wilson and George Wilson were charged with burglary in Carbondale and released on 2000 bond each. They allegedly tried to steal from Herman Wallace’s 300 East Main Street repair shop on November 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Robert Schwartz
Jackson County
Carbondale
Mario Solis
Chicago
James T. Wilson
Midlothian
George Wilson
Markham
Williams
Wilson
Pleasant Valley Trailer Court
E. Main St
Herman Wallace
Solis
Ottoson Trailer Sales Co
Vandalla
Richard Richman
Du Quoin moves toward vote on unit school district
The Du Quoin District 2067 Grade School board seeks high school district approval to petition for a unit district challenging the current dual system. If approved by the high school board, at least 200 legal voters in the area must sign. The unit would alter taxes and bonding power, with estimated changes in state aid and district tax rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Ray C. Todd
Phillip A. Provart
Perry County
Maureen Reagan Voices for Change at Marion GOP Dinner
Maureen Reagan daughter of Ronald Reagan sang at the Williamson County GOP dinner in Marion before 200 people. She urged Republicans to pursue change, cited issues from poverty to Vietnam, and closed with political songs and a self written response to un-Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzi Kanyi
Maureen E. Reagan
California
Ronald Reagan
Southern Illinois Golf and Country Club
Marion
Miss Reagan
Williamson County
Vietnam
Shriver
America
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
LBJ
Hubert
James Sanders
Joan Baez
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Creal Springs
Bennie D. Little
U.S
Burning Star
Tom Haney
Metropolis Woman
Anna Man
Giant City Board
Giant City
Claude Ross
Maureen Reagan
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Reagan
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