Poverty Talk Set The War on Poverty in Illinois
A meeting opens at 10 in Carbondale SIU Center ballroom to discuss the War on Poverty. Gov Otto Kerner and Sen Paul H Douglas will speak with representatives from Southern Illinois counties about programs under the Economic Opportunity Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Alam
Univer
Carbondale
Sity Center
Otto Kerner
Illinois University
Werner
Delyte W. Morris
SIU Presidelp
Dent
Kenneth J. Gray
Will
D- West
Frankfort
Lant
Chicago
D. Blaney
Miller
Frank Kirk
Ate
Kerner
Bend
Kirk
Lake Conservancy District
Jefferson
Franklin
Dinors
Carbon Noon
Hurst Bush Annexation Step Okayed
Hurst Bush Grade School Board agreed Saturday night to explore annexation to another district after voters rejected a tax increase. Plans include meetings with Carbondale and Herrin units, with potential high school student transport to Herrin and grade school expansion on the present site. Financial strain from declining valuations and bonding limits threatens both high school and grade school, with enrollment rising modestly and a new classroom needed next fall.
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Hurst-Bush
Gene Welch
Ray Huddleston
Carbondale
Hertin
Carterville
Hurst- Bush
Ernest Treece
Treece
Fed
Gene Elkins
Master TV Plan Viewed for Murphysboro Tower Work
Gregg Cablevision Co of Memphis Tennessee notified Murphysboro officials plans to build a master television tower with work starting early in 1965. A helicopter survey to determine elevations and a survey for the tower site are slated within 30 days. The company also forwarded a $500 check as the first year's franchise payment.
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Murphysboro
Joe Willams
Gregg Cablevision Co
Memis
Group Drops Plea To City
A near Murphysboro neighborhood group abandons plans to annex to Carbondale city limits citing a state ordinance carving out the area. Signers Dewey Potts and Richard Hill say the move aimed to abate a nuisance near Carrie Baines’s tavern, which burned earlier. City Atty. Wolff notes annexation requires all property owners sign. area cannot be repealed into the city. Minor crashes investigated in Carbondale include a parking lot collision involving Peyton Kunce and Jesse Pistone, a second collision on Minors Avenue, and a crash pairing James Holmes with Robert Stekle.
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Murphysboro
Dewey Potts
Richard Hill
Potts
State Highway Department
Big Muddy
Wiliam Wolff
Will
Wolff
Carbondale
Peyton H. Kunce
Jesse Pistone
West Frankfort
Ilinois Central Railroad
South Illinois Avenue
Gary Wilson
Norman Hall
Haubstadt
Ind
Illinois Central
South Minors Avenue
James Holmes
Rt. 3
Robert Stekle
S. Ilinois Ave
Evansville Police Brief on Julia Stanley Fine
Julia Stanley of Evansville was fined $15 for an improper left turn according to a police brief. The incident records show the minor traffic violation and penalty issued by local authorities.
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Evansville
Julia Stanley
Coroner Litton Gets Back Pay After Board Decision
Williamson County coroner Pam Litton receives 1950 back pay and 822.10 in expenses for October and November after a board action nullifying prior withholding since September. State’s Attorney Hubler supports the payment aligning with a court ruling, while Sneed argued funds must come from fee office earnings. Arthur Melvin named Hubler’s assistant at 12000 annually to handle major cases.
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Williamson County
Pam Litton
Carl Sneed
Sneed
Litton
Atty
Kenneth T. Hubler
Hubler
Supreme Court
Williamson
Melvin
Arthur Melvin
Marion
Thomas Haney
Herrin
Mines Working Monday Fidelity Burning Star report
The report lists shift status for the Fidelity Burning Star mines. Burning Star 1 and Burning Star 2 first shift are operating while Burning Star 2 second shift and Mines Not Working Monday indicate a halt or downtime for the Burning Star group.
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Fidelity
Burning Star
Burning Star Slope
Police Briefs From Carbondale Elkville Fines Levyed
Carbondale officers fined Earl Severs fifteen dollars for speeding. Elkville records show Fat R. Rees fined fifteen dollars for disobeying a stop sign.
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Carbondale
Earl Severs
Elkville
R. Rees
Murphysboro Seeks State Help On One Way Traffic Plan
Murphysboro plans to ask the state Division of Highways for surveys to study one way traffic on Locust street between 1st and 13th streets. The council preferred an east to west flow, proposing parking on both sides to gain about 18 spaces while maintaining traffic flow and easing downtown congestion.
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Murphysboro
State Division of Highways
Locust Street
13Th Streets
Joe Williams
Carbondale
Highway Department
Williams
Carbondale Plans War On Poverty Initiative
Carbondale officials will hear a program explanation by state officials Tuesday as Mayor Blaney Miller aims to form a community action committee after the meeting to plan and direct the program. The Carbondale plan would be partly financed by federal funds under the Economic Opportunity Act approved this year.
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Carbondale
Blaney Miller
SIU Trustees Approve Land Lease and Exchange
The Southern Illinois University board approves leasing land to the Forest Service and exchanging land with Giant City State Park to straighten boundaries and connect Carbondale and Little Grassy Lake campuses. A transmitter project near Olney for WSIU TV is authorized, plus a long term Carbondale campus land lease for a Forest Service center.
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Southern
Tlinois University Board of Trustees
Federal Forest Service
Giant City State Park
Olney
Ilinois
73Rd General Assembly
University
Little Grassy Lake
State Dept. of Conservation
Carbondale
Forest Service
Forest Research Center
School of Agriculture
University Experimental Farm
Agriculture School
Robert Merz
Carbondale Center
Congress
SIU
Wsiu-Tv
Tamaroa
Iionis
Thellinois Building Authority
Peter Savostin
Edwardsville
Clyde M. Brown
Irvin, Pelthmann
Crash near Herrin kills Murphysboro man
Donald L. Saylor 24 of Murphysboro died when a car driven by Frank Craine 24 ran off the Herrin to Johnston City road and struck a culvert near a curve around 6 45 a m Frank Craine was treated for injuries in Herrin Hospital Saylor belonged to Centenary Methodist Church and Brown Shoe Co He left a daughter LeAnn and siblings LaDonna Arnold Charles News of services and burial followed at Meyer Denny Funeral Home Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
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Murphysboro
Herrin
Johnston City
Donald L. Saylor
S. 20Th St
Frank
Craine
Saylor
Brown Shoe Co
Centenary Methodist’ Church
George L
Marie Dearmond Saylor
LeAnn
LaDonna Saylor
Arnold
Charles
Bertha Saylor
Meyer - Denny Funeral Home
W. Louis Purcell
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
De Soto Grade School voters approve tax rate increases
De Soto voters approved increases in two district tax rates. Transportation fund rises from two to 10 cents per 100 value with 68 yes and 45 no. General building fund climbs from 18 to 25 cents with 69 yes and 43 no. Overall tax rate rises from 1.32 to 1.4625 per 100 value. A Buckner man, Roy Lee Pyle, 32, died in a head on collision on Rt 14 east of Christopher Saturday evening. Another driver James Shipley, 42, Zeigler, was listed in fair condition at Miner’s Hospital, Christopher. Funeral plans for Pyle are pending. Four people injured in a three car crash near Allen Industries west of Herrin Saturday evening. Names: Delbert Williams, 61. Louis Quaglia, 60. Albert Logan, 57. Wilma Williams. Quaglia and Logan admitted to Herrin Hospital. Williams and wife taken to Doctors Hospital Carbondale.
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de Soto
Disney
Rt. 14
Christopher
Roy Lee Pyle
James ‘Shipley
Zeigler
Miner's Hospital
Christoph
Distnet 18
du Quoin
Pyle
Shipley
Mr. Pyle
Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home
Benton
Allen Industries Inc
Herrin
Delbert Williams
Hurst
Louis Quaglia
Albert Logan
Albert Logan, 57, Calp. Quaglia and Logan Were Admitted To Herrin Hospital
Williams
Wilma
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
HerritColp Road
SIU Board OKs Wall Street widening plan for Carbondale
SIU trustees approve a joint project with the state Division of Highways and Carbondale Township to widen 5700 feet of Wall Street from Park Street to Pleasant Hill Road. The $140000 effort will add a 36 foot road with two 10 foot lanes and eight foot shoulders. Highway Division pays about 58000. SIU covers most remaining costs. township contributes 1500 for right of way. Construction starts next spring. project planning began in 1960.
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Wall Street
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
State Division of Highways
Carbondale Township
University Board of Trustees
Park Street
Pleasant Hill Road
SIU Carbondale
Highway Division
SIU
John S. ‘Rendleman
Pyles Fork Creek
Wall and
Park Streets
Cab Cites Judgment In Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board cited poor judgment in the crash that killed Wayne Hindman Laf Herrin, 56, on May 13. He died en route from Logansport to Elkhart, Indiana, in bad weather after taking off in fog without filing a flight plan. Officials noted he planned to follow Indiana Route 81, but fog and clouds obscured the road.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Wayne Hindman
Laf Herrin
Hindman
Elkhart
Ind
Logansport
Indiana Civil Air Patrol
Indiana
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Charles Reagan
Grant Drive
Rin Younsters
Santa Claus
Santa
The
Jaycees
Monte Shumaker
Murphysboro, Buckner Victims
CAB
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