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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1967
Page
8
An Evanston Chamber poll showed 244 to 124 in favor of lifting the city liquor ban. WCTU president Mrs. Fred J. Tooze, based in Evanston, condemned the poll as fractional and urged retention of the charter provision.
Illinois Central official Paul Reistrup assured Mayor David Keene Monday that 80 percent of Carbondale crossing tie ups will be eliminated with a reshuffling of jobs as vacancies occur. He said the railroad remains committed to reducing switching and that job losses would be far less than union estimates. Reistrup noted plans to move the Railway Express operation from the passenger station and argued against building a new depot, citing unsettled passenger-train conditions nationwide. Keene predicted a town boom if the tie ups are removed and an east west one way direction is adopted, while the city would not oppose ICC halting passenger service to St Louis to open up the town.
A 15 year old Du Quoin high school student confessed to calling in a bomb threat to Du Quoin Township High School on December 5. Police and officials evacuated 550 students and searched the building. a Perry County Circuit Court hearing is set for January 12 on delinquency charges. The student had been suspended prior to the threat, with suspension review at a district board meeting.
Principal George Kuhn of Carbondale Community High School East organizes an informal meeting for freshmen parents from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the CCHS East cafeteria. He invites all parents, aims to foster acquaintance and discuss issues since the September start, with refreshments provided and the meeting ending at 9 p.m.
Milton F. Sullivan, associate professor of sculpture at Southern Illinois University, has had his seven foot high welded metal and carved walnut piece Ances tor Figure 3 chosen for the State Department Art in the Embassies program. The work, the last of three on the subject, seeks to express questions of identity and fate.
Southern Illinois University has awarded 35 042 degrees since 1908 at its Carbondale campus and Edwardsville complex. The totals include 241 doctorates, 5 547 masters, 22 802 bachelors, 847 masters and 3 197 bachelors at Edwardsville, plus 2 382 associate degrees.
About 250 WWI veterans their wives and widows attended a District I session at the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters hall in Murphysboro. Ray Cohee outlined new Medicare hospitalization nursing home care and Social Security rules. William Moncur spoke on changes in veterans pension law and benefits. The pension amounts rise with dependents and income levels, with maximums of 104 for a single veteran and 109 with one dependent. The October first benefits followed a September law passage. Clyde Choate planned to cover state medical services and nursing home provisions but could not attend. A dinner was hosted by the local VFW.
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