Carbondale eyes fifth urban renewal bid
Carbondale plans a fifth urban renewal application within three months to include 70 percent of the northeast neighborhood outside the North Wall Street project. Burns, renewal commissioner, cites a possible federal share over $3 million and notes SIU’s past five years of construction unlocks more than $20 million in federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Shane
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
William. Burns
North Wall Street
Burns
Southern Illinois University
Department of Housing and Urban Develop
Bi-Partisan McCarthy Support Group Forming in Illinois
A Southern Illinois committee forms to back Sen. Eugene McCarthy for president. About 50 people met in Carbondale to cooperate with a state wide effort and plan a Chicago meeting January 6 to establish a state wide McCarthy committee. Jerome Handler and George McClure announce details for future sessions and potential speakers.
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Southern Illinois Committee
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Wisconsin
Carbondale
McCarthy
Chicago
Jerome Handler
Southern Illinois
Handler
Blair Clark
Southern Ilinois
Unitarian Fellowship
Elm Street
University Avenue
George McClure
Vietnam
Duff seeks state post in 21st District tour
Wilmette Republican Brian Duff seeks the Illinois secretary of state post. He planned stops in Vienna and other 21st District communities. Duff, an attorney and business executive, has advised Charles Percy and Donald Rumsfeld in campaigns since 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Duff
Wilmette
Southern Illinois
Duff
Vienna
Paul Powell
21St
U.S
Charles Percy
Donald Rumsfeld
Flag at Southern Illinois University Half Staff After Exams
A beer advertisement banner on a television antenna flies at half staff over student apartments at the corner of University Avenue and Jackson Street in Carbondale following exams last week at Southern Illinois University.
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University Avenue
Jackson Street
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Chicago youth fined for battery in Marion Court
James Cravens, 17, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to battery in Circuit Court in Marion. He was fined $100 and placed on one year probation after being indicted for allegedly assaulting Shylar Tucker with a baseball bat in Johnston City on December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cravens
Chicago
Marion
Cravens
Shylar Tucker
Johnston City
Williamson County Board Leases Office For Tax Assessor
The Williamson County Board leased a South Market street office in Marion for Tax Assessor Lou King. The space, formerly Cole Layer Trumble Co, will host King’s staff moving from the courthouse area. The board approved $300 interest and renewal of a $3,500 Civil Defense tax warrant with Bank of Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Board
South Market Street
Marion
Lou King
Cole- Layer-Trumble Co
Virginia Dunston
Homer Askew
King
Bank of Egypt
Public Building Commission
Treasury
Commission
Dolls Refurbished for Needy Children by Local Group
Six members of the American Association of Retired Persons in Carbondale refurbished worn dolls by repairing clothing cleaning and styling hair for the Toy for Needy Children collection. The effort supported by Carbondale Park District and the Kiwanis Club drew toys from local elementary schools and was praised by program manager Betty Mileur. Police Brief Albion: Kathleen O Daniel fined $28 for speeding.
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American Association of Retired Persons
Carbondale
Elsie Bain
Anna Renfro
Mildred Jones
Lillie Miller
Gay Tegtmeyer
Velma McReynolds
Carbondale Park District
Kiwanis Club
Betty Mileur
Park District
Carbondale Eyes Youth Relations Club Formation
A 7:30 p.m. Monday meeting at Carbondale City Hall will discuss forming a junior human relations commission to foster interracial harmony among Negro and white youths. City officials school leaders and the state Commission on Human Relations plan to attend.
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Carbondale City Hall
Illinois Commission On Human Relations
Carbondale Community High School
Charles Lerner
Cchs Board of Education
David Keene
Lerner
CCHS
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Carbondale Community High School Board of Education
State Commission On Human Relations
Carbondale forms advisory panel plans 1968 improvements
Carbondale's Citizens Advisory Committee begins work on a workable 1968 program with subcommittees drafting codes, a community plan, administration, financing and participation. HUD approval and city council review follow, plus neighborhood councils and a planning seminar.
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Carbondale
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Parents discuss school integration at Carbondale East
About 50 parents and officials met in Carbondale to discuss integration challenges at Carbondale Community High School East. Principal George Kuhn led COPE through groups on curriculum discipline and student relations, addressing bus incidents and locker theft plus open housing questions.
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Ben Gelman
John C. Taylor
Carbondale Community High School
East
George Kuhn
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
State Youth Commission
Kuhn
COPE
Cchs East
E. T. Simonds
W. Oak St
Carbondale
John Wiggins
Rt. 1
Makanda
Unity Point
Leon Russell
East Green St
Russell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
East High School
Community High School Central
Tilden tavern burglarized by two youths in Randolph County
Two youths, Logan D. Shackleford and Edgar Fisk, are jailed on burglary charges after breaking into Em's Tavern in Tilden. Sheriff Vernon Uffelman says whisky and cigarettes were taken and later found in the suspects’ car. Also noted is Thomas North of Carbondale recovering after surgery to remove a rock fragment from his leg, with North employed by the state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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Randolph County
Tilden
Vernon Uffelman
Logan D. Shackleford
Rt. 2
Box
Willmington
Edgar Fisk
Walnut
Coal City
Uffelman
Thomas North
Carbondale
Board of Education
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
North
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Office
Almond St
SIU Agriculture Enrollment Rises Nine Percent
Southern Illinois University reports a 9 percent rise in undergraduate enrollment in agriculture with 813 students full term. SIU now ranks 21st among 68 land grant state universities with agriculture programs, up from 25th in 1966, reflecting growing interest in agriculture and related careers across science business and industry.
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Southern Illinois University
National Association of State Universities and
SIU
W. E. Keepper
SIU School of Agriculture
Keepper
SIU plans expandable east library addition at Morris Library
Southern Illinois University plans an east side addition to Morris Library between the main building and the projected humanities and social sciences complex. Architect Robert Geddes calls the location optimal and envisions a four story underground storage tank with expandable above ground floors later if needed. Board members urged big, expandable design to avoid crowding and to keep future growth in mind.
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Southern Illinois University
Morris Library
Carbondale
Board of Trustees
Robert Geddes
Princeton University School of Architecture
Thompson Woods
Life Science
Geddes
Martin van Brown
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Murphysboro Hosts State Speech Contest Winners Named
About 450 students from 17 Illinois high schools competed at the Murphysboro invitational State Speech Contest. Thornton Fractional South won first with 38 points, Thorn Ridge Chicago second with 32, Murphysboro third with 26, University High Normal fourth with nine, and Carbondale Community and Wood River tied for fifth with eight. Murphysboro Township High led readers theater, Thorn Ridge also won duet acting with Metropolis and Murphysboro tying for second and Wood River third.
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Illinois
Murphysboro Township High School
Thornton Fractional South
Chicago
Thorn Ridge
Murphysboro
University High School
Normal
Carbondale Community High School
Wood River High School
Thorn Ridge of
Marion High School
Metropolis
Wood River
Shawnee Junior College District 531 Board Organizes in Jonesboro
The newly elected Shawnee District 531 board meets at 7 p.m. in Otrich's Union County courthouse office to elect officers and formalize the group's structure. Seven of nineteen candidates from six counties include Dr. Garrett Brookport Dr. Robinson Mounds Dr. Ulrich Dongola Turner Cypress Taylor Joppa Horman Metropolis and Taake Ullin.
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Shawnee Junior College
Jonesboro
George H. Otrich
Otrich
Union County
Shawnee
Thomas M. Garrett
Brookport
A. L. Robinson
Mounds
C. G. Ulrich
Dongola
Carroll Adam Turner
Cypress
Charles E. Taylor
Joppa
Louis Horman
Metropolis
Ralph N. Taake
Ullin
SIU films chosen to represent United States abroad
Two SIU motion pictures were named among top American-made films to represent the United States at international film festivals. The Golden Eagle Awards were given to the SIU Production Unit in Washington as How ard Cotton directed World Population 1 000 B C to 1965 A D and Frank Paine directed Vergette Making a Pot.
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Southern Illinois University
United States
CINE
SIU
Washington, D.C
B.C
A.D
Barcelona
Spain
Florence
Italy
Salerno
Howard Cotton
SIU Film Unit
Vergette
Nicholas Vergette
San Francisco
Frank Paine
SIU Film Production
SIU to Test Power Failure for Maintenance
Southern Illinois University will conduct a controlled power blackout December 21 to 23 for maintenance in three buildings. Electrical service will be interrupted from 5 p.m. December 21 to 6 a.m. December 23 in Morris Library Life Science Building animal house and greenhouse, with temporary heating connections to keep partial operation.
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Southern Illinois University
Morris Library
University
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