Weather delays hit Southern Illinois construction boom
Ralph Cooksey of the Southern Illinois Laborers' District Council says a very bad year for highway and pipeline work, worsened by cold ground, has delayed a major oil line from Patoka to Goreville. Union leaders cite weather, rising costs, and tight money as factors slowing activity across the region. Carole Bernice McHughes, 14 days old, is named county sesquicentennial silver plate winner in Union County.
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Ralph Cooksey
Southern Illinois Laborers’ District Council
Patoka
Louisiana
Goreville
Cooksey
Southern Illinois
Arthur Vincent
Egyptian District Council of Carpenters
Union County
Carole Bernice McHughes
Carole Bernice
Willard McHughes
Anna
Union County Hospital
Vincent
Charles Mileur
Murphysboro
Mileur
Vincer
John McDermott
Southern Illinois University Labor Institute
Ex-police chief renews fight for job in Marion
Charles Edwards, former Marion police chief, files for leave to amend his suit against the city seeking reinstatement and back pay after being discharged by the City Council on May 8 following 13 years in office. Judge Wright previously ruled the city may discharge and appoint chiefs under state law. No hearing date set yet. amendment aims to include constitutional claims.
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Charles Edwards
Marion
Circuit Court
Edwards
C. E. Wright
Anna man found dead in his Anna apartment
A 60 year old Anna taxi driver Merle Childers was found shot dead in his East Side Apartments residence. The Union County coroner ruled the death as 12 gauge shotgun wounds in a personal safety related incident. He leaves two daughters and several siblings. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Broadway McCarty Funeral Home with military rites.
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Anna
Union County
Merle Childers
East Side
Mary Groner
Childers
Alton
Basil
Carbondale
Melvin
Milwaukee
Wis
Ford
Fairfield
Clovis
Camp Breckinridge
Jess
Cobden
Broadway- McCarty Funeral Home
Carrol P. Foster Post
Percy youth injured in early morning crash in Willisville
State Police reported two weekend accidents in Illinois. An 18 year old Terry Myers of Willisville was treated for minor injuries at Memorial Hospital Chester after his car hit a tree on Rt 4 at 12 45 a.m. A 17 year old John Burgdorf of Red Bud and his mother Irma Burgdorf were treated for minor injuries at St Clement's Hospital Red Bud after Burgdorf's car left Rt 3 and struck a tree at 10 15 p.m. Sunday.
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Percy
Willisville
Terry Myers
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Rt. 4
John Burgdorf
Red Bud
Rt. 3
Burgdorf
Irma Burgdorf
St. Clement’s Hospital
Other Christmases recalled By O. R. Walley
O R Walley Marion City Editor recalls three Christmases as a soldier in 1942 1943 and 1944 in Texas Africa and Italy. He describes sparse rations cold weather guard duty and shelter with friendly locals then notes how those memories make later holidays sweeter. He wishes servicemen a better Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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O. R. Walley
Marion City
Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo
Bizerte
Africa
Appenine Mountains
Florence
Italy
Christ
Murphysboro suspects held in car theft probe
Two Murphysboro men were in custody today on charges of attempting to break into parked cars. Laverne Johnson and Jessie Johnson were arrested Saturday in the 1200 block of Locust street for criminal trespass to vehicles. Jessie Johnson also faces theft under 150 dollars for items taken from a car owned by Mrs. Stevens.
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Murphysboro
Laverne Johnson
Jessie Johnson
Locust Street
Joe Stevens
Marion dismantles historic water tower after 1921 install
Globe Industrial Contractors of Henderson, Kentucky, begins removing Marion’s old water tower once 175 000 gallon capacity, later reduced to 150 000, now rusted. The city pays 2 750 for the project, and the obsolete structure will be scrapped. Behind it stands the new 500 000 gallon storage tower.
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Marion
Globe Industrial Contractors
Henderson, Ky
Marion man dies in Bakersfield crash
Bobby Gene Whiting 33 formerly of Marion died in an automobile crash in Bakersfield California at 2 15 p m Sunday He was born May 28 1934 in Marion an operating engineer Korean War veteran and member of First Baptist Church American Legion Post 147 and Operating Engineers Local Union He leaves his wife Agnes of Bakersfield and nine children and a brother Funeral arrangements are pending Mitchell Funeral Home Marion. New SIU winter term students may meet faculty at an informal coffee hour Jan 2. Canada’s population is 19859009.
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Bobby Gene Whiting
Marion
Bakersfield
Calif
Mr. Whiting
Roland
Blanche Clayton Whiting
First Baptist Church
American Legion Post No. 147
Agnes
Cailiff
Doug
Larry
Venus
Robert
Jerry
Ricky
Lisa
Grand Junction
Colo
Springfield
Mitchell Funeral Home
West Frankfort housing bid opening postponed to January
Franklin County Housing Authority postpones the bid opening for an elderly housing project in West Frankfort from 3 p.m. Wednesday to January 31 1968 citing higher than expected interest and about 60 bids received. Contractors have until March 1 1968 to begin work amid budget actions and other routine approvals.
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West Frankfort
Franklin County Housing Authority
Wayne O. Battle
Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Battle
Commis
1968 Prospects Seen by Jackson County GOP Leader
Jackson County Republican Chairman Ray Doerr of Vergennes says 1968 looks favorable with early campaigning planned. He cites Nixon as strongest candidate and notes hopes for a top-ticket Illinois visit, plus a full slate of county and district races in a year that could shift Democratic strength.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Ray Doerr
Vergennes
Illinois
Doerr
Everett Dirksen
Metropolis
Carbondale
Hambleton
Ian
du Quoin
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Charles Percy
Percy
GOP
LBJ
Johnson
Vietnam
Alabama
George Wallace
Solid South
Wallace
Antee
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
Richard Ogilvie
Chicago
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Massey-Ferguson Farm Equipment Co
Republican
SIU Revisions Down Estimate of Unity Point Pupils
Southern Illinois University officials trimmed expected new pupils at Unity Point school to about 100 with the opening of a new SIU family housing project near Carbondale. The projection drops from 300 and hinges on the age mix of students and potential district funding.
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Southern Illinois University
Unity Point
SIU
John Rendleman
Samuel Rinella
Virgil Wheeles
Wheeles
Pleasant Hill
Wheeler
Rendle
Carbondale
University
Rendleman
Southern Hills
Rinella
Cies
Giant City State Park
Deming
Reservoir Road
McLafferty Lane
Sparta Man Fatally Shot While Sleeping in Car
In Washington Pennsylvania a Sparta Illinois man, Francis D. Eckenrode, 27, was shot in the head while napping in his car beside a highway. His sister Lucy, 19, woke to see a tall man fleeing after awakening the victim. Eckenrode’s six year old son Theodore was in the car. police suspect an attempted robbery as a motive. Eckenrode lived at 248 North Lewis Street, Sparta, and his ill father had died earlier Sunday. His body was moved to Askew’s Funeral Home in Ebensburg.
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Sparta
Francis D. Eckenrode
Washington
Lucy
Ebensburg
Miss Eckenrode
Eckenrode
Theodore
Askews Funeral Home
N. Lewis St
Nineteen Oil Permits Issued in Five Southern Illinois Counties
State Division of Oil and Gas issued nineteen oil well drilling permits in November across Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Jefferson and Williamson counties. Total state permits reached 108 with five counties receiving water-input permits in Gallatin and Saline. A Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency meeting set for 8 30 p m Tuesday will consider a Williamson Legal Service Bureau proposal.
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Illinois
State Division of Oil and Gas Dept. of Mines and Minerals
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Jefferson
Williamson
Saline
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency Board
Williamson Legal Service Bureau
Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Bicounty Executive Board
Reel re-elected chair of Perry County Board
Steve Reel of Pinckneyville was re-elected chairman of the Perry County Board of Commissioners in an organizational session. Other members include Lawrence Brock of Sunfield and John Rednour of Cutler. Rednour, elected in last month’s race, took seat Dec. 4. Ed Lee of Du Quoin lost to Rednour by 53 votes.
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Steve Reel
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Ed Lee
du Quoin
Rednour
Centre coordinates Christmas help drive for needy families
Carbondale neighborhood center of the Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency runs a Christmas clearinghouse in two counties. More than 25 needy families await food clothes and toys with help from churches sororities and women’s clubs. Mary Gasser coordinates contact at 104 E Jackson St Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Jackson- Williamson Anti- Poverty Agency
Mary Gasser
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Gasser
Carbondale Center
E. Jackson St
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Marion Man
Canada
Sioners
Horrell
Bowyer and Dorris
Southern Illinois University College of Education
Illinois Education Association
IEA
Madelyn Treece
Troy Edwards
Elmer J. Clark
Atteund
Clark
College of Education
Southern Illinoisans
County Superintendent of Schools
Monroe Deming
State Superintendent of Schools’ Legal Office
Agen
Washington, Pa
Anti Poverty Unit
Perry Board
Reel
Center For Needy
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