Carbondale Park District Board Meeting Schedule
Carbondale Park District Board meets at 7 30 p m Wednesday in offices at 206 W Elm St. Community bridge lessons and a duplicate bridge session are listed at Carbondale Community Center 208 W Elm St with beginner and advanced times and a public play option for a small fee.
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Carbondale Park District Board
W. Elm St
Trict
Lincoln
Zeigler - Royalton
Franklin High
Pinckneyville District 100
Pinckneyville
Murphysboro Park Board
Central Illlnois Public Service
Murphysboro
Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board of Education
CCHS
Carbondale Park District
Duplicate
Carbondale Community Center
Carbondale Radar Unit Tickets 25 in Neighborhood Sweep
Carbondale police operated a radar sweep on Glenview drive from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday issuing about 25 traffic tickets. One citation listed 60 mph in a 30 mph zone. City Manager C William Norman said the program targets neighborhood thoroughfares and council members urged continued radar use and reporting.
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Carbondale
Glenview
C. William Norman
Norman
College
Old Main Streets
Rend City Road repairs approved
Franklin County will renovate Rend City Road west of Benton at an estimated 675000. County board approved the resolution with 16 voting for and 1 against. Bundy cited 220573 in unobligated federal aid funds and reminded the money must be obligated. Also approved were three railroad crossing projects and a representative to Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development.
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Rend City
Benton
Franklin County
County Board of Supervisors
William C. Bundy
Bundy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Administration
Main Bend Lake
Ronald Hampton
Tyrone Township
Lowell Bennett
Eastern Township
Clyde Nicholson
Frankfort
Akin
Bend City
McLeansboro Street
McLeansboro
Hampton
Christopher
al Chiaventone
Denning Township
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Executive Committee
Triangle School of Music Christmas Gift Offer
Triangle School of Music offers gift certificates for 2 Christmas guitar lessons. Qualified experienced instruction in guitar piano horn instruments drums bass guitar. Phone 5496488 for information.
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Triangle School of Music
Dahlgren Area Added to Rend Lake Conservancy District
Hamilton County voters approved annexation of Dahlgren and surrounding area into Rend Lake Conservancy District. The 600 water customers will get a six inch line to the district's main ten inch line from Ewing to McLeansboro. Dahlgren line length is about 54 miles.
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Hamilton County
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Dahlgren
Conservancy District Board
Conservancy District
Ewing
McLeansboro
Inquest Clears Policeman in Slaying of Cairo Man
An Alexander County coroners jury ruled Harry Pearson 26 of Cairo died from gunshot wounds while resisting arrest by Cairo police. Sgt Gerald Flanery acted in the line of duty. Pearson had been paroled December 2 from Joliet State Prison for armed robbery in Decatur and returned to Cairo the same day. He reportedly robbed an elderly motel couple and four goose hunters before police arrived. A motel clerk Earl Knight was struck during the confrontation at a hotel.
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Alexander County
Harry Pearson
Cairo
Gerald Flanery
Pearson
Joliet State Prison
Decatur
Earl Knight
Mr. Pearson
Carl Clutts
Flanery
Clutts
Franklin County OKs Mental Health Levy Budget
Franklin County board approves a 35 000 tax levy for mental health to back a 69 910 budget for 1969 70. State funds total 33 910, funds directed to personnel including a psychologist, psychiatrist, administrator and social worker. The seven member mental health board is chaired by Rev Daniel E Clark of West Frankfort. Franklin County operates a Community Services Center in West Frankfort with state and SIU support.
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Franklin County
County Board of Supervisors
Daniel E. Clark
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
West Frankfort
State
Southern Illinois University
Double death jury returns open verdict in Goreville case
Johnson County coroner's jury could not determine if the deaths of Real Stroud and Helen Stroud were homicide or self inflicted or accidental. Both died of gunshot wounds in their chests at their Goreville residence on December 10. A neighbor reported a call from Real Stroud and a daughter of Mrs Stroud previously warned of threats.
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Johnson County
Goreville
Real Stroud
Helen Stroud
Stroud
Local drive seeks Christmas gift dollars for Head Start
The Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission asks residents to donate Christmas gift dollars to support a year round Head Start program. Rev. John Francisco said federal funds are not available, and Dr. Donald Darling chairs the fund drive seeking $30,000.
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Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission
Carbondale
John Francisco
Commission
Donald Darling
Darling
Simmons Resigns Benton Supervisor Post to Holland
Simmons of Benton appointed Benton Township supervisor to fill the remaining two years of Kirby Webb's Franklin County term. Webb became Franklin County coroner in November and resigned. Simmons, 60, a Benton druggist and Bend Lake College board member, is a Democrat and former Benton supervisor 1939–1947. He ran for state senator in 1956, losing to Paul A. Ziegler by 500 votes.
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Holland Simmons
Benton
Benton Township
Franklin County
Simmons
Benton Community Bank
Greater
Bend Lake College
Paul A. Ziegler
Carmi
Ziegler
Negotiations Continue Between Tech Tape and Local 994
Talks ongoing between Technical Tape Corp officials and Labor Union Local 994 as workers agree to 30 days of continued labor while bargaining continues. The plant’s current three year contract expired Tuesday, with coverage in the Southern Illinoisan newspaper.
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Technical Tape Corp
Labor Union Local 994
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Witners Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Growth and cooperation shape Michigan city university ties
The University of Michigan and Ann Arbor expanded together after World War II to accommodate growing populations and facilities. Leaders like James Brinkerhoff, Guy Larcom, and William Bott described joint planning, shared traffic and housing concerns, and mutual committees to manage expansion and cooperation with state funding and local business needs.
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George Willhite
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
James Brinkerhoff
Brinkerhoff
Carbondale
S. Carbondale
Michigan
Guy Larcom
Tony
William Bott
Chamber of Commerce
Bott
John McKevitt
University
Larncom
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Levy
Union
Goldsmith’s
Alan Paine
London
Goldsmith's
Lady Goldsmiths
Ann Arbor, University
Larcom
Binkerhoff
SIU Aid
Murphyskere
Zwick’s
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