Benton Plans Annexation Informational Meeting Thursday
Benton will host a public information meeting for residents about a proposed annexation from 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall. Mayor Charles Toler and City Attorney Don Cox will attend, outlining potential tax changes and city services including police fire water and sewer.
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Benton
City Hall
Charles Toler
Don Cox
Toler
Cox
Steel City Road
Rt. 14
Watsena Street
Guns Stolen From Herrin Hardware Store in Break-In
Thieves shattered a plate glass front at McMullin's Railroad Salvage and Hardware Store on 101 N. 16th St. in Herrin and fled with seven guns two shotgun and three rifles. The break-in occurred around 2 a.m. in heavy fog, with merchandise damaged in the display. London gold market shows demand easing toward normal as European gold rush winds down. Mine report notes all mines operating Wednesday.
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Herrin
McMullin
Railroad Salvage and Hardware
N. 16Th St
London
Europe
Dog Attack Incident Near South Wall Street in Carbondale
A boy walking home from a South Wall Street supermarket was approached by several aggressive dogs. Police used MACE to subdue one dog owned by Mrs. N. J. Webb of 607 E Snider after it lunged at a officer. The dog was later confined in a garage. No injuries were reported.
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Carbondale
South Wall Street
Wall Street
N. J. Webb
E. Snider
Benton council approves coin machine licensing ordinance
The Benton City Council adopt a new ordinance licensing juke boxes and coin-operated amusements at venues like bowling alleys and pool halls. Fees run 25 dollars per device and 120 dollars for amusement centers, with adjustments for non-centers and multiple machines. The measure also sets penalties and hours rules, and boosts fire and police pay to meet a state minimum. The council also considers fire, housing, electric, plumbing, and building codes for federal funds and fills a library board vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Don Cox
Cox
Plan Commission
Charles Toler
State Dept. of Public Health
Rend Lake
Toler
Mary Budzak
Telephone service restored after weekend outage
District superintendent John Walker reports service to more than 500 Carbondale telephones damaged by water seeping into a 1500 pair cable west of Mardale shopping center. About 525 of 875 lines in the area were affected with repairs completed by 10 a.m. Weather caused a small crack. most lines are two party.
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Carbondale
John Walker
Walker
Mardale
In-service workshop planned for Carbondale teachers
Carbondale Community High School teachers will form a committee to plan an in service growth workshop on human relations with six teachers meeting officials and two Illinois Commission on Human Relations members. The program aims to improve understanding between Negro and white students and teachers, with six sessions over 12 weeks and a possible graduate credit course next summer.
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Carbondale Community
Board of Education
Illinois Commission On Human Relations
Commission
Ivan Levin
Beatrice Young
Cchs Board of Education
Miss Young
Richard Thomas
Southern Illinois University Community Development Institute
CCHS
State Commission
Lerner
Walt Moore
Willie Anderson
Levin
America
Proviso High
Metropolis Board Elects Horman District Chairman
Metropolis attorney Shawnee college board elects Louis G. Horman chairman of the Junior College District 531 after a Sept. 16 referendum. Seven members met in Union County to elect officers and set term lengths with Horman, Robinson and Turner drawing three year terms.
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Metropolis
Louis G. Horman
Junior College
Shawnee
George Otrich
Union County
Jones
Boro
A. Turner
Cypress
A. L. Robinson
Mounds
Otrich
Horman
Robinson
Turner
Thomas M. Garrett
Brookport
Charles E. Tay
Lor
Maple Grove
Joppa
C. G. Ulrich
Dongola
Ralph N. Taake Jr
Cairo
Ullin
Karnak
Taake
Gerald Smith
State Junior College Board
Union
Johnson
Pulaski
Alexander
Massac
Jackson
Special census may boost Marion population by 750
Marion officials expect a 750 person gain from a new special census of areas annexed since 1960. Mayor Butler said 241 residents were annexed from Scottsboro, with more in the southeast subdivision to count. The census will boost motor fuel tax allotments for 1967 1968 and 1969 and help fund a sewage facility project west of the city.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
Scottsboro
Main Street
Fair Street
West Main Street
Community Facilities Administration
Glenn Clarida
CFA
Chicago
New
Marion Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Everett Jeter
Sewer Department
Clarida
Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Public Building Commission
Illinois
Community Help Urged for Dangbar Family in Carbondale
Mrs. J E Burnside Jr sends a $25 check in an open letter to Carbondale residents to aid Cecil Dangbar family 511 N Carico. Dangbar, a Carbondale city employee, has been unconscious since September 5 after gas exposure in a manhole. A Sunday feature about the family appeared in the newspaper.
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Carbondale
Cecil Dangbar
N. Carico
J. E. Burnside Jr
Southern Illinoisan
Dangbar
Du Quoin plant manager charged with manslaughter
E L Ullery 46, manager of P R Mallory & Co plant in Du Quoin, charged with voluntary manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon in the death of Raymond Koerber 45. Ullery posted 5100 bond and was released. Koerber shot outside Du Quoin Elks Club.
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E. L. Ullery
Perry County
Raymond E. Koerber
du Quoin
Ullery
P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc
Koerber
Gandy
Allory
du Quoin Elks Club
Mallory
Delores
Geraldine
Richard White
Murphysboro
Allery
Condemnation suit filed over Kinkaid Lake land
The state Department of Public Works filed a condemnation action in Jackson County Circuit Court to acquire 1.21 acres in the southeastern corner of Kinkaid Lake. Defendants include Wilbur A Graff Gladys W Graff Roscoe Harrou r and Pearl Harrour. State acts for Kinkaid and Reed's Creek Conservancy District. negotiations are said to have failed. The state had previously filed actions against five other property owners in July. cases pending.
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State Dept. of Public Works
Jackson County
Kinkaid Lake
Wilbur A. Graff
Gladys W. Graff
Roscoe Harrour
Pearl Harrour
Kinkaid and
Reed’s Creek
Students form relations commission at CCHS
A 30 member temporary junior human relations commission was proposed by about 60 students at Carbondale Community High School after a meeting with Mayor David Keene and school officials. The group will set membership rules and selection methods while excluding dropouts. Local officials and Illinois Human Relations representatives attended.
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Jim Hatton
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Brad Woods
CCHS
David Keene
Cchs Board of Education
Charles Lerner
Keene
Lerner
Ity
Commission
George Fleerlage
Ivan R. Levin
Illinois Commission On Human Relations
Beatrice Young
Miss Young
Randolph board names Gwin chairman in Chester session
L. W. Gwin of Percy was chosen board chairman of the Randolph County Board of Commissioners in an organizational meeting in Chester. He is the county’s only Democrat, with Wilbert Dehne and Harold Tillock as other members. The board fixed tavern hours for two holiday weekends, setting 3 a.m. closing on Christmas Eve and removing closing hours for New Year’s Eve.
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L. W. Gwin
Percy
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Chester
Gwin
Wilbert Dehne
Red Bud
Harold Tillock
Baldwin
Dehne
Three Cities Plan Industrial Prospect Brochures
RETAP staff at Southern Illinois University prepare industrial brochures for Carbondale Harrisburg and the Franklin Industrial Park to attract prospects. Robert Ellis says brochures are nearly complete for Carbondale and Harrisburg with BI DA involvement. East St Louis also receives RETAP assistance and EDA asks for recruiters to gather basic industrial information.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Franklin
Robert Ellis
SIU Bureau of Business Research
Carbondale Business Industrial Development Assn
East St. Louis
Ellis
Federal Economic Deveopment Administration
EDA
RETAP
Murphysboro Board approves sign size variation for Burger Mart
The Murphysboro Board of Appeals approved a revised sign plan for a Burger Mart under construction at Walnut and 20th streets. Bill Hunt said a November filing mislisted the sign height as 36 feet. the proposed sign is 30 feet, still exceeding the 25 foot B-1 limit, but a five foot variation was granted.
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Murphysboro Board of Appeals
Bill Hunt
Burger Mart
Walnut and
20Th Streets
Hunt
Southern Illinois Uni President Morris visits Vietnam
Delyte Morris, president of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, arrives in South Vietnam to observe a 12 member team of educators from the university assisting the government on elementary education under a 1966 AID contract. He will stay until Dec 23, visiting Ban Me Thout Qui Nhon and Saigon and meeting ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and General William Westmoreland.
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Saigon
Southern Illinois University
Delyte Morris
South Vietnam
University At
Carbondale
Ill
U.S. Agency For International Development
Morris
Ban Me Thout
Qui Nhon
Ellsworth Bunker
William C. Westmoreland
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Benton Council
Charles J. Lerner
Attucks
Louella Davis
Aene
W. Main St
John Langan
Metropolis Attorney
Shawnee College
Gov. Romney
Kosygin
Moscow
George Romney
Michigan
Middle East
Alexei Kosygin
Kremlin
Feirich & Feirich
Kinkaid
Cchs Students Form Relations Commission
Woods
Commun
Randolph Board
Dr. Morris
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