Murphysboro City Council Meets at 7 P.M Friday
Southern Illinois schedules a Murphysboro City Council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Carbondale Varsity presents The Bible at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. at Rogers Theatre with additional shows in Anna and Murphysboro venues. More film listings include Fort Apache Pass and The Last Safari among others at local theaters and the Egyptian Drive-In.
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Murphysboro
City Hall
Varsity
Carbondale
Rogers Theatre
Anna
Empire
Marlow’s
Fox
Herrin
Omar Sharif
Sophia Loren
Emily
Julie Andrews
Johnston City High School Hosts Night Before Nights Dance
Saturday features a semi formal junior class dance from 8 30 to 11 30 p m in the gym with admission one dollar. Carbondale presents Wacky World of Mother Goose matinees at 11 a m 1 p m Saturday and 1 p m Sunday with shows listed.
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Johnston City High School
Fox
Carbondale
Bandera named head of Herrin Civil Defense Unit
David Bandera, 21, will head the Herrin Civil Defense Unit starting January 1 after being chosen by the Herrin City Council. He succeeds Leon Wilcox who resigned December 11 for business and health reasons. Bandera, a Herrin High School graduate and worker at American Magnetics Corp, plans training classes for the 14 member unit.
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David Bandera
Herrin
Bandera
Leon Wilcox
Herrin High School
American Magnetics Corp
Carterville
Holiday tavern hours corrected for Chester Sparta districts
A newspaper report corrected misprinted tavern hours for Chester and Sparta. Sparta taverns remain closed on Sundays until 6 am and no changes for Christmas or New Year Eve periods. Chester will extend New Year’s Eve hours from 1 am to 2 30 am but not for Christmas Eve.
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Chester
Sparta
Delbert Hayer
Hayer
Derrick Helmers
Drowning victim's rites for Steve Tucker
Funeral services for Steve Wayne Tucker 18 of Murphysboro will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Meyer Denny Funeral Home with Rev Claude Black officiating. Burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. Tucker died in a Thursday morning car overturn incident near Murphysboro with two passengers escaping.
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Steve Wayne Tucker
Murphysboro
Meyer- Denny
Claude Black
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Tucker
Rt. 149
Beaucoup Creek
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Walter Ducey
Chicago
John G. Cheeks
Decatur
Ducey
State Fair Employment Practices Commission
Cheeks
Commission
Springfield
Cleatus Zimmerman
Dale Johnson
Carbondale
Mr. Tucker
Clement
Mary Brewer Tucker
Marvin
California
Wendell
Diana
Darlene
Clement Tucker Sr
Bertha Trigg
Herrin
Roy Cole
CCHS Board Hires Teachers and Raises Substitutes Pay
Carbondale Community High School District 165 hires two part time teachers to free roles for drafting and guidance work. Substitute pay rises to 18 dollars daily amid scarcity. Board also approves contracts for concrete work, boiler repairs, foreign student plan discussion, and lighting upgrades at school grounds and nearby streets.
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Carbondale Community High School
Board of Education
Larry E. Swope
Rt. 2
Makanda
Marketable Skills
Paul Karber
Karber
CCHS
Swope
Southern Illinois University
Jerome Handler
Carbondale
Jim Cecil
Imperial Concrete Masonry Co
Nooter Corp
St. Louis
American Field Service
AFS
Springer Street
Oak Street
High Street
Richard Wilhelmy
Enrollment Rise Planned at Carbondale High School
Carbondale Community High School expects enrollment to climb from 1271 to 1417 next year. Assistant Superintendent Harold ONeill said the gain comes from feeder eighth graders in Carbondale Makanda and DeSoto and University School juniors moving to CCHS as seniors. University School will phase out its high school classes next year.
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Carbondale Community
Harold O’neil
Board of Education
Carbondale
Makanda
DeSoto
CCHS
University School
Arson suspected in Ivy Hall dormitory fire in Carbondale
Carbondale police and fire units investigate a 2 40 a m blaze at Ivy Hall Dormitory 708 W Mill St. Chief Hazel cites signs of arson with fires set in four locations two did not ignite objects include mattresses and gasoline soaked boards. batteries missing from alarm system. Arch ie Griffin owner unlocked back door when crew arrived. Raleigh B Aken 82 Elkville died in hospital. funeral arrangements set in Elkville.
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Carbondale
Cabondale
Jack Hazel
Ivy Hall
W. Mill St
Hazel
Archie Griffin
Ed Grumley
Saline County Youth Injured in Morning Crash
Joshua E. Joyner 20 of Stonefort was in critical condition after his vehicle left Rt. 34 eight miles south of Harrisburg struck a concrete bridge abutment at 4:45 a.m. The Saline County crash occurred near Harrisburg and sent the youth to Doctors Hospital.
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Saline County
Harrisburg
Joshua E. Joyner
Stonefort
Doctors Hospital
Joyner
Rt. 34
Marion special census increases population to 12 241
Marion Mayor Robert Butler announced a 967 person rise from 11 274 in the 1960 base to a total population of 12 241 after completing a special census of annexed areas. The count covers four areas and will boost motor fuel tax revenue by about 18 000 to 20 000 annually.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
Fair Street
Scottsboro Village
Fourth
Fifth Streets
West Main Street
Finis Holmes
Springfield
Gasoline Overflowed Tank at 800 Block North Main
Fire crews responded to a Benton call at 7 p.m. Thursday on North Main Street where gasoline leaked from a truck. Firefighters found the tank had overflowed but no damage was reported.
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Benton
North Main Street
Pupils rank high in U S test program at Carbondale
Carbondale Community School sophomores rank in the 93rd percentile in the Iowa Test of Educational Development. Harold O'Neil notes the school is proud and that the ranking exceeds past years by about 12 percent. The test spans all sophomores including slow learners.
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Carbondale Community School
Iowa
Board of Education
Harold O’neil
CCHS
Investigation continues into mine death of James Bowman
An inquest is planned after safety officials found no electrical fault in the Old Ben Coal Corp mine No 21 where James C Bowman 23 of West Frankfort died after collapsing around 4 pm Wednesday. A shuttle car was checked and found without power. Coroner Eugene Dorris will schedule an inquest after receiving officials report. Lula Knupp 78 of Jonesboro died Thursday night in Union County Hospital. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Jonesboro with burial at St Johns Cemetery. Ralph J Woodard 70 of Marion died Wednesday. funeral at 3 pm Saturday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion, burial Maplewood Cemetery.
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James C. Bowman
West Frankfort
Old Ben Coal Corp
Lesser
Bowman
Old Ben
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Lula Knupp
Jonesboro
Union County Hospital
Anna
Mill Creek
St. John’s Cemetery
Ralph J. Woodard
W. Cherry St
Marion
Mitchell Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
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Buckner
Miners Hospital
Christopher
Jasper
Georgia Griffin Smith
Baptist Church of
Fred H. Hardin
Baggot St
Zeigler
Herrin Hospital
Vantrease Funeral Home
Zeigler Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois At Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Ilinois
Southern Illlinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associates Press
Cchs Board
Kirby
W. Sycamore
Tom
Cutrite
Swift Premium
Washington
U.S. No
Idaho
Crawshaw
Wilhelmy
Aken
Raleigh B. Aken
N. 6Th St
Elkville
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
First Christian Church
Weinberg
Walker
N. Park Ave
W. Jackson Carbondale
Marion West
Frankfort Benton
MT. Vernon DU Quoin
U.S
Ralph Woodard
London
the Lady Poole
London Fog
Lady Poole
Zwick’s Ladies’ Store
Herrin, Illinois
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