Mud-bound Families Get New Road Near Vienna
A county road south of Vienna, which left four families mud-bound for about three weeks, has been gravel surfaced and made passable. The project, halted by rain in late November, widened and raised the road 2% miles west of Rt. 45. Sherman Taylor family and Paul Graves family relocated temporarily. all report improved conditions with a few soft spots needing more gravel.
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Vienna
Rt. 45
County Highway Department
Sherman Taylor
Paul Graves
Anderson
Icy Bridges Cited as Main Cause of Early Weekend Accidents
District 13 reports 34 accidents by 10 p m Saturday many from slick bridges. Ice forms on bridges first due to cooler temperatures underneath, causing rollovers and minor injuries across Route 146 Route 13 and surrounding areas near Jones Equality and Benton.
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Richard Smith
Carol Sweet
Anna
Union County Hospital
Jones
Union County
Smith
Rt 146
Jonesboro
Phillip McGowan
Eldorado
Harry Devillez
Harrisburg
Equality
McGowan
Devillez
Ronald Beasley
Andrew Hobson
Beasley
Robert L. Roscow
Prairie du Rocher
Red Bud Hospital
Roscow
Albert Acton
St. Louis
Chester Hospital
Menard Prison Road
the Auto
Gerard P. Paulus
Chester
Carl E. Rowland
Christopher
John R. Yosanovich
Buckner
Rt. 14
Benton
Miners’ Hospital
Chiner
Illinois
du Quoin
House Fire in Carbondale Under Suspicion of Arson
Carbondale firefighters and police investigated an unoccupied home at 428 East Oak Street destroyed by a blaze started around 6 30 p m Friday. An on scene witness reported seeing a projective object tossed into the house and hearing glass break as the fire began a soda bottle bomb was recovered inside the structure.
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Carbondale
Oak St
SIU notes and local stories mix in columnist recap
Local items cover Carbondale high school board billing, Cheryl Miller wedding chatter, SIU Health Service influenza checks, and Bill Farley’s Golconda testimonial gathering. A TV and theater thread follows with Ken Swofford’s Gunsmoke role and past SIU stage credits, plus a Harrisburg colleague’s record review mentioning Jim Cox’s Great Thou Art.
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Harrisburg
Jim Cox
Thieves Break Glass Doors In Perry County Stores
Thieves used boards to break into Kohlsdorfs Value Store and Norma's Beauty Shop at 208 W Walnut St Pinckneyville. Break-ins reported 7 a.m. Friday. About $50 cash stolen from the beauty shop, plus three or four cameras and a lady's watch from Kohlsdorfs. State crime lab tech examined for fingerprints. Prior thefts used bricks or stones to smash plate glass windows.
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Kohlsdorfs Value Store
Norma’s
Walnut St
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Norman Brostmeyer
Kohlsdorfs
State Crime Laboratory
Cambria man faces charge in police shooting case
Thomas A. Needham, 21, of Cambria Illinois, jailed on 50000 bail after police say he shot at officers Monday night. Preliminary hearing set for December 30. Needham, linked to a California parole violation on a bogus check sentence, was arrested following a manhunt for the gunman who wounded Patrolman Conrad Schwingle in the leg. He was released recently from a Vandalia Illinois theft sentence.
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Illinois
William L. Buenzli
Thomas A. Needham
Needham
Cambria
Ill
Conrad Schwingle
California
Madison
Vandalia
Kenneth Kalhagon
Humitube Pact Signed With Textile Workers Union
Humitube Packaging Inc at Ordill signed a contract with the Textile Workers Union of America. Richard Ford, international organizer, will reveal contract details after Jan 1. Ford will be out of the area until then. About 70 Humitude employees work in transparent paper production.
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Humitube Packaging Inc
Ordill
Textile Workers Union of America
Richard Ford
Textile Workers
Ford
Humitade
National Labor Relations Board
Allen Industries Inc
Herrin
Humitude
Harrisburg residents bound over on burglary charges
Judge Law Haney bound over three Harrisburg residents to a circuit court grand jury in Marion on three charges of burglary and theft. Sufficiency found for actions on break ins at Robert Hall Clothing Store Erwin's Interstate Shell and Woody's Gulf Service in Marion. Arrest followed a burglar alarm. clothing and items were found in their car. Police testified at the hearing. All mines working Monday.
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Jack Cantrell
Haney
Robert Hall Clothing
Erwin
Interstate Shell
Woody’s
Gulf Service
Marion
Three Menard Inmates Escape With Guard Near Chester
A guard was tied to a tree and left as three Menard Penitentiary trustees fled on foot after abducting Officer Bern Kline. Police tracked the trio James Siglar Robert Baker and Richard Sims in a rural area west of Ellisgrove as a prison truck was found abandoned nearby.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Chester
Menard Penitentiary
Menard
Ellisgrove
Bern Kline
James Sighar
Robert J. Baker
Marion County
Richard Sims
Joliet
Siglar
Sims
Baker
Kline
Fort Kaskaskia
Pierre Menard
Klondike Creek
Kaskaskia
Carbondale Park District Faces Back Taxes Question
Carbondale Park District may owe about 780 in back taxes on its office property at 206 W Elm St after a tax roll error. The board will seek legal opinion on liability while final payments for the property and a 10 acre Evergreen park tract were approved. Randall outlined plans for a long range capital plan to pursue federal and state grants including a 26000 grant for a four acre net park near Oakland and Kennicott.
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Carbondale Park District
W. Elm St
Alan Randall
Park District
East St. Louis
Cliff
Madge Grady
Randall
Charles Hines
Evergreen Park
Evergreen
Investi
Oakland Avenue
Kennicott Street
Department of the Interior
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Two Du Quoin Officials Won’t Seek Re election
Two Du Quoin City Council members Anton Berg and Jack Malinee say they will not seek another term. Mayor Jack Struck undecided with recall actions pending a Illinois Supreme Court ruling. Primary Feb 25 and election April 15 with filing Jan 6 to Jan 21.
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du Quoin
Jack Struck
Anton Berg
Jack Malinee
Illinois Supreme Court
Tom Moss
Jerome Roznowski
Moss
Roznowski
Thee Supreme Court
Berg
Malinee
Fire calls across multiple towns report property damage
Fire incidents in Du Quoin Marion Johnston City Herrin and Carbondale caused interior damage and smoke exposure. Details include a vacant building fire at Chestnut and Park streets minor damage at 9 05 p m Thursday a chimney fire at 204 E Carter Street with no damage and a fatality at 1112 Burgess Street Johnston City. The Herrin fire damaged First Federal Savings and Loan offices with three rooms damaged and contents charred and Carbondale saw smoke damage from meat left on a stove with no estimate available.
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du Quoin
Chestnut
Park Streets
Marion
Harold Short
E. Carter St
Johnston City
Burgess St
Damlie Eberhardt
Herrin Hospital
Herrin
Park Ave
Federal Savings and Loan
Carbondale
E. Larch St
Cobden Board upholds blocking migrant workers housing plan
The Cobden Board of Appeals voted 4 to 3 to sustain a plan commission ruling prohibiting a migrant workers housing project within the 1.2 mile zoning ring. The Union Jackson County Farm Labor Association proposed a $300000 housing site on 20 acres west of Cobden with grant and loan aims. backers may pursue court review or relocate beyond the zone.
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Cobden’s Board of Appeals
Plan Commission
Union - Jackson County Farm Labor Association
Cobden
Farm Labor Association
Village Board of Appeals
Dan McGuire
Makanda
Board of Appeals
McGuire
Pamphlet backs plan for schools in Carbondale district
A mimeographed pamphlet outlines the Carbondale Plan to combine eight grade school library and material facilities into four primary and three intermediate schools. The plan, supported by district staff, would save money, allow staff reductions, and enable centralized special education and enhanced programs while keeping all classes integrated. A January special board meeting will review the proposal, with implementation targeted for September 1969 and a graduate level sensitivity workshop for teachers.
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Carbondale
Harold L. Crowell
Attucks
Carbondale Education Association
Carbondale boards study water rate impact on schools
Carbondale Grade School and High School boards will review the added costs from city water-rate increases. Superintendent Laurence Martin noted a rapid estimate showing the Thomas School bill rising from 25 to 227, which would lift the grade school district water bill for nine schools to about 30,000 annually if all bills rise similarly.
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Carbondale
Laurence Martin
Thomas
Martin
Schools Offer City Easement for Interceptor Sewer
High School Board of Education proposes to grant the city of Carbondale an easement at CCHS East for an interceptor sewer line. Conditions include no extra cost to the district, relocation of the line to the south with longer connections, advance notice for maintenance re-entry except in emergencies, and five water taps installed at city expense.
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High School Board of Education
Jackson County Board of School Trustees
CCHS
City of
Carbondale
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Paula
Daktari
Nate Shapiro
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Miss Miller
SIU Health Service
Hong Kong
Jiu-Ling Tai
Taiwan
Bill Farley
Golconda
Bill
Dixon Springs
Bill Coty
Cory
SIU
Ken Swofford
STU
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Swofford
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Kelso Hollow
Salem
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Ralph Roach
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