Movies showings across Carbondale and nearby towns
The calendar lists showings at Varsity Carbondale Marlow's Murphysboro Fox Carbondale Egyptian Drive-In Rodgers Theatre Anna. Titles include The Bible Big Mouth and Forty Guns The Last Safari The Swinger More Than A Miracle Emily Wacky World of Mother Goose Wat erhole No 3 and others with varied start times across today and the weekend.
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Varsity
Carbondale
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Apache Pass
Fox
Herrin
Omar Sharif
Sophia Loren
Emily
Julie Andrews
Rodgers Theatre
Anna
Monday Marlow's Murphysboro Films at Herrin Venue
Ab sent Minded Professor and Shaggy Dog show Mon through Sat starting 2 30 p m Monday 7 15 p m weekdays and 2 30 p m Saturday in Herrin. Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman and Big Hand for a Little Lady star Henry Fonda plays at 7 30 p m.
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Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Shaggy Dog
Rt. 148
Herrin
Cool Hand
Luke
Paul Newman
Big Hand
Henry Fonda
Public Meetings and Community Events in Herrin
Tuesday schedule lists Christopher Grade School Board meeting at 7 30 p m in the Grade School building. Also Herrin Teen Town Holiday Anniversary Dance from 8 to 11 45 p m with music by The Turks and admission 1 for members 1 25 for non members. Senior Citizens knit and crochet class at 10 a m and pinochle at 2 p m at center 211 N 14th St.
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Christopher Grade School Board
Herrin
The
N. 14Th St
Suspect in Martin Oi Co Service Station holdup
A 31 year old Metropolis man treated for acute alcoholism at Anna State Hospital is a holdup suspect in an armed robbery at the Martin Oi Co Service Station in Anna on December 10. Massac County sheriff took him to the hospital after a cut hand treatment by a Paducah doctor. A warrant is issued for a second man implicated in the robbery.
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Metropolis
Anna State Hospital
Martin Oi Co
Anna
Massac County
Paducah
Tony Fritsch
Petition Filed for Unit School District in Du Quoin Area
A unit district petition filed with Perry County Superintendent Phillip Provart marks the fourth since 1958. The 1964 petition must be resolved before acting on the latest, which excludes much of District 204 and Community Consolidated District 208. Voters previously rejected unit district plans in 1964, and the conversion would affect state aid and bonding power.
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du Quoin
Phillip A. Provart
Perry County
Provart
Sunfield District
Paradise Prairie Community Consolidated District
Truax-Tract
Five in Family Hurt in Willisville Crash
Five members of a Steeleville family were injured in a two car crash on Route 4 a mile south of Willisville. Larry W. Cook 23 Granite City was cited for reckless driving and leaving the scene. Injured were Mrs Mary L. Chamness 31 and four children Malcolm 10 Richard 9 Stephanie 8 Blair 6 with Malcolm Richard and Blair listed as major injuries. William Gregory 20 Tilden was a passenger in the Cook car and not injured.
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Steeleville
Willisville
Larry W. Cook
Granite City
Mary L. Chamness
Malcolm
Richard
Stephanie
Blair
Chamness
Cook
Rt. 4
William Gregory
Tilden
ACLU Critiques Illinois Official On Draft Laws Tie
The ACLU rebukes Illinois Supt. Ray Page for proposing that student compliance with draft laws be a attendance condition at SIU. Page clarified no formal resolution. board already set a committee to discuss demonstrations and policy. Similar remarks at U of I meeting sparked student rebuttal over draft card burning. The ACLU argues free speech protects symbolic acts and non academic student life. A letter to Page dated Dec 19 states these positions. The note mentions Camden New Jersey hosting the first drive in theater in 1933.
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The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ray Page
Illinois Supt. of Public Instruction
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Page
SIU
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
U of I
Metro Lakeland idea gains support in state politics
Rep Kenneth Gray says consolidation of Jackson Williamson Franklin and Perry into one urban center could cut duplications and expenses. SIU bureau head Prell proposed Metro Lakeland at a Carbondale hearing urging state and federal backing for new regional planning. State Sen Gottschalk called the concept exciting as hearings continue across Illinois.
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Kenneth J. Gray
Perry
Arthur E. Prell
Southern Illinois University Bureau of Business Research
Carbondale
Illinois Commission For Economic Development
Ilinois
United States
Gray
West Frank
Franklin County
Southern Illinois
Prell
SIU Bureau
Metro-Lakeland
Arthur Gottschalk
Flossmoor
Gottschalk
General Assembly
Illinois Dept. of Business and Economic Development
West Frankfort Man Hurschel Slayden Dies in Mattoon
Hurschel Slayden 54 of 1309 East Oak Street West Frankfort died about 10 30 a m Friday in Mattoon where he had been working He was born October 1 1913 in Rossclare to John Edward and Necie Sullenger Slayden He leaves sisters Emogene Slayden Mrs Earl McClellan West Frankfort and Mrs Troy Johns Meadeville Pa Services set for 2 p m today at Stone Funeral Home West Frankfort Rev Herbert Johnson officiating Burial in Denning Cemetery Friends may call anytime at the funeral home.
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Hurschel Slayden
E. Oak St
West Frankfort
Mattoon
Rossclare
John Edward
Necie Sullenger Slayden
Emogene Slayden
Earl McClellan
Troy Johns
Meadeville
Stone Funeral Home
Herbert Johnson
The
Christian Church
Denning Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan Postal and Publishing Details
The Southern Illinoisan lists publication days and locations in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with addresses and postal information. It notes second class postage and its succession from local papers and AP news use.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
West Frankfort Man Arrested in Car Thefts and Arson
Franklin County authorities detained 19 year old Edward Green in connection with two car thefts and one arson incident. A Hal Frazer vehicle was stolen Friday night near West Frankfort and set ablaze near Orient. A second car stolen from Robert Branch in Orient was recovered nearby. No charges filed Saturday morning.
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Franklin County
West Frankfort
Robert Ice
Edward Green
Orient
Ice
Hal Frazer
Robert Branch
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Louisa Vansaghi
Mary
Rose Carnaghi
Charles
Prudenza Zoia
Casate
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Bernard P. Monzan
St. Carlos Cemetery
Johnson’s Funeral Home
Detti
Lloyd’s
Mardale Shog
Ctr
Cape
Tive Homes
Center Hospital
Santa
Campus and
Mardale Shopping Centers
North Perk
Camden
M.J
Roger Hughes
W. Main
Marion, Illinois
Zwick’s Men’s
Hopsack
Black
Zwice
Carbondale, Illinois
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