Movies and public meetings in Southern Illinois today
Fox Carbondale shows Ice Station Zebra at Fox. Liberty Murphysboro screens Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Varsity Carbondale presents The Best House in London and The Gypsy Moths. Marion Orpheum offers Hell's Angels ’69 and Three in the Attic. Liberty Murphysboro presents The Love Bug starting Thursday. Murphyboro City Council meets Friday at 7 p.m. in city hall.
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Fox
Carbondale
Liberty
Murphysboro
Varsity
Marion Orpheum
Murphyboro
City Hall
Wind and Ice Cause Area Traffic Crashes
Wind and ice blamed for multiple Southern Illinois crashes. Leo Landmann, 30, of Highland, reported his panel truck crossed the highway and ended in a ditch after a wind shove. minor injuries. Leland Golliher, 41, and Juanita Jones, 18, sustained minor injuries in a curve collision near Galatia. Others, including Timmer, Johnson, Eggemeyer, and Wright, reported minor injuries after various slide offs and collisions around Sparta and Murphysboro. Police noted injuries and hospital treatments across the incidents.
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Illinois
Leo H. Landmann
Highland
Ruma
Reds Bud
Leland D. Golliher
Juanita S. Jones
Gelatia
Juanita Jones
Kathleen Jones
Galatia
Jim F. Timmer
Eddie B. Johnson
Sparta
Timmer
Themald D.eggemeyer
Chester
Donald D. Eggemsyer
Rt. 4
Mary Wright
Herbert Hagler
Murphysboro
Chautaqua Road
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Lois E.ellis
Fire brief reports from Marion area incidents
Fire calls report minor damage from shrub burning near Marion on Monday at 7 50 p m. On Tuesday Frank Patrick at 1004 N Logan St reports a flue fire with slight damage. Later Tuesday Charley Allen at 604 W Boyton St loses a tear of house with damage to the rest and unknown cause.
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Errin
WJPF
City
Marion
Frank Patrick
N. Logan St
Charley Allen
W. Boyton St
Coulterville Man Fined In Pinckneyville Court
Stanley R Call, 34, of Coulterville, was fined in circuit court in Pinckneyville on three traffic charges. He paid $25 for illegal transportation of liquor, $200 or seven days in county jail for driving while intoxicated, and $50 for operating with an expired license exceeding six months. The Leap Year legend of special privileges for unmarried girls dates back to the fifth century.
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Stanley R. Call
Coulterville
Pinckneyville
Call
Youths Held in Zeigler Tavern Break-In
Three youths are jailed in Franklin County awaiting charges after a break-in at Benny Cherry's Tavern in Zeigler. A 18 year old Mulkeytown resident, a 15 year old Zeigler youth, and a 14 year old Mulkeytown youth were detained. Loot included liquor, beer, cigars and small change recovered in a shed. Deputy Blades and Officer Narve arrested them after the 10 am discovery by a custodian.
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Franklin County
Benton
Benny Cherry
Zeigler
Jessa James Meadows
Rt. 1
Mulkeytown
Robert Ice
Ice
Tee
Curtis Blades
al Narve
Grandson dies in war in Vietnam at 21
AtC Gary V. Clark of West Frankfort and Conyers Georgia was killed December 16 in Vietnam. Gravesite services are set for 10 am Saturday at Tower Heights Cemetery West Frankfort with Charles Donahue officiating. Friends may call Union Funeral Home West Frankfort after 7 pm Friday. He was married to Jo Ann of Conyers and survived by his parents Dwight and Mrs. Clark of Conyers. Burial will be in Tower Fort.
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Atc
Gary V. Clark
Rude
West Frankfort
Vietnam
Tower Heights
Charles Donahue
Orient Christian Church
Union Funeral Home
Conyers
Dwight Clark
Jo. Ann
Tower Heights Cemetery
Illinois Power Co seeks line permit across four counties
The Illinois Power Co of Decatur requests authorization to construct an electric transmission line crossing minor streams from two miles west of Mt. Vernon to 2.5 miles east of Tunnel Hill in Jefferson Franklin Williamson and Johnson counties. Two other permits were filed in DuPage and Will counties. Public comment urged to John C. Guillou in Springfield before January 2.
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Winois
Illinois Division of Waterways
Ilinois Power Co
Decatur
Jefferson
Franklin
Williamson
Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Tunnel Hill
DuPage
Will
John C. Guillou
Monroe St
Springfield
Toys arrive for Scottie amid holiday aid in Anna
Tenor of the week sees Scottie Hileman and family receiving charity gifts after Regina Hileman died from burns. Toys and clothing came from Anna and nearby merchants along with a Christmas tree. A Regina Stocking Fund was started by Union County Mental Health Association with Union County Housing Authority. Elks Lodge provided a Christmas food basket as service clubs respond to mounting medical bills and requests for aid.
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David Hileman
Anna
Scottie Hileman
Scottie
Regina
Anna Jonesboro
Union County Mental Health Association
Union County Housing Authoriity
Vickie Chamness
Housing Authority
Hilemans
Elks Lodge
Charness
Prize Winners Decorate Merchants Christmas Tree
Timmy and Sheila, children ages five and four, decorate the prize winning cotton wrapped tree at 802 North Otis Street in Marion for the Merchants Association Christmas decoration contest. The Vincelettes were notified today they won. The maple tree is wrapped in cotton and features six stands of flashing lights, each lit with a single color at a time.
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Timmy
Sheila
Carleton Vincelette
N.otis St. Marion
Vincelettes
Merchants Association
Franklin Williamson center opens new opportunities for retarded adults
A work activity center for mentally retarded adults in Franklin and Williamson counties will open January 2 at SIU's Orcill campus. The program, run by Mental Health Services of Franklin and Williamson Counties with SIU staff, starts with 19 participants and aims to assess occupational potential and place many in salaried jobs. A $5,000 grant from the Department of Mental Health, matched locally, backs the effort led by Floyd E. Cunningham. Police brief notes Edward P. Arbogast Jr. charged with speeding in Herrin.
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Carol Alexander
Franklin
Williamson
Southern Illinois University Employment, Evaluation and Training Project
Orcill
Richard Swank
Central
Franklin and
Williamson Counties
State Department of Mental Health
Mental Health Services of
Franklin and Williamson Counties, Inc
SIU
Swank
Anna State Hospital
Department of Mental Health
Floyd E. Cunningham
Herrin
Rural resource centers to stay open during holidays
The Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council in Randolph Perry Monroe county areas including Sparta Neighborhood Center will open over the holiday season. Offices close only on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Centers in Sparta DeQuoin Pinckneyville Chester Evansville Prairie du Rocher Waterloo and Red Bud stay open as usual. Western Egyptiaw programs including the Sparta project receive funds through Oct. 31 next year. Council director Dorothy Tvanuck credits community efforts and says more devotion will be needed. Next council meeting set for Jan. 14 at the Steeleville civic center.
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Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council
Randolph. Perry-Monroe County
Sparta
Steeleville
de Quoin
Pinckneyville
Chester
Evansville
Prairie du Rocher
Waterloo
Red Bud
Dorothy Tvanuck
Civic
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Southern
Lundisan
Sun
Southern Winds Inc
North Winds Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Southern Klingssan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Delly Fourner
Associated
Southern Illinoisan
Wise Men
New York
Sudan
Herrin, Illinois
Leslie
Red Cross @Foot
Flairs
Sandler
Boston
Cobbies
Hush Puppies
Winthrop Florsheim
Zephyg Za Shoes
Franklin-Williamson Center
Edward PF. Arbogast Jr
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