The Heart is a Lonely Hunter at Egyptian Drive-In and More
The calendar lists film bills and showtimes at multiple venues. Egyptian Drive-In presents The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Detective from Sunday to Tuesday starting 7:30 p.m. Fox Theater features Snow White Arizona Sheepdog and The Little Pigs with daytime and evening slots Sunday. Other venues include Orpheum Marion and Marlon's Murphysboro with titles such as Parent Trap Shalako Dracula and Frankenstein. Public meetings are scheduled for Carterville Library Board Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission Lesser Water and Sewer Carbondale Teen Center and area senior activities Monday into Tuesday.
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Fox Theater
Orpheum
Marion
Angels
Dr. Zhivago
Campus Drive-In
Thomas
Carterville Library Board
Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission
Lesser Water and Sewer Commission
Carbondale Teen Center Board of Directors
W. Jackson St
Lurie Contemplates City Council Run Amid Petitions
Petitions supporting David Lurie of 207 S Rodd Lane Carbondale circulated as candidates line up for Carbondale City Council. Filing runs Jan 6 to Jan 21 with a potential Feb 25 primary if more than four seek seats. Incumbents Nelson and Kirk have not announced re election plans.
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David Lurie
S. Rodd Lane
Carbondale
Lurie
Good Luck Glove Co
Randall Nelson
Frank Kirk
Frank Payne
James Brigham
Post office contract set for Herrin remodeling
John Mildazis Construction Co. of Beverly Shores Ind won the $9,875 bid to remodel the Herrin Post Office including restrooms electrical coils in a stairway and a canopy over the IRS office. Bonds not yet submitted delay start. four earlier bids were rejected.
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Herrin
John Mildazis Construction Co
Beverly Shores
Ind
Mildazis
General Services Administration
Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
GSA
Williamson March of Dimes campaign begins
The Williamson County drive runs in January and February with mail appeals sent county residents. John D. Parks, Johnston City, says 250000 babies are born each year with defects. The March of Dimes funds over 100 centers and research to prevent defects. No set goal or deadline. about $2200 was collected last year. Residents are asked to return donations by mail promptly.
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Williamson County
John D. Parks
Johnston City
Parks
May 1968 SIU protests and campus turmoil
The Southern Illinois University in Carbondale faced a wave of disturbances in May 1968 including a sit in at President Morris office, protests against military recruiters, a May 7 break in with eight expulsions, a bomb blast causing $10000 damage, and mass student actions. Negro students staged peaceful walk ins and petitions demanded resignations of Morris and campus police leaders. A Senate censure and a political shift in student government followed. Ada Burris obituary notice omitted a Carterville link.
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Sally Veilands
Southern Illinoisan
Io Columbia
Northwestern
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Delyte Morris
Southern Illinois Peace Committee
University
Stokely Carmichael
Morris
Carmichael
SIU Board of Trustees
American Legion
Thomas Lef
Fler
Senate
Raymond Lenzi
Sam Panayotovich
Chicago
Sam
University Center
SIU moves forward with medical and dental schools in 1968
SIU advances toward opening medical and dental schools at Carbondale and Edwardsville. President Delyte Morris enters a third decade as enrollment rises, campuses gain autonomy, and major building projects begin including Morris Library upgrades, Life Science, Vocational Tech, and student recreation centers.
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Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
SIU
Edwardsville
John S. Rendleman
MacVicar
Rendleman
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Carbondale
Higher Board
Richard B. Ogilvie
Limb causes power failure in Benton
A wet tree limb fell across two copper feeder lines on Maple street causing a short that burned out a high voltage line in three places. About half of Benton lost power from 4:50 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, affecting the water filtration plant and Franklin Hospital, both on auxiliary gasoline generators with no problems reported.
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Benton
Arnold Kimball
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Maple Street
Kimball
Franklin Hospital
Southern Illinoisian newspaper masthead appears here
The Southern Illinoisan lists publication details for Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro editions with addresses and postal info. It notes its successor role to regional papers and credits the Associated Press for local and AP dispatch republications.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Murphysboro District Adjusts 1969 Tax Bills
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board approved adding the first payment of a $200,000 bond issue to next year's tax bills. The bond, part of an $850,000 issue approved in 1966, will fund building repairs to meet the new fire safety code. The county clerk will determine the rate for the first year and for all other expenditures.
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Murphysboro Unit
Southern Illinois Defeated Incumbent Faces Recount Fight
In Southern Illinois the lone incumbent defeat is Rep. James Eatherly who seeks a discovery recount after Ben Blades won by about 500 votes in the 58th District. Rep. Kenneth Gray, an eight term congressman from West Frankfort, fights on amid a strong Oshel challenge and looming 1970 campaign.
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Springfield
Washington, D. C
Southern Illinois
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Harrisburg
Val Oshel
James Eatherly
Galatia
Franklin
Centralia
Harold Stedelin
Nixon and Ogilvie Carry Southern Illinois Support
Southern Illinois voters backed Richard Nixon for president elect and Richard Ogilvie for governor as Democrats and Republicans selected regional delegates. In county races James R. McLaughlin, Democrat, won re election as clerk of the Fifth Appellate Court District, while Associate Circuit Judge William G. Eovaldi won the Benton seat, defeating Robert S. Hill. An interim clerk will be named after McLaughlin’s December death.
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Pat Rodd
Carbondale
David L. Stanley
Carmi
William G. Eovaldi
Benton
Roy Q. Gulley
Robert S. Hill
Eovaldi
James R. McLaughlin
Vernon
Beulleville
David F. Malletti
McLaughlin
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Crown Affair
Riviera
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B
Herrin High School
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
E. Park Lane
Attucks High School
William Elliott
W. White St
Williamson March of Dimes
Ada Burris
Carterville
Charles Painter
SIU Agriculture
By Ben Gelman
The
State Board of Higher Education
Brush Towers
Morris Library
U.S. Forestry Research Laboratory
Vocational - Technical Institute
Robert W. MacVicar
State Higher Board
Harwood Avenue
Thompson Street
Roger Hughes
Hart
Stedelin
Illinois General Assembly
Blades
Eatherly
William Grindle
House of Representatives
Grindle
Clyde Choate
Anna
Gale Williams
C. L. McCormick
Vienna
Sam Slagel
Slagel
Choate
State House
Cormick
Williams
Daniel Clotfelter
Fairmont City
Norbert Springer
Chester
James Holloway
Washington
GOP
Osnel
Gray
Jackson
Williliamson
Randolph
Jefferson
Oshel
Southern
Paul Ziegler
Paul Powell
Ziegler-Osher
Osher
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Tempo and Cricketeer
Park
W. Jackson Marion
West
Frankfort
Mt. Vernon
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