Carbondale Area Public Meetings And Movie Listings
Southern Illinois calendar lists a Grade School Board meeting at 7 31 p m Tuesday in the Grade School Building. Sphinx Chapter events at First Presbyterian Church Elm Street and University Avenue. Campus Drive-In shows Guns of the Magnificent 7 and Where It’s At Sunday to Tuesday. Riviera Drive-In screens Buona Sera Mrs Campbell and If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium Sunday to Tuesday. Pox Carbondale Rascal Incredible Journey. Varsity Carbondale screens Dr Zhivago. Marion Orpheum shows Hell’s Angels 69 and Three in the Attic. Liberty Murphysboro screens The Love Bug.
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Riviera Drive-In
Jamison Assigned to Washington Post as Forest Service Liaison
Jamison moves from Milwaukee to Washington to lead the Forest Service Division of Legislative Reporting and Liaison. He previously headed Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois from 1966 to 1988 and helped manage youth programs before cutbacks closed 10 of 18 Eastern Job Corps centers.
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Forest Service
Milwaukee
Wisc
Owen T. Jamison
Washington, D.C
Jamison
Ilinois
Shawnee Forest
Job Corps Conservation Center
Division of Operation
Forest Service Division
Accidents report 12 crashes in eight counties with two injuries
State Police District 13 at Dul Quoin logged twelve highway accidents Monday in eight counties. Norman Ray 21 of Johnston City was hurt when his car left the road on Rt 27 near West Frankfort. He refused treatment for minor head injuries. Maxine Wakefield 57 of Johnston City crossed Rt 13 near Marion and struck a car driven by Robert Choate 21 of New Burnside. she complained of a head injury but declined medical help.
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Dul Quoin
Norman Ray
Johnston City
Rt. 27
West Frankfort
Ray
Maxine Wakefield
Rt. 13
Marion
Robert Choate
New Burnside
SIU announces 25 non credit adult courses for winter term
Southern Illinois University Technical and Adult Education Division schedules 25 non credit evening certificate courses for winter term. Registration for 19 Carbondale classes starts 7 p.m. Monday in Room 108, Home Economics Building, with Vocation Institute near Carterville registering Tuesday in Room 111, Building Fa, VTL. A course list and fees are at the STU adult education office 908 S. Wall St. Carbondale from 8 to noon and 1 to 3 weekdays and 8:30 to noon Saturdays. James N. Gilliam reports $1,500 of camera equipment stolen from his apartment between December 24 and December.Police say entry was gained through a window. Buckner: Donald E. Thomas, 22, no license plates on automobile.
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Southern Tlmois University
Carbondale
Vocationer Technical Institute
Carterville
VTLA
STU Adult Education
S. Wall St
James N. Gilliam
N. Minos Ave
Youth on probation in Murphysboro motor theft case
Patrice A Adams, 18, of Murphysboro was found guilty in circuit court of violating the motor vehicle anti theft law and sentenced to six months probation after a $25 fine was reduced to $15 for five days in county jail. Terry D Owens, 17, also charged in the same pistol theft case, was found not guilty. Funeral services for Donald Ray Toler, 17, Anna, killed in a traffic accident, will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church of Anna with burial at Hebe zer Hall Cemetery. Toler, born December 31, 1961, was a senior at Anna Jonesboro High School and a member of Anna First Baptist Church. He leaves his mother and stepfather, father, two brothers, three half siblings, four half brothers, and maternal and paternal grandparents. Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Wilderman, 77, Benton, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Poulson Funeral Home in Benton. Born December 20, 1892, she was a daughter of Andrew and Flora Washington Duff and a Benton First Baptist Church member. She leaves husband Evan, daughter Mrs John House, granddaughter Mrs Kent Glathaar, one grandson, and a brother. Burial at Shiloh Cemetery in rural Benton. Police brief from Arboldale: Michael B Lilly, 20, cited for driving with an expired license.
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Patrice
A. Adams
Murphysboro
Adams
Terry D. Owens
Owens
Donald Ray Toler
Anna
First Baptist Church
Anna First Baptist Church
Leonard Cook
Cecil Toler
Manteno
Tivo Brothers
Junior Lee Toler
Bill Toler
Sharon Elizabeth Cook
Patricia Ann Toler
Charles Wayne Cook
James Dean Toler
Jeff Toler
Menernal
Paris Eastwood
Rt. 2
Carrie Wilderman
Qann St. Benton
Poulson
Benton
Wilderman
Franklin Hospital
Andrew
Flora Washington Duff
Benton First Baptist Church
Evan
John House
East
Discharged Air Force Captain Receives Vietnam Cross
Joe Wilkins, former captain in the U S Air Force who served in Vietnam, was discharged with honors after receiving the Cross of Gallantry from the Vietnamese Army. A Southern Illinois University graduate, he is pursuing a doctorate in government at the University of Colorado, and he is married to Ellen Smith of Annas.
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Joe Wilkins
Vietnam
Southern Illinois University
Wilkins
University of Colorado
Charles B. Wilkins
Cobden
Ellen Smith
Annas
ICC to cut archaic party lines in Illinois rural areas
The Illinois Commerce Commission orders three rural telephone providers to phase out party lines of more than four parties. About 54,000 General Telephone rural numbers will see upgrades with a 25 percent completion by 1970, 50 by 1971, 75 by 1972, and full conversion by 1973. Smaller firms and other major carriers also outline upgrade timelines across Illinois.
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Illinois Commerce Com
Ilinois
ICC
General Telephone Co
General Telephone
Howard Lorentz
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Allendale
Gore
Sparties
General Tele Phone
Steve Claggett
Springfield
Hardin County Telephone Co
Tilint State Telephone Co
Tarmarea
Ashley and du Bois
Tlinois Telephone Co
Inn-Waltonville
Harrisonville Telephone _Co
Prairie du Rocher
Red Bud
Tlinois Bell
Cairo
Southwestern Bell
Hast Cape Girardeau
Equality Telephone Co
Egyptian Telephone Co
Nashville
Hamilton County Telephone Os
Grand Avenue extension bid expected late February
Carbondale Public Works Director Bill Schwegman says the Grand avenue extension from Lewis lane to the Giant City Blacktop may be awarded in late February or early March. The half mile project aims to improve access to Carbondale Community High School East Lakeland School and Southern Illinois University at an estimated cost of about 75000 dollars. Authorities voice hopes that county or state action could extend the Giant City Block top to Route 13, though no discussions have occurred yet.
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Grand Avenue
Lewis Lane
City Blacktop
Carbondale Public Works
Bill Schwegman
Schwegman
Carbondale Community High School
Lakeland School
Southern Ilinois University
Rt. 13
C. William Norman
Miss Marjorie Shank Dies in Arizona
Miss Marjorie Shank former Southern Illinois University registrar 1930 to 1952 and geography faculty member 1923 to 1964 died Sunday in Apache Junction Arizona. A native of Ransom County North Carolina she studied at Clark St Louis and Chicago universities and the London School of Economics and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic honorary society.
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Marjorie Shank
Southern Illinois University
Apache Junction
Ariz
Ransom County
N.C
Shank
Clark, St. Louis
Chicago
London School of Economics
Phi Beta Kappa
Fire at West Frankfort home caused by faulty flue
Fire crews responded to a blaze at the home of Charles Harrell at 102 West 7th Street in West Frankfort Monday at 2 15 PM. Investigators ruled the cause as a faulty flue with no damage estimates available.
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West Frankfort
Charles Harrell
W. 7Th St
Anna Jonesboro water system marks 1969 dedication
In 1969 the Anna Jonesboro Water Commission funded a two million gallon daily system with a 105300 gallon elevated tank fed by two 80-foot wells near Rt. 149 nine miles west of denesbere. A $382000 federal grant and $600000 in bonds financed the project.
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Jim Hatton
Trindsan
Anna
Jonesboro
Anna-Jonesboro Water Commission
Rt. 149
Denesbere
Purcell, Belcher and
Tucker
Brady Mill Road
Alto Pass
Hearing Set On Proposed Ponderosa Steakhouse Site
A public hearing is scheduled for 7 30 p m January 7 at Carbondale City Hall on a proposed Ponderosa Steakhouse planned for the southeast corner of East Main and Wall Streets Carbondale. Real estate broker W B Gile says the franchise restaurant would seat about 420 persons and invites all interested parties to attend and voice opinions.
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East Main and
Wall Streets
Carbondale
Carbondale City Hall
W.B. Gile
Sculptor Hunt to visit SIU for exhibition and talk
Contemporary sculptor Richard Hunt, hailed by critics as among the best in the United States, will visit Southern Illinois University Carbondale Jan 11 to 16 as a visiting artist. A Jan 11 reception from 2 to 5 p.m. marks the opening of a one man show at the Mitchell Gallery featuring 18 sculptures in steel copper and aluminum plus 10 lithographs and drawings. Hunt, based in Chicago, has works in major collections including MOMA Whitney Albright Knox Cleveland and Israel National Museum and has earned Guggenheim and Tamarind Fellowships. Funeral services for Ambrose C Caron 56 of Evansville were held at St Boniface Church with burial in the church cemetery. He died of an apparent heart attack at St Clements Hospital in Red Bud. He was born Feb 24 1913 in Chester and married Agnes Syleski Jun 2 1936 in Chester. He is survived by his wife two sons Richard in St Louis and Jerry at home his parents brothers and a sister. Cashner Mathews Funeral Home of Evansville handled arrangements.
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Richard Hunt
United States
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Hunt
SIU Mitchell Gallery
Hurt
Chicago
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum
Albright-Knox Museum
Cleveland Museum
National Museum of Israel
Guggenheim
Tamarind
Ambrose C. Caron
Evansville
St. Boni’ Face Catholic
Joseph Poi
Mr. Caron
St. Clements Hospital
Red Bud
Chester
Charles
Ruth Sekelégen Caron
Agnes Syleski
Caron
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Cons
Richard
St. Louis
Jerry
Vernon
Frederick
Eugene
Lawrence
Ruth Ebers
Steeleville
Cashner - Mathews Funeral Home
Benton to Seek $2.5 Million Public Housing Project
Benton city council in a special meeting approved a cooperative deal with Franklin County Housing Authority for a seven story federal housing project housing 150 units for the elderly. A preliminary loan via HUD may be sought. Wayne Battle says the process should finish in about 12 months. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray attended and aided legislation to enable cities without a workable program to apply for federal housing. The authority holds over 300 applicant files. Police brief notes David A Heard 25 for driving without license in Pinckneyville.
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Benton
Franklin County Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Wayne Battle
The
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Chisago
Battle
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Gray
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Arbondale
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Newport Beach
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Miss Shank
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Top ‘69
Anna- Jonesboro High School Board of Education
Anna Junior High
Vienna
Minnis
Union County
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Buddy
Buddy” Harris
George FP. Garner
Paul D. Reese
Royce Bridges
Johnson Cowty
Ambrose Caron
Pinckneyville
David A. Heard
Simmons Furniture
North
Mattress and Box Springs
Oua
Richard Simmons
Kroehler
Broyhill
Serta Temple Street
Bassett
LA Z-Boy
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