Turbulent year in Perry County recalls moves and shootings
Perry County residents faced a turbulent year with a recall drive in Du Quoin targeting the mayor and commissioners over building codes led by James Wilbern. A June voluntary manslaughter charge tied to a Club Elite death, ED A grant setbacks for Pinckheyville sewer work, and multiple deaths including Raymond Koerber and Gilles Henry Goshen shaped local headlines.
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Bob Hagen
Perry County
du Quoin
James Wilbern
Pinckneyville
Raymond E.koerber
EL. Allery
P.R. Mallory & Co., Inc
Sewerage plant design may be altered in Carbondale
Carbondale mayor says the proposed $4 million northeast sewer plant may switch from a trickling filter to an activated sludge design after a review of basic design questions. An Illinois firm has not built a trickling filter plant in seven years, and state and federal standards push toward higher removal efficiency.
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Carbondale
David Keene
Keene
Federal Economic Develoopment Administration
C.J. William Norman
Paul Hall
Carterville and Crainville discuss 1968 consolidation
Bonita Troutt reports Carterville and Crainville face a consolidation question carried over from 1967. The Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission had urged cooperation, while Carterville officials push centralized government and regional growth. A 1967 bond for school repairs passed, and a library site was chosen for Shawnee Regional Library. The 1910 Carterville Hotel fire killed John Ivy.
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Bonita Troutt
Micheisan
Carterville
Crainville
Greater Egypt
Greater
Carterville Unit
John Ivy
Illinois plans 7 major Rt 57 sections to speed 350 miles
Illinois officials unveiled 1968 highway outlays totaling 207.7 million dollars for interstate work as five Rt 57 sections totaling about 89 miles plus a Cairo to Missouri border extension advance toward a planned 1,642 miles. Agencies earmark 78.98 million for Rt 57 including 5.27 million in Southern Illinois District 8. By year end 1968 about 1,220 miles, or 74 percent, of the interstate plan should be completed or under construction.
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Eds
City of du Quoin
Jon Hand
Chicago
Cairo
State Division of Highways
Rt. 57
District 8
Ilnvis
Otto Kerner
Mounds
Golden Lily
SIT elects L F Tomlinson as president of Southern Illinois Inc
L F Tomlinson of West Frankfort was elected president of Southern Illinois Inc. replacing W A Luecke of Marion who becomes chair of the SIT board. Robert Reel of Marion named secretary and Jettie Vaughn of Cambria remains treasurer. Six vice presidents were chosen with committees including agriculture, recreation, education, industry, public relations, and membership. Congressman Kenneth Gray joined for lunch and praised regional progress and investments.
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L. F. Tomlinson
West Frankfort
Friday
Southern Illinois Inc
W- A. Luecke
Marion
SIT
Luecke
Kenneth Cook
du Quoin
Robert Reel
Jettie Vaughn
Cambria
SIL
Franklin Country Club
Jake Naumer
Oren Drew
James Walker
Herrin
James Brigham
Carbondale
Earl Jamieson
Vernon
R. A. Bonifield
Kenneth Gray
D-West
Band director hired at Z-R in 1967
The Zeigler Royalton Community School Board hires Mrs. Alice Fung as band director to begin January 3, ending a vacancy since Jim Vale left for Carbondale Community High School at term end in 1967. Also obituary notes for J. L. Mayer, 84, of Marion. He retired from Marion Daily Republican in 1951. Services set for Monday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion.
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Zeigler - Royalton Community School Board of Education
Alice Fung
William Ramsey
Jim Vale
Carbondale Community High School
Fung
Ramsey
Fumes victim still critical after CO poisoning incident
Gary Haynes 15 and his stepfather Thomas Carmack 39 were hospitalized after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning found in a panel truck on a Marissa farm where they had hunted. Dennis Haynes 13 died on arrival. Charles Abrason, a Marissa farmer, found them.
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Gary Haynes
Jennings Road
Jennings
Sparta Community Hospital
Thomas Carmack
Carmack
Dennis Haynes
Marissa
Charles Abrason
Funeral today for Benton physician Dr John B Moore
Dr John B Moore 42 Benton physician died of heart attack Friday at Franklin Hospital Benton. Survived by widow Dorothy Brooks and children John B IV Victoria Christopher Jeffrey. Funeral 2 pm at First Baptist Benton with Rev William Bohn. burial Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Funeral home arrangements by Mitchell.
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Gilles Henry Goshen
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Joseph's Hospital
Barbourville
John
Lydia Magnus Goshen
Naomi Snyder
Carolyn Sharkey
Denver
Colo
Colette Porpus
Philadelphia
Lizzie Beltz
Santa Ana
Calif
Albert Davis
Herbert
Indianapolis
Ind
Riggin
Carterville
Raymond Smith
Herrin City Cemetery
John B. Moore
Benton
Moore
W. Church St
Franklin Hospital
J. B
Agnes Glead Moore
Dorothy Brooks
Illinois State Medical Societies
AOA
Warren Cole Society
First Baptist Church
University of Linois College of Medicine
John B. IV
Victoria
Christopher
Jeffrey
Mary Gload
William Bohn
Williamson County seeks appointment of weed commissioner
Delbert Magers, chairman of the Williamson County Action Panel, asks commissioners to name a weed commissioner. The panel, with federal Agriculture Agency representation, met in Herrin December 20. Robert DeNeal of Harrisburg testified for the request and will study costs for a report. Noxious weeds are damaging residents and farmers and clogging ditches.
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Williamson County
Delbert Magers
Williamson County Action Panel
Federal Department of Agriculture
Herrin
Robert DeNeal
Harrisburg
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Magers
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Fairview Heights
Robert & Allen
Centerville Township
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Wakeeney
Kan
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St. Louis
Clarice B. Morgan
Wayne L. Morgan
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert B. Allen
Charles W. Allen
Albuquerque
N.M
Hoffman Funeral Home
Edward L. Hoffman
Galeland Cemetery
Mondey
Gilles Goshen
Hot Springs Hospital
McKinley Cruse
Veterans Hospital
Carterville, Crainville
Rt. 5
Reel, Vaughn Return
L. F -Temlinser
Beltone
Beltone Hearing Service
Southern Illinois Surgical Appliance Co
Main Street
Frankfort
Z-R
JE. Mayer
Leander Wyatt
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Doctors Hospital
Caver Hondale
David
Hester
Wyatt
Myrtle Bowling
F. S. Crain
Ralph
Effie Cripps
Cutter
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
William J.’ Boatman
Tower Grove
Grand Tower
Mary Roberts
Joseph Hospital
Missouri
Roberts
John Hill
Fred Roberts
A. N. Hill
Arlington, Ky
Clyde Hill
Bardwell
Alline Sams
C. D. Roberts
van Natte Feneral Chapel
Glenn Bowlby
Walker Hill Cemetery
Indo-Pacific
Murdala
Fark
Mardale Shopping Center
Corbandele
Siegler
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