Carbondale Council approves $75,432 anti poverty plan
Carbondale officials approve a sales tax funded year round youth corps and social services program to aid low income residents. The $75 432 package includes a nurse social worker housing rehab counselor and coordinator. Gerald Osborne notes it would be first of its kind in Illinois.
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Carbondale
Gerald Osborne
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Illinois
Public Safety Department
Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Frank Kirk
Jackson County Health Department
Kirk
Bult
William Eaton
Carbondale Plans Low Income Program With Affirmative Action
City officials in Carbondale discuss drafting a low income assistance plan funded by a new quarter per cent sales tax. A permanent advisory group would oversee the program and ensure nondiscriminatory hiring by contractors using city funds.
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Lem
Joseph Ragsdale
Kirk
Carbondale
City General Fund
Affirmative Action
C. William Norman
Carterville Considers Utilities Tax Amid Street Light Debate
Carterville Mayor Frank Samuel Jr asked the council to consider a utilities tax to fund city services including street lighting. Residents complain about unequal lighting and the need for a light at every intersection. State law allows a levy up to five percent. Samuel supports financing needs while noting a modern lighting system exists in the business district. The council also approved a $100 annual clothing allowance for full-time police and fire chief, plus water-rights dealings for Rodney Choate and other municipal matters.
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Carterville
Frank Samuel Jr
Division Street
Samuel
Rodney Choate
Rend Lake
Choate
From where I sit swats and responsibility debated
University editor Ben Gelman argues that silencing student voices in newspapers harms democracy. He critiques an unsigned letter defending corporal punishment in schools and urges teachers and students to discuss policy openly, stressing responsibility comes from reasoned guidance, not fear.
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Ben Gelman
The
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Swats
Calendar of public meetings and movie listings
Public meetings include Carbondale Plan Commission at 7 30 p m in city hall Vienna City Council at 6 30 p m in city hall Jackson Legal Service Bureau executive committee 7 30 p m 506 W Main Carbondale Jackson County Housing Authority 4 30 p m Wed in Authority office 8th and Bridge Mt Carbon meeting 7 30 p m Thu at Morning Star Baptist Church Mt Carbon Movies showings Waterhole No 3 and Barefoot in the Park Fox Carbondale Ends Saturday Egyptian Drive In Marlow's Murphysboro The Dirty Dozen and others listed at various venues schedules and times.
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Carbondale Plan Commission
Vienna
Rodgers
Anna
Carbondale
Herrin
Paul Newman
Big Hand
Henry Fonda
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Library Board to meet at Sallie Logan Library
Murphysboro residents are invited as the Sallie Logan Library Board will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the library. The notice notes a second event for the Egyptian Junior College Board at 7 p m Thursday in Williamson County schools office. A reading schedule lists Anna Rodgers works Jack of Diamonds and Valley of Mystery with showtimes Thursday Friday at 7 p m and a Saturday continuous run from 2 p m.
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Sallie Logan Library
Murphysboro
Egyptian Junior College Board
Williamson County
Rodgers
Anna
Carbondale to Raise Meter Fines Next Week
Carbondale eyes increasing parking meter fines from 50 cents to 1 dollar. Though not formal action, councilmen asked the safety director to issue 1 dollar tickets in anticipation. Wilhelmy cites 1967 fiscal data and a 21 000 dollar budget need, with two days to pay before penalties.
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Carbondale
Richard Wilhelmy
Wilhelmy
City drops plan to rename Donna Drive after community gesture
The city manager's office says Donna Drive name removal from Emerald Lane at West Sunset Drive intersection was a temporary gesture for the community. The cross out lasted several months before decision to revert or adjust.
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West Sunset Drive
Donna Drive
Three Carbondale Men Fined in Driving Violations
In Jackson County Circuit Court three Carbondale men faced fines for driving violations. William Dale Johnson, 23, paid 105 for DUI plus 30 for no license and 15 for following too closely after a November 17 ticket on North Washington street. Matthew Harper, 31, owed 105 for DUI and 15 for failure to avoid an accident after a November 18 citation. Lloyd W. Hinton Jr., 55 for reckless driving following an arrest on East Oak Street November 11.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
William Dale Johnson
Oakland Ave
Johnson
North Washington Street
L. W. Patterson
Matthew Harper
N. Wall St
Lloyd W. Hinton Jr
E. Oak St
East Oak Street
Milton Vaskins
Hurley Begins Farm Sentence After Fire Deaths
Joe Hurley 27 of Stonefort begins a three month sentence at Vandalia state penal farm after pleading guilty in Marion Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit arson. Murder and arson charges were dismissed. he received five years probation previously. The fire at his Johnston City home killed his nephew Raymond Hurley 19 on June 4 1966. Theron Lyerla 25 Johnston City also pled guilty to arson conspiracy and received three years probation.
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Joe Hurley
Stonefort
Vandalia
Hurley
Marion
Trafton Dennis
Johnston City
Raymond Hurley
Carterville
Theron Lyerla
Lyerla
Conto
Three Sought in Carterville News Rack Theft
Carterville police seek three men seen Monday night taking paper racks from a Carterville news stand. Fire Chief Carl Chew says witnesses saw the suspects, who fled in a car abandoned in Herrin. Herrin police received the names and are assisting Carterville in the search.
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Carterville
Carl Chew
Carl McNeil
Herrin
Chew
Jackson County liquor license changes and vacancy noted
One vacancy exists at the former Midway Tavern on Rt. 51 north of DeSoto with no 1968 license application by Volney Parrish of Carbondale, potentially leading to a reduction of licenses by the County Board of Supervisors. Two license changes occur at Party Time Tavern and Midland Inn Tavern along Old Rt. 13 between Carbondale and Murphysboro, with new ownership and approvals reported.
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Jackson County
Richard Richman
Midway Tavern
Rt. 51
DeSoto
Midway
Volney Parrish
Carbondale
Richman
Parrish
DeSoto Township
County Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Midland Inn
Dennis P. Calufetti
Calufetti
Ray
Carl Butcher
Club 77
Rt. 4
Ava
Campbell Hill
Harold Hogrefe
Bird Cage Inc
John H. Johnson
Joe’s Place
Joe Sciales
Suchman
Jones Ridge
John Suchman
Rt. 3
Grand Tower Road
Ralph
Polly’s
3149
Ralph King
Tom’s Place
Joe Moroni
Judy’s Place
Judy van Zandt
Brunkhorst
Neunert
Ruby Brunkhorst
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Hurricane Cemetery
Lacy Lee
Civil Defense Fund
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William McKenzie
McKenzie
American Magnetics Corporation
Lee
B. D. Cross
Walter Scott
Loree Choate
Alice Cunningham
Bridgewood Lane
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Bardsville
Elijah Norwood
Lucian Cunningham
Mound City
Cunningham
Church of God In Christ
Miller
Tower Grove Cemetery
Sophia Evans
First Lutheran Church
Sophia Ann Evans
Pine St
Lyle Sucher
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Chester
Ruby Tindall
Maple St
Memorial Hospital
Welge Funeral Home
Zella C. Bradley
James L. Evans
William R. Benton
Bill Kelley
Southern Illinois
Monitor
Fox
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North
16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Exal
Donna
Emerald Lane
Carrie’s
Rt. 13
Carrie Baines
DeSoto Blacktop
Murro
Jackson Country Club
Grace Bradley
Grace Denison Bradley
S. University Ave
Ida Gooding
Effie Denison
San Diego
Calif
Harold
Reelfoot
Oleo
del Monte Prune Juice
Criscos
Wieners
Blue Bell
Braunschweiger
Libbys
Morrell Pride
McCannburger
McCann’s Market
Doan
Dean
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