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Carbondale Township Board meets 9 a.m. Friday at 221 N. Washington St. Glendale Grade School Board gathers 7:30 p.m. Friday. Du Quoin City Council meets 7 p.m. at the city hall. Arts include Collegium Musicum at SIU Muckelroy Auditorium 8 p.m. Friday. Drive-in theaters show The Glory Stompers The Trip at Egyptian Drive-In Route 148 south of Herrin.
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Carbondale
N. Washington St
Glendale Grade School
du Quoin City
the Arts
Collegium Musicum
Muckelroy Auditorium
Southern Illinois University
Herrin
Rodgers
Anna
Fox
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Valier mayor to reorganize plan group
Valier Mayor Martin H. Buchanan calls for a reorganization of the plan commission. At the Dec. 28 meeting a quorum was missing, and the mayor asks remaining members to attend the Jan. 15 session to receive the official land use map and standards ordinance and discuss the comprehensive plan.
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Valier
Martin H. Buchanan
Plan
Dixie Pflanz
Greater Egypt
Orient group to discuss plans with park district Monday
Doug Karnes president of the West Frankfort Park District will speak to Orient Plan Commission Monday. The panel reviews its comprehensive plan and may seek park district help to develop lakes and update the official land use map for future public utilities and uses.
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Doug Karnes
West Frankfort Park District
Orient Plan Commission
Park
Greater Egypt Eyes EDA Labor Survey Proposal
A five county Greater Egypt plan considers applying to the Economic Development Administration for funds to hire Robert Ellis to prepare a comprehensive labor availability survey. The study would map current labor supply, unemployment, and future entrants across Jackson Williamson Perry Franklin and Jefferson counties with a mix of mail questionnaires and possible personal interviews. The committee will review the draft application before submission.
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Greater Egypt
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Robert Ellis
Carbondale
Ellis
Greater
Egypt
Jackson, Williamson, Perry, Franklin and
Jefferson
Illinois
Employment Advisory Committee
Former Du Quoin Man Dies in Chicago
Harry P. Jones 64 a former Du Quoin area resident died Monday in St Francis Capri Hospital Chicago after a several year illness. He was born October 5 1903 in Whittington son of Kelly and Lettie Jones. He married Vivian Science in Pigott Ark. Jones was a Baptist Church member and dock worker at Terminal Transfer Co in Chicago. He leaves his wife three sisters and two brothers preceded him in death. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 30 p m in the Neal Memorial Chapel Du Quoin with Rev Earl L Lively officiating burial in Old Du Quoin Cemetery.
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Joseph
Brownie) Craft
Anna
Union County
Craft
Jonesboro
Cape Girardeau
Alfred
Bertha Craft
Vera Walker
Bill Craft
Beloit
Wis
Cecil Craft
Roscoe Craft
Betty Boar
Dorothy Lanius
Mike Craft
Vietnam
Arnold Craft
Tampa
Fla
Daisy Teller
Cobden
Juanita Richey
Mill Creek
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Marion Hileman
Anna Cemetery
Ben H. Posey
DU Quoin
N. Oak St
Marshall Browning Hospital
Pulaski County
Jasper
Minerva Posey
Methodist Church
Posey
Bertha Thompson
Farris
Hyannis
Mass
Neal
G. T. McMillan
Ioof
Harry P. Jones
St. Francis Capri Hospital
Chicago
Whittington
Kelly
Lettie Jones
Pigott
Ark
Vivian Science
Earl L. Lively
Old du Quoin Cemetery
Saturday Herrin Teen Town Dance Featured by Sting Rays
Saturday teen town dance from 8 to 11 45 p m features The Sting Rays. Admission 75 cents for members and 1 for non members. Rodgers Anna presents The Family Way Sunday continuous from 2 p m Monday and Tuesday showings at 7 and 9 p m West Frankfort City Council schedules 10 a m meeting Monday at City Hall.
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Herrin
The
Sting Rays
Rodgers
Anna
West Frankfort City
City Hall
Water Tower Work Paused by Cold at Industrial Park
Cold weather halts progress on a 500000 gallon water tower at the Franklin Industrial Park near West Frankfort. J H Bass of R A Nack and Associates notes construction by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co and says industrial park development is nearing completion and will require a very short time.
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Franklin
West Frankfort
J. H. Bass
R. A. Nack and Associates
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Bass
Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc
Three questions loom after Gray withdraws from reelection
Veteran congressman Kenneth Gray of West Frankfort may not seek another term. The piece examines motives including seniority, party pressure, district size, business prospects, and his wife’s illness, with comments from Clyde Choate and notes on past withdrawal episodes.
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John Zakarian Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Democratic Party
Gray
East St. Louis
Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
Clyde Choate
Choate
Anna Democrat
Washington
Associated Press
J. Milton Burns
Sparta
Burn
Congress
Bob Beckmeyer
Nashville
Bekmeyer
James Ronan
Rep
John Doeitizen
Anna
Paul Powell
Powell
On a Clear Day opens at SIU with two February shows
The Southern Illinois University Celebrity Series presents the Broadway musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever in Shryock Auditorium with two performances on February 2. Tickets go on sale Monday via mail orders to the Student Activities Center Carbondale. General prices range from 1.25 to 3 dollars for the 3 30 pm show and 1.50 to 3.50 dollars for the 8 pm show. SIU students pay less. Carla Alberghetti and Bill Hayes head the cast.
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Southern Illinois University
Shryock Auditorium
Paul Hibbs
Carbondale
SIU
Carla Alberghetti
Bill Hayes
Alberghetti
Anna Maria
Hayes
Ballad of
Davy Crockett
Southern Illinois University Center Information Desk
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Plan Group
Orient Group
Joseph Craft
Bill Boysen
Brent Kington
Nicholas Vergette
Illinois Craftsmen’s Council
Vergette
Illinois Arts Council
Herbert L. Fink
Labor Survey
Planning Commission
Pittsburg
Leo J. Clark
Winthrop St
Mr. Clark
Marion
Arthur
Daisy Hastings Clark
Pittsburgh
Donna Smith
Carol Tineralla
Dolores Pelser
Barbara
Frederick
Kenneth
Ruby Idazak
Louise Kowalski
Franklin Park
Beulah Heflin
John
William
Walter
Mitchell Funeral Home
Walter Fuller
Davis Prairie Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbonnnte
North 6Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Edwardsville
Associated Collegiate Press
City & State
U. Arena
SIU Arena
Mardale
Cerbondele
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