Meyer Installed as 1968 President of Carbondale Kiwanis
Donald Meyer was installed as 1968 president of the Carbondale Kiwanis Club during a ladies night program. Other officers and directors were named including Dennis Burd Roy Browning Bob Downey Herman Haag Archie Jones Marvin Johnson George Patterson Carl Vaughn and Louis Youngs. Bill Longman and Dave Armstrong are noted in leadership roles with youth activities highlighted such as an Easter Egg hunt for 400 children and a holiday toy project.
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Donald Meyer
Carbondale Kiwanis Club
Meyer
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Dennis Burd
Roy Browning
Bob Downey
Herman Haag
Archie Jones
Marvin Johnson
George Patterson
Carl Vaughn
Louis Youngs
Charles Taylor
Bill Longman
Jackson Legal Service Bureau budget boosted $37,000
The JWCAA executive board approved a 1968 69 budget for the Jackson Legal Service Bureau of 103 958, up nearly 37 000 from this year. The increase funds pay raises more staff travel costs and expected court and sheriffs fees plus publication charges. In kind contributions rise to about 19 percent of the budget with 19 498 in non cash local support.
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Jim Hatton
Southern
Linoisan
Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
JWCAA
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Jackson Bureau
Chicago
Stephen Wasby
Wasby
Jackson Legal Services Executive Committee
Jerry Lacey
Board of Appeals
Lacey
VISTA
Grace Bumbry Stars in Carmen at the Met and Owns a Lamborghini
Opera star Grace Bumbry sings and dances as Carmen at the Met while enjoying life off stage driving a $20,800 Lamborghini Miura. She hopes to race the 12 cylinder sports car at Monte Carlo which can reach 180 miles per hour.
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Grace Bumbry
Carmen
Met
Monte Carlo
Speed of Elephants in Motion
The text notes elephants usually walk at six to eight miles per hour. When angered an elephant can charge up to fifty yards at about twenty five miles per hour.
Sesser City approves police chief pay raise to 600 a month
Sesser City Council votes a 100 per month raise for Police Chief Leonard Harris bringing his salary to 600 monthly. They also note water rates under a contract with Valier are negotiable this year, with Sesser paying 30.6 cents per 1,000 gallons and Valier charging 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesser
Leonard Harris
Walier
George Stankard
Valier
Prop jets Ozark restrictions lifted after tests
FAA ordered speed limits on Fairchild Hiller FH227s due to buffet indications in the elevator trim tab system. A company spokesman said flight tests showed the restrictions could be removed. The aircraft are operated by Northeast Airlines, Ozark Airlines, Mohawk, and Piedmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Hiller
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Northeast Airlines
Boston
Mass
Ozark Airlines
St. Louis
Mohawk
Utica
N.Y
Piedmont Airlines
Winston-Salem
N.C
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Kiwanis Club
Dave Armstrong
Elect
Paul McRoy
Trea
Bert Shemwell
Mary Gasser
Raymond Davis
Colp
Herrin
Davis
Caroline Haley
Thompsonville
Rt. 3
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Fred
Mary Layman
Charles Haley
Haley
Mt. Etna Methodist Church
Ermal Hughes
Shelby
Christopher
Wayne Battle
W. D. Berry
Southern [Illinois University
Mu Phi Epsilon
National Music Sorority
Davis Auditorium
Joan of Arc
We Service
Eaton & Brown
Carbondale
S. Illinois
O'Fallon
Bologna
U.S
Chuck Roast
Brooks
Tom-Boy
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Adams
Krafts
Slim Jim
Dairy Dept
Oleo
Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits
Aration Coffee
Factat
Bill Gene
North 14Th St
Murphysboro
Ozark
Washington
Slankard
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