Carbondale Family Planning Open Meeting Set
The Carbondale family planning committee presents an open program at 4 p.m. at the Housing Authority Center to explain its function and services. Drs Eugenia Poulos and Allen Bennett will answer questions on planned parenthood as the group seeks federal funds for a planned clinic and education center.
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Family Planning Committee of
Carbondale
Jackson County Coordinating Agency
Housing Authority Center
Marion and
Oak Streets
Eugenia Poulos
Allen G. Bennett
Planned Parenthood
Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission
Nathan Nagle
Economic Opportunity Commission
John Francisco
Nagle
New York State
Northeast
Illinois
Chicago
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Jerry Lacey
JWCAA
HEW
Reassessment urged across Jackson County leaders
Jackson County officials city officials and school leaders urged a professional reassessment to equalize valuations. Carbondale City Manager C William Norman backed the move and Mayor David Keene said he would push the county board to act with speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Carbondale
C. William Norman
W.I
Ike” Brandon
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Brandon
Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board of Education
William McBride
CCHS
Murphysboro
Joe Williams
James Blackwood
Unit School District
Blackwood
Carbondale Opens Regional Job Center With FEPC Grant
Robert Stalls of Carbondale directs a new regional employment center housed in City Hall funded by a 19000 federal FEPC grant to Illinois to promote minority employment. The program aims to eliminate discrimination, create local equal employment councils, and sustain action beyond the grant term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stalls
Carbondale
Illinois
State Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Frank Kirk
Kirk
Walter J. Ducey
Ducey
Stalls
Drowning scare proves false near Marion strip mine pit
A call at 8 30 a m warned Williamson County authorities that children fell into a 11 foot strip mine pond in 20 degree snow. Deputy Ova Greer Civil Defense and Marion fire crews responded before the children returned home. Mines reported working Monday. Carbondale: Quincey Webb fined 15 for leaving a car unattended on a grade with no brake.
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Williamson County
Elmer Zoeller
Rt. 3
Marion
Ova Greer
Civil Defense and
Marion Fire Department
Zoller
Rt. 166
Carbondale
Quincey Webb
SIU Trustees Plan Friday Meeting at Carbondale
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees will meet Friday at the Carbondale campus to elect officers appoint members to state boards and dispose of a short business agenda. Kenneth L. Davis Lindel Sturg and Melvin C. Lockard hold top officer posts with Acting President Robert MacVicar presenting the agenda in Morris absence. Morris is expected home Jan 30 from overseas contract teams.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Kenneth L. Davis
Harrisburg
Lindel Sturgis
Metropolis
Melvin C. Lockard
Mattoon
SIU
Robert MacVicar
Delyte W. Morris
Morris
Carbondale to Hire First Meter Maid
Police Chief Jack Hazel announced William C. Groves resigned effective Friday and will be replaced by a Meter Maid. Groves, a parking patrolman since 1965, left for a position with a telephone company earning a salary of 4810 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Jack Hazel
William C. Groves
Groves
Hazel
Snowy Slide Playground in Carbondale Daughters Honored
Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Trimble featured at the Snowy Slide Playground in Carbondale with local ceremony and community turnout.
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Carbondale
Mrs
Russell Trimble
SIU seeks share in medical education expansion
SIU Vice President Robert W. MacVicar told Carbondale Lions Club SIU aims to share in a new Illinois medical education pattern. He cites a “medical school without walls” concept and a first echelon medical aide role linked to a state medical information network.
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SIU
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois and
Carbondale
Chicago
Southern [Illinois University
Robert W. MacVicar
Carbondale Lions Club
Illinois
MacVicar
Delyte W. Morris
Asia
Mac- Vicar
Armed Forces
University of Illinois
Carbondale Council to Name Housing Board and Review Meters
A special formal session of the Carbondale City Council will be held Tuesday to establish a Fair Housing Board under the new fair housing ordinance. The meeting also will consider a proposed hike in parking meter rates, followed by the council's regular informal session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Fair Housing Board
Remain in politics petitions target Clyde Choate
Democratic party members in Southern Illinois circulate petitions urging state Rep. Clyde Choate to stay in politics. Choate has not decided on running for office. he may be considered for Congress if Rep. Kenneth Gray retires. Union County official Ned Foley notes petitions in multiple counties and says Choate has served 11 terms and is flattered by voter support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Democratic Party
Illinois
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Choate
Congress
Kenneth Gray
Dwest
Union County
Ned Foley
Anna
Jackson
Williamson County
Foley
Clyde
Springfield
House of Representatives
Taxi Fare Hike Hearing In Carbondale
Carbondale officials held a committee hearing on a 15 cent per zone taxi fare increase. William Reed of Home Cab Co warned higher costs could force his business to close without approved rates. Joanne Lockhart noted that the poor and students are main riders. The committee, led by Councilman Joseph Ragsdale, asked for financial statements from taxi firms before sending recommendations to the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
William Reed
The
Home Cab Co
Joanne Lockhart
Joseph Ragsdale
Public aid totals in Jackson and Williamson counties
State reports show 16 southern Illinois counties using public aid to total about 25 million for the year ending October. Jackson and Williamson counties together received 4.34 million, with monthly averages and caseloads detailed for age, ADC and disability assistance.
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Jackson
Williamson
Williamson Counties
State Dept. of Public Aid
Williamson County
State Department
Illinois
Williamson Adc
ADC
Franklin
Jackson and
Saline
Southern Illinois
State’ Public Aid Dept
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Doctors
County Board of Supervisors
Bill Green
186
Laurence Martin
Martin
Carol Trimble
Laura Carrier
Winkler
W. Walkup
Neil Carrier
Skyline Drive
Steve Rice
Shoveler
Ballet
Herbert Crosby
Bert Said
S. Dixon St
Carvondale
Cation
U of I
Champaign
Lyle Lanier
State Board of Higher Education
Marin
Vietnam
Charsie E. Martin
Maggie Martin
Route 2
Bien Hoa AB
Attucks High School
Southern Illinois University
Lanier
Delyte Morris
SIU School of Technology
Edwardsville
St. Louis
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