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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1968
Page
9
A note lists individuals including Gov Otto Kerner Ralph Newman as central figures in commissioning paintings and coordinating the Sesquicentennial guide.
The article recounts 1818 efforts led by Nathaniel Pope to extend Illinois northern boundary into Lake Michigan, creating current frontage and much of its northern counties. It tracks subsequent Wisconsin secession talk in Rockford 1840, 1842 Wisconsin moves and Illinois reactions, and notes historian John Moses and Gov. James Doty's later positions.
Williamson County Sheriff Harold Farner has begun a drive to collect 300000 dollars in personal property taxes not paid last year. Deputy Collector Adolph Flack mailed notices to about 6500 persons stating the amount of taxes and penalties due. The notice urged prompt payment to avoid further legal costs.
Four firearms along with shells and a set of socket wrenches were taken from the B and C Hardware Store in Cobden under dense fog. The burglars reportedly kicked in the front door plate glass, according to Union County Sheriff Hewitt Lamer.
The Carbondale Community High School board rented 30 acres of unused land at the East location to a neighboring farmer in return for a share of the soybean crop. The arrangement netted $360 instead of paying mowing costs. President Charles J. Lerner suggested considering the soil bank next year.
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