Herrin School Board to discuss finances in special meeting
Public meetings listed for Wednesday include Herrin School Board 7 p.m. in the unit administration office to discuss finances. Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission also meets at 7:30 p.m. at city hall. Special events include Herrin Senior Citizens handi craft class at 1:30 p.m. at 211 N 14th St.
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Herrin School Board
Christopher High School
Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission
Herrin
N. 14Th St
Meadowdale Project
Murphysboro Unit School District
Carruthers
Murphysboro Park Board
Richard Powers
Union County Housing Authority
Cobden
West Frankfort man dies of heart attack found near Rt 149
A 47 year old West Frankfort man, Tommy Joseph Graham, was found dead near Route 149 Monday with death attributed to a heart attack after an autopsy. No signs of intoxication or foul play were found. inquest pending. Funeral services set for Thursday at Union Funeral Home. Everett E. Moore earns expert rifle marksmanship rating at Fort Hood Texas.
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West Frankfort
Rt. 149
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Tommy Joseph Graham
Dorris
A. J. Venable
Evansville
Ind
Graham
Orient
Union Funeral Home
Army
Everett E. Moore
Leland E. Moore
Rt. 2
Pinckneyville
Fort Hood
Tex
Spec. Moore
Headquarters Co
2Nd Armored Division
502Nd Supply and Transportation Bn
Carbondale Human Relations Commission marks fifth anniversary
The Carbondale Human Relations Commission celebrated its fifth year with speeches by Chairman Edward O Day and former chairs the Rev Lenis Turley and the Rev Donald Carlton. The piece recalls origins from 1952 and the 1962 city ordinance creating the commission, its goals, and key milestones through 1967 including a fair housing ordinance. Carbondale police report 102 speeding tickets issued December 13 to 31 using a new radar unit funded by fines.
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Carbondale
Dick Gregory
O’day
Human Relations Commission
D. Blaney Miller
Nathan Nagel
Illinois State Health Dept
Richard Stegeman
SIU
Bessie Warren
Thomas School
Charles Arnett
Nolan K. Nakamura
Turley
Carlton
Commission
Rosetta O’neal
John E. Keene
Keene
Denver
Colo
Fair Housing Board
Richard Wilhelmy
Wilhelmy
Lake property named in suit near Kinkaid Lake development
A Jackson County Circuit Court condemnation suit by the state Department of Public Works seeks 17.63 acres from Bernard and Katherine Baker with the Federal Land Bank of St Louis as an interested mortgage holder. A separate suit filed Jan 5 targets a 60 acre Bakers parcel. Both parcels lie southeast of the lake development area near the dam site. The state has filed 11 prior condemnation suits in the lake region.
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Jackson County
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro
State Dept. of Public Works and Buildings
Bernard
Katherine Baker
Federal Land Bank of
St. Louis Bank
Bakers
Pressure to consolidate drives Union County school reform
Union administrators and five Union County districts met at Anna-Jonesboro High School to discuss forming a unit district. State officials cited increased aid for unit districts and urged community review by a citizens committee to evaluate district quality and consolidation needs.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Clinton Taylor
State Office of Public Instruction
Taylor
Union County
Anna-Jonesboro
Anna
State
State of
Ilinois
State Office
Loren Eddleman
Illinois
Ford Rendleman
Rendleman
Grand Tower
Jackson County
McClure
Alexander County
Dist
Water Pipe Project for Consolidated District Placed Under Loan
A Farmers Home Administration loan funds 13 miles of water pipe to store and furnish water to Consolidated Water District members. Water will be purchased from Pinckneyville. Total project cost is $165,000. The installation contractor is Thomas J.
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Farmers Home Administration
The
Con
Solidated Water District
Pinckneyville
Thomas J
Board Approves Purchase of Used Copy Machine
Kinkaid and Reed's Creek Conservancy District votes to buy a used photo copy machine from Smith Corona dealer James Gibbs for 855 dollars with a six month guarantee. Directors reject a Brunner Office Supply bid of 695 dollars for a less capable unit. The board, covering most of Jackson County except Carbondale Makanda and Pomona townships, schedules its next meeting for February 14.
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Kinkaid
Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
James Gibbs
Murphysboro
Smith-Corona Co
Brunner Office Supply Co
Carbondale
David Fliger
Conservancy District
Brunner
Jack Lipe
Gibbs
Jackson County
Makanda
Pomona
Kinkaid board weighs lake water supply plans and bids
The Kinkaid Reed's Creek Conservancy District board reviewed water service limits for Murphysboro Ava and nearby areas as state plans call for a dam bid mid February. Chief engineer Guillou warned of July 4 impoundment, while a feasibility study on a treatment plant progresses and legislators may be invited to the February 26 meeting.
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Kinkaid and
Reed’s Creek
John Guillou
State Division of Waterways
Kinkaid
Kinkaid Board
Jack Miller
State Dept. of Public Works and Buildings
Murphysboro
Conservancy District
Ava
Bert Shemwell
Ava Chamber of Commerce
Willisville
Campbell Hill
David Fliger
Ahey
Miller
Guillou
John Orr of Jonesboro Dies at 72
John Orr 72 of Route 2 Jonesboro died at 9 55 p m Tuesday in Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau Missouri He was a farmer in the Mississippi bottom lands of west Union County Funeral arrangements are pending at Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro
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John Orr
Jonesboro
Rt. 2
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Orr
Mississippi
West Union County
Norris and Son
Police Briefs Hit Murphysboro and Carbondale Fines
Murphysboro reports Billy K. Jones fined 15 dollars for operation of vehicle without evidence of registration. Carbondale fines Dorothy L. Borger 20 dollars for speeding.
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Murphysboro
Billy K. Jones
Carbondale
Dorothy L. Borger
Deceptive practices charge continued in Murphysboro case
A charge of deceptive practices against T. L. Chamberlin, 3, of Murphysboro listed at the Logan Hotel, was continued to Jan. 29 after a guilty plea and withdrawal in Jackson County Circuit Court. Also noted, Mrs. Lucille Lambert Kalka, 61, of Benton, died at Herrin Hospital. Funeral arrangements are set in Christopher with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery northeast of Valier.
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Chester Area
Murphysboro
T. L. Chamberlin
Logan Hotel
Chamberlin
Jackson County
Lucille Lambert Kalka
Rt. 3
Benton
Herrin Hospital
Franklin County
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Chicago
Walne and
Nettie Martin Lam
Kalka
Robert
Roy
Madison, Fla
Fred Elliot
Herrin
Russell Funeral Home
Christopher
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Valier
Pinckneyville to vote on school bond and tax rate increase
Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 voters will decide February 17 on a 450000 bond issue and a 21 cent rise in the educational tax rate to 111 per 100. Funds would repair the high school to meet fire and safety standards, add building space, and support teacher raises under a new state law. Balloting in Thomas Gym noon to 7 pm. Superintendent Harley Quillman notes no bond or tax vote in over two decades.
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Rendleman
Taylor
Union County
George Otrich
J. Ben Hartline
Pinckneyville Community High
Thomas
Harley Quillman
Pulaski Man Hurt In Head-On Crash Near Ullin
James E. Adkinson, 27, of Pulaski, was listed in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital after a 4:50 a.m. head-on collision on Route 51 two miles south of Ullin. His car crossed the center line and struck a semi-trailer truck, sending him to Union County Hospital first before transfer.
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Pulaski
Ullin
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Louis
Union County Hospital
Anna
James E. Adkinson
St. Luke’s
Adkinson
Rt. 51
Petersen's Ointment Offers Quick Relief for Itching
An advertisement promises fast relief from burning and itching with Petersen's Ointment. The cooling astringent formula has supposedly helped thousands for 40 years and is available in an 85 cent box or applicator tube with a money back offer.
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Peterson
Petersen
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