Carbondale traffic couple bids exceed allocated funds
Howel Construction Co of Carbondale and Gilmore Asphalt Products submitted the apparent low bid of 745 142 for the Carbondale north south traffic couple project, about 200 000 above the 535 000 allocated in the 1968 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Department of Highways
State Highway Department
Springfield
Howell Construction Co
Gilmore Asphalt Products
Highway Department
Southern Illinois Calendar Highlights and Events
Community calendar items include a Pyramid Coin Club meeting at Springmore School Carbondale 1 p.m. Sunday with auction bourse and bid board and free admission Carbondale NAACP youth council meeting 3 p.m. Sunday city hall conference room Southern Illinois Symphony concert 4 p.m. Shryock Auditorium SIU no admission charge Ella Fitzgerald concert 8 p.m. SIU Arena tickets 1.50 2.50 3.50 at University Center information desk SIU Interpreters Theater production Silence in Heaven Calipre Stage SIU Communications Building 8 p.m. Friday Saturday and Feb 2 3 admission 1 Egyptian Drive‑In reflections in a golden eye and Frankenstein Created Women showings start 7:30 p.m. Rodgers Theater Anna To Sir with Love at Fox Carbondale Valley of the Dolls at Marlow’s Murphysboro Doctor Zhivago at Marlow’s Carbondale How Won The War at Varsity Carbondale public meetings Benton City Council 7:30 p.m. Monday City Hall plus various civic notices and obituaries.
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Pyramid Coin Club
Springmore School
N. Springer St
Carbondale
Carbondale Naacp Youth Council
City Hall
Southern Illinois Symphony
Shryock
Southern Illinois University
Ella Fitzgerald
University Center
Silence In Heaven
Southern Illinois University Interpreters Theater
Calipre Stage
SIU Communications Building
Herrin
Elizabeth Taylor
Frankenstein
Rodgers Theater
Anna
Love
Fox
Valley of the Dolls
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Doctor Zhivago
Varsity
Two truckers hurt in crash near Red Bud
Ray Luebkemann of Red Bud is listed in serious condition after a collision on Rt 3 south of Red Bud at 3 15 p m. Lee Fauss of Chester was treated for minor injuries and released. A car driven by Judith A Rednour of Chester also had minor injuries after leaving Rt 3 11 miles south of Chester at 8 p m Friday. Florence McWhirter 89 of Murphysboro died Friday at St Joseph Memorial Hospital.
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Rt. 2
Red Bud
Ray Luebkemann
St. Clement’s Hospital
Lee Fauss
Chester
Rt. 3
Judith A. Rednour
Memorial Hospital
Florence Jane McWhirter
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Jackson County Nursing Home
SIU to donate house for Fire victim in Murphysboro area
A Murphysboro man who lost his home in December fire may receive a SIU supplied home. Mayor Joe Williams said the SIU department of Community Services informed officials the university owns several houses slated for demolition and will offer one. The Knights home on D Street Mt. Carbon was destroyed on December 3.
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Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University
Joe Williams
SIU Department of Community Services
City of
University
Robert Knight
D Street
Mt. Carbon
The
Knights
Williams
SIU
Knight
Carpenter
Plumbers Union
Brick Masons Union
Murphysboro Township
Frank Kirk
Carbondale
Presbyterian Church
Roscoe Taylor Carbondale developer and businessman
Roscoe Aaron Taylor 84 of 1009 Skyline Dr Carbondale died Saturday at Jackson County Nursing Home Murphysboro He developed seven subdivisions in Carbondale and had ties to local businesses and boards He was born August 4 1882 in Golconda and graduated from Carbondale Normal College in 1904 Funeral services are set for 2 p m Tuesday at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale with burial at St Andrews Parish Cemetery Murphysboro A rosary is planned tonight at 7 30.
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Edna Egbert
Willisville
Anna
Perry County
Egbert
William
Ida Gray Brown
Edward E. Egbert
Pinckneyville
Missionary Baptist Church
Ava
Floyd Egbert
LaVern Egbert
James Egbert
Campbell Hill
Garrett Egbert
Cecil Egbert
Dean Egbert
Murphysboro
Mary Throop
Kenneth Brown
John Brown
Welber Griffith
Galum Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Helen Celmer Nowacki
Royalton
Cicero
Moeller
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Father John Baggio
Catholic Cemetery
Carbondale
Roscoe Aaron Taylor
Skyline Dr
Jackson County
Mr. Taylor
Oakland Heights
Rodgers Park
Skyline Drive
Wedgewood Terrace
Schwartz Forry
Bayless Field
Taylor
Leader
Missouri
Kansas
Wolfe Shoe Co
Ohio
Taylor, Vancil, Johnson
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Carbondale Elk’s Lodge
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Committee
Dorothy Jenkins Soless
Cairo
Dorothy
Hodge Taylor
Long Beach
Calif
John B. Taylor
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Robert Lewis Taylor
Sharon, Conn
van Natta Funeral Home
J. D. Hansmann
St. Francis Xavier Church
Lee Pope Ward
First Presbyterian Church
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Parrish Cemetery
van Natta
M. B. Haas
St. Francis Xavier
Marie Murden
Rockwood
Lincoln
Robert Lee Cantrell
Chicago
Johnston City
Cook County Hospital
Herbert
Jessie Solomon
James
Robert
Louis
Roy
Herbert J. Cantrell
Ned Barra
Maywood
Cecil Leonard
Bradley
Denvil
Oakland
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Murphysboro reports permit, inspection totals for 1967
Code officer Tom Stevenson releases figures showing 407 homes inspected and 3 520 dollars in permit income. New home permits total 25 with 16 demolitions, plus three school projects. Electrical inspections 127, sewer taps 13, new sign checks nine, business permits six, trailer permits five. Funeral notices follow in Johnston City area. Police brief notes Earl Meacham fined 15 dollars for running a stop sign in Carbondale.
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Murphysboro
Tom Stevenson
Stevenson
St. Andrew’s Catholic
Murphysboro Township High School
Carruthers Junior High School
Council backs water board on line ruling
Murphysboro council votes 7 to 0 to support the Water and Sewer Commission on a sewer tap for a new car wash at 1831 Pine Street owned by J. L. Watts. The panel says the car wash must connect to a sanitary sewer, not a storm sewer, to ensure treatment and avoid Big Muddy River pollution.
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Murphysboro
Water and Sewer Commission
Pine St
J. L. Watts
Elm St
Mike Bowers
Ernie Miller
Homer Roberts
Watts
Bob McCormack
Water Commission
Bruce Richmond
Harold Hudson
Commission
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Rt. 51
Illinois Avenue
University Avenue
Willow Street
Freeman and
Grand
Benton City Council
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisand Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois Inc
Herrin Elks Club
Internal Revenue Service
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Carla Alberghetti
Bill Hayes
Siu Shryock
Clyde C. Deason
Florence McWhirter
She Was Born
Greenville, Ky
the Daughter of
Edmund Oliver and
Saluda Ann Mitchell Pace
Robert L. McWhirter
Methodist Church
McWhirter
Evelyn Quigg
Livermore
Dorothy Woosley
Ralph
Olathe
Kan
Kenneth
Crossville
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Harry Chaste
Roscoe Taylor
Dren
Boyd Butler
SIU Department
Roscoe A. Taylor
Earl Meacham
Carbondale Council
Tak
Kirk
Steve Rice
Helleny
North 14Th Street
Council
W. Main
West Frankfort, Ill
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