Herrin Plans First Annual Town Meeting by Commission
Herrin Plan Commission will host the first annual town meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the city library forum. Speakers include James C. Walker and Franklyn H. Moreno, with a six member panel answering audience questions.
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Herrin City Library
James C. Walker
Franklyn H. Moreno
Greater Egypt
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Marvin Owen
Herrin
Owen
Pacification Chief Quits Saigon Mission
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Duc Thang head of South Vietnam's pacification program resigns from the Army amid US and Western questions about his future role. Sources say he has been a driving force but is disillusioned with Saigon's countryside commitments and his departure could affect pacification progress and South Vietnam's viability.
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Carterville Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Recon Mission
Army Second Lieutenant Jerry F. Pickar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie J. Pickar, Carterville, is recuperating in a military hospital in Vietnam from shrapnel wounds to both legs and hips suffered on January 8 during a reconnaissance mission. Address in Vietnam is Advisory Team No. 30 APO San Francisco CA 96314.
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Johnnie J. Pickar
Carterville
Vietnam
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Funeral services for Spc Ker ry M Bugajsky in Christopher
Funeral services set for Spc 4 Ker ry M Bugajsky 20 of Christopher at 10 a.m. Monday at St Andrews Catholic Church with Father Angelo Lombardo officiating. He died in a heavy mortar attack at his unit’s Chu Chi base camp January 19. He is survived by his parents Joseph and Ann Balas Bugajsky and sister JoLene, with grandmother Mrs Mary Balas of Christopher. Interment will be in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton. A rosary is tonight at 8 p.m. at Russell Funeral Home Christopher. call evenings before services. Thieves stole 125 dollars from a locked safe at Hewitt's Rexall Drug Store 104 S Illinois Carbondale. Entrance gained through back room between 11:30 p.m. and 12:10 a.m. Thursday, says proprietor John Fozzard.
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Christopher
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Angelo Lombardo
Chu Chi
Joseph
Ann Balas Bugajsky
JoLene
Mary Balas
Buria
Masonic and
Odd Fellows
Benton
Russell Funeral Home
Hewitt
Rexall
S. Illinois
Carbondale
John Fozzard
SIU Office Marks Holmes Retirement Party
Carbondale and Murphysboro report fines of 15 dollars for traffic signal violations. Holmes retirement party celebrated for long time Vernon School and Randolph County Education Association leader. Silas, ex SIU football star and St. Louis Cardinals DT, serves as assistant coordinator and doctoral student in higher education at SIU. Frank C. Adams is SIU office director.
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Southern Illinois University
Frank C. Adams
Silas
SIU
St. Louis Cardinals
Sistant
Vernon School
Sparta
Randolph County Education Association
Lincoln Day speaker William H. Rentschler to headline Perry County dinner
Perry County Republican Central Committee announces former Senate hopeful William H. Rentschler will address the Lincoln Day dinner at Sacred Heart Parish Center in Du Quoin on February 12 after a 6:30 p.m. dinner. Rentschler, president of Martha Washington Kitchens and columnist, previously declined a lieutenant governor bid and may pursue a U.S. Senate run if Charles H. Percy advances. 1960 GOP nomination bid ended 5-4. Dinner tickets are $2.50 with a 300-attendee limit.
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Lake Forest
Perry County
Republican Central Committee
Rentschler
Martha Washington Kitchens, Inc
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Mid-America
Sacred Heart Parish
du Quoin
U.S. Senate
Charles H. Percy
Chicago
L. R. Daulby
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