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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1965
Page
3
Southern Illinois residents prepare for a busy weekend with parades beauty contests carnivals and fireworks. Scheduled events include Steeleville and Murphysboro celebrations with community activities and outdoor entertainment across the area.
Hugh E. Walker of Herrin was elected faithful navigator of the Knights of Columbus Du Quoin Fourth Degree General Assembly Marquette Province Illinois Southern District. Other officers named include Vincent Birchler William Gerrish Bernard Moran Raymond Reiner and more with installation set for July 26 in Du Quoin by Master Robert A. Meissner.
A Union County man Raymond Clover 27 was fined 50 and 5 costs for indecent exposure. He was arrested Wednesday night in Carbondale after a woman reported a man exposing himself at a coin laundry around 11 p.m. Police followed Clover as he drove through town and arrested him on South Illinois avenue after he pleaded guilty before Magistrate Robert Schwartz.
West Frankfort Fire Chief Fred Harkins warned parents and children about ball cap fireworks that look like candy and can bite back. He has confiscated cases and plans store to store seizures while authorities pursue illegal imports from Kentucky and Missouri. Three Illinois children have been injured biting into these explosives, which resemble candy and can burn mouths or break teeth.
Carbondale Mayor D Bla ney Miller has applied for the Carbondale postmastership along with seven others including acting postmaster Ervin Sullivan. Applicants also include Louis E Adkins William Lavern Dodge Marion Ernest Searcy James T Montgomery Royal L Dillinger and Hubert L Goforth. Miller has not decided and may or may not take the civil service exam for the $8 850 annual postmaster position. The Civil Service Commission will also hold postmaster exams in Benton where acting postmaster Fred Holloway and Frank L Thomas have applied for the $7 190 job.
The General Assembly approved a bill backed by Gov. Kerner to create a Department of Business and Industry with a 1.5 million appropriation. The change replaces the 1961 Board of Economic Development and aims to boost per capita investment to 15 cents, with new divisions for export expansion and small business services. The plan includes staff expansions and a Washington office to attract defense contracts.
Ernest Ned Higgins of Carbondale was found innocent in a Jackson County Circuit Court trial of an assault charge against off duty Carbondale policeman Lee English. Higgins also pleaded innocent to burglary. bond set at 5000 dollars and he remained jailed.
Hal Boyle of the Associated Press reports from Viet Nam that millions of propaganda leaflets were dropped to sow discord in Viet Cong units. One defector, unable to read, says his commander ordered him to collect the papers and he grew tired of it.
Myron Collier a 22 year old electrician from Paducah Kentucky fell from a window ledge two stories at the Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro Illinois. He sustained minor injuries to his right ankle and elbow and was treated and released from St Joseph Memorial Hospital. Collier worked for Peebles Electrical Co. of Murphysboro and was wiring in the first floor county treasurer's office during a courthouse remodeling project.
All Southern Illinois University capital improvement bills have cleared the Legislature and await Governor Kerner’s signature. A Carbondale Railroad Relocation Authority bill awaits final action. Projects total about 24.08 million for 1965 67 construction and 23.54 million of SIU funds from 1961 bonds on existing contracts. The measures finance 4.105 million general revenue and 138.8 million in Building Authority bonds plus 1.155 million general revenue for new buildings. The IBA rental payments cover 2.1 million for buildings under construction. The railroad relocation bill would form an authority to study feasibility and, if feasible, acquire land and supervise relocation operations for the Illinois Central tracks near the campus.
Orn the red tailed hawk owned by Dennis Lane of 601 S Washington St Carbondale was recovered after perched on a Burfison Street TV antenna Wednesday night Fire department ladder truck assisted Lane a Southern Illinois University student from Farming ton who had reported the bird stolen Tuesday and plans to take it to a Peoria zoo Saturday.
A grade school track meet in Carbondale features a sponge shot put and a balloon throw among events. Sponsored by Carbondale Park District, students from four playgrounds participate. Events start 1 p.m. at Winkler School with buses at 12:45 p.m. from Lincoln School Attucks Park and Oakland Park.
Jackson County will mail 39,000 tax bills totaling 4.849 million dollars for current real estate and personal property taxes with deadlines set for August 2 and September 1. Back taxes totaling about 64 thousand will also be mailed. Carbondale Township rates rise to 5.52 per 100 valuation and Murphysboro Township to 4.49 due to school and local bond issues and rate increases.
A hearing on a petition to destroy 12 slot machines and confiscate the 46.32 found in them will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Williamson County Circuit Court. Six machines were seized by state police in a raid June 24 of the Herrin Eagles and Herrin Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs. Presiding Judge John Clayton set the hearing after State's Atty. Kenneth Hubler filed the petition. The machines are in the custody of Sheriff Carl Miller. Two Herrin men charged with keeping a gambling place pleaded innocent Monday. their trial is expected in September.
Maria Bueno of Brazil defeated Billie Jean Moffitt of California 6-4 5-7 7-3 to advance to the Wimbledon women's singles final. The 25 year old Brazilian, defending champion, has now reached the Wimbledon final four times in seven years, having won the title in 1959 1960 and 1964.
A downtown Lawrenceville building housing the Lawrenceville Daily Record was destroyed by fire early today. Fire departments from neighboring communities battled the blaze as the roof collapsed and the press room fell to the basement. Editor Cal Reynolds valued the loss at about $150,000, with the cause undetermined.
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