Vienna gets new state prison warden McKnight
Hollis W. McKnight, Springfield born 53, will be warden of the minimum security prison under construction at Vienna. He will move within 30 days and oversee 1600 capacity when finished. He has long state prison service including 1962 acting superintendent of prisons and 1961 to 1962 tenure as superintendent of prisons.
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Hollis W. McKnight
Springfield
Vienna
Otto Kerner
McKnight
Owaneco
Joliet
Stateville
State Reformatory For Women
Dwight
Crisenberry Heads Lake Unit Board
R G Crisenberry of Murphysboro named first president of the Kinkaid and Reed's Creek Conservancy District in Murphysboro. Jack Sipe of Vergennes named secretary. Four directors filed $1,000 bonds with Jackson County Judge Peyton Kunce. District aims to build a 4000 acre lake and support water conservation and flood control.
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R. G. Grisenberry
Murphysboro
Kinkaid and
Reed's Creek Conservancy
Jack Sipe
Vergennes
Murphyshoro
Lipe
Claude Thompson
Ava
Raymond Mueller
Jacob
Crisenberry
Joe Williams
Kunce
Jackson County
Carbondale
Makanda
Pomona
Co-Op Allows Lake Access Amid Desegregation Debate
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative says it will lease land below the 10 foot contour to all record property owners for lake access at Lake of Egypt. Egypt Shores Inc. faces a whites-only lot policy. cooperative officials cite an easement agreement permitting access and one dock per lot, with annual $25 lease and adherence to lake rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Lake of Egypt
Ora Snider
Egypt Shores
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Douglas E. Sellers of Carbondale an assistant professor of chemistry at Southern Illinois University received a $1,000 research award from the Society of Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society of America. Harlow Shapley, grants chair, said the grant funds chemical research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas E. Sellers
Orchard Drive
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Society of the Sigma XI
The
Scientific Research Society of America
Harlow Shapley
Society
Loan From REA Power Co-Op Gets $611000
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 611000 loan to Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative of Dongola to build 22 miles of distribution lines and 11 miles of smaller connectors plus a sub-station at Lick Creek. The project will serve 275 more customers and increase capacity on 90 miles of existing lines over two years. Contracts will cover 60,000-volt lines from the Marion generating station.
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Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Dongola
Kenneth J. Gray
Dwest Frankfort
Nector
Lick Creek
R. T. Reeves
Marion
SIU Budget Wins Governor’s Approval for 1963-65
The $53 million operational budget for Southern Illinois University won governor Otto Kerner’s signature after Senate and House passage in May and June 1963. The Higher Education Board shaped the funding, trimming about $1.4 million from the initial SIU request of $63 million, including $900,000 for salaries, while reappropriating roughly $450 million in Illinois Universities Building Fund money to SIU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Legislat
Otto Kerner
Urc
Senate
House
State Board of Higher Education
Budgetary Commission
Kerner
SIU
Board of Higher Education
Higher Board
Ihouses
Ilinois
Marion Man Fined for DWI and Impersonation Plates
Jackie Baker of 506 East Jackson Street Marion was fined 151.40 by Marion Police Magistrate William Shan for driving while intoxicated and possessing another person’s license plates on his car. Baker pleaded guilty to the two charges and received the fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Baker
E. Jackson St
Marion
William Shannon
Baker
Thieves Strike Elks Club in Carbondale
Carbondale police investigate a weekend break in at the Elk's Club on 220 West Jackson Street. Burglars pried open a basement window, used a knife to pry cigarette machines, and took about $30 from two machines between Sunday 1 PM and Monday 7:30 AM. They left through the front door. investigators examine the knife for fingerprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Elk’s Club
W. Jackson St
Ly-Mar Hotel Seized by IRS Over Tax Dues in Herrin
The Internal Revenue Service seized the Ly-Mar Hotel in Herrin for nonpayment of taxes. Perishable foodstuffs and liquor were auctioned on site at 3 p.m. Monday, with the hotel building and stock to be sold later to satisfy a $7,443.80 levy filed in Williamson County Circuit Court. Three Herrin IRS agents carried out the seizure and noted the hotel remains closed until delinquent taxes are paid or the property is sold.
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Internal Revenue Service
Ly-Mar
Herrin
Federal
IRS
Landfield Finance Co
Chicago
John Marlow
District Irs
Herrin Irs
Carl Hoffman
Robert Allen
F. A. Hunsaker
Hunsaker
Williamson County Circuit Court
Post Office Remodel Delayed in Herrin by GSA Plan
The Herrin Post Office expansion and remodeling is delayed with start pushed to around year's start. GSA design chief in Chicago says plans revised now and completion expected near Sept 15 followed by 60 to 90 days of possible construction. Architect firm Hellmuth Obata and Kassbaum of St Louis, project cost estimated at 163000 dollars.
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Herrin
General Services Administration
R. G. Brown
GSA
Chicago
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
St. Louis
One Point Eight Million Collected in Local Taxes
Deputy Tax Collector Lawrence Feurer announced 1,834,199 in William son county real estate and personal property taxes have been collected. Banks in the county added 703,006 through the weekend, Feurer’s office 454,491, and mail 676,640. After Monday, one percent interest will be added to unpaid first installments and remaining personal property tax bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Feurer
Williamson County
Feurer
Murphysboro Boards Finalize Shared Park Use Plan
Two Murphysboro boards approve a joint use policy for Riverside Park. Unit 186 School District gains baseball diamond use with shared costs for lights, fencing, maintenance, and summer programs. Football games move to the park diamond outfield starting Sept. 13 with stands planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
the Park Board
School of Riverside Park
Unit
Park Diamond
Carruthers
Diaond
Plan Meet Set by Carbondale Plan Commission
The Carbondale Plan Commission will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m on July 10 at Carbondale City Hall. The commission normally meets the first Wednesday each month but this session was rescheduled due to the holiday Thursday.
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Carbondale Plan Commission
Carbondale City Hall
Psychologist Hire Considered by Local Districts
Murphysboro Unit 186 and Carbondale districts may hire a full time psychologist paid via a state supported joint venture. The Office of Area Psychologists in Carbondale handles testing for special education while the state would fund half the estimated 10 000 yearly cost.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
State Dept. of Public Instruction
James Blackwood
Blackwood
Carbondale Community
Auto Hand Car Collision at Johnston City Crossing
A motorized railroad handcar collided with an auto at the Central and Eastern Illinois Railroad crossing on East Broadway in Johnston City at 9:05 a.m. today. There were no injuries. Police Chief Luther Wiseman said James L. Feezar of Herring was driving east across the tracks when the collision occurred.
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Ilinois
East Broadway
Johnston City
Luther Wiseman
James L. Feezar
Herring
Township Pays Bills At Murphysboro Meeting
The Murphysboro Town Board approved paying salaries and bills totaling 1650 dollars at its monthly meeting Monday night, according to township supervisor George Borgsmiller.
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Murphysboro
George Borgsmiller
Death Leap Voluntary Jury Rules Death Leap
A Union County coroner's jury ruled that 19 year old Mrs. Irma Lingle voluntarily jumped to her death from a moving car. She died of a head injury after jumping from the car driven by Leslie Lingle. The couple, divorced, had discussed remarriage. Lingle testified about shared sentiments with another woman and that the car traveled about 50 miles per hour when the jump occurred.
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Union County
Irma Lingle
Lingle
L. F. Pearson
J. J. Turner
Delinquency Pleas Filed In Carbondale Case
Petitions to declare William T. Ashmore and Loren Ray Carter delinquent were filed after an admitted beating of Mrs. Fred Horn. Horn, 72, is in satisfactory condition at Doctors Hospital. Hearing set for July 22 at 9 a.m. Bond $1,500 each. youths held in Jackson County jail.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
William T. Ashmore
Loren Ray Carter
S. Logan St
Fred Horn
E. Hester St
ARA Approves Saline River Survey Grant
The Area Redevelopment Administration will grant 30 000 to 40 000 dollars for a feasibility study on canalizing seven miles of the Saline River and building a port at Old Shawneetown. The Army Corps of Engineers will assess feasibility for one or both projects and study starts immediately in Frankfort.
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The
Area Redevelopment Administration
Saline
Old Shawneetown
Army Corps of Engineers
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Saline River Conservancy District
Shawneetown Regional
Mt Vernon Woman Killed in Rt 460 Collision Near Ashley
A Mt. Vernon woman, Blanche Karcher age 36, died in a two car crash on Route 460 four miles west of Ashley at 8 a.m. Police report her husband Edwin Karcher age 37 and Fred Howard, 74, of Ashley drove one car while Blanche received minor injuries.
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Mt. Vernon
Rt. 460
Ashley
du Quoin
Blanche Karcher
Edwin
Fred Howard
Karcher
Tilden Boy Struck. Youth Critical After Bicycle Crash
A 9 year-old Tilden boy remained in critical condition at Sparta Community Hospital after being struck by a car Monday. John Svehla, 17, reported major injuries at 3 p.m. when he was hit while riding a bicycle on a rural road near Tilden. the driver was James Parks, 17, of Tilden.
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Tilden
Sparta
District 13
du Quoin
John Svehla
James Parks
Makanda Man Hit By Auto
An elderly Makanda man, Larkin F. Brooks, was struck by a car on Route 51 south of Carbondale and treated at Doctors Hospital for a broken leg bruises and abrasions. He remained in fair condition. The driver was Donna Kay Miller 17 of Belleville, and the incident occurred at 9 45 p m about three and a half miles south of Carbondale.
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Makanda
Carbondale
Larkin F. Brooks
Doctors Hospital
Larkin
Donna Kay Miller
Belleville
Herrin man charged with concealing mortgaged property
Donald Minson of Herrin faced a $1000 bond after being charged with concealing or disposing of mortgaged property involving a lawnmower purchased from Montgomery Ward Co The arraignment occurred before Justice Elmer Horn The accused remained jailed in Williamson County pending bond filing and related proceedings.
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Donald Minson
Herrin
Montgomery Ward Co
Minson
Horn
Ion Justice of the Peace
Elmertle
Williamson County
Hown
GU UA Vleee Ashmore
Annexation OKed for Valier Schools to Lesser District
In Franklin County a court letter confirms that Valier Schools will join the Lesser Community Unit District after a panel of attorneys reported the decision was affirmed. Brondos represents Coello Buckner and Mulkeytown Districts. H Lee Browning cites no filed decision yet and notes a 60 day response window.
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Valier
Circuit Court
Caswell Krebs
Stephen Brondos
Brondos
Frank Trobaugh
Coello
Buckner
Mulkeytown
Franklin County Board of School Trustees
Walier
Coelle
H. Lee Browning
Franklin County
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State Prison
Taylorville High School
Joliet Junior College
Stateville Prison
Purdue University
Iowa State University
Crisenberry Heads Lake Unit Board
REA
Elks Club
Internal Revenue Unit
Illinois
Murphysboro Boards
WSU
Dale
Dowell
C. G. Healy
Jeff
Rt. Tractor
B. W. Williams
Carbon
Donald Bur
ARA
Tilden Boy
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