Marchers Reach Carbondale for Muzzle Loader Parade
Eighteen buckskin clad members of the National Muzzle Loaders Rifle Association arrive at SIU Carbondale for lunch with Chancellor MacVicar. They retrace a 170 frontiersmen overland march from Fort Massac to Fort Kaskaskia in honor of Illinois sesquicentennial and plan July 4–Chest er celebrations. John W. Stotlar of Carbondale joins as SIU University School athletic coach and association member.
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National
Association
Illinois
Old Main
Murphysboro
Lions Club
Logan House
State Park
Lake Murphysboro
Rt. 149
Rt. 3
Chester
Fort Kaskaskia
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Boston
Mass
John W. Stotlar
Carbondale
SIU
University School
Metropolis
Stotlar
CCHS petitions nearing goal to disconnect from junior college
Carbondale Community High School District 165 collects signatures to trigger a district separation election from John A. Logan Junior College. Superintendent William McBride notes 2,593 names with a 3,000 signature goal, noting added supporters and ongoing signups at the CCHS Central Office.
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Carbondale Community
John A. Logan Junior College
William McBride
CCHS
McBride
South Springer Street
Cchs Board of Education
Carbondale
Chester hires planning firm for urban renewal project
Chester City Council hired R A Nackard Associates of Carbondale to resume planning for the urban renewal project begun in January by St. Louis based General Planning and Resource Consultants. HUD funds cover the total contract of 45 800 with payment shared after the St Louis firm is paid. The urban renewal area covers 270.2 acres south of the central business district along the Mississippi River. Mayor Derrick Helmers said the study runs January to January 1969 and a loan grant package of about 228 000 is expected if pursued. A mid May submission outlined a workable program for future funds. The council also adopted a 320 508 appropriations ordinance, called bids for two water tank painting, approved paving Park Boulevard, and approved final MFT funded street improvements payment to Pautler Brothers Contractors Inc.
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R. A. Nackard Associates
Carbondale
Chester City
Chester
General Planning and Resource Consultants
St. Louis
City of
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Central Business District
Mississippi River
Derrick Helmers
Park Boulevard
Pautler Brothers Contractors, Inc
Bi county legal aid plan eyed by Jackson Williamson
Jackson and Williamson counties discuss forming a bi county legal aid bureau with two Williamson attorneys. The committee expects commitments by August for space and consultant services. Tonight a Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency meeting will review expansion plans and governance.
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Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Williamson County
Kenneth Powless
Robert Neely
Marion
Williamson
Jackson Bureau
Actting
Robert Dreher
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Carbondale City Hall
Sesser hikes burial costs in city cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery in Sesser will raise burial and plot prices after a city council ordinance. Opening a grave increases from 30 to 50 dollars. single plots rise to 75 dollars, two-grave plots to 150, and four-grave plots to 300. Maintenance costs cited. the city employs one fulltime caretaker plus extra help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Hill Cemetery
Ewing Man Killed in One-Vehicle Illinois Crash
Pola A. Bain of Rt. 1 Ewing was killed at 1 36 a m today in a one vehicle crash near Onarga in East Central Illinois. Details of the accident were not immediately available with funeral arrangements pending at Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home in Benton.
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Pola A. Bain
Rt. 1
Ewing
Onarga
Illinois
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home
Benton
June Cases Decline for Jackson Legal Service Bureau
The Jackson Legal Service Bureau added 42 cases in June under Director J Edward Helton, down from 57 in May and well below April’s 63. From July 1 last year to June 24 this year the bureau handled 597 cases. 19 of June’s 42 were pending. Low May 25 to June 24 caseload linked to client absence after Kennedy and King deaths. Offices are in Carbondale City Hall and Murphysboro Courthouse. potential Williamson County expansion is planned at the Office of General Assistance in Marion.
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Bureau
Helton
John O’neil
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Carbondale
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Williamson County
County Office of General Assistance
S. Liberty
Marion
Galatia GI's Body Returned After Saigon Death
Sgt. Cletus Dale Tuttle 27 of Galatia was killed June 23 in Saigon Vietnam his body to be returned to Courtney and Sloan Funeral Home Galatia. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Friends may call after 6 p.m. He was born March 23 1941 to James and Evelyn Tuttle. He married Marilyn Owens and is survived by wife mother brothers Billy Joe Jesse Thomas James Ford at Fort Polk and sister Ellen Mae.
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Cletus Dale Tuttle
Galatia
Saigon
Vietnam
Courtney and Sloan
Sgt. Tuttle
James Monroe Tuttle
Evelyn Tuttle
Marilyn Owens
Billy Joe
Jesse Thomas Tuttle
James Ford Tuttle
Fort Polk
Ellen Mae Tuttle
Recruiter Receives Vietnam Call In Quiet Office
Army Sergeant First Class John Nannie, Herrin area recruiter since 1965, learns a recruit is bound for Vietnam with the 33rd Artillery. He recalls his own service in Germany and at Fort Leonard Wood while stressing opportunities and travel to the young man. The scene ends with Nannie questioning the recruit’s decision.
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John Nannie
St. Louis
Nannie
Herrin
Carbondale
Carbondale High School
Germany
Fort Leonard Wood
33Rd Artillery
Vietnam
Steve Rice
First Apple Festival Queen Contest Entrant
Miss Melinda Clutts daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Clutts of 2125 Logan St Murphysboro is the first entrant in the 1968 Apple Festival Queen Contest. She is sponsored by Xi Omega of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and the event runs Sept 12 13 and 14 with a Sept 1 deadline for entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda Clutts
George F. Clutts
Logan St
Murphysboro
Clutts
Xi Omega
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Jackson
Union
Maureen
Renee
Gertrude
Youths Find Man's Body In Carbondale Near University Dorms
Thomas David Clark 49 of 501 E College St Carbondale was found dead with a gunshot wound near University City dormitories. A 45 caliber Colt was in his right hand with four cartridges in the gun found beside the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas David Clark
E. College St
Carbondale
University City
Southern Illinois University
Mike
Gary Stangle
College St
Lewis J. Rossiter
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Flynn
Clark
Carbondale Sporting Goods
Army
S. Johnson St
Thomas Joseph Gatles
Coulterville and PerryvilleVehicle Crashes Reported
Coulterville man Johnny L. Rainey age 21 injured when his car left Rt 13 seven miles northwest of Pinckneyville at 3 10 a m. He received minor treatment at Pinckneyville Community Hospital. A second crash on Rt 3 near Murphysboro left Donna F. Hoffman 30 of Perryville Missouri with minor injuries after her panel truck collided with a farm tractor driven by Garry Derossett 18 of Wolf Lake. Derossett uninjured. The incident occurred at 4 15 p m.
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Johnny L. Rainey
Coulterville
Pinckneyville
Rainey
Donna F. Hoffman
Perryville
Rt. 149
Murphysboro
Garry Derossett
Wolf Lake
HUD to announce Model Cities planning grants soon
A HUD spokesman in Washington said announcements on Model Cities planning grants will come in a couple of weeks. Illinois applications include Carbondale Metropolis Springfield and Rock Island with regional offices sending recommendations and a final review nearly complete.
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Dept. of Housing and Urban de
Washington
D.C
Carbondale
HUD
Illinois
Metropsco Springfield
Rock Isand
Pinckneyville councils 113850 tax levy for 1969
The Pinckneyville City Council proposes a 113 850 levy to fund part of a 2 960 275 budget for the year ending June 1 1969. Public inspection is at the city clerk’s office. waterworks and sewer line items are excluded from the levy pending bond or federal grant funding. City library board terms are reappointed. Arvada Kennedy of Benton dies at 87.
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Pinckneyville
Lloyd Middleton
Middleton
Pinckneyville Council
Jacob Bender
Don Johnson
Elmer Holman
Lyle Brown
Streets of New York to Run Three Nights at SIU
A century-old melodrama Streets of New York will open at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Communications Building theater at Southern Illinois University. The Dion Boucicault play, written in 1857, reflects depressions of 1837 and 1857 and was revived during the 1930s. Tickets cost $1.50 for students and $2 for non students.
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New York
Southern Illinois University
Communications Building
Dion Boucicault
Archibald McLeod
Fire Crews Douse Sheds and Grass Fires in Two Reports
West Frankfort unit responds to a 3:35 p.m. Monday alarm at 806 Washington Blvd where a shed is destroyed and a house has minor damage. In Carbondale a 7:45 p.m. Monday grass fire on property owned by John Lannin at 505 E Birch St is reported.
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West Frankfort
Washington Blvd
Carbondale
E. Birch St
John Lannin
Marion council studies 75 million appropriation
Marion City Council placed on file for public inspection an appropriation ordinance totaling 2 548 960 and outlined increases and cuts across departments including Marion Memorial Hospital library public safety and sewage disposal while noting this is the last year funds will be drawn from hospital bonds and listing substantial projected reductions in city projects and salaries. The council also annexed land along New Rt 13 west of Interstate 57 and heard discussion on Rededication Week with Chamber officials.
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Illinois
City Lake
Water Department
Marion City Council
Royal Evans
New Rt. 13
Frank and
Edna James
Griggs
Marion council annexes two properties in city expansion
The Marion City Council annexed two parcels on request of owners Royal Evans and Frank and Edna James. Commissioners cite savings on gasoline oil and diesel for June. Street work and crack sealing on East Boulevard are planned with a chamber luncheon for Rededication Week.
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Marion
Royal Evans
New Rt. 13
Frank and
Edna James
Griggs
Everett Jeter
Henry Burress
Robert Connell
East Boulevard
Robert Butler
Chamber of Commerce
Libby’s
Chamber
Bill Brown
Orval Leukering
New items added to appropriation including land and staff
New appropriation items list equipment for accounts and finance 1500 dollars an extra policeman and land improvement at Marion Memorial Hospital 4000 dollars. Items on the 1967 68 appropriation but not the 1968 69 include land acquisition for the fire department 20000 dollars 750 for three recreation supervisors census 5000 and labor for weed control 300 dollars.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
Two Sought in Park Fight in Grand Tower City Park
Jackson County authorities seek Robert L. Cooper and John Williams, both Gorham residents, on charges filed by St. Clair County Deputy Sheriff William C. Butler. Williams faces aggravated battery. Cooper is charged with disorderly conduct after an altercation when Butler stopped Cooper in the Grand Tower City Park for allegedly dangerous driving. Williams struck Butler with a stick during the dispute.
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Gorham
Jackson County
St. Clair County
Robert L. Cooper
Rt. 1
John Williams
Williams
St. Clair
William C. Butler
Butler
Cooper
Grand Tower
Illinois grants total 5.8 million for mental health clinics
Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro announced state grants of 5,828,422 for mental health clinics and related centers for the new fiscal year. In Southern Illinois Zone 8, grants include Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic in Murphysboro 55,816 and Massac County Department of Mental Health in Metropolis 26,000, plus 54,550 for the Employment Training Center in Carbondale. The overall funding rises 600,000 from last year, funded mainly from the Mental Health Fund with local matching funds.
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Samuel H. Shapiro
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Southern Illinois
The
General Assembly
Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic
Murphysboro
Massac County
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Jackson Bureau Committee
J. Edward Helton
Secretary of State
Illinois State Bar Association
Robert Bryant
Legal Service Committee
Sesser
Galatia GI
Dave
Courthouse Lawn
Council
Arvada Kennedy
Franklin
Hobbs-Johnson
Robert Knight
Zeigler
Hugh
Marion Council Studies
Marion Council
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