Grand Tower hosts three day homecoming reenactment
Grand Tower braces for a three day celebration tied to its annual homecoming and a 1673 Mississippi River expedition reenactment. Eight Chicago area men reenact Marquette and Joliet route with a noon Saturday arrival. Activities include period costumes, muzzle loading rifle matches, knife and tomahawk throwing, river rides, exhibits, concerts, and a historical pageant on the levee.
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Carbondale
Hermin
Murphysboro
Lindisan
Page
Marquette and Jolliet
Saiurday
Grand Tower
Mississippi River
Chicago
Moredock
Los Hivernantes
Jackson County Historical Society
Perry County
Historical Society
Golden Eagle Club of
St. Louis
Southern
Iinois Arts and Crafts ‘Council
Shawnee
Fireworks mark midweek Fourth in Murphysboro Riverside Park
Southern Illinois residents resumed routines after a midweek Fourth of July holiday. Murphysboro’s Riverside Park hosted crowds described by police as slightly larger than last year. About 12,000 visitors attended the main period from Tuesday night to Wednesday fireworks. No arrests for fireworks violations were reported. several warnings were issued and some fireworks were confiscated. The Murphysboro Booster, sponsor of the annual celebration, noted a noticeable rise in participation in the ride and concession areas.
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Llinois
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Christian Lay Council of
Jackson County
Herrin
Te ‘Amis Tan
Jack Bailin
Kiwanis
Boy Scout
Bob Bag ‘Gatl
West Frankfort
Jack
Zelma Bailin
Bailin
Herrin Kiwanis Club
Memorial Ballpark Association
Park Board
Richard Cima
Abe Martin Field
Southern Ilinois University At
Carbondale
Carbondale Lions Club
Lions Club
Anna Fairgrounds
Anna Police Department
Carl Wright
Shots fired at Marion car on South Liberty street
Police investigated Wednesday night after shots were fired at a car on South Liberty street in Marion. Richard Butler and three others in the car allegedly threw firecrackers, and four shots were fired into the vehicle with one in the rear. no injuries reported.
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Marion
South Liberty Street
L. B. Hunter
Richard Butler
Circle Drive
Hunter
Drownings of Nashville Sisters Prompt Funeral Arrangements
Two Nashville sisters Suzanne Malick nine and Karen Ann Malick fifteen drowned in a pond on their father’s farm while on inner tubes. The coroner ruled accidental drowning, with inquest Tuesday night. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Posen.
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Nashville
al Pond
Suzanne Malick
Karen Ann
Rt. 3
du Quoin
Charles ‘Longwell
Paul Malick
Danny Chwascinski
Mike Malick
Marcella Pytinski Malick
Karen Ann Malick
Centralia
Nashville High School
Future Homemakers of America
Susanne Malick
St. Ann's School
Sharon
Charlotte
Karla
Kenneth
Lena Borisca
St. Louis
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Posen
Nashvicie
Jerome Hebner
Church
King Funeral Home
Fu Funeral Home
Sparta Outreach Center opens to simplify state government
The Sparta office at 109 E Main St opens as a branch of the Southern Illinois Governor's Office. Janet Wolff will supervise, volunteers are sought, and staff will handle welfare and flood aid while cutting red tape and making information about government more available. Officials including Rep. Ralph Dunn and Sen. Kenneth Buzhee attend the opening. The Sparta number is 618-449-4494 and the Marion toll free line is 800-642-4351.
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Cindy Harrell
Southern Illnoisan
Daniel Walker
Robert Arkell
Main St
Sparta
Marion
Arkell
Hev
Parific
Janet Wolff
Evansville
Shell
Miss Wolff
Ralph Dunn
Ron Quoin
Nolan Jones
Russell Dawe
Robert Pautler
Kenneth Buzhee
D-Carbondale
Cho
Governte
Ee Cid
Williamson County Airport contracts to be awarded
Contracts for a 3.8 million construction project at Williamson County Airport will be awarded at 11 am on July 25 in the office of the state Department of Aeronautics in Springfield. The work includes widening the north-south runway and taxiways, overlaying taxiways with asphalt, 2000 feet of new taxiways, 493 acres north of the airport, relocating electrical equipment and renovating facilities. This is the second of a three-phase program following phase one's ramp and taxiway construction for a new terminal and land purchases, with phase three adding an instrument landing system and approach lights. Phase one and three are budgeted at 209 million. Governor Daniel Walker released funds for phase two in mid-April after a prior expenditure freeze.
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Wiliamson County
State Dept. of Aeronautics
Springfield
Daniel Walker
Williamson County Band and Herrin Cheerleaders Cake Walk
The Williamson County Concert Band and the Herrin High School cheerleaders organized a cake walk as part of the entertainment lineup.
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Williamson County
Herrin High School
State Personnel Director Refutes Assertion
Wolan Jones, state director of personnel, stated that the error was his assertion and rejected the claim. He emphasized the department's procedures and called for further review to resolve the discrepancy.
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Wolan Jones
Russell Dawe
Mines and Minerals
Franklin at Benton Hospital strike ends with forgiveness policy
Interim administrator Robert E. Meyer said the Franklin Hospital board adopted a forgive and forget stance allowing all workers on strike or dismissed to return. He and the board met with active and former staff after a six month labor dispute. Judith Shurtz, a former licensed practical nurse and unionization leader, says she has not been notified of any settlement or return to work. She was among seven protesters who filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board in St. Louis. Meyer noted all litigation related to the dispute will be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Hospital
Robert E. Meyer
Meyer
Hospital Board of Trustees
Judith Shurtz
Miss Shurtz
National Labor Relations Board
St. Louis
Miss Shurts
Richard Nixon
William W. Lamont
Glass found in prison potatoes at Marion unit
George W. Pickett, warden at Marion federal penitentiary, said chipped glass was found in mashed potatoes for the 1 Unit cellblock last week and thrown away before serving. An inmate said six prisoners were served, but no one was harmed. The warden suggested outsiders may have sabotaged the meal. Miss Shurts questioned union talks and a vote, while Meyer reported no new contract but a plan to review personnel policies and salary schedules.
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George W. Pickett
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Pickett
191 Killed in Traffic Accidents During Fourth of July
Traffic accidents across the nation killed 191 people during the Fourth of July holiday. The National Safety Council had estimated that 1 to 240 fatalities were possible on streets and highways from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday local time.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Two youths killed in Jonesboro car crash
William R Wright 15 died after being struck from behind on Heacock Street along with James Craft 15 who was injured. Driver Joseph H Williams 26 posted a $50 bond on DWI charge and potential reckless homicide review by Union County officials. Funeral plans set for Wright at St Marys Church with services and burial in Jonesboro Cemetery.
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William R. Wright
Jonesboro
James Craft
Heacock Street
Joseph H. Williams
Union County
James Leaton
Richard Lingle
Elmer Kelley
Williams
Berait
Union County Hospital
Anna
Mr. Wright
William Robert
Rosemary Wright
Anna- Jonesboro Community High School
Boy Scouts of America
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ronnie
Asis
Ler
Cecelia
Don
Cecelia Provost
New Bedford
Mass
Winston R. Wright
Thebes
Blanche Wright
Ware
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Peter Hsu
Norris and Sons
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Jacques Marquette
Louis Jolliet
Jolliet
Tlinnis
Joliet
Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Reid Lewis
Charles McEnery
U.S. Navy
Navy
Marquette
Dean Campbell
State Dept. of Conser
Vation
Kenneth Lewis
Jim Phillips
Aurorea
Leon Broske
Bill Dwyer
Jeff le Clerc
Southern Nipoii Arts and Crafts Council
Huthmacher
Permanet
Golden Eagle Club
Golden Eagle
Grand Tower Island
Poultry Journal
Bill L. Goodman
Animal Industrias
Southern Traois University At
Poultry Science
George Foster
Foster
Herrin Junior Baseball League
Kiwanis Club
Franklin
Benton
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