Interstate Roads Split Southern Illinois Tourism Powers
Southern Illinois tourism promoters warn that high speed highways can both boost and injure the area. Interstate 24 57 and 64 promise rapid access and broader reach to 30 million people, but may bypass local stops. Cairo Metropolis and other towns battle over Rt 24 location affecting Shawnee Forest Rend Lake and Crab Orchard lake plans. Cairo Chamber of Commerce leader Joe Wood cites potential extra construction funds if Metropolis route chosen. Cairo advocates routing Rt 24 north of Cairo to connect with Rt 57 then into Missouri south of Cape Girardeau.
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Cnord
Illinois
Iilinois
Indus
von Nashville
St. Louis
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Cairo
Metropolis
Ilinois
Ohio
Massac County
Rt. 87
Williamson County
Shawnee National Forest
Crab Orchard Lake
Rend Lake
Paducah
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Rt. 57
Chicago
State Division of Highways
Crab Orchard Refuge
Louisville
Evansville
Indianapolis
Indiana
Landfield Forecloses Ly-Mar Hotel Sale Under $5,000
Landfield Finance Co foreclosed on the Ly-Mar Hotel equipment in Herrin after a mortgage sale advertised for 100 rooms of furniture and restaurant gear. The IRS seized the building for $7,433.80 in taxes but retracted the action due to prior liens. The hotel is closed with custodian appointed, while owners and officers shift amid planned restorations and regional tourism plans along Route 24 and nearby attractions.
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Chicago
Ly-Mar
Herrin
Landfield Finance Co
Landfield
Joseph Adler
Adler
Bank of Herrin
Internal Revenue Service
F. A. Hunsaker
IRS
Ly- Mar
Percy Campaigns For Governor In Illinois
Industrialist Charles Percy and Kenilworth Republican announces 1964 bid to run Illinois like a business to create jobs and keep young people at home. In Carbondale he promotes moderate conservative plans and industry expansion with state and federal contracts, criticizing excessive government and lobbying. He backs Goldwater and plans 42 county fair speeches with his wife, children, and a seven piece band.
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Stephen ‘Tatarsky
Charles Percy
Percy
Kenilworth
Carbondale
Murdale
Bell and Howell Co
Illinois
Diviejs
Senate
Kennedy
50th Anniversary Coscritti Gather Today
The 14 surviving members of The Herrin Coscritti La Leva and about 200 relatives and friends celebrate the group's golden anniversary at Crab Orchard Lake Picnic Area. A 50-year-old French champagne bottle will be opened. The coscritti, formed in 1913 by Italian immigrants to Southern Illinois, were all born in 1893. John V. Oldani, secretary, calls it a home coming with attendees from as far as Arizona. Gov Otto Kerner sent congratulations last week.
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Herrin Coscritti la Leva
Crab Orchard Lake
Coscritti
Illinois
Haly
John V. Oldani
Arizona
Otto Kerner
Kuo to Give SIU Graduation Address
Ping-Chin Kuo a Southern Illinois University history professor and former adviser to Nationalist China will deliver the summer commencement address August 9 at SIU. He has served in the U S diplomatic service and spoke at the SIU Model United Nations earlier this year. The ceremony begins at 7 30 p m in McAndrew Stadium with indoor plans if rain moves in.
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Ping-Chin’ Kuo
Southern Ilinois University
STU
Kuo
China
San Francisco
U. S
SIU
United Nations
McAndrew Stadium
Youth Pleads Guilty on Car Theft Charge
In Murphysboro a 19 year old youth pleaded guilty to the heft of a car theft. Circuit Judge C E Wright sentenced Paul Ray Rains to 90 days in the state penal farm at Vandalia and placed him on five years probation.
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Murphysboro
C. E., Wright
Paul Ray" Rains
Vandalia
East St. Louis Man Drowns Near Percy
A 23 year old East St. Louis man Julius Wolf of 1831 Gay Ave drowned around 12 15 p m Saturday while swimming at Strip Mine Lake west of Percy Witnesses Annie May Owens and Ethel King both of St Louis told Randolph County Coroner Vernon Dashner Wolf failed to resurface after his last dive his body found in about 15 feet of water at 1 30 p m by a Steeleville rescue unit and taken to Schaack Funeral Home in Steeleville No inquest set
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East St. Louis
Strip Mine Lake
Percy
Julius Wolf
Gay Ave
Annie May Owens
Ethel King
St. Louis
Randolph County
Vernon
Dashner
Wolf
Steeleville
Schaack
Sparta Carnival Worker Dead in Accident After Push
Randolph County coroner ruled the death of Ronald G. Teetsel accidental. Teetsel 23 of Meshoppen Pa died after being struck on South Chester street in Sparta by a car driven by Vernon Stark 20 of Walsh. He reportedly shoved Don Lee to keep him from the vehicle. Teetsel was a laborer for the Buff Hottle Show at the Randolph County Fair. Services will be in Meshoppen.
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Sparta
Ronald G. Teetsel
Meshoppen
Sparta Community Hospital
South Chester Street
Vernon Stark
Walsh
Randolph County
Vernon Dashner
Teetsel
Don Lee
Buff Hottle
Teetisel
Lee
George
Margaret Teetsel
James Manier Pleads Guilty to Multiple Charges
James Manier of Marion pleaded guilty in Williamson County Court to resisting arrest and destruction of county jail property. Judge John Clayton gave six months probation and ordered $14 for damaging a mattress, with 100 days in jail already served for the resistance charge. Manier must also pay $35.30 court costs on each charge after allegedly threatening his wife and tearing the shirt of Deputy Sheriff Earl Long.
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James Manier
Marion
Williamson
John Clayton
Manier
Clayton
Earl Long
Jackson Road To Two Lakes To Be Rebuilt
A Jackson County road linking Giant City to Little Grassy and Devil’s Kitchen Lakes will be rebuilt late this year with bids in October or November and completion early in 1964. About $50,000 is allotted for the project, designated 50Q, connecting to a Williamson County section.
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Jackson County
Devil's Kitchen
John Blankinship
Blankinship
Williamson County
Makanda
Ofine Lakes
du Bois
du Bois-Oakdale
du Bois-Oakdale Blacktop
Bernice Dobkowski
Roman
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
William
Gill
Washington County
Dobkowsi
Dobkowski
Painting by Carolyn Gassan Plochmann Exhibited
A painting by Carbondale artist Mrs Carolyn Gassan Plochmann titled By following too close A Certain Eternal Necessity was selected for the 28th National Mid Year Show at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown Ohio James Boulda was fined 18 20 including costs by Justice of Peace Ed Griffin in West Frankfort For the court to hear an appeal bid the state Supreme Court will review the Herrin unit school district case after decisions by Williamson County officials and the Fourth District Appellate Court and the case may move to the Supreme Court if approved The objectors represent outlying grade school districts which would be excluded from the proposed unit
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Carolyn Gassan Plochmann
Carbondale
George Kimball Plochmann
Doren Southern Ilinois University
West Frankfort
James Boulda
Eldorado
Butler Institute of Justice of Peace
Ed Griffin
Youngstown
Ohio
Walter Brown
State Supreme Court
Herrin
Williamson County
Leslie Stilley
Chittyville
Freeman Spur
Sunnyside
Bandyville Board of Education
C. Ross Reynolds
Fourth District Appellate Court
Mt. Vernon
Stilley
Supreme Court
Herrin High iSchool
Marion man dies after motorcycle collision with truck
A 20 year old Marion resident William R Rector died at Marion Memorial Hospital from head and chest injuries after his motorcycle struck a J H Conley and Sons Plumbing and Heating truck entering an intersection on East Main Street. The driver Ebb W Burnam of Harrisburg reported he did not see the bike until impact and was cited for failure to yield. Rector, a Grinnell Sash employee and Crab Orchard High School graduate, leaves a large family. funeral plans set for Mitchell Funeral Home with Robinson Cemetery burial. An inquest will be held this week.
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
William R. Rector
S. Hadfield St
East Main Street
J. H. Conley and Sons Plumbing and Heating
Ebb W. Burnam
Harrisburg
Buchanan Street
Burnam
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Rector
Grinnell Sash and Door Co
Ordill
Crab] Orchard High
Raymond Ackley
W. C. Ellis
Robinson Cemetery
New Burnside
SIU files suit to condemn site for dorm in Carbondale
Southern Illinois University petitions Jackson County Court to condemn a Burlison Street parcel where St Louis builder Van Parriott is erecting a $350,000 student dormitory. SIU says the property is needed for expansion. Parriott may seek injunction to stop work.
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SIU
Southern Ilinois University
St. Louis
Burlison Street
van Parriott
Carbondale
Parriott
SYU
Jury Trial Sought in DWI Case
Wilson L. Jennings of Marion has asked for a jury trial on a driving while intoxicated charge before Judge John Clayton in Williamson County Court. It will be set on a future docket. Jennings pleaded innocent last week before Judge Stewart Cluster in county court.
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Wilson L. Jennings
Marion
John Clayton
Williamson
Jennings
Stewart Cluster
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John D. Marlow
Conrad Moss
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Moss
Ly-Mar Herald
Hunsaker
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Marlow's Amusement Corp
H. L. Zimmerman
Marlow
Wood
Olmstead
Rt. 24
Mississippi
Ft. Massac
Ohio River
Kerner
Linois’ First Park
Washington
Wre Kd
Mlinois
Republican Party
Goldwater
Bell and Howell
United Republican Fund
Republican Platform Committee
Donald
Doug E. Staples
Skyline Drive
Staples
Herrin Cos
Criti la Leva
Mario Merlo
Alex Berra
Charles.Parigi
Joh
Oldani
Jackson Road
Two Lakes
DuBois
John S. Rendleman
SIU Board of Trustees
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