Marion Receives 544000 Water Improvements Grant
A federal grant of 544 000, matched by Marion with revenue bonds, funds waterworks upgrades including a raw water line from the lake to the filter plant and a loop of mains for fire protection. The line will raise daily supply from one to three million gallons. The project aims to total 1 088 000 with local share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Washington, D. C
Robert Butler
Carbondale Seeks Public Works Grant for Water Tower
Carbondale Mayor D Blaney Miller expects a decision this week on a 543 750 Public Works Acceleration Act grant to fund a water tower and pumping facilities in southwest Carbondale as part of a 1 145 000 improvement project. Miller and city officials met in Washington DC with Housing and Home Finance Agency and Community Facilities Administration representatives to urge approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
D. Blaney Miller
Miller, Corp
J. Edward Helton
Paul O. Hall
Washington, D. C
Miller
Charles M. Smith
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Smith
Herrin Coscritti Anniversary Picnic Sparkles at 50th
The Herrin Coscritti marked their 50th anniversary with an all day Crab Orchard Refuge picnic. Most survivors attended. 13 of 14 were present with two extra champagne bottles. The group, formed 1913 by Italian born men, preserves the annual reunion tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Rancilio
Joe Cerutti
Herrin Coscritti
Crab Orchard Lake
Louis
Crab Orchard Refuge
Coscritti
Italy
U.S
Library Attic Space Reimagined For Reading Use
The Marion Library will convert its attic into a reading and reference room with remodeling to finish in two or three months. William Novick, library board president, announced blinds and shutters being ordered and a $495 contract awarded for regrading the building. Board officers were re elected, including Harold Pangborn as vice president and Don Sullins as secretary. Fifty years of memories accompany the attic project, and two bottles of champagne are saved for a future ceremonial toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Novick
Library Board
Novick
Harold Pangborn
Don Sullins
Pearl Powell
Coscritti
Herrin Mayor Calls Street Work Delay In City Contract
Herrin Mayor Fred A. Henderson says the low bidder Wilson Asphalt Co. has not started work on oil and chip streets after acceptance June 21. Council to consider canceling the $9,558 contract as dust and delays frustrate residents and spending already totaled $500 to $600. State Highway Division involvement needed for cancellation and new bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Henderson
Wilson Asphalt Co
Marion
Stanley Wilson
Wilson
State Division of Highways
Franklin Asphalt Co
Benton
Division of Highways
House Burns In Energy House Burns In Energy
An empty house owned by Alvin Cagle on Rt. 5 in Marion burned to the ground early today. Mrs. Charles Moore on Rt. 5 alerted Marion firemen at 12:25 a.m. but the department did not respond due to a $100 out of town call fee and no further calls being received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Cagle
Energy
Rt. 5
Marion
Charles Moore
Saline Sheriff Takes A Turn At Babysitting
Saline County Sheriff James L. Thompson cares for a 4 year old girl at the sheriff's quarters after her father John Hutchinson of Morganfield Ky was arrested in Eldorado for illegal liquor transport and DUI Hutchinson pleaded guilty and is held for non payment of fines Vicki Hutchinson is under sheriff Thompson's care with the state child welfare office to be contacted if release delays continue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline County
James L. Thompson
Harrisburg
John Hutchinson
Morganfield
Eldorado
Leroy Bird
Hutchinson
Justice of the Peace
Porter
Vicki Hutchinson
Thompson
Williamson Deputy Accused Of Threat With Pistol
Williamson County special deputy Paul Mezo of Stiritz is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly pulling a .45 pistol on Marion fireman George Norman. Mezo faces trial within 30 days. Sheriff Miller withdrew his special deputy commission. Norman and two companions were stopped north of Marion. Mezo allegedly said he was taking him in and warned he would blow his guts out. Mezo posted $2,000 bond. he worked at a West Frankfort bakery and carried a $2,600 government check used for bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Paul Mezo
Stiritz
Marion
Mezo
George Paul Norman
Justice of the Peace
Elmer Farmer
Carl Miller
Norman
Rt. 57
Johnston City
SIU Summer Enrollment Sets Record at 7714
Southern Illinois University reports a summer enrollment record of 7714 with about 100 more students expected for late summer workshops. Carbondale hosts 5554 students and Edwardsville 2160, up from 5452 and 1769 last year. The total rise is 5.4 percent over 1962, driven mainly by Edwardsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Edwardsville Cam
Edwardsville
Vergennes Man Injured In Auto Collision
Herb Dunham, 73, of Vergennes, was taken to St Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro after a mid day crash on Route 43 near Route 13. His car was struck by a Sugar Creek Produce Co. truck from Harrisburg and he is listed in serious condition with head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Dunham
Vergennes
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Rt. 43
Rt. 13
Sugar Creek Produce Co
Harrisburg
Dunham
West Frankfort Woman Injured In Auto Crash
A West Frankfort woman, Marie Crain 62, was seriously injured in a Sunday auto collision near Christopher. Police say she blacked out while driving north on Victor Street, crossing into the southbound lane and striking a tree. She was transported to Miners Hospital in Christopher in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Miners Hospital
Christopher
Thomas R. Haynes
Marie Crain
E. Lindell St
Victor St
Carbondale Jaycees Lead Illinois Delegation at Conference
Carbondale Jaycees led the Illinois delegation in the parade at the Jaycee National Conference in Louisville Kentucky. Mr and Mrs Robert Hulsey of Carbondale attended along with Robert Dippie from Marion and Leo Dingrado from Marion. About 400 Illinois attendees were at the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Jaycees
T-linois
Louisville
Robert Hulsey
Laurel St
Carbondale
Hulsey
Robert Dippie
Rt. 1
Leo Dingrado
W. White St
Marion
Illinois
Tragic Drowning Claims 6 Year Old at Crab Orchard Lake
A six year old boy from Chicago Ridge died hours after being pulled from Crab Orchard Lake near Hogan Point. Roger Leon Lewis Jr. disappeared at 3 15 p.m. and died at 5 p.m. in Doctors Hospital Carbondale. His father found him five to ten feet offshore and bystanders aided in resuscitation en route to hospital. He had just eaten and may have inhaled food blocking his windpipe. Funeral arrangements are set in Marion Illinois. This is the second drowning at the lake this year following an 18 year old’s death at Carterville Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Lake
Roger Leon Lewis Jr
Chicago Ridge
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Hogan Point
Jackson County
Floyd Crawshaw
Crawshaw
Roger L. Lewis Sr
Lewis
Lawrence Ward
N. Fair St
Marion
Chicago
Roger
Rita Ward Lewis
Birmingham St
Linda
Phillip
Virgil Morgan
August Booster
Bob Bankston
Ross Montgomery
Mitchell Funeral Home
Wayne Sheeks
IOOF
Phillip Neal Popham
Herrin
Carterville Beach
Night highway crash kills Missouri man near Ellisgrove
A two car collision on Route 3 two miles north of Ellisgrove during the Fourth of July weekend fatally injures Willard Richards 23 of Arcadia Missouri. Richards dies at Chester Memorial Hospital at 3 55 p m. He was a passenger in John Henry Miller 27 of De Soto Missouri whose car hit Ronald Bahl 24 of Evansville. Miller and his wife Erma Lee receive minor injuries. Bahl unhurt. Funeral set for Wednesday in Glover Missouri with burial at Big Creek Cemetery. White Funeral Home Ironton Missouri in charge.
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Missouri
Willard Richards
Arcadia
Chester Memorial Hospital
District 13
du Quoin
Richards
John Henry Miller
de Soto
Ronald Bahl
Evansville
Ellisgrove
Miller
Erma Lee
Chester
Boy Drowns at Lake Taylorville Outing
The body of 16 year old Richard L. Fleming was recovered from Lake Taylorville early today after a group of 17 youths attended a lake outing on Sunday. Fleming drowned during the excursion and was identified by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylorville
Richard L. Fleming
Lake Taylorville
Fleming
SIU suspends Sigma Tau Gamma chapter two years
SIU Dean I Clark Davis announced a two year suspension of the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity at Southern Illinois University effective July 15 after consultations with advisers housing and personnel offices. The action follows May incidents at Crab Orchard Lake and low spring grades with 60 members in the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Sigma Tau Gamma
I. Clark Davis
SIU
Crab Orchard Lake
Davis
Holiday Death Toll Shutters Safety Record
Southern Illinois faces its worst holiday traffic toll on record with 62 deaths in 1963 by late June, up three from 1962. The six year holiday period saw seven fatalities over the Fourth of July weekend, including Alfred Harris Keyesport and others from East St. Louis Pomona California Meshoppen Marion Arcadia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
District 13
du Quoin
Alfred G. Harris
Keyesport
Billy Ray Jennings
Cutler
Pomona
Calif
Ronald G. Teetsel
Meshoppen
William R. Rector
Marion
Bernice Dobkowski
East St. Louis
Roman Dobkowski
Willard Richards
Arcadia
Eldorado Club Closed After Saturday Night Brawl
Eldorado's War Dads club was ordered shut by the Saline County sheriff after a Saturday brawl. Operators Kenneth Barnard and Woodrow Boggess, both Eldorado, and Joe Dugaro of Harrisburg were arrested on a complaint by Curtis Young. The complaint was dismissed, Boggess fined for disorderly conduct, and a court order to close the club is sought. The non profit venue has no liquor license and was raided recently with Barnard charged on liquor offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Saline County Sheriff's Office
Kenneth Wayne Barnard
Woodrow Boggess
Joe Dugaro
Rt. 4
Harrisburg
Curtis Young
Young
Justice of the Peace
D. C. Porter
Boggess
James L. Thompson
Barnard
Thompson
Saline County
Second Play Term Studied At Herrin Park Program
Herrin Park program director Tom Moulton says a second four week session may be offered if interest remains strong. The first session ends Friday with a wheels day and a bicycle skills test won by Brian Jeralds first and Bob Butler second. Forty three pupils hiked to St. Carlo's Cemetery for craft object hunting and displayed hobbies on collection day. The group also raced turtles Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Park
Tom Moulton
Brian Jeralds
Bob Butler
Mark Smith
John Mouth
Dick Emery
St. Carlo’s Cemetery
Moulton
Police Brief in Chester Involving Safety Sticker Fine
Chester Charles W. Jones of Ar churd Missouri paid a $15 fine after pleading guilty to lacking a safety sticker. Justice of the Peace Louis Blechle approved the disposition based on the state trooper Richard Thompson filing the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Charles W. Jones
Archurd
Justice of the Peace
Louis Blechle
Richard Thompson
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Cocogn Arn
Mario Merlo
John C. Calcaterra
Alex Berra
Charles Charles Parigi
Bruno Capogreco
Veteran’s Hospital, Marion
The
Community Facilities Administration
By Ben Gelman
John V. Oldani
Council
Saline
In Williamson
Lake
Allen Jackson
Tom Theele
Mattoon
Carterville
Man
Mrs. Miller
Glover, Mo
Big Creek
White Funeral Home
Ironton, Mo
Eldorado Club
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