Public Meetings and Events Loom in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois communities schedule Monday meetings across Cobden Carterville Shawnee Community College Herrin Murphysboro and Benton city councils. Lectures feature Purdue expert on reading English. Special events include SPEBSQSA chorus rehearsal and Franklin County Fair prizes plus horse shows. Movies list runs across multiple theaters with titles and showtimes.
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Cobden
Carterville Library Board
American Legion
Shawnee Community College Board
Karnak
Southern Illinois Inc
Herrin Elks Club
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek
Murphybroro
Herrin
City National Bank
Murphysboro
Robert J. Kibler
Communications Research Center
Purdue University
Davis
Wham
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Franklin County Fair
Benton
Franklin County
14Th St
Community meetings listed for Carbondale area Tuesday
Carbondale and nearby towns schedule a slate of meetings for Tuesday including the Human Relations Commission and City Council both at 7 30 p m in city hall. Also the Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative annual meeting in Dongola and school board session to review an advisory committee on integration at Lincoln Junior High.
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Carbondale Human Relations Commission
City Hall
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative
Dongola
Lincoln Junior High
Marion
Du Quoin Council Faces Vacancies and Recall Recount
The Du Quoin city council will act on replacing recalled commissioners Tom Moss and Jerome Roznowski or call a special election. Roznowski sought a discovery recount of votes in Precinct 3. the canvass showed 137 yes to 236 no. Roznowski can challenge the recall in circuit court within 30 days. Funeral notices follow for Charles Joby Smith and Constance Movard. Police brief notes on a Murphysboro cyclist cited for no goggles or shield.
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du Quoin
Tom Moss
Jerome Roznowski
Roznowski
Moss
Council
Circuit Court
Herrin council to allot funds and zoning actions
The Herrin City Council plans to consider a $779 567 appropriations ordinance for the 1968 69 fiscal year and three zoning requests approved by the plan commission. Bracy Real Estate seeks a 50 child day care center at 300 W Walnut and a 44 bed sheltered care home on North Park Avenue. Woodrow Boren seeks to rezone 1500 block South 17th Street to allow an IGA Foodliner expansion. Final council approval is required. William E Grah of Chester died at 73. funeral Wednesday at Welge Funeral Home with burial at Evergreen Cemetery. Funeral services set for Bertha D Price, 87, in Herrin. burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Herrin
Plan Commission
Bracy Real Estate Co
Walnut St
North Park Avenue
Woodrow Boren
South 17Th Street
Boren
IGA
Council
William E. Grah
State St
Chester
John Cochran
St. Louis
August
Mary Tindall Grah
Chester Bridge
American Legion Post
Edna Grah
Dora Draves
Anna Ivison
Villa Park
Dan
Ford
Leslie
Land of Lake, Fla
Elmer
Crystal City
Mce
Campbell Hill
Welge Funeral Home
O. M. Meyer
Evergreen Cemetery
Friends
Burn victim rites Tuesday for Paul Calandro Jr.
Funeral services planned for Paul Andrew Calandro Jr. 9 at St. Andrews Catholic Church Murphysboro with burial at the church cemetery. He died from burns suffered in an alcohol-base anti freez explosion May 28 after a can burst in his hands. Survivors include his parents a sister Paulett and a brother Clarence Joseph. Funeral home calls after 7 p.m. today.
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Oscar B. Strop
E. Elm St
West Frankfort
Millersville
James and
Lavada Hartle Strop
Second Baptist Church
Carpenter’s Union
Margaret
Lillian Picton
Peoria
Jeff
John Strader
Cape Girardeau
Daisy Allen
Marble Hill
Verda Criddle
White Water
Reedy
Arthur Williams
Second Baptist Church of
Lorimier Cemetery
Marguerite Wilkerson
Sesser
Andy
Lucy Tenosky Banovz
Wilkerson
Harry
Lucy Banovz
Andy B. Wilkerson
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Peter
Charles “Joby” Smith
Charles
Joby’’ Smith
S. Douglas St
Boone
Job
Rosanna Higgins Smith
Orient No. 2
Ilinois
West Frankfort Denning
Smith
Loyal Order of Moose
Herrin Eagles Lodge
Teamsters Local
Maxine Culbertson
Joby
Washington, D.C
Nora Avery
Virdin
Jeanette Hall
Winfield
Edward Vecchio
Garden City
Mich
William of Benton
First Baptist Church
LaVerne Butler
Max Samples
Tower Heights Cemetery
Union Funeral Home
Constance Movard
St. Louis
Walnut St
Zeigler
Rose Cannon
Ann Crocker
Mary Movard
Walter
John
Joe
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John Baggio
Vantrease
Royalton
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Murphysboro
Paul Calandro Jr
Lucier
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Cardinal Glennon Hospital
Dodgers
Dodges
Paul Andrew Calandro Jr
Paul Andrew
Mary Wayman Calandro
St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Paulett
Clarence Joseph
Clarence Wayman
Joe Calandro
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Mary Cagle
Elgin
Johnston City
St. Joseph Hospital
McEwen
Tenn
Pat
Ella Fields Langan
Thomas
James
Paul
Roy
Ella May
Mary Maxine
Virginia Louise
Mary Ellen
Charlie Rains
Harry Hill
Harrisburg
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Lake City
Ernest R
Jack” Crenshaw
Carterville
Doctor’s Hospital
Carbondale
Williamson County
Mae Grant Crenshaw
Seville Henderson
Arkansas
Energy Baptist Church
Union
United Mine Workers of America
Engineer’s Union
Seville of Energy
Maple Wood
Marion
George van Natta
Herrin
Shawnee Junior College board to meet on site and bids
Shawnee Junior College board will meet at 7 30 p m today in Karnak to consider furniture bids personnel action and hiring of an auditor The board will also discuss selecting a site for the college which would serve Alexander Johnson Massac Pulaski and Union counties and part of Jackson County A prior closed session reviewed planning firm reports on potential sites within the district core between Interstate 57 and 37.
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Shawnee Junior College Board
Karnak
Alexander, Johnson, Massac
Pulaski
Union
Jackson County
Interstate Rt. 57
Rt. 37
Southern Illinoisan Publisher Information
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Inc with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. The paper claims Associated Press exclusive rights to local news republications and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Surday
Southern Illinois On Inc
North I
Ilinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Carbondale Council Faces Budget Delays and Major Projects
City Manager C William Norman cites a new staff and day to day inwork as reasons for delays in completing the 1968 69 budget with an April 1 due date. A $12 million water program funded by federal grants and loans looms, while water and sewer rate studies suggest substantial increases to finance upgrades and improvements.
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Roger Stafford
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
C. William Norman
Norman
Legal service expansion approved
The Jackson Legal Service Bureau gains authorization to expand into Williamson County after final budget approval. The Office of Economic Opportunity funds of 90263 were announced, with Marion office space to be prepared and staff to be hired, including one or two lawyers, an investigator, and clerical staff.
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Williamson County
Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Marion
Bureau
Jackson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Community council aims to map Jackson County resources
The Jackson County Resource Development Council plans a public organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Murphysboro to assess the council's usefulness and to identify county problems and goals. The effort grows from the 1964 OEDP and seeks liaison with the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission. The publication also notes local obituaries and civic notices.
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Jackson County Resource Development Council
City National Bank
Murphysboro
Robert Frank
Jackson County Agriculture Extension Adviser
Jackson County
Jackson County Council
Overall
Economic Development Planning Council
OEDP
Greater Egypt
Auto huts bridge accident injures four in Indiana
Four members of an Indiana family were seriously injured when their car struck a bridge on Rt 45 near Harrisburg. Driver Nancy Thompson and her husband Gerald, both 26, with children Micky 6 and Pamela 5, were treated for major injuries at Doctors Hospital in Harrisburg.
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Rt. 45
Harrisburg
Nancy Thompson
Gerald
Micky
Pamela
Doctors Hospital
Charles Mezo
Grand Tower
Millard B. Reed
Herrin Hospital
Hogan
Grass fire reported at vacant Marion lot
Marion resident reports theft of copper wiring and a power saw from a rural Marion site on July 8. Police note 295 feet of wiring two sizes and a saw taken. In Murphysboro reports two traffic incidents with damages and fines: Mary Purcell cited for vehicle entering street and Edward Black cited for allowing unauthorized driver to operate.
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Hubert Benedict
Rt. 4
Marion
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Murphysboro
Mary J. Purcell
Edward H. Black
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Anna Drive-in
Devil’s Brigade
Ee Drive-In
Rosemary
Katie Elders
Orpheum
Marion Drive - In
Oscar Strop
Willard
Marion Lord Wiggers
5Th St
Park Lawn Cemetery
Evansville
Ind
Reedy Funeral Home
Union Hospital
Henry
Michael Simpson
Vickie McClement
Dixie Robinson
Alice Wiggers
Area Girl
Ruth Anne Hastings
William Jewell College
Berne
Switzerland
Richard W. Hopper
Herrin Council
Bertha D. Price
S. 18Th St
Samuel
Virginia Dunning Clark
Naomi Hewlett
Erma Taylor
Thomas Adams
First Baptist Church of
Old Rose Hill
Boondocks
Jonesboro, Ill
U. S. Bureau OF the Census
Hearin
U. S
Legal Service
Alexander County Housing Authority
Cairo
State Public Health Department
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Thebes
Guy McCarter
Guy E. McCarter
Rt. 3
Western Electric Co
McCarter
Lawrence County
William
Lizzie McCarter
Leona GC. Whitson
Marshall
Masonic Lodge of
Chicago
The
Elks, Moose and Eagles Lodges
Vincennes
Norma Woolard
Lawrenceville
Mack
Emmons
Thomas Lowery
Huffman
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Lee C. Moorehead
First Methodist Church
Ernest R. Crenshaw
Sparta
Ben G. Barber
Sparta Community Hospital
McDaniel Funeral Home
Caledonia Cemetery
Sandra J. Lewis
Midway Court
du Quoin State Fair
Buster
C’dale
Mardale ShoppiNg Center
Buster Earnest
NEW 13
McDonald’s
C’dale Bowl
East Gate
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