Guard units head to Camp Ripley for annual training
Two area National Guard units depart Friday for field training at Camp Ripley Minnesota. The 1244th Transportation Company based in Carbondale Union and Alexander counties and the West Frankfort Co B 3rd Bn 130th Infantry will join 168 soldiers. Training runs July 26 through August 11 focusing on equipment familiarization supplies and reload procedures.
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Area National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
1244Th
Carbonèle
West Frankfort
Co. B
130Thfantry
Jackson
Union
Alexander County
Carbondale Armory
Cairo
Clifton Swafford
Murphysboro
1244Th Trans Company
LMT
Ripley
Little Falls
SI Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
Kinkaid Lake and Reed's Creek Conservancy District holds a special meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday to discuss land use with Jackson County Soil Conservation officials. Also on tap are Murphysboro Water and Sewage Commission at 7:30 p.m., Christopher High School Board at 7:30, and Franklin County Fair events including Billy Grammer's Grand Ole Opry show from 7 to 11 p.m. at the fairgrounds.
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Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek
Franklin County
Benton
Billy Grammer
Grand Ole Opry
Fairgrounds
The
14Th St
Southern Illinois Economic Development Conference
Southern Illinois Golf and Country Club
Marion
T- 36
SIU
Southern Illinois University Center
Public meetings and events list for Williamson County area
Thursday notices include Williamson County Housing Authority 7 30 p m at Meadowdale Project Herrin energy village board 6 p m at village hall Murphysboro Unit School District 186 7 30 p m at Unit office Rafael Ruiz speaks on Budd hist orphanage in South Vietnam 8 p m at First Presbyterian Church Carbondale free admission Southern Illinois Agronomy Field Day 1 p m at Cooperative Agronomy Research Center near SIU campus free admission Theaters Rodgers Anna Guess Who's Coming to Dinner nightly at Rodgers and Campus King Kong Escapes Shiloh Journey To Shiloh plus Mrs Brown Youve Got a Lovely Daughter and other film listings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Drive-in
Herrin
Rosemary
Katie Elders
Orpheum
Marion
Savage Seven
Marion Drive - In
Mrs. Brown
Fox, Carbondale
Rosemarys
Williamson County Housing Authority
Meadowdale
Energy Village Board
Murphysboro Unit
Walnut
9Th Streets
Rafael Ruiz
South Vietnam
First Presbyterian Church of Carbondale
Elm St
S. University Ave
Southern Illinois Agronomy
Cooperative Agronomy Research Center
SIU
Rodgers Theater
Anna
Varsity
Carbondale
the Fox
Riveria
The
Devil’s Brigade
Shiloh
Marlow’s
Carbondale to Host Republican Platform Hearing
The Illinois Republican Party platform committee will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. July 30 in Carbondale to aid in drafting the state party platform. Carbondale Mayor David Keene received a letter about the meeting on Tuesday.
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Platform Committee
Republican Party
Carbondale
David Keene
Dan Williams 100 dies in Marion area
Dan Williams aged 100 formerly of Marion died at 5 20 pm Monday at Suburban Sheltered Care Home of Carondale. Services set for 1 30 pm Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home Marion with Rev Robert L Buchan officiating. Burial in Maplewood Cemetery. He was a mule team operator in Marion coal hauling and a Bethel AME Church and Paducah Ky Masonic Lodge member. He married Mary Jane Jones who died in 1955 and leaves several children a sister many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Dan Williams
Marion
Wilson
Robert L. Buchanan
Maplewood Cemetery
Williams
Carbondale
Bethel A.M.E
Masonic Lodge
Paducah
Beaumont
Tex
Harper
Rebecca Williams
Mary Jane Jones
John Huddleston
Juiet Diles
la Porte
Ind
John K. Williams
West Newton
Mass
George
Muskegon
Mich
Hattie Irwin
Brooklyn
N.Y
William Barnett
Water line break fixed on 16th Street in Herrin
Water service returned to a seven block stretch on 16th street in Herrin at 3 30 p m after a six inch line break. The outage began at 8 45 a m affecting stores and homes along Adams to Maple and a few Park Avenue businesses. An eight foot section of pipe was replaced in front of the Southern Illinois office at 212 N 16th St and the four foot hole dug to reach it was filled by 5 p m.
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16Th Street
Herrin
City Water Department
Adams
Maple Streets
Park Avenue
Miriam
16Th St
Seaman Benton Guards Vietnamese Coasts
Seaman Ronald Benton son of Mr and Mrs Henry S Benton of Carbondale stands guard aboard Mobile Base II off Nha Be Naval Base in South Vietnam. He monitors Viet Cong swimmers attempting to plant mines to damage vessels. A 1964 Carbondale High School graduate he began active duty in Sept 1967 and arrived in Vietnam in December.
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Ronald Benton
Henry S. Benton
S. Dixon St
Carbondale
Mobile Base II
Nha Be Naval Base
South Vietnam
U.S
Carbondale Community High School
Benton
Southern Illinoisan Publishing Details
Publication notice lists edition days and post offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes carrier distribution and second class mailing status and cites the paper as successor to local papers and AP usage rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern [Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North
Ilinois Avenue
Carbondale
16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Five Kinkaid Lake condemnation judgments total $100000
In Murphysboro circuit court a three judge panel awarded about 100000 in five condemnation suits for Kinkaid Lake. Payments ranged from 8125 to 32450 plus damages to property not taken with appraisals varying per property. Damages to remaining land and farm loss were key trial issues.
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Circuit Court
Murphysboro
Kinkaid Lake
C. E. Wright
Peyton Kunce
Everett Prosser
Marion
Rachael Holliday
Frank H. Graff Jr
E. L. Harris
Sherman and
Elizabeth Rei
Man
Carl
Ruby Padgett
Graff
Holliday
Harris
Reiman
Padgett
Revisions made Carbondale gets more water
Carbondale officials report the water supply can cover the summer at five and a half million gallons per day after revisions to Crab Orchard Lake pumps and old pump house piping. Previous capacity was four million. warnings of a tight, fragile system remain. Potential gains from rearrangements and a new pump could occur without major spending.
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Carbondale
B. J. Schwegman
Public Works
Schwegman
Crab Orchard Lake
C. William Norman
Center to receive access road and water line at Williamson Airport
The airport authority approved contracts for a 1000 foot access road by Mitchell Construction Co. of Herrin with a stone base and bituminous surface costing 14 740 dollars and a 1200 foot 6 inch water line by Thomas Harris Construction Co. of Marion costing 4 890 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Computer Services, Inc
Williamson County
Airport Authority Board
Mitchell Construction Co
Herrin
Thomas Harris Construction Co
Marion
Cuban Hijacked Pilot Freed After Three Weeks in Cuba
Cuban-American pilot George Prellezo age 36 was freed by Fidel Castro's government after three weeks imprisonment following an airline hijack. He and his wife Olga arrived in Mexico City aboard a Cubana Airlines flight and planned to return to Miami with their five children.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Miami
George Prellezo
Olga
Cubana Airlines
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du Quoin State Fair
Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Herrin and
Mr. Eaton - Smartaire
Mr. Eaton
Canvas Casuals
Polyglas
ORS
Spalding
Goodyear
Porter Brothers Tire Center
Orphysboro
Cuba
Boondocks
Jonesboro, Ill
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