Murphysboro to Seek HUD Sewer Funds
Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission plans to send William Wolff and Edwin McDowell as delegates to a HUD meeting in Chicago to pursue funds for sewer system improvements. They also approved a sewer extension by E A Sullivan Inc costing 49,933 and discussed a new Northwest Murphysboro water storage tank.
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Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission
Murphysboro Corporation
William Wolff
Edwin McDowell
Chicago
Wolff
Commission
Murphysboro
Trojan Manufacturing Co
Troy
Ohio
Trojan
Businessman found dead in Murphysboro home
Dalton Oglesby 59 manager of Rechter Brothers in Murphysboro shot once in the head at 2120 Clay St. Police deem an apparent personal safety related gunshot wound. A .38 revolver was found beside the body. Inquest pending. Funeral Saturday at First Presbyterian Church with Masonic rites. Burial East Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Local fraternal groups noted in life.
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Dalton Oglesby
Murphysboro
Mr. Oglesby
Clay St
Smith and Wesson
Harry Flynn
McLeansboro
Emery
Lizzie Collard Oglesby
Pinckneyville
Florine Wooten
Rechter Brothers
Oglesby
Presbyterian Church
Elks Lodge
Af&am Lodge
Low Twelve Club
Robert
Frank
John
Herrin
Aden
Indianapolis
Ind
Lannie Coleran
Carbondale
First Presbyterian
Two Children Hurt When Car Hits Station Wagon
A station wagon carrying four other children was rear ended by a car driven by Herbert Russell 84 of 301 N Springer St Carbondale at 4 27 p m. The incident damaged both vehicles and left Danny and Ladonna Perschbacher minorly injured and taken to Doctor s Hospital. Russell was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.
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Herbert Russell
N. Springer St
Carbondale
Danny
Ladonna Perschbacher
Betty Perschbacher
Rt. 1
Makanda
Doctor’s Hospital
Perschbacher
North Marion Street
Russell
Carbondale Plans First Choice for School Integration
The Carbondale Elementary School Board heard three integration plans modeled on the Princeton approach. The primary intermediate plan would place all fourth through sixth graders in Parrish Brush and Lewis buildings while K through third grade students attend Winkler Springmore Thomas and Lakeland. The plan aims to boost teaching specialization and flexibility, with broader attendance zones and mixed-neighborhood attendance, though it requires new boundaries and student school changes.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Princeton
Carbondale
N. J
Cairo
Harold Dycus
Parrish, Brush and Lewis
Winkler
Springmore
Thomas
Lakeland
Parrish
Brush
Brush School
Illinois
Bush
Bruch
Attucks
Lewis
Lewis School
Carbondale Board Eyes Principle Favoring School Integration
Carbondale elementary school board discusses a statement of principle to support integration within 30 to 60 days. Harold Dycus says guidelines follow to select a desegregation plan by year end with outreach in 1969 and ground work completed by May, though some members doubt an August vote.
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Carbondale
Harold Dycus
Dycus
Charles Hines
Sewage projects in Carbondale and Pinckneyville high on list
The Illinois Sanitary Water Board ranked Carbondale No. 14 and Pinckneyville No. 22 among 190 downstate sewage treatment projects. The list totals 82.96 million dollars with 24.57 million in federal grants requested. Chicago area funds are to receive about half of the anticipated federal allocation.
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Carbondale
Pinckneyville
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Cook County
Southern Illinois
Thompsonville
West Frankfort
Walier
Herrin
Harrisburg
Sparta
Marion
Congress
Illinois
C. W. Klassen
State Public Health Department
Congress For
Chicago
Klassen
Economic Development Administration
Four Golconda Job Corps trainees charged in death case
A hearing in Elizabethtown circuit court is set for Friday for four Golconda Job Corps trainees charged with reckless conduct in the death of Charles McAllister. The defendants include William Caul of Waynesboro Virginia Robert Solis of Lorain Ohio and two Chicago youths both 16. McAllister 19 died July 15 in Evansville Indiana after jumping from a moving bus returning from Lake Glendale. Coroner reports cigarette burns and a cigarette lodged under his belt. Judge Woodrow Frailey to preside at 9 a.m. hearing.
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Golconda Job Corps
Elizabethtown
William J. Caul
Waynesboro
Robert B. Solis
Lorain
Ohio
Chicago
Charles A. McAllister
Burnsville
Woodrow Frailey
McAllister
Evansville
Ind
Lake Glendale
J. Lamar Beasley
Job Corps Center
Robert Arendel
Edwardsville SIU funds approved for PE building
Illinois House approved 231,442 to build a physical education facility at SIU Edwardsville campus, with advocates claiming prior authorization but lapse. The measure aims to preserve 916,667 in federal construction grants, funded via the Illinois Building Authority. Also, bills to allow revenue bonds at 6 percent, up from 5, passed 133-2, and sanitarium bills cleared 136-0 expanding treatment and closure authority with outpatient safeguards.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
Illinois House
SIU
Illinois Building Authority
Charles Clabaugh
Champaign
Marion approves state funding for two office buildings
The Illinois Senate directed the Illinois Building Authority to proceed with construction of Marion and Collinsville regional office buildings after funding was approved. Gov Shapiro may sign a bill diverting meter fuel funds, with Mayor Butler noting readiness to start promptly to avoid imbalance between sites. East St. Louis fires damage multiple structures with no reported injuries.
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Marion
Robert L. Butler
Collinsville
State Senate
Illinois Building Authority
Illinois Department of General Services
Samuel H. Shapiro
Butler
Shapiro
East St. Louis
Rend College approves reduced budget for 1968 69
Rend Lake College board tentatively approves a budget that could cut the educational levy from 20 to 18 cents per $100. The plan includes $400 900 for educational funds and $110 000 for building, with total income projected at $815 160. If bond sales of $3.1 million fail by Sept 17 the district may issue warrants to fund campus land purchase.
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Rend Lake College Board
J. M. Snyder
Snyder
Paul Fitch
Fitch
Ina
Water line keeps breaking on 16th Street in Herrin
A six inch water main on 16th Street in Herrin kept breaking, with a new leak found at 4:15 a.m. in front of the Southern Illinoisan office at 212 North 16th Street. City officials and Mike Miriani said the cause is undetermined and warned water would be shut off for an extended period over a seven block area.
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Herrin
16Th Street
Southern Illinoisan
16Th St
Mike Miriani
Miriani
Push button data bank to speed industrial deals in Illinois
Illinois officials heard that a computerized data bank of industrial development information will soon be accessible at the push of a button. The system will code existing community facts, run programs, and feed data to prospects, reducing response times and eight page fact sheets.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Marion
Springfield
Jack Keefner
Samuel Shapiro
Keefner
State Department
Herrin
Bill Browning
Sam Eubanks
Governor’s Office
Victor Reback
Allen Industries
State Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Benton
Williamson County
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois Inc
Mt. Vernon
Cobden
Rossclare
Elizabethtown
Man killed in mine accident near Lesser Missouri
A 21 year old Missouri construction worker Heard Dale Baughman of Brandsville fell from a 110 foot silo at Old Ben Coal Corp No 26 near Lesser. He died at 12 40 pm of multiple injuries. An inquest is set for 7 30 pm August 1 at Lesser City Hall.
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Missouri
Old Ben
Ruttman Corp
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Linda
Brandsville
Lloyd
David
Herrin Chamber forms doctor recruitment committee
The Herrin Chamber of Commerce creates a doctor recruitment panel to add general practitioners for Herrin. Chair Jo M. Walker and members Dr. Roger Hendricks Tom Haney Kenneth Rushing Larry Feil John Reed join to work with hospital staff and local doctors.
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Herrin
Equal judge pay bill advances in Senate
The Senate voted 34 to 9 to erase salary differences between associate and circuit judges. Outside Cook County, associate judges will earn 25 000 dollars annually from next July 1, with Cook County pay potentially rising to 34 000 dollars if the board agrees. The measure also lets counties raise state’s attorney salaries. per diem pay limits for county boards were blocked.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judicial Advisory Council
Cook County
House
Everett Laughlin
Freeport
Judiciary Committee
Alan Dixon
D - Belleville
Judicial Advisory Committee
Laughlin
Dixon
Popeee
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HUD
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Carbondale Plan
Job Corps
Edith Streets
Laura Lee Bowers
Denice White
Mary Denice Bowers
Connie Boyer
Marion State Building
E. ST. Louis
Rend College
National Tape Co
Ordill
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