Public Meetings and Showings In Southern Illinois Towns
Calendar brief lists meetings for Cobden Unit School District 17 Sparta City Council Herrin City Council Marion City Council and a water committee session Also notes chorus rehearsal in Herrin Open to men plus multiple movie showings at Orpheum Marion Anna Drive-In Egyptian Drive-In and Marion Drive-In with titles including The Carpetbaggers Nevada Smith In Cold Blood Enter Laughing Mrs Brown Youve Got a Lovely Daughter Fastest Guitar Alive Rosemary Baby and The Fox A Matter of Innocence
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Cobden
Sparta City Council
Herrin City Council
City Hall
Colp, Energy
Freeman Spur
Marion City Council
Orpheum
Marion
Nevada Smith
Anna Drive-In
Herrin
Fox
Marion Drive - In
Carbondale
Rosemary
Services Tuesday for Mrs Helen Karcher
Mrs Helen Karcher 34 of 1304 S Davis St Johnston City died Saturday after a six month illness. Born Johnston City Feb 6 1934 she married Harry Karcher Jan 8 1954 and had a son Keith and daughters Pamela Lorie and Linda. Services Tuesday 9 am at St Pauls Catholic Church Johnston City with Rev Celestine Quinn. Rosary 7 pm today at Murman Wilson Funeral Home. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Karcher
S. Davis St
Johnston City
Tony
Anna Ban Stefancic
Harry Karcher
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Croatian Fraternal Union of America
Harry
Keith
Pamela
Lorie
Linda
Tony Stefancic
Helena Stefancic
Tony Stefancic Jr
Wilmington
Celestine Quinn
Murman and Wilson
Carrie E. Hastings
S. 22Nd St
Herrin
Pontiac
Mich
Herrin Hospital
Williamson County
William and
Anna Norman Cutrell
Old
Washington Avenue
Betty Sletterdahl
Winter Haven
Fla
A. D. Hastings
George van Natta
Maurice Swinford
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Florence Hester McCoy
Royalton
Ina
Catherine Garofalo
Riva
Connie Kelley
Zeigler
Mary Payne
Phyllis Settle
McCoy
Marian Conn
Dorothy Hayton
Maryland Park
Joseph
Raymond Tawney
North Beach
Thomas
William Tawney
Capitol Heights
Humphrey press claims first ballot nomination as McCarthy pledges city aid
The Associated Press reports Humphrey's camp claiming far more than enough delegates for a first ballot Democratic nomination while McCarthy touts a domestic spending plan. McCarthy vows to divert Vietnam war funds to jobs housing and welfare reform as Nixon's GOP edge narrows with Rockefeller countering at the convention inquiry in Miami Beach.
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Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
McCarthy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Miami Beach
Kentucky
Virginia
Utah
GOP
Rockefeller
Nixon
MCA Westinghouse merger announced in Pittsburgh
MCA Inc plans to merge with Westinghouse Electric Corp in a deal announced by D C Burnham and Jules C Stein. The merger requires board approvals MCA shareholder consent and a favorable tax ruling. If approved MCA would continue under current management. Westinghouse is a major electrical equipment firm with radio and TV stations. MCA owns Universal City Film Studios and other media ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
MCA, Inc
Westinghouse Electric Corp
D. C. Burnham
Westinghouse
Jules C. Stein
MCA
Phonograph
Universal City Film Studios
Edwin Wayne Perry Rites in Danville
Funeral services for Edwin Wayne Perry 67 formerly of Creal Springs were held in Danville. Born in Metropolis on November 6 1901 he was the son of John and Laura Perry and married Nettie Morris on September 24 1920. A railroad dispatcher for 48 years he left a wife two sons Loyd and Harold Sprouls of Danville and Wiley Kilgore of Peoria two sisters and ten grandchildren. He was a member of Olive Branch Masonic Lodge 38 and the Danville Scottish Rites.
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Edwin Wayne Perry
Creal Springs
Danville
Perry
Metropolis
John
Laura Rainbolt Perry
Nettie Morris
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Loyd
Harold Sprouls
Wiley Kilgore
Peoria
Louis Moroni
Olive Branch Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rites
Ten Airmen Die In C124 Crash In Brazilian Jungle
A US Air Force C124 Globemaster carrying ten crew members crashed in mountainous jungles 47 miles northwest of Recife Brazil. The aircraft from Dobbins Air Force Base in Georgia belonged to the 445th Military Airlift Wing 700th Squadron. All on board are believed dead with origins traced to the Atlanta area. The crash occurred about 8 p.m. Sunday while the plane was ferrying freight from Surinam to Recife.
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Air Force
Dobbins
Atlanta
Recife
Brazil
Zarderij
Surinam
445Th Military Airlift Wing
Air collision kills eight over East Farmingdale
Eight people die in a midair crash when two private planes collide near Beth Moses Cemetery in Farmingdale Long Island. One Piper Aztec erupts in flames while a Piper Cherokee collapses without fire. Seven victims hold New York addresses. one also lists Connecticut. FAA traces collision to 8:30 p.m. at 800 to 1,000 feet near Republic Flying Field.
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Farmingdale
N.Y
East Farmingdale
Beth Moses
Long Island
New York State
Connecticut
New York
Federal Aviation Agency
Republic
Pope Paul VI bans birth control worldwide
Pope Paul VI declares the contraceptive pill and all mechanical and chemical means of birth control forbidden for Catholics. He also discourages regular use of the rhythm method, stating every sexual act must be open to life. The encyclical Humanae Vitae, dated July 25 1968, rejects liberalization and affirms continued ban amid global debate.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Pope Paul
Paul
James the Greater
Msgr
Ferdinando Lambruschini
Vatican
Ghost hike for kids at Lincoln Park Tuesday
The Southern Illinois University recreation department and Carbondale Park District host a ghost hike at Lincoln Recreational Park for children 6 and older on Tuesday. Stories and a campfire are set for 8 to 9:30 p.m., with a 12 plus movie at 8:15 p.m. If rain, the event moves to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Recreational Park
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Department of Recreation and Outdoor Education
Carbondale Park District
Peggie Dunsmuir
Lincoln Park
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Addresses and History
The Southern Illinoisan lists its offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with second class postage details. It notes its status as successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and credits the Associated Press for local news republications.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illino
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Mary G. Roberts
Varsity
the Fox
Riviera
Devil’s Brigade
Shiloh
Marlow’s
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Florence McCoy
T. J. Steckenrider
Thomas J. Steckenrider
Rt. 1
Mulkeytown
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
John and
Ollie Ramsey Steckenrider
Greenwood Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Old Ben
Clydie
Ward
Christopher
Norma Atchison
Lesser
Bettyjean Rowland
Ford Steckenrider
Roy Furlow
Helen Toney
Georgia
Gilbert Funeral Home
George Ashley
City Aid
Newsweek Magazine
Gallup
California
Ronald Reagan
Savings & Loan Association of Colorado
Spencer Gifts, Inc
du Quoin State Fair
YMCA
Jackson County
Ing
Parrish School
Les Som
Mers
W. Main
South America
Mon
Murdale
Crosby St
American Legion
Chester
Ilinois
Cleve Wilson
Buster
East Gate
Walnut
Mardale
O'dale
Busters Dry Cleaning
Buster Earnest
Mardale Shopping Center
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