Public meetings and movie listings in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Recreation Council meets 6 p.m. July 31 at Lake Glendale Goose Bay picnic area. Carbondale Head Start Parents Committee gathers 7:30 p.m. July 31 at 104 E. Jackson St. Neighbors Center. An adult reading tutoring program info session 7 p.m. July 31 at 416 N 8th St Murphysboro. Summer Choir concert 8 p.m. July 31 at University Center Ballrooms with First United Methodist and Sum mer University Orchestra. Campus Drive In Murphysboro Yours Mine and Ours Marion Drive-In August 1 6. Anna Drive-In Don t just Stand There The War Wagon. Marlows Murphysboro Stay Away Joe Last Safari 7:30 weekdays. Egyptian Drive-In Rt 148 South of Herrin The Fox A Matter of Innocence shows dusk Thu. Fox Carbondale Rosemary Baby. Varsity Carbondale The Fox Riviera Herrin The Devil s Brigade The Good The Bad The Ugly.
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Southern Illinois Recreation Council
Lake Glendale
Goose Bay
Carbondale
E. Jackson St
N. 8Th St
Murphysboro
Campus Drive-In
Yours
Mine
Ours
Marion Drive-In
Anna Drive-in
Marlows Theatre
Rt. 148 South
Herrin
Fox
Rosemary
Baby
Varsity
Riviera
The
Devil’s Brigade
Election for seven member board in Unit District 300
Thursday polls open noon to 7 p.m. at Du Quoin Township High School for the Unit District 300 school board election. Also Herrin City Council meets at 7 p.m. to discuss finances. Sallie Logan Library Board meets 7:30 p.m. at the library. SIU piano major Van Robinson gives a recital at 8 p.m. in the Home Economics Building Auditorium. Free admission. A thunderstorm left a large portion of Hillsboro without power. Hillsboro is the Montgomery County seat.
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Board of Education
du Quoin
du Quoin Township High School
Herrin
Sallie Logan Public Library Board of Directors
van Robinson
Southern Illinois University
Home Economics
SIU
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
Welfare payments fall in six county Illinois area in May
In a six county Southern Illinois region Jackson Williamson Franklin Perry Randolph and Union welfare outlay dropped to 941738 in May from 987867 in April while caseload slid to 12909 from 12196. State totals rose to 35557138 with a May caseload of 488074 as April figures were 489161.
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Union
Teen dance and Big Buddy Day at University City dorms Carbondale
University City dormitories host a free teen dance Friday 8 to 10 30 p m in the main cafeteria with music by the Blue Shadows and chaperones from SIU and upperclassmen. Up to 1000 youths may attend. Earlier the day 50 handicapped children from Egyptian Day Camp Murphysboro join activities and films. SiU guides accompany the event.
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University City
Carbondale
College and
Wall Streets
Carbondale and
Southern Illinois University
Jeff Bynes
The
Blue Shadows
SIU
Bynes
U City
Murphysboro
Three Stooges
Lincoln Recreation Park
Du Quoin Bills Pinckneyville for Dump Usage
The Du Quoin City Council voted to bill Pinckneyville 3100 for past year landfill use as part of a verbal agreement. A formal agreement will set Pinckneyville’s payment at 1 per person per month. The council also addressed a recall election recount and an ordinance to elect two replacement city commissioners.
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du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Cecil Daily
Perry County
Jerome Roznowski
Tom Moss
Moss
Roznowski
Bicycle crash injures 10 year old rider in West Frankfort
Robert Lee Thompson, 10, of West Frankfort is listed in good condition at Union Hospital after his bicycle was struck by Warren C. Brown, 19, also of West Frankfort. The 12:35 p.m. Tuesday crash occurred one mile north of West Frankfort on the old No. 18 mine road. Roy Hairgrove, 69, of Sparta, died Tuesday at Sparta Community Hospital. He was born October 3, 1898, in Parsons Kansas, and was a former farmer and Cedar Inn operator. He leaves a wife Hilda, a son William M. Hairgrove, a daughter Virginia Levin, 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Lynn-Hill Funeral Home, Sparta, with burial in Caledonia Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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Robert Lee Thompson
Rt. 3
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Warren C. Brown
No. 18
Roy Hairgrove
Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Parsons Kan
John L
Elizabeth Hess Hairgrove
Hilda Newberry
Oklahoma
Hairgrove
Oddfellows Lodge
Cedar Inn
Baldwin
William M Hairgrove
Louisville
Virginia Levin
Cahokia
Lynn-Hill
Caledonia Cemetery
Sub-station tour links N Illinois St utilities tour
Community event tours include visits to utility sub stations on North Illinois Street in Carbondale and other area companies and businesses showcasing local infrastructure and corporate sites.
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N. Illinois St
Carbondale
Regional Housing Bill Expands Planning Grant Reach
The housing bill extends HUD and EDA planning aid to districtwide regional commissions in Southern Illinois including Greater Egypt and Southeast. NADDO credits the move to push for development districts, aiming for better coordination, staffing, and funding while mandating interagency consultations and grants to councils of governments and historic site surveys.
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Greater Egypt
Illinois
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Greater
Egypt
National Association of Development District Organizations
Congress Hud
Franklyn Moreno
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Council of Government
Fire calls Carbondale and West Frankfort damage total
Fire reports show 8:22 a.m. Tuesday at the New and old routes 13 west intersection with a car owned by Richard Karakis on fire. At 10:35 p.m. Tuesday garages at 403 and 401 N Madison St in West Frankfort owned by James Irvin and Harry Herrell sustained 2000 dollars in damage.
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Carbondale
Richard Karakis
Rt. 4
Frankfort
N. Madison St
James Irvin
Harry Herrell
Carbondale to Launch Federally Funded Laborer Training Program
A cooperation among labor, management and Carbondale city officials will run a federally financed training program for 64 unemployed or under employed workers from Southern Illinois. The eight week course includes two four week sessions at Southern Illinois University Outdoor Laboratory with pay of 45 dollars weekly plus five dollars per dependent and five cents per mile.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
International Laborer’s Union
Southern Illinois Laborers District Council
Southern
David Keene
Illinois State Employment Service
Norge AM talks resume on contract negotiations at Norge plant
Norge division plant talks with Local 534 IA M A W resume Tuesday as Lawrence Eichler notes no major progress toward a new three year pact due in October. Representatives review existing terms while talks had paused for a month including employee vacation. BorgWarner sold Norge to Fedders Corp but union says sale should not affect negotiations.
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Herrin
Norge
Lawrence Eichler
Borg-Warner Corp
Fedders Corp
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Moreno
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Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
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Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
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Avril & Cotton
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