Bleyer Pushes Southern Illinois Industry Promotion
Frank Bleyer a Carbondale merchant facing Dean Hammack in the 56th Senate race urges intensified state efforts to attract industry. He backs educational brochures traveling committees and overseas sales as key tools while highlighting the district includes parts of St Clair Monroe and several other counties. He stresses competition is fierce and the state must sell its products abroad.
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Illinois
Senate
Frank Bleyer
Bleyer
Carbondale
Dean R. Hammack
Pinckneyville
John Gilbert
St. Clair County
Monroe
Washington
Randolph
Perry
Jackson
Union
Alexander
Pre-Election Roundup Focuses on Southern Illinois Industry and Education
The candidate, Bleyer, a Carbondale store owner and school board member, urges industrial growth in Southern Illinois and expanded state aid to education to broaden the tax base. He supports recreation investment, Giant City Park tourism, and investigation of Springfield corruption.
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Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Illinois
Bleyer
Carbondale High School
Carbondale
Southern
Giant City Park
Springfield
Carterville
Notre Dame University
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Council Names No Parking Zones and More
Carbondale City Council on Tuesday designated two no parking areas on North Allyn Street and West Sycamore Street to ease congestion near Kirby’s Market. The panel also discussed sidewalk costs on Washington Avenue, merit-board staffing for police and fire, funding for a fire college trip, annexation of Park Street half, a four way stop request on Freeman Street, and appointing Jim Davis to the Electrical Commission.
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Carbondale
North Allyn Street
Sycamore Street
West Sycamore Street
Allyn
Oakland Avenue
Frank Kirk
Kirby’s Market
Sycamore
Allyn Streets
Kirk
Park Street
Funeral set Thursday for former area man
Funeral services for John Hlivko 85 of Chicago will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St Marys Orthodox Church Royalton with Rev Paul Pyrch officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Requests may be made at 7 p.m. today at Vantrease Funeral Home Zeigler. Hlivko a former Zeigler resident died Sunday in a Chicago hospital.
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John Hlivko
Chicago
St. Mary’s Orthodox Church
Royalton
Paul Pyrch
Vantrease Funeral Home
Zeigler
Hlivko
Chicago Hospital
Pinckneyville Driver Fined For Speeding
Pinckneyville resident Lowell L. Ram sey was fined 16 for speeding in a police brief published in the Southern Illinoisan. The brief appears in a regional paper with standard masthead and AP republication rights.
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Pinckneyville
Lowell L. Ramsey
Three Marion Girls Hurt. Two Die in Night Collision
In Marion a car and a truck collided at Old Rt. 13 and Rt. 148, killing Susan Irwin 22 and Brenda White 15. Three girls Mary Ellen Schafer Karen Irwin and Sally Irwin are in fair condition at Marion Memorial Hospital. Coroner Paul Litton says no inquest yet awaiting full statements. Wil son Hutchison 42 of Vienna drove the truck and was uninjured.
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Mary Ellen Schafer
Karen Irwin
Sally Irwin
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Old Rt. 13
Rt. 148
Susan K. Irwin
Brenda White
Stevenson to Speak at Free Union County Democratic Dinner
Adlai Stevenson III campaign stops in Southern Illinois include a free 6 p.m. dinner at the American Legion Community Center in Anna hosted by Union County Democrats and allied groups. Stevenson, a Chicago state representative and son of the late Adlai, will also attend events in Benton and Harrisburg, while a memorial service for Ina May Dillard Murray is noted for Johnston City.
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Adlai Stevenson III
Union County
Illinois
American Legion Community Center
S. Main St
Anna
Young Democrats
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Women’s Organization
Stevenson
Jackson County Democrats
Engel’s
Carbondale
Williamson County
Democratic
Marion
Franklin County Democratic Organization
Benton
Saline County Democratic Organization
Harrisburg
Chicago
State House of Representatives
Adlai Stevenson
United States
United Nations
L. Caro Sitter
Jewett Murray
Oregon
Charles Edward Hackley
Gary
Ind
Lillie Slater
Johnston City
Madge Gaddis
Miami
Fla
Thomas A. Dillard
William E. Dillard
Murman and Wilson
Gray Seeks Four Speeches By Flying 450 Miles
Congressman Kenneth J. Gray used his helicopter to cover 450 miles and deliver four Memorial Day talks. He spoke at East Fork Baptist Church near West Frankfort then at Pleasant Grove Cemetery between Carbondale and Murphysboro, attended Woodlawn Cemetery observances in Carbondale with his brother Ralph, and flew to Carmi for a 3:30 p.m. briefing after leaving Carbondale at 2:30. Gray said he spoke to hundreds of constituents and gave rides to about 150.
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Kenneth J. Gray
West
Carmi
Gray
Dyhrkopp Appointed to Shawneetown Port Board
Governor Kerner announces Einar V. Dyhrkopp of Shawnee to the Shawneetown Regional Port District Board for a term set to end June 1, 1969. The move places Dyhrkopp in a leadership role overseeing regional port activities and development.
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Dyhrkopp
Otto Kerner
Einar V. Dyhrkopp
Shawneetown
No Major Work Planned for Carterville Roads This Year
A Carterville delegation met with Williamson County officials led by Highway Superintendent Fred Thane to learn long range road plans. Local leaders stressed safety on the 1.8 mile west Carterville road to Cambria and the busy east road to Rt. 148, noting high traffic and required utility relocations. County finances were cited as the main hurdle, while state reclassification may shift priorities to Carterville area roads.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Fred Thane
Thane
Oscar Harris
Henry Wright
James Dean
Marion
Frank Samuel Jr
Rosalie Hooker
Planning Commission
Wilma Hampton
Randal Cavins
J. D. Weller
Dean Frost
Wade Rowatt
Lions Club
Omer Sanders
William Grindle
D-Herrin
Robert Venable
Samuel
South Division
Grand Avenue
Rt. 13
Rt. 148
Grindle
State Highway Commission
Carterville Area
Wamble Mountain Head Start Funds Approved
A grant of 111,948 dollars funds Operation Head Start for the Wamble Mountain Area Agency for Economic Opportunity. The agency serves Saline Gallatin Hardin and Pope counties and will provide services to 495 children.
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Wamble Mountain
Johnston City Legion building fire probe enters third week
Fire Chief Doyle Ray said lie detector tests cleared several individuals as part of an elimination process. Arson is suspected after a May 12 fire that erupted twice and about 2400 dollars in cash, a register, and a cabinet were missing.
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American Legion
Johnston City
Doyle Ray
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Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Echo, Ore
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Charley and
Millie van Zandt Dillard
Fred Hackley
Bittner
Grob’s
Hamburger
Franks
Wamble Mountain Head Start Funds
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Insurance Co
Elgin
Ill
Woolworths
Victoria Vacaseal
Ponds
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Ween
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