Public Meeting and Local Exhibits Highlight Today's Calendar
Williamson County hosts a 7:30 p.m. public meeting at 606 N Van Buren Marion. The SIU exhibit of Indian and Persian miniatures runs at University Center daily through June 4 with free admission. High schools schedule baccalaureates and local movie listings include multiple theaters and showtimes through Friday.
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Williamson County Community Action Agency
van Buren
Marion
the Arts
Southern Illinois University
University Center
Drive-In Movie Lineup and Local Fair Announced
Friday Capitol Benton lists Viva Las Ve gas and 25th Hour shows with The Blue Max and Go Go Mania at Midway and Riviera drive-ins from 8:38 p m. Several high schools hold evening events through June 10 and a Downtown Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild Fair opens entries noon June 10 with 25 entry fee to Gertrude Bennett Royalton.
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Capitol
Benton
Midway Drive-In
West Frankfort
Campus Drive-In
William Watson
Julie Ange
Julie Ange, ‘‘Mondo Pazzo” and ‘‘Under Age.” Ends Saturday. Riviera Drive-In
Herrin
Richard Johnson
Ellie Sommer
Brian Bedford
Julie Summers
Marion Drive-in
Mondo Pazzo
Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild
Gertrude Bennett
Royalton
West Franklin High School
Rt. 148
Christopher
Fire at Carbondale residence on Old West Main Street
Fire crews responded to a 7 a.m. incident at 1810 Old West Main St in Carbondale for a fan motor smoking at the residence of Clara Beaker. No damages were reported. Police and investigators noted no injuries. The scene was cleared with no further action.
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Carbondale
Old West Main St
Clara Beaker
Twelve injured in area automobile accidents
Twelve persons were injured in five area crashes on Wednesday. A Carbonale family of four were hurt when their car veered off Rt. 13 near Carterville. In a second crash a two car collision on Rt. 3 near Ellis Grove injured five. Other incidents occurred on Old Rt. 13 near Tower Road and Rt. 154 near Pinckneyville with minor injuries reported. Police noted a stolen tool box from a parked car in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Rt. 13
Carterville
Peter Tschomakoff
Carylon
Ivan
Zheina
Rt. 3
Ellis Grove
George Marshall
Velta Adams
Dexter
Adams
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Judy Bess
Randa
Portageville
Edna Adams
Old Rt
Camilla Patterson
Tower Road
Roger Green
Palestine
Green
Ted Knapp
Pinckneyville
Rt. 154
Wanda Bush
Royalton
David Dawson
Mulkeytown
Rt. 149
Elizabeth Cochram
Bush
Missing man found dead near Johnston City home
Raymond Drolen, 51, missing for a week from Ernfelt Shelter Care Home, was found dead of a cerebral hemorrhage near the Missouri Pacific tracks. Fire Chief Doyle Ray said a railroad crew spotted the body, with a cane dangling on a fence. Graveside rites are set for 9 a.m. Friday at Lakeview Cemetery officiated by Rev. Lisle Haas.
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Raymond Drolen
Ernfelt
Johnston City
Doyle Ray
Missouri-Pacific
Ray
Drolen
Cook County
Massac County
Hazel Kincaid
Anna State Hospital
Lakeview Cemetery
Lisle Haas
Wickliffe pulp mill to boost low grade timber market
An $80 million pulp and paper mill planned five miles south of Cairo will seemingly benefit Southern Illinois timber producers. James Gillooly says the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. project could create markets for low grade timber, with training and chip plants proposed to support a broader Shawnee RCD plan spanning 14 counties and 2.6 million acres.
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Wickliffe
Illinois
James Gillooly
Gillooly
West Virginia
Southern Illinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Anna
Vienna
Karbers Ridge
Vocational Technical Institute
Southern Illinois University
Shawnee Wood Chip Company
Tamms
State Employment Service
Ohio River
USS
Forest Service
Golconda
Rossclare
West Virginia Pulp
Kentucky
Illinois-Missouri
Three Jackson County Officials Take Office
Jackson County government installs three new officers. James Gillmore becomes the county’s assessor after serving as De Soto Township Supervisor since 1947. William Ridgeway is appointed Public Defender by the First Judicial District judges, succeeding Elmer Medlin who resigns. David V. Fliger starts as Kin kaid Conservancy District Manager, a newly created post.
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Jackson County
James Gillmore
William Ridgeway
Kinkaid Conservancy District
David V. Fliger
Gillmore
James Lawder
Ridgeway
Carbondale Atty
Elmer Medlin
Fliger
Kinkaid and
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
County Board of Supervisors
Medlin
Medlin, Zimmer and South
William South
Four youths on probation in Jackson County theft case
Four Carbondale youths William Robinson 19 William Tewis 1 Bruce Scott 17 and Michael Welch 16 pleaded guilty to taking about 34 from Patrick Timmons of Murphysboro on April 24 in Jackson County Circuit Court Welch 15 at the time was declared a delinquent All four were placed on probation for three years and ordered to pay 100 a year for each year plus two days in jail They were forbidden to drive for a year and to be out after midnight The group was arrested after a witness saw them running from a phone booth near Murphysboro City Hall
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Carbondale
Jackson County
William Robinson
William Tewis
Bruce Scott
Michael Welch
Patrick Timmons
Murphysboro
Welch
Richard Richman
Peyton Kunce
Public Defender’s Office
State’s Attorney’s Office
Benton City Council debates hall options and pay raises
The Benton City Council weighs anew city hall plan choosing between a new building a remodel or buying an existing structure Mayor Charles Toler favors purchasing an already built two story brick building cited as rundown Officials discuss raises for fire and police chiefs and all city employees The meeting includes a move to enforce Lake Benton motorboat licensing with a $10 annual fee and penalties for noncompliance
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Benton
Charles Toler
Earl Doty
Lewis
Howard Lewis
Toler
Lake Benton
City Hall
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