Southern Illinois towns dispute study on decline and growth
West Frankfort, Benton, and Pinckneyville react to the Simon-Gagnon study in Transaction magazine arguing the findings misstate local conditions. Benton pledges to prove the conclusions wrong citing new mines and rising industry while Pinckneyville residents defend local funding and effort.
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West Frankfort
Illinois
Benton
Pinckneyville
William Simon
John Gagnon
University of Indian
Transaction Magazine
Mike McClatchey
Marion prison funds approved by House for 2.49 million
The House approved a 2.49 million appropriation to operate maintain and for construction at Marion federal penitentiary Rep Kenneth J Gray said the funds will cover salaries goods and services boosting Southern Illinois economy Last year 2 455 million was spent on similar needs and over 20 million has been spent since opening Warden John Mayden notes next year focus is road work Murray Center hits capacity with 700th enrollment at Centralia facility for trainable retarded children of the Illinois Department of Mental Health
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House of Representatives
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Southern
Illinois
John Mayden
Warren G. Murray
Centralia
Murray Center
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Riverside pool opens Saturday in Murphysboro park
The Riverside Park pool in Murphysboro will open Saturday. It will be open daily 2 5 p.m. and 7 9 p.m. for the summer with John Moore hired as pool manager. Four lifeguards will be on duty. Red Cross classes will run throughout the season and a swimming team is being organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Lester Sommers
Jackson County Young Men’s Christian Association
John Moore
Carbondale
Sommers
Red Cross
SIU isu home economist pauses in Cairo before Nepal assignment
Egypt too hot for SIU worker Ms Harper, associate professor of food and nutrition, pauses four days in Cairo before joining a Fulbright advisory post to Nepal. She observed military movements after Nasser's alert and noted mining of the Strait of Tiran before returning to Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Jan Harper
Southern Illinois University
Nepal
Harper
Nasser
UAR
Port Said
Red Sea
Strait of Tiran
Cairo Hilton
Morris eyes new off campus housing plan at SIU
President Delyte W. Morris described a housing concept at Southern Illinois University that assigns designated student resident managers to supervise small groups of undergraduates in off campus houses or trailers. Managers must be juniors 21 or older with good grades and work unpaid to uphold rules and protect property. Morris cautioned some may fail while others succeed and emphasized careful office scrutiny.
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Delyte W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Moris
Ralph W. Ruffner
University Center
SIU
Morris
Court fines youths for illegal liquor possession
Seven youths were fined 25 each in Williamson County Circuit Court by Judge Lan Haney for illegal possession of liquor. SIU students Jerry Gold, Thomas White, Robert Boden and James Maes were arrested at Crab Orchard Lake May 19 and ordered to pay 30 in court costs. Others cited May 20 David Bruce Waddington Charles William Zinn and Keith Allen McKinney will pay 10 in court costs each.
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Williamson County Circuit Court
Lan Haney
Jerry Gold
Thomas White
Robert Boden
James Maes
Southern Illinois University
Crab Orchard Lake
David Bruce Waddington
Charles William Zinn
Keith Allen McKinney
the Lake
Marion commissioners sign liquor license expansion ordinance
Three Marion commissioners Jeter Flack and Presson signed the ordinance increasing Class A licenses to 22 and adding one Class B license for beer. The measure passed 4-1 with Connell voting yes and Butler opposing though with no veto power. The expansion targets motel dining rooms including Ramada Inn and plans for Marion Courts and Holiday Inn.
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Marion
Everett Jeter
Adolph Flack
Rex Presson
Robert Connell
Jeter
Flack
Presson
Connell
Robert Butler
Ramada Inn
Check-cashing clinic aims to curb local con artists
Carbondale businessmen met at the Holiday Inn for a check-cashing clinic to learn How to defend against bad checks and confidence schemes. Har ry Weeks called Carbondale a sucker town as he recounted a fraudulent payroll check scheme on April 29 and a theft of a student ID used to purchase items totaling 2013 dollars between May 5 and 9.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Holiday Inn
Southern Illinois University
St. Louis
Wanted Woman Involved In University Check Cashing Ring
A suspect known to police cashed several bad checks using stolen SIU student IDs at Carbondale and St Louis merchants, including a $176 withdrawal at Saluki Currency Exchange. Police and university officials outline a broader scheme, with a permanent file of known counterfeit passers to aid detection.
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Cheryl Lodge
Willisville
SIU
Jen C. Anderson
Robinson
Anderson
Aikman to lead SIU Viet program expansion
Arthur Aikman of Southern Illinois University plans to depart this month for Saigon to head SIU's growing education project in Vietnam. The program, mainly training elementary teachers, will grow from seven team members toward 15, with two staff collaborating with the University of Saigon Faculty of Pedagogy. DeWeese will stay a month or six weeks before returning to SIU.
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Arthur Aikman
Southern Illinois University College of Education
Saigon
SIU
Vietnam
Elmer J. Clark
College of Education
Faculty of Pedagogy
University of Saigon
Aikman
Harold DeWeese
Party
DeWeese
University School
Willis Malone
Federal Agency For International Development
Hearing on Rt. 13 expansion at Carterville park
A public hearing on adding eastbound lanes to Route 13 between Carterville and the Route 148 intersection will be held at 11 am Wednesday in Carterville city park community building. Vernon T. Kupel says maps will be on display and views will be heard on a four lane divided highway project plus frontage roads.
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Rt. 13
Carterville
Rt. 148
Vernon T. Kupel
District 9
State Division of Highways
Carterville Road
Williamson County
Herrin
Kupel
Dealers urged to act on bad checks and ID procedures
SIU official Richman urged businesspeople to prosecute bad check passers to curb the drain on Carbondale and the county. Albon outlined university ID verification and signature checks, while Weeks highlighted the chamber’s telephone alarm chain and SIU’s high recovery rate. He noted penalties for deceptive practice and possible charges for theft by deception or forgery.
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Albon
SIU
Weeks
Chamber
Richman
Small Claims Court
Carbondale
Impersonator steals ID to buy $2000 in goods near SIU
A young woman stole the ID of SIU student Chevyl Willisville and used it to purchase more than $700 at Saw-Mart plus $1,313 elsewhere in Carbondale and St. Louis. She cashed two Saluki Exchange checks at the campus shopping center. Police circulated photos after failed searches. the suspect may have worn a wig and makeup.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
St. Louis
Saluki
Chevyl Lodge
Willisville
SIU
Saw-Mart
Carbondale and
Simon proposes federal share plan to aid urban problems
Senator Paul Simon outlines a federal state city grant program totaling seven billion dollars. Per capita funding scales favor larger cities, with Carbondale Marion Herrin and Murphysboro listed for specific allocations based on 1960 or 1965 census figures. Funds would support long term municipal debt and imaginative local plans to address crime fire protection recreation and related urban challenges.
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Sen
Paul Simon
Troy
Simon
Carbondale
Marion
Herrin
Murphysboro
Williamson to Hire Deputy for Summer Absences
Williamson County Sheriff Harold Farner was authorized by the Board of Commissioners to hire a deputy for vacation coverage this summer. He will appoint Virgil Vancil of Freeman Spur as the temporary deputy if he accepts. Vancil works at Allen Industries in Herrin. The position covers vacations for Farner, three deputies and two radio operators.
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Williamson County
Harold Farner
Board of Commissioners
Farner
Virgil Vancil
Freeman Spur
Vancil
Allen Industries
Herrin
Z R school head clarifies resignation
Charles Smith president of the Zeigler-Royalton Unit Board of Education said rumors about Supt William Ramsey resigning are partly in error He added Ramsey submitted his resignation to the board Monday night and the board accepted it but has not begun seeking a replacement A board member had claimed no action was taken and Smith hopes Ramsey will stay and plans to hear from him before the June 22 meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Zeigler-Royalton Unit Board of Education
William Ramsey
Smith
Ramsey
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Old Rt. 13
Giant City Blacktop Road
Fox
South
Ern Illinois University
Chicago
Rt. 2
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McClatchey
Charles Toler
Toler
Allen Baker
Greater Egypt
Chamber of Commerce
Baker
Pinckneyvile
Robert J. Crawford
Murphy-Wall State Bank
Crawford
Simon-Gagnon
Jake Bender
Oscar Hunter
Ben Franklin
Calvin McDaniel
McDaniel Furniture Store
Perry Metals
Riverside Pool
William Whitson
University Bank
Thomas Leffler
Jack Hazel
Viet Project
Doctors Hospital
Hillcrest Drive
North Carrio Street
Evansville
Kenneth D. Cheek
Herman L. Oller
Cape Girardeau
Robert N. Moore
Anna
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