Calendar of Public Meetings and Local Showings
Public meetings are listed for Marion and surrounding towns with times on Monday and Tuesday. Items include board meetings for the Marion Park District, Marion Carnegie Library, Jackson Legal Service Bureau executive committee, and city councils in Carbondale, Benton, Murphysboro, Cobden, Herrin, and more. A series of drive-in and city cinema listings accompany the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Park District Board of Commissioners
Bank of Marion
Marion Carnegie Library Board of Directors
Citizens’ Advisory Health Council
Greater Egypt
W. Main St
Carbondale
Health Council
Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Carbondale City Hall
Johnson County Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Vienna
Jonesboro
Westridge
Benton City Council
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Marion
Junior College District No. 530 Board
E. Cherry St
Herrin
Recreation events and exhibit at SIU slated this week
The Illinois Recreation Council holds a public hearing on recreation in Southern Illinois at 10 a.m. Wed in the River Rooms at SIU University Center. Herrin Senior Citizens meet for knitting at 10 a.m. and crafts at 2 p.m. Wednesday at 301 N 14th St. A SIU graduate student two man art exhibition runs 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. today at Mitchell Gallery in the Home Economics Building with free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Illinois Recreation Council
Southern Illinois
River Rooms of University Center
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Mitchell Gallery
Home Economics
Funeral services set for Lloyd Pike in Murphysboro
First notice states Lloyd Leo Pike 69 of Grand Tower will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro with burial in Herrin City Cemetery. Pike died Saturday in Missouri Baptist Hospital St. Louis. he was a retired Grand Tower electrician and former Ward 3 alderman. He was a member of the Baptist Church Masonic Lodge and IBEW Local 702. He leaves Harriet Moore Pike Abby Pike Minnie Pike and siblings. Masonic services are tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Police brief notes Eugene Bridewell cited for speeding failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Murphysboro
Lloyd Leo Pike
Grand Tower
Mr. Pike
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
Spillertown
James
Minnie Baker Pike
Harriet Moore
Jackson
Central Illinois Power Service
Pike
Baptist Church
Af&am Lodge
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Abby Pike
Minnie Pike
Marion
Gladys Rindlin
Glenn
Ray
Carterville
Dale Clemens
Herrin City
Vandals strike five cars in Carbondale parking lot
Carbondale police investigate vandalism after five Linda Vista Apartments vehicles in Tatum Heights were damaged Sunday night. Convertible tops were cut and radio antennae windshield wiper arms seats wires under the dashboard and heater wires were cut. Owners named Mancini Jen son Minch Barnette and Donlea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Linda Vista
Tatum Heights
Mike Mancini
Larry Jenson
Paul Minch
Carl Barnette
Mike Donlea
Service firm Manager dies
Merle D. Struck 45 of Ava assistant sales manager of Twin County Service Co. in Murphysboro died Sunday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. Death attributed to a heart attack. He was born May 11 1923 in Fowler Colorado to William and Mae Struck. He married Doris Austin June 25 1942 in Van Buren Missouri. He belonged to St Peter Lutheran Campbell Hill Joe Lynch Post 353 American Legion Ava Post 7190 VFW Murphysboro Jackson County Farm Bureau. He leaves wife his mother Mae Struck of Murphysboro brothers William and Howard sisters Mrs Clarence Herring and Mrs John McDowell. Two daughters preceded him in death. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at St Peter Lutheran Campbell Hill Rev H C Welp officiating. Burial Ava Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call Wilson Funeral Home Ava after 5 pm today until 11 30 am Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle D. Struck
Ava
Twin County Service Co
Murphysboro
Mr. Struck
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Fowler
Colo
William and Mae Wills Struck
van Buren
Doris Austin
Struck
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Campbell Hill
Joe Lynch
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Mae Struck
William and
Howard
Clarrence Herring
John McDowell
Mt. Olive
H. C. Welp
Ava Evergreen Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Herrin Woman Injured in City Collision
A 39 year old Herrin woman was said to be doing very well at Herrin Hospital after a Saturday night wreck. Police report the crash at 16th and Tyler streets involved Pauline Pike and Charles P Chichichimo who was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Pauline Pike
7Th St
Charles P. Chichichimo
Chicago
16Th
Tyler Streets
Chichichimo
Panayotovich Seeks Broad SIU Student Support as President-elect
Samuel Panayotovich, elected leader of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale student body on the Impact ticket with Pete Rozzell and Don Kapral, vows to work through university channels and gain wide student support. He notes administration openness and aims to mobilize activists, alumni, and defeated competitors to push campus reform and defend education against campus protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Veilands
Southern Illinoisan
Samuel Panayotovich
Carbondale Southern Illinois University
Panayotovich
Lenzi
Raymond Lenzi
Pete Rozzell
Don Kapral
Impact Party
Chicago
Morris
Pana
Yotovich
SIU
Columbia
Berkeley
George Washington High School
Central Ymca Junior College
Sanders and Samples vie for West Marion Precinct 5 committeeman
Incumbent James W. Sanders seeks re election as Republican committeeman of West Marion Precinct 5 against Charles Samples. Sanders, 58, a Marion lawyer and longtime party leader, pins goals on county wide victory and party leadership. Samples, 42, paints Sanders as capable yet flawed and aims to boost precinct voter registration and job access while saving taxpayer money. Other races include Cloud Copher facing Gary Hastings in East Marion Precinct 1 and Orval Leukering challenged by Vernon Lowe in East Marion Precinct 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Sanders
Charles Samples
West Marion
Sanders
Williamson County
Republican Central Committee
Marion High School
Marion
University of Illinois
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Marion Unit Two
Cloud Copher
Gary Hastings
East Marion
Hastings
Copher
Chamness Town School
Orval C
Leukering
Vernon Lowe
Metropolis High School
State Farm Insurance Co
Lowe
Everett Henshaw Lumber Co
Congress plans to end lethargic session after Memorial Day
Congress resumes work after a brief break amid uncertainty and a wary mood toward incumbents. Leaders aim to adjourn before August conventions as major bills lag, some open housing and tax proposals progress, while most appropriations remain behind schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Johnson
Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr
Thomas Kuchel
California
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Natchez Riots Prompt Curfew and Emergency Measures
Natchez Mississippi faced a downtown riot with a strict curfew and emergency law as 175 highway patrolmen assisted a 20 officer force. About 300 Black residents raged through a downtown area after a false rumor of a white man killing a Black man, smashing windows and two buildings burned while looting was limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
Miss
Joseph Zuccaro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Fox
Point
Riveria Drive-In
Campus Drive-In
Marion Drive-In
Iron Coast
Anna Drive-In
Renegades
Varsity
Planet of the Apes
Orpheum
Mary Jane
Rodgers Theater
Katie Elder
Harry Sundown
Lloyd Pike
Eugene E. Bridewell
Maryi Jane Sears
Sue Sears
Miss Sears
du Quoin
Jerry W. Lamm
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Focal
Lady Goldsmith’s
South Illinois
Scottsboro
Samples
East
County Highway Department
Billy Hurst
Charles
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Poor People’s
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
White House
Yewolds Lys
W. Main
Carmilla
Bob H
Orvin
Buster
Carbondale East Gate
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