Marion Library Board approves 1968 69 budget with raises
Marion Carnegie Library Board approves a 37850 budget for 1968 69 showing a 1850 increase from last year. Librarian Jessie Gray gains 300 from 5400 to 5700 and first and second assistants rise to 4300 and 3000. Custodian salary up to 4100. Bills total 2544.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Albert Kaeser
Gray
Suzanna McAlpin
Pearl Powell
Alice Wheeler
Potpourri Notes From Carbondale And Nearby
George Willhite surveys Carbondale City Council meetings and local life. He notes Sallee Kirk’s community housing help and her vivacious presence. critiques cigar use by council members. and reports on a Des Plaines resident Chester Moore’s death and Royalton connections, with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Willhite
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
Sallee Kirk
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Frank Kirk
Kirk
Joe Ragsdale
Randall Nelson
William Eaton
C. William Norman
Norman
Carbondale Northeast Neighborhood Plans Elect Zone Structure
Carbondale residents approved a five zone plan for Northeast Neighborhood Involvement Committee elections. The zones run along Fisher Willow Green and Main, with public housing included in zone five and high rise elderly housing excluded from voting zones. A future election committee will organize voting and publicity flyers ask residents about housing schools enforcement recreation and jobs. The next meeting is June 20 at 8 pm in the Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency field office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Main Street
Knight Street
Fisher Street
Willow Street
Green Street
South Marion Street
John Holmes
Holmes
Jackson- Williamson Community Action Agency
E. Jackson
Ima Mae Valentine
Benton Council approves water sewer agreements with three railroads
Benton City Council approved water and sewer line right of way deals with Chicago and Eastern Illinois Illinois Central and Missouri Pacific Railroads as part of an $830000 improvement program. Sewer mains run under I C and MP tracks while water mains extend 27867 feet and 83425 feet of water lines are planned in the city. The council also asked for a letter on warning devices at Missouri Pacific tracks on South Main Street and noted a rabies immunization clinic at city hall with dog licenses available for $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton City
Lloyd Cox
Missouri Pacific
South Main Street
Ogilvie urges urban housing plan for Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination and Cook County board president, proposes consolidating state housing agencies into a single division within a new department of local government affairs. He backs private home ownership in degraded areas and stronger action against slum landlords and corrupt building inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogilvie
Cook County Board
Department of Local Government Affairs
Herrin Jaycees Summer Festival Returns to Herrin
The third annual Herrin Jaycees summer festival runs Wednesday to Saturday along West Cherry Street between 16th and 18th streets. Yabrondy Amusements of Evansville, Ind. provides rides and games while Ron Head and his Country Show Boys perform opening night at 7 p.m. Hank Wright of Johnston City performs Thursday. Herrin merchants stage special sales to accompany the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Jaycees
Yabrondy Amusements
Evansville
Ind
Ron Head
Boys
McLeansboro
Hank Wright
Johnston City
West Cherry Street
Herrin
Infant Sanders Rites in Logan Wednesday
James Eugene Sanders infant son of Bobby Lee and Freda Milligan Sanders of Cicero died at six in the morning in Tuscaloosa Alabama while his parents attended his grandfather's funeral. He is survived by Millard and Vivian Sanders of Logan and his parents. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Logan Cemetery conducted by Rev. Stanley Joplin. Friends may call at Poulson-Free man Funeral Home of Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Eugene Moore
Des Plaines
Royalton
Mr. Moore
Franklin County
Guy
Daisy Rose Moore
Chicago
Clara
Judy Moore
Jeannie Moore
Diane Throgmorton
Gary
Texas
Lucille Kammler
Virginia Gulledge
Robert Howell
Birrens Funeral Home
James Eugene Sanders
Bobby Lee
Freda Milligan Sanders
54Th Ave
Cicero
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sanders
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Library Board
Donald J. Peterson
Hurst
Nancy L. Manasco
Jeffery B. Hunt
Jack Hazel
Elizabeth Leighty
Main
Washington Streets
Northeast Neighborhood Involvement Committee
Miriam
the Bank
THE
City National Bank
Calhoun Plumbing & Heating
Eaton & Brown Appliance CO
Goss Home Furnishings, Inc
Grady Plumbing & Electric Ph
Hunter Sales Corp
Lumber City
Montgomery Ward
Owen Bros. Plumbing & Heating Contractors
Peterson’s Supply
Pyramid Lumber CO
Dept. Carbondale
Raymond Stotlar Lumber CO
Eller
Chas.t. Williams
Benton
R. J. Wells
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Board Chicago
Justice Department
South Holland
U. S. District
Clark
Charles Watts
North
Springfield
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Samuel H. Shapiro
Chicago North Shore
Lake Michigan
Zion
Logan
Bank OF
Vergennes State Bank
First National Bank OF
F.d.1.c
Akid
Don Juan
Gradu
Ion
General Telephone
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