Carbondale weighs free land offer for Cedar Creek lake bed
City faces choice on whether to accept 25 landowners offer to donate lake bed while surrounding land stays private. A federal grant study outlines Site II Cedar Creek reservoir potential with 12 to 16 million gallons daily, plus 1000 to 1200 acre lake. Officials weigh public ownership vs private development and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle Klaus
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Cedar Creek
Wayman Presley
Presley
R. E. Favreau
State Department of Public Health
Favreau
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Jackson County
Cave Creek
Speck Sentenced to Death for Nursing School Massacre
Richard Speck, 25, was sentenced in Peoria to die in the electric chair on Sept. 1 for the murder of eight nurses in a Chicago dormitory. Judge Paschen followed the jury’s death verdict, with appeals expected to be lengthy and automatic in capital cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Speck
Chicago
Herbert C. Paschen
Circuit Court
Speck
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Joliet Penitentiary
Paschen
Illinois Supreme Court
Getty
Cook County
Gerald W. Getty
Corazon Amarao
Peoria County
Youth Fined for Firecracker Throw From Dorm Window
A Southern Illinois University student in Carbondale paid a $15 fine after throwing a lit two inch firecracker from a Wright III dormitory window in University Park at 9 15 p m Saturday. Richard H Pauly was fined $10 and costs in Jackson County Circuit Court on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright III
University Park
Carbondale
Richard H. Pauly
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Jury prospects nixed as Hurley murder arson trial opens
The Williamson County Circuit Court began the murder and arson trial of Joe Hurley of Johnston City with four jurors accepted then rejected by defense peremptory challenges. A venue change was granted. Theron Lyerla of Johnston City is co defendant. Raymond Hurley died in the June 4 1966 Johnston City fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hurley
Johnston City
Williamson County
Atty
Kenneth Hubler
Fletcher Lewis
Trafton Dennis
Harrisburg
Hurley
Lewis
Murphysboro
Max Mitchell
West Frankfort
Hubler
Robert J. Neely
Raymond
Carterville
Theron Lyerla
Lyerla
Raymond Hurley
Shawnee Development Council Wins $103,486 Anti-Poverty Grant
The Shawnee Development Council in Karnak received a 103,486 dollar Office of Economic Opportunity grant to run anti-poverty programs across Alexander Johnson Massac Pulaski and Union counties through December 31. Expanded services include nine rural representatives and a nurse to assist residents and 10 portable swimming pools to benefit children lacking facilities this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Development Council
Karnak
Office of Economic Opportunity
Alexander
Johnson
Massac
Pulaski
Union
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
OEO
Edward A. Taylor
Shawnee Council
Taylor
Five - County
Mental Health Training Grant Won for SIU
Rep Kenneth Gray announces a 94557 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to Southern Illinois University for a mental health training program led by Herbert Levitt of the SIU psychology department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Kenneth Gray
Dwest Frankfort
Public Health Service
National Institute of Mental Health
Herbert Levitt
SIU
Herrin Declares June Fix-Up Month Urban Renewal Plan
Mayor Fred A. Henderson designates June as fix-up paint-up and clean up month in Herrin and urges weed-cutting to improve the town. He accompanies the proclamation with a list of 34 condemned buildings under the housing code, four of which have delinquent notices. The mayor calls for all 34 structures to be destroyed or upgraded.
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Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Henderson
Freedom bid continues for Williams McDowell in 1958 case
June 12 hearing set at 10 a.m. in Jackson County Circuit Court over William McDowell’s habeas corpus petition for release from a 25 to 40 year sentence for the 1958 Carbondale armed robbery. McDowell, returned from Menard Penitentiary in April, argues trial rights were denied. Illinois Supreme Court previously ordered a new trial. He is free on $1,000 bond pending the hearing after a jail breakout incident earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
William McDowell
McDowell
Menard
Chester
Carbondale
Illinois Supreme Court
Richard Richman
Murphysboro
Benton
Roodhouse
Rev. Himstedt Leaves Herrin for Caseyville Parish
The Rev. Lester Himstedt of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church Herrin will transfer to Stephens Church Caseyville effective Thursday. He has served Herrin since September 1965 after coming from East St. Louis and played roles in Catholic Youth Organization Job Corps and a mental health care study course at Anna State Hospital. Rev. William Longust of St. Henry's Belleville will replace him in Herrin this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Himstedt
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin
Stephens
William Longust
St. Henry’s Church of
Belleville
Mr. Himstedt
Licensing law for cyclists clears Senate in Illinois
The Illinois Senate approved a motorcycle safety bill creating the state’s first cycle license. No one under 18 may hold it, and riders must wear approved helmets and goggles. The measure targets the 81,688 registered cycles and seeks to cut 1966 motorcycle deaths, with bans on weaving through traffic lanes and on renting cycles to unlicensed individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Senate
Illinois
Robert Michtler
Roswego
Carbondale District Expands Special Education Programs
Special education in Carbondale Grade School District grows from part time speech work in 1950 to five programs with nine teachers and a director. Programs include speech correction EMH remedial reading ungraded classes and gifted enrichment. The Rev Harold Crowell directs from Attucks Grade School with group therapy and integrated activities across nine schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Harold L. Crowell
Springmore
Attucks
Nancy Hager
Helen Kammlade
Crowell
Lewis
Dorothy Frailey
Marilouise MacMillian
Rosetta O'Neil
Sally Tiffany
Virginia Troutman
Lewis, Thomas and Attucks
Lincoln Junior High School
Murphysboro
Marion
Glendale
Carbondale Seeks Bids for Four Police Cars
The City of Carbondale invites bids for four of five new police cars with a bid deadline of 10 a.m. Monday. Specifications are obtainable from the city manager's office on the second floor of City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Carbondale
SiU students fined for underage drinking on campus
Four youths were fined 25 dollars plus costs in Jackson County Circuit Court in Carbondale for underage drinking Friday night. Stephen M Olson of Thompson Point was found by SIU security on the north lawn of the University Center at 10 22 p m. Also charged were Elbert H Loyd of Downers Grove David Lee Mize of Springfield and Alfred E Luksak of Elmhurst for underage drinking at a party at 710 West College Street at 9 45 p m Friday. Loyd Mize and Luksak are SIU students residing at Thompson Point on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Carbondale
Stephen M. Olson
Thompson Point
Southern Illinois University
SIU
University Center
Elbert H. Loyd
Downer’s Grove
David Lee Mize
Springfield
Alfred E. Lukasek
Elmhurst
W. College St
Loyd, Mize and
Luksack
Burglar Alarm At IGA In Pinckneyville Sets Off Alarm
Deputies respond to an alarm at the IGA store in Pinckneyville. Police and Perry County sheriff deputies find only an open door and presume it was accidental. Sheriff Norman Brostmeyer cites a likely Saturday closing time oversight and a child may have opened the door Sunday.
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I.G.A
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Norman Brostmeyer
Brostmeyer
SIU Study Backs Increased Athletic Buildup
A nine month SIU Athletic Study Commission report favors expanding the university sports program. The findings discuss conference affiliation level of play and scholarships and note a possible new football stadium site. A 65 000 person alumni student and faculty survey supported further buildup.
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Southern Illinois University
Athletic Study Commission
STU
SIU
John Voigt
Kenneth Davis
Harrisburg
Davis
Voigt
H. O. Crisler
Michigan
Charles ‘‘Chick’? Evans
Chicago
John Ashton
University of Indiana
Devlte W. Morris
Summer School Sessions Begin at Marion High
About 155 pupils started summer school at Marion High School with the first session running through June and a second session through July. 120 high school pupils are enrolled in civics driver education health typing biology and American history courses. Around 35 grade school pupils attend two eighth grade mathematics classes. A Purdue University course on note taking and study habits is offered for college bound seniors.
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Marion High School
Purdue University
Forest fires threaten towns in northern Ontario evacuations rise
Hundreds of volunteer firefighters battle more than 100 forest fires across Ontario with six major blazes. Sioux Lookout and Chapleau faced the fiercest flames and were evacuated, as about 2,500 evacuees left Sioux Lookout and roughly 1,000 cars carried Chapleau residents to safety. Police briefs note fines for traffic violations in Carbondale and Marion.
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Toronto
Ontario
Woodlands
Sioux Lookout
Chapleau
Swimmer crosses river twice at Chester Regatta
The Chester Boat Club Regatta featured a new event as carnival worker Thomas David Jones swam nonstop across the Mississippi River from Illinois to Missouri and back after a prior one way swim. Regatta officials noted strong participation across three days. Marla Ward was crowned Regatta Queen succeeding Karen Mansker. Archway Parachute Sports Center riders from St. Louis performed two river jumps while speed boat races ran on both weekend days.
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Chester
Karen Mansker
Archway Parachute Sports Center Club
St. Louis
Mississippi River
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Stanley Harris Jr
Harris
John Lonergan
Carbondale Plan Commission
Killer
Peoria
Williamson
Shawnee
Himstedt
Senate
John C. Taylor
Lincoln
Edith Hunsaker
Ann Campbell
Winkler
New Lewis School
Intermedi
Jack Roy Cromwell
Audie Gower
Cromwell
Gower
Ark
Earvin Cole
James Hilliard
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