Carbondale High School Graduates 297 Seniors
297 seniors receive diplomas at Carbondale Community High School as class speaker Gordon Rands urges maturity to tackle Vietnam, racism, and pollution. He echoes Dr. Martin Luther King on freedom, with Deborah Benz delivering the invocation and Steve Goepfert the benediction. Top ten scholars named: Benz, Blake, Carlock, Colvin, Goepfert, Goodin, Marshall, Portz, Rands, Ray.
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Carbondale Community High School
Gordon Rands
Rands
Martin Luther King
Deborah Benz
Steve Goepfert
Miss Benz
Kathryn Blake
Margo Carlock
Robert Geoffrey Colvin
Goepfort
Margaret Goodin
Katy Marshall
John Portz
Margaret Ray
Murphysboro Township High School Holds 1970 Graduation
Murphysboro Township High School awarded diplomas to 179 seniors at the 70th annual commencement at Riverside Park football field. President Harry Ray and Principal Timothy Bowers assisted with awards. Jane Williams gave the graduation address.
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Harry Ray
Murphysboro Township
Riverside Park
Unit School District 186
Timothy Bowers
Eugene Sims
Joseph Bencini
Evann Butler
Christopher Calandro
Mark Congiardo
Carmen Dice
Nancy Gallick
Lucinda Powers
Karen Renzaglia
Michael Sewell
Kathleen Wides
Jane Williams
Carbondale Northeast picks five district reps in 269 vote election
Voters in Carbondale Northeast chose two adults per district plus young adults and teens as representatives. Area 1 adults Rev Shedretmceee and Rev WillieGil led. Area 2 adults Helen Jones and Floyd Nesbitt. Area 3 adults Rev Loyd Sumner and Eric O Neal. Area 4 adults Ida Webb and Mildred McDaniel. Area 5 adults Delores Albritton and LaDonna Mitchell. Runoff planned in area 4 for young adults and teens varied, overall turnout favored adults.
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Carbondale Northeast Congress
Helen Jones
Floyd Nesbitt
Frances Laster
Joyce Jones
Rev
Loyd Sumner
Eric O’neal
Daniella Wakefield
Charles Wayne Laster
Ida Webb
Mildred McDaniel
Janet Valentine O’neal
Bobby Cavitt
Sherman Bownes
Delores Albritton
LaDonna Mitchell
Tresa Tolley
Graduation Night Reflections At Carbondale High
Regional Editor recalls attending his son's graduation at Carbon Dale Community High School Bowen Gym in extreme heat. About 1,500 spectators endured poor acoustics as speaker Gordon Rands urged brotherhood and environmental care, while board member Lern er noted high local taxes funding schools.
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Southern Illinois
Carbondale Community High School
Bowen Gym
Gordon Rands
Brotherhood
Indochina
High School Conservation Club
Carbondale Foundation For A Better
John Donne
Martin Luther King
Charles Lerner
Carbondale
New York City
Remembering 1935: WPA starts as World War II shadows loom
The reminiscence notes a 1935 era when the Works Progress Administration began to move millions from direct aid to work relief, amid rising fascism in Europe and looming global conflict. It mentions social programs, notable deaths, and a Southern Illinois reform drive with local bans on carnivals and Sunday liquor sales.
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Adolph Hitler
Europe
Works Progress Administration
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Hitler
Rhine Valley
Illinois
Murphysboro
Eugene Comte
Zeigler
John Carr
Carbondale
Benton
City ordinance enjoined Flora driver in liquor accident
The Clay County state’s attorney began a new action by enjoining a Flora citizen from driving after an accident alleged to involve liquor. The Carbondale Free Press reports on local enforcement and a coroner’s post operative update.
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Clay County States Attorney
Flora
Carbondale Free Press
Student drowns in lake near Buncombe farm
A 19 year old Southern Illinois University student, Gary L. Ludwig of Carbondale, drowned in a farm lake on the James Taylor farm near Buncombe in Johnson County on Saturday. Deputies found Ludwig in the lake after his companion left to fetch a towel.
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Southern Illinois University
Buncombe
Johnson County
Gary L. Ludwig
Kirkland
James Taylor
Ludwig
W. Owens St
Carbondale
Murphysboro Woman Drowns at Crab Orchard Lake
A 45 year old Murphysboro woman Wilma Krump drowned around 1 30 p m Saturday in Crab Orchard Lake near Hogan s Point. A lifeguard tried to revive her after she was found floating near a dock. Funeral services are planned at First Christian Church Murphysboro with burial at Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. Mrs Krump was born September 3 1924 and worked as a bank clerk at First National Bank of Murphysboro.
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Murphysboro
Crab Orchard Lake
Hogan’s Point
Wilma Krump
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Flynn
Krump
First Christian Church
Larry D. Reynolds
Pleasant Grove
Denny and Pettett Funeral Home
Henry
Bertha Humphreys Bellm
First National Bank of
University Center director honored with Scouter of the Year Award
Clarence "Doc" Dougherty director of the University Center at Southern Illinois University received the first annual Scouter of the Year Award from the Egyptian Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was recognized for leadership with Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, church and YMCA.
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Clarence
Dougherty
University Center
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Boy Scouts of America
Cal Stargel
Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, Church and
Young Men’s Christian Association
Scout Council
Jackson, Perry
Union Counties
Marion
Robert Butler
Stu
Robert Layer
Harold Chase
Tim Kinkead
Quincy
Mich
Alpha Phi Omega
Scouting Service Fraternity
Stargel
Open verdict in Pulaski County shooting
Pulaski County coroner's jury returned an open verdict on Frelon Othel Robinson who died from a .38 caliber bullet fired from a pistol held by his wife Carol Jean Robinson. Coroner Gene Chrestman said charging decisions rest with States Attorney Byron Connell, who was away. Robinson died after the May 27 shooting at his Pulaski home and collapse at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo.
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Pulaski County
Frelon Othel Robinson
Carol Jean Robinson
Gene Chrestman
Byron L. Connell
Connell
Robinson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Pulaski
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Central Illinois Public Service Co
Merris Dice
Shedret Mceee
Willie Gil
Ramon Jones
Joseph Washington
Area 3
Dad
Son
E. W
Barney” West
Perry County
Doctors Memorial Hospital
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Clarence Dougherty
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