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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1967
Page
2
Public meetings include Murphysboro City Council at 7 p.m and Carbondale Township Board of Auditors at 9 a.m. Notices cover school board sessions and mosquito abatement efforts. Also listed are festivals, fairs, and a Jackson Invitational Golf Tournament plus multiple drive-in movie showings in the area.
Southern Illinois University will help provide technical service programs to Illinois commercial and industrial firms under federal and state matching grants. The Office of State Technical Services will administer a $188 076 grant with state matching funds. Programs include computer use in construction scheduling and field services for wood-using and farm equipment industries, plus education in chip formation and metal cutting. A state advisory council led by Marshall Grotenhuis of Argonne will plan the projects.
The schedule lists What Did You Do in the War Daddy with James Coburn and Dick Shawn and The Swinger with Ann Margret and Tony Franciosa at the drive in. A Dance event at Herrin Teen Town runs 6 30 p m to 11 45 p m with The Little Stars of West Frankfort performing. Admission 75 cents members 1 for non members. A Dinner Dance at Herrin Eagles home features Joe Sekardi Orchestra and Granite City Kitchen Band at 6 30 p m with tickets 4. The Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild Fair runs 9 30 a m to 9 30 p m daily with judging Saturday. West Franklin High School hosts an Art and Craft Show 9 30 a m to 9 30 p m Saturday and Sunday. Ends.
The Mitchell Gallery at the home economics building presents Modern Masters in Miniature, daily through July 2 with free admission. Sunday start on Campus Drive-in routes near Murphysboro displays titles such as Hillbillies In a Haunted House and Thunder Alley. The shows rotate across Anna Drive-in Marion Drive-in Riviera Drive-in and Marlows Murphysboro with features including Murderers Row, Blood on the Arrow, The Professionals, Alvarez Kelly, Murderers Row again, Dead Heat On A Merry Go Round, Doctor Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Bang Bang Youre Dead, with showtimes 2:30 p.m. Sundays and 7:30 p.m. weekdays, continuing through Tuesday.
The 145 year old Val Berg house at 328 S Washington St is sold to James A. McDonald for a new Monday's Maid coin operated laundry. Built around 1833 in Old Du Quoin, the house was moved in 1853 to New Town and later to its present Washington and Olive location.
Hallie Alexander 73 of Treece Brown West Frankfort died at 5 30 a m in Union Hospital West Frankfort She had lived in the community since 1928 She is survived by husband Harry daughter Mrs Robert Diller Plymouth Ind forester son Dick Steyers Chicago Heights sisters Mrs Maude Chitchlow Plainsville Ind and Mrs Myrtle Teller Princeton Ind and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with calling after 7 p m
At a Carterville hearing on a two lane extension of Route 13 toward Route 148 south of Herrin planner D J Pflanz warned Crainville remains a suburb with no CBD starting point. He argued the frontage road could raise adjoining property value while Crainville opposes merging with Carterville despite plans for consolidation.
The Frankfort Community Park Pool begins group swimming lessons Monday with two 2 week sessions from 9 to 10 am and 10 30 to 11 30 am. Classes cover polywogs beginners advanced beginners intermediate swimmers diving and lifesaving with senior lifesaving for park employment. Private lessons run 30 minutes daily five days a week at $7. Contact Don Rice or Jim Sala at 932 5884 for details.
Roy Nelson Cromwell 35 of Herrin was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in Menard Prison after pleading guilty to rape of a 5 year old girl in Williamson County. Judge Lan Haney accepted the plea after Cromwell waived grand jury indictment. Cromwell, arrested at a Herrin sawmill, fled after the assault Saturday afternoon as the parents returned and found the girl.
Billie Gene Fielding 38, a former Murphysboro resident, died in St Louis Missouri from injuries from a highway construction job near Greenville. He passed away at St Luke's Hospital at 6 20 p m Thursday. Meyer Denny Funeral Home in Murphysboro handling arrangements.
Construction on the first phase of the Franklin County industrial park begins with a 1700 foot access road west of West Franklin. Tri-No Enterprises handles the road and water line extensions with 210 day completion deadlines, plus a 300 day for the storage tank. Total project cost is 418,879 dollars with 62,000 provided by the Economic Development Administration.
Benton Community Park District officials aim to have an architect sketch finished by July 1 for a proposed 50 acre park east of Benton with a swimming pool. A referendum on funding the project may be held later this summer as plans are shown to residents. R P Wilson dies at 47 in Marion after heart attack. he worked in coal and other firms, served in WWII, and leaves wife and children with services set in Marion. Prague AP: Over 50,000 Czech farmers injured at work in 1964, missing days equal to 4500 full-year absences.
Benton High School Board of Education updated the district salary schedule, raising starting pay for bachelor’s and master’s degree teachers and setting a top salary at 8720 for advanced credits. The board expects added state aid and no program cuts. A university study on district operations was deemed very good. A bi county special education program between Franklin and Jefferson counties was approved for a state office submission.
A 32 year old Energy man James H. Whiteside 201 Maple was seriously injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a car at South Park and Maple in Herrin. Whiteside was listed in satisfactory condition at Herrin hospital. Carla J. Jarvis 1110 Barham Ave Johnston City drove the car and was cited for failure to yield right of way. The crash occurred at 8 30 p m.
Ed Kuca of West Frankfort dies at 51 after an earlier heart attack. Services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church with Msgr. Michael Kim officiating. Rosary at 8 p.m. today at Union Funeral Home. Burial in Tower Heights Cemetery. Friends may call today. Kuca was executive director of the Franklin County Housing Authority and chairman of the West Frankfort Plan Commission.
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinoisan Inc. with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes second class postage and succession from regional papers and AP news use.
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