Marion Council Approves Crossings Move With ICC Steps
Marion city council approves a contract with the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad to close Union street crossing and open a Jackson street crossing. Both await ICC approval and a public hearing. The change aids access to a new Williamson County courthouse site on school grounds.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Union Street
Jackson Street
Marion
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Williamson County Public Building Commission
Washington
Court Street
William Harris
E. Blankenship Co
Harris
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross School Set for Marion Attendees
Stephen Skaggs and Steve Frattini of Marion will attend the American Red Cross National Aquatic School at Little Grassy Lake from Sunday to June 22. About 100 people are expected. Skaggs will be a lifeguard and swimming instructor at Marion Park District Pool this summer, funded by a Williamson County Red Cross grant. Frattini will use training at SIU Camp Little Giant for disabled children.
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Stephen Skaggs
Steve Frattini
Marion
American Red Cross National Aquatic School
Little Grassy Lake
Robert Hickey
Williamson County Red Cross
Skaggs
Marion Park District
Williamson County
Frattini
Southern Illinois University
Camp Little Giant
Minister Heads Corps Council
The Rev. Joseph Van Roekel of First Presbyterian Church Marion was elected president of the Crab Orchard Job Corps Advisory Council. David Keene Carbondale was named vice president Rue Starr Carbondale assistant to the president and Mrs Don Curlee Herrin secretary. Open house planned for June 26 to mark the camp's first anniversary.
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Joseph van Roekel
First Presbyterian Church
Marion
Crab Orchard
Fires Report Across Five Cities With Several Car and Home Incidents
Fire calls reported in West Frankfort Johnston City Marion Carbondale and Anna include a clothes dryer fire at 910 W Poplar St in West Frankfort minor damage a car fire on Newton Ave in Johnston City caused by backfire through the carburetor and 50 damage a Savage Hatchery window fire in Marion with unknown cause and window sill damage a car fire on Rt 13 in Carbondale 12 30 am and another on West Mill St 8 35 am a closet fire at 202 W Jefferson St May Brimm residence in Anna at 10 50 pm with damage confined to the closet.
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West Frankfort
Harry Koonce
W. Poplar St
Johnston City
Newton Ave
Clyde Brymer
Marion
Savage Hatchery
Carbondale
Rt. 13
Jim O’daniel
West Mill Street
Chuck Carter
Anna
Jefferson St
Brimm
Nuclear test conducted underground at Nevada site
Washington AP reports a low yield nuclear test was conducted underground today at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada test site. The detonation yielded up to 20 000 tons of TNT or less, according to the AEC announcement.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
West Frankfort Park District Opens Swim Lessons
West Frankfort swim lessons begin Monday at the West Frankfort Park District pool. Two daily sessions run 9 10 a.m. and 10 30 11 30 a.m. for ten days, Monday through Friday. Prices 2.50 for under 12 and 4 for 13 and older. Private five day lessons available for 7 dollars.
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West Frankfort Park District
Rioting Flareups In Panama City And Colon
National Guardsmen used tear gas to disperse rock throwing youths and overturned lights in Panama City as rioting continued for several nights. In Colon troops also fired tear gas at about 200 students trying to form barricades after a funeral procession for two slain students.
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Panama
Panama City
Colon
Juan Navas Pajaro
Booten Named Chairman of Marion United Fund Drive
Allen Booten was named chair man of the 1966 United Fund drive in Marion today by general chairman Harry Crisp Sr. Booten, 417 Sherry Road, is public affairs representative for the Central Illinois Public Service Co. Southern Division. The drive for participating charitable agencies will be in October.
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Allen Booten
United Fund
Marion
Harry Crisp Sr
Booten
Sherry Road
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Torah Scroll Handwritten on Kosher Animal Skin
The Torah must be handwritten on a scroll crafted from the skin of a kosher animal, typically a sheep or lamb, following traditional ritual standards.
Atmosphere lithosphere and hydrosphere defined
The air is the atmosphere the solid earth is the lithosphere and the oceans the hydrosphere in a concise scientific overview.
Graduation at U High Honors 79 Students in Farr Auditorium
Harold L. De WeeSe, former assistant principal at University High School in Carbondale, addressed a graduating class of 79. Diplomas were presented by Elmer J. Clark, Dean of the SIU College of Education, as U High Principal Roger Robinson handed scholarship awards.
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Harold L. de WeeSe
University High School
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Ing
South Viet Nam
Farr
Elmer J. Clark
SIU College of Education
U High
Roger Robinson
Mental Health Board Elects New Directors
The Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic board in Herrin elected three new three year directors Harry Banycky Carterville and William Shaw maker Marion. Re elected were Monroe Deming George Kee Carl McCord Florence Osborne and Ever ett Prosser.
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Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic
Herrin Clinic
Harry Banycky
Carterville
William Shawmaker
Marion
Monroe Deming
Carbondale
George Kee
Johnston City
Carl McCord
Murphysboro
Florence Osborne
Everett Prosser
Opal Finnegan
William Held
John Mulkin
Herrin
Mulkin
Septemon
Douglas Introduces Charleston Area Bill
Sen Paul Douglas introduces a bill to establish the Lincoln Homestead National Recreation Area near Charleston. An aide said the measure was introduced June 7 in Washington and referred to the Senate Interior Committee.
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Charleston
Lincoln Homestead National Recreation Area
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Jonesboro Grade School adopts safety updates and staffing changes
Jonesboro Grade School Board adopts architect Graman recommendations to meet state safety codes including doors wiring alarm system and exit signs. Bids to be taken later in September. George Rice announces audits and treasurer appointments George Edward Meyers and Dianne Clark hired while Charles Bunch and Jane Key resign. Japan motorcycle production detail noted.
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Jonesboro
Dianne Clark
Southern Illinois University
Rockford
Charles Bunch
Jane Key
FBI Nabs Washington Prison Escapee in Carbondale
Tammell Ward 33 of Spokane Wash was arrested in a Carbondale rooming house after fleeing a Washington prison on May 9. Ward is held by Jackson County jail for federal authorities on unlawful flight to avoid confinement charges.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington State
Carbondale
Tammell Ward
Spokane
Wash
Jackson County
Robert Gerhardt
Springfield
Ward
Washington
FBI
Benton High School Board Raises Salaries for 13 Employees
The Benton Board of Education approved $2,280 annual increases for 13 school employees and hired Barbara A. Koller as girls' physical education teacher at $5,600. Raises varied by role, with bus staff and custodians receiving modest monthly boosts. The 1966-67 calendar was adopted and starts August 29, 1966, with the year ending June 2, 1967, and a Springfield auditing firm was authorized for the 1965-66 audit.
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Board of Education
Barbara A. Koller
Prospect High School
Mt. Prospect
Springfield
Beasley Bound To Grand Jury On Attempted Murder Charge
Robert Gene Beasley 36 of Johnston City was bound over to a grand jury in Williamson County Circuit Court for attempted murder. He had been committed to Illinois Security Hospital Chester in 1965 after being found mentally incompetent. he was returned to jail. He allegedly stabbed his wife Yvonne at their home after an argument on July 17, 1965. she recovered. A grand jury session is slated to begin June 23.
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Robert Gene Beasley
10Th St
Johnston City
Williamson County
Beasley
Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Lan Haney
Yvonne
Four Illinois Students Plead Guilty to Deceptive Checks
Four 18 year old Southern Illinois University students from Chicago Skokie Granite City and Waterloo pleaded guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to deceptive practices. State's Attorney Richard Richman said they issued four $15 checks to Sandwich Man Inc on May 15 and May 17. Each was fined 50 dollars plus costs and placed on 90 days of probation.
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Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Atty
Richard Richman
Sandwich Man Inc
David M. Supera
Chicago
Marshall C. Suess
Skokie
William R. Decatur
Granite City
Thomas J. Soren
Waterloo
Judge rules SIU student innocent in attempted rape case
Judge Everett Prosser found Michael S. Dumes, 24, innocent after testimony showed he was in class during the May 16 alleged attack. Dumes, of Carbondale, was arrested May 19 on identification by a Carbondale woman.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Everett Prosser
Michael S. Dumes
Dumes
E. Park St
Homecoming Queen To Be Chosen Today
Eight seniors compete for Frankfort Community High School Homecoming Queen with two freshmen two sophomores and two juniors as attendants. A five member panel from Southern Illinois University area services office will judge. State Sen. William Grindle to crown. Saturday includes SIU gymnastics, Powell to marshal parade.
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West Frankfort
Frankfort Community High School
Southern Illinois University Area Services Office
William Grindle
Southern Illinois University
Paul Powell
National Guard Armory
SIU Overseas Institute Revives German Teacher Program
Professor Helmut A. Hartwig departs this weekend to direct a nine week summer institute in Germany for German language teachers. About 50 teachers will gather Wednesday in New York for the program, running June 16 to August 17 in Würmen and Berlin under a U S Office of Education grant. The project aims to improve language proficiency through residence in Germany tours formal courses and speaking contacts with Germans.
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Southern Illinois University
Helmut A. Hartwig
Germany
New York
Wremen
Berlin
U. S. Office of Education
Southern Illinoisan Publisher Contact and History
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily except Saturdays and holidays, published by 710 North Illinois Corporation with editorial offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It traces its lineage to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and is AP's exclusive local news reprint partner.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Billy Bearden
East Union Street
Bearden
Robert Butler
Domino Club
Rt. 37
Red Cross
William Tarwater
Charles Taylor
Mental Health Board
Frank Wilkerson
Anna State Hospital
Marilyn Harris
Wilkerson
Murphysboro Clinic
Walnut St
First Methodist Church
Charleston Area
WM. Raymond
Montgomery
Democratic
Wm Montgomery
Jonesboro Grade School
Japan
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Benton
Benton High School
SIU Overseas Institute
Zwick and
Goldsmith
Southern Illinois
Gant
Manhattan
Enro
McGregor
Brentwood
Zwick
Zwick and Goldsmith
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