Voters Face Tax Hikes For Murphysboro Unit Education Funds
Murphysboro Unit 186 residents vote Saturday on raising the educational fund from 1.50 to 1.90, building fund from 0.25 to 0.75, and transportation from 0.02 to 0.10 per $100 of valuation. Total 60.5 cents. Education accounts for about 9 percent of district spending and funds teacher salaries amid a tight salary schedule. The district reports loss of 13 teachers this year and cites low pay as driving resignations to other districts. Local, state, and federal aid cover most funding with significant borrowing noted for next year.
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Tony Stevens
Trinoisan Murphysboro Unit
Unit 186
Carbondale
Marion
West Frankfort
Sparta
James Blackwood
Unit 18
Blackwood
SIG
Univer
Educational Fund
Weve
Unit Lab
Proposals For Progress Endorsed In Local School Tax Vote
The Unit 16 district plans a gradual tax rate increase to fund salary schedules, building and transportation costs. A proposed equalized value rise would add about 18.15 dollars max for a 3000 dollar home, with valuations about half real value. No organized opposition exists with endorsements from Chamber groups. Polls open noon to 7 p.m. at the high school.
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Unit 1868
Unit 16
Murphysboro Unit 18 Proposes Tax Rate Increases
Murphysboro Unit 18 School District seeks authority to raise rates for the Educational Fund to 40.5 cents per $100 of value, split as 12.5 for teacher pay and program support and 8 for the Building Fund, with 0.0 for Transportation. The board says it does not plan to levy the full amount next year but may as needs arise. Voting hours are noon to 7 p m on Saturday at Murphysboro Township High School, 225 Spruce St.
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Board of Education
Teachers’ pay compared across nearby districts in 1950s Illinois
Murphysboro Unit District 186 keeps a 1952 salary schedule while several neighboring districts raise starting pay and top scales for bachelor’s and master’s degree holders. Carbondale 93 starts teachers at 4200 with master's scale up to 6400, high school district 165 offers 4600 to 5700 with master’s from 5100 to 6500, Marion 4 500 to 5985 and 4860 to 6343, Herrin 4 600 to 5900 for bachelor’s and 3400 to 6000 for master’s over 11 years.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Lo St
Carbondale High School
Marion
Herrin
Land donated to SIU group near Vienna details
The SIU Foundation board acknowledged a gift of 73 forested acres near Vienna from Dr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Mathis of Salt Lake City Utah. The land dates to an 1855 Shawneetown patent signed by President Pierce and was in the Mathis family, passing from Wiley Mathis to the next generation.
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Vienna
Ilinois Universsity Foundation
Siu
Carbondale
J. Lloyd Mathis
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mathis
Wiley Mathis
Franklin Pierce
Shawneetown
Pierce
District 186 Faces Cuts If Tax Proposals Fail
Murphysboro School District 186 would trim its curriculum and programs if tax-rate increases fail. Supt. James Blackwood warned that special programs, athletics, music, adult education, and industrial and agriculture classes would be cut first, with larger class sizes likely and reduced instruction costs.
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Blackwood
Herrin Welcomes Garavalla New Chamber Executive
J C Garavalla began work as executive secretary for the Herrin Chamber of Commerce with a warm reception from over 100 Herrin businessmen and residents. A picnic buffet at Rotary Shelter followed Thursday. Garavalla said he nearly wore his hand out from handshakes.
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J.C. Garavalla
Herrin
Former Coal Official Hired By State Unit
The former Freeman Coal Corp office manager David Richmond 34 of Murphysboro is hired by the state Board of Economic Development in Springfield to replace regional director Frank Kirk in Herrin area and Springfield assignments. The move is not official yet said Gene Graves Chicago director. Kirk resigns to lead SIU planning and coordination for relocating Illinois Central Railroad tracks from downtown Carbondale. Richmond left Freeman Coal three weeks ago after eight years with the company. Marjorie Morvich of West Frankfort replaces him.
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Preeman Coal Corp
West Frankfort
State Board of Economic Development
Springfield
Herrin
David Richmond
Vernon
Frank Kirk
Gene Graves
Chicago
Richmond
Kirk
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Illinois Central Railroad
Carrbondale
Freeman Coal Corp
State Board
Freeman
Marjorie Morvich
Three Injuries From Multiple Crashes Near Irvington
Washington County reports describe several accidents Thursday near Irvington and surrounding routes. Jerrell Buchan and Donald L Miller, along with Betty Miller and Velma Fear, sustained minor injuries at St Marys Hospital while others escaped injury. A second crash north of Lesser involved Clyde Morganthaler and Joe Lanke with minor injuries. A three car crash near Chester injured William Budd, while Asa Verble narrowly escaped harm from a train near Irvington. Additional crashes on Rt 13 and Rt 460 produced no injuries for most drivers.
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Rt. 51
Irvington
Washington County
District 13
du Quoin
Jerrell Buchanan
Carbondale
Donald L. Miller
Walnut Hill
Clyde Morganthaler
Tamaroa
Joe Lanke
Scheller
Lesser
William Budd
Pevely
Chester
Gertrude Maerschel
St. Louis
Marvin. Westerman
Steeleville
Asa Verble
Walnut Firlt
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Audrig Browning
Benton
F. Austin
Mayfield
Rt. 13
Cambria Road
Edward Wisnoski
San Luis Obispo- Calif
Adam Moeller
Weather report notes warm spell and clear conditions
The record shows yesterday’s low 63 and high 92 with no precipitation from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today. Today’s high around 85 and 69 at 6 pm, sunrise 5:30 am, sunset 10 pm. Crab Orchard Lake spillway and nearby lakes listed amid pollen note.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Devil's Kitchen Lake al Spillway
Man Who Overcame Cerebral Palsy Earning SIU Degree
Glendell Gene Bybee 38 of Harrisburg will receive a bachelor’s degree at Southern Illinois University commencement, defying cerebral palsy. He used assistive tech, attended by six aides, and worked in rehabilitation aims. ceremony set for 7:30 p.m. with packed plans and possible outdoor weather changes.
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Glendell Gene Bybee
Harrisburg
Bybee
Southernllinois University
J. Clark Davis
S1u
Southern Uinon University
Gath
McAndrew
SIU
Margaret, Mead
John W. Allen
Il Tinos
Jose Puig
Venezuela
Saline River Valley canal link proposed at Harrisburg hearing
About 600 people attended a Harrisburg hearing where Army Engineers heard proposals to develop the Saline River Valley. Shawneetown manager George Scherrer called the meeting a big success while Rend Lake Conservancy Districts Howard Mendenhall and others pitched linking a Saline barge canal to the Big Muddy River project to enable Ohio River to Mississippi River navigation. Federal and state officials cited potential coal and mineral transport benefits and a $50 to $60 million full development cost with a projected $1,380 return per federal dollar. A separate theft report noted a car was broken into on East Main Street in Carbondale, with a truck parked at Cousin Fred’s.
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Hartisburg
Army Engineers
Saline River
George M. Scherrer
Shawneetown
Saline Valley
Big Muddy
Rend Lake
Ohio
Mississippi
Scherrer
East Main Street
Carbondale
Frank Hiller
Cherry St
Saline Work Seen As Key To Play Area
George Scherrer, manager of the Saline Valley Conservancy District, told a hearing that a 25,000 acre water recreation area could form from reservoirs in the Saline River watershed. He estimated the water surface would rival Rend Lake or Carlyle Reservoir.
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Saline River
George Scherrer
Saline Valley Conservancy District
Rend Lake
Carlyle Reservoir
Mines Working Saturday Old Ben SL Fidelity Mines Idle
Mines report shows operations paused at Old Ben SL Fidelity mines and idle status for several sites including Orient 3 Orient 4 Orient 5 Zeigler 3 Zeigler 4 Burning Star 1 and Burning Star 2 with no active processes noted Saturday. Local workforce and production figures are not provided in readable text.
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Ben SL Fidelity
Beng Orient
Orient
Zeigler
Burning Star
Buring Star
Carbondale Grade School Board approves 33000 anticipation warrants
Carbondale Grade School District 95 authorized 33000 in anticipation warrants to cover this month’s educational fund bills. The 25000 largest warrant, plus 3000 for the building fund and 5000 for bonds and interest, will be sold to Carbondale National Bank at 5 percent interest. No bids were invited. Superintendent Laurence Martin noted likely further tax anticipation next year due to late tax bills. He urged tracking interest costs and presenting them to the county. the bank remains depository with William C. Etherton, its vice president and cashier, reappointed as treasurer for two years at 2400 dollars yearly.
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Carbondale Grade
Board of Education
Carbondale National Bank
Laurence Martin
Iit
Martin
County Board of Supervisors
William C. Etherton
Etherton
Burns Fatal To Area Man
Reverend Harold Neal aged 32 of Carterville died at Herrin Hospital from burns suffered in an April 24 industrial accident at the Orchill testing plant of Central Technology Inc. A flash of flame while processing a pyrotechnic mixture caused second and third degree burns over about 60 percent of his body. Williamson County Coroner to hold an inquest. Neal, pastor of Townmount Baptist Church West Frankfort, was ordained in 1959 at North Benton Baptist Benton. He left a wife Madge two sons Warren and John, his father Joe Benton two sisters Mery Benton and Mrs Barbara Cariel Joliet and one brother James Benton. Funeral set 5 p.m. Sunday at North Benton Baptist Church with multiple ministers officiating. Burial Massinc and Odd Fellows Cemetery, Benton. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday at Drake Hobbs Funeral Home Benton.
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Harold Neal
Carterville
Herrin
Mr. Neal
Orchill
Central Technology Inc
Neal
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Townmount Baptist Church
West Frankfort
North Benton Baptist Church
Benton
CTT
Southern Illinois University
Madge
Warren
John
Joe
Tivo
Mery
Barbara Cariel
Joliet
James
North Bea On Baptist Church
Ben Stripling
Hogart Peterson
Creal
E. Miller
Eldorado
Carl Jacobs
Alton
Massinc
Odd Fellows
Berton
Drake- Hobbs
Warren man found guilty of aggravated incest in Jackson County
Olen J. Warren, 48, a Guam area resident, was found guilty by a Jackson County Circuit Court jury of aggravated incest involving his daughter in December 1963. The verdict came after a four hour deliberation on Wednesday following three days of court action. he is released on a $10,000 bond pending sentencing set for June 22.
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Goruam Area
Jackson County
Olen J. Warren
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J. £. Fisher
Supt. Blackwood
Murphysboro Unit
Murphysboro Township
SIU Group
Garavalla
State
Grea Picture
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and
Cerebral Palsy of Illinois, Inc
Joe Cook
Alexandria
Warren Hall
Thompson Point
Alsiu
Uiversity
SIL
Lille Grassy Lake
Warren Hall Judicial Board
Dan Brbee
Gene Bybee
Bob Stein
William Tudor
Southern Mlines University Area Services
Federal Forest Service
Sahara Coal Co
State Geologgical Survey
House Appropriations Committee
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