Herrin Park Board debate over funding requests
Herrin Park District commissioners faced a near four hour meeting as multiple groups requested money. The Herrin Baseball League sought more funds for fencing and a yearly allotment while others urged raises for swimming personnel, a scuba tank, an adding machine, and a helper wage. Ron Waldrop noted a fencing contractor will visit Friday to estimate costs.
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Herrin Park
Herrin Baseball League
Reba Boles
Ball Park
League
Ron Waldrop
Herrin
Fred Lowe
Hardcastle
Lowe
Mike O’neal
Dick Henley
Pat Doughty
Henley
O’neal
Doughty
Mark Lenzini
Buddy Wener
Troy Steckenrider
David Duncan
Jodi Griffith
Herrin Typewriter Co
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Raines found dead at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel rectory
Mrs. Mary Raines, 72, was discovered at 7 25 a m in the rectory of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church Herrin. Williamson County Coroner James Wilson ruled she died during the night of an apparent heart attack. She was a housekeeper at the rectory and leaves a husband Roy of Golconda, sons Carl Fritz and Leroy Bud Raines, a sister Mrs Ann Dillon of Springfield, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Mary Raines
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin
Williamson County
James Wilson
Raines
Hardin County
Fred
Regina Herrmann Hamm
St. Elizabethtown
SIU Alumni planned awards honor Stein and Banes
SIU Alumni Association schedules Alumni Day events on Saturday at the University Center ballroom and Morris Library Auditorium. Hilda Stein retires as SIU zoology associate professor after 33 years and will receive a service award. Fred W. Banes, Esso Research, will receive a distinguished professional achievement award.
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Hilda Stein
Southern Illinois University
Fred W. Banes
Esso Research
York
N. Y
SIU
Miss Stein
Southern Illinois
University Ofllinois
Banes
University of Ilinois
Esso
U. S. Chemical
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Unit 186 opens new office quarters in Murphysboro
The Murphysboro Unit School District 186 moves into the former Ray-Mar Cafe at Walnut and 9th. The district paid 24,000 for the property and 26,444 for remodeling to house its administrative offices a board meeting room and special education supervisor offices.
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Roberta Ellis
Murphysboro
Hazel Prost
Walnut and
9Th Street
Ray-Mar
Spe
Cial Education
Unit 186 Board of Education
Unit 186
Grindle Surges for Second in 59th District Dem race
Final tabulation is incomplete with 13 Williamson precincts unreported by noon. Clyde Choate leads with 24 130 votes across counties, while William Grindle holds a 624 vote margin over Sam Slagel excluding Williamson County. County totals show Choate leading in most counties with Grindle strong in several.
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Williamson County
Clyde L. Choate
Anna
William L. Grindle
Herrin
Sam _ Slagel
Carbondale
Jackson
Choate
Grindle
Slagel
Union
Alexander
Pulaski
Head Start expands Summer youth program director named
Bruce Allen of Murphysboro is appointed to lead an eight week Summer REC program under JWCAA with a $400 monthly pay. Nine youth leaders from Carbondale Murphysboro and Colp will be hired and the project is funded by a $10,000 federal grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Bruce Allen
Murphysboro
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
JWCAA
Allen
Carbondale
Jerry Lacey
Lester Burke
Mary Gasser
Colp
Office of Economic Opportunity
Chicago
Johnston City
Grand Tower - Gorham
VISTA
Poverty grants totaling 28003 to Southern Illinois agencies
The Office of Economic Opportunity announced two federal grants in Southern Illinois. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray said the Jackson Legal Services Bureau receives a one month 3059 supplemental grant, while Shawnee Development Council Karnak gets a three month 24944 grant for a summer program serving about 1672 youths.
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Southern Illinois
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
SIU plans to graduate first doctors earlier
SIU vice president Robert W. MacVicar told Carbondale Rotary that freshmen this year may be among the first doctors from Southern Illinois University, possibly as early as 1975 76. The plan, dubbed medical school without walls, shifts to a seven year track using existing facilities and two Springfield hospitals for clinical work, with final specialization in Springfield or other downstate sites.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Robert W. MacVicar
Carbondale Rotary Club
MacVicar
SIU
Walls
Illinois
State Board of Higher Education
Rotary Club
Carbondale
State Higher Board
General Assembly
Springfield
East St. Louis
Alton
Belleville
Granite City
Southern Illinois
Williamson vote canvass due today
Williamson County Clerk Barney Boren said no further election returns exist beyond Wednesday totals. He and party officials would canvass today to complete official returns for 53 precincts as precinct judges failed to send tally sheets for outstanding precincts.
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Williamson County
Barney Boren
Boren
Banks urge tax hike to ease scarce loan funds in region
Southern Illinois bankers warn loan money is tight as demand rises. They call for a Congress tax increase and budget cuts to unlock funds, with several banks reporting stricter lending and cautious credit. Officials cite construction and real estate activity driving mortgage demand while maintaining liquidity.
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Illinois
Congress
Murphysboro
Murphys
Ed Goodwin
Bank of Herrin
W. Douglas Bryant
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Herrin
Little League fields near ready for Carbondale summer play
Carbondale park board approves four diamond Little League fields at Southeast Park Lewis School with night lighting on northeast field. Easements granted to CIPS Crab Orchard Water District and General Telephone for power water and lines. Estimated readiness in about two weeks. Board approves swimming instructor hire raises and a tot lot lease.
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Carbondale
Lewis School
Park District Board
Central Illinois Public Service Company
CIPS
Crab Orchard Water District
General Telephone Company
Herbert Settle
William Ridinger
Southern Illinois University Department of Recreation and Outdoor Education
SIU
Park Board
Sycamore and
Connor Streets
Gale Williams
Lively Ornamental Iron Company
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln Junior High School
Park district hires Alan S Randall as executive director
Alan S Randall 29 of Beloit Wisconsin was hired as the Carbondale Park Districts new executive director to take office June 24 with an annual salary of 8840. He replaces Charles A Boudreau who resigned to enter a doctoral program at the University of Minnesota and was selected from over 25 applicants after in person interviews. Randall is a Battle Creek Michigan native with degrees from Wayne State and Indiana University and formerly directed recreation and parks consulting in Beloit and was assistant recreation director in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. His wife Sandy is a teacher. Ernest E Jolly Jr of Pittsburg was fined 35 dollars plus 10 dollars court costs in circuit court by Judge Stewart Cluster for driving after license suspension and speeding.
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Park Board
Park District
West Elm Street
Kelley Dunsmore
Carbondale
Muskegon
Mich
Horwath
Central Plaza Park
Illinois Central Railroad
Alan S. Randall
Beloit, Wisc
Carbondale Park District
Randall
Charles A. Boudreau
University of Minnesota
Herbert Settle
Battle Creek
Wayne State University
Indiana University
Beatoit
Harrisburg
Sandy
Ernest E. Jolly Jr
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Marion
Stewart Cluster
Jolly
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Herrin Park Board
Stonefort
James Deaton
Carterville
Wilma Eveland
Morris Library
University Center
Fred Banes
Dle
Johnson
Massac
Pope
Hardin
Gallatin
Head Start
Public Health Department
Williamson
Carbondale Rotary
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale Clinic
Vienna
Grand
American Medical Association
AMA
Boro First National Bank
Walter King
Raymond Burroughs
Murphysboro City National Bank
Bryant
Herrin Security Bank
Charles Helleny
William H. Whitson
University Bank
Whitson
Vietnam
George Crippen
The
Carbondale Savings and Loan Asssociation
Crippen
Mak
Ing
Donald P. Jackson
Mercantile Mortgage Co
Herrin First Federal
Alan Randall
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