Murphysboro Council Set Regular Meeting Friday Evening
Local calendar notes a Murphysboro City Council regular meeting at 7 p m in City Hall. Also listed are community events in Herrin and educational concerts at Du Quoin State Fairgrounds plus a slate of drive in movie showings across area venues with titles including Dr Zhivago Madigan You Only Live Twice and Planet of the Apes.
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Murphysboro
City Hall
Marion Drive-In
Riviera Drive-in
Campus Drive-in
Fox
P.J
Anna Drive-In
Fitzwilly
Marlows
Nutty Professor
Patsy
Rodgers
Anna
Orpheum
Phyllis Diller
Africa
Varsity
Carbondale
Josie
Du Quoin Lions Carnival and Concert Weekend
Du Quoin Lions Club hosts its 26th annual carnival at Keyes City Park with a free midway and Saturday matinee for children, ending Saturday night. A citywide concert at 8 p.m. Saturday features the senior high band and mixed chorus at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds grandstand with acts including Gentle Giant El Dorado and Christmas Kid.
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Herrin
N. 14Th St
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Train car collision kills Tamaroa man in crossing crash
Tamaroa resident Henry Anton Stern 80 was killed when his car collided broadside with Illinois Central passenger train No. 1 at the Second North street crossing. Engineer Junior Baldridge of Centralia reported minor train damage. Police timed the crash at 12 36 p.m. in Tamaroa. Also dying Thursday was Charles Raymond St Mary 72 of Chester at Memorial Hospital.
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Henry Anton Stern
Tamaroa
Stern
Illinois Central Railroad
Junior Baldridge
Centralia
North Street
Coming Events West Frankfort City Council Meeting
Crainville resident Fanny May Cronin 59 died at 8 15 am in her Crainville home born January 6 1909 near Creal Springs daughter of Jerry and Mary Emery Cronin a Crainville Baptist Church member she leaves sisters Ruth Cronin Ruby Cronin and Ida Reynolds of Mayfield Ky Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Sunday at Riggin Funeral Home Carterville with Rev James Hoggard officiating callers may visit after 6 pm Saturday at the funeral home
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Fanny May Cronin
Crainville
Creal Springs
Jerry
Mary Emery Cronin
Carterville
James Hoggard
Funeral Rites for Delbert Brockmeyer in Ava West Point Church
Funeral services for Spec. 4 Delbert R. Brockmeyer of Ava will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church West Point near Campbell Hill with burial in the church cemetery. He was killed in action in Vietnam June 3 1968. The service is under American Legion Post No. 480 Steeleville. Brockmeyer born November 6 1947 in Ava daughter of Clarence and Emma Brockmeyer married Brenda Jones July 8 1967. He joined the Army July 18 1967 and arrived in Vietnam December 18 1967. A 1966 Trico High graduate he worked at Spartan Aluminum Plant in Sparta before service. He was the third Class of 1966 Trico High to die within two weeks following Barbara Qualls May 24 accident and Clay Beckman June 6 drowning. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Walther League. He leaves wife of Murphysboro his parents and brother Marvin D. of Ava. Friends may call at Wilson Funeral Home Ava after 6 p.m. Saturday until 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
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Delbert R. Brockmeyer
Rt. 2
Ava
Immanuel Lutheran Church
West Point
Campbell Hill
Vietnam
American Legion Post No. 480
Steeleville
H. H. Biar
Church
Mr. Brockmeyer
Clarence and
Emma Lehnhoff Brockmeyer
Brenda Jones
Trico High School
Spartan Aluminum Plant
Sparta
Brockmeyer
Barbara Qualls
Springfield
Clay Beckman
Walther League of the Church
Murphysboro
Marvin D
Wilson Funeral
Murphysboro Unit Approves Vocational Training Outline
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board approved an outline for a proposed Western Jackson County vocational training center. The report will go to the Illinois State Board of Vocational Education as Trico Unit District 176 and Mississippi Valley Unit District 166 show interest. The meeting also delays a festival facility request and awards bus tire bids to Stroud and Sherertz Oil Co. and Boyle Tire Service.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
State Board of Vocational Education
Springfield
James Blackwood
Trico Unit District
Mississippi Valley Unit District 166
Gorham
Stroud and Sherertz Oil Co
Boyle Tire Service
Stroud and Sherertz
Boyle
District 186 hires six Murphysboro teachers for new year
Principal Tim Bowers named six new teachers for the Murphysboro Unit School District 186 including Michael Garlinghouse and Rita Cook, all at base salary of 5600 with 3 percent yearly increases. Four resignations were accepted and Ronald Burdick moved to principal at McElwain.
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Murphysboro
Michael Garlinghouse
Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois University
Billie Ruth Martin
Carbondale
University of Houston
Carol Richmond
SIU
Suzan Hitzeroth
Plano Center
University of Illinois
Washington
Gail Vinocuro
Carterville
University of Florida
Orchard Hills
Rita Cook
Longfellow
Judith Martyn
Sharon Stanard
Richard Buchanan
Cle Hampton
Ronald Burdick
Carruthers Junior High
McElwain
Tim Bowers
Hazel Prost
Unit 186
Treas
Four youths held in barn fire investigation
Four youths are being held in connection with a barn fire southeast of Giant City State Park in Union County. No charges have been filed yet by Sheriff Hewitt Lamer’s office as state fire marshal Norman Hilton investigates. The barn owned by James Brasel and four Yates brothers, including Carbondale fireman Frank Yates, burned early Wednesday, destroying hay, saddles, and farming gear.
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Union County
Hewitt Lamer
Lamer
Norman Hilton
Cobden
Giant City State Park
James Brasel
Yates Brothers
Carbondale
Frank Yates
William Lewis
Jackson County
Southern Illinois University
Murphysboro Unit 186 Names Summer School Staff
The Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board announced summer school personnel Thursday night. High school classes start Monday at Carruthers Junior High due to repairs. SIU will provide student teachers. salaries pro rated with some federal Title I reimbursement. Enrollment totals include 334 elementary, 40 junior high, and 30 high school pupils.
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Murphysboro
Carruthers Junior High
Unit 186
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Leland Lockard
Lincoln School
Esther Berkbeigler
Marguerite McCann
Ina May Wright
Longfellow
Margaret Sabine
Raymond Miller
Irene Wolfe
Carruthers
Charles Fee
Ronald Burdick
Richard Thorpe
Sarah Miller
William Hellmer
Kathleen Miller
Doris McDaniel
Helen King
Jan Holloway
Judy Bitner
Frank Puttnam
Dennis Overturf
Don Brewer
James Blackwood
Blackwood
Legal holiday in Pennsylvania marks flag day proclamation
The Nental Congress of the Stars and Stripes salutes the national flag as a legal holiday only in Pennsylvania. President Harry S. Truman signed a 1949 bill urging succeeding presidents to designate the day by official proclamation.
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Pennsylvania
Harry S. Truman
Alderman Stone Injured in Fall at Home
Ward One alderman Orval Stone, 58, was admitted to Herrin Hospital after a fall Thursday night. His wife said he broke a hip and he is confined to Room 325.
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Herrin
Orval Stone
Herrin Hospital
Stone
Centreville Shooting Fatality In Child Accident
A 77 year old girl was accidentally shot to death in Centreville Illinois when a rifle a babysitter was attempting to take away discharged. Police identified the youngster as Terry Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Williams.
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Centreville, Ill
Terry Williams
Lowell Williams
FCC Asked to Rule on Smoking Blurbs
John F. Banzhaf III of Action on Smoking and Health urged the FCC to revoke WNBC-TV's license for failing to air enough anti smoking messages. The complaint followed his earlier lead against WCBS TV that helped extend the fairness doctrine to cigarette ads in June 1967.
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New York
Federal Communications Commission
Wnbc-Tv
NBC
John F. Banzhaf III
Action
Banzhaf
Wcbs-Tv
FCC
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Tamaroan
Charles ST. Mary
Charles Raymond St. Mary
Swanwick St
Chester
Memorial Hospital
Welge Funeral Home
West Frankfort City
Fanny Cronin
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
OWR Bank
F.D.I.C
District 186
Urer
Western Surety Insurance Co
Schneider Accounting Service
Lee and
Barbara Joiner
Blacktop
Union Hills
Richard Cornell
West McKinley
Illinois
Capp-Homes
East 14Th St
Des Moines
Iowa
Southern
Conti
van Heusen
Sohn’s
York
West
Frankfort
State Fair
z-Boy
Flair
Chicago Furniture Mart
Dad
North 14Th St
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