Breckinridge Job Corps Center to bring 200 youths to Morganfield
The Breckinridge Job Corps Center opened near Morganfield Kentucky operated by Southern Illinois University with about 200 boys and a projected 2000 by mid 1966. Local merchant M C Smith warns strict conduct is needed as about half the population is Negro and potential tensions exist while corpsmen enjoy two week town leaves. No incidents reported in Morganfield Evansville or surrounding areas yet.
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Gary Lacey
Southern Illinoisan
Breckinridge
Morganfield
Job Corps
Southern Illinois University
M.C. Smith
Smith
Morganfie'j
Evansville
Ind
Carbondale panel OKs two new restaurants
The Carbondale Planning Commission approved two restaurant projects. A Holiday Inn on 624 E. Main St will add 9700 square feet with 226 parking spaces after adjustments to keep the front lawn, and seating for 150 in the dining room plus 200 in meeting rooms. A Kentucky Fried Chicken at 1134 W. Main St will add a 28 parking space, Norman style brick building with a carry-out focus and separate Rt. 13 entrances to ease traffic.
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Carbondale Plan Commission
Holiday Inn
E. Main St
Rt. 13
Stan Hoye
Hoye
Col. Sanders
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Main St
Murray Furniture
Adolph W. Walter III
Anna
Herrin Unit Hires Aide
Evergreen Park man Urey Robertson will serve as curriculum coordinator for the Herrin Unit School District after confirmation by the Board of Education. The new position directs curriculum development from kindergarten through high school with a salary of 10 500.
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Evergreen Park
Herrin
Urey Robertson
Supt
Lee Booth
Board of Education
Robertson
Central School
Crab Orchard Job Corps Center to Open Next Week
The Crab Orchard 200 youth Job Corps Conservation Center in Orchill will begin operations Tuesday as 44 boys are due to arrive next week. The center, part of 87 rural camps, offers basic education and work experience with conservation tasks.
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Crab Orchard
Job Corps Conservation Center
Orchill
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
United States
Woodrow Austin
Camp Breckinridge
Perjury Case Continued In Williamson County Circuit Court
A perjury charge against R. W. Howe of Pittsburg was continued to June 24 in Williamson County Circuit Court. State Deputy Fire Marshall Al Phillips alleged Howe lied about seeing a fuse at the fire scene connected to a May 11 house blaze near Marion that destroyed Mrs. Eula Lancaster’s home. Deputy Sheriff Frank Jeter found the house burned at 3 a.m. Phillips labeled arson suspected but declined further comment.
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R. W. Howe
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Williamson County
al Phillips
Howe
Phillips
Eula Lancaster
Marion
Frank Jeter
Police Briefs From Murphysboro Carbondale Fines
Murphysboro reports William A. Glenn fined 15 dollars for immoderate driving. Carbondale records Earvin Cole fined 15 dollars for driving without a chauffeur's license.
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Murphysboro
William A. Glenn
Carbondale
Earvin Cole
Carbondale Man Hurt In Two-Vehicle Crash
A Carbondale man, John O. Hudgins, 60, was injured at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday when his southbound car collided with a vehicle driven by Hugh J. Gilmore, 30, at the West Main and Sycamore streets intersection. Hudgins was admitted to Doctors Hospital with multiple cuts. his condition was reported satisfactory. Gilmore, of Murphysboro, was eastbound on Main. No tickets were issued.
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Carbondale
West Main
Sycamore
John O. Hudgins
Meadow Lane
Doctors Hospital
Hudgins
Sanders Hurt In Collision Near Marion
Marion attorney and Unit Two Board of Education member James W. Sanders was injured when his car crashed into a tow wreck and another vehicle on New Route 13 west of Interstate 57. He sustained chest and jaw injuries and a cut lip, was listed in satisfactory condition at Marion Memorial Hospital, and was en route to Carbondale for a 9 a.m. court appearance.
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James W. Sanders
Marion
Unit Two Board of Education
New Rt. 13
Sandrrs
Marion Memorial Hospital
Sanders
Marion City
Hamlet St
Carbondale
Prowler Flees Girls Dormitory in Carbondale
Police investigated a break in at a Carbondale girls dormitory where a man wearing yellow and black trousers entered through the back door around 6 30 am. He pulled the bed covers off a bedroom in the basement causing two girls to scream before he fled.
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Carbondale
Johnston City Couple Sponsors Filipino Boy Through Foster Parents Plan
A Johnston City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Peebles, donate 15 dollars monthly since January to Edilberto C. Biroy of Manila. The funds fund schooling clothing and food, with letters exchanged to Edilberto’s tubercular father. Edilberto’s mother supports five including him by selling inexpensive foods.
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Johnston City
Foster Parents Plan, Inc
Ronald Peebles
Edilberto C. Biroy
Manila
Edilberto
Peebles
Dean
Scott
SIU Announces Street Widening Projects In Carbondale
Bids to be let August 1 for widening Mill Street extension south of Park Street. SIU Carbondale will pay one third of 195000 dollars. state and local agencies cover the rest. Gravel will be widened to 22 feet and blacktopped. Grand Avenue from Morris Library to Forest Avenue to reopen this summer. Mill Street work starts this fall as city and SIU cooperate with up to 250000 dollars from SIU and 1.4 million bond funds from the city.
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Mill Street
Park Street
Carbondale
Pleasant Hill Road
Southern Illinois University
SIU
SIU Carbondale
Southern Hills
Grand Avenue
Morris Library
Forest Avenue
City of
Machines Taken In School Theft at Mc Elwain School
Two office machines were stolen from the Mc Elwain School north of Murphysboro Wednesday night. Deputy Sheriff Joe Mifflin reported the offenders took an adding machine and a typewriter after forcing a back door and breaking a latch on the office door. The school serves Murphysboro Unit School District 186.
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McElwain
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Joe Mifflin
Murphysboro Unit
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily except Saturdays and holidays paper published by Southern Illinois Publications Inc with offices in Carbondale Berlin and Murphysboro. It is successor to the Carbondale Free Press and Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro independent. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication.
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Southern I Llinoisan
Southern
Illinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Berlin
South Street
Murphysboro
Linoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
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Dial
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