SIU Commencement Speaker Urges Positive Morality and Progress
1800 graduates received their diplomas at McAndrew Stadium as Carter Davidson, president of the Association of American Colleges, delivered the commencement address on a clear evening. He urged trained intelligence and a positive morality rooted in prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude to sustain American democracy and future civilization.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois __ University
McAndrew Stadium
SIU
Carter Davidson
Association of American Colleges
Davidson
Berkeley
Calif
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Louis Petroff
W. M. Gersbacher
Harley R. Teel
J. Cary Davis
Robert D. Faner
Annemarie Krause
Vera L. Peacock
Willis G. Swartz
Frances Barbour
Ted R. Ragsdale
School of Technology
Delyte W. Morris
Morris
Carbondale Plans Traffic Overhaul for Main Street
Carbondale Plan Commission backs banning parking on Main Street and adding four through lanes from Wall Street to Oakland Avenue. The plan, timed with summer resurfacing by the state, costs 25 000 to 35 000 dollars and seeks left turn lanes and parking reduction to ease flow.
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Carbondale Plan Commission
Main Street
State Division of Highways
Commission
Traffic Fines Reported in Carbondale
Police briefs list Robert C. Jacobini fined 15 for disobeying a traffic signal and Geoffrey F. Ryan fined 20 for speeding in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Robert C. Jacobini
Geoffrey F. Ryan
FBI Nabs Black Charlie in Illinois Farmhouse Capture
Prohibition era figure Charles Harris known as Black Charlie was seized by FBI agents at an abandoned farmhouse near Fairfield Illinois. Harris age 67 faced murder indictments in a double slaying and did not resist. he was taken to Wabash County Jail in Mount Carmel after surrendering.
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Fairfield
Ill
Charles
Charlie
Carbondale Board of Appeals to hear four zoning requests
The Carbondale Board of Appeals meets at 7 30 p m today in city hall to hear four requests for exceptions or variances. The projects involve a motel owner, homeowners on Davis street, a dormitory owner in Woodriver Subdivision, and a home owner at 505 N Almond St.
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Carbondale Board of Appeals
Davis Street
Woodriver
N. Almond St
Rend Lake College Idea Discussed
A six county junior college district tied to the Rend Lake intercity water system was proposed at a Benton meeting of Franklin Jefferson educators and Rend Lake Conservancy District trustees. The plan locates the campus between Ina and Whittington near I 57 and Route 183, with counties Williamson Perry Hamilton Wayne Franklin and Jefferson in the district and small parts of Jackson Marion and Washington possibly added.
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Rend Lake
Franklin and
Jefferson County
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board of Trustees
Benton
Charles J. Covington
Rend Lake District
West Frankfort
Williamson
Perry
Hamilton
Wayne
Franklin
Jefferson
Jackson
Marion
Washington
Howard Mendenhall
Conservancy District
M Nior College
Mendenhall
Carbondale crash with Swindell Motors vehicle
Police report a car driven by Robert A. Stalls age 43 of 202 East Oak Street Carbondale sideswiped a used car parked on Swindell Motors Co lot in Carbondale at 2 30 p m Wednesday.
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Robert A. Stalls
E. Oak St
Carbondale
Swindell Motors Co
Williamson approves regional fiscal study for capital plans
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners backs a six year regional planning study by the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission to assess financing for capital improvements. Jackson Perry and Franklin counties have approved similar reviews with federal funds covering 75 percent of an estimated 11000 dollar cost.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Greater Egypt
Commission
Jackson County tax bills totaled 4.85 million dollars for 1965
Jackson County plans to mail 1965 tax bills totaling 4,849,364 dollars after delays. Delays stem from personal property bills and real estate preparations. Defaults will push deadlines back to August 1 for personal and September 1 for second real estate installments.
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Mileur
Milcur
Ward
Job Corps to Expand Enrollment Nationwide in June
About 8,000 young people aged 16 through 21 will move into Job Corps centers in June. By month’s end roughly 10,000 youths will be in camps across 26 states. Illinois will open two centers at Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge and Shawnee National Forest near Golconda. Total center enrollment could reach 40,000.
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Otis A. Singletary
Job Corps
Washington
Illinois
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Shawnee National Forest
Golconda
In Herrin Parking Project To Start Construction
In the next few days a $22 080 parking expansion will begin on the 100 blocks of South 16th and South 14th streets Herrin. Mitchell Contractors will perform the work under a contract extension of an earlier expansion on East and West Cherry streets and two lots along the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. The project follows prior on street work that added 37 spaces by changing from parallel to diagonal parking. A total of 32 spaces will be added on 14th and 16th streets with diagonal parking. Lease talks hinder two lots between 16th Street and Park Avenue and between 13th and 14th streets as IC railroad seeks a 50 percent share of meter receipts. Until lease details are resolved no work can start on the 24 additional spaces.
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Marion Street
Washington Street
Washington
Illinois Avenue
Commission
District Nine
Division of Highways
Robert Merz
Streets and Traffic Committee
District Highway Office
Vernon T. Kupel
Plan Commission
Merz
Illinois Central Railroad
University Avenue
Rt. 51
University
Post Office
Almond
Oakland Avenue
Main
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Downtown
Carbondale
South 16Th Street
South 14Th Street
Herrin
Harvard Sohn
Mitchell Contractors
East
West Cherry
14Th
16Th
16Th Street
Park Avenue
13Th
IC Railroad
First Air Strike Tests Mosquito Spray Near Zeigler
Franklin Williamson Bi County Health Dept conducted a test to gauge aerial spraying effectiveness on mosquito larvae. Four swamp sections southwest of Zeigler were treated, with pre and post larva counts and containers sent for testing. A 36 hour check schedule will assess larvacide impact to inform possible countywide mosquito control plans.
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Franklin- Williamson
Franklin
Haircut Assault Charged In Carbondale School Initiation
Virginia Milligan of 214 East Main Street says her 14 year old son Gary was assaulted when his hair was cut against his will at a Carbondale pool hall. Police report a 14 year old student Ken Whitener faces assault charges and will appear in Circuit Court.
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Carbondale
Virginia Milligan
E. Main St
Gary
Edward Helton
Ken Whitener
Kenneth Whitener
Crestview Lane
European Type Market Square Envisioned For Marion Courthouse
Williamson County considers a new courthouse on the Marion Public Square with a European type market square concept by architect Lester C. Haeckel. He warns against remodeling the present building and urges a civic center plan integrating surrounding structures and traffic flow.
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Williamson County
Marion Public Square
Lester C. Haeckel
William B. Ittner Inc
St. Louis
County Public Building Commission
K. Neil Thurmond
Haeckel
Marion Memorial Hospital
Giles Electric and Armature Works
Marion
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
West Frankfort
Youth Flees Police Chase In Carbondale Break-in Incident
Carbondale police pursued two youths during a break in attempt at Bates Service Co. at 513A S. Illinois Ave. One fled across Illinois Avenue, shots were fired into the air, and Fred E. Overton, 19, of Rt. 3 Carbondale, was arrested. The other boy remains at large. no charges filed yet.
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Carbondale
Bates Service Co
Illinois Ave
Bates Shop
Illinois Avenue
Jerry Brown
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Wall
FBI
Black Charlie
Rend Lake College
Herrin City Water Committee
Warren & van Pragg Inc
Decatur
Clark, Dietz Wainter & Associates
Urbana
Williamson Board
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Murphysboro
Raymond Mileur
Carbondale Township
Murphysboro Unit
Unit 186
Fred A. Henderson
Bernita Beers
Clark- Altay and Associates
Clark, Dietz, Painter and Associates
Snyder Herrin
Chet Townsend
Custom Made Consumer Panels Inc
Chicago
Townsend
Area Redevelopment Administration
Henderson
Beers
Public Building Commission
Jinto & W. Herrin
Sohn
Zeigler
Frank Samuel
J. W. Walker
Cline-Vick Drug Store
Oscar Schafale
Little Egypt
Veterans Hospital
Old Ben
Orient
Fidelity
Burning Star
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