Final two reports near completion in Greater Egypt study
Franklyn Moreno says the last two of an 11 part Greater Egypt economic development study will be completed this month. The project is about 19 months behind schedule and HUD funds supported reports with overlapping content.
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Greater Egypt
Franklyn Moreno
Robert Carlock
Moreno
Commission
The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
HUD
Greater
Egypt
Division of
Department of Business and Economic Development
Allen Y. Baker Pinckneyville
Motel guests cars rifled at Carbondale Holiday Inn
A rash of overnight thefts at the Carbondale Holiday Inn targeted parked cars. Ralph Ickis of Des Plaines lost $1,600 in cameras and equipment. Mike Meeker reported a damaged stereo and four tapes. Shirley Durbin’s convertible top was slashed and a bathing suit stolen. David Moore of University Trailer Court reported $918 worth of clothes and household goods taken.
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Carbondale Holiday Inn
Carbondale
Ralph B. Ickis
Des Plaines
Mike Meeker
Shirley Durbin
David Moore
University Trailer Court 27
Employment study planned in Du Quoin
The five county Equal Employment Opportunity Project will study Du Quoin employment patterns to assess labor availability and the skills of unemployed and underemployed residents for potential employers. The three day survey, conducted by interviewer Marilyn Smith, follows a January Carbondale study and precedes plans for other communities in Jefferson Franklin Williamson Jackson and Perry counties.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Project
du Quoin
Robert Stalls
Stalls
Marilyn Smith
Walnut St
du Quoin Township
Carbondale
Jefferson
Franklin
Williamson
Jackson
Perry
Two Injured in Herrin Car Crash
Two persons suffered minor injuries in separate Herrin crashes Sunday. Randall J. Daniels 20 of Iuka collided with Evelyn K. Sloan 18 of Johnston City at East Herrin and 13th streets at 11 p.m. Jodi Griffith 17 of Herrin was injured when her car hit a parked vehicle on North 6th Street at 11 a.m. The other car was owned by Freddie D. Wagley 24 of Herrin.
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Herrin
Randall J. Daniels
Iuka
Evelyn K. Sloan
Parkview Ave
Johnston City
East Herrin
13Th Streets
Jodi Griffith
6Th St
North 6Th Street
Freddie D. Wagley
N. 6Th St
Cambria Suit Dismissed Over Water Line Dispute
Judge John Clayton dismissed Cambria’s injunction against Carterville in circuit court. Carterville argued it may extend water service to its area and that Cambria’s 1952 contract does not grant exclusivity west of Carterville. Cambria contends Carterville blocked a line to Colp subdivision and then built its own line.
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Cambria
Carterville
John Clayton
Marion
James Bleyer
Bleyer
Cambria Atty
James Sanders
Colp
SIU plans to plan with disadvantaged Carbondale residents
Walter G. Robinson Jr. heads SIU office of university services to coordinate programs for disadvantaged in Carbondale. He aims to involve residents, establish a northeast Carbondale office, and repurpose the Anderson store as a community hub. A civil service trainee program boosts Negro employment, with on the job training and later exam chances.
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Sally Weilands
Southern Illlinoisan
Carbondale
Walter G. Robinson Jr
Robinson
Office of
University Services
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Lincoln University
Jefferson City
University of Missouri
Kansas City
Ralph M. Rufner
Office of University Services
Anderson
Chestnut and
Marion Streets
Civil Service
Gas Pumps Damaged in Rt 51 Collision
State police report Christopher Elkins 46 of Vergennes lost his gasoline business when a car struck his pumps and a brick building support on southbound Route 51.
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Christopher Elkins
Vergennes
Herrin Opens Sanitary Landfill On 201-Acre Site
Herrin opened a sanitary landfill today on a 201 acre site about half a mile south of the city cemetery. The land was deeded by Forsythe Energy Coal Co. in exchange for a lawsuit over alleged destruction of the No. 1 Lake watershed. C V Satterfield will operate the compactor tractor. The facility helps comply with a new state law banning open dumping. The old dump east of Energy is closed. Alderman Tom Shoemake led the committee on landfill use details.
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Herrin
Forsythe Energy Coal Co
C.V. Satterfield of
Energy
Tom Shoemake
Herrin United Fund Seeks Eleven Vice Chairmen
Eleven vice-chairmen are being sought for Herrin s 1969 United Fund drive to head designated sections. Carl Kneer and Don Smith named 11 persons to be asked and urged they believe in United Fund needs. Drive chair Lysle R. Ardis announced the fall campaign.
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Herrin
United Fund
Carl Kneer
Don Smith
Ed Goodwin
Lysle R. Ardis
Drive
Burglary Probe Continues Involving SIU Student
Carbondale police pursue a Southern Illinois University student in connection with three Champaign burglaries. Items stolen in the crimes were found last week in the student’s University City dorm room. Another SIU student, Donald A. Sturtzman aged 21 of St Anne, has been charged with burglary by Champaign police.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Champaign
Donald Johnson
University Ciyt
SIU
Donald A. Sturtzman
St. Anne
Impersonation Case Continued for Drew Arrest
Robert A. Drew of 1401 W. Monroe St Herrin was arrested by Carbondale police at 1 39 a m on a complaint from Italian Village Restaurant that he tried to impersonate a SIU Security policeman His case was continued to 1 30 p m June 27 at Murphysboro Circuit Court hearing
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Robert A. Drew
W. Monroe St
Herrin
Carbondale
Drew
S. Washington St
Southern Illinois University
Murphysboro
Public transport lack leaves Southern Illinois towns stranded
A reader laments scarce intra regional bus service from Herrin to nearby towns and Marion, noting six daily stops by Greyhound and Gulf Transport. He cites elderly, low income and one car families as underserved and urges routes serving area cities to be surveyed for feasibility.
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Dave Hurst
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Herrin
Greyhound
Gulf Transport
James M. Bailie
Marion
Gulf’s St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
Benton
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Christopher
du Quoin
Paducah
Gulf
Carbondale
Bailie
VISTA Workers Recalled for Evaluation in Perry County
Two VISTA workers Monica Kye and Caol Walsh assigned to aid the Du Quoin area were recalled to Chicago for evaluation and possible reassignment after a Perry County committee found only minor faults. The Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council backed Chicago VISTA headquarters in the recall, while local observers argued the workers had done good work. VISTA is Volunteers in Service to America, with year-long assignments in poverty areas and pay of 110 dollars monthly.
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VISTA
du Quoin
Chicago
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council
Chicago Vista
Perry County Action Committee
E. W. West
Perry County
Tommie Kelly
Monica Kye
Caol Walsh
Thomas J. Rhoades
Paul V. McNutt
Pinckneyville
Ruth Bischof
Kelly
America
Peace Corps
Crab Orchard rejects school tax hike for second time
Crab Orchard Unit Three again defeats a proposed tax rate increase from 1.65 to 2.05 per 100 valuation, losing by 66 votes after a 13 vote margin in April. Superintendent Gene Stettler says no new vote will be held and the district will cut budgets and staff, including five teachers and one cook and custodian, amid reduced state aid and higher costs. Ballots show Crab Orchard High 121 yes 140 no, Dykersburg 29 79, Arnold 39 36.
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Crab Orchard
Gene Stettler
Stettler
Dykersburg
Paulton
Cook
Crab Orchard High School
Arnold
Fifth charge filed in fight near tavern scuffle
Leroy Johnson Jr. 23 of Murphysboro was arrested Sunday on aggravated battery charges in connection with a tavern fight last week. Five men were charged June 10 after a scuffle near the Jackson County Saddle Club tavern on Rt 149. Larry Wachsnicht 19 was treated for knife wounds. others charged include Lavern Johnson George Murphy Curtis Jones and Jessie Johnson. All are held in the county jail.
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Murphysboro
Leroy Johnson Jr
Rt. 2
D Street
Jackson County
Lavern Johnson
George Murphy
Curtis Jones
Jessie Johnson
Division St
L Card Sitter longtime Democratic leader dies in St Louis
L Card Sitter a prominent Southern Illinois Democratic figure and auctioneer died at 3 a.m. at Barnes Hospital St Louis at age 74. He served as Democratic State Central Committeeman for the old 25th District and chaired Union County Democratic Committee. He worked as assistant to State Treasurer Lohman, then in the State Agriculture Department. A Union County native with degrees from SIU and Washington School of Dentistry, he stood on Anna State Bank boards from 1930 to 1959. Survived by wife Beaulah Rendleman two children and other relatives, funeral plans were incomplete at McCarty Funeral Home Anna.
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L. Card Sitter
Illinois
Barnes Hospital
Sitter
25Th
Democratic Committee
Union County
Joseph D. Lohman
Division of Markets
State Agriculture Department
Southern Illinois Normal University
Washington School of Dentistry
St. Louis
Anna State Bank
National Auctioneers Association
Iillinois Auctioneers Association
The
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards
National Farm Brokers Institute
Farmers Union
Illinois Agricultural Association
Anna Chamber of Commerce
Saratoga Methodist Church
Anna
Mr. Sitter
Francis M
Savilla Williams Sitter
Beaulah Rendleman
Walton St
Elizabeth Peadre
Sullivan
Lloyd E
Ralph H
McCarty
Great Teacher Dorothy Davies Honored by SIU Alumni
Prof. Dorothy Davies chairing SIU Women’s Physical Education was named Great Teacher of 1968 by the SIU Alumni Association. The award includes a plaque and a $1,000 check. Davies, from Cincinnati, joined SIU in 1939. Earlier recipients listed include Van Lente, Neckers, Coleman, Faner, Winn, Cassidy, Lentz and Lawson.
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Dorothy Davies
Southern Illinois University Women’s
SIU
Davies
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kenneth A. van Lente
James W. Neckers
E. Claude Coleman
Robert D. Faner
Georgia Winn
Thomas Cassidy
E. G. Lentz
Douglas Lawson
Narcotics charges against Carbondale man dropped
Robert George, 20, of 212 W Hospital Drive Carbondale faced illegal sale and possession charges. In Murphysboro circuit court this morning the two narcotic counts were dropped due to insufficient evidence, after he was arrested by Murphysboro Police Thursday night.
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Robert George
Hospital Drive
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Richard Richman
George
Fire calls report from Carbondale and Herrin areas
Fire crews and authorities responded to multiple incidents including a fire on arrival at Technical Tape in Carbondale. In Herrin a trash fire at 400 North Fourth Street caused no damage to Richard Jones’s building. A car fire damaged a garage at 1405 West Madison Street owned by Joe Shelton with damage to the motor wiring and wall. A three room house on East Green Street in Carbondale owned by Mrs Amanda Athens burned total loss with undetermined cause. In Herrin a Saturday shed at 501 East Herrin containing rubbish sustained partial damage.
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Carbondale
Herrin
N.ofth St
Richard Jones
W. Madison St
Joe Shelton
Amanda Athens
E. Green St
E. Herrin
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Walter Robinson
Randall Church
Elkville
Church
Herrin United Fund
Perry County Vista
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