Carbondale Initiates Southwest Water Pressure Upgrade
Carbondale City Council buys a pump, motor, and controls for 923 to boost southwest water pressure. Bid by Lane Machine Co of St. Louis tops Fairbanks-Morris option with 752 for pump and accessories, total project around 4000 including installation by F. E. Corbit notes. Project taps 10 inch main at Forest and Whitney, runs six inch line to Grand and Oakland, improving lows on Briarwood Glenview Skyline and West Chautauqua. Completion in six weeks. may offset need for a future water tower funded by a 543,750 Public Works grant.
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Carbondale
Lane Machine Co, Inc
St. Louis
Fairbanks-Morris Co
F. E. Corbit
Water Department
Fairbanks-Morris
Brairwood
Glenview
Skyline Drives
Chautauqua Street
Forest and Whitney Streets
Whitney
Elizabeth Street
Grand Avenue
Oakland Avenue
Chautauqua
Chautauque Elicet
Corbit
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Robert
Lavender
John
Wallace
Joseph Ragsdale Jr
Ragsdale
West Freeman and
College
Quiet Carbondale City Council Meeting Draws Small Crowd
All was quiet at the Carbon Dale City Council meeting Tuesday night with only five visitors present vs more than 75 last week. The crowd had come to question the city's proposed housing code ordinance, but no discussion occurred Tuesday.
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Carbondale
Cooperation Pledged On Urban Renewal Study At SIU
Southern Illinois University President Delyte W Morris pledged full cooperation with the Carbondale Community Conservation Board on an urban renewal feasibility study of southeast Carbondale. SIU counsel Rendleman and board director Burns discussed maps and charts, with Burns calling the meeting friendly and fruitful. The study aims to determine potential projects, with the university considering expansion into the study area and federal funding potentially covering up to three quarters of land clearance costs in an approved project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
Carbondale Community Conservation Board
Carbondale
Morris
SIU
John S.rendleman
William Burns
Conservation Board
John Elder
General Planning and Resources Consultants
St. Louis
Burns
University
Rend Lake Bill Advances in House Public Works
A bill to speed Rend Lake work passes the House Public Works committee. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray says the measure counts local and state contributions toward the 6.1 million local share of the 35.5 million project. It would let state and local funded work be counted before Corps guidance begins. Gray aims to bring the bill to the floor soon.
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Rend Lake
House Public Works Committee
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Wust
Frankfort
Secretary of the Army
Gray
Corps of ‘Engineer
Pinckneyville Seeks Bids On Street Work And Water Tower
Pinckneyville City Council will open bids at 1 p.m. on July 1 for maintenance of arterial streets for the coming year with an estimated cost of 10 000 dollars. A second bid opening at 3:30 p.m. on July 15 will cover removal and demolition of the old water tower east of city hall after the city built a new tower and tank.
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Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville City
Autopsy Links Heart Attack to Murphysboro Crash
A Murphysboro man and his wife died in a two car crash on old Rt. 13 east of Murphysboro. Autopsy by Dr. L J Rossiter found the man may have suffered an acute coronary insufficiency before the collision. The coroner prepared to submit the report to an inquest into the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Kraft amidst highway debate in southern Illinois.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Floyd Crawshaw
L.J. Rossiter
Ernest Kraft
Old Rt. 13
Delmar Walker
Ava
St. Luke's
St. Louis
Walker
Rossiter
Kraft
Scott City
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Aj Fantunka
Crawshaw
SIU Trustees Reappointed and New Board Members Named
Kenneth L Davis and Harrisburg figures Eddie J Franko Belton and George Moore from Harrisburg were reappointed for two year terms on the State Mining Board. William J Orlandi Springfield named as a new board member. Maj Gen Harry L Bolen Carroll and William Hayes Du Quoin named to two year terms on the Civil Defense Advisory Council. Einar V Dyhrkopp Shawneetown to a three year Shawneetown Regional Port District term. Jack B Edmundson Carbondale appointed to a three year term on the Hospital Licensing Board, administrator of Doctors Hospital Carbondale.
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Kenneth . L
Davis
Harrisburg
Eddie J
Franko
Belton
George Moore
State Mining Board
William J. Orlandi
Springfield
Hamed
New Board
Dept. of Mines And‘minerals
Harry L. Bolen
Carrol
William Hayes
du Quoin
Staff Raps Rt 24 Plan In Illinois Route Debate
Virden staff and state highway engineer oppose the consulting firm route for Interstate 24 across Southern Illinois. They favor a plan moving the defense highway farther north and will press their views to other states reviewing the recommended path. The firm proposed a 187 million dollar highway from Nashville.
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Springfield
Virden
Ilinois
Nashville
Crash Victim Warren Funeral Set At Osborne Home
John Robert Warren 27 of Rt. 1 Dix will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Osborne Funeral Home after a motorcycle crash at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on Rt. 148 north of Christopher. Minister Rev. Mrs. Rosemary Harris will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Mt. Vernon. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. In Carbondale the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a 7:80 p.m. hearing Thursday at City Hall on two requests to locate house trailers on non permitted lots. Ward Severs seeks a trailer at 403-405 S Logan St and Horace Farr seeks a trailer at 4174 Willow St. The board requires trailer placements on residential lots to be approved.
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John Robert Warren
Rt. 1
Dix
Osborne Funeral Home
Warren
Paul G. Gould
Normal
Walter Wye
Christopher
Rosemary Harris
Oakwood
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals
Ward Severs
S. Graham,St
S. Logan St
Horace G. Farr
E. Willow St
Willow St
Board of Appeals
Teen Night at Herrin Pool Opens Weekly
Herrin Park pool invites area teens to Thursday Teen Night with a 6:30 to 4 pm program each week. Teens may bring records to be played on the sound system as part of the poolside event.
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Herrin
Herrin Park
SIU Education Accreditation Delayed by National Council
A national accrediting body defers changes to Southern Illinois University teacher education programs for a year. SIU officials cite ongoing review on both campuses with a July 1964 progress deadline set by NCATE representatives.
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Col
Carbondale
Edwardsvill Leges
Campuges
Tenny
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Charles
D. Tenney
Tenney
National Council For
West Main Street
Washington, D. C
Judge Brook Lane
Ilinois
Charley Murden
Plan Council
Stu
NCATE
ZIP Code system speeds mail with new five digit plan
Postmaster General J Edward Day announced five digit ZIP codes will be assigned to every post office and city delivery zone. Carbondale designated as a sectional center. Large federal buildings in Washington will receive ZIP numbers. pre sorting will save time with existing processing equipment.
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Post Office Department
Carbondale
J. Edward Day
Washington, D.C
Day
Virgil J. Brown
U. S. Post Office
Ilinois
Brown
Murphysboro
Thorton Bell
Ave
Marion
Paul Smothers
Herrin
Jee Herrin
Pump Burns youths held in Herrin incident
Four Marion youths aged 18 were stopped by Johnston City police after a gas pump fire at Liberty Oil Co station in Herrin. They face dis orderly conduct charges and were to be arraigned before Justice Clen Ballard. A cigarette match likely ignited fumes. fire reported 12:45 a.m. and car taken east on Herrin street.
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Justice of the Peace
Clen’ Ballard
Ronald D. McAnelly
Jim ‘Giles
Gary L. Odum
Charles Ice
Liberty ‘Oil Co
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Lloyd Jones Jr
Jim Lillich
Herrin Street
Johnston City
Tenney
Broadway Lj
Jaids
Spro-L
Torist
Siu
Williamson County
Kate
Charles Albert
NCATE
Jesley
Marion
Paul
Meegan
Linda
Immons
Richard Allen
Colavear
Leges
Chicago
House Okays Prison Sam
Washington June 19 AP The House approved an extra 1 556 000 for the Marion federal prison. The funds, requested by the Justice Department, cover personnel and expenses for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. Rep Kenneth Gray said next year's budget will rise as the prison operates fully. Rooney opposed the move in February in a House appropriations subcommittee. Mine report Mines Working Thursday.
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Washington
House
Marion
Justice Department
Kenneth’ J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
Senate
John J. Rooney
Footprints Described $11,000 Theft Trial Opens
In Williamson County Circuit Court Tuesday jurors were selected for the burglary trial of Tom Tregoning of Carterville. State's Attorney Carl Sneed told how the $11,000 stolen March 23, 1962, from a refrigerator freezer was planted by Tregoning and accomplices Gladden Yates and Monroe. Foster testified that Tregoning and the others discussed money and a hidden $200,000 the day before.
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James
Gentry
Rt. 2
Carterville
Tom
Bobby Leonard
Carpenter
Fred Foster
Royalton
Menard
Tregoning
s.Atty
Carl Sneed
Paul
Jesse Monroe Ladden
Foster
Yates
Gentry House
Aucuett
Otto Peterson
Peterson
Lamer To Hear Tax Complaints Before County Board
Hewitt Lamer, county treasurer, will hear tax assessment complaints for Union County. The Board of Review includes Cletus Smith, Jesse Aldridge, and S. F. Reeves, with State's Atty John Paul Davis and County Clerk Perl Zwahlen. Taxpayers may file complaints at the Gentry house then appear before the board later in July or early Yee Manceee.
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Union County Board of Review
Hewitt Lamer
Lamer
Board of Review
WWAU_USE -Lamer
Cletus, Smith
Jesse Aldridge
8. F. Reeves
Atty John
Paul’ Davis
Perl Zwahlen
Pastor Reports Kennedy View On Race Peace
Carbondale Reverend Noe Taylor of the Illinois Baptist Association said President Kennedy urged solving race issues in communities without outsiders. He joined 243 clergy at the White House meeting to propose bi racial advisory committees and peaceful progress toward civil rights. The meeting ran late due to security checks and lasted about 45 minutes with open discussion. Taylor expected a national committee, with state and local versions likely to form.
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Noe] Taylor
Carbondale
The
Illinois Baptist Association
John F. Kennedy
White House
Taylor
Kennedy
United States
Carbondale man jailed for intoxication after arrest
John Dunlap of 408 East Birch Street was sentenced to seven days in the city jail for intoxication. Police, under Magistrate Robert Schwartz, arrested him and charged him through Patrolman Janes Dani.
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Carbondale
John Dunlap
E. Birch, Sr
Robert Schwartz
Janes Dani
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