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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
2
Local government meetings span Friday through Thursday in Carbondale Benton and Pinckneyville with hearings budget talks and school board sessions listed. Special events include Fort Massac pageant auditions June gallery shows Riverside Pool hours and multiple drive-in movie schedules for surrounding towns.
Friday activities include a Herrin Senior Citizens bus trip to Springfield departing 7:30 a.m. and returning 7 p.m. A 8 p.m. Egyptian Music Camp public concert tops a lineup at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Granstand with junior high band and piano ensemble.
The annual SIU report shows tuition paid by students covered about 5 percent of the university's 64.37 million operating bill. State tax funds provided 41.26 million, gifts and grants about 9 million, and revenue producing enterprises 7.6 million. Student activity fees added roughly 1 million.
The Lincoln-Douglas Memorial Society organizes a benefit antique show at Jonesboro Grade School gymnasium on Saturday and Sunday to raise funds for a debate site memorial. Lincoln and Douglas debated in Jonesboro on September 14, 1858.
The Anna City Council appoints Charles Davis of Anna Heights to the Anna City Park Board replacing Renard Kemstra who moved out of town. The council also approved two building permits for new residences and raised grave digging fees in Anna City Cemetery from 50 to 60 dollars effective July 1. child grave price set at 40 dollars. Police fines collected in May totaled 270 dollars for salaries and supplies. Auditions for Heritage of Arrows in Metropolis seek 20 supporting roles. director Judy Sullivan recruiting SIU students. auditions 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Metropolis High School auditorium.
Three striking Illinois Bell workers James E. Voves Jr Henry J. Spranza and Ralph J. Voight were arrested after a severed 1800 line cable. Police say the men members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers were identified by a witness while the IBEW walkout drags on. A Bell spokesman calls it the first sabotage arrest since the strike started.
A dump truck loaded with gravel rolled backward off a steep grade on Route 51 near Cobden north of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange on Wednesday as the truck's transmission failed.
North Carolina State University reports a two-father two-mother baby mouse born through embryonic merging. Beatrice Mintz in Philadelphia notes multi-mice reveal how genes express in mosaics, linking hair color patterns to genes from both parental sets.
The Zeigler Plan Commission lacked a quorum when discussed dilapidated properties. Chairman Ed Vantrease and Mayor Paul Gayer planned to attend the July 1 city council meeting with a list of property owners and addresses. Planner Jim Rayfield of the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission outlined a draft capital improvements budget and aims to finalize it for the next meeting.
Five Jackson County residents were fined 25 dollars plus costs for failing to inoculate their dogs against rabies as required by state law. Names listed include Burl Evans Carbondale Murphysboro residents Charles McNeill Robert Hogg Sam Hilliard and Helen Yeaman with addresses in Carbondale and Murphysboro. Rabies warden Henry Fullford issued the tickets.
Robert Pryor of Carbondale, 33, was named by a Cook County grand jury in a true bill charging him with armed robbery of two Chicago policemen on May 27. He had been indicted last week for attempted murder in the shooting of patrolman Edward L. Simanek, 40, who was struck in the back of the head after stopping Pryor's car for a tail light violation.
First day Head Start enrollment reaches 303 children under director George A. Mendenall in Jackson County. Centers in Carbon dale Murphysboro Johnston City Carterville Creal Springs and Cambria report full capacity while Marion Herrin Grand Tower Alto Pass and Elkville have remaining quotas.
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