Sewer line repair hits 500 block Main Street
Carbondale sanitation workers Murray and Rowe repair a 15 inch sewer line about 20 feet deep in the 500 block of Fast Main Street. Public works director Schwegman says a broken tile likely blocks the line serving Tatum Heights and South Wall Street residents. Dry weather needed for the fix, with completion expected Thursday. Old pole and junk found as improper backfill by former contractors.
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Carbondale Sanitation Department
Bill Murray
Brown Rowe
Fast Main St
B. J. Schwegman
Public Works
Tatum Heights
South Wall Street
Schwegman
Jackson Canvass Shows Bond Issue Defeated in June Primary
Official canvass from Jackson County reports the $1.35 million nursing home wing bond failed by more than two to one. Totals: 4,247 against, 1,997 for, with 7,252 voters of record. Ballots split 3,789 Republican and 3,463 Democratic. Nixon 85, Rockefeller 9 on GOP slate. McCarthy 15, Humphey 9 on Dems. Carbondale attorney Lorek 848 write-ins for state's attorney nomination. Incumbents Richman Kerley Flynn won Democratic nominations. Republicans Wright and Mills won circuit clerk and coroner slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Ray Chancey
Ray Doerr
Coun
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Hmphrey
Carbondale Atty
Ted Lorek
Richard Richman
James R. Kerley
Harry A. Flynn
Marvin Wright
Robert Mills
Herrin native Robert Coover gains praise for new novel
Herrin born writer Robert Coover, former SIU student and Egyptian staffer, earns high praise in Book Week review by Dick Schaap. His Random House novel The Universal Baseball Association Henry Waugh Prop uses baseball as a fantasy image and is lauded for its brilliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Robert Coover
Southern Illinois University
Book Week
Chicago Sun-Times
Universal Baseball Association
J Henry Waugh
Dick Schaap
Schap
Coover
Grant Coover
Murphysboro Unit 186 Announces Summer School Start
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 sets summer classes for grades 1 8 starting Monday. Registration by grade at Lincoln Longfellow and Carruthers schools. Sessions run 8 30 a m to 11 50 a m Monday through Aug 2 with no tuition for district residents.
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Murphysboro
Lincoln
Longfellow
Carruthers
Human Relations Commission meets in Carbondale
Illinois Human Relations Commission met in Carbondale and heard reports of limited progress toward equal employment housing and school integration for Negro citizens. A complaint regarding alleged discriminatory police handling of Negroes was also registered. Commission leaders and 14 of 19 members toured the area and lunching at Southern Illinois University preceded a three hour hearing. Six residents testified including Robert Stalls William Burns Devin Anderson and Rev John Francisco.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Human Relations Commission
Carbondale
Commission
Byron de Haan
Peoria
Southern Illinois University
Robert Stalls
Fair Employment Practices Commission
William Burns
Carbondale Community Conservation Board
Devin Anderson
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
John H. Francisco
Carbondale Committee On
Stalls
District 9
Burns
Northeast Carbondale
Northeast
Anderson
SIU
Francisco
Total Integration Committee
Integration Advisory Board
Princeton
Central School
Thomas School
Carbondale integration details sparked by labor concerns
Discussion at a commission meeting covers Negro employment limits, housing shortages, and urban renewal plans in Carbondale. Officials note limited progress placing Black workers, survey wage gaps, and calls for learner trainee programs while raising police discrimination concerns.
Gray to speak at Marion Pepsi-Cola bottling plant ceremony
Rep Kenneth J Gray and State Sen Delmer R Mitchell will speak at the groundbreaking for a $1.6 million Marion Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. plant on 20 acres at old Rt. 13 and Rt. 57. The project aims to double employment to 250 with 138000 square feet across three buildings, starting next month.
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Kenneth J. Gray
Dwest
Harry L. Crisp
Chamber
Homer Askew
Williamson County Board
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Ilinois Inc
Sam Desch
Pepsi - Cola Co
Bruce Patton
Marion Ministerial Alliance
Marion
Robert Butler
Johnston City
William Brown
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Benton Grade School Board Adopts 1968 69 Budget
The Benton Grade School Board approved a tentative $687 600 budget for 1968 69 with allocations for educational 596 000 building fund 67 600 transportation 15 000 and municipal retirement 9 000. Contracts awarded include Miller Electric 8151 72 for fire alarm systems Metropolitan Restoration Co 4672 for tuck pointing and staff changes including James Morrison replacement for George Moore and Jesse Stull named head custodian. Laventhal Krekstein hired to audit accounts.
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Benton
Miller Electric of
Metropolitan Restoration Co
DeSoto
Paul Wilkerson
Midwest Farms
Brownie
Bert Kovarik and Sons
Reed Insurance Agency
George Moore
James Morrison
Morrison
Jesse Stull
Southern Illinois University
Laventhal Krekstein
Horwath & Horwath
Carbondale
Illinois Requires Immunization For All Entering Students
Illinois schools will enroll pupils only after immunization against measles diphtheria whooping cough tetanus smallpox and polio. The rule applies to public private and parochial schools for first entry with exemptions for parental opt out or medical contraindications. Jackson County Health Department and Carbondale clinics offer doses and boosters with scheduled hours.
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Pamela Arnold
Illinois
Monroe Deming
Jackson County
Deming
Department of Public Health
County Health Department
Jackson County Health Department
Chestnut St
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Jackson County Housing Authority
N. Marion St
SIU student injured in motorcycle crash near Murphysboro
A Southern Illinois University student James H. Sumner 20 of Carbondale was seriously hurt when the motorcycle he rode left the road on old Route 13 between Murphysboro and Carbondale. He sustained multiple fractures and was admitted to Dorders Memorial Hospital.
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Southern Illinois University
Old Rt. 13
Murphysboro
Carbondale
SIU
James H. Sumner
S. Poplar St
Sumner
Centralia
Dorders Memorial Hospital
West Frankfort Youth Injured In Motorbike Crash
A 16 year old rural West Frankfort youth suffered second degree burns when his motorcycle overturned on a dirt road near Ezra two miles southwest of West Frankfort. Gary Sminchak was listed in satisfactory condition at Union Hospital with burns to his left arm and both feet. An oil well operator reported the incident after seeing the crash and calling the fire department.
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West Frankfort
Ezra
Gary Sminchak
Sminchak
Union Hospital
Incumbent chairmen seek re election in Jackson County
Incumbent chairmen Raymond Chancey of Murphysboro for the Democrats and Raymond Doerr of Vergennes for the Republicans seek new terms in county organizational meetings set for 8 p.m. Monday at the county courthouse Murphysboro. Precinct committeemen from the June 11 primary will vote, with each credit based on party turnout. No organized opposition is reported. Democrats will hold a free dinner at the Elks Lodge after the meetings.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Raymond Chancey
Raymond Doerr
Vergennes
Elks Lodge
Japanese group to tour campus at SIU
A 10 member delegation from the Japan Management Association will visit Southern Illinois University Carbondale July 9 for a three week tour of U S industrial installations to study American physical distribution methods. Hosted by the SIU Transportation Institute and School of Business the tour is under the National Council for Physical Distribution Management with meetings with President Delyte W Morris and an overview of SIU programs by Dean William J McKeefery of academic affairs.
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Japan Management Association
Southern Illinois University
United States
Carbondale
SIU Transportation Institute
School of Business
National Council For Physical Distribution Management
Delyte W. Morris
SIU
William J. McKeefery
Area officer on state team in police pistol meet
West Frankfort Cpl. Kenneth J. Jones represents District 13 of Southern Illinois in the Illinois State Police Invitational Pistol Matches at the state fairgrounds Springfield. Jones, range officer for District 13 at Du Quoin, joins officers from 24 agencies in Illinois Indiana Michigan Missouri competing as the host team. The matches were to end to.
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Kenneth J. Jones
West Frankfort
District 13
Southern Illinois
Illinois
State Fairgrounds
Springfield
Jones
du Quoin
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Public Works Bill Passes For 21st District Projects
The House approved a public works appropriations bill totaling 24 million for 10 projects in the 21st district. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray of West Frankfort predicted easy Senate passage and said approval will keep current projects on schedule.
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House of Representatives
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Senate
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Gene Prowell
Highland Street
Elbert Simon
Carbondale Employment and Resources Center
Arthur Black
Carbondale Community High School Marketable Skills
Thomas
Simon
Chamber of Commerce
Black
Gray
John W. Robinson
William G. Head
James M. Dremak
Coulterville
James M. Jenne
Benton Grade Board
Saline County
Raleigh
Pauline Durfee
Doctors Hospital
Harrisburg
Deborah Lawless
Phoenix
Ariz
George G. Buie
Creal Springs
Roy E. Mikescell
Mesa
Ashley
Walter Mikescell
Clawson
Mich
Mikescell
Frankfort
Illinois Secretary of State’s
Bill G. Lakey
Rt. 4
Mt. Vernon
Herbert F. Iffert
Rt. 2
James C. Kimmel
Oscar G. Gover
S. 9Th St
Anthony J. Seminerio
Marion Park District
Pyramid Park
Parks
Gene Mc
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Bob Fox
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