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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1967
Page
3
Marion officials discussed a traffic free eight by four block core around the Public Square to become a combined commercial and government center. The plan envisions 1 200 parking spaces, street reconfigurations, and a new Williamson County courthouse, with 10 to 15 year development and possible federal urban redevelopment funds.
Federal funds totaling 57 710 will aid planning across seven Illinois counties and three cities including Carbondale Washington County Saline and Gallatin. Carbondale receives 14250 for updating the 1962 plan with local matches from SIU and local districts.
Kirsten F. Nigre, daughter of Dr and Mrs Felix A Nigre formerly of Carbondale, wins a Fulbright scholarship to study in Europe. She will attend the University of Madrid Spain and earn a master’s from Middlebury College Graduate School Abroad. The grants cover travel tuition and living allowances. she now resides in Newark Delaware.
Perry County Circuit Court Judge Robert Bastien freed 31 year old Carl Giacomo after ruling state evidence insufficient to hold him on voluntary manslaughter charges in the death of 43 year old John Kinslow, former operator of Club Elite.
A Carbondale Chamber of Commerce committee is to coordinate city industry outreach. The executive and industrial panels met with the Carbondale Industrial Corp to plan, and they will seek mayoral and Corporate input on a head for the program.
Du Quoin reports a car fire at 804 E Main St extinguished on arrival with no damage. Another electrical fire at 419 Linden St also caused no damage. All mines reported functioning Thursday.
Southern Illinois University plans a 15 acre lake beside a proposed 40 acre family housing project at Reservoir and McLafferty roads in Carbondale. A third of the lakebed will serve as a temporary sewage lagoon for three to four years.
Dr Francis Leo Puckett of Marion Veterans Hospital died on arrival at Marion Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at home. He was 62, married Leota Rand, served in WWII, and left a legacy across Stonington and Marion. Burial planned in Taylorville with donations to Marion Youth Center. A second note says Sir James Pitman will speak at SIU during a reading institute in Davis Auditorium.
Carbondale police report a two car collision at West Main Street and Murdale Drive injuring John R. Huffman 19, John B. Wright 82, and passenger George R. Patterson 18. Huffman and Patterson listed with major injuries. Wright in critical condition. Huffman’s car failed to yield. Wright admitted to Holden Hospital while Huffman and Patterson remain hospitalized.
Architects report 27 000 to 30 000 is needed to upgrade Brush Attucks and Springmore schools to code. They list 20 improvements including fire alarms exit lights panic hardware and updated utilities. The board approved church and church school use and other summer contracts amid bids and staffing changes.
Marion Police Chief John Kelley announced that persons setting off firecrackers or illegal Fourth of July fireworks will be prosecuted. Only sparklers are permitted by city law. He noted complaints and said police have checked businesses but found none selling fireworks.
Carbondale district officials report Lakeland Grade School was struck by lightning at 6 30 am on June 8 prompting a one day closure for a teachers work day. Insurance estimates damages at 10 000 to 15 000 with repairs including a new roof flue and plastering. There was no fire.
James Key, 17, of Coello, is jailed in Franklin County on charges of driving with a revoked license leaving the scene and parole violation. A warrant says he drove a 1959 sedan involved in an accident on Route 14 two miles east of Buckner at about 7 p.m. Tuesday. The car swerved around a construction barricade on a single open bridge lane, collided with another eastbound car, left the scene, and was found abandoned in a dry creek bed with no plates.
The Crab Orchard Job Corps Conservation Center in the Orchill complex of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge will mark its second anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Visitors can tour completed and in progress refuge work projects, see education facilities, and watch corpsmen at work in vocational shops. Last year more than 500 people attended.
The Illinois Commerce Commission grants One Aircraft Corp of Kansas City a certificate to operate an air taxi between Chicago and Carbondale East St. Louis Springfield Peoria and Champaign. Air Executive Air line loses its five route request. One Aircraft may begin service with five days notice. Fares list Carbondale East St. Louis $8.55 and Carbondale Chicago $32.34.
State Police search for walk away Clarence Schwark, 43, from Vienna, after a 3 20 p m exit Tuesday. He is suspected armed with a rifle reported stolen Tuesday night in the Stone Fort area southeast of Marion and considered dangerous if armed. Schwark is serving burglary and larceny from Cook County.
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