City Seeks 1.5 Million Renewal Funding for Land Clearing
The Carbondale City Council approved applying for 1.541 million dollars from the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency to finance the first phase of urban renewal. Funds will buy and clear land between Hester State Washington streets and Grand Avenue for sale to Southern Illinois University. Proceeds from land sales will repay the federal loan, with roughly half returned to the government via sale proceeds. The project begins the General Neighborhood Renewal Program, with further southeast area projects planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Community Conservation Commission
Hester
State and
Washington Streets
Grand Avenue
Southern Illinois University
William Burns
Commission
Carbondale Police Report Details 1964 65 Crime Solves
Carbondale police report 53 percent of major crimes in the year ending April 30 1965 solved by arrests or recovered property. The 529 major crimes include 1 forcible rape 10 robberies 62 assaults 69 burglaries and 350 thefts. The force also notes 22 638 calls 5 192 complaints 26 994 parking tickets and 728 traffic accidents. A juvenile division was created and fingerprinting of arrestees began in May 1964.
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Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Donald Johnson
Safe Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
West Frankfort Re-Appoints City Officials
West Frankfort City Council re appointed three library board members for three year terms Frank Trobaugh Clara Wilson and Irene Boughers Also re appointed Police Chief John Bryant and Fire Chief Fred Harkins following Fire and Police Commission recommendation A building permit for a shelter care home at 512 S Cherry St was approved
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West Frankfort
Frank Trobaugh
Clara Wilson
Irene Boughers
Fire and Police Commission
John Bryant
Fred Harkins
S. Cherry St
Chester City Clerk Dies at 42 in Chester
Chester City Clerk James Andrew Petrowske died after a long illness at his home on Lehman Drive He was elected in April but could not assume office Acting clerk Mrs Gerald Brunhofer now serves The deceased was born October 15 1922 in Chester He leaves his wife Rita Klein a son Samuel a daughter Mrs Larna Howie a brother Raymond and a sister Mrs Margaret Heinrich Funeral services are set at St Marys Church with burial in the church cemetery Rosary will be recited tonight in Schroeder Chapel and friends may call after 4 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Andrew Petrowske
Chester
Lehman Drive
Samuel
Larna Howie
Raymond
Margaret Heinrich
Schroeder
Albert Bardo Dies at 68 in Sparta
Albert McKinley Bardo age 68 of Sparta died Sunday at St Clement s Hospital Red Bud born November 3 1896 son of Ellie and Elizabeth Bardo married Leatha Douglas who died 1939 and Margaret Taylor in 1940 she died 1962 member United Mine Workers and New Hope Baptist Church survivor includes son Eddie B Johnson Sparta and daughter Mrs Bessie Davis Gary Ind two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death funeral 2 p.m. Thursday New Hope Baptist Church Sparta burial Rosedale Cemetery call after 7 p.m. Wednesday at Walker Colonial Funeral Home Sparta
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McKinley Bardo
Sparta
St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Ellie
Elizabeth Bardo
Leatha Douglas
Margaret Taylor
United Mine Workers
New Hope Baptist Church
Eddie B. Johnson
Bessie Davis
Gary
Ind
Rosedale Cemetery
Walker Colonial Funeral Home
County Commissioners Transfer Funds To Cover Deficit
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners moved funds totaling 24 500 to the general fund to cover a deficiency. The sheriff s excess fees fund received 20 000 and 3 500 was shifted from the liquor license fund, with 1 000 drawn from the parking meter fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Union County Board Expands Liquor Licenses
The Union County Board of Commissioners approved increasing liquor licenses by one and granted a new license to Lawrence Bittle of Anna. Bittle plans a tavern near the new Rt. 127 road intersection, vowing no gambling and anticipating completion in about six weeks. Existing licenses include Veterans of Foreign Wars, Town and Country Club, and Revion Tavern, with beer and package licenses priced at $500 and beer at $50 annually.
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Union County Board of Commissioners
Lawrence Bittle
Anna
Bittle
Douglas St
Rt. 127
Rt. 146
Wolf Lake
Clemon Johnson
Johnson
Union County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rt. 1
Town and Country Club
Jonesboro
William Tweedy
Rt. 3
Revion
Herrin Man Pleads Guilty to Resisting Arrest
James Jarvis of Herrin pleaded guilty in Williamson County Circuit Court to resisting arrest. He received one year probation with six months at Vandalia state penal farm. A battery charge by his wife was dismissed. Court costs were $10.30. Deputy Jeter arrested Jarvis on the battery complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jarvis
Herrin
Williamson County
Vandalia
Elmer Farmer
Frank Jeter
Jarvis
Josephine Barragio
Johnny Walker
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Curtis Lee Jones
D Street
Mt. Carbon
Jackson County
Everett Prosser
Richard Richman
Jones
Richman
Roy Clark Rites Thursday for Illinois official
Funeral services for Roy Clark 61, assistant superintendent in the Illinois Department of Public Instruction, will be Thursday in Springfield. He died Sunday in Memorial Hospital, Springfield. He leaves his wife Mary Alice, a brother in California, three sisters in Missouri and Illinois, and several nieces and nephews. Burial is in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday at Bisch Memorial Home.
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Carbondale
Roy Clark
Illinois Department of Public Instruction
Springfield
Clark
Rt. 4
Memorial Hospital
First Congregational Church
Elks Lodge
National Educational Association
Illinois Educational Association
National Association of School Administrators
Ilinois Association of School Administrators
Mary Alice
W. B. Clark
la Canada
Calif
R. E. Davis
St. Louis
Jack Tripp
Jess Hight
Bisch
Virgil Myers
Anna Cemetery
Anna
John Young elected president of Local 9111
John Young of Royalton won the Local 9111 United Mine Workers of America presidency at Orient 3 mine defeating Andy Hurst of Benton 260 to 229. Incumbent John Gorski did not seek re election. Gene Mitchell beat Wilbur Larkin for financial secretary and Gene Taylor topped Len Franklin for top safety committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young
Royalton
United Mine Workers of America
Orient 3
Young
Andy Hurst
Benton
John Gorski
Herrin
Gene Mitchell
Wilbur Larkin
Gene Taylor
Len Franklin
Bob Hargrove
Stanley Meadows
Kenneth Cook
Jamesg . Rot
Church groups oppose Southern Illinois race track east of Marion
The Synod of Illinois of the United Presbyterian Church and the Illinois Methodist Conference joined a push against a proposed $3.5 million pari mutuel track east of Marion. They cited crime and lawlessness and urged defeat of legislation expanding pari mutuel betting. The Illinois Council of Churches urged tax reform to fund public welfare without racing revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Synod of Illinois of the
United Presbyterian Church
Marion
Southern Illinois Methodist Conference
General Assembly of the
Illinois Council of Churches
Former Chester Man Gordon Berry Dies in Missouri
Gordon W. Berry a 56 year old former Chester resident died Saturday in St. Louis Missouri He was husband of Esther Beckhorn of Walsh and father to Wayne and Louis both of St. Louis A Mason of Beacon Lodge No 3 in St. Louis his services are set for 11 am Wednesday at Math Hermann and Son Chapel Fair and West Florissant avenues burial in Laurel Hills Gardens Cemetery St. Louis
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St. Louis
Gordon W. Berry
Chester
Berry
Esther Beckhorn
Walsh
Beacon Lodge No. 3
The
Masons
Wayne
Louis
Math Hermann and Son Chapel
Fair and
West Florissant Avenues
Laurel Hills Gardens
Boat motor stolen at Crab Orchard Lake
A 45 horsepower outboard motor was reported stolen from a boat at the Carbon Dale Boat Dock on Crab Orchard Lake. The owner Harold Galbraith of Benton told officer Ed Nichols the theft occurred between June 6 and 15.
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Carbondale
Crab Orchard Lake
Harold Galbraith
Glendale Ave
Benton
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Ed Nichols
Christopher Unit School Idea Delayed
Circulation of petitions to form a Christopher unit school district is delayed to allow time for outreach to opponents. The plan would combine Christopher High and several grade schools including Mulkeytown and Buckner. Voters in both incorporated and unincorporated areas must approve. past proposals failed in 1961 and 1962.
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Christopher
Clarence Pierce
Christopher High
Mulkeytown
Buckner
Mulkeytown Woman Killed in Two Car Crash
Mrs. Eula Anthony 77 of Mulkeytown died en route to hospital after a two car collision on Creek Nation Road near Christopher. The crash also involved Louis A. Grimes and Mrs. Lucille Stuart who was cited for driving without a license. An inquest is pending. Burial set at Mulkeytown Cemetery with services at Mulkeytown Baptist Church.
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Eula Anthony
Mulkeytown
Creek Nation
Rt. 146
Christopher
Inlaw
Lucille Stuart
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Anthony
Dorris
Stuart
Grimes
Benjamin and
Emma Sickenberger Welch
Maxine Vail
Chicago
Philip Welch
Mulkeytown Baptist Church
Noble Austin
Gilbert
Christo
Carbondale Council Advances Main Street Resurfacing Plan
Carbondale officials approve resurfacing Main Street from Orchard Drive to Wall Street at an estimated 25 000 to 35 000 while delaying a parking removal decision. Plan Commission recommends removing parking after resurfacing, about 300 days after contract award, to allow four traffic lanes. State funds cannot cover parking removal costs. city may bear part of resurfacing.
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Carbondale
Main Street
State Division of Highways
D. Blaney Miller
Corp
J. Edward Helton
Miller
Orchard Drive
Wall Street
Plan Commission
Vernon T. Kupel
District Nine
William Eaton
Chamber of Commerce
Main
Downtown
Retail Merchants Association
Walnut
Merchants Association
Archeologist Awarded 23800 Grant for Aztec Lakes Study
Pedro Armillas, archaeologist, received a $23,800 grant from the National Science Foundation to map and photograph lakes near Mexico City linked to Montezuma's floating gardens. The project aims to uncover ancient irrigation ditches and terraces and shed light on Aztec society up to 1500 years before Cortes. Armillas, from San Sebastian, will work in Mexico this summer and next and will be a visiting professor at the University of Chicago next year while on leave from SIU, where he has taught since 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Pedro Armillas
National Science Foundation
Montezuma
Mexico
Armillas
Mexico City
Cortez
San Sebastian
Spain
University of Chicago
SIU
Kendrick Rites Set in Alabama
Funeral services for Walter Kendrick of Johnston City will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Montevallo First Baptist Church in Alabama. The 77 year old died at 5 a.m. Monday in Marion Memorial Hospital. Burial is planned at Montevallo Cemetery with visitation from 6 p.m. today to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home, Johnston.
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Walter Kendrick
Johnston City
Monte Vallo
Ala
First Baptist
Kendrick
Marion Memorial Hospital
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Youth Riding Bike Injured in Murphysboro Crash
A 10 year old Murphysboro boy was slightly injured when his bicycle collided with a northbound car driven by Grace M. McLafferty at Eighth and Mulberry. Larry Steven Stone said parked cars blocked his view at the intersection. Carl Berkey and Willie Johnson collided at Eighth and Hanson streets. Berkey charged with failure to yield right of way and Johnson charged with no valid operator's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Eighth
Mulberry
Larry Steven Stone
Grace M. McLafferty
Rt. 2
Carl Berkey
Makanda
Willie Johnson
17Th St
Hanson Streets
Berkey
Johnson
Two Men Sentenced in Union County Case
In Union County Circuit Court Magistrate Blanch Johnson sentenced Wendell Faulkner of St. Louis to one year at Vandalia State Penal Farm after he confessed to forging a name on a $25 check. Richard Thompson of Danville, age 37, received one year for attempted burglary and carrying a concealed weapon after entering Harold Croslin’s Anna home on May 29 with a master key and a hatchet.
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Vandalia State Penal Farm
Blanch Johnson
Union County
Wendell Willkie Faulkner
St. Louis
Faulkner
Jean Fallenwider
Richard Arvin Thompson
Danville
Thompson
Harold Croslin
Anna
Croslin
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Union County Board
Missouri
Crab Orchard
Keller
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Southern Illinoisan
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