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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1969
Page
13
Water skiing, a popular summer sport, benefits from dry land practice and expert boat driving. The article stresses instructor-led starts, safe tow lines, and clear signaling between skier and driver, with emphasis on balance, timing, and avoiding hazards in shared waters.
Dilnois deer hunters who will not hunt on property that they own may apply starting Monday. Illinois Department of Conservation Director William L Rutherford warned that applications dated before June 21 will be returned. A five dollar check or money order is required with each application and cash should not be sent. Hunters on private land must obtain landowner permission before applying, with shotgun season set for November 21 22 23 and December 12 13 14.
The Crab Orchard Lake bass season remains weak with anglers claiming little to show beyond a pound. In contrast Lake of Egypt and Devils Kitchen yield better results using plastic worms, while Carlyle Lake reports action with bass up to three pounds. Jim DaRosa posts 28 bass over two days at Greer Ferry Arkansas using jump fishing to locate shad. Elm Street Baptist Murphysboro and Carbondale First Christian win YMCA slow pitch softball games. Carbondale First Christians beat Murphysboro First Baptist 16-14.
In fall 1927 the Big Muddy River south of Murphysboro saw massive fish deaths, with Albert Spiller noting 60 percent were game fish and tens of billions of fish killed. Acid from coal mine wastes caused the kills, a pattern echoed in later events along the Saline River, prompting regulatory progress but ongoing concerns over subtle pollution like sewage-driven fertility declines.
Ilinois experts warn dissolved oxygen loss in waters from phosphorus in detergents and fertilizers fuels algal blooms that deplete oxygen. Orchard pesticides harm farm ponds and streams, with fish kills noted after spraying. Air pollutants like carbon dioxide, monoxide, nitrous oxide, and hydrocarbons pose long term risks beyond local industry.
A fragmentary sports item notes Christopher Legion defeated Centralia in a Thursday game. The brief appears amid an OCR-heavy page with unrelated ad text for civil service exams and government job recruitment, including disjointed names and numbers.
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