Southern Illinois Calendar Public Meetings and Events
Calendar of upcoming meetings and special gatherings in Carbondale Cobden Herrin Benton Hurst Williamson County and Murphysboro areas. Includes municipal councils school boards conservancy district meetings and a variety of public events and a farewell reception for SIU official William McKeefery. Also lists numerous film showings at local theaters and drive ins across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Unit School Board
Herrin Elks Club
Southern Ilinois Inc
Board of
Williamson County
Herrin
Benton City
Hurst
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
Benton, Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Herrin Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
William McKeefery
SIU
University Center Ballroom
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Fire calls report across Carbondale and Benton area
A sequence of fire and equipment alarms from Carbondale and surrounding cities notes false alarms at Egyptian Sands Dormitory Baskin Robbins and Karate Club, car fires with no damage, wiring faults, transformer fires and minor property damage at various addresses including West College Street Main Street and Pope Street, along with a motel air conditioner fire and insulation burn incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
East College Street
Baskin - Robbins
Illinois Ave
W. College St
Karate Club
South
Illinois Avenue
Selmier-Peerless Tower
Linen Service
Washington St
College St
Varion
West More Plaza
Pat Ramsey
Marion
Main St
Benton
Logan
Norma Macahy
Knight Furniture
8Th St
Burkitt
Central Miners Public Service Co
Newhouse Lumber Co
CIPS
McCann St
Pope St
Gray Plaza
E. Martin &J
Marion cyclist injured in roadside accident
Larry D. Clark 22 of Marion suffered cuts to the arm in a motorcycle car collision at 5 pm Saturday. Police said Sondra Loyd 25 of Marion pulled onto New Rt. 13 from Logan Street into Clark's path. the motorcycles collided broadside. Clark received first aid at Marion Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry D. Clark
Rt. 1
Marion
Sondra Loyd
N. Garfield St
New Rt. 13
Logan Street
Clark
Marion Memorial Hospital
Southern Illinosan
Southern Illinois Inc
North
Ilinois Avenue
Carbondale
Walnut Street
Murphystore
Tineis Amt
Southern Wingisan
Carbondale Free Press
Hertin Daily Journal
Murphysbore Independent
Associated Press
AP News
Illinois VFW elects Murphysboro man senior vice commander
James Pat Harris of Murphysboro was elected senior vice commander of the Illinois Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the state convention in Peoria. Harris, a past commander of VFW Post 7190 in Murphysboro, will advance to head the state organization next year and previously commanded the 15 District of VFW. Other officers named included Vernon Soukup of Warrenville as senior vice commander and Rev Larry Calkins as chaplain. John Anderson of SIU discussed a UN FAO sponsored agriculture program proposal during a SIU-related event in Santa Maria Brazil. The update notes no selection has been made and that SIU was among three invited to submit proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
University of Santa Maria
Brazil
John ©. Anderson
SIU
Anderson
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
James “Pat” Harris
Murphysboro
Ilinois Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harris
Peoria
VFW
Social services reporter named for Southern Illinoisan post
Sandra Holter today assumes the duties as regional social services reporter for The Southern Illinoisan. Since January she has been a family and general assignment reporter in Herrin, moving to Carbondale under area news editor Ben Gelman. Her beat covers education mental and public health religion civil rights civil liberties poverty and welfare agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Holter
Ilingisan
Miss Holter
Family Ng
Herrin
Carbondale
Llincisan
Ben Gelman
Miss Holier
Logan Board Sets Special Meeting At Tufts Tees Junior College
A special meeting of John A. m College Board of Tuus tees is planned for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the junior college offices. Agenda includes bids on furniture equipment campus lighting drive and parking lot power distribution sewer lines treatment plant kitchen equipment and booths for student center faculty appointments and other items. Police briefs list speeding violations and traffic offenses across Carbondale Marion Murphysboro Herrin and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. m College Board of Tuustees
Woman Hurt in Herrin Two Car Collision
Mrs. June E. Radford 47 of 425 Park Lane Herrin was treated at Herrin Hospital after a two car crash in Herrin on Saturday at 10 30 am. Police report the other driver Phyllis V Kirk patrick 37 of Christopher. No ticket was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June E. Radford
Park Lane
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Radford
Phyllis V. Kirkpatrick
Christopher
South 16Th
West Oak Streets
Police plan radar use in Herrin to curb speeding
Herrin police will deploy a radar unit today to combat widespread speeding. Police Chief Bill Humphrey says the department has had the unit for some time but not used it extensively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Bill Humphrey
Cairo hunger march rally sparks new civil rights symbol
Rev. Jesse Jackson led about 300 Black residents at Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church in Cairo in a hunger march demonstration. He framed Cairo as an ugly mark on America, urged poverty elimination and political realignment, and warned against White Hats and White Sheets while signaling Breadbasket plans and a broader national focus. Local leaders said Jackson would return Tuesday for further rallies supporting the United Front in Cairo and a 2,000-strong march from Reckford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John & Taylor
God
Cairo
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Morning Star Free- Will Baptist
America
Mr. Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Nev
Jackson
Chile
Kliek
Breadbasket
Morning Star
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Montgomery
Birmingham
Ala
Hile
Peyton Berbling
Berbling
Brother Berbling
Illinois
City Hall
Leon Page
Jackeson
United Front
Reckford
Carterville girl witness recalls Cuba hijack aboard Eastern jet
Pam Storme, 19, of Carterville was a stewardess on an Eastern Airlines DC10 hijacked to Cuba with 89 aboard. The hijacker, his wife and daughter were in Havana after landing near Miami. Storme described fear eased by prior briefing and noted passengers were kept apart and cigarettes unavailable. The incident occurred south of Norfolk as the jet returned to Miami, marking the 30th hijacking to Cuba this year and third in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Storme
Rt. 2
Carterville
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Kenneth Storme
Sterme
Atlanta
Eastern Airlines Dcs
Miami
I Havana
Rose Mary Evans
Ex Mayor Miller denies council gun permit claim
Former Carbondale Mayor D Blaney Miller calls Mayor David Keene’s statement irrational and untrue. Miller defends the auxiliary police volunteers who served with the department during funerals parades and ball game parking, noting they worked without pay and wore no extra cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Taylor
Carbondale
D. Blaney Miller
David Keene
Keene
Miller
Police
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Belgium
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Orpheum
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Marion's
Anna Drive-In
Dayton Devils
Varsity
the Illustrated Man
Campus
Carbondale City Council
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
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Man Heads State Vew
Dames
Pat’* Harris
Melvin Haas
Social Services
New Reporting Post
Wisconsin State University At
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Eau Claire
I Freeport
The
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Kenosha, Wis
Sandra Helter
Logan Board
Lawrence Abell
Alva Billingsley
Gary Followell
Werner Zeigler
Elizabeth Purcell
Edward Karr
Murphysborpe
SEARS
N. Market ST
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King
Charles Keen
Tam
Miss Sterme
Bernard L.hotain
Norfolk
Miller Charge
Lumber City
West Willow
Jim Pearl
Pearl's
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