TV Franchise Gets Reading for Carbondale
Carbondale City Council gave first reading to an ordinance awarding Southern Video Corp. of Harrisburg a 20 year franchise to operate community television antenna service. The firm will charge about $5 monthly with a staged payments schedule and city revenue shares. Construction must begin within six months and finish in 18 months with a three month service lapse voiding the franchise. Principal stockholders are Vernon Lampley and Q L Turner. The council selected Southern Video over three bidders June 2.
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Carbondale
Southern Video Corp
Harrisburg
Southern Video
Vernon Lampley
Benton
Q. L. Turner
Lights Planned In Carbondale Illinois Eight Street Lights
Central Illinois Public Service Co will provide eight street lights in Carbondale at nine proposed locations with one not needed. The annual rate is 39 dollars per light, per year, with installations at Duncan drive and Gray drive, Duncan drive and Myrtle lane, Wall street and Cindy lane, Sycamore street, Wall street Owen street and Wagner street, the west end of Owen street, and Sycamore street and Davis street. A city survey to locate further needs is underway following a petition by Southern Illinois University students for safety lights. The council also granted permission to Hubert L Chapman to build a driveway near East Main Street, subject to highway rules.
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Central Illinois Public Service Co
Carbondale
Mason Parker
Carbondale Group
Cres
E. Sycamore St
Duncan Drive
Gray Drive
Myrtle Lane
Wall Street
Cindy Lane
Sycamore Street
Owen Street
Wagner Street
Davis Street
CIPS
Southern Mlinois University
Hubert L. Chapman
Carbondale Real Estate
East Main Street
Chapman
Firemen Called To Herrin Packing House Blaze
Herrin firefighters were summoned Tuesday to the Herrin Packing House on Route 1 where workers were burning weeds. The flames were brought under control without further incident.
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Herrin
Rt. 1
Anna Clinic Appoints Dr Ivan Pavkovic Chief Director
Dr. Ivan Pavkovic, 87, named clinical director at Anna State Hospital in a newly created post. He is the sole full time psychiatrist on staff and is part of a five year program with the Psychiatric Institute after completing three years. He trained at Zagreb University and did residencies and internships in Yugoslavia and Chicago. He is married with one son.
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Ivan Pavkovic
Anna State Hospital
R. C. Steck
Pavkovic
Ilinois State Psychiatrics Institute
Chi- Jab
Psychiatric Institute
Columbus Hospital
Chicago
Zagreb University School
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
France
Germany
United States
SIU Professor Wins $45 000 NSF Grant for Vision Research
Alfred Lit, a psychology professor at Southern Illinois University, has received a three year 44700 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund research on psycho physiological visual processes. The project stretches from the prior two year support and includes depth discrimination under different lighting, reaction times to light stimuli, and potential applications in traffic safety and space travel.
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Alfred Lit
Southernlinois University
National Science Foundation
Lit
Tests Inc
Murphysboro Driver Charged in Car Crash
Rollie Conder, 29, of Murphysboro, was ticketed for improper driving after his car struck a parked vehicle on Wall Street at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday. The other car’s owner is Patricia Beckman, 21, of Murphysboro.
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Rollie Conder
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Wall Street
Patricia Beckman
Illinois Ave
Ter Jouthenn Ullingisan
Sun Pony
Southern Olinois Publications
Tae
Wem
Bal Street
Carbondale
Tllinois
Aorrin Dairy Journal
Sarphyabeee
Associated Press
Anna Hospital Volunteer Receives 1100 Hour Pin
Anna State Hospital honors charter volunteer Mrs. Charles J. Brasefield with a 2100 hour service pin, awarded by Dr. R. C. Steck. A longtime volunteer since 1956, she helped start a sewing room for patients as the Brasefields prepare to move to New Jersey on Aug 1.
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Anna State Hospital
R. C. Steck
Charles J. Brasefield
Southern Ilinois University
Brasefield
Brasefields
New Jersey
Jane Phillips
State Dept. of Mental Health
Rites Thursday for Ex Sheriff Tanner Hanson
Funeral services for former Jackson County Sheriff Tanner Hanson, 67, who died Tuesday in St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro after a six month illness, will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at Meyer Denny Funeral Home Murphysboro. Rev Gene McElroy will officiate. Burial will be in Tower Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m today Hanson, born Sept 24 1896 in Murphysboro, served as sheriff from 1942 to 1946. He retired as a machinist for the Illinois Central Railroad and belonged to First Christian Church, the Murphysboro Masonic Lodge and the Machinists Union. He is survived by his wife Ollie B Zimmer Hanson. sons Sylvester and William. sisters Mrs Ted Schmidt, Mrs George Golliher, Mrs Walter Engert. a brother Max E Hanson. five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Gene McElroy
Tower Grove
Hanson
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Sylvester and
Harriett Etherton Hanson
Ollie B. Zimmer
Jackson County
George Golliher
Pinckneyville
Walter Engert
Evansville
Ind
Max E
Westminister
Calif
Johnston City Man Fined for DWI in County Court
Frank Belo of Rt. 1 Johnston City was fined 105 dollars in Williamson County Circuit Court for driving while intoxicated. He was ticketed June 11 at Rt. 11 and 4th Street, Johnston City by State Trooper Idaho Neal.
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Frank Belo
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Wileliamson County
Rt. 11
4Th Street
Daho Neal
Agnes Miller Bond Set After Bus Knife Incident
Agnes Miller of West Memphis Arkansas had bond set at 95 dollars on a disorderly conduct charge. Police said she flashed a knife on a bus she rode as a passenger and was taken into custody in Marion on Saturday.
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Agnes Miller
West Memphis
Ark
Marion
Elizabeth Plumlee Ex-Teacher Dies in Illinois
Elizabeth Nora Plumlee 58 of 106 Alton St. Alton died at Herrin Hospital after illness. Born Sept 1 1995 northwest of Bush she taught 14 years in Cambria and 21 in Alton. Survived by mother Nora Plumlee Cambria. sisters Esther Elois predeceased. brothers Theodore Rt 3 West Frankfort Harald Tulsaahoma Tenn. Funeral 7 p.m. Thursday Cambria Baptist Church. Burial Herrin City Cemetery. Donations to Huddieson Baptist Children's Home Centralia.
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Elizabeth Nora Plumlece
Alton St
Alton
Cambria
Herrin Hospital
Bush
Arthur W
Nora Brayfield Plumlee
Alton First Baptist Church
Nora Plumlee
Cambriders
Irene Mohan
Flint
Mich
Helen Banyeky
Carterville
Theodore
Rt. 3
West Frankfort
Harald
Tullahoma
Tenn
Esther
Elois Plumlee
Cambria Baptist Church
Ortin Anderson
Jeitg Vaughn
Herrin City
Rigstgin
Council Asks Fence Bids for Sewage Lift Stations
Carbondale City Council seeks bids for fencing around three sewage disposal lift stations to prevent safety and health hazards. Public Property Commissioner Joseph Ragsdale Jr. favors eight foot fencing with barbed wire, covering about 450 feet and gates near East Joak Street by the water tower and Murdale Shopping Center. He notes removal of a ladder from a water storage tank to deter unauthorized access after a SIU student climbed the tower recently.
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Carbondal
Joseph Ragsdale Jr
Ragsdale
Joak Street
Water Tower
Murdale
Grand Avenue
State Street
Ilinois University
Child Injured In Rt 3 Car Collision
Lyla Cooper a 12 year old from Valier was treated at Herrin Hospital after a collision on Rt 3 at the Carterville area. The drivers Robert L. Cooper 18 and Edward V. Russell 16 were not hurt.
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Lyla Cooper
Valier
Herrin Hospital
Carterville
School Reopens Special Class at Christopher Grade School
Christopher Grade School resumes a class for educable mentally handicapped children closed last fall. Mrs. Caroline Conner, the former teacher from the Christopher area, is hired to teach the course after summer sessions sent pupils to Du Quoin. The board met to prepare records for auditing. 93 pupils attend summer school, 20 in the summer band program.
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Christopher
Board of Education
Caroline Conner
Christopher Area
Conner
du Quoit
FASTEETH Promises Firm Comfort for False Teeth
Many denture wearers have embarrassing moments when plates slip or loosen. The ad promotes FASTEETH, an alkaline powder, to hold teeth more firmly and reduce plate odor, available at drug counters.
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Heeder
Joseph, Ragsdale Jr
Public Safety
A. E B. Ramsey
Jerome Nellis
Nellis
Anna Clinic
SIU
Andale Lhe
Cn. Furhondalr
Gale Williams
KFVS
Williams
Illinois
Anna Hospital
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Tanner Hanson
Elizabeth Plumlee
Paes
Louie Levin
Marion Capps
Belle Rive
Rt. 460
Charles Tucker
Capps
Nellie Goddard
Boston
Pork Roast
Rend Lake
Bologna
Manhattan
Boz
Sunshine Hyde Park Hydrox Orbit
Hunt's Peaches
Red Robe
Regency Lemonade
Fred
Royal Scot
Oleo
Bikite Food Mkt
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