Carbondale Northeast clean-up nets 200 loads
The first phase of Carbondale's cleanup program faced rain but yielded 200 loads of material moved to the city landfill. About one third of the work was completed with volunteers from Crab Orchard Job Corps Center and many local groups assisting. Cleanup centered in the northeast area with plans for more heavy material removal and house demolitions next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Randall Nelson
Nelson
Crab Orchard Job Corps Center
Harold Hill
Carbondale Street Department
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County Housing Authority
North Marion Street
F. S. Randall
Jackson County Health Department
Three Hurt in Marion Area Car Collision
Three people were seriously injured Friday night in a collision at the Route 37 148 junction south of Marion. Donna Faker, 19, of Cape Girardeau and Joseph Terko, 49, with Flora Terko, 45, were treated for major injuries at Marion Memorial Hospital with varying conditions reported the following night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Donna Faker
Cape Girardeau
Joseph Terko
Johnston City
Flora Terko
Marion Memorial Hospital
Donna Eaker
Terko
Jeanette Gulley
Mullin Klukis
Carbondale
Old Rt. 13
Former Herrin optometrist seeks pardon for murder sentence
Dr. Walter J. Goodpaster, a 53 year old former Herrin optometrist sentenced to 199 years for the 1959 murder of Margaret Strunk, filed a petition for pardon or sentence commutation in Massac County Circuit Court. He argues the punishment is excessive and cites political and personal factors while seeking restoration of civil rights and a move to eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Goodpaster
Herrin
Massac County
Williamson County
Margaret Strunk
Carterville
Goodpaster
Joliet State Prison
Statesville
Carbondale Voting Precincts Proposed for Redraw
Jackson County officials plan to review a proposal to increase Carbondale Township precincts from 13 to 18 with new lines drawn along streets. The plan aims to balance voting loads and simplify boundaries for township, county, state, and national elections, with re registration to follow if approved. Ward noted final map details and re registration steps depend on the county board action Monday in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Delmar Ward
Ward
Carbondale Township
Two killed and four injured in Southern Illinois crashes
Two people died and four were hurt in separate automobile accidents in Southern Illinois. Raymond Held, 65, of Jennings Missouri, died at St Clement hospital Red Bud after an auto slid into a creek on Rt 159. Driver Jerome Flunker 27 and two other passengers suffered major injuries. Elmer Held and Esther Smith serious. A second crash killed Michael Dailey 21 of Rosadaire near Elizabethtown. Dailey died after his truck hit a barrier near Hardin County General Hospital Carbondale police noted a nearby shop window damaged by a thrown bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Raymond Held
Jennings
St. Clement Hospital
Red Bud
Rt. 159
Jerome J. Flunker
St. Louis
Esther Smith
Elmer Held
Jerome Flunker
St. Clements Hospital
Barnes’ Hospital
Held
Miss Smith
Michael Flanker
Michael F. Dailey
Rosidaire
Elizabethtown
Dailey
Hardin County General Hospital
Battle over Kaskaskia Island moves to federal court
Illinois and Missouri face off again over sovereignty of the 26 090 acre Kaskaskia Island in the Mississippi River near Chester. The Monday hearing in St Louis will test map accuracy and river channels with hydraulic engineers and waterways experts from both states. The case, filed in October 1964, will be reviewed by retired Judge Harvey Johnson as master, with potential appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Kaskaskia Island
U.S. District Court
St. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi River
Chester
Ilinois
Federal
Market St
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Harvey Johnson
Johnson
Terance MacCarthy
Thomas Decker
Chicago
Atty
William Clark
Stanley Rosenblum
Ste. Genevieve
Rosenblum
CATV expands in Mt. Vernon amid FCC rulings and growth
Mt. Vernon and nearby towns see CATV spread as eight channels plus weather arrive for 4.95 a month. The Mt. Vernon firm employs eight, with a half million dollar plant, and plans expansion to Du Quoin and Christopher while FCC rulings slow new builds.
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Mt. Vernon
CATV
Life Magazine
Antenna Television
New York
Ed Sullivan
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
John Manion Jr
Manion
du Quoin
Christopher
Centralia
Able Cable, Inc
Marion
Able Cable
Home Cable Co
Gregg Cablevision
Nashville
Carbondale Names Hubert Goforth Postmaster
Postmaster confirmed Hubert L. Goforth of Rt. 2 Carbondale as Carbondale postmaster. The U S Senate approved Friday. Goforth will resign as head of the state Division of Feeds Fertilizer and Standards to take the post. He is Jackson County Democratic chairman and was backed by Rep. Kenneth J. Gray and local precinct committeemen. He must resign county chairmanship and political activity due to the Hatch Act. Goforth was born in Energy and studied at SIU and local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L. Goforth
Rt. 2
Carbondale
U. S. Senate
Goforth
State Division
Ervin Sullivan
Royal L. Dillinger
Jackson County
Kenneth J. Gray
Gray
Cobden
Willisville
Warren
Southern Illinois University
Greater Egypt endorses five point seven million in EDA requests
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission board endorsed five grants and one loan totaling 5,734,600 for EDA funding. Pinckneyville, Bend Lake Conservancy District, Carbondale growth center, and Carbondale projects receive approvals with varying match requirements and vote tallies. A Carbondale water project and a Technical Tape expansion are among the endorsed items. One car crash kills a teen and injures another in Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Greater Egypt
Bend Lake Conservancy District
Carbondale
Economic Development District
Crab Orchard Creek
Washington, D.C
K. Neil Thurmond
Johnston City
Carbon
Commission
Thurmond
Carbondale Industrial Corp
Technical Tape Corp
Technical Tape
Dwight Burns
Elkville
Christine Mercer
Carterville
Paul Dickerson
Charles Covington
Mt. Vernon
Julius Steinmarch
Herrin
Greater Egypt backs Carbondale EDA grant requests
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission endorsed Carbondale EDA applications totaling about 4.8 million dollars for sewage facilities and reservoirs. Mayor Keene and officials outlined needs to Washington based officials while Kirk urged fast action to secure long and short term water and sewer supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Keene
Frank Kirk
William Norman
EDA
Washington, D.C
Cedar Creek
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Creek
Kirk
U.S. Interior Dept
Crab Orchard Lake
Commission
College-bound Calcaterra seeks parole in July
John Calcaterra, in a 3 to 10 year Menard Prison sentence for offering to sell a narcotic and delivering a non narcotic, seeks parole. He plans to attend SIU after release, has 49 college hours after a summer course, and argues the sentence was harsh given the offense. He passed the S C A T with 88 percent and has prior college credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calcaterra
Herrin
Menard
Southern Illinois University
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Calcaterra
S.C.A.T
SIU
Standard Business Institute
Chicago
Navy
Calaterra
Community TV regulation debate stalls in Illinois Senate
Springfield reporter Joseph M. Webb outlines a CATV regulatory tug of war between cities and the Illinois Commerce Commission as the General Assembly nears adjournment. The bill shifts between licensing and regulating powers, with FCC hints looming and ICC chairman James W. Karber admitting uncertainty about the agency's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Illinois Commerce Commission
Robert G. Day
Peoria
House
William Pollack
Chicago
ICC
Senate
Sen
Haason Sours
R-Peoria
Rep
Day
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
James W. Karber
Car jumps curb and damages power lines in Marion
At 9 45 a m Saturday in Marion a car driven by Bob Browning ran a curb, tore loose a power pole wire, and wrecked three yards on Liberty and College streets. Police cited no charges as Browning escaped with minor injuries and the crash caused a brief power outage.
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Bob Browning
Marion
Browning
College
Liberty Streets
Noel Waller
H. H. Smith
Liberty Street
John Kelley
Mining Work Resumes, No Other Mines Active Monday
Only Burning Star 2 and Burning Star 3 mines report operation resuming on Monday with no other mines active. No additional sites listed as working.
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Job Corps
James Woods
Marion St
Woods
Harold W. Koehn
Herrin Optometrist
Dr. Goodpaste
Kirby’s Market
W. Sycamore
Kaskaskia Battle
East St. Louis
Community Antenna Television
Whittington
Conservancy District
Kenneth Baise
Patrick O'Neil
Brokaw Hospital
Normal
State Public Health Dept
Franklyn Moreno
Community TV
Capital
Joseph M. Webb
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
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