Public meetings and events on Southern Illinois calendar
Crainville seeks 7 30 p m public hearing on Comprehensive Plan at Crainville grade school lunch room. Murphysboro Unit 186 holds 7 30 p m Thursday meeting at 9th and Walnut office. Jackson County and Williamson County housing authorities meet Thursday. Special events include Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth at SIU, Herrin and Marion drive ins feature current films. News brief lists multiple local meetings and showings with times and venues.
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Crainville Comprehensive Plan
Crainville
Murphysboro Unit School District
New Unit 186
9Th and
Walnut Streets
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Jackson Country Club
Crainville Plan Commission
Union County Housing Authority
Cobden
Williamson County Housing Authority
Meadowdale
Herrin
Energy Village Board
Village Hall
Anti-poverty Board
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Jackson Legal Service Bureau
Carbondale City Hall
Jackson County Young Republican Club
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Southern Players Summer Stock Company
Sweet Bird of Youth
Tennessee Williams
SIU Communications Building
University Center
Jackson County Stamp Society
Latin American Institute
E. Pearl St
Carbondale
Herrin Senior Citizens Ice Cream
Herrin City Park
Friday council meetings and theater events listed
Herrin city council landfill committee meets Friday at 7 p.m. to discuss operation problems at city hall. Murphysboro city council regular meeting Friday at 7 p.m. in city hall. Summer Music Theater presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at SIU Muckelroy Auditorium with 8 p.m. shows Friday Saturday Sunday. admission 1.50 for students 2.25 for non students. Rodgers Anna Where Angels Go Trouble Follows screens Friday at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday continuous from 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin City
Murphysboro
City Hall
SIU
Muckelroy
Rodgers
Anna
Equalization grants awarded to eight area libraries
Eight public libraries in four area counties receive State equalization grants totaling 17939, explained by State Librarian Paul Powell. In Southern Illinois 21 libraries receive 41501, to supplement local library taxes when per capita minimum is not met.
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Paul Powell
Ilinois
Powell
Public lectures and paper drive amid weekend events
Saturday events include SIU theater department symposium on historical drama from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon in the Communications Building University Theater with free admission. A monthly paper drive by Herrin Baseball League starts at 9 a.m., residents asked to bundle newspapers and magazines and place them on front steps. Robert L. Bernard, 61, of Carbondale, dies after long illness. he served as an operating engineer and Marine Corps member, with service in WWII and various fraternal memberships. Funeral details listed. Paul B. McCormack, 69, of Ava dies. former railroad worker, member of Railway Brotherhood and Masons. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday in Murphysboro. Masonic services Friday evening.
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SIU
Communications Building University Theater
Herrin Baseball League
Robert L. Bernard
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Bernard
U.S. Marine Corps
Ainad Temple
East St. Louis
Beauseant Commandery
Orinda, Calif
Carbondale First
Ada M. Rydalch
Tooele
Utah
Huffman Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Former area man killed in Lockport collision
Roy John Moore 30, a former Jackson County resident and Murphysboro native, was killed Wednesday night in a car-truck crash in Lockport. He had lived in Joliet and was a Gorham High School graduate. Funeral plans are pending at Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel in Murphysboro.
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Roy John Moore
Jackson County
Lockport
Moore
Rose Moore
Murphysboro
Mississippi Valley Unit District 166
Gorham
Tower Rock pamphlet blends history and legends near Grand Tower
A pamphlet titled Tower Rock (La Roche de la Croix) joins history with hearsay about Tower Rock in the Mississippi River near Grand Tower. It was published by Ramfre Press of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and written by two Cape Girardeau residents, Mrs.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Tower Rock
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Ramfre Press
Cape Girardeau
la Roche de la Croix
Wittenberg
Missouri
Rock of the Cross
Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Co
Fire reveals county insurance gaps in equipment losses
Coroner Harry Flynn reports county owned gear including a typewriter and tape recorder destroyed in a May 10 fire at Flynn's Insurance Agency. Officials say county policy does not cover equipment outside the courthouse, and radio units in deputy cars may have lacked coverage. Board directs committee to explore a rider or restrict use of county gear to courthouse.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
June Snider
Finance Committee
County Board of Supervisors
Flynn
Jackson St
Snider
George Borgsmiller
Borgsmiller
Murphysboro
Timber firms map growth for Southern Illinois
Three companies outline pulp and paper plans to boost Southern Illinois timber industry. West Virginia Pulp and Paper will run an $80 million Wickliffe Kentucky plant, employing up to 300 and consuming about 600 tons of wood daily. The Alton Box Board Tamms plant buys 500 tons daily, while Charmin Paper Products eyes a Missouri area pulp mill and a 300 job toilet tissue and disposable products plant.
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John C. Taylor
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Wickliffe
Cairo
Southern Illinois
John B. Harmon
Pulp and
Vienna
Harmon
Shawnee Wood Chip Division
Alton Box Board Co
Alton
Tamms
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
John A. Lester
State Division of Forestry
Pulp and Paper
Western Kentucky
Don DeWitt
Dave Carruthers
Green Bay
Wis
Charmin Paper Products Co
Charmin
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Mississippi River
West Bank
Carruthers
Mass pre registrations for Du Quoin convention near 5300
More than 5 300 families have pre registered for the National Campers and Hikers Convention to be held in Du Quoin July 15 18. The average camping family has four members indicating more than 21 000 campers will visit the Du Quoin area. The event is expected to draw 30 000 to 35 000 people. Activities include grandstand shows Teen Queen crown pork cook off and a downtown parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
National Campers and Hikers Association
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Sparta Budget Up Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
Sparta City Council approved an appropriations ordinance of 421 855 dollars for the year from April 1 1968 to April 1 1969. City Clerk H A Dickey said the measure adds about 25 000 dollars to the previous fiscal year due to higher wages and material costs.
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Sparta
H. A. Dickey
Dickey
Morris and Weaver Join St. Louis Research Council Board
Delyte W. Morris, president of Southern Illinois University, and John C. Weaver, Missouri president, join the St. Louis Research Council board, expanding membership to 17 and adding representation from SIU and MU alongside Washington University and Saint Louis University. Morris has led SIU since 1948 and helped it rise among the nation’s top 20 in enrollment, while Weaver has led Missouri since 1966 with roots dating to World War II in college education.
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Delyte W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
John C. Weaver
University of Missouri
St. Louis Research Council
St. Louis
Washington University
St. Louis University
Mortis
SIU
Weaver
Missouri
Deputy returns Dodd to jail in murder case
James Floyd Dodd Jr. 22 is moved from Menard to Williamson County jail by Deputy Virgil Vancil. Dodd, sentenced 30 to 40 years for murder of Dallas Edward Lee on May 15 1966, had case remanded by Illinois Supreme Court May 18 for trial due to manifest error. Grand jury indicted Dodd this month. jury trial possible in July. Timothy W. Underwood 74 of Ava died Wednesday in Marion Veterans Hospital. services set 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home Ava with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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Roy Dixon
Oak Park
Veteran’s Hospital
Hines
Chicago
Royalton
Pinckneyville
Robert J
Elizabeth Steele Dixon
Alberta
Mabel Pulley
Elkville
Nancy Tucker
St. Louis
Royalton Methodist Church
Osage
Moeller Funeral Home
James Floyd Dodd Jr
Menard Penitentiary
Williamson County
Virgil Vancil
Dodd
State
Dallas Edward Lee
Marion
Lee
Illinois Supreme Court
Trail
Timothy W. Underwood
Ava
Veterans Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
Samuel Underwood
Katherine Kuehn Wahrhausen
Esther Hawke
Troy
Wilson
Henderson
Frank
Elmwood
Wilson Funeral
William Pfau
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Marion Drive-In
Varsity
Speedway
Fox
Orpheum
Blue
Jackson, Williamson, Perry
Franklin Counties
Sallie Logan
Carterville Public Library
Johnston City Public Library
Benton Public Library
Pinckneyville Public Library
West Frankfort Public Library
Agri-Business
Walter J. Wills
Agricultural Industries Department
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associates Press
GSE
Murdale
Murdale Shopping Center
Paul B. McCormack
James
Anna Beatie McCormack
Georgia Charles
Jonesboro
Missouri and Illinois Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Masonic Lodge
James P
Phoenix
Ariz
Leatta Underwood
Faye McCormack
Caseyville
Meyer- Denny Funeral Home
Jonah Walker
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Wittenberg, Mo. Bluffs
West
Florence Neville
Tucson
Harry Neville
Virginia Saupe
Harriet Limper
Louisiana
Charlotte Crowe
Jamaica
West Indies
Howard Neville
Michigan
Don Neville
E. W. Bond
Arizona
J. A. Craig
Pyatt Funeral Home of
Lucien Godbert
Johnston City
Lucian Godbert Sr
Newton St
Maple House
France
United Mine Workers of America
Emerance
Coulterville
Theodore
Lucien Jr
Murman and
Southern [Illinois University
Langenfeld Motor Co
Centralia
Porter Brothers Motor Sales
Bitzer- Schmacker Motors, Inc
Collinsville
Karr Motor Co
Book Review
Jess E. Thilenius and
Felix E. Snider
Jessie Webb
Fowler St
Union County Hospital
Union County
Dora Baggott Dunham
Lawrence Reeves
Nathaniel Webb
Celeste Davis
Betty Bolen
Allin
Robert Reeves
San Diego
Calif
Augustus Webb
Waco
Tex
Allen Webb
Ferguson
Gene Webb
Dessie Ward
Allen Park
Mich
McCarty Funeral Home
Gene Hart
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cobden Cemetery
Egildo Garagiola
Enduneto
Italy
Ferdinand and
Maria Bottini Garagiola
Minnie Berra
Lombard Society
Christopher Columbus Co-Op Association
Ind
Our Lady of
Angeline Garagiola
Mary Marlow
Herman
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Bernard P. Mongan
St. Carlos Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
du Quoin State Fair
Fedders
Wig Shoppe
Thelma Freeman
Logan
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
E. Main
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