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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1960
Page
1
The Marion City Council placed a financial plan of 1 146 958 dollars on public inspection for the fiscal year starting July 21, detailing allocations to Hospital bonds Library Garbage collection and other departments. Salaries total 80 280 with numerous specific posts listed. the budget will remain on file until July 11 and may be amended.
The Marion School Unit Two Board of Education approved purchasing an electrical calculating machine from Burroughs Machine Co. for 6333 dollars with payments over three years. One member opposed citing cost. The board also awarded several painting bids and arranged bids for court blacktop work at four schools.
The Southern Playhouse at Southern Illinois University lampus begins its summer season Wednesday with Ten Little Indians. The lineup includes five campus shows July 6-10 Cocktail Party July 13-17 Desire Under the Elms July 27-31 and South Pacific Aug 5-6. A summer stock company selected nationwide forms the acting ensemble and tech crew for all shows.
SIU security officers Tom Leffler and Don Ragsdale attended a National Association of University and College Traffic and Security directors meeting at Northwestern University. The conference ran Thursday through Saturday to promote cooperation in university security administration and operations.
Tracy Minnesota farmer Alden Jensen says a gopher hole caused a dike breach letting Des Moines River flood his land and damage crops. Local authorities assess repair needs and flood impacts.
Edward C Hubbard of Elgin received a suspended six month sentence and a $745 fine plus $113 sheriff's costs after pleading guilty to child abandonment in Johnson County court. The court will use $600 of the fine to support Hubbard's daughter at $50 per month for a year. Hubbard previously appeared in court and paid travel costs for trips between Vienna and Geneva.
Jim Wiggs reports Cecil Franklin runs a free four day a week program at Crab Orchard Lake with clubs Catfish Bass Perch and Bluegill to teach Red Cross swimming. About 100 youngsters learn water safety, with 90 percent gaining some swimming ability in eight weeks.
The Gamma Kappa chapter of Sigma Kappa at Southern Illinois University was awarded the National Scholarship Award at the national convention in Sun Valley Idaho. SIU chapter president Susan McManus attends the convention. Kathleen Fletcher serves as scholarship adviser for the chapter.
Southern Illinois University President Delyte W. Morris and Mrs. Morris are named among 16 college presidents invited to the Intellectual Life Conference in Nova Scotia July 6 to 15. The event is one of three conferences funded this summer by the Fund for the Advancement of Education.
Local Illinois newspaper notice lists offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro with post office entry details. It notes the Southern Illinoisan as successor to several local papers and that AP dispatches are exclusive for local news repudiation.
An AP report notes a stamp vending machine at a Norman Oklahoma post office was often out of order prompting a patron to leave a note reading you fight rain snow and hail why cant you whip this cotton pickin machine the incident highlights service issues at the facility.
Chester R. Schwartz 77 former Elkville mayor died Monday at St John’s Hospital St Louis after a five year illness. Born Elkville 1883 he lived there since 1914 and owned Elkville Lumber Co He is survived by wife Ormimie Montroy a sister Duff Hartwell Glendale Calif He belonged to First Christian Church Elkville Masonic Lodge De Soto and Shriner Visitation at Schroeder Funeral Home Du Quoin after 6 p m today until funeral Wednesday 2 p m at First Christian Church Elkville Rev Royce Woods officiating Burial Elkville Cemetery
A crane lifts cement to workers on a new overpass planned to carry Interstate 57 over old Route 13 near the Veterans Hospital. A parallel structure is under construction a mile north at the junction of new Route 13 and the Chicago Cairo interstate road.
About 35 000 people expected for a four day Shawneetown Sesquicentennial with a $25 000 budget underwritten by local business leaders. Gov Stratton to speak and a queen’s ball, pageant, parade, water show, whisker contest and Fourth of July events mark the observance.
Members of a joint Herrin aldermanic and Chamber of Commerce committee seek land for city parking lots. Eight members were assigned tasks, with about three reports submitted. They plan to present findings to the City Council on July 11 after a next-week meeting.
A 20-year-old Ava youth, Dallas Haacke, was sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison in Jackson Circuit Court on a probation revocation. He had earlier pled to burglary of Cox Grocery in Oroville in October 1959 and faced burglary and larceny charges from a January grand jury indictment. Haacke was arrested June 1 in Jackson County on a theft of a chainsaw from his stepfather’s Ava area home, prompting a petition to revoke probation.
Albert Lee Cottonaro of 601 N Carico St Carbondale paid $20 including costs after a speeding ticket issued by State Trooper Charles Whittington was heard by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz.
The Southern Illinois University summer program offers outdoor movies each Wednesday at 8 p m in McAndrew Stadium and free travel films on Thursdays at 8 p m in University School Studio Theatre. Activities include two bus trips to the St Louis Municipal Opera on July 8 and July 29, a downtown St Louis shopping trip July 16, Campus Lake picnics Sundays, lemonade hours Mondays, Friday outdoor dances, and Friday night plus Sunday recreation at Campus Lake. Movie lineup runs June 29 to August 3 with titles Night Into Morning through Plunder of the Sun.
The Carbondale fire department responded to three alarms on Monday and today. A fire at 806 N Marion Street and another at 305 E Chestnut Street caused alarms but no damage. A minor car fire was extinguished at 8 40 a m today at the intersection of College Street and South Illinois Avenue.
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