Marion Council Adopts Record 1.79 Million Budget
The Marion City Council placed a record high 1,791,674 appropriation on public inspection for the fiscal year starting May 1. The budget increases total city allocations by 300,976 over 1964-65 with rises for sewer water street garbage and salaries plus a new landfill and mosquito abatement funding. The Marion Memorial Hospital budget rises to 877,240 and several departments gain new appropriations including police fire retirement and public works. The council also called for annexation election and approved tavern hours and street work contracts.
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Water Department
Scottsboro
Street Department
Marion City Council
SIU Ag Prof Receives $5500 Ford Grant for Mexico Study
Southern Illinois University agricultural professor Herman M. Haag has been awarded a $5500 Ford Foundation grant to study grain marketing in northern Mexico. The fund covers living expenses travel and language training. Haag begins work in September and will spend part of the year at Mexico's Technological Institute in Monterey teaching and helping establish a new graduate agricultural economics program.
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Herman M. Haag
Southern Illinois University
Ford Foundations For
Mexico
Haag
Technological Institute
Monterey
Laborer Beaten In Red Bud Job Dispute
A Kansas laborer, Delbert Bowles, 42, was beaten and kicked by a mob at a Red Bud construction site tied to a Borton Inc project. He remained in St. Elizabeth's Hospital Belleville in good condition while picketing continued. authorities reported 150 to 200 people were at the scene and no charges had been filed.
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Kansas
Red Bud
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Randolph County
Ardell Currat
Delbert Bowles
Hutchinson
Kan
Currat
Borton Inc
Bowles
Isenhauer
Randolph Service Co
Sparta
Laborers Union Local 925
Merlin Bowles
Marion moves to annex Scottsboro area and extend city services
Marion city council action seeks an election date for annexing the Scottsboro area not included in 1962 expansion, extending west to Interstate 37 and south along the highway right of way to Old Route 13. The council also annexed a cemetery road and Scottsboro road segment near the cemetery, and heard plans for church property annexation with water and sewer access. Municipal leaders anticipate growth west beyond Interstate 57 and expect a court-set election within about 30 days.
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Marion
Williamson County Circuit Court
Scottsboro
Adolph Flack
Scottsboro Road
City Leader Rules Out Grand Avenue Closure Plan
Carbondale Mayor D Blaney Miller said the council has not agreed to close Grand avenue and the decision rests with the city, though he expects eventual permanent closure. The street has been closed from Morris Library to Forrest avenue for a year for university construction and regrading, and reopening is planned this summer.
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Carbondale
D. Blaney Miller
Grand Avenue
Grand
Miller
SIU
Morris Library
Forrest Avenue
Velma Martin 70 Dies in Marion
Velma Martin 70 of 324 S 3rd St Marion died at 1230 am in Marion Memorial Hospital She was born August 31 1894 in Johnson County daughter of Charles and Sarah Dunn She married William J Martin Sr October 9 1916 She leaves husband two sons William J and Gene Simmons of Marion daughter Mrs Earl Pulsey of Granada Hills California and Mrs Clyde McDonald Jr of Homewood a sister Mrs Guy Morgan of Belleville and 16 grandchildren She was a member of St Josephs Catholic Church Rosary to be said at Wilson Funeral Home Marion at 730 pm Wednesday Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Services for St Josephs Church at 9 am Thursday. Friends may call after 1030 am Wednesday
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Velma Martin
S. 3Rd St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Johnson County
Charles
Sarah Glass Dunn
William J. Martin
Martin
William J
Gene Simmons
Earl Pulsey
Granada Hills
Calif
Clyde McDonald Jr
Homewood
Guy Morgan
Belleville
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
John Cedilot
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
Sparta Police Brief Fines Mildred Hagen for Parking Violation
Mildred J. Hagen of Sparta was fined $15 for parking in a no parking zone. Police records note the citation issued and amount paid.
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Sparta
Mildred J. Hagen
Mrs Josie Treece Dies at 92 in Anna
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie Treece 92 of Anna will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at McCarty Funeral Home with Rev. Walter M. Bartels officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery east of Anna. Visitation starts after 4 p.m. today. She leaves daughter Mrs. Ruby Bishop of Anna, sister Mrs. Rose Gordon of Carbondale, three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Josie Treece
Anna
Hillview
Vienna
McCarty
Walter M. Bartels
First Baptist Church
Pleasant Grove
Treece
Ruby Bishop
Rose Gordon
Carbondale
Car Crash in Carbondale Involving Archuleta and Arms
Police report: a car driven by Michael Archuleta of Murphysboro failed brakes near East Main and Marion streets in Carbondale at 8 p m. strikes a parked car after hitting a car driven by Jack Walter Arms of St. Louis. No injuries reported.
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Mchael Archuleta
Rt. 4
Murphysboro
Jack Walter Arms
St. Louis
Carbondale
Archuleta
East Mair and
Marion Streets
Services Held for Col Carlton D Goodiel
Friday services were held for retired Army Col Carlton D Goodiel 66 husband of a former Carbondale woman He died June 21 A two time Legion of Merit awardee he married Bever ly Parsch of Carbondale Jan 1 They lived in McLean Virginia Mrs Goodiel teaches at Southern Illinois University He was a George Washington University medical graduate 1962 and began his army career at Walter Reed General He was Surgeon General of the Military District of Washington in 1955 and retired in 1957 He lies in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
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Carlton D. Goodiel
Carbondale
Col
Goodiel
Legion of Merit
Beverly Parsch
W. Sycamore St
McLean
Southern Illinois University
Col. Goodiel
Arlington National Cemetery
George Washington University
Walter Reed General Hospital
Military District of Washington
Metropolis Man Robbed of $180 in Late Saturday Night
Two men stopped Glenn Wood as he drove home in Metropolis and took $180 in cash. Police said the robbery occurred about 9 45 p m and the thieves fled in an unknown car.
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Metropolis
Glenn Wood
Carbondale Collision Involving Gar rett and Crenshaw
Cars driven by Sherry Garrett, 23, of 424 E Willow St Carbondale and Talvin Crenshaw, 46, 1506 N Pine St Johnston City, collided at the corner of North Marion and East Sycamore streets in Carbondale at 6 pm Monday.
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Sherry Garrett
Willow St
Carbondale
Talvin Crenshaw
Pine St
Johnston City
North Marion
East Sycamore Streets
Johnston City Mine Squeeze Puzzle Continues
Residents and mine officials debate cause of a squeeze damaging homes in a four block area. Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Co denies pumping water from the old Lake Creek mine, while Orient 4 operator and state inspectors say pumping is unlikely to trigger a squeeze.
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Johnston City
Gilbert Engram
Bell and Zoller
Arthur Towles
Towles
Freeman Coal Co
Lake Creek
Tom Garwood
Garwood
Roscoe Moore
State Dept. of Mines and Minerals
Moore
Two Chicago youths flee Giant City Camp after robbery
Police in Southern Illinois hunt Bruno Kovicl age 16 and Frank Dowell age 17 who fled Giant City Boys Camp on Monday night. Both had been assigned to the camp run by the Illinois Youth Commission following a Cook County robbery.
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Southern Illinois
Chicago Area
Giant City
Bruno Kovicl
Frank Dowell
Illinois Youth Commission
Cook County
Police Introduce New Car in Murphysboro
Murphysboro police unveil a new patrol car on Monday with Kenneth Roberts adjusting the spotlight. The updated vehicle replaces an older model to enhance local enforcement efforts.
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Murphysboro
Kenneth Roberts
Growth Pattern Maps Highlight Marion History Report
Marion planning committees presented an initial report to the Greater Egypt Planning Commission. Dr. James Felts noted maps trace Marion growth from 1839 to 1939 and show a northward pattern, with boundaries around the public square.
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Marion Planning Commission
Greater Egypt Planning Commission
James Felts
Infor
Marion
Ed Gentry
Williamson County
Felts
Northwest Territory
Two Injuries From Multiple Crashes Near Nashville
Two people were injured in a Monday two car crash on Rt 460 east of Nashville near Beaucoup. John Terepka 49 East St Louis and Martin Curtis 40 Fort Collins Colo collided at 12 20 p m. Curtis not hurt Terepka minor injuries passenger Jean Scott 21 Mt Vernon minor injuries.
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Nashville
Beaucoup
John Terepka
East St. Louis
Martin Curtis
Fort Collins
Colo
Terepka
Curtis
Jean Scott
Mt. Vernon
Gary Mandrell
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Loren Roberts
Rt. 3
Marion
Rt. 13
East Marion
Robert Wahlourst
Downers Grove
Pinckneyville
Anna M. Morefield
Murphysboro
Thomas C. Heern
Makanda
North
Fourth Streets
Thieves Break Into IGA Store in Anna
Police said thieves entered the IGA store in Anna by a rear door Sunday and tried to force a safe but did not take anything. No items reported missing.
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IGA
Anna
Carbondale Driver Ticketed After Three Car Crash
Janet M. Seibert, 19, of 901 Skyline Drive, was ticketed for following too closely after her car rear ended Charlotte West, 32, at the corner of South Illinois and West Grand avenues. West then struck Harral E. Hall, 33, of Rt. 1, Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Janet M. Seibert
Skyline Drive
Charlotte West
W. Freeman St
South Illinois
West Grand Avenues
Harral E. Hall
Rt. 1
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West Main Street
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Strest
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Miinoolsan
Black Chapel Church of God
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Robert Butler
Fair Street
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David Warford
Congress of America
Herman Bearden
Robert Pitchford
R. A. Nack and Associates
Pitchford
Petunias
Logan Murphysbore
F.D.I.C
City National Bank
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Dean Berger
Frank Moreno
Moreno
North Park Ave
Mardale Shopping Center
Campus Shopping
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Paul Inet
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