Memorial Day Funfest plan at Du Quoin Fairgrounds
Fred Huff of Hayes Fair Acres announced the Holiday Funfest for Memorial Day weekend at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. The event runs Friday May 26 through Monday May 29 and features a 100 mile dirt track car race and appearances by western singing star Judy Lynn.
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Judy Lynn
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Fred Huff
Hayes Fair Acres
Huff
du Quoin
du Quoin Saddle
Lynn
Las Vegas
Fort Worth
Corrections Note Misidentified Child In Southern Illinois Caption
A Sunday caption for Southern Illinois incorrectly named seven year old Tammy Meadows of Mulkeytown as a hit and run victim. Tammy was injured November 2 after running in front of a pickup. State police list John B. Eubanks as driver but no ticket is mentioned.
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Southern
Illinois
Tammy Meadows
Mulkeytown
Tammy
John B. Eubanks
Benton
Eubanks
Carbondale incumbents seek re election to school boards
Incumbents on Carbondale high school and grade school boards seek to retain posts. Feirich a Carbondale attorney appointed in 1969 to fill a vacancy runs for high school seat. Dietz farmer seeks second term. Hines attorney and Thalman dentist seek terms on grade school board. Nominations due March 17 for April 8 election.
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Carbondale
John C. Feirich
Lawrence Dietz
Charles Hines
Terry Thalman
Feirich
Frank Bleyer
Dietz
Thalman
Hines
Gray proposes massive Capitol electronic security system
Rep Kenneth Gray introduces a bill to install a 2 to 3 million dollar 100 camera CCTV system in the Capitol Building to improve after hours security. features include motion detection X-ray screening at entrances and central monitoring with cooperation from the Army and Secret Service.
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Medial News Service
Washington D.C
Kenneth Gray
D-West Frankfort
Capitol Bombing
Capitol Building
Capitol
Senate
Gray
House Administration
Police
SIU and Lions to host campus seminars through spring
The Southern Illinois University student relations office and the Carbondale Lions Club co sponsor public seminars on higher education and campus community issues. Sessions begin 7 30 p m in Lawson Hall room 131 with talks by James M Brown and Emil Spees on The Picture in Higher Education Problems and Promise and The Dynamics of the Modern Campus Student Initiative. Additional topics include off campus housing counseling handicapped students international students and drug crisis services with plans for April 17 and May 1 seminars.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Lions Club
SIU
Lawson Hall
James M. Brown
SIU Board
Emil Spees
Synergy
Southern Illinoisan publication and mailing details
The Southern Illinoisan is published Sunday and daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinoisan Inc. with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It states second class mailing and its AP rights for exclusive use of focal news and dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Iillinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Percy praises Carbondale as Southern Illinois center
Sen. Charles H. Percy says Carbondale is the economic and intellectual hub of Southern Illinois citing Southern Illinois University and regional planning bodies. He notes decades of outmigration due to farming and mining decline and urges rural development bills with federal incentives and grants to attract business.
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Washington, D.C
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Charles H. Percy
R-Hi
Senate
Percy
Southern Ilinois University
State of Illinois
Government Operations Committee
Illinois
Death ruled natural in SIU student Ganster case
George Wood Ganster of Hurst died February 16 at Doctors Memorial Hospital from natural causes triggered by drug action, coroner Harry Flynn said. The 29 year old was a Southern Illinois University graduate student and Carbondale Model Cities program employee. He was admitted to the SIU Health Service on February 14, transferred to the hospital, then returned and died at 5 a.m.
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George Wood Ganster
Hurst
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Ganster
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Model Cities
Doctors Memorial Hospital
SIU Health Service
Health Service
Three Hurt When Car Overturns Near Chester
Three persons were seriously injured Saturday night when a car overturned on the Old Murphysboro Road near Chester. Driver Roger Ernsting 21 of Campbell Hill and passengers Larry Shatte 21 Campbell Hill and Allen Wahlman 18 Steeleville were hospitalized in Sparta.事故 occurred at 11 15 p.m. on a curve. In India Hardwar on the Ganges River bans meat fish and eggs to keep sanctity from being sullied.
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Murphysboro
Rt. 150
Chester
Sparta
Roger Ernsting
Campbell Hill
Larry Shatte
Allen Wahlman
Steeleville
Hardwar
Ganges River
India
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Lions Plan Seminars
Media News Service
Chas. Todd
DRY Cleaners
Weight & Watchers
King
Knights of Columbus
Weight Watchers Internations, Inc
Weight Watchers
East Main West
Frankfort
Fence CO
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