Wheaton Plastics to Build Plant in Centralia
Wheaton Plastics Company based in New Jersey with a Des Plaines branch will construct a new plant in Centralia Industrial Park creating about 100 jobs. Several Southern Illinois cities including Carbondale bid for the project after a joint in room presentation at the Holiday Inn in Carbondale. The firm makes plastic bottles and closures for drug and cosmetics industries.
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Wheaton Plastics Company
New Jersey
Des Plaines
Centralia
Playground lab proposal revived in Carbondale district
A joint SIU Recreation Department plan with School District 95 City of Carbondale and SIU seeks a family oriented playground at Lincoln School site. A committee from each group will be created to choose a site and move forward. Universal Stearns won a 3170 remodeling bid for the community center as it adds porcelain panels and trims and relocates entrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Park District
City of
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU Department of Recreation and Outdoor Education
William Ridinger
Park District Board
Charles Boudreau
Lincoln Junior High School
Boudreau
Recreation Department
Lincoln School
Park District
Universal Stearns Inc
Southeast Park
Lewis School
Missouri women charged in shoplifting at Cousin Fred's
Four Charleston Missouri women were charged in Murphysboro circuit court with theft under 150 for alleged shoplifting at Cousin Fred's in Carbondale. Emma Davis also faced carrying a concealed weapon after a .22 pistol was found in her car glove compartment. Security officers held the group after they were stopped during an attempted shoplifting of clothing.
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Murphysboro
Missouri
Fred
Carbondale
Mary Johnson
Pauline Byrd
Marva Corbitt
Emma Davis
Charleston
Richard Richman
Miss Davis
Post office to announce Carbondale site Saturday
Carbondale Postmaster Hubert Goforth says a 1 p.m. Saturday press conference at the present post office will reveal the location of a new Carbondale post office. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray and a regional post office official will attend as plans detail a facility to handle city and sectional mail. The site may be named at the event.
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Carbondale
Hubert Goforth
Postal Department
Goforth
Kenneth J. Gray
D.west Frankfort
Plumber Shortage Sparks Carbondale Police Row
Police Chief Jack Hazel decries no toilets or drinking water at the jail for over three months while city proceeds with rear police station remodeling. Public Safety Director Richard Wilhelmy cites the immense task of jail construction and contract delays as hindrances, with a water fountain considered but not implemented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Willhite
Southern Illinoisan
Jack Hazel
Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Hazel
Wilhelmy
Park and Recreation
SIU may bill Carbondale for police protection during walkout
SIU has not decided if it will bill the city for police protection during Carbondale’s walkout. An estimated overtime bill could exceed 1,250 dollars for 267 hours at pay rates from 4.52 to 5.03 per hour. SIU will pay for the 60+40 overtime hours itself. no billing decision yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
City of
Carbondale
Thomas Leffler
SIU
Don Ragsdale
Carl Kirk
Randall McBride
Leffler
McBride
Jackson County
Raymond Dillinger
District 13
Elza Brantley
Carbondale CAC weighs city hall complaint section plan
The Carbondale Citizens Advisory Committee discussed creating a dedicated complaint section in city hall. The group invited the city manager and city attorney to next meet to assess feasibility. Residents reported difficulty reaching the proper department for requests. Mrs. Vicki Shult resigned from the CAC to travel with her husband for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Murphysboro Driver Pleads Guilty in Reckless Driving Case
James C. Kimmel 22 of Murphysboro pleaded guilty in circuit court to two reckless driving tickets after fleeing a city police station earlier that morning. He was fined 500 dollars plus 15 dollars costs, placed on one year probation with seven days in jail, and sentencing on the second charge was delayed to April 17 pending a mental health clinic report. A prior driving while intoxicated charge remains pending with a hearing scheduled April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
James C. Kimmel
Rt. 2
Kimmel
City Hall
Jackson County Mental Health Clinic
Silver Star Awarded to Fred J. Phoenix in Vietnam
Fred J. Phoenix, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Phoenix of Ava, received the Silver Star while serving with the 9th Infantry Division near Saigon in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Phoenix
Fred Phoenix
Ava
9Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Crab Orchard Lake Reopens to Sport Fishing
The entire water area of Crab Orchard Lake is open to sport fishing as of today, per manager L A Mehrhoff. The east half, closed since October 1 for a resting area for waterfowl, remains closed to night fishing and water activities east of the buoy line near Carterville Beach. Bank fishing allowed at Wolf Creek road Pigeon Creek and Rt 148. Illinois regulations require at most two hand poles and total of four hooks with a regular fishing license. trotline and jug fishermen need separate licenses for each batch of 50 hooks.
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Crab Orchard Lake
L. A. Mehrhoff
Carterville Beach
Mehrhoff
Wolf Creek Road
Pigeon Creek
Rt. 148
Illinois
County files suits seeking $19,153 in taxes
Jackson County filed five circuit court suits in Murphysboro to recover $19,153 in unpaid 1966 personal property taxes due in 1967 plus costs. The largest claim is $14,746 against Technical Tape Corporation of Carbondale. Other defendants include Harris Bank and Trust Co. $1,319, C W Glover $1,285, Logan House Corp. $1,039, and Hertz Rent-A-Car $764.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Technical Tape Corporation of
Carbondale
Harris Bank and Trust Co
Leonard Bening
C. W. Glover
Carbondale to approve departure pay for Wilhelmy
Former Carbondale Public Safety Director Richard Wilhelmy will receive at least a half year’s termination salary. The city council will vote on the measure Tuesday after discussion at midweek meetings and Wilhelmy’s resignation was accepted Thursday by City Manager C William Norman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Southern Illinoisan
Wilhelmy
C. William Norman
Two Injured In De Soto Two Car Crash
A two car crash at the Rt 51 149 junction in De Soto left Willard L. Henderson 23 Cambria and Eddie W Loyd 23 Herrin with minor injuries Johnston 24 Herrin suffered minor injuries and was treated. Henderson not hurt. The incident occurred at 12 30 a m today.
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DeSoto
Willard L. Henderson
Cambria
Robert H. Johnston
Herrin
Johnston
Henderson
Eddie W. Loyd
Rt. 51-149
Seven-year flower blooms for Murphysboro collector
Mrs. Leon Wanstreet of 226 North 14th Street Murphysboro waits seven years for her sacred Lily of India to flower. The plant has bloomed twice since she received it as a bulb in 1958 while she pursues Chinese teakwood furniture Persian rugs German beer steins Italian marble and French bisque ceramics.
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Leon Wanstreet
N. 14Th St
Murphysboro
Mrs. Wanstreet
From where I sit by John C. Taylor
A reflective piece contrasts West Texas towns and Carbondale Illinois. The narrator recalls Carbondale layoffs of 97 city employees and a Brownfield Texas church conflict where a progressive pastor was forced to resign after modernization efforts.
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John C. Taylor
The
Southern Illinoisan
Hick
Carbondale City
Carbondale
Brownfield
Texas
West Texas
East Texas
Odum Resigns from Marion Police for Federal Job
Marion police officer Ron Odum 28 will resign effective April 7 after six years on the force to become a corrections officer at the Marion Federal Penitentiary starting April 8.
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Ron Odum
Marion
Odum
Federal Penitentiary At
Carbondale forms nine member advisory panel on integration
A nine member advisory committee for school integration was approved by the Carbondale Grade School District board. Members include Rev John Francisco Mrs Leland Stauber Milton Edelman Edward O Day Dr Donald Darling Jack Feirich Dr David Rendleman Harold Dycus who will chair. The panel will meet twice monthly and report to the board in July.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
C. Norman Geyer
City Human Relations Commission
Integration Group
Dr. Geyer
John Francisco
Leland Stauber
Milton Edelman
Southern Illinois University
Human Relations Commission
Walter Moore
Edward O’day
Donald Darling
Jack Feirich
David Rendleman
Harold Dycus
Dycus
Geyer
Harris and Gentry to headline Du Quoin Fair show
Aug 26 to Sept 1 at Du Quoin State Fair features Phil Harris and Bobbie Gentry in a seven night stage show with Don Rice The Kids Next Door and Lou Breese orchestra The fair opens with Grand Ole Opry shows Aug 24 25 and Labor Day finale Sept 2 by Lawrence Welk Tickets go on sale in April with early orders given priority seating
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Phil Harris
Bobbie Gentry
du Quoin Fair
du Quoin State Fair
Don Rice
Kids Next Door
Lou Breese
Bill Hayes
The
Ode To
Billy Joe
Harris
Indiana
Harris - Gentry
Lawrence Welk
Murphysboro Unit Plans Fire Code Review at Lincoln School
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 trustees will reexamine Lincoln Grade School repairs this summer to meet the new fire safety code. They approved $22,000 for Lincoln and $47,625 for the high school, with a special March 25 tour set to reassess the project.
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Murphysboro Unit
Lincoln
Lincoln School
Charles Garrison
Garrison
Carruthers Junior High
Murphysboro
Carruthers
Murphysboro Junior Women’s Club
Three fined for thefts in Murphysboro circuit court
Three individuals faced theft charges in Murphysboro circuit court. Glenn C. Thompson and Robert J. Nieder, both SIU students, pleaded guilty to theft under 150 dollars for items taken from Kelley's Big Star Store in Carbondale on February 29. Thompson received a 100 dollar fine and one year probation. Nieder was fined 200 dollars, placed on two years probation, and ordered to serve 30 days in county jail. Bernard F. Buss, 26, Coulterville, admitted theft under 150 dollars for groceries from A and P in Carbondale on the preceding Wednesday, with a 100 dollar fine and probation.
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Glenn C. Thompson
Robert J. Nieder
Southern Illinois University
Kelley
Big Star
Carbondale
Thompson
Nieder
Murphysboro
Bernard F. Buss
Coulterville
Murphysboro approves boiler replacement bid for high school
Unit 186 school board accepts an $80 918 bid from J N Barger Plumbing for gas fired boilers at Murphysboro Township High School. Base work 79 574 plus 1 344 for standby hot water pump. Replaces coal units with two gas units. assembly inside boiler room. completion by fall 1968.
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Murphysboro Township
Unit 186
J. N. Barger Plumbing and Heating
Murphysboro
John J. Calnan Co
Carbondale
Blaise, Inc
Centralia
G. F .Stout
Metropolis
Kewanee Boiler Co
Rend Lake College to preview campus model and colors
Rend Lake College board meeting Tuesday will view a campus master plan for the 5.4 million project near the Rt. 57 junction. Architects Caudill Rowlett and Scott will present interior color and design concepts for the library and other buildings. A bond plan and faculty salary schedule for 1968 69 will be discussed along with accreditation updates.
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Rend Lake College
S. 7Th St
Mt. Vernon
Alex Brailas
Caudill, Rowlett and Scott
Houston
Tex
Franklin - Jefferson County Line
J. M. Snyder
Caudill, Rowlett and Scott and Design Associates Ltd
Chicago
Snyder
Thomas E. Coughlan
H. C. Speers ,Sons
William Atkinson
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Orient
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