Jackson County files 30 delinquent tax suits
Jackson County has filed 30 suits in Small Claims circuit court against defendants for delinquent 1966 personal property taxes payable in 1967. Defendants, incl. Bradley Township Lavern Egbert and Carbondale Township Donald L. McWhorter, cited with exact delinquencies, are ordered to appear April 2.
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Jackson County
Small Claims Circuit Court
Bradley
Lavern Egbert
Leo C. Rath
Geraldine E. Holcomb
Carbondale
Donald L. McWhorter
Mark Mayfield
Rev. D. H. Moore
Sam Silas
David Thomas
Roger L. Olsen
Claude Bailey
Guy E. Bandy
Birkholz Laundry
Gittmart
Plaza Music Store
Harold F. Fuller Jr
Gene Gurley
William H. Mills
Wester S. Keeper
Avery D. Wheatley
Judge orders mental tests for Larry Shadowens
Judge Lan Haney ordered psychiatric tests for 23 year old Larry Shadowens of Marion after burglary and resisting arrest charges. Tests run April 2 to April 10. Shadowens held in Williamson County jail on liquor store and neighbor home burglaries, plus resisting arrest. Public Defender George Morgan appointed. bond set at 13,500 dollars. Police recovered 195 dollars and liquor. Shadowens arrested at Ray Chasteen home after a 3 am incident involving a stolen car and wrecked wreckers. Murphysboro brief notes Alfred F. Brown, 15, cited for failing to yield right of way.
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Lan Haney
Larry Shadowens
Marion
Haney
Shadowens
Williamson County
Audie Gower
Ray Chasteen
Tom Valentine
John Samples Auto Salvage Yard
George Morgan
Williamson County to sue delinquent taxpayers in small claims court
Williamson County Sheriff Harold Farner says he will begin filing delinquent personal property tax suits in small claims court next week. He plans to publish lists of defaulters, prosecute by State's Atty. Kenneth Hubler, and schedule an extra Wednesday session. Court costs are $6.50 to $9.50, and total taxes, penalties, and costs will be sought.
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Williamson County
Harold Farner
Farner
John Clayon
Kenneth Hubler
Small Claims Court
Farners
Carl Miller
Miller
Lawrenceville Credit Bureau
Lions sell brooms and bulbs to aid Carbondale children
Carbondale Lions Club will door to door April 1 through April 5 to raise funds for eye glasses and sight programs. Packages of eight light bulbs and brooms will sell for two dollars each, with proceeds supporting local children and a Lions camp for the blind.
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Carbondale Lions Club
Lions Club
Carbondale
Howard Shand
Shand
Simon named fourth codes enforcement officer in Carbondale
Charles Simon 35 of 314 E Birch St Carbondale named the fourth codes enforcement officer in the Carbondale Building and Zoning Department with a salary of 10250 weekly. He resigned March 1 as chief clerk in the city finance department and previously worked as a postal clerk. He has an associate degree from Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute. He is a Carbondale native of 26 years, married with three children.
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Charles Simon
E. Birch St
Carbondale
Simon
William Norman
City of
Southern Ilinois University
Vocational Technical Institute
Udall pushes nationwide strip mining controls in proposed law
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall sends federal state regulation plan to Congress. States would set up their own strip mining controls within two years, with federal rules only if states fail or lag. Federal funding could cover half of program costs, and two million acres nationwide have been stripped. Illinois has 125000 acres affected locally, with 60000 reclaimed and ongoing annual impacts. Louing emphasis on reclamation, enforcement, erosion control, and public safety.
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Roger Hughes
Congress
Interior
Stewart Udall
Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Interior Department
Natise
Udall
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wisc
Frank Lausche
Ohio
House of Representatives
Lausche
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Interior Secretary
County adopts 50 percent equalized personal tax plan
Jackson County introduces a new equalization system to set personal property valuations at 50 percent after applying the 1.2048 multiplier. Assessors will list items, calculate equalized values, then multiply by the multiplier to reach near the original assessment. Depreciation for appliances five years old or more will be included on new forms.
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Jackson County
James Gillmore
Gillmore
State Department of Revenue
Terrier Send-off for CCHS Basketball Elite Eight Trip
Carbondale High School cheerleaders and a Terrier mascot prepare Thursday to escort the basketball team in a motorcade to the edge of town before driving to the University of Illinois Assembly Hall in Champaign for the Elite Eight quarterfinals of the Illinois high school tournament. From left are Penny Wittenberg Sally Hunsaker Sherry Williford Sherry Pease and Julie Ramey in mascot role.
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Carbondale High School
CCHS
University of Illinois Assembly Hall
Champaign
Penny Wittenberg
Sally Hunsaker
Sherry Williford
Sherry Pease
Julie Ramey
Six Southern Illinois counties see welfare outlay and caseload rise
Public aid data for Jackson, Williamson, Franklin, Perry, Randolph and Union shows January outlay reaching 946 945 and a 12 109 caseload, with Illinois total aid at 35 625 866. ADC and old age support rise in both counties, general assistance declines in Jackson and Williamson.
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Illinois
Illinois Public Aid Department
Jackson, Williamson, Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Union
Jackson County
Williamson
Jackson
ADC
GOP rally in Murphysboro draws Stratton as speaker
Former Illinois Governor William Stratton will headline a GOP rally in Murphysboro at 7 30 p m in the county courthouse. Val Oshel and other district candidates are slated to attend with county officials noting additional speakers.
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Illinois
William Stratton
Murphysboro
Val Oshel
Harrisburg
Congress
GOP
Ray Doerr
Carbondale liquor license requests receive committee backing
Carbondale's liquor advisory committee signaled no objections to a Class A package license for Hoffman Enterprises at East Gate and to a beer license for Lum's Inc. It opposed a drug store package license and reserved judgment on a Mar dale Shopping Center request. The panel urged a 1500 foot liquor ban near university facilities and asked for more details on one shopping center license applicant.
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Carbondale
Liquor Advisory Committee
Eastgate
Main Street
Mardale
ST Hoffman Enterprises
Steve
Tom Hoffman
Hoffmans
Corporation
Hoffman Brothers
Cial Security
Lum’s Inc
E. Main St
Mardale Drugs
Purple Mousetrap
S. Illinois Ave
China Village
Ward Morton
Flamingo
Hub Cafe
Bids Sought Third Time for Rt 51 Carbondale Project
The Illinois Division of Highways again seeks bids for a north south couple on Rt 51 in Carbondale and University avenues. Howell Construction Co and Gilmore Asphalt Products bid in partnership. Bids opened April 11 with $535000 allocated in 1968 road program.
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Carbondale
State Division of Highways
Illinois and University Avenues
Howell Construction Co
Gilmore Asphalt Products, Inc
James Newton
Cobden
Union County
Murphysboro
Alto Pass
D.W. Guard & Co
Marion
Rt. 146
Alexander
Union
Johnson County Asphalt, Inc
Chester
Great River Road
Horseshoe Lake
Herrin Men Enter School Board Contests
Six Herrin men filed nominating petitions for the April 13 Herrin Unit 4 school board election to fill two seats. Incumbent secretary Dayton Franklin is joined by Fred Colombo Morgan Sweeney Phillip Koclanes Joseph Palmer and Chet Townsend with Saturday as the filing deadline. Don McNeill current president will not seek re election.
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Herrin
Herrin Unit 4
Dayton Franklin
Fred Colombo
Morgan Sweeney
Phillip Koclanes
Joseph Palmer
Chet Townsend
Franklin
Don McNeill
West Frankfort Park District approves summer programs
West Frankfort Park District board approves summer plans featuring baseball practice from April 15 and season beginning June 8. Bandshell concerts run 12 weeks starting June 1 under Joe Browning. high school band shows begin July 11 under Crawford. Pool opens June 1. admission rises to 30 cents students 60 cents adults.
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West Frankfort Park
Joe Browning
Crawford
Stu
Joiner School
Doug Karnes
Cole Hones
Rotary
Gib Karnes Mower
West Frankfort
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Lions
Ivanell Belcher
S. Park Ave
Herrin Hospital
William and
Etta Odom Stone
Second Baptist Church of
Jack Belcher
Paducah
Clell
Houston
Tex
Maurine Logan
Vivian Gerhardt
Jewel Ray
Carmen Rulfs
Willard
Paul
Rock Island
Howard
George van Natta
Old Ben
Orient
Zeigler
Cchs Central
McCarthy
Handler
Jerome Handler
Southern Illinois
Leland Stauber
John Hawley
Matthew Kelly
Mindy Brooks
Stauber
McCarthy Group
George McClure
Robert Hunter
Makanda
Robert Griffin
Eugenia Handler
Wallace
Alabama
George Wallace
Carbondale Holiday Inn
Rt. 51
Francis S. Lorenz
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Gilmore Asphalt Products
Area School Boards of Education
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