Senate Panel to Hear $45 Million Plan for Children Services
Senate Appropriations committee will hear a proposal to set aside 4.5 million dollars to establish a Department of Children and Family Services. The plan aims to extend services into homes and offer state funding for dependent children regardless of parents veterans status. House already approved the bills.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Dept. of Children
Dept. of Mental Health
Senate
House
Carter resigns to head Central Technology Inc
S. M. Carter resigns from Uni dynamics Universal Match Co Ordill to become president of Central Technology Inc formed by area businessmen. The new firm will engineer and manufacture devices for space missile and aircraft use and study two sites before applying for a state charter. Carter rose from development engineer to R D manager at Unidynamics and has a background at Olin Mathieson and McKendree College. He lives in Marion with wife Margaret and son Mike.
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S. M. Carter
Unidynamics
Universal Match Corp
Ordill
Central Technology Inc
Carter
Olin Mathieson Co
East Alton
Olin
Stavid Engineering
Bosch and Lomb
United Shoe Co
McKendree College
Lebanon
Washington University
St. Louis
Ben Brothers
Marion
Universal Match Co
Brothers
John Huber
Charles Hoppesch
Huber
Orcill
Special Devices Inc
California
Hoppesch
Carbondale
The
Unidynamics Research Laboratories
Dean E G Lentz Dies Noted SIU Dean and Teacher
Dean E G Lentz 81 retired Southern Illinois University dean died Sunday at his Carbondale home after 36 years on the SIU faculty. He led in education, Rotary work, and church activities, earning the title University Professor in 1948 and writing a university history. He is survived by his wife, four children, eight grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Huffman Funeral Home.
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Eli Gilbert Lentz
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Dean Lentz
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Southern Illinois
Creal Springs
Carterville
Marion
Southern Illinois Teachers Association
SIU Press
Rotary Interna
Lula Gillespie
Lentz
Miss Gillespie
Lentzes
South University Ave
McGowan Clinic
S. Thompson St
Thompson Point
Huffman Funeral Home
Charles E. F. Howe
First Presbyterian Church
Willard Foote
First Baptist Church
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Airport bid recommended for Williamson County improvements
The state Department of Aeronautics recommended awarding a negotiated contract totaling 251 234 to Mitchell Contracting Co of Herrin for Williamson County Airport work. FAA must approve before award. The bid replaces a 254 660 original bid and covers grading drainage a 700 by 100 foot runway extension lighting taxiway and apron work.
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State Dept. of Aeronautics
Williamson County
Mitchell Contracting Co
Herrin
Norman C. Bird
Federal Aviation Agency
Mitchell
Bird
FAA
Mines Report On Tuesday Operations At Fidelity Burning Star
Tuesday report lists working mines including Fidelity Burning Star 1 and 2 Old Ben 9 and 21 Orient 3 4 5 Zeigler 3 4. The document details active sites across the mining district and indicates ongoing production activity.
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Fidelity
Burning Star
Orient
Zeigler
Shots Exchanged Near Carterville Wounding in Rural Exchange
A man from Herrin was wounded by a .38 caliber pistol during a gunfire exchange on Sycamore Road near Carterville. The incident involved Melvin Hodson and William G. Bush with other witnesses, no arrests yet, Hodson previously a convicted felon.
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Herrin
Goodpaster
Sycamore Road
Carterville
William G. Bush
N. 13Th St
Melvin Hodson
Marion
Sherif Carl Miller
Earl Long
Roy Cole
Bush
Herrin Hospital
Hudson
Bill McClure
Freeman Spur
Kathy Taylor
McClure
Taylor
Roy Allen
Louis Wise
James H. Lewis
Harrisburg
Lewis
Rain Strikes Southern Illinois With Thunderstorms
Thunder showers hit Southern Illinois and rain continues with a chance of hail. Temperatures fall tonight with a Tuesday high forecast near 62. Rain totals hover around Carbondale Marion Murphysboro and Herrin as the Big Muddy River lingers below flood levels.
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Illinois
Weather Bureau
Marion
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Herrin
Norman Holloway
Holloway
Ohio River
Lightning Strikes Two Tonys Smorgasbord Restaurant
A lightning strike at the Two Tony's Smorgasbord on Rt 37 West Frankfort knocked a stone chimney from the one story dining room addition and sent stones through the roof. Worker Joe Dragovich was burned on his right hand as lightning traveled through the building to a stove. Firefighters contained a small gas line fire and heavy rain worsened damage. insurance adjusters will assess losses. The Rend Lake Association dinner meeting planned for the restaurant that night was to proceed as scheduled.
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Rt. 37
West Frankfort
Tony Foder
Joe Dragovich
Union Hospital
Foder
Bill Johnson
Tony Eninas
Rend Lake Association
Sunnyside Grade School Expansion Underway in Herrin
Principal Louis Schwarm says a $40 000 addition to Sunnyside Grade School will start next month after the old building is razed. Wreckers are tearing down the old walls before construction begins.
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Sunnyside
Herrin
Louis Schwarm
Miller Warns Property Seizure After Delinquent Taxes
Williamson County Deputy Tax Collector Lawrence Feurer said $247 in delinquent 1962 personal property taxes were collected Saturday. Sheriff Carl Miller said two residents in Carterville Township who owe 1962 bills will be called today by Deputy Field Collector William McGowan. If they refuse to pay, McGowan may initiate the first seizure of property in Miller's collection drive.
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Williamson County
Lawrence Feurer
Carl Miller
Carterville Township
William McGowan
Miller
McGowan
West Frankfort girl dies 20 years after Colp crash
A 20-year-old West Frankfort woman who was paralyzed from the neck down in a 1958 Colp crash died Saturday in Eldorado. Linda Weeks, once 15, had been hospitalized at Pearce after the wreck and had relied on a metal brace to eat. Her death followed years of slow recovery and illnesses, with the night of drinking at a Colp tavern tied to the case that led to liquor-license revocation.
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West Frankfort
Colp
Eldorado
Linda Weeks
Miss Weeks
New City Club
Colo
August Bowden
John Calcaterra
Illinois Liquor Commission
Lake Meeting Tonight At Rend Lake Association Dinner
The Rend Lake Association holds its annual dinner at 7 p.m. at Two Tony's Restaurant West Frankfort, combining with Southern Illinois Inc monthly meeting. William Tudor of SII hosts, with speakers Rep Kenneth Gray Col Al D'Arezzo Hal Brown and other officials. Reservations total 450.
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Rend Lake Association
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois Inc
William Tudor
SII
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Signal parts ordered to repair Carbondale intersection
Parts for a damaged traffic signal at Main street and University avenue in Carbondale were ordered from Crouse Hines Manufacturing in Syracuse. The signal broke when a truck back door swung open hitting it. driver James P. Gentry of Car terville agreed to pay for the damage. Cost will be set after parts arrive.
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Main Street
University Avenue
Carbondale
Crouse Hines Manufacturing Co
Syracuse
James P. Gentry
Carterville
Carbondale Electric Co
Gentry
Hays Replacing Brown at SIU Information Service
Bob Hays of the Granite City Press Record is named to replace Pete Brown on the Southern Illinois University Information Service staff. Brown departed for a sports writing job in Evansville Indiana. Hays will pursue a master’s degree at SIU.
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Bob Hays
Granite City Press Record
Pete Brown
Southern Illinois University Information Service
Brown
Evansville
Ind
Hays
SIU
Fatal Wreck Survivors Improved Near Sparta
Two survivors of a wreck that killed four in the Chicago area were reported in improved condition at Sparta Community Hospital. Anita Bucek 23 remained in poor condition while Donna Bucek 2 was improving. Victims Joseph Karl Bucek 56 and Marion Bucek 52 of NORRIDGE were dead at the scene after their car left Route 43 and struck a creek bank south of Sparta.
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Chicago Area
Sparta
Anita L. Bucek
Donna Les Bucek
Joseph Karl Bucek
Marion
Norridge
Chicago
Rt. 43
Visiting restriction ends at Chester Memorial Hospital
Hospital administrator Marie Dobbs announced the lifting of visiting privileges at Chester Memorial Hospital on Saturday. The restriction had been in place since March 4 due to a siege of respiratory diseases.
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Chester Memorial Hospital
Marie Dobbs
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Children’s Services
Aileen Neely
Miss Neely
Arthur R. Gottschalk
Park Forest
Appropriations Committee
Gottschalk
Legislative Commission For Children and Their Families
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Illinois Commission On Children
John Gilbert
R-Carbondale
Gilbert
Dean E.G. Lentz
Rotary
Young Mens Christian Association
York Rite
Valparaiso
University of Indiana
University of Illinois
Dean Eli Gilbert Lentz
Hey
Mrs. Berry
Mrs. Brunorwin
Imogene Yee
Pamela
Karen Yee
Joe Yee
Bruno Irwin
Ada Bell
Union Funeral Home
O. N. Cecil
Logan Church of God
Logan Cemetery
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