Carbondale school board hopefuls debate integration
Carbondale candidates for grade and high school boards spoke on integration of all grade schools, human relations in high schools and sex education. Five candidates per district discussed plans, funding, and cooperative efforts with SIU during a League of Women Voters sponsored meeting for about 150 residents.
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John C. Taylor
Carbondale
Carbondale League of Women Voters
League
Catherine Martinsek
Oakland Ave
Betty Crouch
W. Oak St
Gerald Osborne
Rt. 6
Lake Heights
Fred Nolen
Lewis School
Douglas Diedrick
Eason
Diedrick
Southern Illinois University
Osborne
University School
Crouch
SIU
Nolen
Herrin Chamber seeks new office and parking facilities
The Herrin Chamber of Commerce plans a new office near downtown with a community room. A committee will study sites while the finance committee may authorize a short term loan to fund an off street parking lot on 14th Street between Monroe and Madison.
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Herrin Chamber of Commerce
John Reed
Chamber Board of Directors
Reed
Chamber
Lee Roy Brandon
la Mar Hotel
N. 14Th St
14Th Street
Monroe
Madison Streets
Illinois Central Railroad
Park Avenue
16Th Street
Harvard Sohn
Illinois Commerce Commission
Railway Express Agency
Herrin
Carbondale
SIU art show mixes media at Mitchell Gallery
SIU art faculty member Bruce Breland presents Mixed Bag a multimedia show at Mitchell Gallery featuring films, slides and sound with constructed paintings and sculpture. Works include a Langston Hughes tribute a milk can sculpture and a windup toy planes piece as part of daily light show and free gallery hours for the week.
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Ben Gelman
Bruce Breland
Mitchell Gallery
Southern Illinois University
Breland
SIU
Allen Kaprow
Los Angeles
Calif
Langston Hughes
Jack Teagarden
Mr. Tots
McNamara
Medicare deadline nears at Carbondale office
The Carbondale Social Security Office at 1007 W Main St will stay open until 9 p.m. Monday to give people over 65 a final chance to sign up for Medicare before the next enrollment period begins in January 1969.
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Carbondale
Social Security Office
W. Main St
Carbondale housing project on hold awaiting HUD talks
City officials react after HUD planner Leon Urbain urged cancelation of the scattered site housing project. Jerry Fieldhouse and Frank Fisher said no HUD decision will move until a Chicago conference among their agencies. Urbain recently visited Carbondale to inspect sites and draft a report. Mayor Keene seeks clarity on time extensions amid Urbain’s remarks.
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Carbondale
Chicago
Jerry Fieldhouse
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Frank Fisher
Leon
Urbain
Fisher
Fieldhouse
David Keene
Assessor Plans Equalization for Personal Property Tax
Jackson County assessors heard a plan to apply an equalization factor to personal property assessments for the new year starting Monday. The revised method applies the factor to each item, including cars and household goods, with totals matching the original figures. All 16 townships approved the plan.
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Jackson County
James Gillmore
Gillmore
State Department of Revenue
Weed Fire Reported at 105 N 30th St Herrin
At 11 15 a.m. Wednesday firefighters responded to a weed fire at 105 North 30th Street in Herrin. No damage was reported and there were no injuries.
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Herrin
N. 30Th St
Christopher School Board Cuts Positions Over Funds
The Christopher High School board votes to issue 24000 in district bonds and abolish several staff roles due to financial issues. Raymond Lewis of Chicago Secur ities Dealers will market the bonds at par with a 5.5 percent yield to be available by May 1. Swink remains as vocational agricultural instructor, while Greico and Vaughn lose assignments. The district rehires Huffman and other teachers and adds actions on Title I summer program, asset disposal, and spring vacation dates.
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Christopher High School Board of Education
Raymond Lewis
Vernon
Benjamin Lewis and Co
Chicago
Lewis
Bertha Vaughn
William Greico
Leavell Swink
Swink
Greico
Bob Huffman
Huffman
Kenneth Culley
Eugene Helfrich
Jefferson-Franklin
James Kirkpatrick
James Rea
Ralph Annear
Edgar Quick
Illinois School Board Association
West Franklin High School
Carbondale Employees Vote on Grievance Board Members
City workers cast ballots to nominate peers for a grievance board to be formed by ordinance after the walkout. Final election among employees is set for Tuesday, with three council appointees and three electees, who will choose a seventh member.
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Carbondale City
Carbondale
C. William Norman
Norman
William Colp
Colp
Jack Reno
Morris Castle
SIU Requires Race Data as Federal Aid Compliance
SIU will require a race identification card for students beginning next fall under a federal Title VI compliance report. The FAQ-centered data covers admissions, enrollment, housing, athletics, aid, and services, with safeguards on individual privacy. The SIU Board authorized minimal race data collection at its Jan 19, 1968 meeting.
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Southern Illinois University
Wilbur Moulton
SIU
Moulton
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Capital University
Senate
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale seeks applicants for two city posts
Carbondale is still seeking applicants for finance director and building and zoning administrator. Salaries are 9750 and 9620 respectively with a possible raise next year. The finance director post has been vacant since Hogenson resignation.
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Carbondale
C. William Norman
Norman
Ralph Hogenson
Elizabeth Leighty
Tom Easterly
Hoax phone calls targeting readers surface again
Hoax telephone calls falsely using the name of the Southern Illinoisan continue. The calls target women and teenage girls pictured in the newspaper asking for more pictures and personal details for a bogus contest. The paper disclaims any contest, offers verification of photo assignments, and urges inquiries at its offices. Report false calls to the telephone company.
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Southern Illinoisan
No bids on Carbondale post office site faces delays
Five landowners listed as owners of the 4 percent acre site for a new Carbondale sectional post office report little contact from the Postal Service as steps toward acquisition lag. The May 1971 opening and 58 000 square foot one story building were announced earlier with little outreach to owners including Parrish Budslick Biggs Lannin and Chandler and Ross who acts as trustee. Local officials note possible traffic conflicts at the New Route 13 site near Mardale shopping center.
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George Willhite
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Post Office
Gordon Parrish
William Budslick
Clinton Biggs
Eddings Brothers
John Lannin
Parrish and
Budslick
New Rt. 13
Mardale
Texaco
McDonald’s
Parrish
Biggs
Old Main Street
Ross
Main St
Lannin
Quinn
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Thomas North
N. Almond S&j
Charles Lerner
Chautauqua St
Lawrence Doyle
Sunset Dr
Lerner
North
Eugene T. Simonds
West Oak St
John C. Gardner
Rt. 1
Baskeydell
Gardner
Simonds
New York
Martiniek
Lincoln Junior High School
Springmore School
Mill Street
Chandler
John Quinn
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