Park and Legal Aid Proposed in Jackson County Poverty War
The Jackson County Coordinating Agency seeks a legal services bureau in Carbondale to aid indigent residents and a Bridgewood Housing Development park in Murphysboro. The plan requests 44 375 for legal aid 2221 for the park plus 107000 for Northeast Carbondale street and park work and 38034 to sustain agency operations. Local in kind support from city Ches ter Kessel and Reid Troutman would back the park project with land grading and seed. The legal bureau would operate from Carbondale city hall with a full time attorney and staff and rotate civil cases to county lawyers when possible. The Northeast Carbondale project would use the Nelson Amendment funds to aid chronically unemployed residents and rely on Carbondale SNFC and the city for in kind contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Legal Services Bureau
Murphysboro
Jackson County Coordinating Agency
Regional
Office of Economic Opportunity
Chicago
Loyd Sumner
Legal Bureau
Bridgewood
Carbondale
OEO
Operation
Justice’ Legal Service
Shawnee Development Council
Alexander
Pulaski
Union
Massac
Johnson Counties
Sumner
Jackson County Bar Association
George Twomey
Bar Association
Twomey
Bureau
Carbondale City Hall
Richard Richman
Jackson County
Chester Kessel
Murphysboro Parks Recreation
Reid Troutman
Jackson County Housing Authority
Murphysboro Community Action Committee
Student Non-Violent Freedom Committee
SNFC
Rural Carbondale Girl Killed by Garbage Truck
A 19 month old girl named Teresa Anne Watkins died at 10 20 am when a garbage truck operated by Burris Disposal Service struck her in front of her home on Rt 2 north of Carbondale. Coroner Harry Flynn said she was killed outright with the driver Gilbert Baltzell unaware until impact. The coroner will set an inquest and Huffman Funeral Home handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Rt. 2
Teresa Anne Watkins
Michael Watkins
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Gilbert Baltzell
Murphysboro
Burris Disposal Service
Huffman Funeral Home
Jones Found Innocent in Murphysboro Rape Case
A Jackson County jury found Curtis Jones of Murphysboro not guilty of raping an 11 year old girl at his home on June 20 1965 after about four hours deliberation. The panel also faced a pending reckless homicide charge against Kenneth Bis from Olmstead for a May 1965 auto crash west of Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Curtis Jones
Murphysboro
Jones
D Street
Mt. Carbon
Atty
Richard Richman
Richman
Curtis Lee Jones
Peyton Kunce
Kenneth Bis
Chicago
Bis
Glenda Pittman
Olmstead
Old Rt. 13
Carbondale
Mine Victim Rites Friday for Lyle Henley of West Frankfort
Funeral services for Lyle Cal vin Henley 43 of West Frankfort are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Reedy Funeral Home. Henley died Wednesday in a rock fall at Orient 4 mine near Johnston City. Coroner to hold inquest next week. Burial in Tower Heights Cemetery. Henley a WWII veteran and member of Calvary Baptist Church and United Mine Workers Local 9878. He is survived by his wife Versa Williams daughters Becky Lynn and Leslie Kay mother of Marion sisters and brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Calvin Henley
West Frankfort
Reedy
Henley
Orient 4
Johnston City
Ray Mueller
Rt. 1
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Wendell Garrison
Second Baptist Church
Tower Heights
Mr. Henley
Walier
Mike and
Carrie Duffner Henley
Franklin County
Calvary Baptist Church
McLeansboro
United Mine Workers Union
Fire Causes $3,500 Damage in West Frankfort Apartment
A skillet left on a hotplate started a blaze at 10:55 a.m. in the rear apartment at 607 West Seventh Street West Frankfort. Firefighters reported $3,500 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fankfort
West Frankfort
Seventh St
Jackson Union Migrant Housing Grant OK'd
The Jackson County Housing Authority approved a 7500 grant for the Union Jackson Farm Labor Association to plan migrant worker housing. State housing board final approval and incorporation papers are needed before funds become available. The group incorporated in April as a not for profit to build 450 housing units across two counties for workers and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Housing Authority Board
Union - Jackson Farm Labor Association, Inc
Union County Housing Authority
State
Miss Southern Acres crowned at VTI Carterville coronation
VTI Queen Becky Degler from Du Quoin won the Miss Southern Acres title at a Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute coronation hall near Carterville. First runner-up Beatrice Kay Downing of Joliet and second runner-up Martha Joyce Fry of Mt. Sterling were named. The contest was sponsored by the Southern Acres residence area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Degler
du Quoin
Southern Acres
Southern Illinois University
Vocational Technical Institute
Carterville
Beatrice Kay Downing
Joliet
Martha Joyce Fry
Mt. Sterling
VTI
Five Story Dormitory Approved in Carbondale
The Carbondale Plan Commission approved a five story dormitory for 542 women at the northeast corner of Park and Wall streets to be built by Southern Land Development Corp at an estimated cost of 1.75 million dollars named Morning Side Hall. The commission also approved annexation for land near the Lantana Subdivision with R-4 zoning, opposed to the requested R-5, and subject to detailed landscaping plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Plan Commission
Park and Wall Streets
Southern Land Development Corp
Morning Side Hall
Walker Schwartz
Lantana Subdivision
John S. Lewis
Lewis
Commission
John W
Norma Boaz
Main St
Marion Chamber Dinner Aims $55,000 Industrial Park
A $100 plate Marion Chamber of Commerce dinner at 6 30 p m at Southern Illinois Golf and Country Club funds a drive to lease 55 000 to buy a 46 acre industrial park site. Speaker Dr Allen Y Baker of Pinckneyville led local fund drives. Tickets sale has raised over 18 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Ilinois Golf and Country Club
Allen Y. Baker
Pinckneyville
Marion Chamber
Jonesboro Boy Dies After Pistol Wound
James D. Pierson Jr., 15, of 301 E Market St Jonesboro died at Union County Hospital Anna from a head wound suffered Tuesday night while playing with a caded pistol He will have an inquest Friday at 2 p m in the Union County courthouse Jonesboro Grade School eighth grade student born December 2 1950 in St Louis Mo. He is survived by his father four sisters and a grandmother Funeral services set for 1 p m Saturday at Gospel Assembly Church Anna burial in Jonesboro Cemetery friends may call Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro after 7 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Pierson Jr
E. Market St
Jonesboro
Union County Hospital
Anna
Pierson
L. F. Pearson
Union County
St. Louis
James D
Verbia Smith Pierson
Doris Zoll
Patricia Ponder
James Falke
Baden
Mary Mize
Niles
Mich
Cora Lindsey
Woman Found Dead In Car In Pulaski County
A coroner's investigation began in Pulaski County after Helen F. Cherry, 35, was found dead inside her car along Route 51 in a shallow ditch at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. Police reported the vehicle had no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski
Helen F. Cherry
Rt. 51
Services Held for Former Area Man William Ramsey
Funeral services were held in Evansville Indiana for William Ramsey 45 formerly of Marion who died in a two truck crash on Rt 56 near Hayesville. Ramsey drove a semi trailer and collided with an empty car transport. the other driver had a minor chest injury. Ramsey leaves a wife a daughter and a son plus his mother sister and a grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
William Ramsey
Marion
Ramsey
Columbia St
Rt. 56
Hayesville
Marion High School
Lorraine
Pamela Daniels
Jerry
Santa Monica
Calif
Blanche Gulley
Wilson Jezek
Carbondale plans council manager form evokes split views
A City plan committee reported no consensus on recommending a city manager form. Members argued the panel should not advise on government form, while one former mayor attacked the process as political meddling. The report addressed taxes, salaries, hiring safeguards, and managerial vulnerabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Plan Commission
John I. Wright
Wright
Carbondale
Plan Commission
Susan Casey
Council-Manager Review Committee
International City Manager’s Association
Hans Fischer
Citizen’s Advisory Committee
Fischer
Plan Committee
Casey
Clyde Winkler
George Crimminger
John Lonergan
D. Blaney Miller
Lonergan
Bob Booboo
Miss Southern Illinois Judging Starts Tonight
The three day Miss Southern Illinois Pageant opens at 7 30 p m in Herrin High School gymnasium with 21 entrants. Judges include Mayor Frank Samuel Jr Carbondale Helen Evans Carterville Edna Travis Carterville Mrs Clyde Brewster Herrin and Jeanie Hudgens Marion.
Mines Report Lists Shifts for Friday Operations
The report shows Old Ben and Orient mines on first and second shifts with numbers 9 21 24 and 3 4 5 respectively. Zeigler and Fidelity Burning Star appear with shift counts 3 4 and 2 for first shift and Burning Star 1 for second shift. Some mines are idle Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Zeigler
Fidelity Buring Star
Burning Star
Carbondale perimeter zoning map back to Plan Commission
Carbondale officials revive mile and a half zoning proposal. The Plan Commission will revise the map and address objections after council vote to send it back for updating. A new map is planned for the May 18 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Plan Commission
J. Edward Helton
William E. Eaton
Eaton
Lonergan
Frank Kirk
D. Blaney Miller
Joseph Ragsdale
A. E. Gene Ramsay
Commission
John Lonergan
Hans Fischer
Jones Named Rend Lake Manager
Richard D. Jones, 31, named manager of the Rend Lake Conservancy District by the Board of Trustees to oversee the intercity water system and district activities. He will earn 12000 dollars annually and succeeds How ard Mendenhall who left for a vice presidency in Mt. Carmel. Jones holds a Michigan Brook degree and has worked in forest, public relations and Olin Mathieson roles. He is married to Patsy Ann Combs and has two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Jones
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Howard Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Rend Lake
Wabash Valley Association
Mt. Carmel
Jones
Intercity
School of Natural Resources
University of Michigan
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Georgia
Forest Products
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
West Monroe
Olin
Patsy Ann Combs
Greenville
Tex
Homer C. Jones
W. Fourth St
Benton
NAACP Pickets Sparta Schools Over Hiring
Randolph County NAACP members picketed Lincoln Attendance Center Sparta High School and the home of school board president Dr. R E Linders accusing District 140 of racial discrimination in hiring Mrs. Charles Kimbrough. Dr. Kimbrough said her application on file two years has been ignored and will be reported to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sparta
Lincoln
Sparta Community High School
R. E. Linders
Charles Kimbrough
Southwest
NAACP
Une School Board
Kimbrough
Vernon
Sparta Community Consolidated School District 128 Board of Education
Unit 140
Kim
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Jackson
Legal Bureau Sought
Bessie Warren
Anna Klump
Charles Goss
Goss
Citizen’s Advisory
Greater Egypt
Marion Fund
Miss Southern Illinois
Elks Lodge
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