Heartbreak Ridge veteran dies in Johnston City crash
Robert Wayne Hendrickson 36 of 801 Barham St. was killed when his northbound car left Rt 7 south of Johnston City and struck a concrete culvert at 12:05 a.m. He was a Korean War veteran who helped raise the U.S. flag on Heartbreak Ridge and was a member of the Marion Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. He leaves a wife, sister, and parents. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Johnston City
Heartbreak Ridge
Korea
Robert Wayne Hendrickson
Barham St
Rt. $7
Edwards Trailer Sales
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Hendrickson
Marion Memorial Hospital
Litton
U.S
United Nations
Marion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Mr. Hendrickson
Marty Jayne Hendrickson
Imogene White
Lewis Williams
Wilson Asphalt Co
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
District 186 Seeks Meeting on Head Start Proposal
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board votes to hold a fact finding meeting May 19 with Rev. Lloyd Sumner, director of the Jackson County War on Poverty committee, to address questions about a Head Start program. The district previously declined county committee Head Start participation but allowed district facilities to be used for a Murphysboro Community Action Committee program, which later declined to run it.
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Murphysboro Unit School District 186
Lloyd Sumner
Jackson County Coordinating Committee For the War On Poverty
Bill Riseling
Murphysboro
Community Action Committee
Area Co-Op Secures $771000 Rural Electrification Loan
Rep Kenneth J Gray announces approval of a $771,000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration to the Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association of Steeleville. The funds will upgrade service in Baldwin Blair Oakdale Rice and Wenedy exchanges, adding 27 miles of new lines and serving 130 new subscribers.
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Egyptian Telephone Cooperative Association of
Steeleville
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Baldwin, Blair, Oakdale, Rice and Wenedy Exchange
Gray
Federal funds added to Unit School Budget
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board approved adding about 112000 in federal programs for special education under titles I and II. The board held a public hearing, adopted revisions, and approved several items including staff changes, summer program additions, testing initiatives, and a trip for the agriculture department.
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Murphysboro Unit School District 186
Gloria Berger
Tim Bowers
Larry Kristoff
Unit 186
Carbondale
Southern Division
Illinois Education Association
Bill Hellmer
Hellmer
James Blackwood
St. Louis
Agriculture Department of the
Sparta School Head Resigns
Harold Huch of Sparta resigns as principal of Sparta Community High School to teach English at Belleville Township High School, saying he prefers teaching to administration.
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Harold Huch
Sparta
Sparta Community High School
Huch
Belleville Township High School
Zeigler Youth Center Proposed at Planning Meeting
Zeigler residents proposed a youth center location during a planning course by Southern Illinois University and the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission. A survey found 210 of 245 high school students had no planned activities and the project would need about 7500 dollars funded by donations and local groups.
Marion funds dinner urges plan to guide growth
Dr. Allen Y. Baker urged Marion to direct its growth after a $100-a-plate Chamber of Commerce fund dinner. He highlighted Marion as a sleeping giant with assets near two interstates, water, power, labor, and nearby SIU for culture and consulting. Donations toward a $55,000 industrial park site reached about $25,000.
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Marion
Allen Y. Baker
Chamber of Commerce
Baker
Greater Egypt
Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Illinois
Dr. Baker
Carbon Street
Interstate Rt. 57
William Giles
James A. Frick
James Sanders
Sarah Weaton
Chamber
du Quoin
Herrin
Mines Report Details for Saturday Shifts
Mines working Saturday list Old Ben 24 Orient 3 Fidelity Burning Star 2 first shift. Mines idle Old Ben 9 Old Ben 21 Orient 5 Zeigler 3 Zeigler 4 Burning Star 1 Burning Star 2 second shift. No Report Orient 4.
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Ben
Orient
Fidelity Burning Star
First Night Of Judging In Herrin For Miss Southern Illinois
Preliminary judging for Miss Southern Illinois at Herrin High School opened with half the 21 contestants in formal attire and half in swimsuits with talent rounds to follow. Jaycees rushed spotlights and a new stage while Dr. Robert Blakely managed the non denomi national sound system donated by churches the school and a radio station. A snag with a neck microphone caused a tense moment during a contestant's rendition of I Enjoy Being A Girl.
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Mike Qualls
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert Blakely
Blakely
Chet Townsend
Townsend
Don Smith
Jaycee
Ed Jordan
Smith
Woodlawn Cemetery Prepares for Memorial Day Cleanup
The Theta Pledge class of the Little Egypt Agricultural Cooperative will clean and mow Woodlawn Cemetery this Saturday. Seven pledges seeking a civic project are led by John Koehm, guided toward the site by Mayor D Blaney Miller.
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Woodlawn
Theta
Little Egypt
SIU Plans Major Expansion for University Center
Architects cleared to plan a two story southward addition at SIU Carbondale to expand University Center. Projects include doubling Roman Room cafeteria, adding a 300 seat auditorium, new rathskeller, energy upgrades, bookstore relocation, escalators and elevator, and more interior spaces. Budget may rise via revenue bonds. first stage cost 4.6 million completed in 1961. Carb ondale enrollment expected near 19 000 this fall. Financing to come from new bonds and refinancing.
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Southern Illinois University
University Center
Carbondale
Rathsheller
Carbondale Poverty Commission to coordinate summer camp plan
The Carbondale Commission on Economic Opportunity will run a week long camp at Little Grassy Lake for 100 fifth through eighth graders Aug 15 to 20. First Methodist Church provides facilities and $500 for 50 children, with other groups urged to donate funds clothing and supplies.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Commission On Economic Opportunity
Commission
First Methodist Church
Edward L. Huffman
March Commission
Little Grassy Lake
Murphysboro
George Crim
Zeigler Mosquitos Area Approach Could Put Sting In Control
Franklin Williamson Bi County Health official urges county wide, bi county and regional cooperation to curb mosquitoes. Northern house mosquito linked to encephalitis with deaths in McLeansboro last year. Aerial spraying planned pending pesticide company report. Jaycees volunteer for ground spraying during season.
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Bain
Franklin-Williamson
Zeigler
Bob Bain
Illinois
St. Louis
McLeansboro
Bi-County Health Department
Jaycee
Kenny Jarvis
Jaycees
Tom Rogers
Bob Partee
John Slack
Fires Report Through three Illinois Towns
Fire calls list incidents in Herrin Carbondale Marion and near Williams Trailer Court with fires involving a car, lawnmower and utility room, a trailer interior, and a hay barn. Causes undetermined in several cases with minor to significant damage. Authorities name Alvie Summers Lawrence Intravaia Gerald McCarty Carl Crone as involved parties.
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Herrin
Alvie Summers
Hart’s
Carbondale
Hewitt Dr
Lawrence J
Intravaia
Marion
Gerald McCarty
Williams Trailer
Grace F. Rowe 78 Rockford Cobden native dies
Mrs Grace F Rowe of Rockford age 78 and Cobden native died in a Rockford hospital after a period of illness. She served as past worthy matron of the Makanda Chapter of Eastern Star a 55 year member and honorary member of Cobden and Rockford chapters. Burial in Anna Cemetery following Eastern Star services at Mc Carty Funeral Home Anna. She is survived by son Dr Harry Rowe of Rockford sister Mrs Rebecca Barker of St Louis and brother Ernest Brooks of Flint. Burial in Anna Cemetery. Funeral arrangements announced by the Mc Carty Funeral Home.
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Grace F. Rowe
Rockford
Cobden
Water Valley Christian Church
Mrs. Rowe
Alfred
Margaret Johnson Brooks
Harry Rowe
Union County
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Allan Y. Baker
Larry McPheron
Mary Ann Bell
SIU Faculty
University
Carbondale Committee
Poverty Commission
Lincoln
Attucks
Thomas
Douglas
Crim
Jackson County Coordinating Office
Anna Cemetery
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