Pinckneyville District approves two tax hikes for new school
Pinckneyville Grade School District 50 voters approve two tax increases to back a 500000 bond issue and a 200000 state loan plan. A May 13 meeting will authorize final architect plans and bid dates, with completion targeted for 1969 70 school year and development on about 10 acres near Pinckneyville High School east of the athletic field.
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Pinckneyville
Hugh D. Malan
Malan
State School Building Commission
Pinckneyville High School
Printer Hurt In Accident Near Grand Tower
A Southern Illinoisan printer, William D. Qualls, 36, of Grand Tower, was hospitalized with minor head and neck injuries after his car struck a horse on Rt. 3 two miles north of the Grand Tower side road at 1 a.m. He was taken to St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. the car sustained major damage. Qualls had been driving home from a Saturday night shift at the Carbondale office. Noah Lee Smith, 48, formerly of Thompsonville, died at 1 p.m. Sunday in a Wichita veterans hospital where he had lived the past 24 years. He was born December 27, 1919, in Williamson County, a World War II veteran, and a member of the Wichita Methodist Church. He leaves a sister Lena Smith of West Frankfort and brothers Dewey, Albert, George of Mason City Iowa, and Ralph of Wichita. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Stone Funeral Home West Frankfort, with Rev. R. E. George officiating. Burial will be in County Line Cemetery south of Thompsonville. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Rt. 3
Grand Tower
William D. Qualls
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Qualls
Carbondale
Noah Lee Smith
Thompsonville
Wichita
Kan
Williamson County
James
Ivor Karnes Smith
Methodist Church
Smith
Lena Smith
West Frankfort
Dewey
Albert
George
Mason City
Iowa
Ralph
Stone Funeral Home
R. E. George
County Line
Effa C. Vineyard
S. Mulberry St
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Vineyard
White County
Charles
Mary Keisler Edwards
Thomas E. Vineyard
Mt. Oval Presbyterian Church
Orval
Carl
Calumet City
Clara Bayless
Mae Morris
Emma Taylor
Mayfield
Wayne Edwards
Norris City
Reedy Funeral Home
Max Samples
Tower Heights
Public meetings and events listed for Southern Illinois
Calendar notes public meetings across Southern Illinois with times for city councils in Mt. Vernon Chester Sparta West Frankfort Zeigler Christopher Benton Cambria Pinckneyville and others plus school boards and housing authority. Lectures include R Buckminster Fuller at SIU and chemistry physics talks. Also several movie showings, theatre and concert events across Marion Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and more.
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Greater Egypt
Arson blast kills eight at Fort Worth nightclub
An arson blaze at The Grave nightclub in Fort Worth killed eight people late Sunday. Witnesses said a man splashed liquid inside the front door and fled. Victims include Lacy White Jr and Jewelene Prince among others. two people injured.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Side
L. V. le Fils
Lacy White Jr
Willis Davis
Samuel T. Jenkins
George M. Johnson
Roy Clayton Dillard
Kenneth Simpson
Jewelene Prince
Caroll Jo Peingar
Dillard
Fuller describes food and air as war’s hidden drivers
SIU thinker in residence Buckminster Fuller argues that food and water supply shape mankind’s propensity for war. He notes rising life expectancy, rapid industrialization, and population trends while predicting China’s industrialization by 1975 and global stabilization near 1985.
Illinois State University board delays Stateville prison college plan
The Board of Regents of Illinois State Universities temporarily dropped plans to open a college instructional center at Stateville Penitentiary after Northern Illinois University president Rhoten Smith explained the Department of Public Welfare would not support the program. The board also outlined a timetable for a new state university at Springfield with site selection by October and architectural firm by 1969, sharing facilities with Lincoln Land Junior College.
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DeKalb
Stateville Penitentiary
Board of Regents of
Illinois State Universities
Rhoten Smith
Northern Illinois University
Department of Public Welfare
State University
Springfield
Lincoln Land Junior College
Cobden matriarch Nora Crider dies at 64
Nora Crider 64 of Cobden died Saturday morning at her son William Lee Crider’s home in Monmouth Born July 8 1903 in Williamson County daughter of Steven and Delia Horn Married William E Crider in 1920 in Murphysboro He is deceased since December 5 1963 Surviving are sons Harold Fort Worth Tex Franklin T of Fort Worth and Robert B of Anna and brother Albert Horn Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm Broadway McCarty Funeral Home Cobden Rev Hugh Stearns will officiate Burial in Cobden Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Nora Crider
Cobden
William Lee Crider
Monmouth
Williamson County
Steven
Delia Carter Horn
William E. Crider
Murphysboro
Crider
William
Albert
James Horn
Elkville
Broadway- McCarty
Hugh Stearns
Funeral
Disorderly conduct charges filed against teens at McDonalds
Charles King 17 of Carbondale was charged with disorderly conduct after authorities were called to a West Main Street McDonalds to disperse a group. He was arrested at 12 11 a m and released to his father awaiting a court appearance. Also noted: David King 17 Makanda fined 25 for a disorderly conduct guilty plea from an April disturbance. William George 19 and Ed Rucker 19 Carbondale previously fined 100 and 25 respectively.
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Charles King
Washington St
Carbondale
McDonald’s
West Main Street
King
David King
Makanda
Marion
Rt. 13
Carterville
William George
Ed Rucker
George
Kueker
Grand Tower minister Rev. Clarence Sumner dies
The Rev. Clarence Harvey Sumner 64 of Grand Tower died Saturday at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. He served as pastor of Pilgrim Chapel Grand Tower. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Meyer-Denny Funeral Home Murphysboro with burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. He leaves Verna Aldridge Sumner wife a daughter Mrs Dale Alliss of Du Quoin a son James C Sumner a sister Mrs Pearl Lindsey brothers Rolla and Herbert and three grandchildren. The Rev Claude Hickman will officiate. Visitation after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Murphysboro
Clarence Harvey Sumner
Grand Tower
Mr. Sumner
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Alto Pass
Sylvester P
Lucendy Wright Sumner
Verna Aldridge
Perryville
Sumner
Pilgrim Chapel
Dale Alliss
du Quoin
James C
Pearl Lindsey
Jonesboro
Rolla
Herbert
Claude Hickman
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Southern Illinoisan publication and address notes
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinoisan Inc with listed offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. The paper notes second class postage and its AP rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Monsanto Company
SIU Parkinson Building
Sion
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JoAnn Gunter
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Center
14Th St
Tynerant
Perry County
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Pinckneyville Rural
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Herrin, Ill
Barney R. Boren
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Lindsay-Schaub
Washington, D.C
Senate Special Committee On
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Buckminster Fuller
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Ronald Rick
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Kankakee
Jay Bressner
Algonquin
H. Dale
Wakefield
Lyle Wessel
Waterloo
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Joseph Wand
Terwell
Wand
Peoria
Leroy Bennett
Keystone Steel and Wire Co
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Seneca
N&w
Bates
James Childers
Norfolk and Western Railway
Rockton
Chicago Motor Club
Matthew C. Sielski
Landmark Rail
Rock Island
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Maggie Bouland
Fair Acres
Keeling Funeral Home
Dun Quoin
Keith David
Dowell Baptist Church
Rees Cemetery
Hallidayboro
W. Main
Grob Agency Inc
POST
South Wall
Walnut Mex
Kelley’s
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