Illinois towns to present problems to state commission
Carbondale Marion Murphysboro and Herrin plan to present municipal issues before the Illinois Cities and Villages Problems Commission at a 10 a.m. hearing in Carbondale. Carbondale seeks higher revenue to cover services especially for Southern Illinois University. Murphysboro and Marion officials indicate only selected topics may be raised.
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Carbondale
Marion
Murphysboro
Illinois Villages and Cities Problems Commission
Herrin
C. William Norman
Egation
Robert Butler
Holiday Inn
Ilinois
West Frankfort Mayor In Critical Condition After Heart Attack
West Frankfort Mayor Mike McClatchey 62 suffered an apparent heart attack Monday afternoon at home and was listed in critical condition at Franklin Hospital in Benton. He was elected last year and is a Republican candidate for the 58th district legislature. Commissioner Joe McCann serves as acting mayor.
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West Frankfort
Mike McClatchey
Franklin Hospital
Benton
McClatchey
Mlinois Ave
Joe McCann
Thomas Griffin
Orient Council weighs cut in mayor and aldermen salaries
The Orient City Council may reduce mayor Levi Allen’s salary from 15 to 6 dollars a month and aldermen’s from 12 to 5 dollars a month, effective April 1969 due to a state rule. Allen says the city is financially strapped, with $92 000 in bonds for a water system and $15 000 still to retire. Water bills rise by 1 dollar monthly, minimum 3.75 dollars for 2000 gallons, bringing in about 715 dollars more monthly.
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Orient City Council
Franklin County
Levi Allen
Allen
SIU policy on illegal acts at campus outlined
SIU Chief Security Officer Thomas Leffler said the campus security force will act under a stern policy from SIU President Delyte Morris. A coalition of student activists met proposing militant tactics including occupying Morris' office or burning his house. Morris warned of suspension and legal prosecution for illegal acts while supporting peaceful demonstrations within the law.
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Southern Illinois University
Thomas Leffler
Stern
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Morris
Paul Morrill
Browne Auditorium
Parkinson Building
Stuart Novick
Gary Krischer
Southern Illinois Peace Committee
University Center
Egyptian
WSIU
Bird watching at Crab Orchard Refuge details local list
Ben Gelman writes from a quiet bird walk with Audubon Society members at Crab Orchard Refuge. A five hour field trip identified over 70 species including sora and Kentucky Warbler. The piece lists birds seen and notes many will linger in Southern Illinois through summer as others migrate north.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Crab Orchard Refuge
Arch Mehrhoff
Kentucky
The
Audubon Society
Illinois
Robbery Strikes Carbondale Doughnut Truck
A Spudnuts Inc. truck was attacked on South Poplar Street at midnight as four men stopped Ken Suchy and stole 121 dollars, two dozen doughnuts, and six soft drink cans after one demanded change and a knife was pressed to his wrist.
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Carbondale
Ken Suchy
Spudnuts Inc
South Poplar Street
Suchy
Bid on Carbondale traffic couple rejected again
A $750,714 joint bid by Howell Construction Co and Franklin Asphalt Co for a Rt 51 north south couple in Carbondale was rejected by Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings. It marks the third bid rejection since January and bids for anti skid surface treatment at nine counties were also rejected. Bids open May 24 for the readvertised project. Denny and Sons Inc of Anna won a $263,475 contract to pave 3.1 miles east of Cobden. Little Egypt Construction Co of Harrisburg won $70,900 for Jefferson County district 7 maintenance and storage buildings.
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Carbondale
Howell Construction Co
Franklin Asphalt Co
Division of Highways
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Franklin Asphalt
Williamson
iPerry
Randolph
Alexander
Pulaski
Denny and Sons, Inc
Anna
Little Egypt Construction Co., Inc
Harrisburg
District 7
Jefferson County
Pinckneyville Names Stanton New Principal for 1968 69
Stanton Donald R. Stanton, a Pinckneyville High School graduate and basketball coach at LaSalle-Peru, will become principal for 1968 69, succeeding Harley Quillman who retires after 38 years in education. He earned degrees from St Louis University and Southern Illinois University and previously coached at Pinckneyville, Mt Vernon, and Canton. A supper honoring Quillman was held and the athletic field was named Harley Quillman Field.
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Donald R. Stanton
Pinckneyville High School
Harley Quillman
Stanton
Pinckneyville
LaSalle-Peru
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Southern Illinois University
Mt. Vernon
Canton
LaSalle - Peru
Eldon Bigham
Bigham
SIU Edwardsville
Quillman
Sunfield
Diagraph Bradley Plants IAM Sign Three Year Contract
Diagraph Bradley Industries Inc and International Association of Machinists District 111 sign a three year contract for Ordill plant. It provides for a 10 cent per hour wage increase retroactive to April 20 with 10 cent raises in 1969 and 1970 plus a cost of living escalator and wage adjustments. The package adds vacations pension holiday funeral leave and enhanced health and life insurance with 60 percent dependent coverage. About 118 workers are covered and the agreement expires April 20, 1971. Union ratified April 29.
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Diagraph - Bradley Industries Inc
Ordill
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
District 111
Rudy Andelsek
Diagraph Bradley
Harold L. Williams
Williams
Ervin Overturf
Barry Turner
George Strunk
Bill Reynolds
IAM
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Diagraph- Bradley
Grass fire reported on Fairland street
Benton firefighters respond to an 11 am Monday grass fire in the 1200 block of Fairland street with no damage reported.
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Benton
Fairland Street
Murphysboro 95 Year Funeral Home Sold to Crawshaws
Murphysboro oldest funeral service, in continuous operation since 1872, was sold today to Crawshaw Mortuary of Murphysboro. The Roberts residence chapel at 10th and Mulberry will close. some fixtures move to a new Crawshaw wing at 1421 Walnut. The Roberts hardware store at 919 Chestnut will also close with a May 24 stock auction.
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Murphysboro
A.H. Roberts and Sons
10Th and
Mulberry Streets
Crawshaw Mortuary
R. A. Crawshaw
Roberts
Crawshaw
Walnut St
Four Students Fined for 11 Cent Carterville Theft
Four Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute students pleaded guilty in Marion circuit court to theft of a Carterville parking meter head. They admitted taking 11 cents, smashing the meter, and discarding it in a strip mine pit. Judge Stewart Cluster ordered restitution to about 75 dollars. The youths reside at a VTI dormitory.
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Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute
Carterville
Harry G. Echols
Mt. Vernon
Dennis P. Christensen
Chicago
David E. Parkus
Decomus
Thomas J. Green
Gary
Ind
Marion
Stewart Cluster
VTI
Vietnam crash claims area man's life
Funeral arrangements for Du Quoin–area Lt. Barry Brown killed in Vietnam are incomplete. Defense Department says the 25 year old crew member died of multiple injuries when a C-47 crashed near its target area likely due to hostile action. He married Patricia Rodman in 1965 and leaves two sons. Brown, a Southern Illinois University graduate, is survived by his parents in Murphysboro and Dowell. He entered the Air Force after earning a health education degree in 1965.
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du Quoin
Vietnam
Barry Brown
Defense Department
Brown
Patricia Rodman
David
Kent
Eugene Rodman
Robert Brown
Murphysboro
George Cobin
Dowell
Air Force
Southern Illinois University
Elverado Community High School
Elkville
Fuller Lecture Frames Man as Adaptable and Unique at SIU
R Buckminster Fuller 78 describes humans as uniquely adaptable and increasingly invisible to themselves during his annual design lecture for SIU’s design department in Davis Auditorium Wham Education. He cites 1900 to today as a metamorphosis in living standards and credits electromagnetism with launching a new era of technology. He asserts technology lets us do more with less and insists all Earth’s resources must serve all people, expressing faith in humanity to solve current problems.
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R. Buckminister Fuller
U. S
SIU
Davis Auditorium
Wham
Earth
Fuller
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Knights of Columbus
Nancy
18Th St
Charles Brown
Dongola
Charles J. Brown Jr
Styrest
Plymouth
Mass
Charles J. Brown
Ford Funeral Home
W.O. Tailey
Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Ronald G. Dawson
Rte. 1
Makanda
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
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Cobden
Almont
Monk” Crawshaw
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Ham, Eck
Homer
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Bonnie
Route 3
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