SIU Calendar Highlights Many Campus Events
Southern Illinoisan calendars list Mother's Day activities, a spring festival buffet lunch, track and field events at McAndrews Stadium, an SIU baseball game vs Saint Louis University, campus tours by Alpha Phi Omega, Old Miss Concert Singers, a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Sunday concerts, and a Bob Hope stage show with various free and paid admissions. Public meetings, lectures, movies at local theaters, and student performances are also noted with times and venues across Carbondale and surrounding towns.
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SIU
University Center
University Park
McAndrews
St. Louis University
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity
Delyte Morris
S. Thompson St
Shryock
Ro Iman
Bob Hope
SIU Arena
Henry Brant
SIU Shryock
Police Briefs from Herrin and Carbondale
In Herrin, Thomas M. DeChristina was cited for speeding with a $15 fine. In Carbondale, Elsie P. Wood received a $15 speeding ticket.
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Herrin
Thomas M. DeChristina
Carbondale
Elsie P. Wood
Jarbondale
Roy BR
Brown
Murphysboro
Hershel A Becker
Articulation council formed to ease racial tensions in Carbondale
The Carbondale area forms an articulation council to study how to ease racial tension and improve attitudes among students from all cultures. The six-district group includes one board member and administrator from each school feeding into Carbondale Community High School. The May 20 planning meeting will set goals and programs.
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Ben Gelman
Carbondale
Carbondale Area
Monroe Deming
Jackson County
CCHS
de Solo
Lawrence Dietz
Leland Hubble
Gendale
Curtis Hawkins
Harry Bennett
Unity Point
Chester McMeen
Virgil Wheeles
Giant City
William Abernathy
Clause Ross
Jerome Lacey
Lawrence Martin
Carbondale Community High School
Chates Levage
William McBride
Lawrence Doyle
Deming
Giant City Board
Articulation Council
Cchs East
Lincoln School
Grievance meeting delayed over holiday pay issue
Murphysboro Water and Sewage department employees face a postponed grievance meeting on pay for holiday work. The panel includes two city officials, two Local 160 members, Hod Carriers and Common Laborers, and a fifth member. Mayor Joe Williams cited other commitments. a new date is to be set this week. The three year city union contract extends to December 31.
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Murphysboro Water and Sewage Department
Murphysboro Honors Alderman Roberts in Funeral Tributes
Murphysboro City Council paused routine business Friday to honor Ward 1 Alderman Homer Roberts who died Wednesday. The meeting approved transfers totaling 7 500 to the Social Security and retirement fund 1 500 to the garbage fund and 1 000 to the Civil Defense fund to be repaid when taxes arrive. City officials later paid respects at the Meyer Dering Funeral Home and funeral services for the veteran operator were held Saturday.
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Murphysboro
Homer Roberts
Roberts
Meyer-Dering Funeral Home
Robbery Case Jury Trial Begins Monday
A jury trial in Murphysboro Circuit Court opens Monday over an armed robbery at the Holiday Inn Motel in Carbondale on March 18. Four defendants face charges including armed robbery and obstruction or destruction of evidence, with about $4,000 taken by two armed men.
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Ian
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Edward Sarver
Robert Ray Smith
Ernest C. Briley
Ralph Ray Sigman
James @. Eden
Nelson Eveland
Orgenie Gwisdon
Orgenie Lopes
Orgenie Sarver
Murphysboro Officials Foil Theft Attempt Near City Hall
City Clerk Kenneth Taylor and Treasurer Bill Hardwig interrupted a suspected theft Friday night as two shadowy figures fled from the south side parking area after a city council meeting. Saturday inspection revealed tampered hardware on a car owned by Bob Edwards of Edwards Hardware Co., including a missing hubcap and four lug nuts from the left front wheel.
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Murphysboro
Kenneth Taylor
Bill Hardwig
Taylor
Hardwig
Bob Edwards
Edwards Hardware Co
Edith St
Edward
Bread shortage hits Southern Illinois markets from bake strike
Multiple Southern Illinois supermarkets report bread shortages amid a strike by Bakers Union No. 4 against eight St. Louis wholesale bakeries on May 6. Continental Baking Co. deliveries to Du Quoin and nearby towns are disrupted, with some stores maintaining supply by sourcing elsewhere. Herrin and Carbondale areas see mixed impacts with limited shortages and some locally baked products, while others report ample bread.
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Linois
St. Louis, Mo
Bakers Union No. 4
American Bakery and Confectionary Workers
Continental Baking Co
du Quoin
Coulterville
Marion
Herrin
Carbondale
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Southern Illinois University
Harry Brant
Bennington
Anna Drive-in
Orpheum Theater
Marlow’s
Gen'tle
Varsity
Rodgers Theater
Anna
Marion Drive-In
Fox, Carbondale
Harry Frigg
Frankfort
Hertin
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B
Hertin High School
Saward G. Pree
Springfield
William G. Stratton
Tranklin County
Benton
Munchysboro Township
H. Dale Turner
Dierks Forests, Inc
SIU Agriculture Building
Busters
DRY Cleaners
East Gate Shopping Center
New Post Office
Area Articulation Council
Harry D. Wade
N.20th St
Norma R. Brown
Noah St
Johnston City
Ann Wade
Norma Brown
Ethiopia
Haile
Seael
Lassie
of Solomon
Naling Sheba
Solomon
St Ferry Estron
Batiste
Flannelette
Mardale
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Litinaisan Iac
Avenue
Carbondate
Norsk Léth Sied Mercia
NVF
Walnut Street
Murphysbate
Southern Wings
Carbondale Free Presse Herrin Daily Journa
Murah
Continental Auto
Gall
Eberschl Agency
The
Continental Insurance Companies
Carbondale Loan
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