City Calendar note for Carbondale and region events
Carbondale City Council meets 7:30 p m Tuesday in city hall along with Giant City School District 130 board and other area boards and committees. Screenings and lectures at SIU include Douglas Holloway and Bill Strode talks at 4 p m Wednesday with free admission.
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Carbondale
Giant City School District 130
Greater Egypt
Carbondale Plan Commission
City Hall
Lewis Park Meadows
Murphysboro United Fund
City National Bank
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
Carbondale City Hall
Herrin
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development
USDA
Marion
Dorothy Covall Dunning
Duke University
SIU Lawson Halil
H. Dale Turner
Dierks Forests, Inc
SIU Agriculture Building
Robert J. Holloway
American Marketing Association
Davis
SIU Wham Education
Bill Strode
Louisville Courier- Journal
Shawnee board to interview firms on site selection
The Shawnee Junior College board will interview two architectural firms at Monday’s meeting to discuss site selection for the new junior college. Glen Eicher of General Planning and Resource Consultants outlined a three step study costing about 5 000 dollars. The district serves Union Johnson Pulaski Massac and Alexander counties.
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Union
Johnson, Pulaski
Massac
Alexander Counties
Glen Eicher
General Planning and Resource Consultants
St. Louis
Eicher
Louis Horman
Metropolis
Thomas Graman
Horman
R. A. Nack
U.S. Treasury
State Junior College Board
Herrin Death Inquest On Personal Safety Gunshot Death
An inquest into the death of 68 year old Mrs. Della Damron of rural Herrin is set for 7 30 p m at Johnsons Funeral Home Herrin. Coroner James Wilson says she was found dead at home Wednesday and appears to have died from a self inflicted gun shot wound.
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Della Damron
Herrin
Johnson’s Funeral
Damron
Williamson County
James Wilson
Three youths injured in Vergennes crash
Three Jackson County youths were hurt when their car overturned on Route 13 127 south of Vergennes. Driver Teresa M. Piper 18 De Soto and passengers Linda House 15 of Murphysboro and Bobby Wallace 17 of Murphysboro were treated for minor injuries at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. The 6:45 p.m. crash occurred two miles south of Vergennes.
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Jackson County
Vergennes
Teresa M. Piper
de Soto
Linda House
Rt. 3
Murphysboro
Bobby Wallace
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Carbondale advisory committee probes school integration plans
The nine member Advisory Committee on School Integration in Carbondale met five times since March 14 to study integration strategies. Interviews with educators and administrators, including George Mendenall of Lewis Grade School, informed views on factors aiding integration and the need for curriculum changes and preschool support. Milton Edelman will compare Iowa Basic Skills results by race, with additional interviews and reports planned for upcoming meetings.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Harold Dycus
Art Black
George Mendenall
Lewis
Mendenall
Winkler
Lewis School
Milton Edelman
Southern Illinois University
Iowa
Edelman
Donald Darling
Jack Feirich
Champaign
Southern Illinois
Pinckneyville district approves $500000 bond issue and tax increases
Pinckneyville Grade School District 50 voters approve a $500000 building bond for a new junior high near the high school on East Water Street. Two tax hikes pass 705 to 189 and 672 to 185 to repay a $200000 state loan for arts and music rooms gym and related facilities. The board canvassed results and plans, while awarding a general science teaching contract to Robert G Huntley to replace resigning William Lacy.
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Pinckneyville
East Water Street
Hanner
Breitweiser
McLaughlin
Chester
Hugh D. Malan
Malan
State Building Commission
Robert G. Huntley
Rt. 3
Huntley
William Lacy
Collision Injures Harold Deane In Carbondale
Harold T. Deane 23 of Middlesboro Massachusetts was treated at Doctors Memorial Hospital and transferred to St. Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau Missouri after a Monday collision at South Poplar and West Cherry in Carbondale. Deane’s condition was listed as satisfactory. Etherton Mary J. 19 of Murphysboro was cited for failing to stop.
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Harold T. Deane
Middlesboro
Mass
Doctors Memorial Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
South Poplar
West Cherry Streets
Carbondale
Deane
Mary J. Etherton
Rt. 1
Murphysboro
S. Poplar St
Bids Sought on Rt 13 Traffic Lights in Southern Illinois
The Illinois Division of Highways seeks bids by May 24 for traffic light and highway lighting work at the Rt 13 intersection east of Carbondale and the Rt 13 Reed's Station Road junction. Costs earmarked total 45 000 dollars for two projects, with further bids paused while Springfield analyzes cost estimates amid high bid overages.
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Carbondale
State Division of Highways
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Springfield
Division of Highways
James Newton
District 9
Newton
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Pittsburg
Massac County
Rt. 45
Mermet
Metropolis
Rites Set for Cpl Roger W Morgan Vietnam Casualty
Funeral services for Cpl. Roger W. Morgan 18 formerly of West Frankfort are planned for 2 p.m. Friday at the Third Baptist Church West Frankfort with burial in Denning Cemetery. He was killed in action in Vietnam April 30 after enlisting Sept 20 1966 and serving six months. He leaves parents Clyde and wife Mrs Morgan and siblings Sheila Lampkin Marilyn Beverly and Dennis.
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Cpl
Roger W. Morgan
West Frankfort
Third Baptist Church
Max Samples
Denning
Union Funeral Home
Cpl. Morgan
Clyde Morgan
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Vietnam
Frankfort
Third Baptist Church of
Cpl Morgan
Sheila Lampkin
Marilyn
Beverly
Dennis
Arson trial moves as witnesses appear in Pinckneyville
In Perry County Circuit Court in Pinckneyville three witnesses testified as J. W. Cavins of Du Quoin faces a conspiracy to commit arson charge. The trial date was shifted from Wednesday after Keller’s attorney cited ready witnesses in his own DWI arrest case. Cavins’ house at 519 South Hope Street burned on July 5, 1967.
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Pinckneyville
J. W. Cavins
du Quoin
Cavins
Thomas Keller
Frances Maxwell
Nashville
Keller
Perry County
S. Hope St
Johnston City rehires city employees and begins new appointments
The Johnston City Council rehired all city employees and created new boards and commissions. New Library Board members are Alder man Mike Malkovich Hazel Kemper Mrs Teresa Clark and Mrs Dorothy Moroni. Park Board member Glen Eberhardt and Planning Commission members Rev Leon McBride and Paul Odom. The Rev McBride was not approved. Arnold Garrett voted no citing ownership. No term details, and other actions included extending a funeral home emergency phone line, allocating 9000 for street repair, Clean Up Week June 3–7, and delaying removal of monthly parking permits for study.
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Library Board
Mike Malkovich
Hazel Kemper
Teresa Clark
Dorothy Moroni
Park Board
Glen Eberhardt
Planning Commission
Leon McBride
Paul Odom
Mr. McBride
Arnold Garrett
McBride
Roland Murman
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Finance Committee
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Bonnie and Clyde
Marion Drive-In
Fox
Harry Frigg
Illinois Association of Community Action Agency
Ramada Inn
United Electric Coal Co
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City All
Herrin Senior Citizens Mosaics
N. 14Th St
John R. Welborn
Edward L. Welborn
2Nd Infantry
Korea
Barbara
S. Liberty St
Elgin
Carbondale Schools
Advisory Committee On
Murphys
Boro
Roberts Funeral Home
Alexander H. Roberts
Ray, Gene
Bill Crawshaw
Crawshaw Mortuary
HAM & Eck Roberts
Pinckneyville Board
Zwick’s
South University
Carbondale, Ill
Country Mutual
James O. Williams
Makanda
Johnston City
Johnston
Murman
Council
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illnois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Blakely Dishwasher
T Mills
Sana
Taylor
Eaton Manufacturing CO
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