National Tape Co plans 200000 sq ft plant in Herrin
National Tape Co announced plans to build a 200000 square foot factory on a 20 acre site at the west end of McKinley and Bryan streets in Herrin. The firm will employ about 300 workers once fully operational and start in temporary quarters in Orchill area, with initial hiring Monday and steps to reach 100 by year end.
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Herrin
National Tape Co
McKinley and
Bryan Streets
Herrin Street
Floyd Hansen
New York
Orchill
Mario Perri
Chamber of Commerce
Hansen
Perri
Technical Tape Corp
Carbondale
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
National Tape
Brandon
Economic Development Administration
EDA
C. Hall Fleming
Fleming
Carbondale board OKs new teacher pay schedule
The Carbondale Grade School board adopts a revised teacher salary plan costing $165,900 extra. Based on a $6,000 base for new teachers with a bachelor’s, raises scale with experience and graduate hours. The plan, supported by the Carbondale Education Association, may require $70,000 to $75,000 in anticipation warrants for 1968-69. Also approved tax sheltered annuity payroll deductions for teachers.
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Carbondale Grade School
Carbondale Education Association
Laurence Martin
Marion man dies of gunshot
Herbert Deaton 44 of 1200 W Goodall St Marion died at Marion Memorial Hospital from an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound found by his son Mike outside the home. A 32 20 caliber revolver lay beside him. Deaton operated Herb Deaton Auto Sales near the Williamson County fairgrounds. An inquest will be held later. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Funeral Home Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Deaton
W. Goodall St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson County
James Wilson
Deaton
Mike
Herb Deaton
Grade school board balks at immediate integration policy
The Carbondale Grade School Board refused a push by about 19 organizers for instant school integration. Trustees favor awaiting an advisory committee's findings on implementing total integration, with a July meeting to review the committee's report. The group includes leaders from MOVE, SCLC, NAACP, and local ministers.
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John C. Taylor
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Lincoln Junior High
Lewis
John H. Francisco
Bethel Ame
MOVE
Southern Hills Apartments
Southern Illinois University
Steve Hoffman
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Reuban Harris
New Welfare Council
Ima Brown
Carbondale Freedom Committee
Julius Henry
Elbert Simon
Carbondale Ministerial Alliance
Donald Carlton
Grace Methodist Church
Human Relations Commission
Anita Kuo
Unitarian Fellowship
Margaret Katranides
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Carbondale Citizens For Total Integration
Francisco
William Boor
Boor
Kuo
Clifford Neill
C. Norman Geyer
Charles Hines
Carlton
Carbondale Ministerial Association
Jerry Lacey
Fred Nolen
Illinois Postmasters elect new officers at 59th meeting
Retiring Illinois Postmaster Association president Virgil Reither of Beardstown reviews program data with newly elected officers in Carbondale. New officers include John C. Goodman as secretary and other officers announced at the 59th annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Postmaster Association
Virgil Reither
Beardstown
Carbondale
John C. Goodman
Fire destroys Murphysboro hotel with unsolved 1957 slaying linked
The Central Hotel in Murphysboro burned early today. Built about 1910, it later housed doctors offices and the Uptown Tavern. A 1957 slaying involving co operator Mrs. Cochran remains unsolved, and Mrs. Cochran’s sister in law Mrs. Worthen survived the blaze.
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Murphysboro
Wall
Daniel
E.S. del Carmen
Chestnut St
Bess Modglin Beal
Uptown Tavern
Laverne Murray
Ran
Marion youth injured by kitchen grease fire
David Moake an 18 year old of 407 Sherry Marion suffered second and third degree burns Thursday night when a kettle of grease caught fire. Firemen arrived at 10 15 p m and he was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital in fair condition. His mother Virginia Moake moved the burning kettle outside preventing property damage.
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David Moake
Sherry Road
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Virginia Moake
SIU Board Commends Morris Action On Campus Peace
The Southern Illinois University Board praised President Delyte W. Morris and the administration for prompt decisive action to curb campus violence. The resolution cited student unrest as a threat to safety property and learning and urged a stand to prevent occurrences like those at Columbia.
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Southern Illinois University Board
Delyte W. Morris
Melvin Lockard
Mattoon
Columbia
Ivan Elliott
Carmi
Richman to Speak on Crime Panel in Chicago Meeting
Richard Richman, Jackson County State's Attorney, named as panelist at a national crime and delinquency conference in Chicago. He will address reorganization of the state's attorney office and criminal prosecution during the morning session. Special guests include Gov Nelson Rockefeller and Sen Edward Brooke.
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Jackson County
Richard Richman
Chicago
Richman
Business Leaders
Ambassador West Hotel
National Council On Crime and
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Chicago Commission On Youth Welfare
Chicago Police Department
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Illinois Police Chiefs Association
Illinois Youth Commission
New York
Nelson Rockefelter
Edward W.brooke
Rmass
SIU Faces Black Student Demands Over Charges
Morris rejects dropping charges against six black students tied to May 8 walk in at his office. Threats to withdraw 2000 black students if charges persist. leaflets threaten disruption of admin channels and demand a building named for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as petitions circulate on campus.
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Southern
Morris
Daniel R. Thomas
Chicago
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Carbondale
Board of Trustees
Grand Avenue
Martin Luther King, Jr
Gray says proposed budget cut won’t hit Rend Lake projects
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray says Rend Lake main dam spillway and intercity water system should not be affected by a possible $6 billion federal spending cut linked to Johnsons 10 percent surtax proposal. He notes contracts are already awarded and $13.5 million water system is federally funded, with other programs possibly delayed.
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Rend Lake
Kenneth J. Gray
D - West Frankfort
Washington, D.C
Congress
Johnson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gray
Illinois GOP Leaders Campaign for Ogilvie in Southern Illinois
Rep. Ralph Smith speaker of the House and Sen. W. Russell Arrington the Senate majority leader arrived in Carbondale to stump for Governor candidate Richard B. Ogilvie. Carbondale Mayor David Keene welcomed them after meeting at Southern Illinois Airport with Gale Williams Jackson County chairman and other area lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois General Assembly
Southern Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ralph Smith
House
W. Russell Arrington
Senate
Carbondale
David Keene
Gale Williams
Murphysboro Courthouse exterior face lifting expanded
The Jackson County courthouse four year remodeling program adds a complete exterior face lifting. Western Waterproofing Co. of St. Louis will clean, tuckpoint, and waterproof the Bedford stone facade at a 21000 contract. Work started with high pressure aggregate cleaning. total renova tion costs approach 275000 funded by sales tax receipts.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
George Borgsmiller
County Board of Supervisors
Western Waterproofing Co
St. Louis
Borgsmiller
Western
Bergsmiller
SIU honors 520 students at Scholastic Honors Day Convocation
At SIU Arena Thursday night 520 students were honored for scholastic achievement as 87 freshmen 109 sophomores 151 juniors and 174 seniors received awards. Carbondale senior Jean M Wharton topped averages with 4.993 while 93 organizations granted scholarships and prizes and new honors society initiates were announced.
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Southern
Plato
Newton
Aristotle
Robert W. MacVicar
Carbondale
Jean M. Wharton
John Wharton
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