Misuse Charges Shake Murphysboro Bank Vice President
FBI agents arrested Murphysboro City National Bank Vice President Jack W. McDaniel and Carbondale resident Donald Lee McWhorter on federal charges of misapplication of $30,000 in bank funds. Both men posted $5,000 bonds and await federal court action in East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro Bank
Carbondale
Jack W. McDaniel
Rt. 1
Murphysboro
City National Bank
Walnut St
Donald Lee McWhorter
E. Park
U.S
Charles Hines
McDaniel
McWhorter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert E. Gebhardt
Springfield
FBI
Gebhardt
Federal District Court
East St. Louis
Carl McCord
McCord
Federal
Unit 186
Wallace Prost
Mental Health Dance Benefit Set Saturday
Area youths can have a good time helping the Franklin County Mental Health Association Saturday. The association is sponsoring a benefit dance for teenagers from 8 p m to midnight in the West Frankfort National Guard Armory. The Bogards an area dance band will play. Donations of 50 cents per person are asked. The dance is part of a fund drive to raise money to establish a county mental health clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Mental Health Association
West Frankfort National
Carbondale Jaycee Jamboree Set At Bleyer Field
The Carbondale Jaycee Jamboree happens 9 a.m. Saturday at Community High School’s Bleyer Field. Boys and girls ages 10 to 14 may compete with parental consent forms available at Carbondale schools. The Illinois Youth Commission co sponsors with the Jaycees. Local winners advance to the sectional at Southern Illinois University in July. Track and field events include baseball throw and relays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Percy Woman Dies at 65 in Pekin Hospital
Arline McConachie 65 of East Peoria formerly Percy died Thursday at Pekin Memorial Hospital. Born January 7 1901 in Percy she was daughter of James T Johnson and Mary. Widow of Frank McConachie she was a Missionary Baptist Church member in Ava. Survived by husband parents two daughters eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville Reverend Welber Griffith officiating burial Steeleville City Cemetery. Visitation after 7 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arline McConachie
East Peoria
Percy
Pekin Memorial Hospital
James T
Mary Johnson
Frank McConachie
Carbondale Plan for School Road Delayed After Meeting
Progress on a road to the new Lewis Grade School in southeast Carbondale stalls as city and school officials schedule another discussion. The plan envisions a 40 foot wide road from Park Street to the Church of the Latter Day Saints with an estimated cost of 15 000 to 20 000 dollars.
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New Lewis
Carbondale
Carbondale Grade School District 95 Board of Education
Frank Kirk
Haynes Reese
Park Street
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Reese
Kirk
William Boor
Carbondale Park Board
Park
Jackson County Plans Unified Education Resource Center
The Jackson County school plan proposes a county wide education resource center serving all public and private schools. It would offer testing speech correction curriculum direction and be funded by federal funds with planning costs shared by districts. A final proposal will be drawn up by the county superintendent with district representatives and filed with state and federal agencies by a Wednesday deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Laurence Martin
Carbondale
Monroe Deming
Deming
Martin
Sam Thornton
Springfield
Jackson County Superintendent of Schools
Tom Langdon
District 95
Thornton
Head Start Program OKd In Unit 186
Unit 186 votes unanimously to join a three district Head Start program with Carbondale District 95 and Elverado 196. Rev. Lloyd Sumner cites $21 799 in federal funds and 60 eligible Carbondale participants, with Murphysboro 45 and Elverado 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Elverado
Lloyd Sumner
Jackson County Coordinating Committee
Mr. Sumner
Sumner
Unit 186
Murphysboro Community Action Committee
Mines Report Shows Saturday Shifts at Multiple Locations
The mine report lists Old Ben and Zeigler shafts along with Orient and Fidelity from the first shift. It details working and nonworking status with counts for Old Ben, Zeigler, Orient, Burning Star and Fidelity, including two Burning Star shifts.
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Orient
Fidelity
Burning Star
Zeigler
Murphysboro Expands Special Education EMH Class
Murphysboro School Board approves adding a fourth educable mentally handicapped class for grade school next year. Superintendent Blackwood cites referrals supporting enrollment and notes Longfellow School may house the class. A summer training program for six EMH high school students, run with DVR, will place pupils in district work sites with pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
James Blackwood
Unit 186
Blackwood
Longfellow
EMH
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Jackson County Health Dept
Riverside Park
Jack Wright
Marion Reaches Rail Crossing Deal for New Courthouse Site
Marion officials announced an agreement with the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail Road to allow a Jackson Street extension crossing for a Williamson County courthouse site. The railroad will require closing the Union Street crossing, funding by government agencies, and installation of flashers and safety equipment. Officials discussed Copeland Street as an alternative exit during floods, and the commission can move to buy property for the right of way as planning proceeds.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Williamson County
Marion
Robert Butler
H. S. Vierling
Jackson Street
Butler
Union
Copeland
Commission
K. Neil Thurmond
Thurmond
Veterans Hospital
Back Seat Drivers Retiring Buck Bowen CCHS Supt
Carbondale Community High School offers a testimonial dinner for O K Buck Bowen the retiring superintendent. Bowen holds a golf club as colleagues In attendance include Reid Martin athletic director William McBride the successor and Frank Bleyer former athletic director now on the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Prost
CCHS
Reid Martin
Bowen
William McBride
Frank Bleyer
Cchs Board of Education
Retiring Bowen Receives Golf Clubs At Testimonial Dinner
Carbondale High School District 165 longtime administrator Bowen, retiring next month, was toasted at a nearly hundred-strong testimonial lunch in the CCHS cafeteria. Speakers recalled his 29 years at CCHS in various roles from math teacher to superintendent, and James E. Walker presented Bowen with a set of golf clubs on behalf of the boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCHS
Cchs Boosters Club
Bowen
R. C. Joseph
Cchs Board of Education
William McBride
Gus Wese
Joe Ragsdale
Jim Fisher
Edinburg
James E. Walker
Frank Bleyer
A. Frank Bridges
Canary Legs
Walker
Herrin Strike Set Talks Under Way
Union employes at Container Stapling Corp. in Herrin threaten a midnight strike if no settlement is reached. The three year contract with Congress of Independent Unions expires at midnight. Plant employs about 350. talks ongoing since April 1. Mrs. Werner Schafroth, VP of the firm, says negotiations are very close on minor matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Container Stapling Corp
Herrin
Congress of Independent Unions
West
Werner Schafroth
If Carbondale Manager Plan Adopted After Election
If voters adopt the council manager plan Tuesday, one more major step must be taken by the Carbondale City Council to put the plan into effect. An administration ordinance must be drawn up and adopted by the council detailing duties of the council and manager not defined by state law. The ordinance would cover administrative and departmental organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Chester Williams
Community Redevelopment Service
Southern Illinois University
Williams
Centralia
Carbondale Considers Council Manager Plan Steps
The article examines a council manager proposal for Carbondale with four council members and a city manager under a plan that splits offices into planning finance legal services and city clerk plus fire police public works utilities and building inspection zoning. It notes filing requirements with the county and secretary of state, and says the council will hire a manager after screening applicants. Representatives from the Plan Commission advisory committee Chamber of Commerce Human Relations Council and SIU Public Affairs Research Bureau will assist. Next: Questions and answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ments
PAS
Secretary of State
D. Blaney Miller
Citizens Advisory Committee
Plan Commission
Advisory Committee
Chamber of Commerce
The
Human Relations Council
Public Affairs Research Bureau of
Southern Illinois University
John Barker Rites Set In Herrin After Johnston City Death
John Barker 74 of Route 1 Johnston City died Thursday at Herrin Hospital after heart trouble. Born March 13 1892 in Essex Missouri he was a retired farmer and Hampton Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Lula two sons Leonard and Cecil a daughter Golda Crain seven grandchildren two great grandchildren and brother Jack Barker. Funeral 1:30 p m Sunday Forge Methodist Church with burial in Herrin City Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Saturday at Murman and Wilson Johnston City and after 12:30 p m Sunday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barker
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Herrin Hospital
Essex
John
Ellen Frost Barker
Hampton Baptist Church
Carterville
Lula
Golda Crain
Léonard Barker
Cecil
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