Public meetings and events listed for Southern Illinois area
Local governments boards and advisory committees set 7 30 p m meetings Tuesday and Wednesday across Benton Mt Vernon Carbondale Marion Herrin Anna DeSoto Murphysboro and surrounding towns plus film showings at theaters in Marion Carbondale and Herrin and public lectures at SIU campus venues Includes Rend Lake Conservancy District Board Rend Lake College Board Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission and Delta Regional Planning Commission notices and theater schedules
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Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Wood Building
Benton
Herrin Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
Rend Lake College Board
Alto Pass
Marion Unit Two Board of Education
Illinois Region
Tourism Promotion Council
West Frankfort
Delta Regional Planning Commission
Pulaski - Alexander
Pulaski County
Mound City
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Recreation Council
Tony
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Illnois
Southern Ilinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Johnston City Ninth Annual Band Concert Tonight
Johnston City Unit District 1 presents its ninth annual concert at 7 30 p m in the high school gymnasium directed by C L Shaw. Soloists Randy Hayes Richard Stewart and Johnathan Reece perform with student conductors David Killman and Johnathan Reece. Senior band students will receive awards during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City Unit
C.L. Shaw
Randy Hayes
Richard Stewart
Johnathan Reece
David Killman
Funeral set for Lt. Barry L. Brown in Du Quoin
Funeral services are planned for 1st Lt. Barry L. Brown 25 killed in action near Pleiku South Vietnam. Mass at Sacred Heart Church Du Quoin at 11 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Elkville Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. at Weinberg Funeral Home. Brown served with the 633rd combat support group and leaves a wife Patricia two sons David and Kent his mother Betty Cobin and father Robert Brown. He was born in Du Quoin September 21 1942 and married June 20 1964 in Du Quoin. He enlisted April 18 1965 in Del Rio Texas. He belonged to Sacred Heart Church and the Knights of Columbus.
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Barry L. Brown
Pleiku
South Vietnam
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
du Quoin
Elkville
Joseph Trapp
Enfield
Weinberg
Joseph Duehren
Sacred Heart Church
Lt. Brown
Patricia Brown
S. Division St
David
Kent
George
Betty) Cobin
Dowell
Robert Brown
Murphysboro
Georgette Cobin
Charles M. Cobin
Marine Corps
South Carolina
Elsie Burns
Brown
Patricia Rodman
Armed Forces
del Rio
Tex
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Car and family treated after Rt 13 crash near Mid land Inn
Mr and Mrs Ron Frick and children Kenneth and Debra were treated and released at Doctors Hospital Carbondale after a 12 10 accident on Route 13 near Midland Inn Tavern police said
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Ron Frick
Kenneth
Debra
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Rt. 13
Midland Inn Tavern
SIU forms office to coordinate services for disadvantaged
Southern Illinois University creates a new office of university services to coordinate programs for disadvantaged residents around Carbondale. Walter G. Robinson Jr. will become coordinator June 1. George Paluch oversees interim duties and early projects including a Saturday bus service and a Campus Lake shuttle.
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Southern, Illinois University
University Services
SIU
Carbondale
Walter G. Robinson Jr
St. Clair
Madison Counties
East St. Louis
Ralph M. Ruffner
Robinson
Chicago
Lincoln University of Missouri
Jefferson City
University of Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri Division of Welfare
Juvenile Court of
St. Louis
George Paluch
Ruffner
Anthony Hall
Paluch
Chestnut
Marion Streets
Mardale
Jackson- Williamson Community Action Agency
E. Jackson St
Chestnut and
Marion Streeets
Sav-Mart
Campus Lake
Anderson
Jerry Lacey
JWCAA
John Flamer
John S. Rendleman
Tennyson Walsh Six bid for Democratic nomination in 58th district
Tennyson of McLeansboro and Walsh of Grayville join five other Democrats Richard Hart Benton Wayne Samuels James Sanders Harold Stedelin in the 58th district race for state representative. The 58th includes Franklin Hamilton Jefferson Marion Saline White and Wayne counties. Walsh, a former General Assembly member, advocates tax reform and spending cuts while Tennyson runs a grass roots campaign urging collaborative problem solving and views road funding tax equalization and gun law changes as key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Tennyson
Robert W. Walsh
Tennyson
McLeansboro
Walsh
Grayville
Richard O. Hart
Benton
Wayne R. Samuels
James LaVern Sanders
West Frankfort
Harold D. Stedelin
Centralia
Southern
University of Illinois
College of Law
Burglars Hit Storage Area In Murphysboro
Burglars pried open a front door of a storage building at 9th and Maple streets, stealing liquor and a beer after fire damaged Uptown Tavern at 107 S. 10th St. Laverne Murray, tavern licensee, and Leo Hindman found the break in. Fire also damaged the Centaal Hotel on Chestnut Street. Carbondale: Michael F. Fromm fined $30 for disobeying a railroad crossing signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th and
Maple Streets
Uptown
S. 10Th St
Murphysboro
Laverne Murray
Leo Hindman
Murray
Centaal
Chestnut St
Busy summer planned for Jackson Williamson poverty programs
Jackson and Williamson counties prepare for a busy summer of federal war on poverty programs including Head Start recreation, VISTA, and a pilot health demonstration. JWCAA hired most Head Start personnel for 11 communities and aims to involve over 1,000 youths and adults from June to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hughes
Southern Illinois
Jackson and
Williamson
Vista Associates
Jackson - Williamson Com
JWCAA
Chicago
Office of Economic Opportunity
Southern Illinois University Recreation Department
Lacey
VISTA
Peace Corps
Public Health
SIU
Frank Shelby
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Murphysboro Township High School
Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis and
Carruthers Junior High School
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Raymond Inskeep
South Africa
Zimbabwe
SIU Agriculture Building
Orpheum Theater
Marion
Flint
Marion Drive - In
She- Beast
Fox
Sebastian
Varsity
Marion Drive-In
Riveria
Night Rider
Southern Illinois Symphony
Brun, Wetnesdeor
Stu’s
Shryock
Peter Sellars
Marlow’s
Anna-Jonesboro Water Commission
American Legion Hall
Carbondale Economic Opportunity Commission
City Hall
Johnston City
Vietnam
Frick
Ethel Kittrell
By Ben Gelman
The
Student Christian Foundation
Illinois Avenue
Grand Ave
Dahlgren
Peoria
Southern Illinois University
Bradley University
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Wayne City High School
Reavis High School
Oaklawn
Robert V. Walsh
Michael F. Fromm
Colp
Lester Burke
Mary Helen Gasser
OEO
Carbondale Memorial Day Association
University Center
Eden
University Center Information Desk
Carters
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