Mitchell Seeks GOP Nomination for 57th Senate District
Delmer R. Mitchell of Johnston City announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state senator from the 57th District. He argues for more industry and jobs in Southern Illinois and calls for efficient economic development, lower utility rates, and a fair tax structure while criticizing Springfield corruption and current legislative pay.
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Diva Walley
Southern
Saline
Pope
Massac
White
Gallatin
Hardin
Mitchell
Dale Carnegie
West Frankfort
Chambers of Commerce
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Springfield
Two Injured In Benton Motorcycle Collision
A 15 year old motorcycle rider and a passenger were injured Friday night in Benton when the bike collided with a car. The bike operator Darrel Eubanks of Key West and passenger Richard Moreland of 103 N Du Quoin Street were reported in good condition at Franklin Hospital Benton. The car driver Glendell L Downs of Rt 2 West Frankfort was not injured. Benton police said the rider’s license status is unknown and no tickets were issued. A separate crash in Carbondale sent 19 year old Donald J Wolgast Jr to Doctors Hospital in satisfactory condition after failing to negotiate a turn on South Washington Avenue and East Freeman Street. He faces a charge of driving too fast for conditions.
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Benton
Darrel Eubanks
Key West
Fairland St
Richard Moreland
N. du Quoin Street
Franklin Hospital
Glendell L. Downs
Rt. 2
West Frankfort
South Washington Avenue
East Freeman Street
Carbondale
Donald J. Wolgast Jr
Doctors Hospital
Wolgast
Southern Illinois University
Naperville
E. Stoker St
Daniel D Gray, 73, Dongola, Dies After Illness
Daniel Dewitt Gray, 73, of Dongola died Saturday morning in Doctors Hospital Carbondale. Retired electrical engineer, he was born August 29 1892 in Anna and was a member of the Church of Christ of Dongola. He leaves Ruth Smoot his wife a brother Bernard Gray of Rockford and a sister Naoma Vickery of San Antonio. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Church of Christ with Rev Robert Waller officiating Burial will be in American Legion Cemetery Dongola. Friends may call Ford Funeral Home Dongola after 4 p.m. today.
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Daniel D. Gray
Dongola
Daniel Dewitt Gray
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Gray
Church of Christ of
Anna
Joseph
Emma Bame Gray
Ruth Smoot
Bernard Gray
Rockford
Naoma ‘Vickery
San Antonio
Tex
Church of Christ
Robert Waller
American Legion
Ford Funeral Home
Police Briefs from West Frankfort and Benton
John Dodd of West Frankfort charged with speeding set at $20 fine. Daniel Bain of Benton fined $15 for speeding in a related brief.
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West Frankfort
John Dodd
Benton
Daniel Bain
Zeigler Citizens in Planning foresee bright future
Seventeen Zeigler residents in a six session planning course forecast growth for Zeigler over the next two decades. They expect more housing water and sewer improvements and a top school system. The group backs area wide mosquito abatement and a teen center with an adult support group planning meeting.
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Zeigler
Franklyn Moreno
Greater Egypt
Zeigler Plan Commission
Franklin Williamson
SDS SDS Leaflets At Test Stir Controversy At SIU Carbondale
Materials distributed by Students for a Democratic Society at Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the Selective Service deferment test included 18 questions and quotes from leaders like Kennedy Ho Chi Minh and Ky. SDS members say the test was informational and urged conscientious objection. 1,074 students took the test on Saturday with about 300 SDS leaflets handed out. SIU expects 500 for the next deferment test on June 3 with a makeup June 24. officials have not released makeup enrollment.
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United State
Viet Nam
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Students For A Democratic Society
Robert Rohr
SDS
SIU
Michael Harty
John F. Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Students Held at Gunpoint at Snider Hill Cemetery Incident
SIU security police halted two of four riders on two motorbikes near Snider Hill Cemetery at midnight. A resident reported vandalism at the cemetery rising since February with tombstones overturned and a car stuck in a grave. Authorities urge calls for trespass at private property or the cemetery. Some cemetery owners seek annexation to Carbondale.
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Southern Illinois University
Snider Hill Cemetery
Carbondale
East Park Street
SIU
Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies
Thomas L. Leffler
Snider Hill
Hansen Named Adviser to Regional Heart Program
Ronald G. Hansen, coordinator of research and projects at Southern Illinois University, is named by Gov. Otto Kerner to a regional advisory group to implement the federal Heart Cancer and Stroke Regional Medical Program.
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Ronald G. Hansen
Southern Illinois University
Otto Kerner
Rape Attempt Charge Filed Against Sparta Man
Irvin D. Moore, 22, of Sparta, released on $5,000 bond pending action on a charge of attempted rape. Sheriff Olint Walter arrested Moore on a Steeleville complaint alleging assault in a basement room of the Belvidere Club.
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Irvin D. Moore
Sparta
Randolph County
Moore
Olint Walter
Steeleville
Belvidere Club
SIU Student Charged in Carbondale Attempted Rape
Michael S. Dumes, 24, a Southern Illinois University student from Carmi, was charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with attempted rape of a Carbondale woman. He was arrested Thursday after the woman identified him and released on a $2,000 bond. The incident occurred Monday afternoon.
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Southern Illinois University
Carmi
Carbondale
Michael S. Dumes
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Dames
E. Park St
Body in River Identified in Missouri River Find
A body found Friday in the Mississippi River near Chester is identified as August J. Beckmann 82 of St Louis Missouri. Beckmann disappeared from his daughter Marie Janers Affton home on April 8 identification made by grandson Robert E Jauer. Funeral services set at Beiderwieden Funeral Home Tuesday. Body spotted Thursday near Crains Island by a Southern Illinois Sand Co employee.
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Mississippi River
Chester
August J. Beckmann
St. Louis
Beckman
Affton
Marie Janer
World Affairs Speech by Frank Klingberg Tonight
Frank Klingberg of Southern Illinois University will discuss The Coming Age in World Affairs at 8 p m in Room D of the University Center. The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Programming Board.
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Frank Klingberg
Southern Illinois University
Government Department
University Center
Sunday In New York shines at Herrin Carousel Playhouse
A three act summer season opener in Herrin delights with Norman Krasna hit humor. Bonnie Hunt and Charlie Harris win stage bows with strong performances. Bob Meyer and Bob Hunt deliver standout comic turns as cast details note.
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Mike Qualls
The
Southern Illinoisan
New York
Carousel Playhouse
Herrin
Norman Krasna
Bonnie Hunt
Charlie Harris
Mrs. Hunt
Playhouse
Bob Meyer
Elwood P. Dodd
Harvey
Meyer
Bob Hunt
Jerry Schwager
Leni Schwager
Death of Dewey Crain in Carterville Illinois
Dewey Crain sixty eight of Carterville formerly of Gary Indiana died Saturday morning in St Luke s Presbyterian Hospital Chicago after a long illness He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Gary He leaves his wife Hope Dorris two daughters Wilma O Brien Gary and Winifred Stregth if of Blue Island two sisters Maude Fox Marion and Ruth Winn Carterville a brother Paul Christopher four grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services will be at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the Riggin Funeral Home Carterville Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p m Monday
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Dewey Crain
Carterville
Gary
Ind
St. Lukes Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Masonic Lodge
Crain
Hope Dorris
Wilma O’brien
Winifred Streightif
Blue Island
Maude Fox
Marion
Ruth Winn
Paul
Christopher
Riggin
Lincoln Sign Hope For Library Display
SIU may hang a Lincoln sign in its library as a possible exhibit. A cane-bottom walnut chair once used by Abraham Lincoln was donated to Morris Library for the American Heritage Room, with ties to the Dole family of Washington. The chair and other Lincoln pieces were presented by Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stinson of Kankakee. Howard H. Olson of SIU spoke at a Washington conference on undergraduate teaching in animal sciences. Morris Eames and Elizabeth Eames will attend international conferences in Switzerland and Yugoslavia this summer, including a Handbook project for American philosophy. Six SIU and Carbondale residents inspected a model library in Indianapolis under Knapp Libraries Project funding. Roderick Dean Gordon of SIU publishes a supplement listing doctoral dissertations in music and music education.
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Southern Illinois University
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Morris Library
American Heritage Room
Washington, D. C
William P. Dole
Indian Affairs
Dole
SIU
Charles H. Stinson
Kankakee
Stinson
Stinsons
Howard H. Olson
Animal Industries
Washington, D.C
Olson
Morris Eames
Elizabeth
Winterthur
Switzerland
Europe
Korcula
University of Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Eames
Carbondale
Indianapolis
Ind
Knapp School Libraries Project
Kathleen Fletcher
Rebecca Baker
Marion Smith
University School
Ruth Bau
Gordon
Roderick Dean Gordon
Decotra
Journal of Research In Music Education
Graduate recital at Southern Illinois University Shryock Auditorium
A graduate recital at Southern Illinois University will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in Shryock Auditorium. Music students Earl Grauer of Carbondale and Nancy Swan of Brighton perform works by Brahms Chausson Morley including Theodore Chan ger's Eight Epitaphs and Gabriel Fauré Au Cimetière. Admission is free.
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Southern Illinois University
Shryock
Earl Grauer
Carbondale
Nancy Swan
Brighton
Johannes Brahms
Ernest Chausson
Thomas Morley
Theodore Changer
Gabriel Faure
DeMatteis Skips Honors Day Still Receives Philosophy Award
Philip DeMatteis of Collinsville did not attend honors day ceremonies but was awarded the philosophy department prize for outstanding philosophy student of the year. Professor G K Plochmann presented the book during seminar, wearing an improvised mortarboard while the class applauded. DeMatteis also won the 1966 Phi Beta Kappa Commencement Prize as top graduating senior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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Southern Illinois University
Philip DeMatteis
DeMatteis
Collinsville
Philosophy
G. K. Plochmann
Philosophy Department
Willis Moore
Plochmann
de Matteis
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Phi Beta Kappa
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Evanston
Delmer R. Mitchell
Bracy
Dept. Store of Insurance
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DuPont Nylon
E. Deyoung
DIAL
Parker Music CO
E. Main Carbondale
Review
E. Madison St
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Joe Dell
Era and Associates
West
Monroe
Ner
Mary Swindell
Brush School
Paul Isbell
Murphysboro Iron & Metal Co
Gartside
Vergennes State Bank
Vergennes, Ill
B. W. Koeneman
O. H. Koeneman
WM. J. B. Taylor
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