Shawnee Youth Corps funds approved for five counties
The Shawnee Development Council receives tentative federal approval of 164674 for a Neighborhood Youth Corps program running June 10 to Aug 31. Eligible youths ages 16 to 21 from Union Johnson Alexander Massac and Pulaski counties may enroll at their schools or county offices and earn 1.25 per hour for 30 hours weekly.
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Shawnee Development Council
Union
Johnson
Alexander
Massac
Pulaski
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson, Pulaski
Alexander County
Old Cairo
Edward Taylor
Mounds
Karnak
Taylor
Cairo
Shawneee Council
Union County
Carbondale Credit Union Outlined To Relations Commission
The Carbondale Human Relations Commission discussed creating a low income credit union with a common bond based on place of employment or geography. William Tarris of the state credit union league outlined the need for at least 100 potential members and the challenge of finding a nonpaid treasurer. The panel noted savings and low interest, but warned many details remain unresolved.
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Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Donald Carlton
Stateredit Union League
William Tarris
Tarris
Carlton
Lenis Turley
Credit League
Wieman
Henry Wieman
Commission
Grinnell
Iowa
Edward O'Day
Carbondale Baseball League
O’day
Jack Keene
Mittee
Vesta Collins dies in Murphysboro at 77
Vesta Elanor Collins, 77, of 1522 Edith St., Murphysboro, died Tuesday at home. Born Feb 18, 1889, she was a Brown Shoe Co. retiree of 34 years, a district 50 United Mine Workers member, and a First Lutheran Church member. Survived by son Billy Jean Collins and two grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Meyer Denny Funeral Home, burial Tower Grove Cemetery. calling after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Vesta Elanor Collins
Edith St
Murphysboro
Ralph H
Minnie Elgebrodt Collins
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
First Lutheran Church
Brown Shoe Co
Billy Jean Collins
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Oscar Egger
Tower Grove Cemetery
Oscar Granay 85 Dies After Long Illness
Oscar Granay 85 lifelong Union County resident and Mount Pleasant community member died Tuesday in Union County Hospital after a long illness. Retired farmer born Oct 15 1880 in Union County son of Frank and Louise Pender Granay. Survived by wife Aurelia Toler two sons Vera Granay Mount Pleasant Warden P Granay East St. Louis daughter Mary Louise McCord Belleville half sister Etta Halterman Jonesboro three grandchildren five great grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Thursday Crain Norris Funeral Home Anna Reverend Richard Teaford will officiate burial Anna Cemetery.
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Oscar Granay
Union County
Mount Pleasant
Anna
Mr. Granay
Frank
Louise Pender Granay
Aurelia Toler
Vera Granay
Warden P. Granay
East St. Louis
Mary Louise McCord
Belleville
Etta Halterman
Jonesboro
Crain-Norris Funeral Home
Richard Teaford
Anna Presbyterian Church
Anna Cemetery
Insects Make Up Vast Majority of Life News
About 80 percent of the world’s known animal life consists of insects per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The statistic highlights the prominence of insects in ecosystems and biodiversity studies.
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Encyclopaedia Britanica
Otto Leon “Buck” Davis Rites Thursday
Services for Otto Leon Buck Davis 76 of Hurst who died Tuesday in St. Louis will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hurst Christian Church. A retired Missouri Pacific Railroad engineer and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen member, he was born October 8 1889 in Union County and married Rose Almond on December 5 1913 in Bloomfield. He leaves wife a daughter Mrs Bess Taylor of Diver non a son Garnett Davis of Stratford two sisters Mrs Julia McMillion and Mrs Carrie Schroeder a brother Charles Davis two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The Rev Kent Hickerson will officiate burial will be in Blairsville. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at Walker Funeral Home Hurst.
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Otto Leon “Buck” Davis
Hurst
St. Louis
Hurst Christian Church
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Union County
Rose Almond
Bloomfield
Ile
Bess Taylor
Divernon
Garnett Davis
Stratford
Lyerla Fined On 3 Charges In Williamson Circuit Court
Theron Lyerla, 23, of Pittsburg pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated illegal transportation of liquor and driving with an expired license in Williamson County Circuit Court. Judge Stewart Cluster imposed 155 55 and 30 dollar fines after a collision with James O. Gibbons and Peter Camarato on a South Court street in Marion.
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Theron Lyerla
Rt. 1
Pittsburg
Williamson County
Lyerla
Stewart Cluster
James O. Gibbons
Marion
Peter Camarato
Herrin
South Court Street
Supplies for U.S. Forces in Vietnam Reach 700000 Tons Monthly
Report notes that more than 700,000 tons of supplies for U.S. forces arrive in Vietnam each month, reflecting sustainment efforts during the ongoing conflict.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Eldorado Man Dies In Crash On Rt 145 Near Dixon Springs
Henry Bradley 72 of Eldorado was fatally injured when his station wagon overturned off Rt 145 near Dixon Springs after swerving to avoid a road barricade. Passenger Ben Gibbs 59 was treated for major injuries at Doctors Hospital in Harrisburg.
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Eldorado
Rt. 145
Dixon Springs
Henry Bradley
Ben Gibbs
Doctors Hospital
Harrisburg
SIU Student Charged With Public Intoxication
John F. Brown Jr. of Louisville Kentucky was charged after stepping in front of a moving car on Wall Street in Jackson County Tuesday night. The driver swerved to avoid him and Brown was jailed overnight before release.
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Southern Illinois University
South Wall
SIU
John F. Brown Jr
Louisville
Brown
Jackson County
California Condor Populations Shrink to 46 in the Wild
Reports indicate the California condor faces near extinction with only 46 individuals remaining in the wild, a drop since 1950 when numbers were effectively zero.
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California
Vandalism Reported at New Carbondale High School
Carbondale police say obscene red word graffiti was painted on the library floor and words scratched into wet cement at the new Carbondale Community High School. A construction worker found the damage.
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New High School
Carbondale
New Carbondale Community High School
Cobden Man Fined for Reckless Driving in Carbondale
Van B Parmley of Route 1 Cobden was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading reckless driving before Magistrate Robert Schwartz in Jackson County Circuit Court Carbondale.
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van B. Parmley
Rt. 1
Cobden
Carbondale
Robert Schwartz
Jackson County
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Keene
Turley
Jerry Lacey
Tatum Heights
Vesta Collins
Davis
Eaton & Brown Television
Llinois
University Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Your Dike Warde
South Illinois Ave
Illinois
Rotary
Applie
H.P
General Catalog
Fedders
Durall
South Hi, Ave
Iron & Metal CO
Limpus
Bittner
Rts
U. S
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