Du Quoin State Fair line up and cinema listings
The Southern Illinoisan calendar lists the Du Quoin State Fair with free gate admission and $1 parking, and a full day of races starting with 12 noon time trials for the USAC late model stock car championship with an estimated $24,000 purse. Evening events include a 7 p.m. dance, 8 p.m. Phil Harris Show, and a Benton festival with gospel music and country acts at Franklin County fairgrounds.
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du Quoin State Fair
United States
Auto Club
The
Turks of
Evansville
Ind
Phil Harris
Bobbie Gentry
Southern Illinois Labor Day Association
Benton
Benton Ministerial Alliance
Hank Wright
Mark V
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Colp
United States Auto Club
Benton festival gears up with parade and pageant crowds
A Monday community festival in Benton features a parade starting at Benton High School and touring McKeansboro Street to Franklin County fairgrounds, with at least six bands, twirlers, 28 labor groups, an organ trio, and the crowning of Miss Sweetheart by Sen. Everett M. Dirksen. Schedule includes 12:30 p.m. time trials for a 100 mile USAC car race with an estimated $22,000 purse and an 8 p.m. Lawrence Welk Show broadcast.
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Benton
Benton High School
McKeansboro Street
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Everett M. Dirksen
Tuesday government meetings list across towns
A dense schedule lists municipal and school board meetings for Carbondale Jonesboro Carterville Anna Vienna Township High School Marion Benton West Frankfort Zeigler Cambria Sparta Pinckneyville Herrin and other areas. It notes times from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and venues such as city halls schools and libraries with topics like Northeast Urban Renewal and various board sessions.
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Rodgers Theater
Anna
Marlow’s
Anna Drive-In
Shiloh
Hombre
Orpheum
Marion
Fox
Carbondale
Herrm
Jonesboro
Carterville
Vienna Township High School Board
Benton Airport Authority Board
West Frankfort
Zeigler City Council
Cambria Village Board
Sparta City Council
Thomas
John A. Logan College Board of Trustees
E. Cherry St
Herrin
Marion Carnegie Library Board
Carbondale Posts Open For Parking Maintenance Man and Meter Reader
The city seeks applicants for two posts with residency preferred. Parking maintenance starts at 511 a month. meter reader at 242.44 bi weekly union job requires high school or equivalent and math and record keeping skills. Applications delayed until a larger pool. Airman Kurt A. McKenzie, son of Mr and Mrs William R. McKenzie of Carbondale, completed base training at Lackland and will study at Syracuse University as a language specialist. He is a 1964 Andrew Warde High School graduate and a 1968 Southern Illinois University BA recipient. his wife is Karen from Carbondale.
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Carbondale
C. William Norman
Kurt A. McKenzie
William R. McKenzie
Eason Drive
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Air Force Technical Training Center
Syracuse
N.Y.) University
Airman
McKenzie
Andrew Warde High School
Fairfield
Carbondale Considers Dog Control Ordinance
Carbondale City Council will decide on a proposed dog leash ordinance at Tuesday’s session. The measure would require dogs to be under owner control at all times amid a divided turnout from a public hearing last week. A public hearing on the $3.2 million city budget is also on the agenda, with final approval possible September 10.
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Carbondale
C. William Norman
Norman
Senate panel to study TV coverage of conventions
Chairman Warren Magnuson of the Senate Commerce Committee said the panel will study how television covers national political conventions. He cited Chicago coverage of the Democratic National Convention and argued for reporting surrounding events without disproportionate emphasis. The goal is guidelines rather than censorship, focusing on balance between main events and peripheral coverage.
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Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Chicago
Magnuson
Officials study cause of riot in South Vietnam stockade
The Saigon area prison stockade riot left one prisoner dead and 24 wounded as MPs used tear gas and bayonets to regain control. Investigators cite friction between Negro and white prisoners and alleged mistreatment, with broader notes on harsh conditions and past court martial offenses.
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New York Times
Longbinh
South Vietnam
DaNang
U.S. Marine
Vietnam
Saigon
Stockade
Zoning Board Grants Two Variances in Carbondale
The Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals approved two variance requests last week. Clark Oil Co. received an eight foot rear-yard and a 10 foot front-yard variance at 910 W Main St, pending relocation of a sign as the firm moves into the Phillips 66 station on West Main Street. Hazen Coleman was granted a two foot rear and side variance for 412 S Poplar St to build a garage.
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Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals
Clark Oil Co
Main St
Clark Firm
Phillips 66
West Main Street
Hazen Coleman
S. Poplar St
Coleman
Two Du Quoin men plead guilty in theft case
John Robert Phillips 21 of Du Quoin received one year at Vandalia Penal Farm and three years probation, one year concurrent with jail time. Donald Lee Myers 18 of Du Quoin got three years probation and three weekends in Perry County Jail.
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du Quoin
Perry County
Pinckneyville
John Robert Phillips
W. Poplar St
Vandalia State Penal Farm
Donald Lee Myers
W. North St
George Foster
Portorreal Named Corpsman of the Month at Crab Orchard
Miguel Portorreal a 21 year old New Yorker and Dominican Republic native is named corpsman of the month at Crab Orchard Civilian Conservation Center. He joined Job Corps eight months ago and received the award at a center awards dinner. Ten other corpsmen received awards for completing the program and planning futures ranging from Marines to new jobs and further schooling.
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Miguel Portorreal
New York City
Crab Orchard Civilian Conservation Center
Dominican Republic
Job Corps
Portorreal
Crab Orchard Center
Southern Illinois
Camp Kilmer Urban Center
New Jersey
Zeigler Man Accepts Position at Shippensburg State College
John Homan Jr. of Zeigler has been named an assistant professor of English at Shippensburg State College in Shippensburg, Pa. Homan earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University.
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John Homan Jr
Zeigler
Shippensburg State College
Shippensburg,Pa
Homan
Southern Illinois University
Legal seminar Friday at SIU
The Illinois Bar Association will conduct a wills and trusts seminar Friday in the University Center of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Lawyers from Carbondale and other Southern Illinois cities are expected for this all day program sponsored by the association's Institute on Continuing Education of the Illinois Bar. enrollment is via the institute registrar's office in Springfield.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Ilne
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Associatiao Press
The
Illinois Bar Association
University Center
Southernlinois University
Southern Illinois
Association
Institute On Continuing Education
Mlinois Bar
Institute
Thelinois Bar Center
Springfield
Eight cent cut in Du Quoin tax levy for 1968
Du Quoin City Council reduced the 1968 69 tax levy by eight cents per 100 assessed value following Mayor Jack Strucks recommendation. Civil Defense and hospital taxes were eliminated and the sanitary landfill tax lowered to the 1965 66 level. The change will save residents about four dollars on a five thousand dollar assessment.
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du Quoin
Jack Struck
Struck
Civil Defense
IMRF
Oshel Campaign Tour Planned for Jackson County
Republican candidate Val Oshel will tour Jackson County in a converted campaign van from Wednesday to Friday, meeting voters in Desoto Hallidaybury Elkville Dowell Vergennes Gor ham Grand Tower Ava Campbell Hill Sparta Carbondale Baskeydell Makanda Pomona Etherton and the Saw Mart in Carbondale. He criticizes U S policy and laboring to vote against the 10 percent tax while pointing to opponent Kenneth J. Gray. Local citations include traffic violations in Carbondale Carterville Elkville and Elkville fines listed.
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Val Oshel
Congress
Jackson County
Oshel
21St
Charles E. Gray
Osher
Desoto
Hallidaybury
Elkville
Dowell
Vergennes
Logan House
Murphysboro
Gorham
Grand Tower
Ava
Campbell Hill
Randolph County
Sparta
LBJ
Carbondale
Baskeydell
Makanda
Pomona
Etherton
Saw-Mart
United States
Vietnam
Herrin
Johnson
Washington
U. S
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West Frankfort
Driver pays store damage after curb crash
Marshall O Pierce of Route 2 Marion paid damages to Cox Furniture after his car jumped the curb and crashed into the Public Square storefront. Cox valued damages at 1668 dollars and no charges were filed at Police Chief John Kelly's request. Pierce said he had celebrated retirement from Marion Veterans Hospital after his shift.
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Marshall O. Pierce
Rt. 2
Marion
Cox
Eugene Cox
John Kelly
Pierce
Public Square
Kelly
Marion Veterans Hospital
Fire calls report across Herrin West Frankfort and De Soto
Fire units responded to four calls across Herrin and De Soto with no damage in three cases. A De Soto grain elevator top floor fire caused estimated damage of 200 to 300 dollars and was extinguished before spreading.
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Herrin
W. Harrison St
Dura Containers Inc
W. Oak St
West Frankfort
Bonifield Bros. Inc
de Soto
Enrollment at SIU Could Reach 30 000 This Fall
SIU Carbondale may host more than 21 000 students with Edwardsville adding to bring total enrollment near 30 000. Registrar Robert McGrath projects a rise of 1 500 to 2 000 over last fall’s 19 260, aided by freshmen and juniors. Pre-registrations reached 20 185 as of Aug 23, with another wave during New Student Week starting Sept 21.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Edwardsville
Robert McGrath
McGrath
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Samuel Shapiro
Delmer R. Mitchell
John Perkins
Textile Workers Union
Harrisburg
van Oshel
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Weir
Herrin Senior Citizens
14Th St
Angels From Hell
S. University
Senate Group
William G. Doolin
Margaret A. Kirk
Ronald W. Stone
Jacob
Robert H. Fritsche
Marissa
Dennis W. Calvert
Farnham Custom Tailoring
S. Illinois
Delyte Morris
SIU
OPEL
McDermott
BUICK
GMC
New Yorker
Rosetta O'Neal
Center
National Education Association
William E. Thomas
Walter L. Hudgens
Cecil R. Brown
Helleny
Lleny’s
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