Local calendar highlights Tuesday meetings across southern Illinois
Municipal and school board notices list numerous city councils and board meetings set for Tuesday evening in Carbondale Jonesboro Carterville Anna Vienna West Frankfort Zeigler Cambria Sparta and other communities. SPECIAL EVENTS include a livestock outlook, senior center activities, and film showings at multiple theaters. Public housing authority to hold a regular meeting Wednesday at 4 30 p.m. in Murphysboro.
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Carbondale
Jonesboro
Carterville
Anna
Vienna Township High School
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
Vienna
Franklin-Williamson County
Zony's
West Frankort
Herrin Senior Citizens
N. 14Th St
Rodgers Theater
Marlow’s
Anna Drive-in
King Kong Escra
Shi- Dae Strand
Riveria
Jackson County Housing Authority
Authority
Bridge and 8Th Streets
Murphysboro
Murphysboro panel adopts developer tap on policy
The Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission approves a policy to refund developers 175 per new tapping customer for 10 years after lines are accepted. Private landowners may fund mains in escrow and receive 175 per residential tap. A tap-on fee starts two years after mains acceptance. New customers pay no fee for two years. A 1 million gallon storage tank plan was discussed with cost estimates. The panel also hired Albert Mileur as superintendent and plans a HUD meeting Sept. 15 in Chicago for sewer repairs funds.
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Murphysboro
John Blankinship
Lake Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Albert Mileur
Mileur
Murphysboros
Harold Hudson
Chicago
Subway slowdown largely fails to disrupt New York commute
System slowdowns by Subway Supervisors Association did not affect the morning rush as riders left early or took cars. Officials reported a normal, even better than normal morning, while some delays were attributed to switch and signal issues at a Bronx yard.
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Subway
Subway Supervisors Association
Henry Barnes
Hotel strikers rally as New York workers walk off duty
About 10,000 hotel employees staged a Labor Day protest at Madison Square Garden and nearby, wearing union attire and carrying box lunches to urge higher wages. The one day action targets a wage reopener due next March under the council’s four year contract with the Hotel Association of New York.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Afl-Cio
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council
New York Hilton
Council
Hotel Association of New York
Rubin
Hearing set on taxi service approval in Carbondale
A hearing on Jesse Cummins of Murphysboro to operate taxi service in Carbondale is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday in city hall. Cummins seeks a franchise to run alongside Home Cab Co and Yellow Cab, with councilmen Fenton and Nelson and Mayor Keene presiding. Also listed are local car violations in Marion Cypress and Carbondale involving unauthorized swimming, fast diving, and improper license plate display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Cummins
Murphysboro
Carbondale
City Hall
Cummins
Yellow Cab Co
Home Cab Co
Yellow Cab
William Fenton
Randall Nelson
David Keene
Marion
Cynthia A. Colwell
Cypress
Raymond Turner
Floyd C. Johnson
Randolph County Fair Opens in Sparta This Week
The Randolph County Fair in Sparta starts today and runs through Sunday with entries today and judging Wednesday morning. Highlights include society horse show, championship tractor pulling, harness and quarter horse racing, livestock parades, motorcycle scramble races, and the Rotroff all girl auto thrill show. Time trials 3 pm racing 7 30 pm. teens dance Friday. grandstand and parking by Sparta Volunteer Fire Department.
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Randolph County
Sparta
Rotroff
Jack Lindle
Sparta Volunteer Fire Department
Murphysboro Festival Sets Mary Todd Lincoln Lead
Murphysboro Township High School senior Jerrilyn Mendenhall will lead as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Murphysboro Apples Festival play Love is Eternal chosen for Illinois Sesquicentennial celebration. The cast includes Richard Rohlfing, Becky Lewis, Carol Lichter, John Sherman, and Louis Ceci with Steve Walker as stage manager and W. A. Williams as co director. Tickets available at the Chamber of Commerce or from cast members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrilyn Mendenhall
Murphysboro Township
Mary Todd Lincoln
Illinois
Irving Stone
Ruth Serge
Miss Mendenhall
MTHS
Richard Rohlfing
Robert Todd
Mary
Billy Elliott
Betsy Todd
Becky Lewis
Ann Todd
Larry Doerr
Grandma Parker
Carol Lichter
Elizabeth Todd Edwards
John Sherman
Ninian Edwards
Elizabeth
Geraldine Higgins
Mammy Sally
Ida Bankhead
Tamar
Steve Walker
Dr. Ward
Rick Brown
Sandy McDonald
Harlan Mendenhall
Mr. Clay
Louis Ceci
Abraham Lincoln
Lowell Brown
Stephen Douglas
Elaine Rohlfing
Mercy Levering
Larry Mit
Bonnie Waller
Sarah Marshall
Janet Lewis
Elizabeth Grimsley
White House
Rick Holt
William Stoddard
Len Wathen
Edwin Stanton
Ada Heller
Jo van Slyck
Brad Lewis
Tad Lincoln
Mike Lewis
Stackpole
Jay Youngman
Mary Idle
Lois Waller
Mike Ellis
Dave Biggs
Dave Randall
Mary Jo Sherman
W. A. Williams
Miss Evelyn Huckleberry Crowned Southern Illinois Labor Day Queen
Evelyn Huckleberry crowned Miss Sweetheart of the Southern Illinois Labor Day festival in Benton. Sen Everett M Dirksen and Gov Samuel Shapiro participated, awarding a $50 bond. First runner up was Gaye Cardwell, second Sandy Vercellino. Parade drew 5000+, with awards to Textile Workers Local 1324 float, Plumbers Local 551, Murphysboro Apple Festival queen’s car, Operating Engineers Local 318, and Giles Whitson, 83. Ozark Apostolic Church received a metal cross topped steeple built by Sheet Metal Workers Local 268 and McNeill and Dugger Plumbing supplied materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Huckleberry
Anna-Jonesboro
Benton Monday
Huckleberry
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Pekin
Samuel Shapiro
Gaye Cardwell
Jackson County
Sandy Vercellino
Lesser
McLeansboro
Benton High School
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Textile Workers Union Local
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Murphysboro
Operating Engineers Union Local
Giles Whitson
Ozark Apostolic Church of
ICI completes purchase of Waukesha Foundry Co
Illinois Central Industries finalizes acquisition making Waukesha Foundry a wholly owned subsidiary. The Wisconsin firm will be acquired with 150000 shares of ICI stock and will operate as part of ICI. Waukesha Foundry is known for precision castings and quality pumps.
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Waukesha Foundry Co
Illinois Central Industries
ICI
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Waukesha Foundry
Youth Suffer Minor Injuries in Herrin Car Crash
An 18 year old Denison Texas youth Timothy R Bailie suffered minor injuries in a two car crash at South 14th and Poplar streets Herrin. Bailie was treated at Herrin Hospital and ticketed for failure to yield the right of way. A separate note reports a hamster born blind and naked but able to go outside after three weeks.
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Texas
Herrin
Timothy R. Bailie
Denison
Herrin Hospital
South 14Th
Poplar
Bailies
Hans D. Hartung
S. 12Th St
Bailie
Williamson County Fair Horses Lead Grandstand Events
A society horse and pony show anchors the 112th Williamson County Fair in Marion with six classes and first ever running horse races at 6 p.m. Grandstand admission is 1 dollar as President Frank Bruce notes larger crowds than last year. Judging begins Wednesday with blue ribbon proceeds and Monarch Exposition on the Midway. police brief notes Gertrude M. Boza, 56, cited for speeding in Carterville.
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Marion
Frank Bruce
Bruce
Springfield
du Quoin
Monarch Exposition
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Commission
N.Y
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Hil No
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Associated Press
Jack
Herrin Lumber Co
South Park
Randolph
SAP Ume
Country Britual
Coomery
Masriga Fore
Sgarine
Isurance Companies
James
Williams
Rt. 1
Makanda
Sen
Everette M. Dirksen
Gov
Benton
Frigidaire
Brown
Colombo
Labor Day
I.C. Foundry
Igh
Casey
Campus & Murdale Shopping
Gertrude M. Boza
Ience
Hagan
Bill G. Allen
East Main St
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