Navy petty officer cited for life saving first aid on Schuylkill Expressway
Dennis A. Range of Philadelphia received a letter of commendation from Captain A H Clancy Jr for providing first aid to a motorcyclist after a 1965 Schuylkill Expressway crash. Range applied pressure to stop severe bleeding until police and medical help arrived.
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A. H. Clancy Jr
Naval Air Engineering Center
Dennis A. Range
South Philadelphia
Columbia
Illinois
Range
Schuylkill Expressway
Ace Johnson
Frank J. Reilly
Philadelphia
A. H. Clancy, Jr
Ilinois
Pollock Terrace
30Th Street
Joseph Sand
South Wanamaka Street
Vincent
St. Agnes Hospital
Post Office Reports 8 Percent Christmas Mail Increase
Postmaster R Paul Cash notes about an 8 percent rise in Christmas mailing over 1964. Approximately 100000 Christmas cards were cancelled in the Columbia office, with the peak day Friday December 17 listing 12509 cancellations. For six days the daily average ranged from 10000 to 12000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Paul Cash
Columbia
Road District 3 approves special road tax extension
Voters in Road District No 3 approved a special road tax levy of 167 percent for 1965 to 1969. A total of 48 ballots were cast with 74 voting yes, 10 no, and two spoiled. Commissioner Clyde Engel and clerk Walter Kelley Jr. administered the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Engel
Walter Elley Jr
DeMolay Leader Receives Honorary Legion of Honor
Russell E. Smith of E. A. Weiner Chapter in Belleville was awarded the Honorary Legion of Honor Degree at the Masonic Temple on Sunday December 12. The honor recognizes outstanding leadership and meritorious service for the Order of DeMolay and the announcement was made by G Wilbur Bell executive officer of the Southern Jurisdiction of Illinois Supreme Council of the International Order of DeMolay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell E. Smith
DeMolay Dad
E. A. Weiner
Order of DeMolay
Legion of Honor
Masonic Temple
Belleville
G. Wilbur Bell
Illinois
Supreme Council of the International Order of DeMolay
Health Chats Chiropractic Health Education Series
Health advocates discuss the role of chiropractic care within medical laws and the need for periodic exams by dentists doctors and chiropractors. The piece promotes a whole health program and notes an educational series sponsored by Dr A L McAuliffe a Columbia chiropractor with contact details and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denistr
Chiropractic
A. L. McAuliffe
Crestview
Columbia Fil
Illinois Seat Belt Law Reaches 1961 and Later Cars
The 74th General Assembly required front seat belts in all 1961 and later model passenger cars after March 1, 1966. Illinois has mandated seat belt anchors since 1956, with the Department of Public Safety setting manufacturing and installation standards. Operating 1961 and later cars without belts is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $100 for first offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
74Th General Assembly
Illinois
Department of Public Safety
Illinois Milk Output Falls Eight Percent in November
Illinois crop reporters estimate November milk production at 282 million pounds, down eight percent from last year and the 1959 63 average. Per cow yield is 640 pounds, below 660 pounds a year ago and the five year average of 566. Cows on farms total 441 000, down from 467 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
WCBW-FM Program Schedule Holiday Weekend
WCBW-FM lists a daily block schedule from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for news and farm reports, followed by music and headlines, then polka time with local news and a sports roundup, and evening listening music with newscasts. New Year’s Eve features a dance party, and January weekend programming includes services from churches, Lutheran Hour, and public service announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul
Obituary notes for Edna Gauen and sisters Aurelia Coleno and Laura Moehrs
Funeral services for Edna Gauen 65 of Waterloo were held at St Paul Lutheran Church with Wagner Funeral Home in charge. She died after a period of illness and is survived by husband George and two sons Charles and Louis, plus six grandchildren and four sisters. Also noted is campus activity with Gary Heise and Campus Chest at the University of Illinois Urbana campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Gauen
Edna _ Gauen
S. Library Street
Waterloo
St. Paulnied Church of Christ
Wagner
Beeker
Litt
Monroe County
George Gallen
Charles
Granite City
Louis
Wheaton
Ill
Irene Krone
Linda Cook
Henry
Alma Hoffmann
Willa
Clara Rippelmeyer
Macystown
Live animals depicted in Christmas nativity scene in South St. Louis
A Nativity display near Gravois and Chippewa shows a cow and calf from Riebeling's Polled Hereford Farms of Columbia, loaned for the occasion, with four donkeys and several sheep in a pen. The scene illustrates the three parts of the Christmas story and invites the public to view.
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Christ
Gravois and
Chippewa
South St. Louis
Riebeling
Polled Hereford Farms of
Columbia
Mary
Mother of Christ
Bethlehem
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Dennis Range
Chief Hurl
John Hurl
Mark Anthony
Karen E. Fause
Anton Range, Jr
SS. Peter and Paul High School
Navy
East St. Louis
San Diego
California
Aviation Storekeeper
Memphis
Tennesse
Schiemer Insurance
General Insurance
South Main Street
Columbia, Illinois
Schiemer Insurance Agency, Inc
Alamo i
Belleville » Commercial Bldg
State of
Wcbw-Fm
Joy
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Aurelia Coleno
Prairie du Roche
Laura Moehrs
Recoud
Gary Heise
J. OF I
University of Illinois
Campus Chest
Urbana
W. Legion
Subchairman
Monroe
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