Salk Vaccine Available To Doctors Soon
Private physicians and public health agencies will start receiving Salk polio vaccine this month for children ages 5 to 9. The Public Health Service allocated 846000 doses and will distribute more as manufacturing and approval proceed. Allocation hinges on state reports and priority groups, with governors designating distribution officials and medical societies ensuring proper inoculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Service
Icians
Dongola Resident Clem Baggott Dies at 70
Clem C. Baggott 70 of Dongola died unexpectedly at 5 30 p m Sunday at Union County Hospital Anna after a heart attack He was a former Union County Commissioner and a member of the Dongola Lutheran Church Dongola Masonic Lodge Dongola Modern Woodmen of America and the Anna Elks L odge He was born in Anna Dee 1884 and had lived in Dongola over 40 years A retired merchant and car dealer He leaves his wife Vertene daughters Mrs D H Keil Elmhurst and two grandchildren Funeral services will be 2 p m Wednesday at the Dongola Lutheran Church with Rev C Earl Eklof officiating Burial will be in Anna Cemetery Ford Funeral Home Dongola is in charge Friends may call after 5 p m today
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Clem C. Baggott
Dongola
Union County Housing Administration
Union County Hospital
Anna
Union County
Vertene
D. H Keil
Elmhurst
Dongola Lutheran Church
C. Earl Eklof
Anna Cemetery
Ford Funeral Home
Creal Springs Man Injured in Bridge Wreck
Kenneth McDonald of Rt. 3 Great Springs is hospitalized at Marion Memorial with facial cuts and multiple broken ribs after his car struck a bridge abutment on Rt. 12 while meeting an oncoming truck en route from Pittsburg to Creal Springs. The McDonalds formerly lived at 907 West Garfield Street in Marion.
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Kenneth McDonald
Rt. 3
Great Springs
Marion Memorial Hospital
McDonald
Pittsburg
Creal Springs
W. Garfield St
Marion
97 Spots in Northern Counties Get Slots
Chicago August reports 97 organizations in Illinois northern district receive slot machine stamps. Gambling stamps issued to 77 individuals bring total slot machine and gambling stamps in the district to 206 as Ernest J. Sauber, district director, notes stamps for slot machines were bought for the new fiscal year.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
Ilinois
Ernest J. Sauber
Legislators Endure Junkets to Improve Taxpayers’ Lot
The governor approves 27 commissions to spend about 400000 to study taxpayer welfare. Up to 199 legislators and 94 citizens will work on projects from sewer systems to Lake Michigan fish, liquor laws, and education with travel to Chicago and beyond. Tax revenue from a 25 percent sales tax hike funds the effort, sparking constituent ire over junkets and spending.
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J. Neely Martin
Linoisan
Springfield
District Statesman
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Rock River drowning claims Cave In Rock youth
Charles Scott, 15, of Cave In Rock, drowned in the Ohio River near Elizabethtown on Saturday. His body was recovered by his brother Ollie after a six hour search. he was a son of Marion Scott and disappeared after diving from a sand bar.
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Charles Scott
Rock Boy
Ohio River
Elizabethtown
Ollie
Marion Scott
Mary Allison 77 Dies in Murphysboro Home
Mary C. Allison died at Tyler Nursing Home in Murphysboro after a three year illness. Born in Carbondale in 1877, she lived in Murphysboro since 1902 and was married to Ralph Eugene Allison, who died in 1950. She leaves daughter Florence Long of San Mateo California and sons Neal Raynor Allison of Long Island New York Ralph of St. Louis. She was a member of First Lutheran Church and services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Roberts Residence Funeral Home with Rev. William Boatman officiating. burial in Tower Grove Cemetery.
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Mary C. Allison
Murphysboro
Tyler
Carbondale
Ralph Eugene Allison
Allison
Florence Long
San Mateo
Calif
Neal Raynor Allison
Long Island
N. Y
Ralph
St. Louis
Rank
Murphy
Woman 68 pedals 115 miles in a day
Mrs. Leslie Hulse a 68 year old widow who dislikes most modern transport completed a 115 mile bicycle trip in one day from Brooklyn to Greenport arriving at 5 pm. She plans to pedal home next month after a vacation here.
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Greenport
N. Y
Leslie Hulse
Brooklyn
Marion Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charge
Mrs. Lee Ilv Young, 50, Marion, entered a not guilty plea in Williamson County Court to assault with a deadly weapon. Judge A. R. Cagle set a $2,500 bond. she has been jailed since July 22. The charge stems from beating Mrs. Ruby Henderson with a mop handle.
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Marion
Lee Ilv Young
Williamson
A. R. Cagle
Ruby Henderson
Airman Bowen Reassigned to England AFB After Duty Abroad
Airman Claude A Bowen Jr of 306 N University Ave Carbon City has been reassigned to England Air Force Base in Alexandria Louisiana after returning from duty in Alaska. He will serve as a railroad technician at the new post.
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Claude A. Bowen, Jr
N. University Ave
Carbondale
England Air Force Base
Alexandria
Alaska
Southers Ulhersar successors to Carbondale Free Press
Fragmentary postal notice from Carbondale Illinois announcing a new newspaper entity titled Southers Ulhersar as successor to the Carbondale Free Press. Mentions location addresses on Main Street and 16th Street, March 3 1879 act reference, and post office classification notes.
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Southers
Llinosban
Southern Illinois Publica Cons
Carbondale
16Th Street
Merrir
112Th
Murongabor
Serring
Murphyshrere
Southers Ulirersar
Carbondale Free Frees
Murphyshore
Joseph Sibole Dies In Missouri Rites Planned
Joseph Sibole 86 of Murphysboro died at Tyler Nursing Home after an extended illness. Born in Stall Missouri in 1869, he lived in Murphysboro since 1939 and was a retired farmer. He leaves son William of Dexter Missouri. Funeral arrangements set after moving from Meyer Denny Funeral Home to Dexter.
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Joseph Sibole
Murphysboro
Tyler
Stall
Sibole
William
Dexter
Meyer-Denny
Rites Held Saturday for Fire Victim Julia Spahr
Funeral services were held in Eldorado for Julia Spahr 81 who died from burns after her clothes were ignited by an oil stove while preparing a meal. Coroner Elmer Gibbons said she was in her sister Katie McDonald’s kitchen alone with two children nearby. She was taken to the hospital Thursday and died Friday morning.
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Eldorado
Julia Spahr
Saline County
Elmer Gibbons
Katie McDonald
Miss Spark
Carnival show proprietor in Sparta sewer gas rescue critical
A carnival show proprietor who aided Sparta street worker John T. Lemon remains in critical condition at St Marys Hospital in St Louis. Dick Palmer 32 of Amsterdam New York is hospitalized for kidney complications. Palmer entered an open manhole to rescue Lemon who was overcome while cleaning a city sewer. Joe Glespy rescued both men using a gas mask.
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Sparta
St. Louis
St. Mary's Hospital
Dick Palmer
Amsterdam
N. Y
Palmer
John T. Lemon
Joe Glespy
Lisbon to Build Two New Suburbs
Lisbon plans a six year building and modernization drive to ease a housing shortage and traffic. Two new suburbs will be created with schools hospitals and public buildings to house about 48 000 people.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Caterpillar Deere Strikes Near End Amid Talks
In Illinois and Iowa 30,500 CIO United Auto Workers members strike at Deere & Co and Caterpillar Tractor Co. A tentative three day settlement at Caterpillar East Peoria and progress in Deere talks hint at early end to the stoppages. Wage talks centered on raises from 6 to 15 cents, with plant wages around 2.40 an hour.
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Moline
CIO
Linois
Iowa
Deere & Co
Caterpillar Tractor Co
East Peoria
United Auto Workers
East Moline
Illinois
Des Moines
Dubuque
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Pat Greathouse
AW Inda
Deere & Go
Peoria
Francis L. Sheridan
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
UAW
Pete Williams Dies An Oraville Resident at 80
Pete Williams 80 of Oraville died Sunday at Doctor's Hospital Carbondale. He was born in Ora Township Jackson County and was a retired farmer. Survived by wife Verna Hall three daughters Mrs Jennie Harroff Murphysboro Mrs Frank Barthell Elkhardt Lake Wis. sons Claude Decatur Floyd Mt. Vernon Noah Tampa Fla Everett East St. Louis. 13 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 pm Crawshaw Funeral Home Murphysboro to Pleasant Hill Church burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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Pete Williamson
Oraville
Doctor's Hospital
Carbondale
Ora Township
Jackson County
Williamson
Ella Bradley
Verna Hall
Jennie Harroff
Murphysboro
Frank Barthell
Elkhardt Lake
Wis
Claude
Decatur
Floyd
Mt. Vernon
Noah
Tampa
Fla
Everett
East St. Louis
Camp Creek
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Pleasant Bill Church
Paul Holder
Boram
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Carbondale Man Paratrooper Joins 82nd Airborne Jump
Pvt. James C. Adams son of James T. Adams of 301 E. Willow St. Carbondale made a parachute jump with the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Adams serves as an aircraft crew chief with the 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment a unit of the 82nd Division.
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James C. Adams
James T. Adams
E. Willow St
Carbondale
82D Airborne Div
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Adams
504Th Airborne Inf. Regt
82Nd Div
Forests and Timber Vital to Southern Illinois Economy
Martin G. Anderson explains how area forests support farms, homes, and local industries. He cites county forest acreages, potential job gains from tree farming, and income rises from improved forest management, urging adoption of better practices to double timber income.
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Martin G. Anderson
Illinois Division of Forest District Forester
Benton
The
Forest Service
Illinois
Franklin
Williamson
Saline
Pope
Massac
Franklin County
Britton Rites Set For Trans-Arabian Pipeline Leader
Funeral services for Harry B. Britton 60 president of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co will be held Tuesday at 10 am at Schroeder Funeral Home Du Quoin with Rev Homer Whitlock officiating. Burial in Paradise Prairie Cemetery. Britton died suddenly at his Stamford Connecticut home Saturday. He was brother in law of Perry County Circuit Clerk Dyer Campbell of Pinckneyville.
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Harry B. Britton
Th Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co
Schroeder
du Quoin
Homer Whitlock
Paradise Prairie
Britton
Stamford
Conn
Satuday
Perry County
Dyer Campbell
Pinckneyville
Sparta to Install 210 New Parking Meters in Downtown
Sparta will install 210 parking meters in the downtown area within weeks after the City Council approved a purchase to replace troublesome units. The city will retain 75 percent of meter income with 2 percent allocated to meter bill payments, with costs near 6500 dollars. Each meter costs 55.50 dollars.
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Sparta
Four Senators Plan to Visit Russia This Summer
Four senators said they asked the Soviet Embassy for visas to visit behind the Iron Curtain in September and October. They include Ellender of Louisiana Sparkman of Alabama Purtell of Connecticut and Kefauver of Tennessee. Other lawmakers like Young Mundt and Frear may join on official trips.
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Iron Curtain
Russia
Ellender
D-La
Sparkman
D-Aia
Purtell
R Conn
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Moscow
Young
R-Nd
Mundt
R-Sd
Frear
D-Del
Soviet
Red
Chilean Volcano Eruptions Drive Mass Flight in Lake District
Three southern Chilean volcanoes Nilahue Rinihue and Mt Choshuenco erupt sending hundreds fleeing their homes. Army patrols search for the trapped and gas exposure fears rise as 400 plus evacuees flee through mountains with exhausted children.
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Chile
Lake District
Santiago
Mt. Choshuenco
Nilahue
Rinihue
Second Round Voting Due in Judge Race
Second round ballots for the Third District circuit judge race are due today. A canvass is set for Wednesday in East St. Louis with a committee reviewing mailed votes from attorneys after five candidates were chosen from fifteen. Remaining candidates are Fleming Kane Brown Patton Beasley.
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East St. Louis
Joseph Fleming
Kevin Kane
Belleville
Jesse Brown
Edwardsville
Harry Patton
Aston
Edward Bar Eis
Jaycee Spaghetti Feed Hosted by Carbondale Juniors
Carbondale Jaycees plus wives and guests held a spaghetti supper Saturday at 7 30 p m at Tom Langdon s home.
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Jaycee’s
Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tom Langdon
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Ave
Mary Allison
Southern Illinoisan
Missouri
South Side Lumber Co
South Pars Avenue
Herrin
Pete Williams
Carbondale Man
S.c.lindsay &Son
North Park Avenue
District Forester
Southern Illinois
Lakeside Nursery
Carterville
Washington
Bob D. Minter
State Farm
W. D. Moore
Murrhysboro
Leave Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobhensurance CO
Beomington, Hinets
D. H
Valdivia
KODAK
Weee - Hewitt’s
Rexall
Beau
Peter Pan
Eva
Moses
Peacock
Peak
Devanteon and
Zwick's Ladies’ Stores
Herrin and
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