Marion Council hears update on city bookkeeping and finances
Finance Commissioner Bill Armstrong told Marion City Council that a new bookkeeping system will show monthly per department spending and remaining budget. July expenditures totaled 16 260 across departments. clerk's office took in 2 613 with 1 205 on hand. The council moved 3 500 from sewer construction to general fund to cover July 30 payroll.
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Marion
Bill Armstrong
Armstrong
Finance Department
Department of Public Health and Safety
Armstrong We Ag
McCormick
City Oak
Fugitive's Nightmare Ends Model Citizen Lived Eight Years In Fear
Frank A Beverley, living as Oscar Fred Twisdahl in California, finally faces a fugitive warrant from Albania after eight years as a model citizen. He reveals an Alabama embezzlement conviction and a two year sentence misrepresented as Beverley. Alabama corrections officials report no extradition request pursued by Gov. Folsom.
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Los Angeles
Frank A. Beverley
Alabama State Penitentiary
Beverley
Oscar Fred Twisdahl
Twisdah
California
Beverleys
Albania
Abe Spiegelman
Bevera
Alabama
Court of Mu
Southern Illinoisan Public Notice Sturgis Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro
The Southern Illinoisan is a public notice publication with addresses at 227 West Main Street Carbondale 19 North 16th Street Merrin 9 11 South 12th Street Murpnhgebore and Seton posting notices under the Act of March 3 1879 for addition al entries across Herrin Murphysboro and surrounding towns. The notice announces community notices from the Post Offices of Herrin and Murphysboro and references the Buc canser newspaper serving Carbondale.
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Southernllinos&an
Southernlinots
Innc
Main Street
Cerpondale
16Th
Merrin
Seconc
Carbondale
Eas Seton
Herrin
Murphysboro
Certificate Honoring Marion Station Net Members
The certificate names Corp. Robert Earl Pease at Marion station and six others for high performance. Pease and John Jay Coon remain at Marion while Aleksick, Payer, and Sharp serve sub stations in Murphysboro Mt Vernon and Carmi. They earned 122 percent of their quota.
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Corp
Robert Earl Pease
Marion
Oseph
Larry Aleksick
Francis Payer
John Jay Coon
William Frank Sharp
Pease and
Coon
Aleksick Murphysboro
Payer
Mt. Vernon
Sharp
Carmi
William A Cochran Dies in Mt Vernon at 73
William Arthur Cochran 73 died Monday at St Marys Hospital Mt Vernon He was a retired railroad lineman and former resident of Murphysboro rural area He leaves wife Rose daughter Anna Dee Brown Lansing Mich brothers Joe Everett Cochran Amos Cochran sisters Maud Worthen Clara Talley and three grandchildren Friends may call at Pulley Funeral Home Mt Vernon Funeral services set for 9 am Wednesday at St Marys Catholic Church Mt Vernon
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William Arthur Cochran
St. Mary’ Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Cochran
Murphysboro
Rose
Anna Dee Brown
Lansing
Mich
Joe
Everett Cochran
Amos Cochran
East St. Louis
Maud Worthen
Clara Talley
Ft. Myers
Fla
Herrin Kiwanis Hold Annual Fish Fry event
The Herrin Kiwanis Club hosted its annual fish fry at Crab Orchard Boat and Yacht Club on Monday night. Josephine and Virginia Martell provided accordion music while Pres. Roy Carnaghi showed slides from Herrin Park’s Fourth of July celebration. Frank Hampton cooked and 25 pounds of fish were sent to Ridley Rest Haven after the event.
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Herrin
Herrin Junior Police approves rules and parties formed
More than 100 members of the Herrin Junior Council for the Citizens of Tomorrow approved by laws at Herrin City Hall. The rules set the name purpose officers and membership, and restrict use for politics. Nationalists and Federalists will form for instruction and action within the group. An organizational picnic at the city park next Thursday is planned, funded by public subscription through the Kiwanis Club.
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Herrin
Caldwell Sentenced for Mop Scam In North Carolina
Harold H. Caldwell began a six year prison term after pleading guilty to false pretense in Charlotte Superior Court. He allegedly sold mops to housewives and then claimed the mops were broken to seize them back, never returning the products.
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Charlotte
N. C
Harold H. Caldwell
Caldwell
Fire destroys home and grocery in Future City blaze
Four Cairo firefighters collapsed from heat while tackling a five hour blaze in Future City north of Cairo. One home and a grocery store burned, three frame houses damaged as water shortages hampered efforts. Damages estimated over $7,000 with cause undetermined.
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Future City
Cairo
Cecil Keith
Keith
Pastor and wife split church splits Wichita congregation
In Wichita Kansas the Gospel Assembly Church fractures as pastor Reverend E L Mullineaux and his wife divide the congregation. Attorney Pat Warnick says about half the members back Mullineaux and half back Mrs Mullineaux. A lawsuit seeks partition of church properties or buyout of the opposing faction.
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Gospel Assembly Church
E. L. Mullineaux
Atty
Pat Warnick
Warnick
Missing cows found trapped in cellar in York area
Mrs. William Parlette reported finding nine cows missing since July 24 in the cellar of her unoccupied Sunnyburn house. Four cows died of starvation and asphyxiation while five survived. one had calved and the calf lived. The herd wandered into the ground level cellar to escape heat, and a cow kicked the door shut.
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William Parlette
Sunnyburn
Street Repairs Sweep Carbondale with Oil Applications
Street crews in Carbondale apply oil to Walnut and Brooklane while White Rock coats previously oiled streets. Graham grading takes place today ahead of motor oil application.
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Carbondale
Walnut
Brooklanes
Graham
Hardin Resident Dies After Wreck
Randall Shewmaker, 38, of near Cave-In-Rock, died from injuries after an auto mishap Monday. He was airlifted to a Rosiclare hospital where his car left State Route 146 near Elizabethtown and overturned. He is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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Randall Shewmaker
Cave-In-Rock
Shewmaker
Rosiclare Hospital
Elizabethtown
Murphysboro Airman Trains for Wings in Arizona
Aviation Cadet James E Sherman son of Murphysboro residents William and Mrs Sherman trains at Williams Air Force Base Chandler Arizona. After five months of flight academic and military training he will earn his wings and a commission in the Air Force.
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James E. Sherman
William Sherman
Murphysboro
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Ariz
Sherman
Air Force
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Rise and Fall Across State
Illinois forecast shows highs 86 to 90 in south and cooler 63 to 67 in north. Heat persists in the south with a dip toward midweek, then rebound by Sunday. Precipitation around half an inch, with scattered thunder showers likely Wednesday night or Thursday and again over the weekend.
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Illinois
Lavoptik Eye Lotion Promises Quick Eye Comfort
Advertising copy urging lens wearers to use Lavoptik Eye Lotion after lens removal. Claims 43 years of use and money back guarantee, with Eyecup included, available at all druggists.
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Gilbert Bratten
Ira Nelson
Robert Holbrook
S. Vicksburg Street
Tty
George Fisher
Pearl Frick
Lawrence Corder
William Dungey
Cipal
Louis W. Kaufman
Alabama Timent of Corrections
James Folsom
Cmdr
L. R. Wright
St. Louis
William A. Cochran
Herrin Kiwanis
Eaton & Brown Appliance Co
E. Main Carbondale
Leslie
GROUP
Minos
Negro District
Wichita
Kan
York, Pa
Hardin
Arizona
Ly-Mar Hotel
Madison Street
Mr Stine
Otarion Hearing Center
South Spillman
R Marion
Brewster Motors, Inc
N. Park Ave
Vogler Motor
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