West Frankfort Oil Wells Eye Water Flood Plan
Oil operators in West Frankfort will meet Friday afternoon to consider Ashland Oil Co. proposal to flood the Tower Springs properties to boost recovery. Ashland would finance, engineer, and handle legal work for a project costing 190000 to 225000, requiring consent from over 400 operators and owners. flood would extend well life by 7 to 10 years and lift recovery to nearly all oil in the pool.
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West
Frankfort
Ashland Oil Co
Tower Springs
Carl Lassaline
Ashland
West Frankfort
Lassaline
Stolen Car Recovered Near Du Quoin After Robbery
Kenneth Hunroe of Thompsonville reports two hitchhikers robbed him at gunpoint near District 13 State Police headquarters in Du Quoin. The suspects took $150 and forced him to drive before abandoning him. The car was found on an abandoned mine road in Perry County yesterday afternoon.
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Benton
du Quoin
District 13
Kenneth Hunroe
Thompsonville
Hunroe
Perry County
Police Warning on Licenses for Motor Bikes in Herrin
Herrin Police Chief Roy Coles warns that motor bike operators and bicyclists must hold a valid driver’s license and state plates. He says teens as young as 14 or 15 may be ticketed for riding without proper licensing and that traffic laws for bikes align with auto rules. Mrs. Veda Lyerla of Valier, 55, dies after illness. funeral set Friday at Brayfield Funeral Home with burial at East Lawn Gardens.
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Herrin
Roy Coles
Cole
Elliott
Gene Paucucn
Flint
Mich
John L
Marion
Marietta Meisenheimer
Walier
Leland Omar
Rockford
Brayfield
Lesser
Dennis Dean
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
SIU Junior Fined for Disturbance
A Southern Illinois University junior, Paul R. Meyer, 24, was fined $15 after pleading guilty to disturb ing the peace on South Illinois avenue at 12 30 a.m. Wednesday. He shouted at a passing motorist and the complaint was signed by SIU Assistant Security Officer Don Ragsdale before Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Illnois Avenue
Paul R. Meyer
W. College St
Carbondale
Robert Schwartz
Meyer
SIU
Don Ragsdale
Schwartz
Library fee funds new court law library in Benton county
A $1 civil filing fee will finance a modern law library in the Franklin County courthouse Benton. The court clerk will run the library with funds from the fee, which applies to county and circuit suits. G L Wynn chairs the building and purchasing committee and will work with the county Bar Association on setup details. County Judge Webb Johnson State's Attorney Joseph Hickman and attorney Robert Hill join the committee. Hickman notes possible space in circuit clerk's office if deed records move. Revenue is estimated at $600 to $700 yearly, enough for a good library. Other notes mention 4-H fair events and project exhibits at Spillertown Community Building with judging and cash premiums at Achievement Day in November.
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Franklin County
Ben
Ton
G. L. Wynn
Benton
County Bar Association
Webb Johnson
Joseph Hickman
Robert Hill
Hickman
Williamson County
4-H Agricultural “Club
Spillertown
4-H Federation Council
Carbondale Woman Reports Vehicle Lock Breach
Edith Inseo of near Carbondale told Carbondale police that the left door lock of her car was broken between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle was parked in a driveway at 211 N Washington St in Carbondale.
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Edith Inseo
Carbondale
Washington St
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Veda Lyerla
Valier
Miners Slogpital
Christopher
Cypress
Henry Meisenheimer
The
Valier Methodist Mk
Apurerch
A. C. Lyerla
Owen Mac- Dahanal
Board of
Ave Bhia Waste
Agricultural Club
Daniel Food Stores
Daniel's
Folger Instant
Elberta
Greer Brand
Peaches
Asselman Applesauce
del Monte
EATY
Manhattan
Devil's Food
Lemon Supreme
Daniel
American Beauty
Kentucky
SCOTT
Peg
Kraft’s Fine Dressings
Nabisco
General Mills
Chuck Roast
Armour Star
Raded Poultry
Mmaz
Wisconsin
Pat Margarine
Captain Hook Fish
H&g Whiting
Jones
Vale
Exch
Avra
California
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