Indestructible Keil recalls Dubois coal mine saga
Keil, known as the Indestructible Man, survived two mine accidents and spent 50 years underground across Dubois and Wamac No 5. He witnessed early mining with open flame lamps and mule trains, and now honors fallen miners with a plaque in Foundation Park Centralia.
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Keil
Dubois
Washington County
Centralia
Clinoois Central Railroad
Hayes
Wamac
Waltonville
Orient No. 3
United Mine Workers
Foundation Park
Man arraigned on three charges in Marion circuit court
Roosevelt Baldwin 33 of Carbondale is to be arraigned Thursday in Marion circuit court on three charges. He allegedly tried to rob George Whiteside at the Bradley Gulf Service on South Court Street. A sawed off shotgun discharged when Whiteside resisted, blasting a hole in the car roof. The shotgun was later recovered. Baldwin had been paroled from Eddyville state penitentiary on June 19 after a prior Paducah robbery sentence.
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Roosevelt Baldwin
Carbondale
Marion
Baldwin
George Whiteside
Anna
Bradley Gulf Service
South Court Street
Whiteside
Eddyville
Paducah
Randolph voters to decide sheriff merit plan in November
Randolph County voters will decide whether the sheriff's office should be placed under the merit system in the November election. A petition signed by over 1,200 residents prompted the county board to consider the change. Sheriff Ralph Bollinger argues merit rules could improve law enforcement and reduce political influence.
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Randolph County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Department
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
Ralph Bollinger
Ellis Grove
Bollinger
Robert Pautler
Bob Schreeder
Kenneth Stellhorn
India’s 25 Years of Independence Glimpse at Coexistence
Gonsalves, India’s minister of culture and education at the Indian Embassy in Washington, spoke at SIU Carbondale noting progress in electricity, factories, hospitals and education. He cited doubled food production, growing domestic and international student presence, and cooperation with neighbors as India enters its second 25 years. Mahendra R. Mehta accompanied him. event drew 100 attendees.
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Washington
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
India
Gonsalves
Paul A. Schilpp
Mahendra R. Mehta
Chicago
HUD grant boosts area planning funds in Southern Illinois
A HUD supplemental grant of about 150000 will aid the Illinois Dept. of Local Governmental Affairs in Marion with planning assistance across Southern Illinois. The total state grant reaches 508322 with a prior 873067 grant. Regional planning agencies will receive funds for projects and to develop work programs and contracts. The program aims to distribute support across Southern Illinois 34 counties. Potential local uses include revising a 10 year old Greater Egypt plan.
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Illinois
Morris
Greater
Egypt
Levy and Dilliard to Speak at SIU Journalists’ Convention
The fifth annual AEJ convention at Southern Illinois University Carbondale features Leonard Levy and Dilliard as speakers during the opening night dinner in August 2023. Levy, a revisionist historian and Brandeis ex-dean, will lecture on Prior Restraint, while Dilliard outlines press performance trends. The event expects 500 delegates from across the United States plus area newsmen for a CASW briefing on Quantitative Methods in the Newsroom.
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Association For Education In Journalism
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Leonard Levy
Claremont College
California
Graduate School
Brandeis University
Levy
Sigma Delta Chi
St. Louis Post
Grant Ton
School of Journalism
At Aa On
Murder suspect to undergo psychiatric tests in custody
A Crawford County judge approved psychiatric testing for William Gonder the suspect in the disappearance and killing of 8 year old Dorothy Kavanaugh of Lawrenceville as the case remains on hold. Indictments against Gonder were not quashed and the case was continued to September 5 as tensions rose in Lawrence County. The girl vanished June 26 and was found six days later in a shallow Indiana grave near Princeton. Gonder 50 of Olney was arrested June 27 and faces one murder count and four aggravated kidnapping counts.
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Naugh
Lawrenceville
Philip B. Benefiel
William Gonder
Olney
Gonder
Benefiel
Crawford County
Lawerence
Princeton
Ind
Old Ben Mine Talks Delayed After Holiday Strike
United Mine Workers and Old Ben Coal Co officials plan to meet Monday to address examiner problems after a five day wildcat strike idled three Franklin County mines. Kenneth Wells, UMWA District 12 president, notes the dispute centers on union examiners inspecting during miners vacations. About 1,000 miners resumed work Thursday ahead of Labor Day holidays.
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United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Old Ben Coal Co
Kenneth Wells
Springfield
Umwa District 12
Old Ben
Franklin County
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Southern Illinoisan publication and offices listing
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily newspaper published in Carbondale with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes its status as successor to local papers and states AP news is exclusive for local news and dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Vieth
SWIFT
David M. Vieth
Jonathan Swift
SIU
SIU News Service India
AMF Inc
Wheel Goods Division
P.O. Box
Tower Road
Olney, Ill
SIU News Service
Irving Dilliard
Urcell
DE Soto
Edgar
CAP” Stephens Enterprise
Portable Concrete Company
Carbendale Call
Goreville
Dorothy Kava
Hetzel
South Illinois
Varsity Theatre
Renfro
Furniture & Interiors
Illinois, Carbondale
John F. O'Keefe
W. Main St
Paul Wilson Realty Bldg
Togan House
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