Cobden Peach Festival Set With Dunking Machine Fun
Cobden civic leaders will be dunked at the 29th Cobden Peach Festival to be held Friday and Saturday at the Cobden ball park. Highlights include a queen contest with swimsuit and formal wear rounds, coronation, prizes, and a color television drawing. Proceeds aid community improvement projects.
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Cobden
Cobden Ball Park
Heil
Lion’s Club
Beverly Karraker
Dongola
Southern Illinois
Randolph Sets 1.25 Million Housing Plan
Randolph County Housing Authority outlined three public housing projects approved by the Chicago Public Housing Authority regional office. Sparta will host 40 units split between elderly and low income rentals, with 19 homes razed for an 867 977 dollar project. Steeleville plans 14 elderly units costing 243 932 dollars. Percy is proposed with 12 units eight elderly four low income costing about 210 000 dollars. Louis Gwin said the plan is sent to the federal office for final September approval.
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Sparta
Steeleville
The
Public Housing Authority
Chicago
Randolph County Housing Authority
Percy
Louis Gwin
Authority
Federal Office
Sparta Mine Closed Down by Eden Mining Corp
State reports Eden Mining Corp. and its Sparta strip mine shut down in July after two years in operation. In the first half of the year 62 928 tons of coal were mined. Miners faced six weeks of unpaid wages and area merchants reported worthless checks. Charges allege deceptive practices against Leon B. Stilley and Robert McGrew. Stilley surrendered August 5.
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Eden Mining Corp
Sparta
U.S. Labor Department
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Randolph County
Leon B. Stilley
Robert McGrew
Stilley
Williamson County
Department of Labor
Robert Delaney
Labor Department
Adult Basic Education Meeting Set
A meeting to discuss and explain the Adult Basic Education Program will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Marion Junior High School library. Superintendent Leslie Stilley and Charles Robinson will lead, describing Title II-B funding. First semester classes start Sept. 6 at Marion Junior High. second semester planned for Herrin in January 1967. For information call 993-3796.
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Marion Junior High School
Williamson County Superintendent of
Leslie Stilley
Charles Robinson
State Department of Adult Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Stilley
Herrin
Students sue over trailer fire at SIU campus
Two Southern Illinois University students Linda Havens and Janet Fulton file suit in Jackson County Circuit Court seeking damages for loss of personal belongings after a trailer on campus at 1000 E Park St Carbondale burned. The fire allegedly started when a blow torch thawing frozen pipes ignited the trailer floor.
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Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Linda Havens
Janet Fulton
Donald McWhorter
Cle Hampton
Mary Gay Pearson
McWhorter
E. Park St
Carbondale
Mike Sullivan
Miss Havens
Miss Fulton
Jack W. McDaniel
City National Bank of
Murphysboro
Federal Reserve System
McDaniel
Murphysboro’ Unit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal District Court
East St. Louis
Sparta Area Hunter Sought Missing After Squirrel Hunt
Sparta police seek 21-year-old James Davis who vanished after leaving home at 5 a.m. Sunday for a squirrel hunt near Blair south of Sparta. His father Robert Davis and friends searched the Blair area with no results. Davis stands 6 feet 1 inch, weighs 170 pounds.
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Sparta
James Davis
Blair
Robert Davis
Davis
Drive Nears Half Way
The Du Quoin Business Association has raised over $75,000 for a $160,000 loan to Turco Manufacturing Co to fund a 96,000 square foot expansion. When complete the plant will total 232,000 square feet and create 50 to 75 new jobs with a 6 percent 10 year loan. John R. Alongi said the fund grows by about $10,000 daily.
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du Quoin Business Association
Turco Manufacturing Co
Turco
John R. Alongi
Business Association
du Quoin
Nancy Piper dies Oakdale resident at 92
Mrs. Nancy Emily Piper, 92, of Oakdale died Saturday after a four year illness. Born January 13, 1874 in Sparta, she married James Renwick Piper in 1903. Surviving are six children, 14 grandchildren, four great grandsons and several siblings. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Reform Presbyterian Church Oakdale, Rev. Francis Kohler officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Pyatt Funeral Home open after 5 p.m. today.
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Nancy Emily Piper
Oakdale
Sparta
Cutler
James Renwick Piper
Piper
Reform Presbyterian Church
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Women’s Missionary Society
John
Baden
Dwight
Ambridge
Wilmer
Topeka
Kans
Irene Piper
C.A. Stevenson
Centralia
A.E. Woodrome
Mt. Vernon
Hazel
Francis Kohler
Okawville
Church
Pyatt Funeral Home
Burglars Take 93 Dollars In Coins From Home
Grand Tower residents report a burglary at Ivan Glade home Saturday night or early Sunday. Jackson County Sheriff Arch Edwards says intruders pried a front door open. Loot totaled 93 dollars with 36 halves 208 quarters 200 dimes and 350 pennies.
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Ivan Glade
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Arch Edwards
Electric lights begin on American trains in 1887
Railroads in the United States started using electric lighting on trains during 1887, marking a shift in onboard illumination and passenger comfort. The development reflects broader adoption of electric power in transportation and industry.
Festival Draws 2000 Despite Rain in Hurst
About 2,000 people braved showers for the Lion's Club Festival in Hurst with Leonard Was Son noting a good turnout despite the worst weather in 15 years. The event featured a park midway and a parade with entries by Sherryn Waldron, Pam Walker, Ann Nichols, Doug Keirn, Christie Harrison, Diane Keirn, Bruce Welch, Mrs. Viola Winters, and a float by the Hurst Bush Children's Center winning grand prize.
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Lion’s Club
Hurst
Lion’s
Leonard Was Son
Sherryn Waldron
Pam Walker
Ann Nichols
Doug Keirn
Christie Harrison
Diane Keirn
Bruce Welch
Viola Winters
Hurst Bush Children’s Center
First Christian Church
Lee Anderson
Molly Deson
Mick Zinner
Edith Wasson
Three Youths Injured In Crash Near Coulterville
Three Coulterville youths were injured Sunday night when their car overturned off Route 153 south of Coulterville. Christopher Tabing, 16, and two passengers Richard Wooten, 17, and Thomas Stewart, 16, were treated at Sparta Community Hospital for minor injuries. Police also reported a separate injury from a car-truck collision at the Route 4150 junction west of Steeleville involving John Neal, 19, Sparta, and Robert Lewis, 29, Chester.
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Coulterville
Christopher Tabing
Tabing
Sparta Community Hospital
Richard Wooten
Thomas Stewart
Steeleville
John Neal
Sparta
Robert Lewis
Chester
Birds Head Southward Each Fall Across Continent
Each fall more than 200 species of small land birds migrate southward from Canada and the United States.
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Canada
United States
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily paper published in Carbondale with additional mailing offices in Herrin and Murphysboro. It states it is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and notes exclusive AP republication rights.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Asociated Press
Brookport Man Drowns While Swimming in Pond
Floyd Dwayne Smith, a 29 year old Brockport man, drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming with friends on Harry Mc Ghee's farm pond about 14 miles from Brookport in Massac County. Witnesses said he cried for help before vanishing underwater as others reached out. Meanwhile Kermit L. Keim was fined $15 for improper passing.
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Brockport
Floyd Dwayne Smith
Massac County
Myrel Kreuter
Smith
Harry McGhee
Brookport
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Kankakee
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Judy Wright
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Pearl Chevrolet Co
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Clyde Baggott
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Ellen Childer
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Red Cross
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Bob Ward
Nancy Piper
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Murphysboro, Ill
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Rainbow Church
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Los Angeles
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Vernon
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