Film Delivery Truck Crashes Into Marion Gas Station
A film delivery truck lost a wheel and veered into the Edwards D X service station on East Main Street in Marion injuring no one. The impact damaged three pumps and caused a short circuit fire. Driver Herman Chamness of Carbondale was uninjured and returned home. damage total unknown.
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East Main Street
Marion
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Charles Edwards
The
Illinois Film Co
Herman Chamness
Carbondale
Chamness
Edwards
Clyde Deason
Illinois
Deason
Delay Opening Bids on Housing Authority Project
A Williamson County Housing Authority meeting to open bids for five homes was delayed to 5 p.m. Four sealed bids have been received. The agency is undergoing minor reorganization with Dee Robbs named to replace Charles Schaffner and H Hosea Borum expected to be succeeded. Board members include S. E. Storme and Oscar Schafale.
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Williamson County Housing Authority
Joe Miller
Miller
Dee Robbs
Herrin
Charles Schaffner
Marion
Hosea Borum
S. E. Storme
Oscar Schafale
Tax Collections Exceed One Million in Williamson County
Deputy Collector Hosea Borum reports Williamson County property owners have paid over 1.0 million dollars in taxes in under two months. The county’s total tax bill tops 1.3 million with Aug 1 first half deadline and Sept 1 full bill due without penalty. Over 400 thousand has been distributed to taxing bodies, and 90 to 100 percent collection is anticipated.
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Williamson County
Hosea Borum
Borum
Teen Towners Ice Cream Social Crowns New Queen
Despite constant showers the Teen Towners held an ice cream social on August 11 at the Elks basement and old high school gym. Barbara Furst was crowned Queen of Teen Town, with Sally Williams crowned Johnston City Queen and a full court including Jeanette Cavalli Connie Berra Jo Conti and others. The event featured ice cream cake a cake auction and a talent show with Bob Coover and Dianne Peak as emcees.
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Elks
Barbara Furst
Sally Williams
Johnston City
Barbara
Herrin
Bob Coover
Bill Clayton
Kenny Ferguson
Jim Dugger
Don Karr
Dianne Peak
Dom Marlows Receive Apostolic Blessing from Pope
Mr and Mrs Dominick Marlow of Herrin received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Pius XII for their service to the Eucharistic Congress in Johnston City last year. Father Joseph Lupo of St Pauls Johnston City received the document.
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Pius XII
Dominick Marlow
Herrin
Johnston City
Joseph Lupo
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
iIt
Holy Father
Vatican
Joseph Cardinal Mignone
Marlows
Illinois
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Reported
Those admitted Thursday were Charles Wright of Marion, Roy Shirley of Thompsonville, Norvella McCain of Carterville and Ruth Rushing of Marion. Those dismissed Thursday were Dora Hamby of Carterville, Dora Neal of Harrisburg, Mildred Hale of Hewfin, Pearl Hudson of Gore ville, W. F. Presgroves of Bun combe, Myrtle Lewis of Metropolis and Susie Fellenstein of Grand Chain. Mrs. Arnistine Tolbert of Zeigley was admitted this morning.
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Charles Wright
Marion
Roy Shirley
Thompsonville
Norvella McCain
Carterville
Ruth Rushing
Dora Hamby
Dora Neal
Harrisburg
Mildred Hale
Hewfin
Pearl Hudson
Goreville
W. F. Presgroves
Buncombe
Myrtle Lewis
Metropolis
Susie Fellenstein
Grand Chain
Arnistine Tolbert
Zeigley
Injured Kirby Brother Removed to Johnston City Home
Sick Robert Kirby of Johnston City injured in a motor accident north of Mount Vernon Sunday evening has been moved from Mt. Vernon hospital to his son Roy Kirby’s home on East Broadway Johnston City. Another son Paul Kirby of Evanston is also at the Kirby home.
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Robert Kirby
Johnston City
Mt. Vernon
Roy Kirby
East Broadway
Paul Kirby
Evanston
Kirby
Mrs Delbert Green of Zeigler Admitted for Observation
Mrs Delbert Green of Zeigler is a patient in Christopher hospital for observation.
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Delbert Green of
Zeigler
Christopher Hospital
William Casteel Dies at Herrin Hospital
William A. Casteel 84 retired farmer died at Herrin hospital at 3 30 a m after a two week stay. He lived with daughter Mrs Walter Saylor and son Isaac Casteel and was grandfather of Levern Saylor alderman and commissioner. Funeral Sunday 2 p m at De Soto Lutheran Church with Rev Bob Hooker. Burial in Keeling Cemetery. Storme Funeral home is handling arrangements.
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Herrin Hospital
Casteel
Walter Saylor
West Stellar Street
Herrin
Isaac Casteel
Hurst
Levern Saylor
William
Cora Casteel
Carbondale Woodman Chapter
de Soto Lutheran Church
Bob Hooker
Keeling
de Soto
Storme Funeral Home
Man Wanted by Zeigler Police Still At Large
Liberty Zeigler Police Chief Ed Riley said Mandrell, a West Frankfort man, remains at liberty. Mandrell fled Zeigler after a traffic stop by Officer Claude Crump, first in a car then on foot after a crash on South Pire Street.
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Zeigler
Ed Riley
Robert Mandrell
West Frankfort
Liberty
Mandrell
Claude Crump
Crump
South Pire Street
Continue Investigation Into Stonefort Robbery
The Williamson County sheriff's office continued an investigation into a reported 200 dollar robbery at the farm home of Frank Foley near Stonefort. Foley said he left to pick peaches and returned to a ransacked house with a wallet missing from under a bed pillow. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCabe resided with Foley. McCabe was in a field and Mrs. McCabe was visiting neighbors.
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Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Frank Foley
Stonefort
Foley
Charles Edwards
Charles McCabe
Edwards
McCabe
Coal Safety Interview on WJPF Scheduled Saturday
Station WJPF will broadcast a transcription of a coal safety interview Saturday at 9 p.m. The program features Albert Warner, a radio commentator, interviewing Daniel Harrington retired chief of the U S Bureau of Mines Health and Safety division. The discussion asks what the nation’s coal mines are doing about safety.
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WJPF
Albert Warner
Daniel Harrington
U. S. Bureau of Mines Health and Safety Division
Warner
Harrington
Elks Stag Tonight Moves Indoors At Herrin Lodge
Herrin Elks lodge hosts its annual summer stag for members indoors at the air conditioned lodge rooms. Past parties were held outdoors.
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Herrin Elks Lodge
NLRB Hearing Postponed Over Herrin Labor Dispute
The National Labor Relations Board postponed a hearing set at Herrin city hall regarding a dispute between Mitchell Construction Co and Carpenters Local 581. Eight carpenters walked off the Herrin to Colp highway project August 2 over work assignment on stripping and dismantling concrete forms. Moller said a new hearing date would be announced later.
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National Labor Relations Board
Herrin
Glenn L Moller
N.L.R.B
St. Loui
Mitchell Construction Co
Carpenters’ Local 581
Herrin-to-Colp
Moller
Cecil Simpson Named Chief Clerk of Central Draft Office
Cecil Simpson of Eldorado has been named chief clerk of the central draft office at Mt. Vernon. A former district auditor for selective service, Simpson will supervise the draft office for most Southern Illinois counties.
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Cecil Simpson
Eldorado
Mt. Vernon
Selective Service
Simpson
Illinois
Offices Close In Williamson County
Ice at Marion closed this week and files moved to Marion. the new site will serve as headquarters for most counties. Officials say operations resume with adjusted access and redistributed duties.
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Willaimson County
Marion
Uorters
Unemployment Law Revisions Now in Force
Illinois unemployment benefits face revisions to curb claims and fund out-of-work workers. Deputy Aken notes a sharp rise in claims, with 215000 filed in early August and 40.9 million paid since April, mostly to downstate claimants. Amendments restrict availability, pregnancy protection, marriage quitting, misconduct, and require active job search and scheduled report times.
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Edmund R. Aken
Illinois State Employment Service
Herrin
Aken
Agriculture Dept Head Attends Farm Bureau Institute
Dr. Lowell R. Tucker acting chairman of Southern Illinois University agriculture department visits Champaign to participate in the American Farm Bureau Institute underway all week at the University of Illinois.
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Lowell R. Tucker
Department of Agriculture
Southern Illinois University
Champaign
American Farm Bureau Institute
University of
New Club Legionnaire Open for Public Inspection in Herrin
American Legion officials invite the public to inspect the post at 115 West Monroe Street Herrin. The newly decorated and furnished club rooms in the former Eagle lodge building will be open from 2 to 5 p m Saturday and Sunday. Decorating and furnishing were supervised by Helenys.
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American Legion
Post
West
Monroe Street
Herrin
Eagle Lodge
Helleny
Antique car meet draws sixty six entries to Illinois state fair
Seventy six old automobiles travel along Illinois highways to the state fair for the first antique automobile meet sponsored by Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett. The lineup includes a 1900 Oldsmobile owned by W C Niermann of Nashville and models from Reo to Cord, with local picnics and events noted through the week.
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Illinois
Edward J. Barrett
Oldsmobile
W. C. Niermann
Nashville
Reo
Mier
Gale
Moline
Richmond
Brush
Stoddard - Dayton
Galloway
Marion
Kissel Kar
Herrin Youths Enter Third International Plane Contest
Two Herrin youths Bill Ballowe and C D May travel by car to Detroit for the Plymouth Motor corporation Third International Plane Model contest aiming for part of 150 trophies and 8750 dollars in U S Savings bonds. They will enter two planes each, competing in free flight and control line events at Selfridge field and Belle Isle park. The meet runs Monday to Monday and may lead to a Marion Lions club model airplane meet on August 28.
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Herrin
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Detroit
Mich
U. S
Bill Ballowe
C. D. May
Lawrence Wohlwend
Marion Plymouth
Ballowe
May
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Ballone
Selfridge Field
Belle Isle Park
Marion Lions Club
Radio Giveaway Progrms Barred by FCC Ruling
WJPF station manager R Cook says FCC decision will not end all giveaway radio programs. The FCC rules, effective Oct 1, bar programs that pay or reward listeners to view or listen or answer questions already answered on another show. WJPF's Jacobs Lane Quiz is the only affected program, and Cook expects continued operation.
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Co. R. Cook
WJPF
Federal Communications Commission
WJIPF
Cook
Public Defender Appointed in Saline County
Attorney Scerial Thompson of Harrisburg named public defender for Saline County by First Circuit Judges Zimmerman Reynolds and Bradley.
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Scerial Thompson
Harrisburg
Saline County
Zimmerman, Reynolds and Bradley
Peach Prices Slip Prompting Growers to Delay Harvest
Centralia area peach growers consider leaving fruit in orchards as prices for Elbertas range from about 1.25 to 2 per box with varying grades. McBride of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange notes harvest hampered by rain and regional shipments show 49 rail cars and 92 truck equivalents, with Cobden and Anna among top loading points.
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Centralia
R. S. McBride
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Carbondae
McBride
Elbertas
Carbondale South
Orchard
Southern Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
Fulton
S. C
Cobden
Makanda
Carbondale
Carterville
Anna
Ozark
Odum Spur
Collision Kills One Injures Two in Southern Illinois
Milton Craig 36 of Pinckneyville died at Southerland Hospital Sparta at 9 45 a m from injuries in a two car collision between Tilden and Coulterville about 12 30 a m last night. Harlan Hepp and Alex Hanna remained in Sparta Hospital with serious conditions. Craig and Hepp, both construction workers, were en route from Wood River to Pinckneyville when their car collided with Hanna s vehicle near West Mine between Tilden and Coulterville about 11 45 p m. Craig was taken to Sparta by the coroner s ambulance and returned to Pinckneyville today. He was a World War II Navy veteran and former athlete at Pinckneyville Community High School. He is survived by his wife and three children. Hepp is the son of Ethel Feltemeyer of Pinckneyville.
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Milton Craig
Pinckneyville
Southerland
Sparta
Tilden
Coulterville
Harlan Hepp
Alex Hanna
Craig
Hepp
Hanna
West Mine
Lester Walker
Ben Craig
Ethel Feltemeyer
Boys Give Dads Lesson in Softball
A Herrin Township Softball league game at South Side School ended 5 4 with the Ballard and Draper team beating the fathers. Bill Otey executed a hidden ball trick after a misthrow as his son searched. J D Ford powered the dads with a triple, while Gene Otey and Lindell Lukens starred for the boys.
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Herrin Township
South Side School
Ballard and Draper
Bill Otey
Gene Otey
Bill
J. D. Ford
Lindell Lukens
Bob Ford
Pat Ballard
Herschel Draper
Cairo, Ill. Man Nominated for Brigadier General
President Truman nominates Col. Louis Huber Renfrew of Cairo Illinois for promotion to Brigadier General temporary rank. Renfrew, 53, former assistant military aide to President Truman, serves as assistant to Defense Secretary Johnson and previously with Maj. Gen. Vaughn. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State College and Washington University School of Dentistry.
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Washington
Truman
Col
Louis Huber Renfrew
Johnson
Harry H. Vaughn
Renfrow
National Defense Establishment
Vaughn
Cairo
Til
Southeast Missouri State College
Washington University School of Dentistry
St. Louis
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
Edward Lindsay
Grant M. Coover
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Dial
Associated Press
Dom Marlows
Father Lupo
Europe
Rome
Hospital News
William Casteel
William A. Casteel
Sioner
He Was
Tennessee
Elks Stag
NLRB
Chicago
Pipsqueak
Knights of Columbus
Silas Mason
Crab Orchard Sportsmen's Association
Herring
Midwest
Cairo, Ill
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