11 County Civil Defense Meet Planned
Members of a new 11 county mutual aid area for Civil Defense will meet Thursday to learn about the new warning system and changes in amateur radio communications. The session at 8 p.m. at the Franklin County Control Center will announce the reorganized 17 county area name and discuss emergency radio use. Paul De Buigne will explain the new program and requirements. agec officials will describe the updated warning system replacing Conel rad.
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Civil Defense
P.m
Franklin County Control Center
Ezra School
West Frankfort
Rt. 149
Franklin County Civil Defense
Warren Brown
Jefferson
Franklin
Hamilton
White
Galatia
Saline
Williamson
Johnson
Pope
Hardin
Massac
Brown
Paul de Buigne
State Civil Defense Agency
Chicago
Herrin Shifts Water Source From Crab Orchard Lake
Herrin shifts water intake to Crab Orchard Lake and pumps water into the reservoir to clear lines after mud removal. Water Superintendent Mike Miriani says treatment improves with lake water and no complaints have come in yet. A crew cleared dirt from the intake in about 342 hours of work. city seeks federal funds to move the intake west of Route 148 to deeper water.
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Herrin
Crab Orchard Lake
Mike Miriani
Crab Orchard
Miriam
Ben Walker
Rt. 148
Mallory talks postponed on labor dispute at Du Quoin plant
A meeting to settle a labor dispute at P. R. Mallory Company Du Quoin plant is postponed to Wednesday at 9.2 m. The delay affects the seventh meeting between Mallory officials and International Association of Machinists. Robert Forbes, manager of the semiconductor division, will be out of town and in Indianapolis meeting with firm officials. The dispute began in August.
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du Quoin
P. R. Mallory Company, Inc
Robert Forbes
Semiconductor
Indianapolis
Ind
International Association of Machinists
Herrin Man Wounded Cleaning Pistol
Roy Gene Calcaterra of Herrin was treated at Herrin Hospital after a .22 caliber pistol discharged while he cleaned it. He suffered a finger wound and was back at work the next day. Police reported the incident as an accidental discharge at his 805 North Nth Street residence.
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Herrin
F Herrin Hospital
Roy Gene Calcaterra
St. Teld
Calcaterra
Preliminary Murphysboro Land Use Plan Outlined by Commission
A preliminary plan by the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission to guide Murphysboro development recommends concentrated commercial zones with good access and off street parking, expanding residential, industrial, and park areas while preserving existing patterns. The 2,495 acre area inside city limits includes 1,232 acres vacant or farm use and calls for four highway oriented business districts and four light to heavy industrial zones along rail lines and highways.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Mindsan
Murphysboro
Greater Egypt
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Logan Street
Illinois Avenue
Walnut Street
Maple ‘Street
19Th Street
13Th Street
Mulberry Street
8Th Street
Big Muddy River
New Rt. 13
Ecall
Park, Board
Riverside Park
Carbondale
Rt. 13
Henderson to lobby Washington for water facility funds
Mayor Fred A. Henderson will stop in Washington D C during vacation to press for federal aid to expand Crab Orchard Lake water facilities. The city seeks 6200 000 from the Area Development Administration and 100000 from the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Support letters have come from Bhergy Johnston City and West Frankfort City Council as Henderson argues industrial growth hinges on improved water capacity.
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Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Washington D.C
Area Development Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Crab Orchard Lake
Henderson
Bhergy
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Gray Presses For Water Aid For Herrin
Rep Kenneth J Gray urged Herrin mayor Fred Henderson to push for water system improvement funds. He said he asked Area Redevelopment Administration officials to rule on the application. He warned House defeat of a fund extension makes approval unlikely without renewed authorization of about 835 million in loans and grants.
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Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Herrin
Fred Henderson
Gray
Henderson
Area Redevelopment Administration
Sray
Senate
Wire Theft Probed at Freeman No 4 Mine Near Johnston City
Williamson County sheriff’s deputies investigate theft of 400 pounds of copper wire from an unshuttered shed at Freeman No 4 coal mine east of Johnston City. The theft likely occurred Thursday night and is under inquiry.
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Freeman No
Johnston City
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Depruty
Mines Working Tuesday
Old Bend report lists mines operating Tuesday with notes on burning Star and Birthing Star in an Orient and Fidelity context. Zeigler and Bight appear in scattered entries as location or contributor markers.
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Old Bend Jp. l
Old Ben
Orient
Orient & Fidelity
Ordill Factory to Close After 1952 Opening
Ordill Plant to shut operations after years of decline. About 90 workers remain as layoffs continue daily and equipment is moved out. Federal agents assist as Oxford Electric announces sale of machinery in one piece, citing foreign competition and a major buyer’s shift to in house radio speaker production.
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Supreme Transormer. Co. Op
Ordill
George Krent
Agexzelak
Pany
Ing
Krenzelak
Herrin
Marion
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investiga
Oxford Electric Co
Inmates Donate To Dismas Fund
Inmates of Menard Penitentiary Chester gave 100 to the Dismas House Foundation St Louis memory of Rev Charles Dismas Clark He died Aug 17 in St Louis A check from the Inmates Benefit Fund was given to Jerry Norberg by Warden Hoss Randolph Randolph a friend of Father Clark was an honorary pallbearer at last weeks funeral in St Louis Rev Robert H Foppe Catholic chaplain at Menard also attended the service
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Menard
Chester
Dismas House Foundation
St. Louis
Charles Dismas Clark
Father Clark
Jerry Norberg
Dismal House Foundation
Hoss Randolph
Randolph
Robert H. Foppe
Airline Plea Hearing Due in Illinois City Route Request
A new airline seeks ICC permission to operate passengers from Cairo Southern Illinois Airport to Carbondale Murphysboro Alton Decatur Springfield Chicago and other Illinois cities. The hearing is at 10 a.m. in Springfield with examiner Lawrence Glenn of Murphysboro. Ozark Air Lines serves Williamson County Airport.
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Ilinois
Springfield
Lawrence Glenn
Murphysboro
Illinois Commerce Commission
Lincoln Airways
ICC
Cairo
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Alton
Decatur
Chicago
Illinois
Ozark Air Lines
Williamson County
Ex Marion Pastor and Daughter Die in Wreck
Rev. Ray Randolph 40 former Marion pastor and his 11 year old daughter Renee died in a 5 am crash near Hayti Missouri while en route to a ministers meeting in Memphis Tennessee. Mrs Mildred Randolph survived with injuries and is hospitalized in Sikeston Missouri. The Rev Randolph later served Granite City and his father in law Rev C S McGinnis now leads the Marion Assembly of God Church. McGinnis is brother in law to former Marion Mayor Robert Cooksey. The Cookseys and the McGinnis have traveled to Hayti.
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Ray Randolph
Marion
Renee
Hayti
Mildred Randolph
Sikeston
Randolph
Marion Assembly of God Church
Granite City
C. S. McGinnis
Marion Theft Reward Posted After Weekend Burglary
A $0 reward was offered for information leading to arrest after break ins at Tom's Barbecue on Rt. 37 and the Liberty Street Tavern in Marion. Burglar(s) kicked a rear door, stole $20, gin, jukebox and bowling coins, and caused a cut to a worker. State Troopers reported coin machines damaged in laundries, with $38 stolen from self service machines and $18 short at a Herrin location. Police noted a pickup incident tied to a fatal crash near Marion.
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Marion
Jerry Grace
Rt. 37
Liberty Street
Grace
Rt. 3
Mar
Ion
Ine
Ae Ocean
William Shannon
Ibondale
Keith
Hecak
Centralia
Stahthut
Elston
Verlyn Dobland
Rt. 13
Herrin
Irvington
Dale Odum
NorthPark
Herrin Norge
Odum
Area group plans bus trip to Washington march
A Carbondale led group of nine white participants departs at 8 am Tuesday from the Carbondale depot for the Washington civil rights march. Rev. Malcolm Gillespie directs a diverse delegation of ministers housewives students and workers in a 900 dollar bus charter. They expect 100000 marchers in the capital with a 10 am rally at the Washington Monument and plan to return Thursday afternoon.
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Washington
D.C
Malcom
Gillespie
Student, Christian Foundation
Carbondale
Signa
Bethesda
Young Men's, Christian Association
Washington Monument
Sparta
Cairo
Mt. Vernon
Lenus: Turley
Rock
Hill. Baptist Church
Ron Seibert
Wesley Foundation
Anna State payroll delays feared due to hospital machine failure
Anna hospital officials said payroll checks for thousands of state hospital employees may be delayed as a machine breakdown disrupts the payroll process. They stressed there is no indication from the state Department of Mental Health of a delay in Anna payroll, though past equipment failures have been corrected quickly.
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Anna
Steck
State. Dept. “of Mental Health
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