Builders Brace for Slowdown as Financing Tightens
Northern and southern Illinois builders report fewer new home commitments as savings and loan lenders pull back. National data show June starts down 16 percent and July 28 percent from a year earlier, while local contractors warn layoffs may follow if funding stays tight.
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George Willhite
Southern Illinoisan
New Home Construction
Savings and Loan Associations
Department of Commerce
Charles Mileur
Egyptian District Council
Mileur
Illinois
Bill Held
Plumbers Local 160
Held
Savings and Loan
Murphysboro
Edward Lilly Dies Services Saturday
Edward Lilly 57 of 306 E Chestnut St Carbondale died at 9 15 am Saturday in Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon after two months illness. He was born July 6 1909 and lived in Pulaski most of life before moving to Carbondale five years ago. Funeral 10 am Saturday at St John Baptist Church Pulaski with Lee Funeral Home Mounds in charge. Burial in Pulaski. Friends may call Olivet Free Will Baptist Church Carbondale 6 to 9 30 pm Friday.
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Edward Lilly
E. Chestnut St
Carbondale
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mount Vernon
Mr. Lilly
Charles
Rosie Lilly
Pulaski
Lilly
St. John Baptist Church
Ora
Cecil Edward
Richmond
Calif
Marcus
Napoleon
Toledo
Ohio
Joseph
John
Rose
Carol
Geraldine
Gloria Jean
Delois
Chicago
Callie Mae
Quincy
Edna Brasfield
Willard
Robert
Willie Dee
Alice Nelson
Murphysboro
Mary Armstead
Freeport
Alene Gordon
Lee Funeral Home of
Mounds
Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
Don Grob's Cubmobile Wins First in Murphysboro Derby
Donnie Grob won first place in the Cubmobile soap box derby held Sunday in Murphysboro. Craig Born finished second and Paul Underwood third. Troops 112 and 114 sponsored the event with 22 entries. Ralph Bastien announced plans to make it an annual affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Grob
Murphysboro
Craig Born
Paul Underwood
Ralph Bastien
SIU Students Favor Unsupervised Housing Over Dorms
At Southern Illinois University Carbondale SIU students shun supervised housing as vacancies grow in off campus dormitories. About half of 6,000 spaces at the 20 largest dorms are empty with many students moving to unsupervised trailers and other private accommodations.
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Ron O’conner
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Celeste Owen
Anita Kuo
Siu
Mobile Homes Gain Ground At SIU Campus
Mobile homes are growing in use at Southern Illinois University as fall housing. Chuck Glover has 27 salvaged trailers from Hurricane Betsy being repaired in Pleasant Valley court and rented to students. About 2,000 SIU students live in 604 trailers in Carbondale, with housing officials noting many are married or graduate students. Washington Square dorm plans private rooms for seniors and grads at higher rates, while underclassmen stay in standard rooms.
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James Johnston
University City
Carbondale
Indiana University
Johinston
Chuck Glover
Johnston
Gale Williams
Carbondale Mobile Home Sales
Rt. 13
New Era Road
SIU
Glover
Southern Ilinois University
New Orleans
Pleasant Valley Court
Anita Kuo
Washington Square
George Paluch
Paluch
Tarred Marion Square Transform Begins as Courthouse Is Islanded
The Williamson County courthouse rests in a tar covered Marion Public Square as Franklin Asphalt Co pours a liquid primer coat. A two coat asphalt seal will follow Tuesday if Harrisburg work ends. Police escort helps workers cross the square while traffic shifts to side streets and pedestrians note the sticky scene.
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Williamson County
Marion
Franklin Asphalt Co
Benton
Carbon
Hendrickson
Gillmore Asphalt Co
Harrisburg
Main
Market
Charles Edwards
Murphysboro Receives 100 Public Housing Reservations
The Housing and Urban Development Administration approved 100 public housing units in Murphysboro for elderly tenants. Reid Troutman of the Jackson County Housing Authority announced preliminary planning and site location search will begin.
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The
Federal Housing Assistance Administration
Murphysboro
Reid Troutman
Jackson County Housing Authority
Things Just Keep Happening By John Palen
A reflective column by John Palen of the Southern Illinoisan notes active, sometimes chaotic Southern Illinois life. He recalls moving between five cities in six years and observes regional resilience amid storms, poverty, and race relations as neighbors keep talking and working toward a better life.
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John Palen
Illinois
Southern Illinois
South Dakota
St. Louis
Auto Crash Injures Four West Frankfort Teens
Four West Frankfort youths were listed in good condition at Union Hospital after a two car collision at 11 15 p m Saturday night at 5th and Taft. Drivers JoAnn Mercer and Joe Zebeaski and passengers Romaella Lutoszanski and Pamela Simple were reported doing very well. Two other persons were treated and released. Fire Chief Fred Harkins said both cars were total losses and the Mercer vehicle caught fire, extinguished by firefighters.
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West Frankfort
Union Hospital
5Th
Taft Streets
JoAnn Mercer
Joe Zebeaski
Romaella Lutoszanski
Pamela Simple
Fred Harkins
JCCA Dispute Seen as Local Clash Not Power Struggle
Murphysboro Mayor Williams urged an unbiased probe into the Jackson County War on Poverty agency amid accusations of irregularities. Rep Kenneth Gray asked for an investigation by Sargent Shriver after a move to oust Rev David H Moore as chairman sparked a lengthy leadership battle among 17 JCCA commissioners led by Floyd Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Jackson County War On Poverty Agency
Murphysboro
Williams
Jackson County Coordinating Agency
Commission
Jackson County Coordinating Agency For the War On Poverty
David H. Moore
Mr. Moore
Floyd Hart
JCCA
Services Tuesday for Etta Mae Young
Etta Mae Young eight year old of Chester died Saturday after a three-week illness in St. Louis City Hospital. Born in Mt. Vernon on March 24, 1878 she was the daughter of William Barker and his wife. Survived by sons Walter and Roy of St. Louis and William of Loving New Mexico. daughters Mae Young of Anna and Jessie Thompson of Carterville. 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday Schroeder Funeral Chapel Chester with G W Farmer of the Chester Apostolic Church officiating. Burial in Buchanan Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Martha Hammontree
Christopher
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Royalton
Christian County
Kentucky
Finis
Josephine Parker Cotton
Albert Hammontree
Hopkinsville
Hammontree
First Methodist Church
Carterville
Agnes Stone
Thornton
Colo
Vilura Hubbard
Henderson
Betty Lipe
Aurora
Josephine Followell
Venita Moss
Cambria
Ada Barnett
Dawson Springs
Elbert Cotton
Robert Cotton
Riggin Funeral Home
Earl R. Renshaw
Oakwood Cemetery
Etta Mae Young
Chester
St. Louis City Hospital
St. Louis
Young
Mt. Vernon
William Barker
William Young
Walter
Roy
William
Loving, N. M
Mae Young
Anna
Jessie Thompson
Schroeder Funeral Chapel
G. W. Farmer
Chester Apostolic Church
Buchanan Cemetery
16th Candidate Mary Grace Riggio Seeks Apple Queen Title
Mary Grace Riggio, daughter of Mrs. Grace Riggio of 504 Walnut St Murphysboro, enters the Murphysboro Apple Festival Queen Contest. She is sponsored by VFW Post 1790 and the Ladies Auxiliary.
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Murphysboro
Mary Grace Riggio
Grace Riggio
Walnut St
Riggio
VFW Post 1790
The
Ladies Auxiliary
Police Briefs Toll in Carbondale and Neighboring Towns
In Carbondale Cletus Hentschel was fined 20 for speeding. Ralph Carrington paid 15 for disobeying a stop sign. Henry L. Craig charged 15 for immoderate driving. In Murphysboro Ibrahim M. Khat tab fined 15 for speeding. In Herrin Carol A Gioamini fined 17 for speeding.
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Carbondale
Cletus B. Hentschel
Ralph Carrington
Henry L. Craig
Murphysboro
Ibrahim M. Khattab
Herrin
Carol A. Gioamini
Mines Report On Tuesday Activity At Several Sites
Reading shows mine activity updates for Old Ben and Orient locations with multiple entries and counts. Zeigler and Burning Star appear with small reports while Fidelity and Nettehass in& ape show partial data.
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Old Ben
Orient
Zeigler
Burning Star
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Ree
Don Grob
Tom Wallace
Mark Miller
Missouri
Fidelity
Nettehass
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