Carterville Extends Deadline for Repair of Three Homes
Carterville officials plan to ask Williamson County Circuit Court to order destruction of three homes owned by See Drummond at Ellis and Willow if improvements are not made. Improvements were due by Nov 20 after a Nov 5 notice. Drummond has been ill, so the period may be extended. The properties on South Division Street and a related Drummond home on West Winds Avenue are under petition for repair or demolition.
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Carterville
Williamson County Circuit Court
Drummond
Ellis and
Willow Streets
Owens Brothers Plumbing and Heating Co
Carbondale
Plumbing and Heating Company
South Division Street
West Winds Avenue
Private Sewer To Be Replaced In Carbondale
Carbondale City Council approves a 4160 dollar project to replace a four inch private sewer line between West Oak and West Jackson streets with an eight inch line. The 328 foot upgrade will serve Jackson to Oak in the 400 block, using unit prices from the Harris Construction contract already in place with the city.
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Carbondale
West Oak Street
West Jackson Street
Jackson
Oak
Joseph Ragsdale Jr
Ragsdale
Thomas W. Harris Construction Co
Marion
Harris
Carterville Considers City Coal Mine Revenue Plan
Carterville council authorized test drilling on a two acre city water land to assess coal potential near the reservoir and road. If coal exists, Chamness and Forsyth Coal Co plan mining with royalties possibly $0.25 per ton, funding water plant improvements. City eyes additional reservoir and needs engineering to repurpose any pit.
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Carterville
Carterville Road
City Water Department
Bert Chamness
Chamness
Forsyth Coal Co
The
Coal Company
Frank Samuel Jr
Samuel
Sherman Spiller
Water Department
Marionian Fined in Williamson County Court
Robert Whitehead, 46, of 301 N Bentley St Marion, was fined 160 in Williamson County Circuit Court on two charges. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and illegal transportation of liquor. Fines were 103 for the first charge and 56 for the second. He was arrested Nov 17 by Marion Policeman Ron Odum.
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Robert Whitehead
Bentley St
Marion
Williamson County
Whitehead
Ron Odum
Crossbred Barrow Grand Champion Auction at ILSE
Buster a 216 pound crossbred barrow shown by Lubbock Swine Breeders of Lubbock Texas won the International Live Stock Exposition grand championship and was to be auctioned today. The pig is half Duroc and a quarter York and Hampshire. Gail Cart 16 of McNabb Illinois showed a 200 pound Hampshire to win reserve grand in the junior show.
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Chicago
Buster
Lubbock
Gail Cart
McNabb, M
Hampshire
East St. Louis fire claims four victims including three children
Four people died in East St. Louis area fires on Tuesday. The Belt family children Alfonso 3 Jesse Jr 3 months and John 3 months perished alongside Henry Miller 66 of Fast St Louis. Firemen said Miller likely fell asleep smoking in bed.
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East ST. Louis
Jesse Belt
Centreville
Til
East St.Louis
Alfonso
Jesse Jr
John
Henry Miller
Fast
Two Clash At Carterville Council Meet
A Carterville council meeting erupted over enforcing city codes and repairing a driveway. Floyd Samuel, former street superintendent, accused officials of wasting taxpayer money while aldermen urged stricter code enforcement to regain federal funding. The discussion noted partially enforced codes and possible hiring of a retired tradesperson for inspections, but no decision was made.
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Carterville
Floyd Samuel
Frank Sarmuel Jr
Coun’tess
Sherman Spiller
Thers
Ellis Street
William McKene
Zie
Castro Victim To Speak At Inaugural Dinner
A man who lost more than 1 million dollars in property to Fidel Castro will speak to the Fayo t an d Dinner Club at its inaugural dinner Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Southern Trinois University Center. Nicolas Gonzales de Mendoza, Cuban attorney and grandson of Cuba’s first chief justice, has spent his life in Cuba. He studied at Manlius Military School in New York and Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. Castro seized Mendoza’s 1 3120,000 oceanfront home in 1959. his family fled to the United States in 1960 with only three dollars. Mendoza was director of Cuba’s Radio Department for 14 years and headed Cuba’s delegation to seven international conferences. His law degree is from the University of Havana. The dinner is for members and guests. memberships open until Thursday. Six more dinners follow in the first fiscal year.
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Fayot
Nicolas Gonzales de Mendoza
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Southern Trinois University Center
Mendoza
Supreme Court of
Manlius Military School
New York
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Castro
Radio Department
University of Havana
Students protest at University of Detroit over football cut
About 500 to 600 University of Detroit students blocked a city expressway for two hours Tuesday night to protest the universitys decision to drop its football program. Police arrested 10 students, apparently all undergraduates.
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Detroit
University of Detroit
Legitegiate
Man Injured On Rt. 8 And Rt. 18 Crash Reports
Police report two crashes on Rt 18 near Carbondale and Rt 51 near Du Quoin. Charles Cook 21 Decatur suffered minor injuries, Gene Young 18 Benton not hurt after a 7:05 p.m. collision four miles east of Carbondale. Larry Moore 28 Du Quoin treated for minor injuries at Marshall Browning Hospital after leaving road near Dowell. Claus 30 Granite City escaped injury when his car overturned on Rt 51 south of Carbondale.
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Charles F. Cook
Decatur
Gene BR. Young
Benton
Rt. 18
Carbondale
Cook
Young
Larry L. Moore
du Quoin
Dowell
Moore
Marshall Browning Hospital
Rt. 51
Wierier Claus
Granite City
Carbondale Relational Unit Aides Renamed
Three members of the Carbondale Human Relations Commission were reappointed to three year terms by the City Council Tuesday night. They are Rev. Donald Carlton chairman, Bessie Warren secretary, and Charles Arnett. The council thanked Rev. Lepus Turley for two terms as chairman, noting his leadership in organizing the commission. Mayor D Blaney Miller praised Turley as central to making Carbondale envied for having a commission.
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Carbondale
Shed fire causes minor damage in Du Quoin home
A gas space heater started a shed fire on Tuesday at 228 Beck Street in Du Quoin. The shed, used as a study at Rev. Wesley Kile's residence, sustained about 100 dollars in damage. Local firefighters responded to the incident.
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du Quoin
Wesley Kile
Beck St
Murphysboro Fire Destroys Residence
A residence on Commercial Street Murphysboro burned early today at 12 30 a m. Charles Smith was home but escaped injury. Firemen said the frame build ing was completely destroyed by a blaze that started near a coal stove flue after the stove overheated. The fire was out of control when responders arrived.
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Charles Smith
Commercial St
Murphysboro
Steith
Old Ordinance Details City Annexation and Detachment
City records reveal a 1925 ordinance detaching six parcels near the D Street and Old Route 13 intersection from the city to assist a state highway project and build a bridge over the Big Muddy River. Some landowners seek annexation. two parcels include a former Carrie’s Tavern site and a vacant lot used for parking. MARION YOUTH CHARGED OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT Clyde Fox, 17, Marion, arrested for disorderly conduct. He was held, then transferred to Williamson County jail after recent probation revocation and prior charges from Vandalia state penal farm and the C and M Speedwash incident.
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Old Rt. 13
Tme
Coa
Big Muddy
New Hill
Pees
Dewey Potts
Elizabeth Golliher
Elsie Murrphy
Richard Will
Marion
Clyde Fox
Harold Duncan
E. McKinney St
Marton
Fox
City
Williamson County
Duncan
Vandalia
Williamson Teachers Meet Set Friday
The Williamson County Teachers Institute will be held Friday at Herrin High School. Superintendent Leslie Stilley announced invocation by Rev. Bartis Hamilton at 9 am, with the elementary chorus directed by Betty Boatright to perform. William Skadden of the Department of Mental Health will speak at 9:30 am, a coffee hour follows, and a memorial service is planned after. An officers election and business meeting of the Williamson County section of the Illinois Education Association begins at 11:03, with Rep. Charles W. Clabaugh slated to speak at 11:10.
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Wiliamson County Teachers Institute
Herrin
Leslie Stilley
Bartis Hamilton
Herrin First Christian Church
Betty Boatright
William Skadden
Springfield
Department of Mental Health
Judy Adams Hurst
Eugene Horner
Goreville
Robert Wallace
Marion
Williamson County
Illinois Education Association
Eva
Richey
Charles W. Clabaugh
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