Ernest J Simon Takes Burma Technical Education Post
SIU dean Ernest J Simon will leave in January for a 20 month assignment as technical education consultant to Burma's government. Selected by the Ford Foundation, he will head training of teachers surveys course development and public relations at Rangoon's new Polytechnic Institute. He will also join a Prime Ministerial committee to review Burma's education system.
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Ernest J. Simon
Southern Ilinois University
Burma
Simon
Ford Foundation
SIU
Polytechnic Institute
Rangoon
Services Set For Roth Youth
Funeral services for Roger John Roth 17 of Chester will be held Saturday at St Marys Catholic Church in Chester He died Wednesday at Jewish Hospital St Louis from brain hemorrhage after a motorscooter crash near the Chester post office He was a Chester High School senior and a member of the high school chorus His companion Charles Hartmann 14 was treated at Jewish Hospital for a broken leg The crash involved a car driven by Theodore V Wilson Roths death followed his admission earlier after a head ache at school and transfer to St Louis hospital He was survived by his parents and three brothers He was a member of St Marys Catholic Church and the Catholic Youth Organization
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Roger John Roth
Chester High School
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Chester
Roth
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Chester Hospital
St. Louis Hospital
Charles Hartmann
Theodore V. Wilson
Rt. 1
Chester Community High School
St. Mary's Catholic Church
The
Catholic Youth Organization
Southern Illinoisan Publisher Statement
The Southern Illinoisan lists its publishing dates as Sunday and daily except Saturdays and holidays. It provides street addresses in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro and notes its status as second class matter under the 1879 act. It credits the Associated Press for exclusive news location and dispatch use.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
All
Southern
Linoisan
Carbondale Prep Press
Tennessee men held in Union Jail after arrest
Two Tennessee men are in Union County Jail after state police arrested them Wednesday night. Jack Bennie of Jackson was fined 14 dollars for driving without a license and cannot pay, remaining in jail. John O'Malley of Memphis is held on drunk and disorderly charges.
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Tennessee
Union County
Jack Bennie
Jackson
Tenn
Audie Wright
Wright
John O'Malley
Memphis
Protest Meetings Challenge Parking Ban in Carbondale
Residents and Carbondale city officials held a two hour meeting at city hall to oppose an overnight parking ban on South University Avenue and Mill Street. Eight residents argued enforcement would push cars into the street. mayor and city crews consider signs and enforcement ongoing.
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South University Avenue
Carbondale
John I. Wright
Public Safety
D. Blaney Miller
Virgil Barringer
Wright
Illinois
University Avenue
Grand Avenue
College Street
Mill Street
University School
Forest Avenue
Dwight M. Karr
Jewel Box
S. University Ave
Karr
Southern Illinois University
Thompson Point
Raymond Frakes
Frakes Realty
Northwestern Wildcats Name Willmer Fowler MVP
Northwestern University football players voted Tuesday night to honor junior halfback Willmer Fowler as the team MVP. Fowler led the Wildcats with key plays this season and earned the top honor among teammates.
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Wildcats
Fowler Evanston
Northwestern University
Willmer Fowler
Coroner’s Jury Finds Bridge Girders Fatal for Rail Fireman
A Randolph County coroner’s jury ruled that a bridge girder caused the death of Gulf Mobile & Ohio fireman Charles Clayton Crowder near Baldwin. Inexperience cited as a possible factor as Crowder fell from the train while inspecting a sand box on the fifth diesel unit.
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Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Charles Clayton Crowder
Sparta
Randolph
Crowder
Kaskaskia
Baldwin
August Bernhard
East St. Louis
Bernhard
Ellis G. Lingle
Tamms
Lingle
Randolph County
Pinckneyville
Charles Delano
Pinckneyville Fire Department
John F. Reith
Jimmie Ritter
James Cavanaugh
Lester Walker
Judge Upholds Dismissal In Carterville Suit
Judge Clarence Wright in Williamson County Circuit Court upheld the dismissal of a suit filed by Theodore Anastaple of Carterville against Miles Radford. The 1953 action claimed Radford orally agreed to allow a sewer on his property but did not. Anastaple operated a restaurant and motel at Carterville Crossroad which the State Health Department closed in 1949 for inadequate sewage facilities.
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Clarence Wright
Williamson County
Theodore Anastaple
Carterville
Miles Radford
Anastaple
Radford
Carterville Crossroad
State Health Department
L. A. Colp
John King Dies Former Herrin High Custodian at 72
John King 72 died 10:40 p m Wednesday at his home Rt 1 Herrin He was born July 4 1885 in Clay County Tennessee and lived in Herrin 33 years A retired Herrin High School custodian he was a member of the Free Methodist Church He leaves wife Amanda a daughter Pauline Davis granddaughter Delores Pulley great granddaughter Deborah Sue Pulley and several siblings Funeral services at Storme Funeral Home and at the Free Methodist Church with burial in East Lawn Memorial Cemetery
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John King
John Jackson King
Rt. 1
Herrin
Clay County Tenn
George
Lucinda King
Weaver
Free Methodist Church
North 13Th Street
Amanda King
Pauline Davis
Delores Pearl Pulley
Deborah Sue Pulley
Gertrude
H. B. King
Otto King
Moss
Tenn
Tipton
Ind
P. J. Copass
Thompkinsville
Storme
Mr. Taylor
East Lawn Memorial Cemetery
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Bud” Roth
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