Timber fires in Illinois burn 700 acres over weekend
Rain ended a timber fire outbreak the worst since 1953. In a 13 county area three miles north of Creal Springs the largest blaze charred about 400 acres amid 33 weekend fires. Creal Springs Pittsburg state crews and Williamson Wayne Franklin counties aided by Civil Defense.
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Martin Anderson
Benton
Creal Springs
Pittsburg
Anderson
Williamson County
Wayne County
Stiritz
Johnston City
West Frankfort
Marion
Franklin County
Franklin
Old du Quoin
Man slays wolf after dog Pluto corners it west of Herrin
Dom inick Capogreco, 65, killed a wolf with an ax after his dog Pluto cornered the creature in a foxhole 500 yards from his farm west of Herrin. Pluto, a five year old mixed breed, had earlier killed vermin and snakes and saved the family.
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Herrin
Dominick Capogreco
Pluto
Capogreco
Herrin - Colp
SIU Driver Says He Sought a Friend in Fatal Collision
Aubrey E. Neeley 29 of Montgomery Alabama told Coroner Gale Williams he was going to Johnston City to find a friend when his car collided with Timothy L. Jordan 21 of West Frankfort killing him. Neeley and other SIU students were in a six week blind persons program transport group.
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Southern Illinois University
Johnston City
Aubrey E. Neeley
Montgomery
Ala
Jackson County
Gale Williams
Rt. 13
Carterville
Neeley
Doctors’ Hospital
Carbondale
Timothy L. Jordan
West Frankfort
Jordan
SIU
Richard A. Gilbert
Belleville
Holden Hospital
Rehabilitation Institute
Williams
Gardens
S1u
Chautauqua
Jack
Floyd Crawshaw
1000 Chickens Die In Wreck Near Marion
An estimated 1,000 chickens were killed when a truck overturned on Rt. 37 north of Marion at 4:30 am. Driver Eugene Smith, 29, Milan Tennessee, suffered non serious injuries and was hospitalized. About 2,000 chickens were on board. half died and many others escaped before recovery efforts ended. Lloyd McMichael of Farmers Produce supplied coops and held the birds.
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Rt. 37
Marion
Eugene Smith
Milan
Tenn
Marion Memorial Hospital
Smith
Shrine Club
Lloyd McMichael
Clark Plans Probe Of Hodge Downey Cases After Inauguration
Newly elected state Attorney General William G. Clark said he will reopen investigations into the Orville Hodge embezzlement and Smokey Downey case. He plans to review files before outlining steps, aiming to review matters from the previous Republican administration. Downey pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and was placed on probation.
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Atty
William G. Clark
Orville Hodge
Smokey Downey
Clark
Attorney General’s Office
William G. Stratton
Crawshaw to Announce Job Plans After Coroner Takeover
Floyd Crawshaw, Carbondale Public Safety Commissioner and newly elected Jackson County coroner, said he would announce plans for his city job at Tuesday's council meeting. He began swearing in deputy coroners and declined to say if he will resign his city post. Crawshaw, elected to the city council in 1959, defeated Harry Brawdy on November 8.
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Floyd Crawshaw
Carbondale
Jackson County
Crawshaw
Harry Brawdy
Nursing Home Chief Admits Drug Addiction, Sentenced
George Rollo, superintendent of the Jackson County Nursing Home in Murphysboro, was placed on five years probation after pleading guilty to being a dope addict. He must serve four months in jail with the remainder suspended for voluntary admission to a Marion Veterans Hospital for treatment.
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George Rollo
Jackson County
Mumhysboro
Jackson
Rollo
Peyton Kunce
Nursing Home Committee
Jackson Board of Supervisors
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Illinois Narcotics Division
Jackson State
William Ridgeway
Justice of the Peace
Ridgeway
State Narcotics Division
Janice Mann
Mann
Murphys Boro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Ruth Terry
du Quoin
Terry
Jackson Home
Nursing Home
Lloyd Hewitt
Archie Stroup
Hallie Parrish
James Weatherly
William Cassel
Kunce
Kance
H. A. Martin
Board of Trustees
Rantoul Veterans Hospital
Jackson County Nursing Home Committee
Atty
County Board
Nursing Home Post
Lexington
United States Public Health Service Hospital
Southern Illinoisan
St. Louis
County Board Withdraws Civil Defense Tax
Williamson County commissioners voted to withdraw a Civil Defense levy of 12 500 from the 1960 61 budget. A referendum had rejected the tax 10 900 to 7 900 amid railroad and utility opposition. The group operated since 1958 with about 7 000 on hand and plans to raise funds to continue after August.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Charles E. Harris
Civil Defense Organization
Hartley Grisham
Ned Lance Dies at 70 in Miners Hospital
Ned Lance 70 a retired miner died at 5 30 p m Sunday in Miners Hospital Christopher after a heart attack Saturday Born January 25 1890 in Franklin County he was married to Louisa and survived by children Olga Robinson Aline Basso Wayne Lance brothers and siblings including five grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Funeral services are p m Tuesday at Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser with Rev Bill Christoff officiating Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Sesser
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Ned Lance
Lesser
Miners Hospital
Christopher
Mr. Lance
Franklin County
James
Harriet Harmon Lance
Louisa
Olga Robinson
Granite City
Aline Basso
Sesser
Wayne Lance
Harl Raymond Lance
Oregon
Alice Cross
Bakersfield
Calif
Nellie Darrow
Martha Curry
Brayfield Funeral Home
Bill Christoff
Sesser Baptist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Wright Heads Williamson County Board
Henry Hank Wright of Herrin was elected temporary chairman of the Williamson County Board of Commissioners. The board’s permanent organization is set for Dec. 19. Wright, a former 1958 chairman and two term member since 1956, is expected to be chairman for the year. Oscar Harris, Marion, a construction worker and new commissioner, will resign from the Marion City Council on Jan. 12.
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Henry “Hank” Wright
Herrin
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Wright
Cecil Martin
Johnston City
Oscar Harris
Marion
WJPF
Harris
Fire damages Marion home after skillet flare on stove
Noon fire crews extinguished a blaze at 1100 Court Street Marion caused by hot grease from a kitchen skillet. Wall fire stopped quickly. damage amount not yet determined.
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Marion
Court St
Mines Working on Tuesday Reported by Mines
Mines are active on Tuesday with Old Ben numbers 9 and 21, Orient 2, Freeman 4, Zeigler 3 and 4, Fidelity, Burning Star No 1 and No 2. No mines are listed as not working.
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Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Fidelity
Burning Star No
Burning Star
Herrin Studies Carbon Treatment For Crab Orchard Water
State engineer R E Favreau began testing carbon dosing to remove taste and odor from Crab Orchard Lake water pumped to Herrin. The intake near the lake bottom during low levels worsened odor from decaying vegetation. Herrin now uses Energy lake water as city complaints ease.
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Herrin
R E. Favreau
Carbondale
Favreau
Crab Orchard Lake
Crab Orchard
Lester Jordan
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City Council
Marshall Browning Hospital
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