Strong Gusts Spark Southern Illinois Fires Across Region
Brisk winds up to 45 mph fanned grass and field fires in Southern Illinois Thursday night causing minor damage. Fire units from Murphysboro Somerset West Frankfort Carbondale and Herrin battled blazes near Zeigler Johnston City and the University area with no serious property loss. A tree cut power lines severing several telephone links for hours and rainfall began this morning, 0.3 inches reported by Cairo bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Murphysboro
Somerset Fire Department
Joe Barone
Benston
Zeigler
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Madison St
E. Main St
WFERX
Carbondale
West Mill Street
University High School
Hind
Triangle Construction Co
Herrin
Herrin-Cop
Anna
Cairo
Dongola
Allin
Ilinois
U.S. Weather Bureau
Anna Council Starts Action On White Way Lighting
Anna Council moves to adopt an ordinance with Central Illinois Public Service Co for a lighting system dubbed White Way. The plan includes 38 mercury vapor, 156 incandescent, and 114 2500 lumen lamps to illuminate downtown from Main Street to Anna-Jonesboro High School and street routes to Vienna Street and North Main.
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Anna
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Main Street
Anna-Jonesboro
North Green Street
Vienna Street
South Green
Freeman Street
Davie Street
Vienna
Monroe Street
North Main Street
Mary B. Whitney
Rufus Platt
Water Department
SIU Professors Fight Wind Fueled Campus Fire Near West Mill
Southern Illinois University President Deiyte W. Morris and Vice President George H. Hand led a faculty relief effort as professors and their families battled a brush fire in the SIU woods south of West Mill between Lake and Forest streets. The 10:30 p.m. blaze, driven by high winds, threatened Mill Street homes until the town fire department arrived to extinguish it.
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University
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Deiyte W. Morris
George H. Hand
Siu Woods
West Mill
Lake
South Forest Streets
Mill Street
Hand
Flemin W. Cox
Cox
Morris
Ward Morton
Robert Resnick
Fire and Robbery At Zeigler Cafe
A robbery and a fire were reported at Cross Roads Inn at the intersection of Routes 148 and 149 in Zeigler early today. A juke box was rifled with $25 taken. cigars, cigarettes, candy, juke box coins, and $50 from the cash register were stolen by three Eldorado youths Oct. 15. The fire, of undetermined origin, followed discovery shortly after 6 am, damaging the dining room table chair lamp and two vending machines. proprietors doubt wiring or stove as causes and suspect a dropped cigarette in a chair.
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Cross Roads Inn
Zeigler
Eldorado
Driver Fined $110 in Marion Court
Vern McFarland of Texas was fined $110.20 by Marion Police Magistrate L B Long for driving while intoxicated. He has a string of horses quartered at Williamson County fairgrounds and was arrested by Marion police closer to night.
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Vern McFarland
Texas
Marion
L. B. Long
McFarland
Williamson County Fairgrounds
Marion City
Lonnie Priest Named to Welfare Committee
Lonnie Priest Rt. 5 Marion newly elected Williamson County Commissioner was named to the Williamson County welfare service committee by the Board of Commissioners Thursday. He succeeds Henry Wright whose term on the committee expires Dec. 16 The committee advises the Illinois Public Aid Commission and general assistance office.
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Lonnie Priest
Rt. 5
Marion
Williamson County
Williamson County Welfare Service Committee
Board of Commissioners
Henry “Hank” Wright
Illinois Public Aid Commission
General Assistance Office
Cox Candidate In Williamson County Announces Run
John L. Cox of 505 E. 9th St Johnston City announced his candidacy for Republican nomination as Williamson County commissioner in the April primary. He is the first Republican to enter the race. Cox formerly led the county GOP. Commissioner C H Whitcomb of Marion, term ends 1958, has not said if he will run again.
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John L. Cox
9Th St
Johnston City
Williamson County
Cox
C. H. Whitcomb
Marion
Board of Commissioners
No New Leads In Colp Death Investigation
Authorities reported no new leads in the Colp death probe of Marie Duerche Wolfinbarger. Coroner Adolph Fluck postponed the inquest. autopsy results are due Tuesday and a preliminary report says death appears from natural causes. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
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Colp
Adolph Fluck
Marie Duerche Wolfinbarger
Lewis Rossiter
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Msgr
Robert DeGasperi
St. Carlo Cemetery
Chamber Plans Holiday Promo and Pledges Donation
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce finalizes the annual Christmas promotion details including a kiddie land at 1307 Walnut St with Santa igloo, two rides, and free rides on select dates. The group pledges 1000 dollars to the St Joseph Memorial Hospital fund drive and announces prizes for a home decorating contest. Santa visits December 14, 20, and 21 with a Keystone Cop to aid crowd control.
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Murphysboro
Walnut St
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Marion Nash
Nash
Jackson Courthouse
Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Walnut
18Th Streets
Knights of Columbus
Courthouse
Keystone
SIU Freshmen Penalized As Car Ban Enforced in Carbondale
Three Southern Illinois University freshmen were fined 50 dollars for keeping cars in Carbondale in violation of the freshmen car ban. They chose to attend school rather than keep the cars. The incident marks the start of strict enforcement after earlier warnings. Meanwhile SIU seniors were granted on campus parking privileges in response to a class movement.
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Carbondale
Robert Etheridge
Drownings Mount at Crab Orchard Lake Reach 34 Toll
The double drowning at Crab Orchard Lake raises the death toll since 1940 to 34. The incident follows multiple drownings linked to duck hunting and fishing, including cases in 1954 1956 and 1948. The boat involved has figured in three deaths, with Gilbert Snider among those drowned.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Ronald Eugene Ward
Charles Allen
Carterville
Nicholas J. Myers
Marion
Bobby Jean Hill
Carbondale
Jerry Merriman
William Dunston
West Frankfort
Norman Davis
East St. Louis
Larry Blackard
Belleville
Gene Casagrande
Prince R. McSpadden
Rex and
Lex McSpadden
Roy Vincent
Butch”? Woodis Jr
Herrin
Flashlight Saved Him Heroic SIU Student Dives for Rescue
James Whitmore a Southern Illinois University junior from Carbondale braved icy Crab Orchard Lake to rescue Donald Williams 21 Evansville Ind after a boat capsized during a goose hunt. Williams survived but two companions and Williams' son in law were drowned as waves 3 to 6 feet high prevented recovery.
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Jim Whitmore
Southern Illinois University
Crab Orchard Lake
Donald Williams
Evansville
Ind
Whitmore
Williams
Phi Sigma Kappa
Bellwood
James Whitmore
W. College St
Carbondale
Southern
Ilinois University
Carterville
Thomas E. Snider
N. Lexington
Lawrenceville
Herrin Nazarene Church
Marion W. Stone
West Salem
Snider
Gilbert
Don Minter
S. Marion St
Ed Towle
N. Bridge St
Eugene Crawford
Crab Orchard
Crawford
Motor in Seventh Lake drowning linked to prior deaths
A single outboard motor tied to three drownings at Seventh Lake is traced to Prince McSpadden and his two sons Rex and Lex and nephew Roy Woodis who died in 1956. The same motor, later owned by Gilbert Snider, caused another drowning last November. Today Snider’s father Thomas and Marion Stone died when Gilbert’s boat capsized in heavy waves.
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Gilbert Snider
Herrin
Gilbert
Thomas
Sawmill Island
Carterville Beach
Williams
Snider
Stone
Crawford
Riggin
Carterville
Adolph Flack
Marion Memorial Hospital
Orchard Lake
Prince McSpadden
Rex
Lex
Roy Woodis
Marion Stone
Williamson Board Issues Tax Warrant
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners issued a $20,000 tax anticipation warrant Thursday to raise funds for general assistance. The warrant was sold to Bank of Egypt Marion at four percent interest payable August 1, 1958.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Bank of Egypt
Marion
Speakers urge income tax for school finance relief
Three speakers at a Carbondale school finance session urged a state income tax over higher property taxes to fund schools. They noted inequalities in property taxation, and discussed starting with a small flat rate or a 1 percent tax while awaiting potential constitutional changes.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Wayne Stoneking
Illinois Education Assn
B. B. Burgess
Illinois Assn
Albert Cross
Illinois Agriculture Assn
Burgess
Illinois Supreme Court
Stoneking
Cross
New York
John E. Grinnell
SIU College of Education
SIU
STU
Stolen Car Found Near Murphysboro
A blue station wagon with license X 390711 was stolen Thursday night from Clifton Robinson in Ava Speith and found near Route 127 north of Murphysboro by Jackson County Sheriff Howard Cheatham less than 12 hours later at 10 a.m. today. Authorities said the vehicle was taken from in front of a home.
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Jackson County
Howard Cheatham
Hurst
Rt. 127
Murphysboro
Clifton Robinson
Ted
Speith
Ava
New 30000 Gallon Tank Planned for Dongola Water System
Construction of a 30,000 gallon settling tank and high service pumping unit for the Dongola water system was approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The reinforced concrete reservoir will improve continuous water supply and reduce sediment in lines, with water pumped from the settling tank into the distribution system and supplementing the existing elevated storage tank.
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Dongola
Illinois Department of Public Health
R. E. Favreau
Carbondale
Favreau
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Anna Council
Zeigler Cafe
Williamson
Fred Harkins
Blaze
Dal
Matian
Mark Weaver
S. Marion Rd
Storme
Chamber
Harry Stiles
Modest Siu
Charles Edwards
Seventh Lake
Williamson Board
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