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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1960
Page
13
Classified apartment and room rentals listed for Herrin and Murphysboro with multiple 3 and 4 room units, baths, and utilities. contact numbers and addresses provided. Also includes memorials, hospital notices, and birth announcements across the region.
Murphysboro invites sealed bids on a guaranteed price and octane rated regular and ethyl gasoline for one year. Delivery to units in gallon amounts at bidder stations. City reserves right to accept or reject bids. Bids opened 6:30 p.m. Dec 9. By order of City Council Nov 25 1960. Kenneth Kie Taylor City Clerk M1682-Dec 5-6-7
A string of marriage licenses issued in Marion spans multiple couples from Herrin Johnston City Marion Cambria West Frankfort Houston Virden Carpentersville Vienna Downers Grove and Indianapolis. Couples include Marvin Burress and Eileen Hill Gary Beach and Jennie Hiller Richard McClintock and Sharon Zasada Robert Lashbrook and Don na Zabara Charles Vaughn and Doris Myers Garry Howell and Loretta Moore John Glenn and Janet Schaubert Gerald Grace and Barbara Nargle Marvin Chamness and Peggy Lear Edward Miller and Helen Milkc John Groves and Janet Pulley Larry Kuhar and Judith Grounds Kenneth Smith and Myrna Emery Freddie Gibbs and Betty Gibbs Marvin Wenzel and Patricia Stout Walter Fly and Elizabeth Parker.
Rebecca Cordelia Elsea 82 a former Coulterville area resident died Monday at Christian Welfare Hospital East St. Louis. Born in Putnam County Missouri in 1877 she married Charles A Elsea in 1898 who survives. Surviving children include Mrs W L Conklin St Louis Mrs G A Barwell Red Bud Mrs William Warwick East St. Louis and Mrs Vernon Blank Belleville. Sons Rollie Coulterville and Bernice and James both of St Louis. She had 13 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements call at Lentz Funeral Home Coulterville until noon Wednesday then service at 2 p m at Coulterville Methodist Church conducted by Rev Carrick and Rev Ewell Gulley.
New York stock trading opened with uneven moves as the Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon slipped 0.10 to 213.60. Industrials fell 0.20, rails flat, utilities down 0.10 while some food and liquid diet issues rose on selective demand. Steels oils motors and other groups eased. utilities chemicals and airlines advanced amid a drab economic background and higher unemployment readings. Corporate bonds were mixed and government bonds moved irregularly.
Hog prices range from 11.25 to 18.50 with lots of 180 to 260 lb barrows and gilts. Cattle and calves show choice slaughter steers at 25.75 to 26.50, good 24.00 to 25.50, vealers up to 39.00 with high choice 31.00 to 32.00. Overall activity notes mixed weights and grades across hogs cattle and calves.
Butter steady with receipts at 743000 and wholesale prices unchanged, various grades listed from 89 to 93 with small percentage changes. Eggs steady with 16000 receipts and wholesale prices unchanged. grade A white and other categories shown with prices. Live poultry receipts totaled 51000 pounds with buying prices unchanged to lower. roasters and white rock fryers priced accordingly.
Two people were wounded in separate street shootings in St Louis on Monday. Mary Ann Douglas, 39, a telephone company clerk, was shot in the back as she walked to work. About five hours later Glenn Cooper, 13, was shot in the head two blocks away. Police recovered bullet fragments and were investigating whether the incidents are connected.
Funeral services for Elijah Lige Anderson, 50, of 207 W Union St Marion, were set for 2 p m Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home in Marion with Rev J D McCarty officiating. Burial followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery. He died at 4 a m Monday in Marion Memorial Hospital.
The headless body of a woman and partial remains of a man were recovered from the Thames in London. Police identify the woman as Mary Love, who vanished with her husband Jack in 1956 after they left their Tottenham home in a black Wolseley sedan. the license plate visible digits were 30 and the car model Solseley.
Franklin County Civil Defense groups meeting in Benton request additional military surplus gear including trucks generators fire tools radios and an ambulance. Seventeen county CD and six community units inventoryed needs and will forward requests to the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Regular monthly meetings planned.
Police shot and captured Charles Blau after he boarded a Chicago Transit Authority bus with 25 passengers including a pursuing officer. Blau had robbed a restaurant of 110 dollars and threatened the driver and passengers before hopping off a mile away.
Herrin police continue a vigorous investigation into the armed robbery of the North End Market on Saturday night. The bandit escaped with 882.59 dollars, a smaller haul than earlier estimates, and fled through the back door after restraining four employees and two customers at gunpoint. The suspect, described as blond and blue eyed, about 45 to 50, weighed 135 pounds and carried a .38 revolver.
Mrs Gladys Marie O Daniel 58 of Rt 1 Carbondale died 9 15 p m Monday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale after a heart attack. She was born Nov 25 1902 in Makanda Township and survived by husband Jackie five grandchildren and three daughters. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale with burial at South County Line Cemetery. Bulls note color blindness irrelevant.
Funeral services for Mrs Pauline Smothers 59 of Rt. 2 West Frankfort are at 3 p m Wednesday at Walker Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev Ronald Smith officiating. Burial will be in Denning Cemetery. She died Monday in Franklin Hospital Benton after a yearlong illness.
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