Murphysboro Trucker Injured In Wreck In St Joseph Hospital
A Murphysboro trucker is listed in critical condition at St Joseph Memorial Hospital after a Monday night tow truck wreck on Rt 13 127 three miles north of Vergennes. Peter C. Paul 32 and Paul Bodeker 46 of Murphysboro drove for J W Ward Transfer Co with Bodeker driving the tractor. Paul towed the tractor. exact cause unknown. Bodeker sustained major injuries. Paul uninjured.
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Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
District 18
du Quoin
Peter C. Paul
Paul Bodeker
Vergennes
Paul
Bodeker
J. W. Ward Transfer Co
Broughton
Rt. 142
Eldorado
Robert D. Lewis
McLeansboro
Rt. 14
Benton
Lewis
Rt. 184
Royalton
Charles E. Howell
Wayne A. Reed
Troy
Reed
Johnston City Council Sets Primary Vote and Elections
The Johnston City Council approved a primary election for mayor five aldermen and other posts with a Feb 28 1961 primary and a later general election. Incumbents and nominees include Mayor K Neil Thurmond City Clerk Peggy Pearce Treasurer Cecil Ernest Police Magistrate Jack Wells and several aldermen. Polls run 6 am to 6 pm at multiple sites.
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Johnston City
K. Neil Thurmond
Peggy Pearce
Cecil Ernest
Jack Wells
Mike Malkovich
Henry Slover
Gaston Hennebique
Jess Carter
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is entered as second class matter and is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent. The Associated Press is exclusive for local news republication.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 6Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Herrin, Jr
Miinois
Southern Miinoisah
Williamson County Taxpayers League to elect officers tonight
Officers of the Williamson County Taxpayers League will be elected at 7 30 p m today in Herrin City Hall.
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Williamson County Taxpayers League
Herrin City Hall
SIU Faces Rent and Utility Increase for Southern Hills Apartments
Southern Illinois University plans a $5 monthly rise in utilities for all Southern Hills apartments starting Jan 1, as costs have surpassed projections. Rent remains unchanged while the council led by Everett Wilson probes if the hike is justified, noting a flat $10 monthly utility charge since opening with no individual metering.
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Southern Illinois University
Southern Hills
University
Paul W. Isbell
SIU
Auxiliary Enterprises Division
Southern Hills Council
Everett Wilson
Isbell
Fines Total $2,700 In Gaming Case
Alexander County fines totaling 2700 were levied by County Judge Dorothy Spomer after state police raids on the Latin Quarter and Colony Club on Nov 3 and a September Colony Club raid. Three men paid 500 plus costs and six months probation. other fines ranged 200 and 200 costs. Equipment seized included tables, dice, chips, and cash. a hearing on seized equipment is set for Dec 12. A 2 a.m. closing hour for four Alexander County taverns and night clubs was enacted as part of a broader cleanup drive supported by the Cairo Chamber of Commerce.
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Alexander County
Dorothy Spomer
Latin Quarter
Colony Club
Thee Cairo Chamber of Commerce
Seigel
Tolbert
Latin Quarter Club
Hill
John E. Baker
McClure
Wilburn Thornton
Poplar St
Mound City
Robert Wilson
Thebes
Dean Bagby
Cairo
Charles Glasser
George Fuller
Cape Girardeau
Bill Prater
Spomer
Jake Rubin
Rubin
Ben Fisher
Three Delaware Counties Among The States Smallest
The sentence notes Delaware’s small size highlighting that there are only three counties in the state, a remark on its limited territorial extent within the Union.
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Delaware
Union
Carterville Santa's Village Opens After Parade
Carterville Santa's Village begins operations Friday in Carterville after the Christmas parade. Santa will give treats at the former Hayton Theater from 2 30 to 8 30 p m and will open Fridays and Saturdays until Christmas.
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Santa’s Village
Carterville
Hayton
Lacy Lee
Trucker Hits School Bus In Heavy Rain No Injuries Reported
In Carbondale a tractor trailer jackknifed amid rain on East Main Street striking a Lincoln school bus. Driver William Ripley 58 Murphysboro and bus operator Orvan Clark 24 Carbondale reported nearby autos stopping. No injuries among thirty five children aboard Lincoln school students from second to eighth grade.
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Carbondale
East Main Street
Daniel's Grocer Co
William Ripley
Murphysboro
Ripley
Orvan R. Clark
W. Freeman St
Calvin Pollard
Cambria
Clark
Tatum Heights
Pollard
Lincoln School
National average counties by state reported at 65
A national statistic notes that the average number of counties per state in the United States is 65. The figure reflects common administrative divisions used across the union.
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States of the Union
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New York reports a new healing substance called Bio-Dyne used in Preparation H that shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and profound relief, with patients claiming piles are no longer a problem.
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New York, N. Y
SIU Doctor Takes Mayo Clinic Fellowship
Dr. J. R. Boatwright, SIU Health Service physician, will begin a medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in July 1961. He joined SIU in 1956, opened an office at 200 W. Jackson St. in 1958, and holds degrees from SIU and the University of Illinois.
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J. R. Boatwright
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Ferrell, Thompson and Ferrell
Eldorado
Merchants Ask Marion for Large Neon Parking Signs
A Marion merchants committee asked the Parking Commission to install 62 by 58 inch neon signs directing motorists to off street parking lots. Officials said ten lights at about 500 dollars each are too costly and will explore cheaper directional signs with sign companies. The committee plans another meeting after more planning. Representatives were Eugene Cox W A Jones and Bill Hadfield.
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Harry Goddard
American Legion Post
11Th
Burgess Streets
Pine
13Th Streets
Labor Party
Citizens Party
Ernest
City Plan Commission
Thurmond
Marion
Parking Commission
Commission
Eugene Cox
W. A. Jones
Bill Hadfield
Cox
Williamson Officers to Attend State Convention
Williamson County officials left today for state convention meetings in Chicago from Wednesday to Friday. Attending sessions are Commissioners Henry Wright and Cecil Martin, County Clerk Charles E. Harris, State's Attorney Carl Sneed and Treasurer Carl Miller. County judges and sheriffs will hold separate conventions later.
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Williamson County
Chicago
Henry Wright
Cecil Martin
Charles E. Harris
Carl Sneed
Carl Miller
Fire destroys three room frame house near Johnston City
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a three room frame dwelling northeast of Johnston City about 2 45 p m. Ed Krantz 28 of Johnston City saw the blaze while installing a television antenna a mile away. The home owned by Oscar Blades and occupied by Ernest Smiley was a total loss. No injuries. Krantz helped recover Smiley s clothing. Blades had insurance. Fire chief John Elko noted the fire could not be deter mined. Robinson relayed the alarm from Herrin using Johnston City Radio and TV Service equipment.
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Ed Krantz
Johnston City
Oscar Blades
Ernest Smiley
John Elko
Krantz
Smi
Gilbert Robinson
Herrin
Johnston City Radio and TV Service
Robinson
Fire Department
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Marion R. Hargrove
Hargrove
Bonnie
Dooley
Mary L. Land
Rt. 460
Nashville
Miles Hill
George Siegel
George Tolbert
Tau
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Wayne Bollinger
Bill Humphreys
Richard Anschutz
Lion’s Club
Division Street
the Fair Furniture Company
Dr. Boatright
Harrisburg Township High School
J. R. Boatright
Illinois
Williamson
John Arnold
FORD
Walnut
America
Vernier
Permaweart
BROWN
Colombo
Ley
Elko
Blades
Insurance
Wilhelm Konrad Koenigen
Munich
Montgomer
Wwa
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