Du Quoin Man Killed In Rural Road Crash
Ray mond Hap Fred 57 a Du Quoin service station attendant died of injuries when a station wagon driven by Luther Beggs 55 left a blacktop road eight miles west of the Pyall Wye near Route 13 127 and 152. Beggs suffered major injuries. Fred born March 27 1904 in Perry County married Fern Settlemoir in 1926. Survived by wife father a daughter Geraldine Lively three grandchildren and brothers Elmer and Ralph. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Neal Memorial Chapel with burial Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Quota
Denmark
du Quoin
Raymond
Hiram
Hap" Fred
Marshall Browning Hospital
Fred
Luther Beggs
Pyall Wye
Rt. 152
Marshall Browning
Perry County
Steve
Julia Pred
Fern Settlemoir
Jonesboro
Gerald LaWanda Lively
Elmer
Ralph
Old du Quoin
Paradise Prairie Baptist Church
Neal
Jobless claims rise 4071 across southern Illinois counties
Unemployment claims jumped to 35 753 in November, up 4 071 from October,said E A Adams unemployment compensation supervisor for 23 southern Illinois counties The rise stems from slowing outdoor and construction work Federal extended benefits totaled 6 091 of last month s claims Totals by office include 10 495 Murphysboro 4 731 Herrin and 3 864 West Frankfort with Jackson Williamson Randolph Union Franklin Perry and Johnson counties served by the three offices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. &. Adams
Illinois
Murphysboro
Herrin
West ‘Frankfort
Jackson
Williamson
Randolph
Union
Franklin
Perry
Johnson Counties
Walter Estel Dies Veteran Jacob Resident
Walter E. Estel 72 longtime Ft. Bluff Township Clerk and Missouri Pacific Railroad station agent dies after illness in Jacob. Born December 8 1887 in Marshall Mo he is survived by wife Margaret Schlimpert three daughters including Ruth Schrader and Ruby Brunkhorst all of Jacob one daughter Lillian Estel of St Louis and one daughter in Granite City three grandchildren a brother Arthus Estel and sister Mrs Ella Arbeiter. Funeral Friday at Christ Lutheran Neuwort with Rev W O Petzoldt officiating. burial in Ft Bluff Cemetery Gorham. Friends may call after 7 p m today Crawshaw Mortuary Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Estel
Ft. Bluff
Jackson County
Jacob
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Christ Lutheran Church of
Estel
Ruth Schrader
Ruby Brunkhorst
Lillian Estel
St. Louis
Glenn Bunselmeyer
Granite City
Arthus Estel
Ella Arbeiter
Christ Lutheran Church
Neuwort
Mines Report From Orient Mines Working Thursday
A brief note lists mines at Orient and related sites with status updates. Mines at Orient 3 and Orient 4 shift as working while Burning Star and Burning Star 2 appear inactive. Old Ben 21 Leigh Ao is also mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uid Beny Orient
Burning Star
Williamson County seeks appeal after CAB dismisses Chicago route
Williamson County Airport Authority plans to appeal CAB ruling denying its bid for a direct Chicago route. Ozark Air Lines had a St. Louis to Chicago via Mt. Vernon Mattoon Charleston route approved. Authority counsel J C Mitchell calls CAB decision erroneous citing identical communities and traffic potential to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Airport Authority
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
CAB
Ozark
Air Lines
St. Louis
Chicas
Mt. Vernon
Mattoon
Charleston
J. C. Mitchell
Marion
Williamson County Board
Rodd
Authority
Findling
Marion-Herrin
Vernon
Williamson County
Mitchell
Fle
Mt. ‘Vernon
Sanders seeks tax collection meeting with sheriff
Marion board member James Sanders proposed a 7 30 p m meeting at Marion Logan School to press Williamson County Sheriff Dean West on delinquent personal property taxes totaling about 650000. Sanders asked the county board of commissioners and State's Attorney Carl Sneed to attend, with other school boards to be contacted if West agrees. West had been unavailable due to prior incidents, and a prior attempt was canceled. If needed, liens and court actions may be pursued to collect the taxes with property seizure possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sanders
Marion Unit 2 Board of Education
Iuesday
Williamson County
Dean West
Sanders
West
Marion Board
Marion Logan School
County Board of Commissioners
State
Adv
Carl Sneed
Marion
McNair Files Illinois Papers for Murphysboro Plant
McNair Metal Products Incorporated filed as a foreign corporation in Illinois to operate a new metal processing plant in Murphysboro. The 68,000 square foot facility at Highway 13 and 6th Street is under construction with production planned for early 1962. Carl Fraley of Murphysboro is registered agent. L. W. McNair and Nadine H. McNair of Florissant, Missouri, serve as president and secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Company
Murphysboro
Illinois Secretary of State
McNair Metal Products, the
Highway 13
6Th Street
Misson Corporation
Carl Fraley
McNair
L. W. McNair
Nadine H. McNair
Florissant
Autos Stolen in Vienna Two Cars Missing in Johnson County
Two blue Chevrolets were stolen in Vienna over two nights in Johnson County. A 1960 model vanished from the high school Tuesday night during a ball game, belonging to Frank Andersen Jr. A 1961 car disappeared Monday night from the Jim Pearl Auto agency lot. Both vehicles remain unrecovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Johnson County
Frank Andersen Jr
Jim Pearl
Surveyor Fails To Finish Work Delays Housing Plans
Carl Wiemken Sr. of Marion missed the deadline set by Williamson County Housing Authority to complete land surveys for housing projects in Herrin and Johnston City. If surveys are not in by December 3, the authority may assign the work to another surveyor. Authority director Julius Steinmarch said he is nearly optimistic the documents arrive before the next meeting, though no action can be taken until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wiemken, Sr
Marion
Williamson,County
Steinmarch
Wiemken
Lee Potter Smith and Associates
Carbondale
Dale
Carbondale OKs Vanpel Heights Plat Near City Limits
Carbondale council approved a plat for a new subdivision Vanpel Heights located about half a mile south of East Park Street along South Wall Street. Developer Arthur Vaupel said the 16 lot project includes an active house and ongoing water and gas installations. He expects annexation into Carbondale and seeks county board standards for nearby subdivisions.
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Carbondale
Vanpel Heights
East Park Street
South Wall Street
Arthur Vaupel
Vaupel
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
William Eaton
Atty
J. Edward Helton
Fluck Seeks Williamson County Sheriff Seat
Adolph E. Fluck 53 of 9035 Buchanan St Marion announces as Republican candidate for sheriff. Former county coroner 1955 60, Goreville High School director, Goreville councilman, Marion city commissioner, Goreville Lions Club organizer president. Retailer by trade with Marion Goreville businesses before 1940 and since 1940 a Marion grocery and meat market. Filing petitions begins January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph E. Pluck
Buchanan St
Marion
Williamson County
Fluck
Goreville
Lions Club
S. Buchanan St
DeSoto School Tax Vote Set
A special election on raising DeSoto Grade School District 86 educational tax will occur December 16. The rate would rise from 65 to 86 cents per $100, adding about $5,300 in annual revenue, with $3,000 more needed for eight teachers’ minimum state salaries. loss of 12 students affects state aid and rural transportation alters reimbursement. Polls open noon to 7 p.m. at the school, which serves 146 students in eight grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto Grade School Dist
Leland Hubble
Hubble
SIU Parking Woes Prompt Campus Space Study
A week long SIU security survey shows 4 812 cars on campus nearly three fifths of them students with 2 959 undergraduate cars registered. Central and northwest lots overflow daily and evening hours. Leffler urges additional parking, noting current plans only cover new buildings for Military Training Physical Education and Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Lafffler
Leffler
SIU
John Rendleman
Waitress Fined $30 For Liquor Sale to Minor
Carol Lambert, 27, a waitress at the Midland Inn on old Route 18 between Murphysboro and Carbondale, was fined $30 after pleading guilty to selling liquor to Don McLaughlin, 18, of Murphysboro. The case followed arrests of McLaughlin and Earl Struck, 18, for disorderly conduct and intoxication in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Lambert
Midland Inn
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Miss Lambert
Jim Bob Kerley
Al-Godha
Don McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Earl
Task Force Aims At Southern Illinois Unemployment
Federal state and local agencies will meet in Herrin to form a task force tackling persistent unemployment in Southern Illinois. The two day sessions will coordinate programs from many agencies to revitalize the local economy with a team approach led by the ABA and ARA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Dee
Southern Illinois
Frank Kirk
Board of Economic Development
Herrin
Otto Kerner
Ben Paul Douglas
Dllinois
William S. Batt, Jr
Area Redevelopment Administration
Washington, D. C
Kerner
Douglas
Departments of Labor, Health, Education and ‘Welfare
Interior
Housing and Home Financing Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Ilinois
ABA
Southern
Illinois
ARA
State Board of Economic Development
Kirk
Small Business Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
State Departments of Agriculture, Conservation, Highways, Labor
Southern Tinois University
Southern Illinois, Inc
Southern Illinois Recreation Council
Seven Cities Council
Water Buyer Check Studied by Mardale District
A survey to determine customer potential is being considered by Mardale Water district officials. Frank Easterly, president of the district board, said a proposal to hire Midwest Securities Co. for the survey will be voted on. If favorable, an expansion program may begin, with bonding company claims of completion in 45 days after approval. Carbondale officials asked if the district would provide water service to a fast growing southwest section, indicating willingness to take the service if the district relinquishes the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardale Water District
Frank Easterly
Midwest Securities Co
Carbondale
World's biggest shovel joins United Electric Fidelity mine
The Fidelity strip mine near Bu Quoin will deploy a Bucyrus-Ev ie Model 1650-8 shovel with a 70 cubic yard bucket. Operated by Alec and James McCrary and Harry Jolley, the machine digs a full coal car in one bite, with a 135 ft boom and 86 ft dipper. Construction required 2,000 ft of rail and a new 6,000 volt substation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Electric Coal Company
Fidelity
Bu Quoin
Milwaukee
Kentucky
Carbondale UF Drive Reports $1372 Increase
The Carbondale United Fund drive shows a $1,372.75 weekly increase, bringing the total to $32,207.06, about 78 percent of a $41,345 goal. Chairman Gene Ramsey urges volunteers to finish canvassing and submit envelopes promptly. the United Fund office is at Carbondale Teens Town on Elm Street, campaign began in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale United
Drive
Gene Ramsey
United Fund
Carbondale Teens
Elm Street
Loan Approved For Rosselare Low Rent Housing Project
Representative Kenneth J. Gray announces the Public Housing Administration approved a $10,000 planning loan for 30 low rent housing units at Rosselare. Construction is expected to begin next year, with 20 units reserved for the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Public Housing Administration
Rosselare
Elderle
Police Brief in Carbondale on Peace Disturbance Case
Rex Morrison of North Washington avenue was fined $15 including costs by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz on a peace disturbance charge in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Rex Morrison
North
Washington Avenue
Robert Schwartz
Murphysboro debated as new SIU off campus housing hub
SIU off campus housing director Anita Kuo contemplates Murphysboro housing 1000 students for Carbondale campus and a possible bus service. Dean Clark Davis and Marion Nash of the chamber weigh local interest while two residents discuss campus dorms, costs, and potential partnerships with church and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University
Anita Kuo
SIU
Carbondale
Clark Davis
Kuo
Uns
Marion Nash
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Nash
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Walter Estel
Leigh
Ao Report
Carbondale Council
Okays Vanpel
DeSoto
Caipis
Miliary Training-Physical Education
College of Education
John Naas
19Th St
Seaver
St. Andrew's Hospital
Belleville
Catholic Church
Naas
Nass
Chamber
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