Firm Reopens This Weekend After Fire
Southern Illinois Coffee Service plans to move into a new 90 by 130 foot warehouse west of Johnston City this weekend. The site, two miles north on Route 37, replaces the building destroyed in a August fire that caused about 100000 dollars in damage. Owner James Culver says the firm serves businesses in ten counties with coffee, canned goods, vegetables and paper supplies and employs three salesmen.
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Ilinois Coffee Service
Johnston City
James Culver
Rt. 37
Ilinois
Follis St
Trigon Specialties, Inc
Bremen
Ind
Ward Transfer Doubles St Louis Terminal Capacity
Ward Transfer Co of Murphysboro doubles St Louis facilities, adding a 24-deck terminal at 510 Thatcher St ready Dec. 14. New capacity supports growing transfer service between St Louis and Southern Illinois. two more employees to reach 50, with a Cairo terminal already in operation.
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J. W. Ward Transfer Co
Murphysboro
St. Louis, Co
Laverne Ward
Thatcher St
St. Louis
Southernllinois
Ward
IC Announces 1965 Spending
Illinois Central Railroad plans 1965 capital expenditures near 33 million, with about 7 million for roadway work and 26 million for equipment. Total postwar capital since 1945 reaches roughly 520 million. 1965 freight car program includes 2,300 cars, with 1,700 70 ton triple hopper cars and 100 70 ton flatcars built at Centralia shops.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Wayne A. Johnston
Centralia
Illinois Central
East St. Louis
Illinois Central Industries Sees 1964 Net Decline
Illinois Central Industries projects 1964 net income of 10.999 million dollars, down from 15.28 million in 1963, with earnings per share falling from 4.46 to 3.71. Floods, a three day strike, and downstream effects reduced railroad income, along with lower coal, grain, and petroleum traffic. IC Railroad expects 11.451 million net income or 3.60 a share for 1964, versus 13.602 million or 4.27 a share in 1963.
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Iinois Central Industries Inc
Wayne A. Johnston
Illinois Central Industries
IC Railroad
Johnston
Monsanto Buys Airmite Midwest Firm
Monsanto Chemical Co of St Louis bought Airmite Midwest Inc a Du Quoin founded mine explosive maker. Purchase price not disclosed no immediate changes in operations planned. Plant at Pyatt and North Chestnut Du Quoin facilities remain under Agricultural Division with Dean Albon in charge Sylvester Rolando keeps Pyatt plant superintendent 14 employees remain. Most production ships to mines in Indiana Kentucky and Southern Illinois.
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du Quoin
Monsanto Chemical Co
St. Louis
Airmite Midwest, Inc
Operaton
Airmite
Pyatt
North Chestnut Street
Monsanto
Dean Albon
Ilinois
Indiana
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Dowell
First Baptist Church
Vickie Turner
Mark Cobin
David Cash- Walls
Loften Wells
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Craig Briley
Eva Marie
Tim Cobin
Ricky Clin- Birch
Carbondale
Randy Cashion
Jerry
Oes
Lonnie D.smith
Nauman
Bell & Howell
Illinois
Argus
HPI
al A
Revera
Ampex Voice OF Music
Norleco
Roberts Revere
Channel Master
Concord
SONY
Wollensak
Nauman Camera Shop
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Mllinois
RCA
Jim Scarlett Herrin. III
Williams Store
Carbondale, Ill
Arbeiter TV
Murphysboro, Ill
IL OZ
BTL
DEL
Nestle
CHOC
IGA
Florida
Sia
MarShall's
Walnut ST
Green's
Boren’s
Foodliner
Herrin
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