Wreck Injury Fatal For Decatur Man
A 29 year old Decatur man died Friday in St. Louis after being injured in a Wednesday accident near Christopher. Richard C. Maund transferred for special treatment died at 3 p.m. The crash also involved Everett E. Montgomery and two other drivers on routes near Valier and Chester with minor injuries reported.
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Decatur
Christopher
St. Louis
Richard C. Maund
Maund
Miner's ‘Hospital
Everett E. Montgomery
Valier
Montgomery
Walier Road
Harry William
Wainscott
Steeleville
Johnny R. Sams
Ellisgrove
Chester
Path
Joseph A. Brewer
Murphystoro
Brewer
Yigo Febr
East St. Louis
Red Bud
Bobby Ray Stolz
Marion
Rt. 47
Johnston City
Jackson County to begin microfilming property records
Jackson County moves property recording from circuit clerk to county clerk this week. A $3,159 microfilm unit will be delivered early next week, paid from clerk fees, to reduce space and store back records on microfilm. About 821 bound volumes of probate and 200 records will transfer, with plans to expand microfilming for current records and future archival steps.
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Jackson County
Offleas
Delmar Ward
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Wards
Ward
James MccRoy
Circuit Clerk
Ithem
Jed
McRoy
Williamson County
James Basler
Charles E. Harris
Harris
Basler
S. Harris
E. Stove
Willis
Commissioner Louie E. Lewis Retires From Franklin County Housing Authority
Louie E. Lewis of Christopher retires after 15 years as Franklin County Housing Authority commissioner. Staff and fellow commissioners honored him at a Zeigler dinner where a citation celebrated 478 low rent and elderly housing units built across seven Franklin County towns. Messages from State Housing Board chair Tuchard E. Blakely and Gov. Otto Kerner were read, with attendees Basil Killion R J Cracker Eugene Dorris and Sienass Jackson among others.
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Louie E. Lewis
Christopher
Franklin County Housing Authority
Authority
Cother
Zeigler
Franklin County
Tuchard E. Blakely
State Housing Board
Otto Kerner
Basil Killion
West Frankfort
R. J. Cracker
Lesser
Eugene Dorris
Sienass Jackson
Benon
Charles Zimmerman Dies in Ohio
Charles J Zimmerman 456 of Dayton Ohio died Thursday in St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton He was born February 1 1908 in Union County son of Arthur and Carrie Culp Zimmerman Survivors include his widow Bessie a daughter Georgia Davis Sylvania Oblo two sisters Edna Brewer Carbondale Nada Coleman Carterville his mother Carrie Garner Carbondale and three grandchildren Services at 2 pm Monday Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale Reverend Jerrial Buchanan will officiate Burial in Ebenezer Hall at Lick Creek Friends may call after 2 pm today at Huffman Funeral Home
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Charles J. Zimmerman
Dayton
Ohio
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Carbondale
Mr. Zimmerman
Union County
Arthur
Carrie Culp Zimmerman
Bessie
Georgia Davis
Sylvania
Oblo
Edna Brewer
Nada Coleman
Carterville
Carrie Garner
Huffman Funeral Home
Jerreal Buchanan
University Baptist Church
Ebenezer Hall
Lick Creek
Police Briefs From Chester and Coulterville
Chester resident Edmund Eggemeyer was fined $15 for improper passing. In Coulterville, John J. Schaffer paid a $15 fine for speeding.
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Chester
Edmund Eggemeyer
Coulterville
John J. Schaffer
Former Paper Owner Dies in California at 85
Fred M. Rolens, 85, former editor and publisher of the Daily Independent in Murphysboro, died Thursday at his home in South Pasadena. He built the paper from an apprentice in 1895, later consolidating titles and moving to California in 1926 where he ran the South Pasadena Review until 1946 retirement. Survived by widow Margaret Smith and sons 5018 Jon James David George and daughter Barbara Gale. Funeral and burial set for South Pasadena Monday.
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Fred M. Rolens
Daily Independent
Murphysboro
Oak St
South Pasadena
Calif
Rolens
C. B. Littick
Zanesville
Ohio
Mr. Rolens
J. B. Gill
John M. Herbert
Pasadena
Barbara Gale
California
Take as Directed and Medicine Timing Explained
A pharmacy notices the importance of taking prescribed medications with respect to meals and absorption. It emphasizes that doctors specify how to take drugs for optimal effect and notes the Herman Rex all Druge shop at 107 North Park Ave, promising friendly, swift service.
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North Park Ave
Herrin Rexall Druge
Strike Ends at Rosiclare Moorsper Mill
The Ozark Mahoning Company Moorsper mill in Rosiclare will resume Monday after a 1d-week strike ended with 45 workers voting 28 to 14 to accept a 13 month contract. About 100 miners and truck drivers at four company owned fluorspar mines were affected. The new pact raises wages seven cents now and three cents next July, effective December 2 and through January 2, 1966, with a 40 hour week during operating weeks and full week credit when not.
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Ozark-Mahoning Company
W. W. Fowler
International Association of Machinists
Local 1846
Slugs Plague Montreal Phone Company
AP reports slugs used on pay phones plague Bell Telephone in Montreal. Security chief J P E Seguin says Americans see slugs as illegal but Canadians can buy them. slugs hinder coin-operated systems and cause headaches for the company.
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Plague Phone Company
Montreal
J. P. E. Seguin
Bell Telephone Company
Motreal
United States
Ilegal
Seguin
Canada
Trusted Plumber Offers Safe, Modern Home Installations
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Public Relations Ad From Local 160 and Partners
An advertisement presented by the Public Relations Committee of U A Local 160 plumbers and pipe fitters and the Egyptian Association of Plumbing and Piping Contractors.
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U. A
Local 160
Plumbers and Pipe-Fitters
THE
Egyptian Association OF Plumbing and Piping Contractors
Car Theft Suspect Arrested After Street Collision
Police report Walter Eugene Perkins, 44, of Tempe Arizona, arrested in Murphysboro after a collision with a car driven by Harry E. Anderson 42 of Grand Tower. Perkins reportedly stole Lucy Goodman’s 1956 car, keys, and title Wednesday. He is charged with theft driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene. Perkins held on $3,500 bond.
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Murphysboro
Oelics
Walter Eugene Perkins
W. Broadway St
Tempe
Ariz
Harry E. Anderson
Grand Tower
Lucy Goodman
Rt. 1
Carbondale
Perkins
Miss Goodman
Anderson
Walnut St
Mrh St
Anthropology Programs Set at Southern Illinois University
The anthropology department at Southern Illinois University presents two free public programs in Morris Auditorium on New Guinea. Monday features three films Aborigines of the Sea Coast New Guinea Patrol and Matjemosh by Adrian A. Gerbrands. He helped SIU plan a two year inter departmental field study and will join SIU as visiting professor next fall. Tuesday offers lectures Art and Life in Western New Britain by Dark and Maring with slides and audiotapes.
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Southern Uunong University
Department of Anthropology
New Guinea
Morris
Adrian A. Gerbrands
Gerbrands
National Museum of Ethnology
Leiden
Maring
Southern Minois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
16Th Street
Herrin
Murphysboro
Tians Post
Miiois
Carbondale Free Press
Tern Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Car Crash Injures No One Near Coel
William R. Martin, 38, of Mulkeytown, drove off the road one mile north of Coel at 6 40 p m Saturday. His car sustained major damage but Martin was not injured and was alone in the vehicle.
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Wiliam R. Martin
Mulkeytown
Coello
Martin
Fire Damages Marion House and Nearby Structures
Two fires badly damaged a house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Smoot at 4111 N. Van Buren St, gutting the interior and forcing Mrs. Smoot to receive smoke treatment. A garage and a 1957 car at 504 Parham St belonged to Joe Schafer and Kenneth Marks respectively, both destroyed. Fire also threatened a trailer at 801 W Logan St and touched Schafer’s home corner before firefighters doused the flames. The cause was undetermined.
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Marion
Charles G. Smoot
van Buren St
Joe Schafer
Kenneth Marks
Don Harris
Logan St
Schafer
Excursion Train to Presidential Inauguration Ad
Leaves St Louis January 16 for Washington via B and O with stops in Belleville Carlyle Salem Flora Olney Lawrenceville and Vincennes. Roundtrip coach fare plus two nights hotel meals and parade seat for Kennedy era inaugural event all for 100 dollars. Reserve with Presley Tours Makanda Illinois. Also offers other low-cost escorted tours.
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St. Louis
B&o
B. St. Louis
Carlyle
Salem
Flora
Olney
Lawrenceville
Vincennes
Blimore
Washington
White House
Kennedy
Presley Tours, Inc
Makanda
Ill
New Orleans
Hawaii
Mardi Gras
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Jackson
Anderson Street
Ava
Dallas A. Alley
Ronald Benton
Joe W. Holmes
Hubert L. Chap‘man
Arbondale
Hugh McGowan
Norman W. Carlisle
George R. Alstat
BIG Job
Dalmer Ward
James McRoy
Charles Zimmerman
Smith-Alsop
Helleny
Ken
Herrin Rexall
W. T. Grant
Public
Marion, Ill
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