Freeman Spur House Burns in Sunday Night Fire
Fire started in a couch at the Freeman Spur residence of Earl Smith Jr. on Herrin to Freeman Spur road, destroying the two story white frame house and contents including Smiths wallet. Herrin firefighters arrived at 9 15 p m spraying water to save outbuildings while Freeman Spur volunteers assisted. Smith said a child yelled that the couch was on fire.
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Earl Smith Jr
Herrin
Freeman
Smith
Freeman Spur
Far East trade mission yields contracts and insights for area businessmen
Three area businessmen accompanying Gov. Otto Kerner on a 24 day Far East mission returned with prospects and greater market understanding. Elders reported more than one million dollars in contracts were signed by the 60 mission participants.
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Far East
Otto Kerner
Angelo Bione
Bione Truck Service
Christopher
Gerald Elders
Carmel Corp
Kenneth Cockrum
Lesser Grain Co
Lesser
Elders
Chicago
Japan
Taiwan
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
Hong Kong
Bione
San Francisco
South
Viet Nam
Armed Services
Europe
Kerner
Carbondale launches new garbage collection with civic christening
Officials christen the two new compactor trucks as weekly trash pickup begins. About 15 percent of 4600 potential customers opt out, per Street Commissioner Frank Kirk. League of Women Voters urged the system, while officials and participants note mixed reactions and the service’s formal start.
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Carbondale
Harold Hill
Richard Franklin
Carbondale League of Women Voters
Frank Kirk
Kirk
League
Fire Destroys Anna Hotel Building and WRAJ Office
A Sunday blaze tore through a two story brick building in Anna destroying a restaurant and hotel rooms while knocking radio station WRAJ off air. Fire crews from four departments fought flames about two hours with water and smoke damage to nearby offices and the Anna Hotel. No official damage estimate given. hotel owners plan review before remodeling.
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Anna
WRAJ
Don Michel
Centrol
Lewis
South Main Street
Pat Miller
Anna Hotel
The
Anna Hotel, Inc
Federal
Vienna St
Federal and
State Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Service
Miller
Ray Turkington
Leon Boyd
Cletus
Homer Womack
Insurance
Michel
Terry Walters
Church of Christ
Dongola
Larry Scott
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Scott
Tre Anna Fire Department
John West
Don Crabtree
Ray Drew
Donald Jackson
Two Women Hit By Car In Chester
Two Chester women were struck while crossing at Swanwick and Holmes streets by a car driven by Bruce Walters, 17. Lillie Duensing suffered cuts and bruises while Nina Ruppert, 72, was admitted with a broken leg. Walters was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian.
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Chester
Lillie Duensing
Nina Ruppert
Memorial Hospital
Swanwick
Holmes Streets
Bruce E. Walters
Hunter's camper burns in Oakwood
A two wheel aluminum camping trailer burned Sunday on Oakwood Road one mile east of Route 3. Don Girton Shawnee National Forest district manager said the trailer was a total loss with no other damage. The owner, with a Missouri license, was not present and will be identified.
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Oakwood Road
Rt. 3
Don Girton
Shawnee National Forests District
Girton
Missouri
Harris Named Temporary Williamson County Chairman
Oscar Harris of Marion was named temporary chairman of the Williamson County board of commissioners as a $2,199.64 appropriation and an $802,075 tax levy for the fiscal year beginning Dec 1 were approved. Harris will serve until Dec 20 when a chairman for the coming year is elected. James Dean of Johnston City debated serving as temporary and permanent Dean, but deferred. Wright chairs three years. Dean is in his fifth year on the board and has never been chairman. The board added a $60,000 Lawrenceville Credit Bureau appropriation and $3,500 for delinquent tax lists, funded by costs added to delinquent tax bills and tax list revenues. The total appropriation exceeds prior years by about $604,764 from 1964-65 and $482,639 from a 15-month 1963-64 period. the levy stands at $802,075, with the previous year at $660,500 and the prior 15-month period at $708,950.
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Oscar Harris
Marion
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Harris
Henry Wright
Herrin
James Dean
Johnston City
Dean
Wright
Lawrenceville Credit Bureau
Credit Bureau
Carl Miller
Miller
No Charges In Knifing Case In Du Quoin
A magazine salesman, Leland Dale Carmack Jr., 23, will not be charged in the knifing of a Du Quoin woman. Police say Carmack called twice at the home of Mrs. Joe Thomas and did not knife her. He was arrested Friday in Steeleville and is jailed on an unrelated city ordinance charge. His last known address is Murphysboro.
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du Quoin
Leland Dale Carmack Jr
du Quoin City
Wallie West
Carmack
Joe Thomas
Perry County
John Barber
Steeleville
Murphysboro
Milk and dairy spills disrupt Johnston City and Marion traffic
Five or six milk cases about 24 gallons spilled from a Johnston City truck at Monroe and East Ninth streets when a door opened. Art Heiser drove and did not stop. In Marion a Sealtest truck spilled two cases of egg nog sour cream and cottage cheese at Union and Mechanic Streets and the driver fled.
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Monroe
East Ninth
Johnston City
Art Heiser
Marion
Union and
Mechanic Streets
Southern Illinois tourism dream rides on master plan
From Where I Sit by Gary Lacey argues that Illinois prioritizes urban recreation needs and calls for directing funds to land purchases near cities. He says Southern Illinois should develop its existing lands to lure tourists, while await new plans from state and federal agencies focused on private development and tourism economics.
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Gary Lacey
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Southern
Illinois Dept. of Business and Economic Development
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
Murphysboro UF Drive Reaches Half of Goal
The Murphysboro United Fund has collected 9653 dollars of a 19000 goal. Committee workers meet at 8 p.m. today in the City National Bank community room to plan further drive activities. Lynn Eudy chairs the drive as twelve agencies are included in the 1965 budget.
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Murphysboro United Fund
City National Bank
Murphysboro
Carbondale Fund Drive Nears Goal As Gifts Grow
Carbondale United Fund reports $38,357 raised of a $47,694 goal with a $6,029 increase from two weeks ago. Advanced gifts total $17,840, firms and offices $1,210, business employees $3,198, public employees $1,635, Southern Illinois University $12,765, residential gifts $1,709, and other categories listed.
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Carbondale United Fund
William Budslick
Southern Illinois University
Prowler Reported In Carbondale Early Morning
A prowler was reported in the 400 block of East Freeman Street Carbondale at 3 55 a.m. today but was gone when police arrived.
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East Freeman Street
Carbondale
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Crabtree
Jonesboro
Anna State Hospital
Herb Edwards
Hunter
Oakwood
Williamson
Illinois Beach State Park
Shawnee National Forest
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Prowler
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