Auditor cites inadequate methods in Jackson County audit
Curtis J and Ross CPAs presented to the Jackson Board of Supervisors a year ending Nov 30 1960 audit criticizing inadequate accounting procedures and internal controls across offices including treasurer clerk and sheriff. It notes unreconciled funds petty cash issues and recommends procedural changes and new accounting equipment.
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Jackson County
Curtis J and Ross
Certified Public Accountants of
Carbondale
Jackson Board of Supervisors
Finance Committee
Coun‘ty
Health Department
Ferrors
Thhe
Porter French
Delmar Ward
Decatur
French
Robert Maloney
Petty
Sheriff's Office
Petty Cash Fund
Raymond Dillinger
Woman Is Released In Slaying In Williamson County
Mrs Isabela Rushing 41 of Marion was released at 4 p m Thursday by Sheriff Dean West after being held since Wednesday about the fatal stabbing of her husband Tommy Rushing 49 The coroner postponed the inquest and three men at the Rushing home were released after three men at the scene helped verify her account Police reported the couple argued over coal borrowed from neighbors and Mrs Rushing said her husband struck her with a stove poker before she stabbed him in the throat and chest He died at Marion Memorial Hospital
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Isabela Rushing
Marion
Williamson County
Dean West
Tommy Rushing
West
Rushing
Epping Paroled From Illinois Penitentiary
Edward A. Epping, once office manager for ex-auditor Orville Hodges, is released on parole from Menard Prison after a 1 to 10 year sentence for embezzlement larceny and confidence game. He must stay on parole until October 1964 and will work as an accountant in East St. Louis, living with his wife and children in Lebanon Illinois. a banker testified Epping received 134 090 dollars in cash for phony warrants.
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Edward A. Epping
State Auditor
Illinois
Menard
Epping
Orville Hodges
Ross Rantolph
East St. Louis
Lebanon
Hodge
Man Injured In Explosion Improves At Herrin Hospital
A Universal Match Company armament division worker Jones EB Hancock 24 of 1009 Polk St Herrin shown remarkable improvement at Herrin Hospital after an explosion. Doctors report no eye injury and that he is responding well post surgery to remove a nail driven into his jaw.
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Universal Match Company
Jones
Hancock
Polk St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Glass Barr License Hearing Sought By State
Williamson County State's Attorney Carl Sneed petitions the Illinois Liquor Control Commission to revoke the Glass Barr Colp liquor license. The hearing, in Springfield, follows a raid on Oct. 23 and multiple charges against manager John Calcaterra and bartender August Bowden. Sneed alleges the Hunting and Fishing Club of Colp is a dummy to evade liquor laws and cites failures in filings and ownership misrepresentation.
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State Narcotics Control
John Calcaterra
August Bawden
Sneed
Commission
Hunting and Fishing Club of
Calp
Glass Barr
Calp Liquor
Frank Caliper
County Recorder
Louis Calcaterra
Eleanor Hidey
James Bawd
Ust
Bowden
August Bowden
New City Club
Colp
Calcaterra
James Bowden
Frank Samuels
Carterville
Williamson County
Hunting
Ilinois Liquor Control
Caleaterra
Jeed
Gerald Lorek
Donald Pechous
Robert Pechous
Southern Illinois University
Samuel Falletta
Glenn L. Taylor
Kenneth R Ingersoll
Stephen Stolavick
Charles R. Thimens
John C. Benrud
Edward Dennis Jacks Jr
Caliper
SIU Athletes Claim Bias in Team Captain Choices
A letter from four Southern Illinois University Negro athletes charging racial prejudice in team captain and MVP selections cites Jim Battle Amos Bullocks Jim Thompson and Charles Vaughn. They allege color prejudice denied Vaughn Battle captaincy and Bullocks MVP while coaches Pelle and Gallatir offer counterpoints.
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Southern Iragis University
The
SIU
Jim Battle
Amos
Bullocks
Jim Thompson
Charles Vaughn
Vaughn
Battle
District 165 President Says No Move Planned for Carbondale High
Carbondale Community High School will not be relocated. Board president R C Joseph said no public support exists for moving, and five years remain before potential land purchase or site changes. He noted current priorities are a school addition and budget items.
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Carbondale High School
Board of Education
R. C. Joseph
Carbondale Community High School
Gerwin Rohrbach
City Plan Commission
Carbondale
Joseph
Rohrbach
Attucks High School
CCHS
Norby Springer Street
Clinic Board Grants Hiring Authority for Psychiatric Administrator
The executive committee of the Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic board was given authority to hire a psychiatric social work administrator. The board set that the final hiring is subject to board approval at a future meeting.
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Southern Ilinois
Menard Names Protestant Chaplain at Chester Penitentiary
A new Protestant chaplain has been named at the Menard Penitentiary in Chester. The appointment aims to provide spiritual guidance to inmates and support chaplaincy services within the facility.
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Menard
Chester
Minister French Named Protestant Chaplain Successor
The Rev. Mr. French, serving Decatur church since 1954, will become Protestant chaplain at Menard after May. He previously was prison chaplain at Colorado State Reformatory 1940-1942 and a social worker for Lucas County Court in Toledo 1942-1945. He succeeds Rev. Henry Gerecke, who died earlier this year.
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Decatur
French
Colorado State Reformatory
Lucas County
Toledo
Ohio
Ministerial
Decatur Council of Churches
Chester
Henry Gerecke
Eric Cash
St.John’s Lutheran Church
Menard
Gerecke
Cash
Marion Chamber Forms Loan Fund Committee
A 35 member Marion Chamber of Commerce formed Thursday to solicit funds for a 200000 loan to Technical Tape Corporation allied industries. The loan aims to move industries from New York City area to Ordill buildings, vacated after January 15 by Sangamo Electric. Herrin and Marion chambers each pledged 100000. The Marion committee plans thorough town fundraising.
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Marion Chamber
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Technical Tape Corporation
Allied Industries
New York City
Ordill
Sangamo Electric Co
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Marion
Jackson County Sheriff Nomination Race Grows
A Republican contest for sheriff in Jackson County develops with Coroner Floyd Crawshaw seeking the April 10 primary. Carbondale figures John Randall Parrish and Arch Edwards consider bids. Democrats include Monroe Deming and Delmar Ward already announcing. Other names tied to clerk treasurer and judge races surface as candidates ponder.
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Jackson County
Floyd’ Crawshaw
Crawshaw
Carbondale
John Randall Parrish
Parrish
Tanner Hansen
Hallie Parrish
GOP
Arch Edwards
Floyd “Skinner” Dean
Edwards
Howard Cheatham
Raymond Dillinger
Menard
Delmar Ward
Monroe Deming
Peyton Kunce
Paul Todd Stearns
Stearns
Makanda
Hugh Stearns
Dillinger
Clyde Choate
Dapna
Murphysboro
Raymond Mileur
John Travelstead Jr
Travelstead i
State Department of Public Instruction
Treasurey
Robert Maloney
Stierwalt Named Chairman of Jackson County GOP
G C Stierwalt 60 Murphysboro was elected chairman of the Jackson County Republican Central Committee to fill the unexpired term of Reid Troutman who resigned. Troutman longtime GOP chairman now focuses on directing a 120 unit Carbondale housing project and previously served as a game warden and deputy sheriff.
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G. C. Stierwalt
Carbondale
Stierwalt
Skierwalt Monument Co
Murphysboro
State Finance Department
William G. Stratton
B. J. Davenport Jr
Walter
Murphysboro fund drive tops twenty four thousand
Murphysboro United-Fund campaign shows a $623 weekly rise to reach $24,981, 72 percent of the $20,850 goal. The drive supports Jackson County Humane Society Girl Scouts city baseball league Red Cross Mental Health groups and several local charities including YMCA Boy Scouts Salvation Army and Megotian Association for Mentally Retarded Children.
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Murphysboro
United — Fund
Jackson County
Humane Society
Girl Scouts
City
Baseball League
Red Cross
Megotian Association
YMCA
Mental Health Association
King’s Daughters
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
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Elmer Sehneider
Curtis Yard
Ross
de Soto
du Quoin
Charles Stevens
Quoin
Memphis
Tenn
Carmen Piccone
Coloy
Creed
Piccone
Willig Brown
Houston Antwine
Harry Gallatir
Bill Green
Green
Murphysboro Unit
City Plan Commission and Youth Commission
Deming
T. Lessley Wilson
Murphyboro Township
Virgil Wheeles
Vergennes
H.w.wehlwend
Southern Mlingis University
Wohlwend
Elkville High School
Wheeles
G. C. Stierwatt
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