Du Quoin Council Shorts Bid For Water Office Feeder
The Du Quoin City Council called for sealed bids by 7 p.m. December 20 at city hall for an addressograph automatic feeder to aid water billing and ledger work. The council also tabled action on donating mill property for parking and approved various bills and lease deals, with projects at the sewage plant and water line extensions underway.
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Red Star
West Main Street
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Illinois Central Railroad
Wakes Construction Company
Chester
Oakes
Knowles
Tamaroa
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Du Quoin Names New Patrolman and Meter Reader
Du Quoin officials hired Raymond Rader as probationary patrolman at a bi monthly salary of 198.46 for six months. He will start on the night shift with night chief Harry Murray as city considers Murray’s potential retirement after 20 years. Wayne Leehy was hired as meter reader at 235.31 bi monthly, replacing Thomas Yeaman who resigned.
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Raymond Rader
du Quoin
Rader
Harry Murray
Murray
George Foster
Wayne Leehy
Leehy
Thomas Yeaman
Fire claims two show horses at International Amphitheatre
A Saturday blaze at the International Amphitheatre killed two show horses owned by Harley Miller of Papineau Illinois. Karen Wilharm age 14 of Elgin and Vern Suplee age 76 of Glenview were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation. About 200 other horses nearby were led to safety as firefighters extinguished the fire in about 20 minutes. The incident occurred as the International Live Stock Exposition proceeded with some events, though livestock activity had ended the previous day.
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International Amphitheatre
Karen Wilharm
Elgin
Donovan Hall
Long General Building
Thurmond to wed 22 year old beauty queen in Aiken era
Sen. Strom Thurmond 66 confirms plans to marry Nancy Moore 22 Miss South Carolina 1966 in Aiken South Carolina. Moore a Duke alumna and 1966 Miss America talent contestant earned a USC English political science degree and began law studies. Thurmond known as Moose predicts possible wedding this year.
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Nancy Moore
South Carolina
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Paul Robinson Moore
Atomic Energy Commission
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Republican Executive Committee
Columbia
Main Street
Pearl Harbor
Army Reserves
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Moore
Duke University
University of South Carolina
Pretty Jean Crouch
Benton coed Sue Dickey wins SIU dietetics scholarship
Sue Dickey of Benton a senior in the School of Home Economics at Southern Illinois University is awarded a $500 scholarship. The Illinois Health Improvement Association provides medical and surgical insurance for farmers and established its foundation in 1963 to support scholarships and recruit health science students.
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Benton
Southern Illinois
SIU
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Illinois Health Improvement Association
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Carbondale
Mardale Shopping Center
Linting
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