School Board Approves Cheaper Murphysboro Insurance Plan
Murphysboro Unit School District 18 unanimously approves a new blanket insurance policy to cover buildings and contents at replacement value. The plan cuts premiums by about half and shifts from actual cash value to replacement cost while awarding the Charles Ritter Agency as agent of record. The board plans competitive bidding next year for tall buildings and contents.
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Murphysboro
Bill Green
Fae
Green
Juiit
Agent of Record
Charles Ritter
Harry Tindall
James Tindall
Syear
Murphysboro Township
Married Pupil Policy Adopted by Murphysboro Unit 186
Murphysboro Unit 186 adopts a three point policy banning married students from team athletics and other extracurricular activities. Married students may attend classes but cannot represent the school in activities. A minor holiday schedule change and delegation expenses were approved, plus a new two year contract with Carbondale High for the Armistice Day game at SIU McAndrew Stadium.
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Murphysboro
James Blackwood
Wayne Perry
Perry
IE Maois Education Association
Chicago
Murphysboro Education Association
Walt Cornett
Howard Abernathle
Carbondale Community High School
McAndrew Stadium
Southern Illinois University
Wright Must Drop Post In Carbondale Public Safety Panel
John Z Wright, newly named Carbondale Public Safety Commissioner, will be asked to resign from the police and fire merit board by Mayor D Blaney Miller. Wright, appointed by Miller after leaving the mayoralty in 1959, suggests he will resign effective Jan 1. Wright was named after Floyd Crawshaw, Jackson County coroner, announced his Dec 31 resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale i Public Safety
John Z. Wright
Police and Fire Merit Board
D. Blaney Miller
Wright
Miller
Jim Zimmer
John Q. Clark
Floyd Crawshaw
Jackson County
Carbondale District 165 Adopts New Type Insurance
Carbondale High School District 165 board adopts a master policy from National Fire Insurance Company insuring buildings valued at about 1 884 176 including new additions at Carbondale Community High and Attucks High. Premiums run roughly 2200 yearly, and reinsurance will be arranged within district policy. The board also moves to implement a modern accounting system and establish a revolving fund with an initial 2000 deposit to cover miscellaneous expenses per state deadlines.
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Carbondale High School
Carbondale Community High School
Attucks High School
National Fire Insurance Company
Company of Record
Doyle Volner
Ray Reed
Volner
Reed
CCHS
State Bureau of Insurance
Supt
Jackson M. Deake
Bernard Ross
Curtis and Ross
Ross
Helen Foley
Carbondale District eyes big savings with new insurance plan
Carbondale Grade School District 93 studies a novel insurance type to cut premiums by up to fifty percent, with building coverage possible 25 percent and contents up to 30 percent. The plan would require 20 policies, replacing the current 40, and is led by Supty Winkler and agent Joe Morris. The district also approves liability coverage and reviews current fund balances and tax settlements as part of the action.
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Carbondale
Supty
Clyde
Winkler
Board of Education
Schwartz Insurance Agency
Paul Brown
Joe Morris
Jecard
Morris
Dill
Standard Accident Insurance Co
Mlernon
Educational Fund
Transportation Fund
Special
Public Institutions
Inc
Surance
Expasiment Co
Cherry Insurance Penditure
Jackson County
Hearing Set on Ozark Air Lines Route from Williamson County
A Civil Aeronautics Board hearing on a proposed Ozark Air Lines route from Williamson County airport to Chicago is set for February 16 at the airport administration building. A pre hearing conference occurred in Washington DC with Williamson County Airport Authority members Dee Rodd and others discussing data to be filed by February 1. If approved, service could begin by July or August with stops at Mt Vernon Springfield and Chicago and hearings planned in Chicago Galesburg Sterling and Mt Vernon.
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Ozark Air Lines
Williamson County ‘Airport
Chicago
Airport
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Williamson County
Dee Rodd
Marion
Phi Hecke
Carterville
Carl Planine
Johnston City
J. C. Mitchell
Mitchell
Galesburg
Sterling
ML Vernon
Mt Vernon
Johnston City Chosen for Health Department Offices
The Williamson Franklin County Health Dept board selects Johnston City as the site for county offices. Dr Norman Albert says buildings are under consideration and no rentals yet. Johnston City was chosen for central location in the noncounty area and proximity to Franklin offices in Beuloc as a key factor.
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Williamson - Franklin Bbd County Health Dept. Board
Johnston City
Williamson County
Norman Albert
Johnston Chy
Albert Said
David Richerson
Christopher
Department
Franklin
Beuloc
Chemist Recommends Carbon Method To Improve Herrin Water
Albert Y. Hyndshaw of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co recommends changes at Herrin jenncity treatment plant to improve Crab Orchard Lake and Herrin reservoir water. Plan adds carbon and chlorine in new order, shifts Teaphon usage, and introduces a washing machine feeder to circulate carbon. Plant crews flush mains after five p.m. to clear impurities and improve taste and odor.
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Albert Y. Hyndshaw
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
jTyrone
Penn
Herrin
Crab Orchard Lake
Hyndshaw
Herrin City
Lester Jordan
Jordan
R. E. Paul
Belreau
Favrean
Themi
J Jordan
VFW Meeting Set Saturday In Herrin
About 250 persons expected at a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Herrin Saturday. National Junior Vice-Commander Byron Gentry will be principal speaker. Dinner and dance begin at 7 pm at the VFW hall. Pasadena, California, will speak to representatives of the three VFW districts in Southern Illinois. State Commander D. Richard Depper of Caseyville will accompany Gentry. Gentry is a Pasadena city prosecutor and a former USC football star. He played on the 1938 All-American team and served as a World War II combat intelligence officer with six battle stars, a presidential citation, the Belgian Fourragere and three commendations. He has held numerous VFW positions.
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Herrin
Byron Gentry
VW Hall
Herrin Centry
Pasadena
Calif
Ilinois
D. Richard Depper
Caseyville
Gentry
University of Southern California
Tailed Press
VFW
Marion Elks Hold 35th Homecoming Events
The thirty fifth annual Marion Tris Lodge homecoming began today with a dinner for members and guests this evening. A Saturday noon lunch and a Saturday night dance featuring Jack Stalcup's orchestra are planned. Keystone Kops began a round up of members for contributions to the Elks Crippled Children program.
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Imarion Elks
Marion Tris Lodge
Jack Stalcup
Keystone Kops
Elks Crippled Childrens
University Eyes SIU Buy Air Service Assets
The board will study purchasing Midwestern Airlines and Murphysboro assets to back university aviation programs. Aero Service operates airport maintenance and flight activity under the airport authority. The purchase price hinges on asset inventory, but preliminary estimates suggest around 540,000. The university may hire Midwestern personnel to support flight training and mechanical instruction. intangible contracts would not transfer.
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Dalé
Murphysboro
Aero Service
Southern Blindshoss
University Board of Trustees
Sal
Pyrurdath, Nchase
Ihuniversity
Vocational-Technical Institute
Jevletka Service
Midjwestern
Protests Grow Over Carbondale Trailer Parking Rules
Carbondale trailer dealers protest proposed ordinance targeting on street and lot parking near Freic h Drive east of Carbondale. Everett Pratt and Williams Mobile Home attend City Council meeting to voice opposition. City officials say the rule could tax and shift trailer sales, with used trailer businesses likely hardest hit as dealers fear relocation to Murphysboro.
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Opposibondale
Lion
Freich
Ine
Carbondale
Deal
Dixon Street
Jers
Everett Pratt
Thase
Williams
Ers
Edward Relton
Murphysboro
Pratt
Dram Shop Suit Over Milani Shocking Barrage in Illinois
A $30,000 dram shop suit filed in Williamson County Circuit Court targets Joe Mack Jr and other tavern operators for allegedly serving Milani who allegedly shot Bryant and killed Raymond Roberts’s daughter. Plaintiffs Bryant and Roberts seek $18,000 and $15,000 respectively for injuries and loss of support amid Milani’s federal conviction and a scheduled February murder trial in Williamson County.
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Joe Harry Milani
Berlin
Williamson County
Ight Tavern
John G. Bryant
Carbondale
Milani
Raymond Roberts
Cobden
Mary Lily Roberts
Bryant
Miss Roberts
Crab Orchard Lake
Roberts
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