Worst Loss At Elkville Safecrackers Hit Three Schools
Jackson County authorities report two men burglars hit Elkville Campbell Hill Vergennes and Elkville High School on Tuesday night stealing about 1200. Elkville receipts 1085 vanished from a large office safe while Campbell Hill and Vergennes suffered losses above 100 with break ins through windows and locked desks.
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Jackson County
Elkville High School
Arch Edwards
Campbell Hill
Edwards
Ray Dillinger
Elkville
Vergennes
Dillinger
Metropolis Area Eyes Potential Allied Uranium Plant
Metropolis residents may learn by January 1 if Allied Chemical and Dye Corp wins an Atomic Energy Commission plant bid. Two sites in Massac County and others are under review after engineers inspected a tract near Metropolis. The project could employ 400 to 450 people and would be near Calvert City Kentucky with Ohio River water supply.
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Metropolis Area
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Comlo
Massac County
William Brannon
Metropolis
Allied Chemical
Allied Industrial
Brannon
New York
AEC
Calvert City
Kan
Funeral for Anna Savka in Royalton Thursday
Royalton resident Anna Savka 75 died Dec 10 at St Francis Hospital Blue Island. She leaves husband Simon, four daughters Helen Azeling Anna Sepeczi Mary Zekovich Cecilia Knapp, three sons George John Ben, 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Calls at North Fairdale home. funeral Thursday 2 PM at St Marys Russian Orthodox Church and burial at Orthodox Cemetery.
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Anna Savka
Royalton
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Ill
Savka
Simon
Helen Azeling
Anna Sepeczi
Chicago
Mary Zekovich
Zeigler
Cecilia Knapp
Allsop
George
Whittin gton Woman Appointed to State Welfare Post
Mrs. Lorene D. Frayar of Whittin gton is named to a new visitor post in the Franklin County office of the state Dept of Welfare per an official state announcement.
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Whittington
IPAC
Lorene D. Frayar
Franklin County
State Dept of Welfare
Sinroll
Jackson County State’s Attorney's Office
Arch Edwards
Mines Work Reported Thursday at Fidelity Pyramid
The mining brief lists several tracts and mine names including Kathleen Truax Tract No 2 Old Ben Nos 9 14 22 Briquet Plant Orient Buckhorn Zeigler Freeman and Burn Star No 1 with no additional report details provided.
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Fidelity Pyramid
Orient
Buckhorn Zeigler
Freeman
Interest Rates Up Delay in Herrin Water Project
The Herrin water and sewer bond issue stalls as higher interest rates and construction costs shrink the $627 000 bond funding. Barcus Kindred & Co says action by the city is needed to proceed and that switching bond houses is possible. Mayor Miller calls a 7 p m meeting to discuss the project.
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Herrin
Bonding House
Ernest E. Bell
Barcus, Kindred & Co
Chicago
Bell
Bond House
Benjamin Lewis & Co
Barcus
Kindred
Dave H. Miller
Herrin City Weil
Delegates Named For IEA Session
The Southern Division of the Illinois Education Association named 31 delegates to the 103rd annual meeting in Chicago December 27 to 29. Delegates are listed by town, with contact points for instructions and attendance updates.
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Illinois Education Assn
Chicago
H. W. Ellis
Herrin
Ellis
McLeansboro
Mary Afflack
Harrisboro
Fred Armistead
Eldorado
J. Ward Barnes
Charles Leonard
Mound City
Malcom Beck
M. C. Hunt
Makanda
Kenneth Brewer
Carbondale
Rove R. Bryant
Raymond L. Foster
Elbert Fulkerson
Navy Youngster Serves On Admiral Lee Staff In Japan
Lewis F Fierke yeoman second class son of Mr and Mrs Miscal L Fierke 409 S 12th St Herrin serves as senior yeoman on the staff of Rear Admiral Fitzhugh Lee Commander of Naval Air Bases in Japan.
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Lewis F. Fierke
Miscal L. Fierke
S. 12Th St
Herrin
Fitzhugh Lee
Japan
Who's In Charge at West Frankfort City Hall
West Frankfort City Council clashed over control of City Hall with Mayor John Heaton arguing for his authority while Commissioner Tom Griffin claimed charge of public property. Atty. Hanagan ruled Griffin in charge of City Hall and Heaton with supervision. The council approved 750 for a fire department aerial ladder and 286 for a welder kit, plus 75 for a Christmas party. A statewide ordinance allows two commissioners to sign warrants in the mayor’s absence, a move enacted at a special meeting.
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West Frankfort
John Heaton
Tom Griffin
Teevis
Heaton
Griffin
Frank Hanagan
Herman Karnes
John Bowen
Ira Flood
Warren Brown
Civil Defense
Humane Society Seeks Homes for Nine Puppies and Mother
The Jackson County Humane Society lists a nine canine family for adoption including six males and three females of uncertain ancestry, with the mother formerly mascot of Southern Illinois University students at Little Grassy Camp. Interested parties may contact Mrs. John Grinnell or Mrs. Vernon Sternberg in Carbondale.
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Jackson County Humane Society
Southern __ Illinois Univrsity
Little Grassy Camp
Thompson Point
John Grinnell
Vernon Sternberg
Carbondale
Funeral Saturday for Mrs Baysinger in Carbondale
Funeral services for Ida Baysinger of Boskeydell are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale with Rev. Hugh Stearns officiating. The 77 year old died Tuesday on the way to her mailbox. Burial follows at Evergreen Cemetery Makanda. viewing starts Friday after 10 a.m.
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Ida Baysinger
Boskeydell
Huffman
Carbondale
Hugh Stearns
Evergreen Cemetery
Makanda
Navy Man Keith Hill to Return for Holidays
U S Navy man Keith Hill is due in Tilden on December 19 to spend the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs Isaac Hill and family.
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Keith Hill
U. S. Navy
Tilden
Isaac Hill
Williamson County Certifies Old Multiplier
Illinois Department of Revenue certified a multiplier for Williamson County on Tuesday. The figure, used for the past three years, raises estimated 1955 assessments from about 61 million to 67 million dollars, about a seven percent tax increase. County officials cite delayed certification and late Board of Review submission.
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Williamson County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Charles Harris
County Board of Commissioners
Fred Simpson
Simpson
Harris
Board of Review
Serviceman Keifer Graduates From German Medical Academy
Specialist Third Class James C. Keifer, son of Mr and Mrs Curtis Keifer of Carbondale, graduated from the 10th Infantry Division Medical Academy in Germany.
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James C. Keifer
Curtis Keifer
N. Marion
Carbondale
10Th Infantry Division
Germany
Police Briefs Report Fines for DUI and Intoxication in Herrin
Herrin subjects faced penalties from Police Magistrate Earl May. Ollie O. Orendorf and Carrence R. Waters were fined 110.40 and 20.40 dollars respectively for driving while intoxicated and intoxication. Oscar Burton Cole of Car terville also paid 20.40 for intoxication.
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Herrin
Orendorf
Ollie O
Maroin
Earl May
Waters
Carrence R
S. 15Th St
Herrin Cole
Oscar Burton
Carterville
Marion Woman Bertha Leu Dies At 55 In Saint Louis
Bertha Rose Leu 55 of Marion died 8 40 p m Tuesday at Marion Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since Oct 26 She was wife of August H Leu and held positions with E Blankenship Co and Egyptian Boy Scout council Born Oct 26 1901 in St Louis she had lived in Marion a year Her funeral is set for 2 p m Friday at Drehmann Jarral Chapel St Louis burial in Valhalla Cemetery
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Bertha Rose Leu
Turnage Lane
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
August H. Leu
E. Blankenship Co
Egyptian Boy Scout Council
Murphysboro School Bonds To Be Sold Tonight
Two major construction bond issues for Murphysboro area schools are set for sale this evening in a double bidding. A 457000 bond for a new junior high will be sold at 730 p m in the Jackson County courthouse. A 116000 bond for a new grade school in District 150 north of Murphysboro will be sold at 830 p m Sealed bids will be received and acted upon by a joint board representing both districts to attract more bids.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Benson Corn Plan Rejected In Farm Vote
Farmers reject the Benson corn plan in a national referendum, with 257 874 votes for the new soil bank base acreage plan and 163 227 for the old system. States show mixed results by county as critics push for legislative changes next year.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congressional
Coke
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Illinois
Williamson
Jackson
Union
Franklin
Ezra T. Benson
Randolph County
Randolph
Soi! Bank
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Burning Star
IEA
Frankfort
Humane Society
Mrs. Baysinger
Fred Sinroll
Southern Illinois University
Southern
Henry Hillman
John Abramovitch
Robert Batura
Songs OF the Times
SIU
D. W. Morris
Bertha Leu
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