Kennedy's Pivotal West Virginia Campaign Chapter
The piece surveys Kennedy's West Virginia phase highlighting unemployment woes and economic lessons from 1960. It cites editorials by Arthur Edson and remarks by West Virginia residents, noting shifts from wartime prosperity to postwar decline. Kennedy's promise of 25,000 jobs weekly over a decade remains central.
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Arthur’Edson
The
Assocted Press
West
West Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Cabin Creek
Charleston
Kanawha
Eskdale
Slin ~ Robertson
Robertson
Early
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Gabin Creek
N. A. Nehman I Grocery
John F. Kennedy
Mrs Joost Dies Steeleville Woman Funeral Thursday
Mrs Cerelda Joost 69 of Steeleville died after six months illness. Born March 7 1892 she was the daughter of Edward Werre and Anna Werre. She married Henry Joost in 1914. he died in 1952. She leaves a son Roger and a daughter Edith both of Steeleville, sisters Mrs Stella Eubert of Red Bud and Mrs Cortdia Pahiman of Steeleville, and three grandchildren. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Thursday at St Mark's Lutheran Church with visitation today until noon at Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville.
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Joost
Steeleville
Cerelda Joost
É. Hill
Edward
Anna Werre
Henry Joost
Edith
Stella Eubert
Red Bud
Cort Dia Pahiman
St. Mark's Luth- Church
Friends
Schaack Funeral Home
Police Brief Murphysboro Minor Fine for Speeding
Joe Swindell of 608 N Illinois Ave Carbondale paid a $15 fine including costs assessed by Justice of the Peace Jim Bob Kerley for speeding on a ticket issued by State Trooper Charles Brantiey.
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Murphysboro
Joe Swindell
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
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Justice ‘of the Peace
Jim Bob Kerley
State Tr
Charles Brantiey
Motions Filed In Price Fix Suits In Illinois
The State of Illinois asks to intervene in nine antitrust lawsuits charging 19 electrical equipment manufacturers with price fixing. First Asst. Atty. Gen. Benjamin Schwartz says intervention seeks damages refunds for Illinois consumers if valid. Plaintiffs include Commonwealth Edison Co., Central Illinois Electric and Gas Co., Indiana Public Service Co., Public Service Co. of Indiana, Central-Illinois Light Co., Iowa Electric Light and Power Co., and Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co.
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Chicago
Illinois
Benjamin Schwartz
Navy
Commmonwealth
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Central Linois Electric and Gas «Co
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Public Service:Co. of
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Central - Illinois Light» Co
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
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Drivers licenses revoked and suspended in six area cases
Six area drivers had licenses revoked and four suspended. Revoked were Ray Rigsby Shawneetown Garvin A. Ricketts Elizabethtown Avery Sneed Rosiclare Albert H. Loucks Murphysboro James L. Williams Vienna and Jacob Bec Calkins Fairfield. Suspended were Russell L. Childers Murphysboro Elton L. Crosenheider Carbondale Robert B.D. Hoskins Cairo and Lois Horton Mt. Vernon.
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Ray Rigsby
Shawneetown
Garvin A. Ricketts
Elizabethtown
Avery
Robert BD. Hoskins
Cairo
Lois & Horton
Mt. Vernon
William Ingram Dies at Marion Veterans Hospital
William Ingram, longtime resident associated with Adams Street Baptist Church in Herrin and the local American Legion post, died after being a patient at Marion Veterans Hospital for 1814 days. He leaves his wife Wretha and son Let. The obituary notes ties to Herrin and local pharmacy listings.
Police Brief Highlights Huemann Fine for Justice
In a terse police brief a Huemann figure was fined forty dollars for a minor justice offense. The report notes a jus tice charge tied to a public disturbance and an overload of traffic? related issues. The terse item names Bradley and Jim in connection with the case and references a peace directive issued by Stat Tr An.
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Huemann
Erley
Bradley
Jim
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Kennedy Record
McDowell County
Bureau of Labor
Duvardo’s
Mapleland
Sparta
Tom Mofield
Wlinois Ave
William Ingram
Herrin
Rexall
Herrin Lo
N. Park
Roget Denen
Montgomery Ward
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