Carbondale District 95 faces borrowing to cover costs
The Carbondale Grade School District 95 may borrow $50 000 to finish the school year as state aid drops. Superintendent Clyde V Winkler cited tax settlements and reduced state funds and outlined budget gaps. The board also set age requirements for kindergarten and first grade, hired a first grade teacher, granted small pay raises, arranged for a museum mobile unit visit, and approved facility use by a church loyalty dinner.
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Carbondale
Clyde V. Winkler
Winkler
Board of Education
Lenore Lovelace
Springmore School
Carol Irle
Ruth Short
Phyllis Phillips
Benita Reeder
Illinois State Museum
University Baptist Church
Lincoln School
Ida ‘Joiner
Illinois Assn
Spring Tour Proposed for CCHS Music Groups
Carbondale Community High School plans a two day spring concert tour to replace state music contests for band and chorus. Lockwood and Superintendent Rosan will continue planning with a goal to limit travel to about 100 miles.
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Carbondale
Albert Lockwood
Board of Education
Lockwood
Supt. N. A. Rosan
CCHS
Rosan
Phyllis Joseph
Janet McGee
Factory Site Hunter Visits Illinois Area for New Plant
Lester P. Kennedy of Dayton Rubber Co. visited Murphysboro Carbondale and Harrisburg as part of a four state site tour. The proposed Illinois site could employ 1000 to 1500 workers to produce tires drive belts and other rubber goods. Kennedy met regional officials and discussed plans with C. W. Bishop and Goffrey Hughes.
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Lester P. Kennedy
Dayton Rubber Co
Dayton
Ohio
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Kennedy
Illinois
Marion
Goffrey Hughes
Southern Illinois, Inc
C. W. “Runt” Bishop
State Division of Industrial Planning and Development
West Frankfort
Lester Baker
New York City
Carbondale Considers Annexing SIU Campus for Motor Tax
Carbondale City Council discussed annexing Southern Illinois University's campus to capture motor fuel tax receipts and avoid census count loss. The 1950 SIU tally shows 10,900, with 13,000 in council estimates. The council also noted dues payments, treasury balance of 132.25, and a January nominating slate. Eight residents attended.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
John T. Moake
Moake
F. E. Corbit
Junior Baseball League
Bluford
Sloan
PTA
Treasury
F. S. Randall
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Strike Delays Grand Tower CIPS Unit Expansion
A jurisdictional dispute and cold weather delayed the Grand Tower 100000 kilowatt unit addition. CIPS production engineer C A Miller estimates mid January for testing to begin. The project started in October 1954 and employs 250 to 400 Southern Illinois workers after a boilermakers and ironworkers dispute was settled.
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Grand Tower
C. A. Miller
Miller
CIPS
Southern Illinois
Stratton Declines Call for Special Session on SIU Engineering School
Gov. William G. Stratton will not convene a special session to push an engineering school at Southern Illinois University. The bill authorizing the school failed in the prior session. The Illinois Commission on Education will study the issue and report back, while SII presses for locally trained engineers.
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Southern Illinois University
William G. Stratton
Southern Illinois, Inc
Stratton
Illinois Commission On — Education
Pan Two
Goffrey Hughes
SII
Commission
Southern Illinois
Marion Man Shot In Leg In Domestic Shooting
Harley Milton, 49, of White Ash, was jailed in Williamson County over the shooting of Ezra Gibbs, 45, a Marion tenant farmer. Gibbs, struck in the leg by a shotgun blast, was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Milton says Gibbs was intoxicated and tried to force entry into his home and was warned before the shot. Deputy Sheriff Dean West to be questioned further.
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Harley Milton
White Ash
Williamson County
Ezra Gibbs
Marion
Gibbs
Marion Memorial Hospital
Milton
Dean West
Marion Firemen Respond to Two Alarms at Hogg Home
Firemen answered an alarm at the home of Rev. J. W. Hogg 1406 N Logan at 10 52 am when a gas stove began leaking. Gas had filled the house when they arrived and the gas was turned off and the house aired with no fire. Firemen also extinguished a field fire on South Carbon Street at 10 am with no damage.
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Marion
J. W. Hogg
N. Logan
Herman May
South Carbon Street
May
Herrin Sells Water Bond Issue At 5 Percent Interest
Herrin City Council accepted a bid for the $440000 water revenue bond issue after two prior rejections. Harry J. Wilson & Co. and John Nuveen & Co. of Chicago bid the lowest net interest cost at 5.048 percent, with delivery by February 12 1958. The council plans a bond ordinance and simultaneous construction bids.
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Herrin
Harry J. Wilson & Co
John Nuveen & Co
Chicago
Fred Henderson
Wilson
Pohl & Co
Cincinnati
Wilson and Nuveen
W. R. Kee
Tom Shoemake
Naveen
Pohl Group
Henderson
Snyder Herrin
Pohl
Joe Cross
Better Government League
Bradshaw
Paul Davis
R. W. Booker
Sign Stolen From Orchard by Unknown Thief
Mrs. C. E. Owens reports to Carbondale police that a wooden Room for Girls sign was stolen from her orchard. The theft occurred Thursday night prior to 10 30 p m at 600 S University Ave Carbondale.
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C. E. Owens
S. University Ave
Carbondale
Pat Dwyer to Appear on To Tell the Truth TV Show
Carbondale’s 21 year old justice of the peace Pat Dwyer will join CBS TV game show To Tell the Truth next Tuesday. She will fly from St. Louis to New York for about a week, after being elected last April following her 21st birthday. A pre legal student at Southern Illinois University she works as secretary for attorney John Lannin. The panel must pick which of three Pat Dwyers is the real one with KFVS Cape Girardeau and KWK St. Louis carrying the 8 p m broadcast.
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Carbondale
Miss Dwyer
St. Louis
New York
Southern Illinois University
John Lannin
Pat Dwyers
Kfvs TV
Cape Girardeau
KWKTV
Santa to Visit Murphysboro Saturday Afternoon
Santa Claus will make his first Murphysboro visit at 1 15 p m Saturday to take Christmas orders and give candy to children from the Kiddieland Christmas igloo at 1307 Walnut Street. He will also visit local stores and return December 20 and 21 per Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce secretary Marion Nash.
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Santa Claus
Murphysboro
Walnut St
Marion Nash
Post Office Repairs Start in Murphysboro
A $13,000 facelift for Murphysboro's Post Office began this week but will pause for the Christmas rush. Upgrades include interior painting, window and driveway repairs, new main entrance doors, and other minor work. The project was reduced from an initial $50,000 to $13,000.
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Murphysboro
Robert Muhlenbrock
Newsome Construction Co
Maines
Iowa
Homer Cleiland
Baker Seeks Re-Election as State Representative
Benton Democrat Bert Baker announced his bid for a second term as state representative from the 57th District at a Democratic meeting in Pinckneyville. He has sponsored a resolution to investigate area utilities' rates.
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Bert Baker
Benton
Pinckneyville
Baker
Franklin
Perry
Washington
Jefferson
Kicked Upstairs Bishop Seeks New State Role
Ex congressman C W Bishop of Carterville will resign December 31 from the Illinois Division of Industrial Planning and Development where he served as superintendent after being named last May. The governor and Bishop agreed he would be more useful in another post, ending a public dispute with the division's advisory board. Bishop, who served 14 years in Congress, was defeated by Kenneth Gray in 1954.
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C. W. “Runt
Carterville
William Stratton
Bishop
Southern Illinoisan
Nthe
Ilinois
Kenneth Gray
Jackson County bus road and bridge meeting set
Jackson County officials and Township Road Commissioners will convene Saturday at 9 a.m. in Murphysboro to study school bus roads and bridges. School districts operating bus routes were notified to participate with the aim of organizing joint actions to remedy road conditions.
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Jackson County
Circuit Court Room
Murphysboro
Carl Worthen
Township Road Commissioners
Paul Buescher
Bradley Township
Jackson
W. N. Wheeles
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Carbondale High School
Jacob O. Bach
Southern Ilinois University
Roger B. Crane
Bach
Lee Potter Smith
Crane
SIU
Attucks High School
University High School
Attucks High
University High
Smith
Hunter
Marion Man
Murphysboro Unit
McElwain
Ava Blacktop
Carruthers
City Rt. 13
Somerset
Harrison
William Carruthers
John Wathen
Wathen
Wallace Prost
Prost
Twin County Service Co
Country Mutual Insurance Co
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Southern Illinois University __research department
James Blackwood
Blackwood
Ed Johnson
Don Lucas
Lucas
Gress
Ray Nordeen
Middletown
Pat Dwyer
Santa
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