Du Quoin safety proposal for trapped miners idea
Du Quoin driller John Hoskins proposes sinking air pipes from the surface into mine drifts to feed sealed safety rooms with air and enable surface communication during disasters. The plan, tested since 1951 after the Orient 2 Mine disaster, would vary by mine size and require drilling rigs and water sealing to prevent seepage. Authorities say the idea has merit but feasibility and universal applicability remain uncertain.
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Pam Arnold
John Hoskins
Hoskins
West Frankfort
Adlai Stevenson
Mining Investigation Commission
Interior
Stuart Udall
Udall
John Janini
du Quoin
Janini
Hosking
Federal Bureau of Mines
Thas
Congress
Herrin
Area Coal Company
Key to drawing s process notes with valve rules
The text outlines valve operations: closed except when lowering water and food, or during communications, and open except when admitting air, water or food. It appears to be a fragment of a procedural or safety instruction set.
Fatalities push Southern Illinois toll to 178 this year
Three people died in Southern Illinois traffic incidents raising the 1968 yearly highway death toll to 178. Two McClure men were killed when their car struck a culvert near Grapevine Trail east of McClure. An elderly Vienna minister died in a separate crash on Rt. 146.
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Southern Illinois
McClure
Grapevine Trail
Rt. 3
Vienna
Michael Rudloff
Darrel L. Mattock
Thomas M. Riston
Riston
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Albert N. Burriss
Archie O. Mills
Mills
Rt. 146
Sixth Street
Robbie G. Harper
Tunnel Hill
Harper
Illinois
Illinois State Police District 13
Fires Reported Across Towns and Mines Idle Saturday
Fire crews responded to a trash fire near Reynold's Tom Boy Market in Carterville with minimal damage. In Carbondale a garbage truck fire on N Allyn caused no damage. Herrin saw a house interior fire at 1312 S 14th St damaging the home of Leonard Lawrence. A weed fire at 620 S 18th St in Herrin burned trash with no damage. Mines idle Saturday at Old Ben 24 Orient 4 Orient 5 Zeigler 4. other mines operating Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Reynold
Carbondale
N. Allyn St
Herrin
S. 14Th St
Leonard Lawrence
S. 18Th St
JWCAA budgets 114827 for Summer Head Start and raises funds
The Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency discussed a 1969 Summer Head Start budget of 114,827 with 75,996 sought in federal funds. Frank Shelby resigns as first vice chairman. Floyd Cunningham to serve as interim. CEO funding requests and a neighborhood training program are planned with 16 037 sought for a Model Cities related project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
JWCAA
Frank Shelby
Shelby
Bert Shemwell
Floyd Cunningham
Cunningham
Jerry Lacey
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Lacey
Carbondale
Arson Probe Continues After Carbondale Fire
Carbondale police interview residents and reporters as arson is suspected in a Wednesday blaze that destroyed two houses under construction on East Larch Street. Deputy Fire Marshal Norman Hilton aids the investigation. four prior arson-linked incidents have occurred since August including Searing Street losses and two attempts at SIU housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
East Larch Street
Donald Johnson
Johnson
Norman Hilton
Searing Street
Hilton
Du Quoin Girl Hurt In South Washington Crash
Suzanne M. Keller a 16 year old of Du Quoin sustained minor injuries in a two car crash on South Washington Street when turning into Maid Rite restaurant and colliding with a southbound pickup driven by Conrad J. Simson 27 of Christopher. Police say Keller was ticketed for careless driving.
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Suzanne M. Keller
du Quoin
South Washington
Miss Keller
Maid Rite
Conrad J. Simson
Christopher
Police check break ins in Carbondale
Police investigate three break ins in Carbondale including Century Sports Inc at 610 North Illinois Avenue where a filing cabinet a safe and two soda machines were entered through a rear window. Kaleidoscope at 105 South Illinois Avenue reported broken but nothing missing. A concrete fragment was thrown through Ace Hardware at 202 West Monroe with no entry detected.
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Carbondale
Century Sports Inc
N.llinois Ave
S. Illinois Ave
Ace Hardware
W. Monroe
West Frankfort Child Injured in Two Car Crash
A four year old West Frankfort boy sustained minor injuries in a two vehicle collision at Main and Taft streets in West Frankfort. Mary M. Sala, 74, and Leo J. Brown, 56, were the drivers. Jay Sala, grandson of one driver, was injured but not sent to a hospital. No ticket was issued.
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West Frankfort
Jay Sala
Mary M. Sala
Leo J. Brown
Carbondale
Main
Taft
Quorum Reached Late at Jackson Williamson Agency Meeting
After a two hour wait the Jackson Williamson Community Action Agency finally reached a quorum as Elbert Simon arrived bringing 19 members. The board accepted last meeting minutes approved November bills totaling 20 241 and the treasurer reported finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson - Williamson Community Action Agency
Elbert Simon
Frank Ghelby
Bert Shemwell
Shemwell
Simon
New Generation Proposes Racial Reform at Murphysboro High
Murphysboro Township High School faces three New Generation Club proposals to ease unrest. They seek a Negro history course, representation on the student council via precinct redistricting, and two Negro cheerleaders for varsity and junior squads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Township
New Generation Club
Ann Yates
Patricia Shaw
Ernest Bozarth
Bozarth
Murphysboro
Mike Lewis
Lewis
Harold Akin
Bill Riseling
Akin
Murphysboro Heads Start Space Sought for 1969
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 contemplates hosting the 1969 Head Start program pending available space. The board approved a plan to use district facilities for at least two groups of 15, with possible expansion to three groups if funds permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Raymond Davis
Jackson - Williamson County Community Action Agency
James Blackwood
Davis
Blackwood
Unit 186
McElwain
Olin Talks Continue Amid Contract Deadlock
With two days left before the contract expires, Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp and its workers union have yet to reach a new agreement. Local 15009 of District 50, United Mine Workers of America, holds a two year contract expiring Sunday covering about 500 hourly employees at the plant. Negotiations were ongoing but comments were not available. The plant election delayed talks after a representation contest in October with District 50 maintaining representation. Textile Workers Union of America competed in a runoff, while the Teamsters were eliminated earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Olin
Textile Workers Union of America
Teamsters Union
Carbondale Park District lands $26000 grant for NW four acre park
Carbondale Park District wins a 26000 federal grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire land for a four acre park near Oakland Avenue and Kennicott Street. Negotiations on the land are not complete and a local loan will cover the district's share with 10 year repayment from regular tax funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Carbone
Park District
Alan Randall
Oakland Avenue
Kennicott Street
Randall
Department of the Interior
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Crab Orchard Lake
North Poplar Street
West Main
Murphysboro Recertified for Federal Housing Aid
Murphysboro gains recertification from U S Housing chief Robert Weaver per Rep Ken Gray enabling a preliminary loan for a 50 unit low income housing project in Mt Carbon. City bought 60 lots at five dollars each and will sell them to Jackson County Housing Authority for three hundred dollars total. The re certification keeps eligibility for urban renewal low rent housing FHA insurance and displaced family rehousing programs.
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Mt. Carbon
Murphysboro
Jackson County Housing Authority
Carterville seeks bids on $170000 building bonds
Carterville School Board asked Supt Taft Baker to request bond bids for 170000 the remaining balance of a 400000 bond issue approved in December 1967. Baker said the district has 21297731 in tax money. The board approved transferring 6000 from the building fund to cover site construction indebtedness and a 5000 loan from working cash to the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Taft Baker
Baker
Union to vote on contract at Carbondale plant
members of the International Laborers Union Local at Technical Tape's Carbondale plant will vote Sunday at Carpenters Hall on a new three year contract. Meeting set for 1 p.m. with about 260 members in the local. Terms of the proposal were not released. The current three year agreement expires Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Laborers Union
Technical Tape
Carbondale
Carpenters Hall
Thieves Break Into Murphysboro Offices and Store
Police report three break ins in Murphysboro occurring overnight. A doctor’s office at 106 S 14th St lost 106 dollars in cash from a drawer and a broken side door. City Supply at 508 Walnut St suffered about 20 sheets of paneling taken. Medical Arts Clinic at 215 N 14th St had a break in with no theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
City Supply
Walnut St
A. R. Esposito
R. O. Rodriguez
S. 14Th St
Craig Keller
Medical Arts Clinic
N. 14Th St
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Suaface
District 13
Illinois State Police
Ralph Harrell
Rt. 148
Energy
Harrell
Ernest Seely
Ridgway
James Ralls
Sparta
Rt. 4
Alvin Casten
Chester
Ralls
Sparta Hospital
Casten
John Burns
Oak Lawn
Crab Orchard Road
Rt. 13
Burns
Southern Illinois University Health Center
Rita Kroener
Nashville
Old Ben
Orient
Zeigler
Sallee Kirk
Rural Resource Centers
Dempsey Crim
Kirk
Colp
Frank Caliper
Rural Resource
Crim
Southern Illinois University
Reservoir Road
Murphysboro Board
Murphysboro Schools
Robert ©. Weaver
U.S
The
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Kenro J. Gray
D-West
Frank
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