Murphysboro considers Route 127 surface plan and depot protest
Murphysboro officials discuss sealing Route 127 from Jonesboro to Cache, and from Murphysboro to Jonesboro, with bids totaling about 291,747 and 136,189 as a 1962 project. The chamber seeks final surface approval while noting base reinforcement may be needed. A depot closure protest is deemed unlikely after no local representatives attended the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physboro
Ralph Bartelsraeyer
Springfield
Gale Willams
Murphysboro
Williams
Bartelsmeyer
Ardis Smith
Carbondale
Jonesboro
Cache
Fom
R. G. Crisenberry
Marion Nash
John Borgsmiller
Robert McCormack
Grover Blankenship
Missouri- Pacific Railroad
Frank J. Dick
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce
SIU Suspends Two In Thefts
Two Southern Illinois University students pled guilty to looting cars in Carbondale and were suspended from the university for the 1962 winter and spring quarters. They may apply for re-entry after spring term and are allowed to complete fall quarter exams. Michael Dean Trower, 26, paid a 200 dollar fine and John B. Davis, 18, paid 100 dollars on petit larceny charges, fines imposed by Carbondale Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Joseph Zaleski
Zaleski
SIU
Michael Dean Trower
John B. Davis
Robert Schwartz
Southern Illinois tour notes optimism on jobs future
Frank H. Cassell, chairman of Gov. Kerner’s unemployment committee, praised Southern Illinois residents for a healthier attitude toward economic improvement after touring the area. The group visited VET in Herrin and discussed retraining, with Cassell citing the Purdue and Southern Illinois programs as models. He contrasted area progress with Wales and outlined plans for statewide unemployment study and area specific recommendations. The committee met with university leaders, labor, and business figures including SIU, the United Mine Workers, and local chambers to discuss ways to introduce new industries and expand job training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Cassell
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Cassell
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Vocational Technical Institute of
Southern Illinois
VET
Herrin
Purdue University
Lafayette
Rand
Wales
Ilinois
United Mine Workers of America
Lnion
D. W. Morris
William Tudor
Rex Karnes
John McDermott
Southern Ilinois University
Sam Trefts
Southern Illinois Business Agents Conference
Carl Mayhew
Illinois Board of Economic Development
Goffrey Hughes
Southern I
Uavis Inc
Dean Ernest
Simon
Marvin Hill
VII
Lim Perrine
State Employment Service
Arthur Hamilton
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Robert Keith
Technical
Tape. Corp
Carbondale
Fire damages trailer at Glover's Trailer Court Carbondale
A four room trailer at Glover's Trailer Court in Carbondale was damaged by fire this morning. Firemen from Carbondale extinguished the blaze, estimating interior damage at 1000 dollars. Owners are Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burgener. Occupants were students John Steckenrider and his wife at Southern Union University. they were away when the fire started after a neighbor reported smoke around 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glover's Trailer Court
Carbondale
C. W. Burgener
John Steckenrider
Southern Uinon University
Chamber Will Honor Lustour In Murphysboro
The Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce will honor the Lustour Printing Corp. at a mid winter fund raising dinner January 15 at the Elks Lodge Marion Nash secretary said the event, following past themes on the Big Muddy River scandal and Brown Shoe Co., honors a local firm that began in 1947 and has expanded with multiple facilities on North 19th Street Fire department reports and a cigarette ashtray incident at the plant in Murphyshore are noted as context for local risk and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lustour: Printing Corporation
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Marion Nash
Elks Lodge
Big Muddy River
Brown Shoe Co
Lustowy Company
Murphyshore
North 19Th Street
Herrin School Board Eyes Lower Insurance Rates
Herrin High School Board of Education approved a new institutional insurance plan, selecting Pisoni Insurance as agent of record after surveys from Pisoni, Bracy and Sons, and Peak Reagan. The board set insurable values for buildings at 1 687 000 and contents at 244 000, aiming for 90 percent building and 100 percent contents coverage with a five percent general agent fee. The plan may raise or lower premiums per state standards and Illinois Inspection Bureau approval, while expanding overall coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin High School Board of Education
Pisoni Insurance
Pisoni
F. P.bracy, and Sons
le Peak-Reagan Insurance Co
John Seymour
Russell [Emery
Emery
Seymour
Illinois Inspection Bureau
Inspection Bureau
Insurance. Com
Paul Hindman
Herrin
W. EE. Snyder Construction Co
Herrin Street
Division of Highways
I J. Creek
White
Seyrmour
Federal officials map Southern Illinois redevelopment plan
Federal representatives from health education welfare labor agriculture and interior meet in Southern Illinois seeking concrete proposals for rapid area development. They hear five minute agency briefings and view tours of industry and scenery before a SIU dinner and Mississippi Valley Research Seminar discussion. Governor Kerner closes with a luncheon address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Heath, Education, and
Dept. “of Labor
Dept. of ‘Agriculture
Dept. of Interior
le ‘Land
Ilinois
Chet
Townsend
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
Sothern Ilinois
Leland
Hal Brown
SBA
ARA
Imeeting
Brown
State Board of Economic Development
Cairo
BEC
Herrin
Southern Illinois' University
George Stabler
Interdisciplinary Research Advisory Committee
SIU
Frank Kirk
Stabler
Kirk
Otto Kerner
Judge Kunce Seeks Term In 1962 Election
Judge Peyton Kunce announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for another term as Jackson County judge. A Grand Tower native, he was first elected in 1952 to fill a vacancy and won the 1954 and 1958 elections. Kunce has held federal and state positions, led a Murphysboro law office, and chairs several juvenile and mental retardation related boards and associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Kunce
Grand Tower Area
East St. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beatrice Foods Co
Chicago
Kanee
Murphysboro
Illinois County and Probate
National Council of
Juvenile Court Judges
American Judicatory Society
Egyptian Association For
Illinois Juvenile Research Institute
Governor’s Commission On
Wrisis
Commission On Human Relations
Gas leak damages barber shop near 13th Street
Fire at Langan's Barber Shop on 13th Street noon Wednesday caused flames along the sidewalk and under the building after a coal stove ignition. Firemen used carbon dioxide extinguishers to control the blaze within minutes. Gas company crews traced and shut off the leak. minor interior damage reported. John Langan reported the incident. John Strodick confirmed details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
John Strodick
Langan
18Th St
John Langan
Stredick
Strodick
Tlinois
Electric and Gas Co
Thomas
Bush
of. the. Gas Company
Loan Request Under Study by Regional Board
The Southern Illinois regional Board of Economic Development Herrin announced receipt of a 200000 area redevelopment loan application from Good Luck/Glove Co. Rep Kenneth J Gray said the board must certify the project aligns with regional economic development. Funds would rejuvenate a 55000 square foot Metropolis building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Regional Board of Economic Development
Herrin
Good Luck/Glove Co
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Castellano to Build Marion Shopping Center and Motel
West-More Plaza Inc president Castellano announced plans for West-More Plaza a 50 000 square foot shopping center on New Rt 13 with parking for 400 plus cars. Cherry Realty tenants include Woodworth Westeran Foods and Atwood Drug Corp. Motel Egyptian Sands will have 93 rooms restaurant a banquet hall lounge two wings and a large pool. Openings slated April for motel and June for shopping center with site cleared and dirt work completed. Castellano cites Marion growth and Southern Illinois potential and envisions future expansion on a 3500 foot tract between motel and center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West-More Plaza
New Rt. 13
Russell Street
Castellano
Woodworth and
Westeran Foods
Case ‘Tellano
Marion
Joca
Ilinois
Carbondale Girl Scouts to Sing at Christmas Program
From 28 troops, Carbondale Girl Scouts plan an annual Christmas sing at First Methodist Church on Saturday. An estimated 400 scouts will perform, with a 10 40 a m radio broadcast and a 15 minute program. Proceeds and refreshments will follow in the basement, with reminders of past songs in the 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Fist Methodist Church
Ray Tust
Remor
Rites Set For Five Drowned Mt Vernon Family
Funeral services will honor five members of a Mt. Vernon area family drowned Saturday night when their car slid on a snow packed road into Miller Lake seven miles north of Mt. Vernon. Mrs Janet Warren 23 and her four children are to be buried at Oakwood Cemetery after services at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix. The husband John Warren 26 and another daughter Janet Marie 5 survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Janet Darlene Warren
Osborn
Dix
James Everelle
Robert Lee
Charles Marion
Angelia Lea
Rosemary Harris
Ross Partridge
Oakswood
Miller Lake
Mt Vernon
John Warren
Janet
Marie
Warren
Janet Mathus
Everett Marynus
Mines Status Report From Friday Not Working
Mines Working Friday Fidelity Burning Star 2 Zelgier 4 Orient 4 Orient. 4 Orient 5 Old Beng . Mines not Working Burning Star 1 strip Old Ben 21 Zelgier 3 No Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity
Burning Star
Zelgier
Orient
Old Beng
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Delyte
W. Morris
Southern’ Illinois’ University
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Miriam Ringo
Thomas C. Ayres
Frank Cassel
George Schultz
Lustour
Burgener
Louis
Nash
Suests
Herrin High School Board
Mittee
Guiley
Albert Guiley
Vocational Department of
Benton
Gulley
Agriculture
Robert White
Wendell J. Kane
Mitchell Contrating Co
Judge Kunce
More Plaza
J. ‘Castellano
West More’ Plaza Inc
Cherry Realty Co
Carbonidale
Woolsworth’ Co
Westeran ‘Foods Inc
IGA
Atwood Drug Co
Cherry Realty
Girl Scouts
Linois
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