Fire Hits Lovelace Property and Nearby Fields
A Friday blaze south of Carbondale damaged a hay shed on Paul Lovelace’s Rt. 51 property and burned a field and a Detroit area neighbor’s shed. Trucker Elmer Forst started the fire by burning papers, wind spread flames to a strawberry patch, and Carbondale firefighters dealt with multiple small grass fires afterward.
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Carbondale
Elmer Rodgers
Allen Jackson
Paul Lovelace
Ru Aaa
Lovelace
Rt. 51
Carl Robinson
Detroit
Mich
Gilbert Etherton
Elmer Forst
Etherton’s
Robinson
Ray Oe
Southern Illinois University
W. Monroe St
Variety Theater
S. Illinois Ave
Chester Music Group Plans Sunday Program
A holiday music program is planned Sunday at 3 30 p m in the Chester high school gym. The event features the high school mixed chorus of 70, the junior high chorus of 60, the elementary chorus of 50, and another school choir. Wayne Thorne directs with Miss Florente Mainwaring assisting. At 1 p m Sunday the band and chorus perform for inmates at Menard Penitentiary.
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Tchheses
Wayne Thorne
Florente Mainwaring
Menard Penitentiary
Tamaroa Voters Consider School Tax Increase
Residents of Tamaroa Community High School District 102 vote to decide if they should allow a higher tax levy. The current rate is 7.55 per $100 valued and a proposed 9.6 per $100 would raise about $40,710 annually at the maximum levy.
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Tamaroa Community High School
Rockfall Kills Three at Cambia Mine Near Nicosia
A rockface collapsed at Cambia Mine southwest of Nicosia Cyprus killing three men whose truck was buried under debris. Rescue teams recovered the victims as authorities began investigating the accident.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Cambia
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Masthead and Credits
The fragment shows a newspaper masthead from the Southern Illinoisan with publication details, locations in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Carbondale post office notices, stating affiliation and exclusive use of local news from the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois i News, Inc
West
Main Street
Confiscated Geese Donated to Children's Home Christmas Dinner
Federal game agents seized geese from area hunters for hunting violations and cleaned and stored them. On Saturday, agent Wes Newcomb presented 15 confiscated geese to the Hurst-Bush Children's Home for Christmas dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst-Bush
Wes Newcomb
King of Kings Film at SIU Shryock Auditorium
The 1927 Cecil B. DeMille religious epic King of Kings was set to screen at SIU Shryock Auditorium Saturday at 8 p m under the sponsorship of the audio visual department with no admission charge.
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SIU
Cecil B. DeMille
Shryock
Southern Illinois University
SIU Audio- Visual
Parks Expand in Kansas City Missouri Reach
More than 3740 acres of parks and green spaces serve Kansas City Missouri residents, showing a broad City effort to preserve and develop outdoor recreation areas across the metro.
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Kansas City
SIU Cadets to Visit Homestead Air Force Base in Florida
The 56 cadet Air Force ROTC Honor Guard from Southern Illinois University will travel from Scott Air Force Base to Homestead Air Force Base in Miami Florida for a four day program. Cadet officers Wayland Johnson and James E. Thomas will lead with detachment personnel Maj. Raymond D. Wiley Capt. George Carter Lt. Curtis Smith MSgt. Leslie Frey and T-Sgt. George Watkins accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
Fla
A. R. MacMillan
SIU Afrotc
Scott Air Force Base
Air Force
SIU
MacMillan
Homestead
Wayland Johnson
Trenton
James E. Thomas
East St. Louis
Afrotc Detachment
Raymond D. Wiley
George Carter
Curtis Smith
Leslie Frey
George Watkins
World War I Veterans Meet Tuesday in Herrin
The World War I Veterans will gather at the Herrin VFW home at 7 30 p m Tuesday to discuss shifting the regular meeting to Sunday Commander Hugh Grimes said All World War I veterans are invited.
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Herrin Vfw
Hugh Grimes
Grimes
Four Kentuckians charged in Ballard refuge hunting case
Warrants served Saturday on four Kentucky men including Earl Wallace the Fish and Wildlife Resources Department commissioner. The group is accused of taking ducks and geese after legal shooting hours at Ballard County refuge where an order set hours from sunrise to noon. Otis Throgmorton a refuge worker was fined 50 dollars on a federal after hours charge. John McClintock the refuge chief law enforcement officer also faces charges.
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Kentucky
Chandler
Ballard County
Earl Wallace
Fish and Wildlife Resources Department
Otis Throgmorton
John McClintock
Kendall Thomas
Wallace
Thomas
Dave Daley
McClintock
Wes Newcomb
Dave Fihser
Daley
Ing
Throgmorton
Hearing Jan 14 For Thunderbird Tavern Case
A hearing is set for January 14 in Alexander onan court for Lionel Thornton operator of the Thunderbird Tavern near East Cape Girardeau. County Judge Dorothy Spomer will oversee the proceedings after the state seized a roulette wheel and a dice table in a raid by state police on November 30.
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Alexander Onan Court
Ang
Lionel Thorton
Thunderbird
East Cape Girardeau
Dorothy Spomer
Atty
M. P O'Shea
Carbondale Police Briefs List Several Traffic Fines
Deon Starling 17 of Makanda fined five dollars plus costs for improper passing by Trooper Olen Lampe. Terry Moore 18 of Benton fined five dollars and costs for operating a car without license plates. Rodney Weber 21 of Evanston fined twenty five dollars plus costs for speeding. Michael Boatman 28 of Makanda fined five dollars and costs for speeding. Marshall Clark 62 of Carbondale fined five dollars plus costs for improper passing.
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Carbondale
Deon Starling
Rt. 1
Makanda
Justice of the
Pat Dwyer
Olen Lampe
Terry Leon Moore
N. Main St
Benton
Justice of the Peace
Rodney Weber
McDaniel St
Evanston
Roger Draves
Michael Boatman
Steve Endicott
Marshall Clark
Invention of the Wheel Traced to 3000 B C
The note states the wheel's creation around 3000 B C, marking a pivotal technological advance. It emphasizes ancient innovation without citing a specific civilization or source.
Rites Set for Wolf Lake Woman Mina Trainer
Mina Mae Trainer 76 of Wolf Lake died Friday in St. Andrew's Hospital Murphysboro after a long illness. A housewife and Galilee Baptist Church member born April 30 1881 in Union County she married George Trainer in 1897. Surviving sons Curtis Belleville Cecil Elgin daughters Linnett Lytle Grand Tower Jewel Choate Moline Doris Meyers Wolf Lake Wanda Koonce Murphysboro brother Albert Lindsey Grand Tower sister Pearlie Kimmel Wolf Lake six grandchildren two great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at Galilee Baptist Church Rev Herman Gill and Rev Lowell Hock officiating. Norris and Son Funeral Home. Burial Walker Hill Cemetery Grand Tower.
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Wolf Lake
Mina Mae Trainer
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphysboro
Galilee Baptist Church
Union County
George Trainer
Curtis
Belleville
Cecil
Elgin
Linnett Lytle
Grand Tower
Jewel Choate
Moline
Doris Meyers
Wanda Koonce
Barther Albert Lindsey
Pearlie Kimmel
Herman Gill
Lowell Hock
Norris and Son Funeral Home
Walker Hill
Mrs. Feria Dies After 38 Years in Franklin County
Catherine Feria 68 of Coello died Friday in Linwood Nursing Home Benton after a long Franklin County residence. Born February 5 1889 she was survived by husband Joseph who died in 1946 a son Albert a grandson John and brother Pete Nasse. Funeral services set for Monday at Russell Funeral Home Christopher with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Lesser.
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Catherine Feria
Coello
Linwood
Benton
Franklin County
Joseph
Albert
John
Pete Nasse
St. Louis
Russell Funeral Home
Christopher
St. Ken Boros
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lesser
Largest zinc mine located at Gilman Colorado
The world’s biggest zinc mine is at Gilman Colorado, marking a major mineral resource site. The mine’s scale highlights Gilman’s role in the mining industry and regional economy.
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Gilman, Colo
Wrong Day To Try His Luck For Goose Hunter
On Friday the 13th Jack B. Clotfelter faced a citation at Ballard County Refuge Kentucky after federal and state agents, a year after a warrant for shipping geese out of state, spotted his name in the hunting register. He paid a $50 fine before Cairo Justice Max Bevill.
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Jack B. Clotfelter
Clotfelter
Ballard County
Cairo
Justice of the Peace
Max Bevill
Linda Forsyth Hosts Teen Talent Workshop Show
Linda Forsyth of Carbondale will announce and host the Student's Workshop on TV at 7 p.m. Tuesday over Channel 9 from St. Louis. The program showcases teenage voice and piano students from Elkville, Marion, Carbondale, West Frankfort, Christopher, Crab Orchard, Cairo and Metropolis. Produced by the Southern Illinois Talent Parade Assn with James Houston of Herrin as president.
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Linda Forsyth
Carbondale
St. Louis
Channel 9
W. R. Forsyth
Hill St
Elkville
Marion
West Frankfort
Christopher
Crab Orchard
Cairo
Metropolis
Southern Illinois Talent Parade Assn
James Houston
Herrin
Last Of 14 Hurt In Train Wreck Out Of Hospital
The final patient from a November train wreck near Gorham has been discharged from St. Andrew's Hospital Murphysboro. Three month old Darrce Williams was released after head injury treatment, traveling with sister Linda and grandmother Ossie Nunn from Cotton Plant Arkansas.
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St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphysboro
Gorham
Darrce Williams
Linda
Ossie Nunn
Rt. 2
Cotton Plant
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Tire Stolen From Carbondale School Parking
Dr. Jack B. Taylor of Carbondale reports a spare tire taken from his station wagon parked in front of Carbondale Community High School while he attended a Board of Education meeting Thursday night.
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Jack B. Taylor
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Board of Education
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Colorado
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Ketleri
Glauca Burki
Cannarti
Southern Illinois Landscape Serv., Inc
W. Main
Feria
Limpuse' S Realty
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Herrin Kroger
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Magnavox
South Illinois Avenue
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Herrin Merchant’s Association
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