Provisions of C I P S Agreements Explained
The Free Press outlines negotiations between Carbondale city and Central Illinois Public Service on a 30 year electric franchise and a 10 year street lighting pact. City leaders seek action before October and aim to speed street light installations, with rates set by the Illinois Commerce Commission and cost sharing detailed for 347 lamps plus eight additional lamps.
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Free Press
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Central
Ilinois Public Service Company
Carbondale
West Main
Springer
Illinois Commerce Commission
CIPS
Wright
J. Edward Helton
Broderick
Co. I. P.S
Inquest Continues Into Minnie Glodo Death Near Grand Tower
An inquest into Minnie Glodo's death from a traffic crash near Grand Tower was continued to December 21 to hear more witnesses. Glodo, 36, was struck by Hershal Campbell's eastbound car while returning to a service station after her car stalled on the Grand Tower road from Route 3. Deputy Roy Carter said the left front fender struck her. she died at the scene with likely neck and chest injuries. Funeral services were held in Grand Tower.
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Broderck
Grand Tower
Minnie Glodo
Murphysboro
Glodo
Almos
Carter
Postage Rates and Public Notices for Carbondale Ill
Rates listed for weekly and annual subscriptions. Mail delivery options include 6 weeks for 1.00 and 12 weeks for 2.00. Subscriptions not sold where carrier service exists. Entered at Carbondale post office as second class matter under act of March 3, 1879. Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
Harris Attends Geological Society Meeting in Olney
Dr. Stanley E Harris Jr associate professor of geography and geology at Southern Illinois University will attend a meeting of the Illinois Geological Society today in Olney. Dr Henry J Rehn dean of the College of Vocations and Professions will attend the American Economic Association meeting in New York during the Christmas holidays.
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Stanley E. Harris, Jr
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Geological Society
Olney
Henry J. Rehn
College of Vocation and Professions
American Economic Association
New York
Balloons and Cigars but No Orchids at Walker's Reopening
J. W. Walker & Sons opened its remodeled store at 100 West Jackson Street with a festive debut. Manager Kenneth Odum apologized for missing Hawaii orchids promised to the first 400 women, while balloons went to children and cigars to men.
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Walker
J. W. Walker & Sons
West Jackson Street
Kenneth Odum
Hawaii
St. Louis
City of Miami Adds Section to Streamliner Runs
Illinois Central runs two sections of the City of Miami streamliner today and December 22 to handle Christmas passenger overflow bound for Florida. The extra section will arrive in Carbondale at 12:45 on the southbound trip.
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City of
Miami
University closes 1949 classes for Christmas break
Students at Southern Illinois University finish 1949 classes with the phrase See you next year. A 16 day Christmas vacation begins tomorrow with only a few Saturday classes. Resumption is set for Monday Jan 2. Dr. Charles Tenny notes 180 school days required for accreditation and that offices will operate except Dec 26.
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Southern Illinois University
University Accrediting Association
Charles Tenny
Tenny
University
New Schedule At Post Office In Carbondale
Postmaster Virgil Brown announced a new schedule for parcel post and stamp sales at Carbondale post office. Windows open 7 am to 7 pm through Christmas. money order and postal savings windows close at 5 pm on weekdays and noon Saturdays. Office stays open 7 pm tomorrow and Dec 24 with city mail deliveries in the afternoons. Post office staff numbers rise with four more temps joining. daily letter cancellations around 27 000 and rising about 5 000 daily through Christmas. Patrons urged to use quiet hours 10 am to noon and 3 pm to 5 pm, to avoid lines, and to refrain from using lobby drop boxes when mail volume is high.
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Carbondale
Virgil Brown
Brown
Property Transfers Involving Land Lots And Lots
Ervin Weil and others transfer land in section 34 township 7 range 2 to Caroline Herman for 5 dollars. T W Rendleman transfers lot 5 from Minerva Zimmerman’s Makanda plat to Leon W Smith for 1 dollar. Pearl Thomas Allen transfers lot 15 block 8 Rev Plat Carbondale addition to Prairie Farms Creamery Corp for 1 dollar.
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Ervin Weil
Caroline Herman
T. W. Rendleman
Leon W. Smith
Minerva Zimmerman
Makanda
Pearl Thomas Allen
Prairie Farms Creamery Corporation
Carbondale
Area Firemen Launch Drive For Equipment
Hart Lawrence, president of Tri-county Coal Belt Fire Protective association, appointed committees to equip the new regional group serving 16 towns across Williamson, Jackson and Franklin counties. A nine-man panel will seek a mobile aerial truck with a 100-foot ladder. another panel will pursue short wave radio for intertown fire communications. The 48 firemen and nine town officials gathered at Marion’s American Legion home for a meeting and banquet, with Mayor Harry Rodd delivering the welcome. Committees meet January 19 at Zeigler city hall to report.
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Hart Lawrence
Johnston City
Tri-county Coal Belt Fire Protective Association
Williamson
Jackson
Franklin
American Legion
Marion
Harry Rodd
Lawrence
J. Wes Gentry
Carterville
Fred Schoonover
Herrin
E. A. Welch
Marion Veteran Hospital
Bob Burke
West Frankfort
Alta McGhee
Harry Cash
Veterans Hospital
Arlie Simmons
Zeigler City Hall
Zacharias Heads SIU Weekend Social Group
Bill Zacharias of Carbondale has been elected program chairman of the Weekend Social committee at Southern Illinois University. The group sponsors buses to take students to the Southern Eastern game at Eastern on January 7.
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Bill Zacharias
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
University Officials Discuss Park Facilities Use
University officials conferred on potential summer use of park facilities by the university. They discussed plans to set up university workshops outdoor classes and meetings at the State park with an assurance of cooperation.
Santa Shifts Headquarters for Carbondale Visit
Santa Claus changes plans to use Hotel Roberts in Carbondale as his headquarters this Saturday. He will greet children in the hotel club room from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with gifts of candy and fruit. Jaycees sponsor, Dan Benson donates a Christmas tree for decor at the hotel corner club room.
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Carbondale
Hotel
Roberts
Bradley Hardware
East Main Street
Fred Brown
The
Jaycees
Dan Benson
Bob White Cafe
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged This Thursday
Admitted Thursday includes Mrs Gilbert Trapher surgical Buncombe Elizabeth Ann Whiteside surgical Marion J E Oliver surgical Marion Ed Conaway accident Carbondale David Eugene Colbroth accident Tunnel Hill Discharged Thursday Lester Hancock surgical Goreville J M Childers medical Gore Alfred Hiller medical Carter Elizabeth Ann Whiteside surgical Marion
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Gilbert Trapher
Buncombe
Elizabeth Ann Whiteside
Marion
J. E. Oliver
Ed Conaway
Carbon
David Eugene Colbroth
Tunnel Hill
Lester Hancock
Goreville
Operetta Dazzles Carbondale Students at Junior High
About 500 attended the Carbondale elementary Christmas operetta titled Sur prise Christmas at Lincoln Junior High. A matinee drew roughly 1300 grade school children. Directed by Mrs. Mary Swindell with help from Mrs. Mary Morris, it retold a tale of European displaced persons in New York City’s Grand Central Station.
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Grand Central Railroad
New York, N. Y
Joe Troutman Dies at His Marion Home
Joe Troutman age 75 a former Carbondale resident died yesterday at his Marion home Thursday morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of a son from California. The body rests at Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion.
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Joe Troutman
Marion
California
Mitchell Funeral Home
Five Million Released for U of I Projects
Governor Adlai Stevenson released 5.56 million dollars in state funds to the University of Illinois for construction of an addition to the research and educational hospitals in Chicago. The payment is part of a 15.74 million appropriation approved by the 194¢ legislature for the university capital improvements.
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University of Illinois
Chicago
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