Unit District Renews Fleet Insurance Pact
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 renews its fleet policy for 30 vehicles with Country Mutual Insurance Co. at $1,006 for 100k to 500k personal liability and $1,088 for 100k to 1 million liability, higher limits for a total premium of $82 more per year due to a favorable loss ratio.
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Murphysboro Unit
Country Mutual Insurance Co
Unit 186
American State’s Insurance Co
Miller’s Mutual Insurance Co
Anna Teachers Receive Annual Salary Increase
The Anna Grade School Board approved a $200 yearly raise for teachers at Thursday night’s meeting. Supt. Loel Verble Jr. cited January as the start. A junior high site survey by Bob Minton of West Frankfort was reviewed for a planned classroom addition by architect Thomas Graman of Metropolis.
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Anna Grade School
Supt
Loel Verble Jr
Janary
Bob Minton
West Frankfort
Thomas Graman
Metropolis
Three Children Die in Shawneetown Fire Tragedy
Funeral services are held today for James Woodrow age 3 Elizabeth Ann 1 year 10 months and Christine Estelle 2 months children of Frederick L Hise killed when an oil stove exploded in the bedroom of their Shawneetown home. Coroner Bill Edwards to hold inquest Monday at Shawneetown courthouse. Mrs Hise had left the home a few minutes before the blast.
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Shawneetown
James Woodrow
Elizabeth Ann
Christine Estelle
Frederick L. Hise
Hise
Wadesville
Ind
Gallatin County
Bill Edwards
The Light Touch by Pete Epps
Advertisement for Epps Motors at Highway 13 East Carbon Dale promoting Volkswagen service. Includes humorous lines about a tall teen, a large family, rising phone bills, and job seekers. Provides two phone numbers and locations.
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Pete Epps
Epps Motors
Hwy. 13
East
Carbon
Dale
Volkswagen
Tree Of Lights Fund Drive Nears Goal In West Frankfort
The West Frankfort Salvation Army aims for a 2000 goal as 165 lights at $10 each illuminate the tree before the post office. Fire and police departments conduct drives Friday and Saturday. top fundraiser receives a gold bell plaque. Funds support baskets and toys for local families and gifts to veterans and nursing homes.
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West Frankfort
Police Department
Fire Department
Capt. Board
Army
Veterans’s Hospital
Marion
Capt. Beard
Future Farmers of America
Key Club
Ministerial Alliance
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Douglas Urges Enrollment In Medicare
Senator Paul H. Douglas urges Illinois residents over 65 to enroll in Medicare Part B by March 31 1966 to avoid a two year abstention from eligibility. He notes only about 43 percent enrolled and provides mail contact and local Social Security office addresses in Carbondale Harrisburg and Mount Vernon for enrollment cards.
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Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Douglas
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Carbondale
W. Main St
Harrisburg
E. Poplar St
Mt. Vernon
S. 10Th St
John R. Garrett Dies Former Anna Resident
Funeral services for John R. Garrett 67 a former Anna resident who died Wednesday in Aurora will be at 9 30 a m Monday at St Mary s Catholic Church Anna The rosary will be recited at 7 30 p m Sunday at McCarthy Funeral Home Anna Burial will be in Anna Cemetery He was a retired railroad welder and a member of Sacred Heart Church Du Quoin He was born April 26 1853 in Anna to Oliver and Margaret Pelley Garrett He married Laura Funk October 20 1917 in Murphysboro She died in 1963 He leaves a daughter Mrs Margaret Smith of Aurora a son Bill of Crystal Lake and a sister Mrs Chloe Randall of San Diego California.
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John R. Garrett
Dowell
Anna
Aurora
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
McCarthy Funeral
Funeral
Garrett
Sacred Heart Church
du Quoin
Oliver
Margaret Pelley Garrett
Laura Funk
Murphysboro
Margaret Smith
Bill
Crystal Lake
Chloe Randall
San Diego
Calif
Fire at Pyramid Lumber Co storage room
Firefighters responding to a call at Pyramid Lumber Co on North Marion Street found a fire in a storage room. The blaze was extinguished upon arrival with minor damage reported and no injuries.
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Carbondale
Pyramid Lumber Co
Marion St
Bays Lawyers Seek Tests On Bays Arraignment
Attorneys for Donald Lee Bays 23 of Marion request psychiatry examinations after arraignment in McCracken County Circuit Court Paducah. Bays and Charles Adams 18 of Toledo were charged with grand larceny breaking and entering and attempted armed robbery of Bays Thriftway Supermarket. Both bound over for grand jury. two men fled during the hold up. Bays had prior psychiatric care.
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Donald Lee Bays
Marion
McCracken County
Paduach
Bays
Charles Adams
Toledo
Ohio
Paducah
Bays Thriftway
W. Albert Bays
Young Bays
Adams
Mrs. Cora Rendleman Dies at 85 in Goreville
Mrs. Cora Rendleman, 85, Goreville, died today in Creal Springs Nursing Home after a yearlong illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Van Natta Funeral Chapel Goreville officiated by Rev. Kirk Rodgers. Burial at Busby Cemetery. Visitation after 4 p.m. Saturday. Born January 18 1880 in Johnson County to Linn Humphrey and wife. Survived by sister Ida Peterson of Goreville and nephew Oscar Humphrey, also of Goreville.
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Cora Rendleman
Goreville
Creal Springs
van Natta
Kirk Rodgers
Busby Cemetery
Rendleman
Johnson County
Linn Humphrey
Ida Peterson
Oscar Humphrey
Cobden Town Claims World’s Widest Main Street Pride
Cobden, population 918, notes its claim to the world’s widest Main Street and its sports pride, with four SIU Agriculture graduates holding or pursuing doctorates. Five graduates in total, including Fred Angell of Alto Pass, span programs from Maryland to California, with John Lingle on the UC Davis faculty.
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Cobden
Appleknockers
Southern Illinois University School of Agriculture
SIU
Union County
John C. Lingle
Jack Stroehlein
Glenn J. Stadelbacher
James Tweedy
SIU Ag
Fred F. Angell
Alto Pass
Maryland
California
Lingle
Michigan State University
University of California At
Police Briefs Speeding Fines In Herrin And West Frankfort
Herrin Charles Scerener fined 18 dollars for speeding. West Frankfort Ardis Smith fined 25 dollars for speeding.
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Herrin
Charles Scerener
West Frankfort
Ardis Smith
Carbondale Board Rejects Teacher Salary Committee Seat
The Carbondale Grade School Board of Education denies a proposal to add a board member to the teachers salary committee. Supt. Laurence Martin to seek landscape cost estimates for Lincoln Junior High and Parrish and Lewis schools.
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Carbondale Grade School Board of Education
Margie Lerch
Carbondale Education Association
Mittee
Laurence Martin
Haynes Reese
John Childress
Martin
Pinckneyville Traffic Fines for Yield and Speed
Irma R. McCrary of Pinckneyville fined 15 dollars for failure to yield right of way. Percy city driver Terry E. Hartmann fined 15 dollars for driving too fast for conditions in Hartmann’s case.
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Pinckneyville
Irma R. McCrary
Percy
Terry E. Hartmann
Water bills rise after city meters and reader hired
Carterville residents report high bills due to past under measurement from defective or missing meters. The city bought 200 new meters and added an extra meter reader last summer, improving accuracy and administration. A September rate increase also contributed to higher charges, Mayor Frank Samuel Jr. said.
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Carterville
Frank Samuel Jr
Samuel
Police Brief: Delbert Rucker Fined for Deer Kill Violation
Ellis Grove authorities fined Delbert Rucker thirty dollars for failing to check a deer killed the same day. The local incident highlights hunting compliance rules and enforcement in the county.
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Ellis Grove
Delbert Rucker
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