First Notices On Tax Drive To Be Mailed
A warder warning program starts in Carbondale Township with 100 tax notices ready for mailing. Jackson County Treasurer Robert Maloney says the county aims to alert delinquent personal property taxpayers within 30 days and may seize property or sue to collect. The effort will roll through Makanda Township and Murphysboro next, with sixteen townships targeted over about six months as deputies are sought to handle the workload.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Robert Maloney
Acu
Maloney
Malney
Board of Supervisors
Makanda
Murphysboro
Bar Names Committees Bar Names Committees
Owen Ball of Chicago names members for Illinois Bay Association standing committees and councils. Charles E. Feirich of Carbondale serves on the judicial ethics committee. John C. Weirich and Gilbert are on the junior bar section council and the share legislative committee. Roy O. Gulley, vice chairman of the American Citizenship Committee, William W. Hart Jr. of the first district admissions committee, and Robert S. Hill of the civil practice and procedure section council are selected. Marion lawyers James B. Bleyer, Gordon Wranklin, and George B. Lee join negligence law, grievance hearing division, and first district admissions committee respectively.
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Owen Ball
Chicago
Illinois Bay Association
Charles’ E. Feirich
Carbondale
Judicial Ethics
John C. Weirich ‘J
Bar’ ‘Section
John G. “Gilbert
Benton
Roy O. Gulley
American Citizenship Committee
William W. Hart Jr. Meme
First District
Robert S. Hill
Marion
James B. Bleyer
Gordon Wranklin
George.b. Lee
Harrisburg
Signs to Deter Hunters Sold by Colorado Variety Store
A southwest Colorado town’s variety store sells seasonable rancher signs reading No hunting Survivors will be prosecuted. The signs target hunters and emphasize local enforcement.
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Costez
Loo. Lae
Colorado
Post Office Christmas Mail Rush Widens Across Region
Post offices expect about 60 000 incoming and 40 000 outgoing pieces daily as area Christmas mail volume surpasses last year. Murphysboro Carbondale Herrin Marion and other offices report peak days with cancellations rising, stamp sales totaling near 10 000 and 14 549 29 at Carbondale, and overtime and extra staff to handle the surge.
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Smothers
Thornton Bellm
Murphysboro
Herrin
Lee Hervin
Carbondale
Dee. 9
Bellin
Bellny
Marion
J. P. Smothers
Barn Fire Destroys Structure Near Johnston City
A barn and its contents burned at 7 p.m. Sunday near Johnston City, with losses estimated at 2500 dollars. Owned by J Charles Eberhart of 1114 Burgess St the fire was reported by neighbor Ralph Farris. Over 800 hay bales 4006 board feet of lumber and farm equipment were destroyed the barn located about a quarter mile north of Johnston City High School.
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Johnston City
J Charles Eberhart
Burgess St
Ralph Farris
Johnston City High School
State Police Raid Campaign Nets No Violations
Over the weekend, State Police raiding squads continued gambling checks in Alexander County and found no violations. District 13 at Du Quoin reported nightly checks at several Cairo area clubs on Route 148, with raids since November 4 to coincide with goose hunting season. District 18 said about 260 check raids have been conducted since May 3.
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Alexander County
District 13
du Quoin
New Colony
Purple Crackle Club
Latin Quarter
Paradise Club
Stork Club
Cairo
Cairo Area
District 18
Food poisoning at Newnorm Christmas party at church
Six people treated for suspected food poisoning after a Christmas party supper at Christ Lutheran Church in Newnorm. About 150 attendees. a dish of chicken and noodles suspected. Three patients hospitalized, others improved or treated and released. Health officer Dr. William Cassel said an investigation would begin today.
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Christ Lutheran Church
Newnort
Y. Q. Petzoldt
Gorham
St. Joseph Memorial
Murphysboro Hospital
Weber
Ruth Kranawetter
Lloyd Kranawetter
Jacob
Chester Hospital
Roland Kranawetter
Edna Wollman
Barbara
Morris
St. Joseph Hospital
William J. Cassel
Jackson County
Man Accused Of Taking Cab And Money
A 29 year old Marion man Clyde Frey was arrested in Carbondale after allegedly robbing two Marion cab company employees and taking their cab near Energy. Frey was bound over to a Williamson County grand jury on armed robbery charges and released on a $2,000 bond. The victims, Ray H. Clark and Cecil Lawrence, reported Frey hijacked the cab after wrecking his car on Route 37 and demanded money. Frey reportedly carried a $100 plus billfold when arrested, with $20 found on the floor at the wreck.
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Marion
Carbondale
Marion White ‘Top Cab Co
Energy
Clyde Frey
Bentley St
Herrin
Justice of the Peace
Olen
Pat” Ballard
Williamson County
Ray H. Clark
Rt. 1
Cecil Lawrence
Frey
Rt. 37
Clark
Booker
Pete
Peterson
Burglars Steal Cigarettes Food From Joseph Ivy Store
Police report a break in at 401 N. 6th Ave by breaking the door glass. About .11 cartons of cigarettes cheese meat and sausage and roughly $4 were taken. Footprints indicate the burglars fled east after leaving the store. no arrests yet.
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Wayne Booker
Joseph Ivy
Booker
Feurer Appointed Williamson County Deputy Tax Collector
Feurer, Marion, has accepted the appointment as deputy tax collector for Williamson County. Deputy Carl Schroeder, Johnston City, resigned Friday after serving since 1945. Schroeder said that all work was caught up and he would resign before tax collections renewed. Feurer was formerly associated with a brother in operating Fewrers IGA Store at 113 S Has Sell St Marion.
Attackers Take $265 Overlook $8,487 in Zeigler Robbery
Emily Kral of Zeigler was beaten and robbed of 265 dollars Sunday night. Two men searched her two room home and tore open bags finding 8,487 dollars wrapped in handkerchiefs. Officers sought an interpreter to question Kral who lay unconscious and in fair condition at Miners Hospital Christ ophe. Police noted the money was largely in hundred and twenty five twenty dollar and smaller bills.
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Zeigler
Paul Gayer
Henry Narve
Emily Kral
Apolonia Tomsky
SS. Main St
Niga! Starnes
South Main
Christopher Road
Gayer
Miners Hospital
Christophe
Bank of Zeigler
Narve
Franklin County Sheriff's
Harlan Eldridge
West Officials to Meet on Delinquent Tax Drive
Sheriff Dean West will meet Williamson County school officials at the Logan School Library at 7 30 p m to discuss collecting delinquent taxes. The session, rescheduled multiple times, aims to recover about 400000 for the past four years.
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WEST
Dean West
Williamson ‘County
Logan
Konight
Clerks Ask Union to Boycott Murphysboro Stores
Handbills distributed over the weekend urged shoppers to keep Murphysboro prosperous by not patronizing six listed union shops. Augusta Hatcher, business representative for Local Union 1595, said there are no immediate plans to identify the stores. The notices ask shoppers to avoid Sunday shopping, though contracts do not bar Sunday work and unions offer double pay for Sunday shifts.
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Murphysboro
Augusta Hatcher
Hatcher
Notic¢Es
Orbid
Post-Conviction Act Goodpaster Hearing Case May Go Higher
The 1949 Illinois post-conviction act may allow Dr. Walter J. Goodpaster to pursue appeals to the state Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court after filing a petition for a new trial. Goodpaster, an optometrist from Herrin, is serving a 199-year sentence at Menard Penitentiary for the 1959 Christmas Day murder of Mrs. Margaret Strain in Carterville. His secretary Mrs. Pauline Miller Hedges is charged as an accessory after the fact. A Marion firm led by Melyn Wingersky filed the new trial petition. an affidavit by Fred Dunning challenges his trial testimony about the shooting and related jeep trips on the Goodpaster ranch. Sneed says either side may appeal the petition decision to higher courts. The case may be heard at the February term.
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Walter J. Goodpaster
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Herrin
Menard Penitentiary
Goodpaster
Massac
Margaret Stranl
Carterville
Pauline. Miller
Hedges
Williamson County
Carl Sneed
Goodmaster
Steed
Illinois
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Sneed
Fred Dunning
Cambria
Dunning
Goodpaster Ranch
Miller
Frias
Mines Working Tuesday Report Summary
A historical note lists mine names Fidelity Burning Star 1 and 2 Old Ben 9 21 Orient 3 4 5 Zeigler 4 3 with a statement No Report. indicates active status as of Tuesday with no detailed findings provided. Names reflect mine designations and operators common to mid century mining records.
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Fidelity
Burning Star
Orient
Zeigler
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Joe Howard Flough
Bar Names Committees
Adrian Chamness
Chester
Williams
Overlook
Rob Zeigler
Emily Krat
Tote
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