Aluminum Rises as Markets Show Minor Changes
Local stock market edges along with modest activity as aluminum gains appear amid mixed listings. Dow Jones hits 615.68 noon, while industrials and other sectors show small shifts. bond trading remains irregular amid a broad price spectrum. Obituary notes Gus Lewis, a 60-year-old former Marion resident and taxicab driver, who died at his Johnston City home. Services set for Thursday at Mitchel Funeral Home with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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Marion
Johnston City
Williamson County
Jim
Lydia Thompson Lewis
Mable Gregory
Mitchel Funeral Home
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
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U. S
Non-Credit Night Classes at SIU Offer Eleven Courses
SIU Division of Technical and Adult Education will host eleven non-credit adult night courses this winter. Registration is Jan 1 4 in room 41 at University School from 6 30 to 6 30 p m for a 12 week duration. Courses include Beginning Typing Intermediate Typing Shorthand Bookkeeping and more with times and fees listed.
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Southern Ilinois University
Division of Technical and Adult Education
University School
Nazi Camp Chief Held in Germany Arrest
Frankfurt officials announce the arrest of Richard Baer the 49 year old former Auschwitz commander in hiding under an alias. Prosecutor Heinz Wolf says details not released and more arrests may follow as Germany widens the Nazi slaughter inquiry. Sixteen former SS guards are in custody and Eichmann faces trial in Israel next March.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Richard Baer
Auschwitz
Baer
Mien
Heinz Wolf
Wolf
SS Guard
S S
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Illinois corn crop sets record in 1960 report
Springfield reports Illinois bumper corn crop totaling 697 million bushels above a near record 1308. The 1960 average yield was 69 bushels per acre, two bushels above 1959 but below the 1938 peak. Soybeans reached 129 million bushels, up from 1959 while below 1958. Total crop value near 1.218 billion dollars.
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Illinois
Ex-Grand Tower Mayor Gardiner Dies at 61
Charles D. Gardiner 61 longtime Grand Tower mayor and former drugstore owner died Monday at St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro after months of illness. He served three terms as mayor and held roles as city treasurer and school board member. He was a state revenue employee and belonged to Amada Temple Blue Lodge and Knights Templar. Born August 8 1899 in Grand Tower he was survived by his wife Pauline Ashman and son William plus sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Van Natta Chapel Grand Tower with burial Walker Cemetery.
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Grand Tower
St. Joseph Hospital
Murphysboro
Gardiner
Revenue Department
Amada Temple
East St. Louis
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Knights Templar
Carbondale
Pauline’Ashman
Marion
William
Highland
Raymond A. Holmes
Buffalo
N.Y
Benjamin C. Kelley
van Natta Chapel
Wallace Thurmond
van Natta Funeral Home
Walker Cemetery
Southern Illinois Deaths and Birth Notices December 20 1960
Southern Illinois area births record several new arrivals including a son for Fredrick and Bite Coulterville, a son for Donavon Forquer in Carterville, a daughter for Weldon Kendrick in Johnston City, and a son for Jack Poole in Murphysboro. Death notices list Domenick Hirrain, 77, of Herrin. Jogsle Kopps of Johnston City. Guano Weawis of Johnston City. Thomas Schlenker of Jonesboro. Florence Dunston of Marion. Funeral details and burial places noted for each.
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Herrin
Maronysbore
Southern Illinoisan
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Frederking
Bite
Fred
Sparta Community Hospital
Carterville
Forquer
Mes
Donavon
Herrin “Hospital
Johnston City
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Weldon
Fairfield
W.W. Kendrick
Lydia DiPietro
Marion
Higgins
Jerry
Doctors Hospital
Gerebondale Joliet
Hendrick
Russell
Marshall Brewing Hospital
du Quoin
Murphysboro
Poole
Jack
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Nashville
Rudloff
Southern Illinois
Hirrain
Consilvio
Domenick
13Th St
Johnson Funeral Home
St. Carson Cemetery
Kopp
Jogsle
Monroe St
Anna State
Mutman and Wilson Funeral Home
Lakeview
Weawis
Gua
Hams
Mitchell Funeral Home
Marton
Pleaaant Grove
Franda
Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Schlenker
Thomas
Norris and Son Funeral Home
I Marion
Dunston
Mra
Florence
Markat
Marion Memorial Hospital
Aervican
Wilton Fureral
Rose Hill Cemetery
Southern electors revolt ties to Strom Thatmond vote
Fourteen electors backed Senator Strom Thurmond for vice president as Southern leaders sought to sway others from major party candidates. The plan failed aside from Irwin, who joined the bloc.
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Sen
Strom Thatmond
D-S.c
Irwin
Dowell man jailed for gas theft attempt near Carbonale
Jesse Baier of Dowell was sentenced to 30 days in Jackson County jail after admitting he tried to steal gasoline from the Walter Taylor farm two miles south of Carbondale. Police say Taylor’s sons frightened him away with a shotgun and he was later arrested near the farm.
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Dowell
Carbondale
Jackson County
Robert Schwartz
Jesse Baier
Walter Taylor
Taylor
Baxter
Former Area Man Dies in Florida
Frank Atchison 76 of Lakeland Florida died Monday after a years long illness. Born in Franklin County in 1884 to Thomas and Mary Ann Cockrum Atchison he leaves a wife the former cllones sons Paul of Lesser Lyle of Lakeland Florida daughters Mrs Erma Fine of Chicago Heights half sister Mrs Sarah Drew of Chicago Heights half brother Shelly Williams of Chicago Heights nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren Burial arrangements are at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser
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Florida
Frank Atchison
Lakeland
Fla
Franklin County
Thomas
Mary Ann Cockrum Atchison
Cllones
Paul
Lesser
Lyle
Erma Fine
Chicago
Heights
Sarah Drew
Chicago Heights
Shelly Williams
Former Murphysboro Man Elected TSA President 1962
Dr. Charles Cleland, former Murphysboro president, named president of the Texas Psychological Association for 1962. Cleland, son of Murphysboro Postmaster Homer Cleland, was named president-elect for 1961. He is superintendent of Abilene State School. Election held during Abilene Association for Mental Health panel on mental health with Cleland as a featured speaker.
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Murphysboro
Charles Cleland
Texas Psychological Association
Cleland
Homer Cleland
Abilene, Texas
Abilene Association For Mental Health
Storms From Rockies Hit Maryland Snow Deep
A fast moving storm spread heavy snow from the Rockies into the Midwest and Maryland. Temperatures plunged, drifting winds created hazardous driving, with six inches of snow across the Mississippi Valley and up to four more inches expected in Maryland. The season’s first cold snap followed as winter neared, with warnings posted for several states. Separately, Williamson County volunteers and Marion police found a missing Marion man in a woods at 10 15 p m. He is under medical care for a nervous condition. Wayne Lee Malone, 15, faces arraignment in Williamson County juvenile court for delinquency related to prior charges, with a Dec 28 date set by Judge John Clayton. the charges stem from an incident involving driving under the influence earlier.
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Emer
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Marion
Williamson County Civil Defense
Charles Edwards
Orew A. Drew
Wayne Lee Malone
Williamson County
John Clayton
Malone
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Holiday music programs planned at Carbondale grade schools
Six Carbondale grade schools host holiday music programs this week led by choral instructors Mrs. Donald Canedy and Mrs. Roger Ulrich. The Springmore event is at 7:30 p.m. today in the multipurpose room, Brush program at 2 p.m. Wednesday, and Thomas at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday.
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Donald Canedy
Roger Ulrich
Springmore
Carbondale Man Dies Rites Slated Friday
William Harrison Roach 78 of 305 E Walnut Carbondale died Monday at Anna State Hospital after 27 days illness. A retired farmer born Nov 12 1884 in Union County he was a member of the Apuse patie Church. Survived by sons Frank at Homestead AFB Florida Earl of Corpus Christi TX sister Mrs Jeanie Smith Buncombe brother Charles Carbondale and nine grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2:30 pm Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale with Rev Louis Blaise officiating. Friends may call after 7 pm Wednesday. Burial Snider Cemetery.
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E. Walnut St
Carbondale
Anna State Hospital
Mr. Roach
Union County
James
Addie Roach
Apuse Patie
Roda Rose
Frank
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Earl
Corpus Christi
Tex
Jeaniie Smith
Buncombe
Charles
Huffman Funeral Home
Louis Blaise
Snider Cemetery
Four Chicagoans Hurt in Rt 145 Wreck Near Harrisburg
Four Chicago area residents were injured when a Latino car collided with a Chicago driver on Route 145 south of Harrisburg. Harry A. Satin of Chicago and Ray D. Treet of Ivanhoe Texas were unhurt among the drivers. Passenger injuries prompted admission of Mrs Kane Talmadge, 58, of Chicago, with minor injuries. Trent received a ticket for right of way violation. The crash occurred five miles south of Harrisburg.
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Chicago
Kennedy Leads Electoral College Victory 300 219
Washington December 20 Kennedy has been elected president by the Electoral College tallying 300 votes to Nixon's 219 with Byrd receiving 15. Hawaii recounts kept Kennedy ahead and may be fully recounted. Some electors and pledges altered votes, highlighting the moral duty versus state outcomes.
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Jom F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Maine
Hawaii
Richard Nixon
Harry F. Byrd
D-va
Dawaii
Congress
Nixon
Oklahoma
Henry D. Irwin
Barnesville
Byrd
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Weger's Attorney Moves to Suppress Confession
Defense lawyer John McNamara seeks to suppress Weger’s confession in a triple murder case. The court denied part of the motion and ordered the state to inform McNamara by Jan 3 which statements to disclose. Weger, arraigned for the Starved Rock killings, asserted the Nov 17 confession was coerced under threat of the electric chair.
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McChester Weger
Ro Namara
Weger
Chicago Area
Pro- Rock State Park
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Ais
Belie
Leonand Hoffman
la Salle Couny Gorthouse
Hoffman
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