Creal Springs Miner Injured In Rock Fall
Orville Cline, a Creal Springs coal miner, was injured by a rock fall at Parton Coal Co. mine east of Marion. He was blasting coal with compressed air, alone, when a large rock pinned him at about 2:45 p.m. He is in fair condition at Marion Memorial Hospital with chest injuries. Cline is married with seven children.
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Creal Springs
Parton Coal Co
Marion
Orville Cline
Rt. 1
Marion Memorial Hospital
Cline
Ming
Goreville Man Fined $50 For Rock Tega Driving
A Goreville man A Vaneil Jr 28 was fined 50 dollars after being found guilty of rock driving in Carbondale. He had pleaded innocent at first following his July 4 arrest. Separate charges against four Southern Illinois University students for illegally transporting liquor were dismissed. Police had found a beer bottle in a patrol car and charged the students with walking with and placing the bottle in the car. The students named are David Marshall Duncan Mitchell William Billings and R G Teller. A liquor to minor count against Joseph Daniel Pullen Jr and Essie Underwood was also dismissed.
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Join A. Vaneil Jr
Goreville
Rock- Tega
Carbondale
Vaneil
Robert Schwartz
Jackson County
Aquor
Southern Illinois University
Schwartz
David Marshall
Duncan Mitchell
Willam
Billings
R. G. Teller
Joseph Daniel Pullen Jr
Essie Underwood
Pullen
Figures Returned To Carbondale Nativity Scene
Wooden figures of Mary and the infant Jesus were returned to the Grace Methodist Church Nativity display at 610 S Marion St Carbondale. They disappeared Tuesday night and were found Saturday during the pastors absence. The pastor noted a past camel loss also recovered days later.
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Mary
Jesus
Grace Methodist
Sparta Votes on Fire Tax Increase Proposal
Sparta residents will vote Tuesday on a proposition to double the fire protection tax. The current rate is two cents per $100 valuation, producing about $5,600 annually, while the proposed rate would be four cents per $100 valuation. Funds support equipment including a new truck. voting takes place 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the town hall building.
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Sparta
Firemen Put Out Blaze at 209 W Monroe St Anna
Anna firemen extinguished a morning fire at 209 West Monroe Street in Anna on Saturday about 6 45 am. Officials say the blaze started from an overheated stove in a single family home owned by Red Lanes. No injuries reported and damage deemed slight.
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Anna
Monroe St
Red ' Lanes
Two Charged With Arson At Zoeller Farm
Two youths face arson charges after a fire at Zoeller farm northeast of Marion. Lee Walker 18 of Marion and Ira Newton Jr. 17 of Whiteash are jailed in Wosmith County, with Harold Newton also held on aiding and setting the blaze on December 3. The farm owner Fred Zoeller had died. the farmhouse was unoccupied.
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Zoeller
Marion
Lee Walker
Ira Newton Jr
Whiteash
Wosmith County
Johnston City
Harold Newton
Fred Zoeller
Driver Fined In Randolph County Chester Court
Benjamin L. Tindall of Granlite City was fined 138 dollars in Randolph County Circuit Court at Chester after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested November 21 in Steeleville by city police and pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Carl Becker. Leslie Tucker of Chester pleaded guilty to non support and was sentenced to six months at Vandalia State Penal Farm. Harry William Wainscott of Steeleville pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated, released on 300 dollar bond. He was ticketed December 5 after a collision with a car driven by former Randolph County Sheriff Johnny Sams on Rt. 150 east of Chester.
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Benjamin L. Tindall
Granlite City
Randolph County
Chester
Ling
Tindall
Steeleville
Carl Becker
Leslie Tucker
Vandalia State
Harry William Wainscott
Wainscott
Johnny Sams
Rt. 150
Ava Man Hurt In Second Of Collisions
A Ava man, Wailer L. Garver, 24, was treated at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital for a head injury after a sequence of two crashes on Rt. 4 north of Campbell Hill Friday. Garver’s car first clipped Theodore Niederbrach, 46, of Percy, then rear collided with Herbert Schaffner, 64, of Sparta. Niederbrach and Garver were unhurt. Schaffner also escaped injury. Police reported the second crash at 6:45 p.m. with no tickets issued yet.
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Ava
Rt. 4
Campbell Hill
Wailer L. Garver
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Garver
Theodore Niederbrach
Percy
Niederbrach
Herbert Schaffner
Sparta
Schaffner
jRt
Goreham Road
Johnston City
Troy R. Peppers
Colp
Charles E. Miner
Mulkeytown
Terry * L. Story
Carbondale Police Dinner Planned Today
Carbondale police and radio operators will meet for a fried chicken dinner at 1 p.m. today at Tony's Pizzeria, sponsored by the local Policemen Benevolent Association chapter. The Southern Illinoisan operates from 227 West Main Street, Carbondate, with other offices listed in Herrin and Murphysboro.
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Carbondale
Tony's Pizzeria
Policeman’s Benevolent Association
Southern Illinoisan
Southernhinnia Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondate
North Wen Stretl
Herrin
Soath
Surphystoro
Ilinois
Mlnclean
Garbondale Free Presa
Jerrin Dolly Journ
Murphysbero
Associated Prens Ia
Council Opens Bids for Mobile Radios in City Departments
The Carbondale City Council will open bids Tuesday night for mobile radio units for the water and street departments. Street Commissioner Frank Kirk proposed buying radios to coordinate operations, including one tower and antenna, six mobile units, three portable units, and a pocket receiver linked to a base station at City Hall. The pocket receiver would help Kirk locate staff quickly and direct city operations.
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Carbondale
Frank Kirk
City Hall
Kirk
Lena Wagner Dies at 84 in Campbell Hill Area
Lena Wagner 84 lifelong Campbell Hill resident died Friday in Murphysboro at her daughter Evelyn Bradley’s home. Born October 4, 1880 in Ava, she married George W. Wagner in 1901. Funeral services set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home Ava with burial in Ava Evergreen Cemetery. She leaves daughter and two grandchildren.
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Lena Wagner
Campbell Hill
Murphysboro
Evelyn Bradley
Wagner
Walnut St
Ava
Levi
Mary Jane Bartlett Hatfield
George W. Wagner
Johnston City Man Fined for DWI and License Violation
Johnston City man John Bridges at 1003 Macket Street was fined 188 dollars on two counts by Magistrate Robert Schwartz. Bridges was found guilty of driving while intoxicated and driving with an expired license after being chased by Patrolman Clarence Johnson on Main Street in Carbondale at 3 10 a.m. Saturday.
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John Bridges
Macket Ste
Johnston
Robert Schwartz
Bridges
Clarence Johnson
Main‘ Street
Carbondale
The Gas Spirit and Fire It Built A World Wide Utility
A historical note traces gas from ancient ignition of foul air to modern industry. It details gas production, widespread use in energy and heating, and the appeal of gas appliances for homes and Christmas gifts while urging safe installation by a bonded master plumber.
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United States
Shell
Santa Claus
Advertisement by plumbing unions and Egyptian association
Public Relations Committee of U A Local 160 Plumbers and Pipefitters and the Egyptian Association of Plumbing and Piping Contractors present an advertisement. The notice lists affiliations and sponsors a collective outreach to tradespeople in the local plumbing and piping sectors.
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U. A
THE
Egyptian Association OF Plumbing and Piping Contractors
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Grand Ave
Creche
Randolph
Spinet
Illinois
Parker Music CO
Ava Man
Robin Macoby
Paul Macoby
2Nd St
Santa
Foreign Wars Post
Dillard
Council
Baldwin
Yuill Music
Merchants Association Stores
Carbondale Merchants Association
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