Christmas Mail Rush Levels Off in Carbondale Area
Post offices in Carbondale Marion Herrin and Murphysboro report peak Christmas mail behind them after a Monday rush. Carbondale handling 99 offices transfer mail with 3 100 packages delivered that day and total transfer volume three times last year. Marion near 100 000 pieces mailed while Murphysboro sees 17 000 to 20 000 daily cards and letters since Dec 1 though parcel post remains 25 percent above average.
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Carbondale
Chicago
Herrin
Paul Popham
Popham
Marion
J. Paul Smothers
Murphysboro
Homer Cleland
Cleland
Fire Destroys Barnett Home in Pittsburg
Fire at 4 p.m. Tuesday gutted the Raymond Barnett residence, a five room semi modern home. Marion firemen arrived after the blaze had spread, their 500 gallon tank exhausted, and Pittsburg’s Model A pumper drew water from a well but could not stop the flames. The house was burned to the foundation. the Barnetts saved only a few possessions amid a village water shortage that earlier in the year spurred plans for a local water system.
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Pittsburg
Raymond Barnett
Marion
Barnetts
Fire destroys Carbondale area home leaving family homeless
A frame house east of Carbondale was consumed by fire at 3 20 am leaving the Robert Lence family homeless. The three children and parents escaped safely with only their box of Christmas gifts. Cause undetermined though Lence suspects a closet fire. donations possible via the Carbondale fire department or Mrs Charles Hicks of Old Rt 13. The Lence family rented from John Armstrong of Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Robert Lence
Old Rt. 13
Almont “Monk” Crawshaw
Lence
Southern ‘Illinois University
Woody ‘Hall
Crawshaw
Fire Department
Charles Hicks
Old Rt
Hicks
Glenview
John Armstrong
Winter Storm Hits Southern Illinois Area Roads Snowbound
Winter arrived early with snow and freezing temperatures across Southern Illinois. State Police reported one fatality and several minor accidents as flights and school activities were disrupted. Telephones and power held, highway crews fought salt shortages, and near zero temps lingered with more snow expected.
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State Police District 13
du Quoin
Carbondale
Anna
Rt. 51
Kincaid Hill
Land Buncombe
Pulley
Chester
Waterloo
Highway Department
Rt. 3
Cairo Weather Bureau
Chicago
Midway Airport
Engineers Approve Kaskaskia Canal and Big Muddy Plans
Rep Kenneth Gray says the Army Engineers approved the Kaskaskia River canal proposal with an estimated cost of 60.5 million dollars and recommended widening the river for 55 miles to create a nine by 200 foot canal from the Mississippi near Chester to Fayetteville. The project would require state and local assistance and could take up to two years to act in Congress.
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Engineers Corps
Kaskaskia River
Kenneth Gray
D-West
Frankert
Gray
Big Muddy River
Beaucoup Creek
Kaskaskia
Big Muddy
Engineers’ Division
Wirksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
Chester
Fayetteville
Congress
Kaiser Aluminum
Eagles Lodge Denies Reed Drank Beer Before Shooting
Carbondale Eagles Lodge secretary H D Sharp denied Merchant Patrolman Joe Reed drank beer there before a Murphysboro area shooting. W H Pick, owner of a Carbondale market, said Reed drank two beers at the lodge before 11 p m Saturday. A Pick truck was found abandoned in Murphysboro after the shooting. Reed borrowed it Saturday night. Reed faces firearms and drunkenness charges. He was located in a car about 50 feet from the shooting scene at 802 Illinois Ave. Police reiterate Pick and Toby Berger statements about the beer.
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H. D. Sharp
Carbondale Eagles Lodge
Joe Reed
Murphysboro
W. H. Pick
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Reed
Pick’s Food Mart
Illinois Ave
James Hiller
Pick
Toby Berger
Two Arrested In Herrin Coin Theft
Two men were arrested in Herrin after breaking into a coin change machine at the South Park Dutch Maid Launderette. About $25 in change was stolen and the $125 machine was destroyed. Police took the suspects into custody at the laundry around 4 a.m.
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Herrin
South Park
Hubert Jacobs
Carbondaie approves trailer zoning amid dispute on Friedline Drive
Carbondaie City Council passed a trailer court zoning ordinance 3 to 0 with two members absent. It bans new trailer courts in residential zones and within 300 feet of homes unless neighbors consent, requires a $24 annual license per park, and sets transfer fees at $12. The measure stems from objections to a Friedline Drive project and takes effect 10 days after publication.
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Carbondaie
Dixon Street
Friedline Drive
Charles Friedline
Orchard Drive
Virgil Barringer
Floyd Crawshaw
Crawshaw
William Eaton
Cabondale
Truck Overturns On Car Kills Dupo Worker in Wreck
A southbound hog truck jackknifed on Rt. 3 near Grand Tower crushing Kenneth R. Griffin 19 in his car. Griffin’s wife Margaret 17 and infant son escaped injuries. Driver Edward Wynn 32 and relief driver Johnnie Dorris 29 from Starkville were unhurt and Wynn faces reckless homicide charges. The crash halted traffic for hours at the White Rose Truck Stop area as investigators prepared for a December 29 inquest.
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Dupo
Nea Grand Tower
Rt. 3
Kenneth R. Griffin
Margaret Judy
Kenneth Ray
Edward Wynn
Johnnie Dorris
Starkville
Miss
Wynn
Jackson County
Beridel Hasemeyer
Hasemeyer
Griffin
White Rose
Grand Tower
Floyd Crawshaw
Atty
William Ridgeway
Crawshaw
Cupo
Lake Village
Ark
L. E. Ray Trucking Co
St. Louis
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Herrin Civil Defense Gains Federal Accreditation
Herrin Civil Defense is eligible for federal matching funds to buy new equipment and will receive regular federal CD reports. The plan naming trained personnel was approved by the Illinois Civil Defense Agency on December 13, with accreditation running through August 31, 1961.
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Herrin Civil Defense
Leon Wilcox
Illinois Civil Defense Agency
Mines Report on Thursday Work Shifts for Burning Star and Zeigler
The report records shifts for Burning Star No. 1 and No. 2, Fidelity Old Ben, Orient, Freeman, Zeigler, and two Zeigler entries. Noted are working and not working statuses across 1st and 2nd shifts for Burning Star No. 2, with several mines idle.
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Burning Star
Fidelity Old Ben
Old Ben
Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Disputed Liquor Sales At Buddy Buddy Lounge Hearings
Two Randolph County teen groups testified in Springfield before the Illinois Liquor Control Commission over alleged liquor sales to minors at the Buddy Buddy Lounge in Chester. The case involves a one year license revocation issued by Chester Mayor Derrick Helmers and an appeal by Nelda Sternberg.
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Randolph County
Chester
Springfield
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Nelda Sternberg
Derrick Helmers
State Liquor Commission
Olin Plant Idle as United Mine Workers Strike Proceeds
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp at Ordill remains shut down after a wildcat strike by District 50 United Mine Workers. The union says no contract is in force and no negotiating sessions are set. About 250 workers are idle while construction access remains open.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ordill
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Olin Mathieson
Ordill Works
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Jerry Ellis
Barnett
Illinois
Ozark Air Lines
Williamson County
Aurora
Dixon
Freeport
Rockford
Decatur
Dubuque
Iowa
Mississippi Valley Unit 166
Army
Kaskaskia Canal
Eagles
Deny Reed
Carbondaie Council OK
Friedline
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Rt. 14
Olen Lampe
Dorris
F. B. Hopkins
White Rose Tavern
James Wilson
Paul Novack
Jackson
East St. Louis
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Crawshaw Mortuary
Cashner Funeral Home
Franklin County
Rt. 37
Benton
District 13
Billy G. Burnett
S. Moore St
Frank P. Hanagan
E. Main St
West Frankfort
Hanagan
Burnett
Helen
Sheila
Bernice
Burnetts
Franklin County Hospital
Union Hospital
Rt. 13
Virginia Rowley
Golconda
Dan Boyd
Johnston City
Miss Rowley
Rt. 148
Lela Carpenter
Alfred Ceaser
Christopher
Earnest Rud
Ceaser
Miner’s Hospital
District 18
Wilbur H. Brenning
Sparta
Dean Gordon
Carleton Gerlach
William G. Preston
Gordon
E. L
Buddy” Harris
Brenning
Olin
Ralph McCaslin
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Labor Board
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