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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
10
A school bus site progress note states that work is being done by Mitchell Contracting Co of Herrin. The entry mentions a stone-surfaced drive and ongoing construction steps as part of the project.
Carbondale police report a break in at Attucks High School in Carbondale from Wednesday night until 6 am today. Thieves forced a door to gain entry and damaged the principal's office door but did not enter that room. The coin box and coin changer were stolen from the soda machine.
Mayor K. Neil Thurmond of Johnston City and R. Gerald Trampe of Golconda are among five members named by Gov Otto Kerner to a state commission studying county problems. Other appointees include Leo Fitzgerald of Ashton Rep John Alsup of Decatur and Harold F Dunton of Wheaton.
Frank Reichert of Hurst was fined $5 plus costs and placed on 90 days probation in Jackson County Court on a charge of writing a check with intent to defraud. Reichert was ordered to make good a $5 check to Choate Texas Service Station at Carbondale.
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