Sole Survivor Of Collision Is Improving
The sole survivor of a grinding truck car crash that killed two Rockwood men was improving at St Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. Ervin Lindsey Paden Jr 35 of Memphis Tenn driver of a Gordon Transport Co truck was in good condition. The two car occupants killed were Walter C Moore 63 and Otis Tudor 72 both of Rockwood. The accident occurred at the east end of a small bridge on Rt 144 six miles west of Murphysboro. Recovery work continued to retrieve the trailer from a 25 foot gully under the bridge as investigators sought the cause and timing of impact. Coroner’s inquest is pending. Funeral services for Moore and Tudor were set at Rockwood Presbyterian Church with burial in Mt Summit and Ebenezer Cemeteries respectively.
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Rockwood
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Ervin Lindsey Paden, Jr
Memphis
Moore
St. Joseph
Kinkaid Hill
Rtid
Jackson County
Lloyd Crawshaw
Rockwood Presbyterian Church
Frederick S. Zeller
Mt. Summit
Friends
Schroeder Furneral
Chester
Robert
Josephine Henson Moore
Perryville
Elma Lorentz
Wood Brothers Construction Co
Silas Taggart
Des Plaines
Arthur Moore
Clarence Moore
Missouri
Esther Dillon
Tudor
Rockswood Presbyterian Church
Ebenezer Cemetery
Schroeder
Hore
Thomas Henry
Annabelle Lawder Tudor
Mable Frazer
Masonic Lodge
Myrtle Herman
Chicago Heights
Carbondale Chamber Sets Revenue Goal of 24000
The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce aims to raise 24000 to fund next year’s programs, roughly double this year’s revenue. A 22050 budget was adopted as a minimum. The income plan relies on a new faire share dues policy based on profits, staff, and floor space, with a membership drive January 10.
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Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Rolland Bridges Sr dies at 84 founder’s grandson of Carbondale
Rolland E Bridges Sr 84 grandson of Daniel Harmon Brush founder of Carbondale died at 1 pm Thursday in Holden Hospital Carbondale after a three year illness He was born Feb 14 1878 in Carbondale A prominent merchant Mason and former Illinois State Normal School Board member He married Essye Beal Weber in 1917 He survived by wife two sons a daughter four grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral service set for 2 pm Sunday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale Burial in Oakland Cemetery Friends may call after 11 am Saturday
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Rolland E. Bridges Sr
Daniel Harmon Brush
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Bridges
Ilinois
Illinois
Boos
Travelers Insurance Co
Vienna
Essye Bridges
Rolland E. Bridges Jr
A. Frank Bridges
Southern Ilinois University
William R. Ashley
Huffman Funeral Home
Willard G. Foote
Oakland Cemetery
Officers Named Chamber Re-Elects Bening
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce directors and officers were elected for 1963. Leonard Bening was re elected president with Hans Fischer as vice president and program chairman and Col A R MacMillan as vice president in charge of community development. Other officers include Stan Hoye H Mason Parker Robert Keith Thomas Clore and John C Feirich. Sixteen directors were rejected. The new program focuses on traffic control street improvement and member activity following ideas from a Carbondale forum on November 28.
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Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Leonard Bening
Hans Fischer
Col A. R. MacMillan
Stan Hoye
H. Mason Parker
Robert Keith
Thomas Clore
John C. Feirich
Chamber
Carbondale Forum
Russell Geuther
Lawrence Doyle
William Cauble
Douglas
Heaton
Parker
Wayne Given
Walker Schwartz
John Lannin
SIU urged to build new ultra high frequency TV station
The Illinois School Problems Commission proposes a 6.5 million plan adding an Edwardsville campus ultra high frequency educational TV station for Southern Illinois University. SIU already operates a high frequency WSIU TV at Carbondale. Other eight sites include DeKalb Normal Macomb Charleston Newton Springfield Kewanee and Kankakee.
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Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
Iilnois School Problems Commission
SIU
Carbondale
Ws1utv
Broadcasting Service
DeKalb
Normal
Macomb
Charleston
Newton
Springfield
Kewanee
Kankakee
Driver Pleads Guilty In Fatal Murphysboro Crash
Ergie Den Houston, 20, of Murphysboro, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a crash that killed two young men near Murphysboro earlier this year. He received one year probation and a $500 fine plus costs from Jackson County Circuit Court Judge C. E. Wright.
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Murphysboro
Ergie den Houston
Jackson County
C. E. Wright
Knight Detained After Herrin Grocery Burglary Attempt
Herrin police halted an early morning burglary at Boren's Foodliner on South Park. George Bryant Knight, 52, of Menard Penitentiary, captured after officers chased two suspects. tools recovered, no fingerprints found, Knight held on attempted burglary charges.
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Herrin
Herrin Grolcery
Boren
South Park Avenue
Asst
Calvin Hazel
Hazel
George Bryant Knight
Y Menard
Chester
Amarillo
Tex
Knight
Cole
Woodrow Boren
Boren's
Men Nee
Snow Forecast After Wet Week Across Southern Illinois
Rain totals across Southern Illinois Thursday ranged from 0.31 to 1.18 inches with Carbondale at 0.92 and Murphysboro just over 0.5. No more rain expected this weekend but light snow is forecast. Temperatures held above freezing tonight with readings from 33 to 58 degrees regionwide.
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Southernlanois
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Johnston City
Hervin
Murphyshoro
Williamson County
Herrin
Herrin City Council Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The Herrin City Council will convene at 7 p.m. today in the city hall. The session was advanced from Monday night due to the Christmas holiday.
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Herrin
Chester Man Dies As Car Strikes Tree
A Chester man, Stanley H. Conner, 41, died when his southbound car skidded on wet pavement and crashed into a tree on Rt 3, one mile north of Ellisgrove. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Schroeder Funeral Chapel in Chester. He was born March 9, 1921, and survived by his wife, two daughters, his mother, brothers, and several sisters. He was a World War I veteran and a member of VFW Post 3553 and the First Baptist Church of Ellisgrove.
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Chester
Report on Elsie White Tape Strangling Investigation
A state fingerprint report yields little new light on the Elsie Louise White strangling case. The partial palm print on a back door jamb does not match the victim or a 36-year-old intoxication suspect. Additional hair, hair pins, and a small unidentified object found on a bedroom rug are under lab review. The investigation continues in Carbondale.
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Elsie Louise White
Maurice Evans
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Carbondale
Carbondale Public Safety
James Wallace
Growth To South Southwest Plan For Herrin Schools
Herrin's preliminary plan forecasts population growth to the south and southwest. The city needs new schools and expansions, about 24 acres of recreation space, and updated facilities. By 1985 124 classrooms are projected under 6-2-4 and 42 more under 6-3-3, with junior high moved south and Kindergarten through grade six housed at South Side.
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Herrin
South Side
South Side School
Renart Card
Yerrin
Sizlies
Wannene
Dus
Wweuns
St. Mary's Catholic Trolments
Neigh-Mine
Chester
West
Herrin High
Wright Named To County Welfare Group
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners appointed Henry Wright to the county Welfare Advisory Committee. The appointment moves to the state Welfare Dept for approval. Wright previously served as ex officio chair of the committee. Oscar Harris was elected county board chairman and becomes an ex officio member. The committee assists the county welfare departments.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Henry Wright
State Welfare Dept
Wright
Oscar Harris
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Rolland E. Bridges, Sr
Rolland Bridges, Sr
Southeastern Electric Cooperative of
Eldorado
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Williamsson
Franklin
Johnson, Laine
Pope
Gallatin
Hardin
Hamilton
Roger Lentz
Christopher
Harrisburg
Cave-in-Rock
Lentz
Egyptian Electric Cooperative
Steeleville
Randolph
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Monroe
St. Clair
Washington
Pomona
Bening
Orient
Zeigler
Fidelity
Burning Star
SIU TV
Frank
John
St. Louis
Roy Cole
Texas State
Huntsville
Council
Consultant and Plan Commission
Ignatius Wolshock
Rt. 2
Thursdday
Chester Memorial Hospital
Astanata Mantad
Huey Enone
Sener
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