Herrin Water Bond Issue Delayed After Financing Standstill
Herrin’s 627000 water and sewer bond project stalls as the city delays action after bond house Barcus Kindred & Co fails to market funds. Mayor Miller urges council to pause and reconsider while Benjamin Lewis & Co proposed to take over.
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Herrin
Dave H. Miller
Mil
Barcus, Kindred & Co
Chicago
Bond House
E. N. Bowen
Benjamin Lewis & Co
Barcus
Bill Drake
Drake
Miller
St. Louis
Kindred
Leo Sweeney Dies at 54 in Chicago. Services Monday
Funeral services for Leo Sweeney 54 of 8432 S Lawrence Ave Chicago will be at 10 am Monday at Wilson Frick Funeral Home Marion Rev Robert Miller will officiate Burial Maplewood Cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm Saturday Sweeney born Feb 19 1902 in Marion he is survived by wife Dora Mace and brothers Roy and Virgil of Marion
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Leo Sweeney
S. Lawrence Ave
Chicago
Wilson-Frick
Marion
Robert Miller
Maplewood Cemetery
Sweeney
Dora Mace
Roy and
Virgil
Cork Bottles Noise Blocked In Downtown Denver
In downtown Denver a two inch cork blanket was laid under Court Place to hush traffic noise from a large basement site for a new hotel and department store. Excavation and surface work over the Court Place block followed with cork placed atop a concrete ceiling slab and five waterproofing layers before a ten inch concrete pour formed the base for an asphalt street.
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Denver
Court Place
15Th
16Th
No Injuries In Two Carbondale Mishaps
Two automobile accidents near Carbondale produced no injuries. Ralph Reynolds of 410 West Sycamore Street and Robert Pansky of 1804 Allen Street St Louis drove in a collision on Route 13 near the west city limits at 10 p.m. Dale Jackson and J J McClat were involved in an accident at South Washington and West Grand at 1 p.m. with no injuries reported.
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Carbondale Lire
Ralph Reynolds
Sycamore St
Carbondale
Robert Pansky
Allen St
St. Louis
Rt. 13
West City Limits
Dale Jackson
J. J. McClat
South Washington
West Grand Avenues
Rites Sunday for Carbondale Woman Edith Moreland
Edith Moreland 79 of 1105 N Allman St Carbondale died Friday at home at 1 45 p m Funeral services set for Sunday 2 30 p m at Hopewell Baptist Church with Rev O N Johnson officiating Burial in Oakland Cemetery Friends may call after 5 p m Saturday at Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale She leaves nieces Isabell Bonner Dorothy Williams and Roger lean Curtley and nephew Emmanuel Williams all of Carbondale
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Edith Moreland
N. Allman St
Carbondale
Isabell Bonner
Dorothy Williams
Rogerlean Curtley
Chicago
Emmanuel Williams
Hopewell Baptist Church
O'Neil Johnson
Oakland Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Southern Illinois Coal Benefits From Suez Crisis
Southern Illinois mines benefit indirectly from the Suez Canal Crisis as eastern ports export more coal. Great Lakes and upper Midwest markets turn back to Southern Illinois coal, while overall exports and mine starts rise. John L. Lewis predicts coal remains the world’s prime energy source and a secure venture capital field.
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Southern Illinois
Europe
Area Coal Company
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Upper Midwest
Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW Journal
America
Ada
United States
Canworld
Lewis
Driver Blakley Fought Police Then Pleaded Guilty
L. F. Blakley, 44, Albion, defied a 11:30 p.m. siren and red light, rammed a patrol car, and fought officers near West Frankfort. He was charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest, pleaded guilty, and fined 200 dollars plus costs. He also must pay for the police car damage per Chief John Karnes.
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Albion
L. F. Blakley
West Frankfort
Blakley
J. R. Moseley
John Karnes
Park Avenue Lights Work Fine Says Herrin Chief
Police Chief Roy Cole said Park Avenue traffic signals began Tuesday and are working fine. Pedestrians ignore signals most, but walkers should stay in marked lanes. Red light right turns are not allowed and U turns downtown will be cracked down on. The Cherry Street intersection will add a third signal after year start.
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Park Avenue
Herrin’s
Park Ave
Roy Cole
Cole
Herrin
Christian Church
Kroger
Cherry Street
Carbondale Man Die At Holden Hospital
Jesse Collie a 76 year old resident of Carbondale died at 11 p m Friday at Holden Hospital in Carbondale. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Truly Greer of Carbondale and ten grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Jackson Funeral Home of Carbondale in charge.
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Jesse Collie
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Truly Greer
Jackson Funeral Home
Services Monday for Mollie Green in Bloomington
Mrs Mollie Green 76 of Carbondale died Friday afternoon. She moved from Bloomington to Carbondale in 1939. Survived by son Richard Bell of Bloomington. Body to be moved from Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale to Shamper Funeral Home Bloomington. Funeral services set for Monday in Bloomington.
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Mollie Green
Carbondale
Bloomington
Mrs. Green
Richard Bell
Jackson Funeral Home
Shamper
Pleasant Grove School Moves To Join Carbondale District 165
A petition to transfer Virtually all Pleasant Grove District 102 from Murphysboro District 100 to Carbondale District 165 faces a January 7 hearing before the Jackson County Board of School Trustees. Notices issued to both boards, the public, and other parties, detail a plan to shift the district’s east line and include the Pleasant Grove School building.
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Pleasant Grove
Murphysboro Township
Jackson County Board of School Trustees
Supt. of Schools
Carbondale
District 100 Board of Education
District 165
Marion Odd Fellows Distribute Christmas Food Baskets
Thirty baskets of food were distributed to widows of late members by Marion Odd Fellows Lodge 1036 Saturday. The annual Christmas custom reflects the lodge’s community service tradition.
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Odd Fellows Lodge
Marion
Oregon’s Strange Rocks Include Floating Pumice and Gilsonite
The state holds unusual geology with pumice that can float and gilsonite that melts when exposed to heat. This brief illustrates Oregon’s diverse mineral landscape and curious rock types.
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Oregon
Jury Returns Three Verdicts in Royalton Death
A Franklin County coroner's jury returned three possible verdicts in Elvis Talley's death after a tavern fight with Arthur Horton. verdicts cited death from a blow to the head by Horton, by unknown assailants, or from injuries in a fall. Horton testified he struck Talley after Talley challenged him over a loaned sum. The jury did not recommend charges at this time.
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Franklin County
Elvis Talley
Royalton
Arthur Horton
Tom Mason
Talley
Horton
Woitnesses
Joe Finley
Ray “Bugs” Quess
Finley
Quess
Virgil Hopkins
Hopkins
Edward J. Morgan
Charles McClintock
John Kosch
George Johnson
Mason
Claude McCoy
Arvel Welch
Virgil Karr
W. O. Dyer
Jesse Tieferteller
Attyrt Hickman
Frankfort Man Fined for Reckless Driving in Herrin
Frankfort resident Leo Cooley, 1811 East St. Louis Street, was fined 60.40 dollars for reckless driving by Police Magistrate Earl May in Herrin after his vehicle collided with a car driven by Harry Crompton at the 14th and Adams streets corner in the early Saturday hours. Cooley lacked a license and valid plates and agreed to pay damages to Crompton's car.
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Frankfort
Leo Cooley
E. St. Louis St
West Frankfort
Earl May
Herrin
Cooley
Harry Crompton
14Th
Adams
Crompton
Heart Group Promotes Six New Year Health Resolutions
Dr. Theodore Z. Pooley of the Illinois Heart Assn recommends six resolutions for hypertension prevention. The plan urges regular medical care, stress reduction, adequate sleep, rest before fatigue, mild exercise, and maintaining normal weight. The tips appear in a new leaflet Your Blood Pressure and are available via local heart associations.
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Theodore Z. Pooley
Joliet
Illinois Heart Assn
Heart Association
S. Sixth St
Springfield
Polley
Detroit woman treated after Murphysboro crash at 18th and Walnut
Mrs Lenora Hinchcliff of Detroit Michigan was admitted to St Andrew's Hospital Murphysboro for injuries from a minor car wreck at 18th and Walnut. The drivers Eugene Hinchee and Ruth Verbal Rt 3 Murphysboro fled the scene but were not injured.
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Lenora Hinchcliff
Detroit
Mich
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
18Th and
Walnut Street
Eugene Hinchee Dee
Ruth Verbal
Rt. 3
Four St Louis Teens Face Larceny Charge
Four juveniles from St Louis identified as Patricia Winnie 13 Norma Clark 14 Thomas Adams 14 and Carl Arnold 15 face Perry County Court charges of auto larceny for forcing an East St Louis cab driver from his car at knife point. They were arrested in Greenville after taking the cab in Pinckneyville Thursday night and held without bond. A hearing by County Judge Mike Graboski was set with possible transfer to the Illinois Youth Commission. The girls allegedly carried knives and forced Adams to drive after forcing the driver out near Pinckneyville.
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St. Louis
Perry County
Patricia Winnie
Norma Clark
Thomas G. Adams
Carl Arnold
East St. Louis
Pinckneyville
Greenville
Joe Shirk
Mike Graboski
Illinois Youth Commission
Adams
Sinroll Freed On Cash Bond In SIU Slaying Case
Fred Sinroll a 20 year old Sterling resident and Southern Illinois University student was released on a 15000 dollar cash bond from Jackson County jail in Murphysboro. He faces charges in the December 11 shotgun killing of Robert Batura a 19 year old SIU football player from Danvers Massachusetts. Sinroll spent part of the day in jail taking three exams provided by the university while his bond was posted by his parents. The bond was set by Circuit Judge Clarence E Wright after earlier denial by Carbondale Police Magistrate Roy Hall.
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Fred Sinroll
Sterling
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Sinroll
Southern Illinois University
Robert Batura
Danvers
Mass
Batura
SIU
Sheriff's Office
Clarence E. Wright
Carbondale
Roy Hall
Syria Envoy Youth Burned In Hoover Differ Workshop Fire
Dean Berger 19, son of Tobe and Mrs Berger of Murphysboro, suffered facial and internal burns in a garage workshop fire at his home while trying to fight flames after a kerosene stove toppled. He was treated at St Andrews Hospital and released. Fire Chief Urba Hanson said inhalation of smoke and hot air caused the injuries. Damage estimate unavailable.
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Dean Berger
Tobe Berger
Grace St
Murphysboro
Berger
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Urba Hanson
Hanson
Disputed Oil Pipeline Repairs With Syria
Washington reports a clash between Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr and Syria's ambassador over oil pipeline repair permission. Zeineddine says no repairs until Britain France and Israel withdraw from Egypt and Gaza. Hoover's aide says there is no obstacle to begin repairs resuming Middle East oil flow. The dispute followed a broader Suez crisis aftermath with saboteurs crippling oil facilities in Iraq and the canal blockage.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover Jr
Syria
Fatid Zeineddine
Hoover
Britain
France
Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Zeineddine
Middle East
Europe
State Department
Suez Canal
Iraq
Injured Student Improves as ICC Probes Wreck
Carl Mitchell 21 of Herrin moved off critical list after aid work for victims as ICC continued inquiry into Illinois Central train wreck that killed two and injured 48. Nine cars derailed on a run around track near an underpass project while the Chickasaw Limited toppled from an embankment.
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Carl Mitchell
Herrin
Belleville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Centra
Mitchell
Jennie M. Covell
North Platte
Neb
Henry Hudson
Groversdale
Miss
Carbondale
Clyde Mitchell
14Th St
BJF
Washington University
St. Louis
St. Elizabeth Hospital
O. B. Castleberry
Centralia
Oil Flow and Pipeline Repairs in Syria Netanyahu Versus Hoover
United States pressures Syria to permit repairs to a damaged pipeline that normally transports 550 000 barrels of oil daily. Ambassador Zeineddine states Israel's withdrawal and Western troop pulls are urgent to prevent renewed hostilities while Hoover cites no such linkage.
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Syria
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Europe
United States
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ICC
Zeineddin
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