Olin Wins Over $11 Million in Flare Defense Contracts
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. lands more than 11.3 million dollars in U S defense awards for producing 16 millimeter illuminating projectiles and 81 millimeter flares at the Ordill plant near Carville in the Crab Orchard area. The contracts stem from the U S Army Procurement and Supply Agency and raise 1968 defense awards for Olin to nearly 30 million dollars with current employment above 600. The company also received a 10.3 million contract in September for loading assembly projectiles.
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Ordill
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Olin
Nine arrested after DeSoto nightspot raid on Rt. 51
Nine charged in Murphysboro circuit court following a police raid on Club Trocadero Inc also known as Speedy’s Tavern on Rt. 51 north of DeSoto. Bartender Michael R Field faces illegal sales of intoxicants to minors. seven youths charged with underage drinking. License actions to be filed with county liquor control commissioner Roy Gilbert with hearings planned.
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Murphysboro
Club Trocadero, Inc
Speedy’s Tavern
Rt. 51
DeSoto
Atty
Richard Richman
Michael R. Field
Richman
Ronald Spytek
Dowell
George R. Patterson
Carbondale
Charles W. Ellet
Carterville
Delbert R. Bandy
de Soto
Lilly Robinson
Cobden
Nora J. Knapp
du Quoin
Gary A. Brown
Ralph Parrish
Roy Gilbert
Gilbert
Circuit Court
Jackson county Liquor fees due soon
State's Attorney Richard Richman said county liquor licenses for 1969 are due by December 31. Regular renewals were issued for 1968 with 23 licenses issued. no expected change in 1969. New Class D licenses for beer at retail cost 25 dollars and are valid up to three days per year for special events.
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Jackson County
Richard Richman
Richman
Jacob Day Association
Funeral services held for Mrs Joseph Pulitzer Jr
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr 54 died Saturday of cancer formerly Louise Vauclain of Philadelphia she married Pulitzer in 1939 Their son Joseph Pulitzer IV was born in 1949 and the couple built a major art collection in St Louis New Orleans convicts at large after breaking from Orleans Parish prison three of the escapees were sentenced to death authorities called the felons extremely dangerous four had been convicted of murder.
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St. Louis
Joseph Pulitzer Jr
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New Orleans
Louis Heyd
Orleans Parish
Training program for outboard motor mechanics begins Jan 6
A 16 week training course at the Manpower Training Center in Ordill starts January 6 under the Manpower Development and Training Act. About 15 people will be trained for entry level jobs. applicants should contact the Illinois State Employment Service by December 27 for interviews and eligibility. A 24 week basic education program will follow to prep for vocational training.
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Ordill
Illinois State Employment Service
Teen injured as car sideswipes pole and house
Terry Sloan 18 of Evansville suffered a forehead injury when a car he rode in sideswiped another vehicle and struck a utility pole and the Vincent Smith residence in Marion. Driver Teddy Lemay 19, of Evansville, was unhurt.
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Terry Sloan
Evansville
Ind
Marion
Teddy L. Lemay
Allen Ave
Vinie Smith
Robert N. Smith
Smith House
Lemay
Policeman James Kinsman Resigns From West Frankfort Force
James Kinsman a West Frankfort policeman since 1966 has resigned effective December to accept another post. Police Chief Baron Waller cites his departure as voluntary. The Fire and Police Commission schedules an exam for new officers on January 6 with city clerk office applications. Applicants must be 21 to 35, 5 feet 8 inches or taller US citizens and residents for one year. The city currently employs four regular officers.
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Baron Waller
Kinsman
West Frankfort
Retired Anna State Hospital chief Dr Charles D Nobles dies
Dr Charles D Nobles longtime Anna State Hospital superintendent from 1944 to 1950 died at 7 10 p m Saturday in Union County Nursing Home at age 87 Born December 31 1880 in Johnston County he practiced medicine in Vienna before joining Anna Hospital in 1923 He resumed private practice in Anna after retirement and died in 1966 funeral Tuesday at Broadway McCarty Funeral Home Anna with burial in Fraternal Cemetery Vienna He was a past president of the Southern Illinois Medical Association and served in multiple medical and civic roles including elder at First Presbyterian Church Anna Survivors include his son Arthur Nobles of Laurium Michigan two granddaughters and four great grandchildren
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Charles D. Nobles
Anna State Hospital
Union County
Dr. Nobles
State Institution
William and
Martha Ann Cowan Nobles
Johnston County
Johnson County
Nobles
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
St. Louis
Vienna
Anna
Hattie Nell Milburn
Mt. Vernon
Southern Illinois Medical Association
Illinois
American Medical Associations
Vienna Masonic Lodge
Annad Shrine Temple
East St. Louis
Scottish Rites
American Psychiatric Association
Modern Woodmen of the World
Vienna Bank
Anna Chamber of Commerce
Anna- Jonesboro Rotary Club
First Presbyterian Church of
Arthur Nobles
Laurium
Mich
Broadway
McCarty
Richard W. Teaford
First Presbyterian Church
Christopher youth dies of gun wound in hunting accident
A 15 year old Christopher youth died Sunday from a single gunshot wound in an apparent hunting accident at a Mulkeytown home. Coroner Kirby Webb said James Williams who lived on 303 North Chestnut Street Christopher was shot in the upper body and face and died at about 2 30 p m. Steven Migielicz 16 of Mulkeytown was with him. An investigation is in progress and no details about the shooter are known. An inquest will follow. Williams was a sophomore at Christopher Community High School and member of Future Farmers of America. He leaves parents grandparents siblings and other relatives. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the Christopher Church of God. Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery. Friends may call at Russell Funeral Home Christopher after 6 p m today.
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Christopher
Franklin County
Kirby Webb
James W. Williams
Chestnut St
Webb
Williams
Louis Vaughn
Rt. 2
Mulkeytown
Steven Migielicz
Future Farmers of America
Christopher Church of God
Jim Williams
William Parson
Wisconsin
Dena
Lois
Stanley Joplin
Johnnie Hoover
Harrison Cemetery
Russell Funeral
Death of Courthouse Regular Jeffie the Hound
Jeffie a large mongrel hound owned by Attorney Ted Bradley was killed on Route 13 near the Walnut Street home. The courthouse regular known for visiting offices and drinking from the fountain had wandered through Carbondale and Marion before the fatal accident near the Rt 13 route 127 junction.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Jeffie
Atty
Ted Bradley
Rt. 13
Walnut St
Saw-Mart
Carbondale
Marion
Rt. 13-127
Illinois coal firms win nearly $1 million in research contracts
Research contracts totaling about 1 million dollars were awarded to coal companies with mines at Carrier Mills and Du Quoin. Peabody Coal Co received 472 400 dollars to design and operate a plant neutralizing acid mine drainage at Will Scarlett mine. Truax Tract Coal Co got 490 560 dollars to reclaim coal refuse piles near Du Quoin.
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Carrier Mills
du Quoin
The
Federal Water Pollution Control
Peabody Coal Co
St. Louis
Will Scarlett
Truax Tract Coal Co
Chicago
Kathleen
Illinois
Interior
Stewart Udall
Historic and Scenic Southern Illinois Course
A 12 week adult education course at Rend Lake College starts 6 30 p m Feb 3 covering area history government economy and topics like agriculture forestry and wildlife. Lecturers include historians Lowell Dearinger John W Allen and other SIU staff Adams.
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Southern
Illinois
Rend Lake College
Kaskaskia Junior College
Centralia
Southern Illinois
Lowell Dearinger
John W. Allen
Irvin M. Peithmann
Southern Illinois University
Leslie Broom
Dixon Springs Agriculture Center
Sil Policy Talks Set At Noon Friday
Southern Illinois Inc. governing board members meet at noon Friday to discuss 1969 policies, consider a new slate of officers, and begin planning the annual January SII meeting. No dinner meeting this month. The luncheon will be at the Franklin Club near West Frankfort.
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Southern Illinois Inc
Franklinee Club
West Frankort
Indicted Shingleton Misidentified in Jury Report
A Makanda area man Lloyd Allen Shingleton was indicted by a Jackson County grand jury for burglary of Marshall's IGA Store in Murphysboro after being caught in the store. The jury list incorrectly named him James Shingleton in its indictments. Wisconsin once required two thirds of an ounce of cheese with meals over 25 cents. the law lapsed in 1937.
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Makanda
Jackson County
Lloyd Allen Shingleton
James Shingleton
Friay
Lloyd. Allen Shingleton
Marshall
IGA
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Wisconsin
Board seeks county property inventory by January deadline
Williamson County Board of Commissioners directed every elected and appointed officer to submit an inventory of all property in their offices by January 13. Chairman Grover Haynes said the move aims to document assets for potential fire loss, noting no central record exists.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Grover Haynes
Williamson County Board Faces Suit Over Budget Changes
Williamson County Board of Commissioners awaits an answer to a declaratory suit filed by State's Atty. Kenneth Powless. The suit alleges a December 11 amendment to the budget cut salaries of the state's attorney, coroner, circuit clerk, and deputy clerks, while terms began December 2. A hearing will follow once an answer is filed.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
John Clayton
Kenneth Powless
Grover Haynes
Jack Hampton
James, Wilson
James Basler
Powless
Missing 200-Pound Holland Rottweiler Reappears at Home
Carterville resident Werner Schafroth reports his three foot tall Holland Rottweiler valued at about $1000 disappeared Saturday night. The dog refused to heed whistles, then surrendered to authorities Sunday morning after state police were alerted when it stood under the owner's bedroom window. The dog was returned unharmed.
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Carterville
Werner Schafroth
Rt. 1
Schafroth
Burning Star Mines Idle After Tuesday
Zeigler reports no production at Fidelity Burning Star 1 and Burning Star 2 with all other mines idle on Tuesday as operations pause.
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Fidelity Burning Star
Carbondale Worker Dies After Sewer Gas Incident
Cecil Dangbar 32 former Carbon dale city worker died at Doctors Hospital Carbondale at 6 15 am after never regaining consciousness since the Sept 5 1967 sewer station accident near Mardale Shopping Center. He leaves a wife son and daughter plus siblings and church members. Services set Friday at Van Natta Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Cecil Dangbar
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Dangbar
Mardale
Cobden
Mike
Ethie Teller Dangbar
Makanda
Charley
Kenneth E
Harry Smith
Glenn Daldrige
Break-in at Manpower Development Training Center
Southern Illinois University Security Police report a burglary at a Vocational-Technical Institute campus building. Missing money from a cigar box held lunch funds estimated at 80 to 85 dollars after a desk drawer was forced open.
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Southern Ilinois University
Vocational-Technical Institute
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Terry Tolle
Christopher Youth
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Opdyke
James M. Johnson
Rt. 3
Charles M Burgdorf
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Coulterville
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Charles M. Burgdorf
Mongrel
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Roy Simpkins
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