From where I sit Christmas aid for Tony Carter family
Bonita Troutt writes about the Carter family of Carbondale who faced a Christmas dinner decision due to poverty. Southern Illinois responses included food, cards, and money from towns like Anna and Marion. The piece reflects on nationwide compassion and ongoing poverty, urging continued help for those in need.
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Bonita Troutt
Tony Carter
Carbondale
Mr. Carter
Southern Illinois
Carters
Carter
Anna
Jonesboro
Marion
Illinois
Pueblo
Moon
Robert Kennedy
Tony Carters
National Ledger
Carbondale district approves winter recreation program
The Carbondale grade school district board approves a winter recreation program using district facilities. Activities include gym time for grade schoolers, baton instruction, open gym for boys basketball, men’s volleyball, home maintenance classes, and adult crafts running Jan 13 to Feb 22 at multiple schools.
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John C. Taylor
Carbondale
Parrish
Springmore
Thomas
Winkler
Lakeland
Lewis
Lewis School
Industrial Arts
Lincoln Junior High School
Simon Rettberg
Garrison
Lincoln Junior High
Brush
J. Murray Lee
Southern Illinois University
Lee
James M. Crowner
Department of Special Education
SIU
Laurence Martin
Three Menard fugitives face extradition hearing in Pa
Three Menard Penitentiary escapees James Siglar 23 Robert J Baker 35 and Richard Sims 28 were recaptured near Harrisburg Pennsylvania. A court hearing was scheduled today on extradition to Chester with the men set to be returned once court requirements are met. They fled Saturday during an outside work detail and carjacked a Kern family car loaded with personal items before the escape.
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Pennsylvania
Menard Penitentiary
Harrisburg
Menard
Chester
James Siglar
Robert J. Baker
Richard Sims
Illinois
James R. Kern Famiy
Ruma
Cumberland County
Lemoyne
Sigall
Sims
Baker
Kern
Bernie Klein
Klein
Illinois Central Eyes Turbo Train Test For Fare Revenue
Illinois Central plans a six week to extended test of a 156 passenger gas turbine train on the Chicago to Carbondale route. Officials say one turbine train could arrive in Chicago after year’s start and run on a four hour 55 minute schedule at speeds up to 170 mph. The unit, built by United Aircraft, would be leased from the federal Transportation Department and returned to the New Haven Railroad after testing.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Federal Transportation Department
Chicago To
Carbondale
Transportation Department
The
Chicago
United Aircraft Corp
New Haven
Congressman Gray upstages emcee on WSIL program
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray D West Frankfort took over the hour on WSIL TV 3 The Hour hosting duties from emcee Jim Cox and discussing his 12 day 25000 mile Far East trip He described dives into Hong Kong Tokyo and Japan gifts a Geisha party and a jet rail idea plus Washington duties and efforts for Vietnam While hosting Gray praised freedom and joked about raw fish and a Peabody Coal affiliate gift dinner
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Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
Wsil-Tv
Channel 3
Jim Cox
Far East
Washington, D.C
House Public Works Committee
Hong Kong
China
Gray
Vietnam
Tokyo
Japan
Peabody Coal Co
Washington
House of Representatives
Cox
Mt Vernon businessmen acquire Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance
Four Mt Vernon area investors linked to Mt Vernon First National Bank buy Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Co and Washington National Life Insurance Co plus Atlas Management control for about 25 million. Purchasers include E. E. Curtis M. J. Mitchell Neil Smith and Dr R A Alexander. Lincoln Heritage serves 2000 policyholders with 25 million in force.
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Roger Hughes
Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Co
Mt. Vernon
Washington National Life Insurance Co
Phoenix
Ariz
Atlas Management Co
Louis E. McMahan
Vernon
Lincoln Heritage
McMahan
Southern United Life Insurance Co
Little Rock
Ark
Mt. Vernon First National Bank and Trust Co
E. E. Curtis
First National
M. J. Mitchell
Neil Smith
R. A. Alexander
Linzoln Heritage
Haynes Hawkins
Republic Western Life Insurance Co
Atlas Management
M. Freeman Wolfe
Granite City
Atlas
Charles D. Smithpeters
William Hansford
Johnston City
Herman Bearden
Marion
Paul Miller
Metropolis
Newman Harrris
Carbondale
Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Murphysboro Aid Residents
Women of Local 761 Cal Crest factory in Murphysboro organized gifts for River Bend Nursing Home residents. They made quilts lap robes knitting bags smoking jackets bed jackets and bed slippers then redistributed jackets after a resident named Stanley missed one. Nursing home administrator William Rincker praised the effort in a letter signed by all residents. The group also made stuffed animals for Bowens Children Center Harrisburg and Southern Illinois Children's Service Center in Hurst.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Murphysboro
Cal-Crest Outer Garment Factory
River Bend
Stanley
Nursing Home
William F. Rincker
Joseph Rodriguez
Union
Rincker
Bowen’s Children Center
Harrisburg
Southern Illinois Children’s Service Center
Hurst
Labor Union vote set on new contract at Tech Tape
Labor Union Local 994 will vote Monday on a new contract proposal by Technical Tape Corp. Morton Feigenbaum, company spokesman, said work continues under a 30 day extension with the union. The current three year contract expired Dec. 17.
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Labor Union Local 994
Technical Tape Corp
Morton Feigenbaum
Two charged in Herrin
In Herrin, Delmar M. Cole of Herrin was charged with public indecency and resisting arrest after a 1 a.m. arrest by Patrolmen Herbert Long and Richard Earl. Freddie E. Dunning, 39, Cambria, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving with a revoked license, arrested about 1:50 a.m. in the 100 block of North 16th Street.
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Herrin
Freddie E. Dunning
North 16Th Street
Delmar M. Cole
Herbert Long
Richard Earl
Herrin Mayoral Race Sees McVey and Hardcastle Running
Two Herrin men announce mayoral bids as April 15 election approaches. John McVey, president of Sphinx Finance Co, and Bob Hardcastle, Herrin Park Board VP, confirm campaigns. Others like Bill Drake and Jack McCarty remain undecided. Salary increases for mayor and liquor commissioner to $6,000 and $2,400 boost incentive.
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Herrin
John McVey
Bob Hardcastle
Fred Henderson
Bernita Beers
McVey
Henderson
Sphinx Finance Co
Herrin Public Building Commission
Hardcastle
Herrin Park
Herrin Security Bank
Drake
Herrin-Norge
Fedders Corp
McCarty
Southern Illinois University
Sal
Young Chester mother dies in Christmas Eve wreck
A 19 year old mother, Mrs Mary Kuehne of Chester, died on Christmas Eve after a collision at Hecker and Oak streets. Her husband Albert, 28, and their 10 month old daughter Diane were treated for minor injuries at Memorial Hospital. The other driver was 27 year old Joseph Keene of Chester. Police noted Kuehne drove with a revoked license and no tickets were issued. Funeral plans are pending.
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Chester
Mary Kuehne
Hecker
Oak Street
Albert
Diane
Memorial Hospital
Kuehne
Joseph I. Keene
Renne
Michael A. Calvert
Hurst
East Park Street
Carbondale
Calvert
Hecker Street
McDaniel Funeral Home
Sparta
Carbondale Adds SIU Planner to City Staff
Mrs Ann Monty transitions from SIU planning staff to Carbondale as second assistant planner. She will be paid 525 dollars monthly by SIU and works with three planners until June 30 when the federal grant ends.
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Ann Monty
Carbondale
John Quinn
Quinn
Monty
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Donald
E. Burke St
Pugh Named Jackson County Public Defender
Jackson County selects Orwin Pugh a veteran attorney and former assistant state's attorney to fill the post starting Jan. 1. Judge C. E. Wright announced the appointment with two other district judges signing the order. The role carries a 10500 annual salary and follows William Ridgeway's resignation effective Jan. 1.
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Orwin Pugh
Jackson County
C. E. Wright
First Judicial Court
Wright
Harold Zimmerman
Marion
C. Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Pugh
Murphysboro
William Ridgeway
J. Ridgeway
State Industrial Commission
Dog catcher begins work in Carbondale
Carbondale’s new dogcatcher Larry Kenner started this week under a strengthened dog control ordinance. He will work full time for two weeks issuing warnings to licensed dogs at large, then enforce fines on owners and pick up unlicensed dogs for shelter. pay is $2.20 per hour.
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Carbondale
C. William Norman
Larry Kenner
Brush St
Norman
Kenner
Jackson County Humane Society
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