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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1960
Page
3
Herrin Teen Town members honored contractor Knute Aronson at an open house for building the new Teen Town without pay and presented him with a commemorative picture watch and plaque. The 260 attendees toured the 18th and Cherry streets facility during a Christmas dance.
An 18 year old Herrin youth, David Lee Crowell, died from a head wound after a pistol discharged while Ed Wieland examined it on West Broadway at Johnston City. Wieland, a 19 year old Herrin resident, is questioned. no charges filed. Coroner to hold inquest. Crowell funeral set in Herrin. incident tied to target shooting plans. The story also notes Wieland's university status and local aftermath.
A Carbondale fire caused heavy interior damage to a five room house at 52 E. Green St. Monday afternoon. The blaze began in the living room, kitchen, and dining room due to a faulty coal stove flue. Firemen reported the Dodd family was away. bedroom doors kept most of the house from destruction. Extinguished by 2:56 p.m.
Only slight damage was caused in two fire alarms in Marion over the holiday weekend. Firemen were called to the home of Mrs. Dorothy Blades near the southeast limits at 12 04 a m Sunday. A fire around the flue caused minor damage. A closed damper caused smoke to seep into the house of Mrs. Leona Kent at 20448 S Court St at 430 a m Sunday. There was no
The National Geographic Society notes half of U S presidential inaugurations occurred in foul weather. From Harrison to Taft and beyond, storms, cold, and rain shaped ceremonies. records cite snow, wind, and icy blasts affecting audiences, guests, and inaugural events across history.
Funeral services were held in Benton for William Dwight McGee 58 a lifelong Franklin County resident killed when his car left Bend City road at Walier Road and hit an abutment near Rt 14 the crash occurred about 6 45 p m He was dead on arrival at Prank Ln Hospital and an inquest was set for 7 p m at Benton City Hall McGee a former coal miner and electrician leaves wife Lina and brothers Alex of Lesser and Thomas of Chicago Funeral services were at Freeman Funeral Home with burial in Knob Prairie Cemetery
Federal inspectors search for the private pilot of a blue and white Cessna suspected in a near miss with an Ozark Air Lines jet on Friday noon. Ozark pilot B S Groep avoided collision. FAA inspector Andrew Ernst notes limited air visibility and will interview the pilot to assess potential flight rule violations.
District 50 of the United Mine Workers of America will file a petition Wednesday for a National Labor Relations Board election at seven Carbondale drug stores. Ralph McCaslin said the filing follows a 60 day period during which clerks were notified they are not currently represented. Retail Clerks Union Local 735 of Carbondale is another group seeking bargaining rights and had filed unfair labor practice charges against the Carbondale Druggists Association alleging store owners aided District 50 in organizing efforts.
Three members of a Chicago area family died early Sunday when their car stalled on Rt 145 and rolled into a ditch near Pope County. Police said a faulty muffler caused carbon monoxide filling the car. The driver Archie Mink, 51, his wife Gertrude, 49, and daughter Linda Ann, 15, were found dead in the back seat after the vehicle, carrying luggage and Christmas presents, ended in a ditch as the family headed south to visit relatives in Alabama.
A House Small Business subcommittee report names Adams Dairy and Pevely Dairy of St. Louis as unfair competitors for selling milk below cost to drive out local rivals in East St. Louis and southern Illinois. It calls for publishing pricing facts, banning price discrimination creating monopolies, and giving the FTC power to seek injunctions. The probe traces a two year price war beginning in 1957 with three half gallons for 37 cents and notes ongoing local price undercutting by several Southern Illinois dairies amid testimony from New Era Dairy and others.
Six area railroads and Southern Illinois University will meet in St Louis to plan a cooperative approach to regional industrial development. The session, at 10 p.m. in the Missouri Athletic Club, brings together executives from Illinois Central Gulf Gulf Mobile and Ohio Missouri Pacific New York Central and Chicago Burlington and Quincy along with SIU officials Robert Knittel R S Henderson and Robert L. Carlock.
Mines working across several shafts named Old Ben 3 Old Ben 21 Orient 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler Zeigler 4 Fidelity Burning Star No 1 and No 2 show activity in the latest mining update.
Murphysboro police seek Hosea Oliver 19 Chicago after he reported a damaged fire plug but hid the car involved. Paint scrapings matched Oliver's vehicle and city property destruction charge stems from the Sunday morning incident at D and Ritter Streets. Oliver, who formerly lived on D Street, left town before officers linked him to the case.
Carbondale police seek to identify a frostbitten woman found near the Prairie Farms Creamery at RIS 51 early Monday. She is about 45, five feet six, 135 to 149 pounds, incoherent, with missing shoe and stocking, mud on clothes, and frostbite on hands and left foot. She gave the name Annie Smith and mentioned Murphysboro and East St. Louis, but no ID or clear identity.
Circuit Judge Richard Carter dismissed the recount petition filed by Samuel Johnson of Sparta a Republican who lost by one vote to Democrat Robert Pantler. The judge ruled Johnson failed to mail a copy of the petition to County Clerk J Clyde Hamilton as required, noting the copy was given in person. Dee filed the motion to dismiss on December 15.
James B. Campbell, 4, Mace donia, faces assault and battery charges after a Benton man was stabbed at the 165 Lounge. Bill Williams, 44, suffered an upper abdomen wound and was moved from Franklin Hospital to Good Samaritan Hospital in MS Vernon, listed in good condition. Campbell was arrested by Boston officer John Saddier shortly after the 7:39 PM incident. a three inch knife was found on him.
A rumor links sunspot prevalence to social upheavals, citing revolutions in America, France, and Russia as occurring during active solar cycles. The passage notes a KH remark on Bintan atar gonividg as part of the cited observations.
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