Tennessee man found unconscious on West Frankfort street
Bill Short, 38, was found in the 700 block of West St Louis Street in below freezing temperatures. Firemen say he lay unattended for at least 20 minutes. he was treated with oxygen at Union Hospital in West Frankfort and released. The condition was described as possibly a heart attack.
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Tennessee
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
Bill Short
West St. Louis Street
Short
Herrin Housing Committee reviews data and schedules Jan 14 meeting
The Herrin Plan Commission housing committee reviewed the preliminary city plan housing report and set a 7 30 p m meeting for January 14. Floyd Bracy noted strong interest in housing problems as the group studies housing types costs and development goals.
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Herrin Plan Commission
Floyd Bracy
Herrin
Sam Stolar
Leslie Mel. Callum
Knute Aronson
Clyde Brewster
Doug Bryant
Dan DeClie
John Dutchison
William Jack
John J. McC
Crime Report Awaited in Miss Elsie White Slaying
Carbondale police expect a crime report on lint hair and fingernail scrapings from the investigation. State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation is preparing the detailed report. It will also address a small unidentified object found on a throw rug in Miss White's bedroom. Two more suspects were questioned, none held. one had been held but released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Elsie Louise White
Dee
Roy Buin
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
White
Bain
Stock Shipping Fines Levied
Two Carbondale men were convicted of violating Hindshire stock regulations. Carroll Welch, a Dale Martin truck driver, fined $25 plus costs for transporting mixed feeder steers and heifers from Charleston Auction Co. without health certificates or permits. Martin, truck owner, fined $50 plus costs. A quarantine was placed on the cattle.
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Carbondale
Hindshire
Carroll Welch
Dale Martin
Charleston Auction Co
Charleston
Justice of the Peace
Jesse White
Olive Branch
Martin
Ralph 8. Bradley
Ilinois Dept. of Agriculture
Board Meets The Christopher Grade School
The Board of Education met Wednesday and paid bills. Community matters and routine actions were noted as part of the school district’s ongoing governance.
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Christopher Grade School
Board of Education
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Southern Minneis Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Linols
Southern Mlinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Birds Come For Breakfast At Herrin Yard
Mrs. Roo Phelps of 600 S 80th St Herrin places a Christmas tree in her yard and strings popcorn for visiting birds. The 95 year old St Louis native notes neighbors there did the same, and Cardinals are among the birds that feed each morning. She began popping and stringing Wednesday morning and the tree was ready for breakfast today.
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St. Louis
Sheriff's New Car Brought In By Low Bid
Jackson County Board of Supervisors building committee accepted a low bid for a 1963 Oldsmobile from Murphysboro Motors Co. after trade of a 1962 model. The net cost, including tax, was 728 dollars. Vogler Motor Co. offered a 1963 Mercury Monterey totaling 815.59 dollars. The sheriff's car is replaced annually and delivery is expected in January.
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Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro Motors Co
Vogler Motor Co
Carbondale
LSU Theater Director Will Teach At LSU
Claude Shaver director of the University Theater at Louisiana State University will be visiting professor of theater at Southern Mlingis University for the winter and spring terms. He follows Archibald McLeod as theater specialist replacement. At SIU he taught a winter term graduate seminar in theater arts and a play directing course. During spring term he will offer an advanced directing course and an aesthetics of drama and theater class.
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Claude Shaver
Louisiana State University
Southern Mlingis University
Shaver
Archibald McLeod
India
Frederick O'Neal
New York
SIU
Kirksville
Southern Speech Journal
Water Line Layed on South 16th Street in Hervin
About 400 feet of a new 1000 foot six inch water line on South 16th street in Hervin has been laid by water department workers. Work started earlier this month but was slowed by weather. The line runs south from the Kroger Store toward a Park Avenue main and will serve the new Church of Christ building and about 20 households. The council accepted a pipe bid on Nov 26 from United States Pipe and Foundry Co. Chicago at $1.70 per foot.
Minor collision on West Market Street reported
A two car accident occurred at 3 p.m. Monday on West Market Street in Christnan with no injuries and no tickets issued.
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West Market Street
Christ Nan
Two Traffic Crashes Reported Near Stonefort and Murphysboro
Police said no injuries in two accidents on rural roads and Route 13. Gene Turner 20 of Herrin pulled from a parking space and hit Aal Lindsey 28 of S01 S. Imma St. Christopher. A delivery truck blocked view, causing a second collision with Lindsey. Major damage reported to both cars. In a separate crash, John Gross 19 of St Ann Missouri and Peter C. Garter 35 of Murphysboro collided on Route 13 north of Murphysboro with minor damage. District 13 State Police noted the incidents Wednesday morning.
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Supe
Thomas R. Haynes
Gene Turner
Court A. Herrin
Aal Lindsey
Imma St
Christopher
du Quoin
Haynes
HOUSE WINNER Cicceli Wins Johnston City Yule Contest
Frank Cicceli of 1102 Benton Street won the Johnston City Lions Club holiday home decorating contest with an outdoor nativity scene, Santa on the roof, lit front, and a $15 prize. Second prize went to Lowell Williams. third to Mayor K Neil Thurmond. Honorable mentions followed.
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Cicceli
Johnston City
Frank Cicceli
Benton St
Don Fehrenbaker
Eugene Burwell
E. Broadway
Eugene Craig
Paul Springs
Police Brief Chester: Clyde Dillon Fined for Lane Violation
Clyde Dillon of Centralia was fined $30 including costs by Police Magistrate ALA. Snapp in Chester for wrong lane use according to Chester City Police.
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Chester
Clyde Dillon
Centralia
Ala
Chester City
Carbondale Man Fined For Reckless Driving Collision
Herbert Travelstead, 62, of Rt. 4 Carbondale, was fined 50 dollars after a collision with a parked car on West Main Street injured him and passenger June Beasley. Beasley, cousin, was treated in Doctors Hospital in fair condition. Travelstead's charge was reduced from driving while intoxicated to reckless driving by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz.
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Carbondale
Herbert Travelstead
Rt. 4
West Main Street
June Beasley
Doctors Hospital
Travelstead
Robert Schwartz
James Stearns
Fred Davis
Main Street
Davis
Strangulation Ruled Accident In Du Quoin Child Death
Perry County coroner ruled the death of five year old Karl Drake Werner an accident. He was found dead in his grandmother's basement after tying a rope around his neck and strangling when he fell from a chair in Du Quoin Illinois. Capt. Gary L. Werner is his father.
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Perry County
du Quoin
Barney West
Karl Drake Werner
Gary L. Werner
Agnes Henderson
E. Main St
Man Arraigned In Attack Case
Billy J. Curry 32 formerly patient at Anna State Hospital was arraigned in Marion on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and with intent to kill after drawing a knife in the emergency room of Marion Memorial Hospital He was bound over to the Williamson County Grand Jury at a 5000 bond and jailed in Marion Curry was captured blocks from the hospital following the incident and hospitalized overnight for observation.
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Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Elmer Farmer
Billy J. Curry
Rt 2
Carterville
Williamson County
Grand Jury
Curry
John W. Johnson
Johnson
Marian
James Tolinson
Anna State Hospital
Kerner cuts Lester Higgins life sentence for parole eligibility
Murphyshore man Lester Higgins, jailed at Menard, has his life sentence reduced to 39 years by Gov. Otto Kerner, making him eligible for parole in January 1964. Higgins, 38, was convicted in Jackson County in 1951 for rape and tied to a 1950 attack case.
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Murphyshore
Menard Penitentiary
Lester Higgins
Higgins
Gay
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Johnson County
Jackson County
Carbon
Thompson
Vienna
Machine Fire At West Frankfort Welding Garage
A carbide acetylene welding machine caught fire at Bartolini Service Garage on 500 S Louis St West Frankfort. The device failure caused a 10 30 a m blaze confined to the machine with about 100 dollars damage reported by firemen. The garage is operated by Lambert Bartolini at 507 St Louis St.
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West Frankfort
Bartolini
B. SL. Louis St
Lambert Bartolini
March of Dimes Jackson Leaders Named Volunteers
Jackson County gears up for the January drive with theme Give for the Life of a Child. Max Waldron announces appoints for county chair and teen coordinators, with bucket brigades and nut sales planned across communities Including Murphysboro De Soto Elkville Makanda Grand Tower and more. Salt water freezes six inches thick in 24 hours at 30 degrees below zero.
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Jackson County
Max Waldron
Carbondale
Saison
Carbondale Drive
Waldron
James
Murphysbero
Jesse Miller
Richard Strothman
Rebecca Miller
Ruth [Dean
Ramona Crow
de Soto
Dorthy Davis
Vergennes
Nancy Buyan
Elkville
Dan Cox
Ava
Daryl Connors
Campbell Hil
Gary Maloy
Orientation Session Set for 500 to 600 New Students
Southern Illinois University plans an orientation session for 500 to 600 new winter quarter students on January 2 in Muckelray Auditorium. Freshmen and transfers from the Vocational Technical Institute will view guidance films, learn library use, and meet with student leaders and faculty. Fall enrollment totaled 16,243 with 11,619 at Carbondale.
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Southern Ilinois University
Muckelray
Vocational Technical Institute
Carbondale
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LSU
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Carbondale Man
West Frankfort Welding Service
West Frankfort, Ill
Carl Gunter
Nis
Ilinois
Earl Emery
John Bailey
Spiller Home Improvement
Federal Housing Project
West Oak Street
March of Dimes
Jackson
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Wieners
Boston Butt Pork Roast
South
Washington
Carbondale, Illinois
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