MCE Board To Name Directors At Annual Meeting
Four directors of the Mosboro Community Enterprises board will be elected at an annual meeting January 10 in the Jackson County courthouse Murphysboro. Proxy votes may be returned by mail. Directors whose terms expire this year are E G Jewell L H Keller Ciften Bowers Burney Williams. The MCE seeks to promote expansion in Murphysboro.
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Mosboro Community Enterprises Board
Jackson County
Murphysboro
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E. G. Jewell
L. H. Keller
Ciften Bowers Burney Williams
MCE Lo
Surphysboro
Ruling Bans Racial Bias in St Louis Public Housing
U S District Judge George H Moore Wolseley Sie on end segregation in low rent public housing in St Louis. The order said applicants denied admission in 1951 1952 because they were white are eligible and should be admitted. Units now assigned to Negroes will open to whites as well. Fourth project under construction sits in a nearly all Negro neighborhood with room for 1736 families.
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St. Louis
U. S. Dist
George H. Moore Wolseley Sie
Moore
Sailor Wayne Cross Promoted aboard Yorktown
Wayne B. Cross son of Mr and Mrs Fred Cross of Murphysboro was promoted to communications technical second class in the US Navy while serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.
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Wayne B. Cross
Fred Cross
Logan St
Murphysboro
USN
Yorktown
Springfield Eyes Televised City High School Tourney
Springfield officials study public sentiment on televising the city high school basketball tournament January 19 to 21. President Owen Marsh advocates trying it once to boost interest and crowds. Opponents cite declining Illinois games attendance, with Feitshans Lanphier and Cathedral high schools sharing in receipts. Station WICS aims to find sponsors to cover the estimated $6,000 telecast cost.
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Springfield
City Board of Education
Owen Marsh
Charles H. Northrup
University of Illinois
J. E. Bohn
Feilshans
Lanphier
Cathedral High School
WICS
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MCE
U.S
Marion
Crisco
Ham
Bill and
Gene
Mkt
Fith St
Dixie” Table - Top
Oper
Dinette
Durford
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