Nielsen Re-elected SI President Leads Herrin Group
Lewis Nielsen, supervisor of General Telephone Southern Division, was re-elected president of Southern Illinois Inc at a meeting in Herrin. About 25 officers approved area development programs, including water resources, industrial parks, forestry camps, and Rend Lake projects, with plans for a January dinner and an Area Appreciation Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nielsen
Southern Division
General Telephone Co
Southern Illnois Inc
RR. Frazier
Bank of Zeigler
Jetlie Vaughn
Cambria T
Ly-Mar
Herring
Gefrey Hughes
Forte
Paul Dowdles
DM. i
Ices
John Kennedy
SIT
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Hamilton
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Douglas
Hamilton
Washington, D.C
Illinois
M. J. Bozarth
B and K Furniture Co
Murphysboro
Jo W. Walker
Herrin
Dwight Burns
Elkville
Nielsen
SII
Area Smashups Kill School Principal in Jefferson County
Jefferson County police report a fatal crash east of Mt Vernon involving principal Ellds and his wife injur ed critically. The 1953 incident near Rt 16 also notes seven other injuries in the district and a separate train collision incident in Du Quoin.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Lie Test For Merchant Cop Slated Today
Carbondale merchant patrolman Joe Reed under police scrutiny for December 18 shooting in Murphysboro faces a lie test this afternoon after a gun and vehicle search. A Springfield polygraph arrives as State's Atty. William Ridgeway expects results tomorrow. Reed, arrested while sleeping in a parked car, is charged with illegal firearm carry and intoxication. Louise Conrad, a Rendezvous barmaid linked to events, was to appear in Ridgeway's office. Reed claimed memory gaps about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Joe Reed
Murphysboro
Springfield
William Ridgeway
Reed
North Sth
Bergia-Veneganl
Louise Conrad
Ridgeway
Dee
Conrad
SIU Students Arrested in Chicago Burglary Case
Three Southern Illinois University students Stanley Shapiro Robert Alexenburg and Thomas Coonan were charged with burglarizing two University area fraternities and petty larceny for stealing tools from a service station. Coonan and Alexenburg are Phi Kappa Tau members. Shapiro was seized from a parked car. The youths faced a Chicago municipal court appearance and were free on $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Timois University
University of [Enone
Chicago
Stanley Shapiro
Robert Alexenburg
Thomas Coonan
Caseyville
Coonan
Alexenburg
SIU Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Zeta Beta Tau
University of Chicago
Shapiro
Alpha Delta Phi
SIU
Dean I. Clark Davis
Vienna Youth Struck By Car
Ronald Barthelme a 12 year old boy from Vienna was struck by a car while chasing a ball near Rt 146 east of town. He was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital in good condition after X rays showed no internal injuries. The driver was Fred Brown of Vienna and the incident occurred at 1 p m on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Robert C. Ellis
Rt. 1
Bluford
Robert N. Mason
Wayne City
Mt. Vernon
Ellis
Marjorie M. Ellis
Ellig
Farrington Township
Jeferson County
Blu
Goodwin
Rt. 51
Sunfield
Harrisburg
Marion
Charles Winyard
Rt 3
Rt 87
Rt. 13
William Ewell
Holland St
Ewell
Inlaw
Mary Jane Gldcomb
Marion Memorial Hospital
Wack
Bulford E. Kinder
Fornfelt
Kentucky
Rt 14
Arthur Thormpson
Murray, Ky
Archig Hill
Tamaroa
Thompson
Marshall Browning
Hill
Johnston City
Herrin
Phyllis G. Griffin
20Th St
Arthur Graves
12Th St
Graves
Herrin Hospital
Richard Robertson
Rt. J
Ronald Barthelme
Vienna
Velma Barthelme
Fred Brown
Mines Working Friday and Stock Market Pintor Report
Mines show activity Friday with Old Ben and Orient entries and Zeigler prices listed. Fidelity Burning Star notes appear as numbers while Burning Star No 1 and No 2 indicate related stakes. Zeigler Fidelity figures suggest mixed performance in this mining market brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Fidelity
Burning Star No
Burning Star
Burglars Steal Radios From Murphysboro Auto Showroom
Four portable televisions valued at 88 dollars each were stolen from Porter Brothers Motor Sales in Murphysboro after a side door was pried open. Police lifted four fingerprints from nine heavy models left in the showroom and searched for a car seen in multiple towns. The firm carries 500 dollars of insurance for a 240 dollar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Porter Brothers Motor Sales
Porter Brothers
Much Vale
Polive
Jim Hiller
Marion
Anna
Hiller
$16.7 Million In Road Projects For Southern Illinois
Gov Stratton announced a $16,748,000 road program for District 9 in 44 Southern Illinois counties. Major work includes I 67 north of Marion with nearly $11 million, plus underpasses on routes 57 and 149 at West Frankfort and Johnston City. The plan also funds right of way purchases, shoulders, and bridges across multiple routes and cities, with execution set for 1962 pending interchanges and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
William G. Stratton
State Division
District 9
Carbondale
Tinois
Marion
Chicago Burlingen and Quincy Railroad
West Frankfort
W. D. MacLeod
Illinois Central Railroad
West City
Dongola
White Ash
Lake Creek
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Johnston City
Fat IC
Pond Creek
West
Benton
Webster Street
Rt. 14
Om Intersta
Rt. 81
Tamaroa
Pulley’s Mill
Beaucoup Creek
Pinckneyville
Kaskaskia
Randolph County
MacLeod
Adama
Ilinois
Rob’ S
Lochner
Chestnut Street
Kroger
North University
Sycamore Street
University
Millstreet
Tlinvis
Grandstreet
Rt. 18
Cty
Crab Orchard Creek
Marlion
Randolph-Jackson County
Glenn
Grimsby
Murphysboro
Waterloo
Reed's Creek
Jackson County
Monroe
Herrin
Sotarstae
Two Williamson Men Arrested For Auto Theft
West Frankfort police report two Williamson County youths, Jerry Pigg aged 18 of Pittsburg and Dennis Adams aged 18 nicknamed Dink from Stiritz, were charged with auto theft after a wallet bearing Pigg’s name was found in a car. The wallet led to the arrests on Wednesday following the早 discovery Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Imen
Jarceny
Jerry Pigg
Pittsburg
Dennis ‘Dink’ Adams
Stiritz
West Franksfort
Maynard Arnett
Pigg
Williamson Couty
Wife visits U S flier in Indonesian death cell
Jakarta dispatch reports Yvonne Pope, wife of Allan Lawrence Pope, saying she has seen her husband several times in a death cell in Indonesia. She spoke with President Sukarno after arriving incognito on a tourist visa and declined to discuss details. Pope, a Miami, Florida flyer, was sentenced to death by an Indonesian court martial in 1988 for involvement in the revolt. She says she is satisfied with his treatment and hopes for his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Indonesia
Yvonne Pope
Allan Lawrence
Pope
Popa
Astrologer Predicts Princess Margaret Birth of a Boy
London reports that astrologer Francesco Waldner, famed for accurate forecasts, predicts Princess Margaret will have a baby today with the magazine Woman's Mirror reporting the claim. He says all signs point to a boy and had previously forecast her marriage in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
London
Francesco Waldner
Woman's Mirror
Waldner
Margar
Trailer Court Regulations Set To Start In Carbondale
Carbondale adopts trailer court rules to curb new parks with a Jan 8 start. The ordinance bans new parks in residential districts and requires 300 feet between park boundaries and permanent homes in non residential areas with owner consent. Licenses cost 24 dollars annually, but city clerks warn licenses not yet printed and may be issued later in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Elisabeth Leighty
Long And Short Of It Will Shipp Meet Schorr
A playful imagined gathering of Southern Illinois University Carbondale students features puns on names across disciplines and campus life. Notable pairs include Kennedy and Eisenhauer in politics, Venus and Moon in astronomy, and bands led by Alexander and MacNamara, with a culinary nod to Roland Coffey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Ilinois University
Carbondale
Hill
Dale
Young
Putt
Jnake
Hatfield and McCoy
Folmes
Watson
Stocksrd Bond
Shipp
Schorr
Sweet Cand Saver
Rose
Thorne
Wolf
Lamb
Kennedy
Nix 1
Eisenhauer
Peyton
King
Quinn
Nave
Paris
France
Madrid
Spain
Solomon
Wiseman
Aston
Alexander and
MacNamara
Piper
Hamlin
Roland Coffey
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Lusk Creek
William Tarlay
Joe Boys
Hughes
Rend Lake
Howard Mendexhall
Rend Lake Conservancy
Toby Barger
Jackson County Glade
Murphys
Chrb
Peter Vinsay
Southern Clindsen
Williamson
U.S
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