Miner Killed By Coal Car Near Percy
Randolph County coroner reports James C. Smith age 56 of Cutler was fatally struck by a moving coal car in the loading yard of Southwestern Coal Co near Percy. No witnesses or clear cause. Inquest set for Saturday at Steeleville. Smith survived by wife Pauline and children Gary and Melba, with several siblings. Funeral planned at Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville.
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Cutler
Southwestern ‘Coal Co
Percy
Randolph ‘County
Roy Meyer
James C.smith
Rt. 1
Smith
Meyer
Coal Company
Steeleville
Breeleville
Mr.Smith
Perry County
Arthur
Ida May Smith
Pinckneyville
Pauline Gruber
Denmark Baptist Church
Gary
Melba Huch
Chester
Edwin
Arthur Jr
Lorene Gruber
Beulah Bigham
Indianapolis
Ind
Laura Hillard
Phoenix
Ariz
Helen Richmond
Ruth’ Mohr
Irma Carter
Schaack Funeral Home
William Coleman
Paradise Cemetery
Three Taverns Win Late License in Jackson County
Three Jackson County taverns completed license applications at the deadline Saturday and will be eligible for new late hours starting Sunday midnight. Club Trocadero Inc. for Speedy’s, Ward’s Park, and Burke’s Tavern were issued licenses, while Club 77 and Hilltop Tavern did not apply. Sheriff’s office to verify midnight cutoff as 1961 licenses expire. clubs may stay open to 2 a.m. daily and 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day under the new rule.
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Jackson County
Jackson State
William Ridgeway
Club
Speedy’s
de Soto
Ward's
Canvass Affirms Saline River District Vote
A Saline Valley Conservancy District canvass confirmed unofficial results from Dec. 21. Maynard Cannon, Saline County clerk, completed the canvass on Friday. 3,654 votes approved the district and 846 opposed across Saline, White, Williamson, Gallatin, Hardin and Hamilton counties. Judge Trafton Dennis will convene a meeting with other county judges next week to appoint trustees.
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Saline Valley
Franklin County Inquest Recommends Grand Jury Action
Franklin County coroner's jury recommends a grand jury investigation into the death of Charles Robey after a car crash two miles west of Thompsonville on Route 149 at 2 a.m. December 23. The wreck left Robey dead from exposure and injuries. driver Carroll Owens faces reckless driving and leaving the scene charges.
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Franklin County
Charles E. Robey
Carrol Wayne Owens
St. Louis
Benton
Rt. 149
Thompsonville
Owens
Joseph Hick
Frankman
Eugene Dorris
Owens, Said That He Did|thing Until He Stopped Mrs. Hood
SIU Orientation Opens Winter Term Schedule
The Southern Illinois University winter term begins Tuesday with an 8 a.m orientation for new students in Muckelroy Auditorium. Classes start Tuesday evening and full schedules resume Wednesday.
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SIU
Southern Illinois: University
Muckelroy
Tax Notice Response in Jackson County
About 15 Carbondale Township residents have paid personal property taxes after warning notices were mailed. Delinquent payors face seizure and suit. drive to collect three years of bills starts with Carbondale Township, then Makanda and Murphysboro.
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Carbondale
Makanda
Murphyshoro
Farner Announces Candidacy for Williamson County Treasurer
Harold Farner Marion city commissioner declared his bid on the Republican ticket for Williamson County Treasurer in the April primary. A 50 year old public property and finance official, Farner’s four year term ends in May 1963. He previously served on the City Council 1947 to 1955 and runs a grocery and meat market on South Court Street. Rheamon Barger of Johnston City is also a Republican candidate for the post.
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Harold Farner
Marion
Williamson County
Farner
Marion High School
Second Baptist Church
Masonic’ Lodge
South Court Street
Rheamon Barger
Johnston City
Cooksey Seeks Clerk's Post in Williamson County Race
Marion Mayor Robert Cooksey announces candidacy for Williamson County clerk in the Republican primary in April. Others enter the race including J. C. Kirk for clerk and Adolph Flack plus Lawrence Cannon for sheriff. Cooksey resigns as Williamson County game warden effective March 31 after nine years in the role. he previously served as Marion street commissioner, mayor, guard at Stateville, and deputy sheriff. A police brief notes Jerry Smith of Carbondale fined $33.90 for careless driving.
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Marion
Robert Cooksey
Williamson County
Cooksey
J. C. Kirk
Helvin
Adolph Flack
Lawrence Cannon
Roy Cole
Herrin
Stateville Penitentiary
Terrin
Jerry —Smith
West Freeman St
Carbondale
Earl May
Roy Cote
Jackson County officials back plan to overhaul finances
Finance Chair Mrs. Stone Snider led a committee session where six county officers and the auditor agreed to accept recommendations to modernize the county finance system. Auditor notes past audits blame bookkeeping, not individuals, and urged simplified accounting, monthly department reports, and a role for Curtis and Ross to install a new system. a budget overhaul and future audits were discussed.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Bernard Ross
Carbondale
Curtis and
Ross
Gray weighs running while seeking extra district offices
Democratic Congressman Kenneth J. Gray of the 21st District weighs a possible bid for re election if two additional offices in Harrisburg and Carbondale can be staffed. He says private funding would be needed for expanded office services and that government funds cover current expenses about 40 000 yearly with seven staff across five offices. He has previously announced he would not seek a fifth term due to workload health and Washington pressures.
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Ross
Ward
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Klmen
Association of the 21St Con
Gray
Sicn
West Frankfort
Harrisburg
Carbondale
Washington
Maloney
Alto
Raymond Dillinger
Petty
Dillinger
Fire destroys Herrin house in afternoon blaze
Flames rose 30 to 40 feet in Herrin at 3 p.m. Friday destroying the home of Arthur Childers at 901 S West Street. Cheryl Childers, 16, and a friend said they saw a flame in the living room ceiling. Karl Childers tried to fight it as the attic engulfed in flames. Fire Chief Carl Mayers said a faulty fire likely started it. Firefighters battled the inferno in freezing cold over an hour, with one neighbor reporting the upper floor a sheet of flame on arrival. Arthur Childers was at work. his wife visiting relatives in Champaign. Childers’ brother saved two chairs. Loss of contents estimated at about $4,000.
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Owens
Robey
Jack Logsdon
Logsdon
Barney Browning
Jackson County
Ross
Board of Supervisors
Sheriff's ‘Office
Twoj
Ward
William ‘Ridgeway
Floyd Crawshaw
Arthur Childers
Ith St
Herrin
Cheryl
Carl Mayers
Allen Industries
Champaign
Childers
Mines Working Monday to Tuesday Dispatch
Mines report shows activity Monday through Tuesday with several shaft names listed. Orient, Zeigler, Burning Star and Fidelity appear among the working mines, with mentions of Old Ben and related tonnages or markers.
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Orient
Fidelity
Accomplishments Area Makes Progress In 1961
In the past year progress included lake development and a federal prison plan in Southern Illinois. The Read. Lake project gained tentative approval from the Area Redevelopment Administration in October with $45,000 for a feasibility study by the Army Corps of Engineers. Crab Orchard Refuge saw a planned federal prison construction begin in March, with a $7,417,000 contract and a $1,200,000 funding push anticipated from Congress. Devil's Kitchen Lake reached the spillway in May and will open to fishing at 12:01 a.m. Monday. The Southern Illinois Power Cooperative plant seven miles south of Marion advanced, targeting completion in 1963, with a 2,500 acre lake and a 200-foot dam being developed.
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Illinois
ARA
Army Corps of Engineers
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
Congress
Crab Orchard Refuge
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Marion
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River District
Inquest
Hickman
James Odle
Whitehlouse
West City
Iva Jean Hood
Thompson‘ville
Southern Illnoisan
Ridgeway
Robert Maloney
Rossi
National’ Gasn Register Co
Hannavdarad
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's ‘ Office
County General Fund
Ward,Dillinger
Crawshaw
James McRoy
Sfive
Carl
Mayers
Herrin Hosue
Wal
Area Redevelopment Administration
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