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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1968
Page
14
A young PA steel mill worker quits to seek a mining career abroad, aiming for a top pay of $41 daily. He realizes seven days of work leaves little time for social life, then tells his father of plans to become a mining engineer. Father backs the idea but requires college savings of $1,000 with proof in the bank book.
James Reed, an engineer and former coal mine pit boss in Fulton County, is named to succeed Eric Laurell as superintendent of Fidelity Mine near Du Quoin. Reed, 1950 Virginia Tech graduate, has worked 18 years for Tinted Elettrie Coal Co and will assume the post in April. Laurell, who began as a chemist and rose to superintendent in 1941, reflects on a 44 year mining career across continents and plans retirement to Prescott Arizona with hunting and fishing.
James Hutchcraft James Cook and Robert Donahue of Southern Illinois Surgical Appliance Co. of West Frankfort received sales awards from Geltone Electronics Corp. of Chicago at a Christmas season dinner in Benton.
General Adjustment Bureau names L Calhoun as Carbondale branch manager. Calhoun joined in 1955 and has attended casualty and management schools, previously serving as Olney branch manager. The 94042 W Main Street office serves Franklin Jackson Johnson Perry Randolph Union Williamson counties. Wesley Boie named Marion claims specialist at State Farm Mutual, after teaching at Cobden and rising to senior field claim representative in 1964. He and wife Kay have a son, Stark.
West Frankfort Unit District 168 board accepts Prudential Life Insurance Co. bid for a district-wide group hospitalization program. Four other bids were reviewed by an insurance committee. Cost is 99.69 per employee with half paid by the unit and dependents coverage at 12.32 monthly. The plan takes effect immediately. Malaria in Vietnam prompts note on quinine’s ongoing importance.
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