Railroads Ban Solvent Shipments After Mount Pulaski Explosion
Mount Pulaski Illinois June 3 special report says a nitro paraffin tank car exploded on a switching track not moving or attached to a locomotive. The blast killed two crewmen and injured many, with extensive damage citywide. The Association of American Railroads ordered a suspension of tank car solvent shipments after the incident, with Niagara Falls similarly affected earlier.
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Mount Pulaski
Elmer Schaffenacker
Wayne A. Johnston
Illinois Cen
Tral Railway Co
Johnston
Wilmer Keko
Bureau of Explosives of the American Assn
Keko
Schaffenacker
Railroad and Chemical Company
Lincoln Hospitals
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Willa Cullen
Frank Passmore
Ann Schafer
Bertha Smith
Ben Buckert
St. Clara's Hospital
Rena Buchler
Lillian Scroggins
Minnie Mayer
W. L. Grissmore
Mattoon
E. A. Griffin
Bob Glover
Flying Steel
Illinois Central
Washington
Assn. of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Marion Youth Escape Blast Injury in Mt Pulaski Tank Car Explosion
Mrs Marie Zebrun of Carbondale escaped injury when a Mt Pulaski tank car exploded Sunday. windows shattered. her three children minor injuries. Another witness Thomas Wimberly of Marion narrowly escaped and described the mushroom cloud and aftershock.
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Marie Zebrun
Walter Zeschke
S. Marion St
Carbondale
Mt. Pulaski
Thomas Wimberly
Marion
Mr. Pulaski
Wimberly
Obituary: Martha Keener Dies at 104 in Carbondale
Martha Edwina Keener, 104, mother of Sid C. Keener, longtime Hall of Fame official, former sports editor of the St. Louis Star-Times, died Sunday. Funeral and memorial details follow in the Southern Illinoisan obituary notice.
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Martha Edwina Keener
Sid C. Keener
Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum
Cooperstown
N.Y
Keener
St. Louis Star-Times
Transients Deported After Arrests In Carbondale
Lonza Lorenza of Key West Florida, 35, arrested Friday by Patrolman Lee English for panhandling and knife threat. Horse Mason, 53, of Vincennes Indiana, arrested Saturday by Officers James Daniels and Wayne Booker for drunken conduct on the street. Both were escorted out of Carbondale by police.
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Carbondale
Lonza Lorenza
Key West
Fla
Lee English
Horse Mason
Vincennes
Ind
James Daniels
Wayne Booker
TV Producer Dies in Hollywood at 42
Herb Braverman a 42 year old television producer died Sunday of a heart attack in Hollywood He worked with Jerry Lewis Dean Martin and Bob Hope and served as West Coast producer for the Tonight show
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Herb Braverman
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Bob Hope
Postal Workers Tops In Drive For Red Cross Trophy
Chester Post Office employees won the Chester Chamber of Commerce trophy for highest participation in a Red Cross blood collection. Host office workers had 75 percent participation. Chester Hospital had 12 of 23. Total 149 pints, missing 1 from the 150 quota. Trophy retained until next drive. three-time winner earns permanent possession.
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Chester Post Office
Chester Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
James Blechle
Host Office
Chester Hospital
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George
Zeburn
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Grant Cooper
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St. Louis
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Alications, Inc
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
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South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Ill
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Carbondale Free Press
Herrin v Journal
Murphysboro Independent
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New York Roners
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Mercury
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