Rubber strike hits area auto dealers and tire firms
Area dealers report tire shortages from a nationwide rubber strike. Herrin firms note reduced spare tires and sizing issues on new cars while Murphysboro stocks run low for common sizes. Marion outfit says off road tires and spares are affected but some dealers report no immediate trouble. Goodyear and Uniroyal plants are not on strike.
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Herrin
Murphysboro
Marion
Carbondale
Brewster Motors
Clyde Brewster
John Baudino
Baudino Motors
Herrin Auto
Hays Chevrolet
Spezia Motors
Karr Motors
Kip Litton
Jake
Goodyear
Ers
Pat Malone
Malone
Bowman Tire Mart
Uniroyal
Tires
B. F. Goodrich
Marvin Mayer
Mayer
Gold stock up fifty million as April rise leads three year high
The U S gold stock increased by 50 million dollars in April the sharpest monthly gain in three years and the first time since fall 1965 supplies rose two consecutive months. Fed figures show March and April up 73 million while January February sank 74 million leaving a year to date loss of 1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Canada
Family Fun Drive-In Closes After 14 Years in Herrin
Herrin is left without the Family Fun Drive-In at North Park Avenue as owner Bob Brewer shifts focus to his Carbondale drive-in on Rt. 13. The move follows wage-driven margin concerns and will transfer 16 to 20 staff to the Carbondale site. Brewer notes no changes at Carbondale and hints at possible future expansion only in larger markets.
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Herrin
North Park Avenue
Bob Brewer
Carbondale Drive-In
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Herin Drive-In
Brewer
North Park
Wierschem Promoted at Grand Tower Power Station
Robert A. Wierschem of Hillsboro has been named assistant superintendent at the Grand Tower power station part of Central Illinois Public Service Co. The results engineer, a U.S. Army Korean War veteran and registered professional engineer, joined CIPS in 1964 and will move with his wife and two young sons to a home near Murphysboro.
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Robert A. Wierschem
Hillsboro
Coffeen Power
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Grand Tower
A. H. Warnke
Springfield
CIPS
Wierschem
East St. Louis
Washington University
Southern Illinois University
Hutsonville
Crawford County
Coffeen Station
Knights of Columbus
St. Agnes Catholic Church
Illinois
David C. 5
Scott R
Murphysboro
Webb Auto Sales to Build New Showroom in Marion
Webb Auto Sales of Marion announces a new 50 by 80 foot showroom and shop on New Rt. 13 west at Webb's used car lot. Leon Webb reports pre-engineered metal building from Pru den Products Co. and steel arriving late June. Gould Construction Co. will erect the building replacing the current 511 N. Market St. showroom. Webb remains Toyota dealer for automobiles trucks and Land Cruisers from Japan.
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Webb Auto Sales
Marion
Leon Webb
Pruden Products Co
Gould Construction Co
Rt. 1
Herrin
Webb
Rt. 13 West
N. Market St
Toyota
Japan
Jeffery Laundry Debuts in Carbondale Village
A new coin operated laundry and dry cleaning business opened at 311 W Main St Carbondale named Jeffery Laundry and Dry Cleaning Village. Jim Huenink of Mt Prospect owns it and also operates Jeffery Enterprises on the SIU campus.
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Main St
Carbondale
Jeffery
Jim Huenink
Mt. Prospect
Todd’s Laundry and Cleaners
Zoima Henzler
du Quein
Huenink
Southern Illinois University
Jeffery Enterprises
FCC staff questions ABC ITT merger plan
The FCC staff publicly questions ABCs need to merge with ITT to gain capital for programming and color conversion. The staff stops short of opposing the merger but signals possible recommendations against approval, with a decision due by late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Commission
ABC
High-bracket Tax Loophole Targeted by Bassie Proposal
University of Illinois economist V Lewis Bassie argues in Illinois Business Review that tax exempt interest on state and municipal debt lets high earners avoid income tax. He cites a millionaire spared tax, notes rising debt and rates, and suggests federal grants could offset bond interest losses if exemption ends. The piece calls for equalizing the tax system.
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University of Illinois
Lewis Bassie
Illinois Business Review
Internal Revenue Service
Bassie
Economist
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Urbana
FCC approves sale of WJPF to Herrin businessmen
The Federal Communications Commission grants formal approval to the sale of Herrin radio station WJPF from Charles Cook to a group of Herrin businessmen led by J. C. Garavalia. The deal, announced earlier this year, will have Garavalia manage the station with Cook staying on about a year before retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
Herrin Radio
WJPF
Charles Cook
Herrin
J. C. Garavalia
Garavalia
Chamber of Commerce
Cook
Carbondale Physicians Attend Illinois Medical Meeting
Three Carbondale Clinic doctors attended the Illinois State Medical Society annual meeting in Chicago at the Sherman Hotel. Drs. Todd Baysinger Eli Borkon and Robert Maloney participated with Illinois members of the Governor's Council of the American College of Physicians to plan next year’s educational program.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Clinic
Ilinois State Medical Society
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Todd Baysinger
Eli Borkon
Robert Maloney
Borkon
Illinois
American College of Physicians
Malony
Illinois State Medical Society
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Hunter
Harry L. Hunter
Illinois Central Hospital
Otto H. Zimmerman
Illinois Central Railroad
Girard
Kan
Cook County Hospital
Abbott Laboratories
Chicago Medical and
Illinois State Medical Societies
American Medical Association
American Board of Internal Medicine
U. OF I
Gilbert R. Waller
Mary Waller
Jackson County
Waller
William A. McComber
Edna McCherry
Fiona Holmes
Gilbert Waller
Herrin Drive-In
REAL
New Laundry Village
Ray Switzer
FCC
By Eileen Shanahan
New York Times News Service
Justice Department
The
Communications Commission
A.B.C
Carterville State
Carterville
Williamson County
RCA
Whirlpool Corporation
RCA Whirlpool Appliances
Radio Corporation
House OF Appliances
S. Illinois
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