ISES Reports Show Unemployment Claims Decrease in Area
Unemployment claims in Southern Illinois district show declines across Williamson and Johnson Counties from May 22 to May 29. Jackson County posted a substantial May decline while Union County rose. Perry and Randolph counties fluctuated, with June ahead due to mine layoffs and factory vacations.
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Illinois
Herrin
Ilinois State Employment Service
Williamson
Johnson Counties
Murphysboro
Aken
Jackson County
Union County
International Shoe Co
Anna
Perry County
Kathleen
du Quoin
Simon Urges Trade and Cultural Ties With Soviet Bloc
Representative Paul Simon told Southern Illinois University students that increasing trade and cultural exchanges with Russia can ease Cold War tensions. He described his Russia trip noting religious suppression, strong military focus, and women in heavy construction, and urged more economic aid to Asia and Africa to counter Soviet influence. He warned against propaganda and supported cautious alliances as needed.
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Paul Simon
Southern Illinois University
Simon
The
Troy Tribune
Shryock Auditorium
Russia
Moscow
Carbondale
Asia
Africa
United States
Yugoslavia
Leslie Rogers of Plumfield Dies at 53
Leslie C. Rogers 53 of Rt. 2 Plumfield died at 1 p m Wednesday in Herrin Hospital after being stricken at work at Hays Chevrolet Co Herrin. He was a former salesman for Hays and Meza Pontiac, a former washer foreman at Bell & Zoller Coal Co, and a past high school board deacon. Surviving wife Opal daughter Brenda and brother Bernie. Masonic rites Friday night, funeral Saturday at White Church of Christ Elder R E Walston officiating. Burial in Denning Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m today at Stone Funeral Home West Frankfort.
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Leslie C. Rogers
Rt. 2
Plumfield
Herrin
Hays Chevrolet Co
Rogers
Hays
Meza Pontiac Co
Bell & Zoller Coal Co
Zeigler Masonic Lodge
White Church of Christ
Opal
Brenda
Berney
Stone Funeral Home
West Frankfort
R. E. Walston
Denning
Mines Working Friday Report
The list shows several mines operating on Friday including Kathleen Truax Tract No 2 Orient 2 Orient 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 and Buckhorn and Fidelity Pyramid Burning Star No 1. Old Ben shafts 9 14 22 and Old Ben Washer are noted as not working.
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Kathleen Truax-Tract
Ben
Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Buckhorn Fidelity Pyramid
Burning Star No
ICC Hearing On Bus Change Set June 18
An Illinois Commerce Commission hearing is scheduled for June 18 in Springfield to decide on the proposed discontinuance of the Paducah St Louis bus run to Herrin. Mayor Fred Henderson and Herrin chamber of commerce will be represented. Greyhound cited a $5998 loss in March and said service to Brookport Christopher and Du Quoin would be affected until a ruling.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Springfield
Southeastern Greyhound
Herrin
Fred Henderson
John Lamb
ICC
Henderson
Brookport
Christopher
du Quoin
No Charges In Escape Attempt At Menard Prison
Two psychiatric division inmates William Allen and Thomas Withers tried to scale a 30 foot wall using a rope of bed sheets at Menard Penitentiary. They did not leave prison grounds and were quickly halted and returned to their cells. Both men, 25 and 29, from Cook County, were not charged.
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Psychiatric Division
Menard Penitentiary
Ross Randolph
William Allen
Thomas Withers
Cook County
Randolph
Former Zeigler Man Dies in Michigan
Bill Walifora, a former Zeigler resident, died in Chelsea Michigan on Wednesday after several months illness. He leaves wife Pearl and sisters Martha Eccles Yonkers New York Gertrude Stewart Terre Haute Indiana and Mary Rak Indianapolis Indiana. Funeral services will be at 10 a m Saturday at Vantrease Funeral Home Zeigler with Fr Louis Fellner officiating. Burial will be in Royalton Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m Friday at the funeral home.
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Bill Walifora
Zeigler
Chelsea
Mich
Pearl
Martha Eccles
Yonkers
N. Y
Gertrude Stewart
Terre Haute
Ind
Mary Rak
Indianapolis
Vantrease
Louis Fellner
Royalton Cemetery
Child Runs Into Truck in Herrin injures three year old
A three year old Herrin girl dashed from behind parked cars into a moving South Side Lumber Co. truck on S. 20th Street injuring her eye laceration. She received 12 stitches at Herrin Hospital and was released. Witnesses named Claude Smith Jr. as the driver. The girl was visiting her grandparents on S. 20th Street.
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Herrin
Mary Ann George
Donald George
S. 8Th St
Herrin Hospital
S. 20Th Street
South Side Lumber Co
Claude Smith Jr
S. 20Th St
Mary Ann
Mrs. Olen Hall
100 Mile Per Hour Speed Cited in 1957 Suit
Elkville man Carrol D Aldridge sues Robert D De Rossett in Jackson Circuit Court for 11500 dollars claiming injuries from a May 20 1957 wreck on Route 3 one mile south of Gorham side road. He alleges De Rossett drove north at over 100 miles per hour causing the car to overturn.
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Jackson
Elkville
Carrol D. Aldridge
Robert D. Derossett
Howardton
Aldridge
de Rossett
Rt. 3
Gorham Side
Marion Man Unhurt As Car Snaps Pole
Gene Baggett of 1317 W Concord St Marion escaped injury after his car struck a utility pole at the irrigation place at 1 30 a m today causing 900 dollars damage He said he fell asleep driving home from work at a Marion drive in theater He is a teacher and coach at Marion Junior High School.
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Gene Baggett
Concord St
Marion
Ierrin Wge
Baggett
Marion Junior High School
Neff Promoted to Superior Forest Supervisor
Lawrence P. Neff, Shawnee National Forest supervisor since 1955, is promoted to supervisor of Minnesota’s Superior National Forest in Duluth. Paul J. St. Amant will succeed him in Shawnee with headquarters in Harrisburg, transferring July 13 after Neff’s June 29 move. Neff’s career includes posts in Ely Minnesota Missouri Ohio and Grand Rapids Michigan. Carolyn Neff and family are mentioned with Harrisburg ties.
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Lawrence P. Neff
Shawnee National Forest
Superior National Forest
Minnesota
Neff
Shawnee
Harrisburg
Paul J. St. Amant
U. S. Forest Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Superior Forest Office
Duluth
Minn
St. Amant
University of Montana
Ely
Missouri
Wayne National Forest
Ohio
Northern Minnesota Research Center
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ley
Larry Neff
Shawnee Hills
Escanaba
Mary
Carolyn
Harrisburg High School
Herrin High School Plans Entrance Upgrade and Bids
Herrin Township High School will reopen with a new east entrance after the board accepted the lowest bid for a glass door from Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. and Venetian Glass Co. of Eldorado. The board also authorized bids to resurface the lot between the current lot and football bleachers, install another water fountain, and upgrade typewriter outlets. It approved cleaning contracts for band uniforms and choir robes, considered a used stocker, accepted librarian Jeanette Smith’s resignation, and scheduled a June 18 meeting to bid a new school bus.
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Herrin Township High School
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Venetian Glass Co
Eldorado
Stiles Office Equipment Co
Carbondale
Stiles Co
R. J. Brunner Co
Herrin Dry Cleaners
E. C. Eckert
Jeanette Smith
Owen Haney
A. T. Brown
Millage King
Bryant
T. J. Creek
James E. Gladson
Car Slams Tombstones In Benton Cemetery Crash
A runaway car crashed through Benton Cemetery at 8 30 p m Wednesday knocking over two tombs and uprooting shrubbery. Kenneth Burgess 22 and his wife were slightly injured as Burgess claimed a tire blew, sending the vehicle into tombstones about 75 feet from the road. No ticket was issued.
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Benton Cemtery
Kenneth Burgess
McLeansboro St
Benton
Burgess
Masonic and Oddfellows
Shackleton Surrenders After Admitting Union Funds Took
Delmar Shackleton a 50 year old Carbondale union official turned himself in to Jackson County authorities admitting he took between 1500 and 2000 dollars from Local 227 of the Common Laborers and Hadcarriers Union. An audit will start to determine the total amount and when stolen. He will assist in the audit and has promised full restitution.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Delmar Shackleton
Jackson State’s
Common Laborers and Hadcarriers Union
Shackleton
William Ridgeway
Sheriff Holds Hubcaps In Murphysboro Case
Jackson County authorities report 49 hub caps in custody after Carl W. Miller a Murphysboro businessman turned in two loads totaling 49. Miller pleaded guilty to buying stolen hub caps and was fined 600 dollars and jailed six weeks. Four caps remain unclaimed.
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Jackson County
Carl W. Miller
Murphysboro
Miller
Sheriff's Office
Howard Cheatham
Cheatham
GOP Workshop at Marion Promotes Sneed Campaign
A Marion workshop at 1 p m Friday features Washington speaker Ray Humphreys and host Mrs C F Becker with Williamson County Republican women. All 25th district Republicans are invited as the event backs Carl Sneed’s congressional campaign.
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Marion Junior High School
Ray Humphreys
Congressional Committee
Washington, D. C
C. F. Becker
Red Bud
Republican
Williamson County
Carl Sneed
John W. Jeralds Dies in Marion at 55
John W. Jeralds 55 of 406 East Jackson Marion died at 7 45 am in Marion Memorial Hospital He was born in Marion April 14 1903 son of James and Pere Groves Jeralds He worked as a truck driver in St Louis He married Mae Smith July 6 1931 Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Robert Adamson of Forest Park and Mrs Alma Lee McDonald of Norfolk VA a son James Jeralds Marion and three grandchildren Services at 130 pm Sunday Mitchell Funeral Home Marion Rev John Lindy will officiate Burial Maplewood Cemetery.
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John Waldo Jeralds
E. Jackson St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
James
Pere Groves Jeralds
St. Louis
Mae Smith
Jeralds
Robert Adamson
Forest Park
Alma Lee McDonald
Norfolk
James Jeralds
Mitchell Funeral Home
John Lindy
Maplewood Cemetery
Spanish American War veteran Frank D. Clark dies at 86
Frank D. Clark, 86, a Carbondale Spanish American War veteran, died at Marion Veterans Hospital after a week of illness. A coal miner until 1945, he was born August 18, 1871 in Cuggino Italy and immigrated at 17. He married Maude Armstrong in 1904. they celebrated 50 years in 1954. He leaves a wife, two sons Arthur and Albert, a son Philip, a daughter Mary Sissock, four grandchildren, and two predeceased children. Burial will be Oak Ridge Cemetery after services at Walker Funeral Home Friday.
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Frank D. Clark
Carbondale
Marion Veterans Hospital
Cuggino
Italy
United States
Springfield
Maude Armstrong
Rt. 1
Arthur
Albert B
Raymondville
Tex
Philip Clark
Torrance
Calif
Mary Sissock
Detroit
Mich
Walker Funeral
Renious C Gardner Rites Saturday In West Frankfort
Funeral services for Renious C Gardner age 63 of 706 S Logan St West Frankfort are set for 2 pm Saturday at the Assembly of God Church West Frankfort with Rev D B Shaw officiating He died Wednesday morning in Owensboro Kentucky Friends may call after 5 pm today at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort Burial will be in Tower Heights Cemetery</s>
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Renious C. Gardner
S. Logan St
West Frankfort
Assembly of God
D. B. Shaw
Gardner
Owensboro, Ky
Friends
Union Funeral Home
Tower Heights Cemetery
Federal land in Herrin to be sold by bid
A five acre federally owned tract in southwest Herrin will be sold by bid with bid advertisements set to run around June 15. Cong Kenneth J Gray notified Mayor Fred Henderson of the action by telegram and said bid forms are available from GSA regional official John W Chapman Jr in Chicago amid local complaints about the Egyptian Heights growth.
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Herrin
Kenneth J. Gray
General Services Administration
Fred Henderson
Egyptian Heights
South 22Nd Street
Henry Mulkin
Herringrocer
Gray
John W. Chapman, Jr
U. S. Court Building
Chicago
Youth Admits Robbery Charge In Murphysboro Case
George Clifton Boyd Jr. pleaded guilty to robbery in Jackson Circuit Court with sentence deferred. Roy Wilson Loudermilk remains jailed on the same charges. The pair beat and robbed Thurlow Sickler, 63, near Murphysboro on March 22 after offering farm help and lodging.
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George Clifton Boyd Jr
Jayces
Miss
Murphysboro
Jackson
C. E. Wright
Boyd
Jackson County
Roy Wilson Loudermilk
Lawrenceville
Thurlow Sickler
Rt. 1
Murphysboro Man Fined for Speeding by Police Magistrate
Oral Starbuck of 907 North 23rd Street Murphysboro received a $10 fine and $4 in costs from Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr. for speeding.
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Murphysboro
Oral Starbuck
N. 23Rd St
Charles Helwig Sr
Honor Ride for Illinois Central veterans to Memphis
Enroute to Memphis Tennessee to receive lifetime gold passes for 50 year service are Illinois Central Railroad veterans and their wives from the district under Train master C. S. Scott Carbondale. Couples from front are Mrs and Mrs G F Comstock Carbondale Mrs and Mr E F
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Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central Railroad
C. S. Scott
Carbondale
G. F. Comstock
E. F
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ISES
Perry
Randolph County
Voice of America
Radio Free Europe
Iron Curtain
Leslie Rogers
Michigan
G. W. Bayles
Roy Cole
Marion Man
Shawnee Forest
Great Lakes States
Superior Forest
Upper
A. W. Gree
Herrin High School
John W. Jeralds
Sickler
Vandalia
Hammond
Ullin
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