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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
8
Buckhorn Mine will be idle until next Wednesday as a 1 500 foot slope belt is installed. Bell and Zoller Coal Co officials in Chicago had said the belt would be installed this weekend with no interruption to operations. C Ward Padgett said the job is too large for a weekend and work began Monday.
Jimmy Dean Clover 22 was placed on three years probation in Jackson Circuit Court for armed robbery after pleading guilty before Judge C E Wright. As a probation condition he must spend six months at Vandalia Penal Farm for the March 15 holdup of Dr John Hrabik in Murphysboro. Clover stole $15 and a wristwatch after forcing the physician to drive toward Harrison, then let him go and fled in the car. he was arrested soon after between De Soto and Elkville by state police.
One person was seriously injured in a two car crash on Route 51 near Centralia. Ann Ronchetti 58 of Corpus Christi Texas was taken to a Centralia hospital after colliding with her husband Peter 62 and Louis Young 60 of Daugsonia Arkansas. A second two car wreck south of Dowell at 5 30 p m left no injuries with drivers Donald Creekpaum 22 of St Louis Missouri and Willis Reynold 44 of Mounds Oklahoma? cited for improper passing.
Illinois farmers have 98 percent of corn planted and 88 percent of soybeans seeded, ahead of last year. The Illinois Crop Reporting Service notes corn planting is finished except in Southern Illinois, with generally good soybean stands but dry topsoil slowing germination in some areas. Northern fields show uneven growth due to dry weather and cultivation challenges.
Harold W. Prehn of Springfield was named assistant commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration. He will oversee mortgage servicing and management of properties acquired by the agency. The appointment follows an FHA reorganization announced by housing commissioner Norman P. Mason. Prehn, a former Springfield auto distributor, joined FHA in January 1957 as director of home loan insurance programs in southern Illinois.
In Madison Indiana two bartenders Steven L Winn and William A Venable are charged as killers in the tavern shotgun death of John S Cavanaugh. Accessories Walter W White Patricia White and Paul Fisher are charged for aiding and abetting. Witnesses say no disturbance preceded the shooting.
Scout Troop 16 from Herrin Presbyterian Church volunteered Saturday at Pine Ridge Scout Reservation near Little Grassy Lake to spray poison ivy. Materials were donated by Central Illinois Public Service Co Marion district office. A Sunday storm interrupted the weekend project with Scoutmaster Howard McMurray and six scouts present. The troop also joined an Explorer group Friday at Heroin City Park swimming pool concession stand.
High honors go to 22 Logan Junior High graduates in Murphysboro for two years of all A grades. Recipients include Dana James, Ronnie Boyer, Sharon Doody, Mary Jean Graeff, Tommy Jones, Sandra Neal, Bill Porter, Bobby Wides, Mary Winters, Mike Baird, Bruce Herring, Joyce Roberts, Barbara Maclin, Sandra Mileur, Judy Perschbacher, Eddie Raines, David Fielding, Frank Puttman, Hortense Hancock, Jane Kupel, Carole Muir, Beverly Bradley. The school also issued 50 patrol participation awards, 114 spelling certificates, and 26 five year spelling pins. Eighth grade spelling trophy: Sandra Mileur. Starley Watkins second. Hortense Hancock third. Seventh grade spelling trophy: Bill Porter. Susan Saylor second. Betty Williams third.
Southern Illinois University awards a $2500 Frederick Gerdner Cottrell grant to Robert E. Van Atta an assistant professor in chemistry. The grant is part of $343,363 distributed to 115 universities by the Research Corp for basic physical science research.
Southern Illinois University graduate student Hwang Chi Ming from Taipei reported a car stolen at 1:30 a m and relayed the incident to state police in Du Quoin. He later called at 6:30 a m to say the vehicle was found near his home at 300 South Illinois Avenue.
David Hoover, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Hoover of Marion, not identified in a photo in the Southern Illinois on Tuesday. The picture shows Jane Pugh of Carbondale reading a copy of the Southern Illinoisian in the University of Illinois Newspaper Library with Hoover, an electrical engineering student on the Library staff.
Van Atta researches polarography of ketones to develop a rapid measurement method in about 15 minutes. Current industrial measurements take hours and can be inaccurate. The project, focusing on carbonyl compounds in minute mixtures, is expected to take one to three years to complete.
No injuries were reported after a two car collision on University Avenue south of Mill Street in Carbondale. Julius C. Huang, 28, of 515 S University Ave, collided with Myron Herrgott, 512% W College St, as Herrgott made a U turn. Another report notes Richardson, 19, of Rt. 2 Carterville, said his car was hit by an unidentified vehicle between May 28 and Tuesday.
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