Pedestrian Arrest Follows Car Wreck Near Williamson County
An 18 year old Energy Youth Roger K Swim injured after car swerved to miss pedestrian William F Daniels 35 of Carbondale. Daniels ticketed for intoxication and held in Williamson County jail on 20 dollar fine and 5 dollars costs. Swim treated for cuts and bruises. Passenger Rennie Brown uninjured. Accident occurred at 2 20 p m 200 yards west of Rt 13 intersection. Multiple weekend crashes noted in Williamson County nearby.
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Energy
Roger K. Swim
William F. Daniels
Carbondale
Daniels
Williamson County
Marion
Justice of the Peace
Elmer Farmer
Doctors Hospital
Rennie Brown
Rt. 13
Gardner
Wade Rowatt
Colp
Donald Corley
Carterville
Cambria
District 13
du Quoin
James Pickens
Vienna
Rt. 37
Olmsted
Sherman Carr Named Chief of Veterans
Sherman Carr of Murphysboro was elected District 1 commander of the Veterans of World War 1 at Ft Massac State Park near Metropolis. Other officers include Otis Lamar Rossclare senior vice commander Loren Margraves Herrin junior vice commander Art Carlock Benton chaplain Roy Booth Carbondale judge advocate Lowell Hess Eldorado quartermaster and trustees John A Best Murphysboro and Roy Parks Carbondale. E A Bennett West Frankfort retires as historian State Senator Gordon Kerr Republican speaker Rep Kenneth Gray West Frankfort voices support for WWI veterans pension about 100 members attended led by Louis Brake Mt Vernon and a membership rise of about 150.
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Sherman Carr
Murphysboro
Ft. Massac State Park
Metropolis
Otis Lamar
Rossclare
Loren Margraves
Herrin
Art Carlock
Benton
Roy Booth
Carbondale
Lowell Hess
Eldorado
John A. Best
Roy Parks
E. A. Bennett
West Frankfort
Gordon Kerr
Congress
Kenneth Gray
Police Magistrate Schwartz Delayed From Carbondale Visit
Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz of Carbondale will be out of his office until Wednesday or Thursday. Relatives said he is currently in East Moline on business.
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Robert Schwartz
Carbondale
Schwartz
East Moline
Common Law Wife Hit Man Held In Shooting
Richard Harrison a 40 year old itinerant worker is jailed in Johnson County after shooting his common law wife Bessie Grisby 38 in the leg at the Frazier strawberry farm near Tunnel Hill. Grisby was hospitalized in Metropolis in good condition. Harrison denies intent and no charges are filed yet pending questioning. A foreman says it was not an accident. A .22 pistol and a switch blade knife were taken.
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Johnson County
Glenn Dallas
Richard Harrison
Baton Rouge
Dallas
Harrison
Bessie Grisby
Memorial Hospital
Metropolis
Frazier
Tunnel Hill
Creal Springs
Mines Working Report and Listing of Names
Mine report lists working status for Fidelity Burning Star No 1 and No 2 Old Ben 9 14 21 22 Washer Orient 3 Orient 2 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 Zeigler 4 with detailed operation notes and personnel IDs.
Marion to Test Civil Defense Siren
Marion plans a 7:30 p.m. siren test to gauge east city coverage. The siren atop City Hall recently installed. a second will go up at Longfellow School. Short wave mobile radios will report tester coverage from across the area.
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Marion
O. A. Drew
City
Longfellow School
Drew
DeLap Receives PhD At Duke University
James Horne DeLap of Carbondale earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in ceremonies at Duke University in Durham North Carolina. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harve DeLap of 400 West Mill Street.
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James Horne DeLap
Carbondale
Duke University
Durham
N. C
DeLap
Harve DeLap
W. Mill St
River body identified as Peter Hampel from St. Louis
A body recovered from the Mississippi near Prairie du Rocher is identified as Peter F. Hampel, 49, unemployed from St. Louis. Coroner Walker notes no clear death cause, pockets held $28, sister in St. Louis confirms relation, body likely in water 2 3 days. No foul play suspected.
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Mississippi River
Prairie du Roche
St. Louis
Randolph
Lester Walker
Peter F. Hampel
St. George St
Hampel
Walker
Peter Beenel
Emmerson St
Franklin Tax Unit To Meet
The Franklin County Taxpayers Assn. will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the American Legion hall on East Main Street in West Frankfort. Joe McCann and Vivian Cowan will chair and secretary. The group, chartered May 27, will explain its purposes and offer by laws for adoption and elect officers.
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Franklin County Taxpayers Assn
American Legion Hall
East Main Street
West Frankfort
Joe McCann
Vivian Cowan
Jackson County Levy To Reach Over Three Million In 1960
The 1960 Jackson County tax bills, prepared for mid June mailing, set a total levy above $3 million amid rising school and local government costs. Elk Township shows the highest rate before school additions, reaching $2.21 per $100, with Elkville and Dowell adding city and village taxes. The overall county rise is driven by higher high school and grade school levies and bond payments, notably in high school district 165 and Glendale Community Consolidated District 160.
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Jackson County
Jackson
Robert Maloney
Elk Township
Elkville Area
Jackson Coun
Elkville
Dowell
Ora Township
Ora
Kinkaid
Levan Township
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Murphysboro Township
Riverside Park District
Carbondale Township
Glendale Community
Picnic Crowd Hears Plea On Court Vote
At Herrin City Park Sunday Bob Davis president of the Williamson County Taxpayers League urged abolition of the Herrin City Court and urged a Yes vote on Tuesday to discontinue the court. He spoke at a taxpayers group picnic. Two Republican candidates did not appear. Polls open 6 am to 6 pm at City Hall Collard's Tin Shop the Girl Scout Cabin and South Side School.
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Herrin City Park
Bob Davis
Williamson County Taxpayers League
Herrin City
Davis
Taxpayers Group
Homer Butler l
L. J. Wohlwend
Marion
League
Collard’s Tin Shop
Girl Scout Cabin
South Side School
Williamson County Taxpayers League to review 1960 tax bills
Members will compare 1960 personal property tax bills in a Tuesday meeting at Herrin City Hall at 7 30 p m. President Bob Davis says if inequalities are found the league will protest taxes as a group with County Commissioners notified. Members will appear before the Board of Review and pay taxes under protest.
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Williamson County Taxpayers League
Bob Davis
Herrin
League
Davis
Board of Review
Joseph Law Services to Be Wednesday
Joseph W. Law 75 of Marion died at 8 30 a m in Marion Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He leaves his wife and a brother, a long time salesman for Howard and Casey Wholesale Co. He was born May 10 1885 in Empire Kentucky and married Eavalon Thurmond April 4 1920. Services set for 3 p m Wednesday at Wilson Funeral Home with burial in Rosehill Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Tuesday.
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Joseph Law
Joseph W
Joe” Law
van Buren St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Mr. Law
Brothr
Howard and Casey Wholesale Co
Empire
Eavalon Thurmond
Paducah
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World
Wilson Funeral Home
Eugene Black
Rosehill Cemetery
Fire damages home of West Frankfort magistrate
Smoke from a burning grease skillet caused about 200 dollars in damage Sunday at the home of West Frankfort Police Magistrate Luther Burpe 1001 East Oak Street West Frankfort. Firemen were called around 4 25 p m
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West Frankfort
Luther Burpe
E. Oak St
Fire College Attended by Carbondale Fire Department
Three Carbondale fire department members will attend the 36th annual Illinois Fire College in Urbana from Monday to Thursday. Fire Chief Almont Monk Crawshaw along with Don Jackson and Joe Thomas Jr. will participate, with Jackson and Thomas attending their first session.
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Fire College
Carbondale Department
Carbondale Fire Department
Illinois Fire College
Urbana
Almont “Monk” Crawshaw
Don Jackson
Joe Thomas Jr
Jackson
Thomas
Two Decatur Men Held On Theft Charges
Two Decatur men Richard D. Walker and Franklin Mathis were jailed in Jackson County after a Sunday night car theft near Cobden. The 11 p.m. theft involved a car owned by Paul Jackson of Carbondale and was spotted on Route 51 before authorities halted it. Walker has prior car theft convictions and Mathis has burglary and petty theft records.
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Decatur
Murphysboro
Cobden
Jackson County
Richard D. Walker
Eastwood St
Franklin Mathis
N. Edwards St
Paul Jackson
Rt. 3
Carbondale
South Illinois Avenue
Jackson
Rt. 51
Robert Perry
Anna
Union County
Walker
Mathis
Wiring Sets Recovered From Big Muddy River Near Bridge
Deputies found about 35 washing machine wiring sets submerged in the Big Muddy River near the Yellow Banks Bridge west of West Williams. A Borg Warner tag on a copper wire assembly tied the items to the Norge plant, with no theft reported.
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Herrin Norge
Big Muddy
Franklin County
Rath Williams
Alfred Hughes
Yellow Banks Bridge
West Frankfort
Williams
Borg-Warner
Norge
Borg - Warner Corp
Larry Davis
Firefighters Battle Attic Blaze in Marion Home
Marion firemen were dispatched at 1 18 p m Sunday to the home of James Malone 1002 S Duncan St to extinguish an attic fire.
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Marion
James Malone
S. Duncan St
Minister Plans Second Montana Search For Missing Plane
Carbondale minister Rev Roy Simpkins intends to return to rugged Montana terrain to aid in locating the missing Sept 25 plane carrying his wife. He will be joined by his son and a nephew as they hire a guide and use a local plane to broaden the search.
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Carbondale
Rugged Mountain Territory
Montana
Simpkins
Arthur
David Froese
Mr. Simpkins
Tecostal Church
Kellogg
Idaho
Missoula
Mont
Carl Froese
Mattoon
Rosine Froese
Hilda Simpkins
Marie Tekmiete
Chicago
Canada
Froese
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