Charges Stated In Dawn Club Case In Alexander County
Har old Hans operator of the Dawn Club on Route 3 near McClure faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors in Alexander County Court at Cairo. The case stems from the death of Phillip Hart 17 of Riv a and injuries to three Murphysboro High School students after leaving the club where they reportedly drank. Police say witnesses admit drinking at the tavern while Hans denies selling to minors. The youth ages range from 15 to 17 and a liquor commission report is pending. An inquest into Hart’s death awaits witness recovery.
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Alexander County Court
Cairo
Harold Hans
Dawn Club
Rt. 3
McClure
Alexander State
Mike O'Shea
Hans
Phillip Hart
Riva
Murphysboro High School
Alexander County
Leslie Crestman
James Hendrix
Illinois
You Commission
Gilbert Pulcher
Carol Ann McCoskey
Mary Jean Stevens
Murphysboro
Jackson
Howard Cheatham
Chrestman
Jackson School Consolidation Vote Set for June 16
A special election to consolidate six Jackson County school districts north of Murphysboro is scheduled for June 16. Voters will cast ballots 12 noon to 7 p m at one polling site Harrison School. The proposal requires a simple majority statewide, with a single district tax rate of 75 cents for education and 25 cents for building and grounds.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
W. N. Wheeles
Im- Loff
Mt. Joy
Harrson
Will
Davis
Pate
Harrison School
Carbondale Driver Fined for DUI Plea and Probation
Cris Spellbring, 20, of 321 E. Hester Carbondale, was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. He was placed on one year probation by Jackson County Judge Peyton Kunce.
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Cris
Pulcher family hit by multiple accidents and injuries
The Pulcher family suffers a string of misfortunes. East Carondelet Postmaster Joseph Pulcher’s granddaughter was accidentally shot while playing with an alarm clock in a basement. Sandra Ruth Lynch, 9, is hospitalized in East St. Louis in fair condition. Earlier, Bessie Fern Pulcher, 16, was killed when a tractor overturned near Ava.
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Pulcher
East Carondelet
Joseph Pulcher
East St. Louis
Ava
Cecil Pulcher
Bessie Fern Pulcher
Joseph
Cecil
Gilbert Pulcher
Rt. 4
Murphysboro
Phillip Hart
Rt. 3
Sandra Ruth Lynch
Bruce
Alfred Pulcher
Sandra
St. Mary’s Hospital
New Hearing Set In Halliday Case
A June 12 hearing is set in the Norman Halliday murder case in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Judge Harold Zimmerman granted defense requests after conflicts over a court order for confinement in a mental institution. Halliday, 33, pleads not guilty to the February 23 slaying of Clare Adams at Olmsted tavern.
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Norman Halliday
Halliday
Pulaski County
Harold Zimmerman
Marion
Clare
Adams
McDermott Resigns as Hod Carriers Union Official
John McDermott of Carbondale resigns today as secretary treasurer of the Southern Illinois District Council International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union. William Todd of Pinckneyville is named successor after 17 years as local business representative. resignation accepted at Thursday night’s executive-board meeting.
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John McDermott
Carbondale
Southern Illinois District Council
International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union
William Todd
Pinckneyville
Todd
McDermott
Grass Fire Near CB&O Depot Prompted West Frankfort Fire
West Frankfort Fire Department responded to a weed fire on South Anna Street near the CB&O depot around 10 30 a m today. Fire crews worked to control the blaze along the roadway and prevent spread to nearby brush.
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West Frankfort
Rescinding confinement order in Halliday case continues to Oct 1
Zimmerman states the state denies Halliday's insanity and does not seek hospitalization. The case is continued until Oct 1 when a murder trial or sanity hearing is scheduled.
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Zimmerman
Halliday
Etherton Named Chair Of 1956 Carbondale United Fund Drive
William C. Etherton 36 cash ier of Carbondale National Bank was chosen chair man of the 1956 Carbondale United Fund drive at a United Fund Board meeting. Drive vice chairs are Phil Stiles William Tudor and Mrs Leo Brown with Doyle Volner treasurer and Mrs Gloria Brown secretary. The drive starts Oct 1 Etherton succeeds William B Winstead who remains as president. Stiles noted 119 persons owe pledges from last year totaling over 3800 with 210 accounts receivable worth above 5800. A nominating committee was named to select board candidates and the next meeting is July 26.
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William C. Etherton
Carbondale National Bank
Carbondale United Fund Drive
United Fund Board
Drive
Phil Stiles
William Tudor
Southern Illinois University
Leo Brown
Doyle Volner
Cherry Insurance Agency
Gloria Brown
Winstead
Stiles
Etherton
Bills Protested By Alderman At Carterville
Alderman Ray Carney objected to bills totaling 150 to 200 dollars submitted by firms for the city of Carterville. The bills, linked to water department and city funds, were withdrawn after Carney cited state statutes restricting municipal officers from selling supplies or services while in office. Mayor Matt Steffes said the practice has long been used. Steffes and Corbitt run service stations and Spiller operates a lumber yard.
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City of
Carterville
Ray Carney
Matt Steffes
Bill Spiller
Sam Corbitt
Carney
Steffes
Spiller and
Corbitt
Lina McCabe
Water Department
Spiller
Marion Parking Commission Postpones Meeting
The Marion Parking Commission did not meet as scheduled with bank officials Thursday night as plans to buy a parking lot from the First Methodist Church proceed. The church offered the 56-space lot for 16500 dollars but church trustees this week failed to approve a sale in a 47 to 47 vote.
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Marion Parking Commission
Cies
First Methodist Church
Church Board of Trustees
Carbondale IC Railroad Station Restaurant Closes After 55 Years
The Interstate Restaurant in Carbondale at the Illinois Central depot has shut down after approximately five and a half decades of operation. IC official Nel cited the closure as final for the longtime station dining spot.
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Carbondale’s
Carbondale
Illinois Central
Murphysboro Play Program to Open Monday
Outdoor summer program by Murphysboro Park Board and Youth Commission begins Monday at Longfellow School grounds with 9 to 12 am sessions on Mon Wed Fri. Activities include softball bike riding and first aid. Equipment provided. bicycles excluded. Evening tennis and golf lessons scheduled. swimming not offered this year.
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Murphysboro Park Board
Murphysboro Youth Commission
Longfellow
Chester Kessel
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Township High School
Shelter House
Riverside Park
Kessel
Jools
Church Bible Schools
N. 11Th St
S. 10Th St
Illinois, Missouri vie for site of new federal prison
A House Senate Conference Committee approved 250000 for a survey of possible sites for a new maximum security federal prison. Rep Kenneth Gray vows Southern Illinois will be among first sites and the study must report to Congress in 1957. Justice Department officials say a US maximum security penitentiary is badly needed with the administration’s prior funds request voted down in the House but a 3500000 Senate grant cited. Northeastern Missouri is also mentioned as a potential location.
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Washington
House Senate
Kenneth Gray
South
Ern
Illinois
Congress
James V. Bennett
U. S
Missouri
Justice Department
House
Senate
Two Sentenced On Theft Charge in Murphysboro
Jackson County Judge Peyton Kunce sentenced Floyd Smith age 18 of Murphysboro to one year in Vandalia State Penal Farm and Rodger Camden age 16 of Murphysboro to Illinois Youth Commission custody after they pled guilty to burglarizing a Riverside Park grocery store. Kenneth Murray age 15 also pled guilty and was placed on probation. Camden’s five year probation was revoked triggering the jail transfer and a parental reprimand for aiding violation of probation.
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Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Floyd Smith
Murphysboro
Vandalia
Rodger Camden
Illinois Youth Commission
Camden
Smith
Riverside Park
Kenneth Murray
Atty
John Gilbert
Gorham
Kunce
Earnest Camden
Rance
Police Briefs Signal Violation Fines Issued
Herrin Roy Oliver of West Frankfort was fined $10 and costs by Justice of the Peace George Wood for failing to signal a turn.
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Herrin
Roy Oliver
West Frankfort
Justice of the Peace
George Wood
Volunteers Break Ground for Harrison Somerset Fire House
More than 30 volunteers from Harrison and Somerset Township broke ground Thursday afternoon for a 30 by 50 foot volunteer built fire station north of Murphysboro in front of the Harrison Methodist Church. The $3,500 in materials will yield a structure valued at about $12,000 funded by donations and activity receipts. A plaque will list contributors, and blocks will be sold to raise funds. An ice cream social at Harrison School aims to further support the project.
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Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Murphysboro
Harrison
Somerset Township
Harrison Methodist Church
Stewart Jenkins
Somerset Fire
Clyde Per
Perschbacher
Harrison School
Judge's Mother Dies In Cairo At 65
Mrs. Margaret Alice Wilbourn widow of the late Alexander County judge Asa Wilbourn and mother of County Judge Dorothy Spomer died in St Mary's Hospital Cairo after a weeklong illness. She is survived by two daughters, services set for Saturday at 2 p m at Berthling Funeral Home, with burial in Green Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
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Cairo
Alexander County
St. Mary’s
Margaret Alice Wilbourn
Wilbourn
Asa Wilbourn
Dorothy Spomer
June Smith
East St. Louis
Berthling Funeral Home
Routine verdict in Ava tractor death
A coroner's jury in Ava returned a verdict of accidental death for 16 year old Bessie Fern Pulcher. The girl died instantly from a broken neck and head injuries when crushed by a tractor that overturned while she plowed on her father's farm Monday morning. Coroner Edward Knowles noted no witnesses testified as two jurors were on the scene within minutes.
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Ava
Bessie Fern Pulcher
Edward Knowles
Taxes Paid in Williamson Exceed 300000 in Week
Deputy Collector Carl Schroder announced more than 300000 dollars in taxes were collected in the first week of payments in Williamson County.
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Williamson County
Carl Schroder
Sinking Carbondale sidewalk repaired after beam rot
Vance Mason uses a sledge hammer to knock out concrete in a downtown Carbondale sidewalk near Roberts Hotel. Excavations reveal remains of an original building as rusted beams and old concrete cause sinking. Williams said work would finish Monday freeing several parking meters.
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Siucwala
Vance Mason
Carbondale
Roberts Hotel
4Ved Son Ate
Williams
Strike Closes Herrin Plant Over Wage Row
An IAM strike at International Staple & Machine Co in Herrin idled the plant affecting 49 ore and maintenance workers. Workers seek 15 cents more across the board plus 15 cents for staple line, with a 10 cent offer on the table. Picket lines formed as mediation talks continue.
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International Staple & Machine Co
Herrin
District 111
International Association of Machinists
Lodge 554
IAM
Sam Rich
Rich
George Heilman
Illinois Mediation Service
Heisman
Oscar Hogg
Colp
Clyde Hawkins
Springs
William Williams
Royalton
Value Of Town Census Cited In Carbondale Meeting
Richard Poston of Southern Illinois University urged a community conducted census to reveal local problems and guide plans. He said residents must act to solve their own issues and that data on sex age housing and labor force informs intelligent improvement and education for Carbondale. He cited Port Angeles Washington where citizen committees and town meetings revived a failing hospital project.
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Carbondale
Richard Poston
Southern Illinois University
Poston
Southern Illinois
Port Angeles
Port ‘Angeles
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Probe Target Dawn Club
Ccal
Joe Pulcher
Marissa
Hod Carriers Union
Etherton United Fund Drive
William B. Winstead
Water Commission
Gray Pushes
Somerset Fire Dept
Nated
Schbacher
Robert Boudet
Margaret Wilbourn
Ava Tractor
Williamson
Herrin Plant
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