Rate hearing cites General Telephone profits at ICC session
An Illinois Commerce Commission hearing in Springfield examines General Telephone Co.’s earnings. CPA Conrad Hlavacek testifies that General’s manufacturing profits exceed those of Western Electric and Stromberg Carlson, suggesting possible rate overcharges and inflated plant costs. University economist Robert Hill concurs that rate increases may be unwarranted.
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Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
General Telephone Co
Conrad Hlavacek
Certified Public Accountant
ICC
Springfield
Hlavacek
Telehone
General Telephone
Western Electric
Bell Telephone
Stromberg-Carlson
General
Stromberg - Carlson
Robert E. Hill
University of Illinois
J. Max Mitchell
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
Susan M. Bohnen
Consolidated Management Corp
Williamson
Franklin
Hill
Bohnen
Carbondale Subdivision Plats Approved by County Board
Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved plats for two Carbondale area subdivisions. Lakeland Hills offers 20 lots on the Giant City blacktop east of Carbondale developed by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Foster. Norwest provides 19 lots at New Route 13 near the west Carbondale city limits developed by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lurie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Maurice Webb
Lakeland Hills
L. A. Hilton
Vinson Erickson
Kenneth Saul
Robert Masters
Carbondale and
SIU
Jackson County
Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Sand Ridge
Elk
Oakland Avenue
Rigdon Street
Oakland Cemetery
Precinct 13
Sycamore Street
Illinois Central
Johnson
Chautauqua Street
College Street
Tow
Elm Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale League of Women Voters
20Th Street
21St Street
Herrin Native Dies in St. Louis
Mrs. Vivan Coleman Ford of St. Louis, a Herrin native, died at 1 30 a m Monday in St Luke s Hospital. She left Herrin 30 years ago and lived in St Louis. Survivors include her father Ed Coleman and brother Hazen Coleman of Herrin. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Tower Grove Baptist Church St Louis. Burial in Lakewood Park Cemetery. Visitation at Kriegshauser Funeral Home St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivan Coleman Ford
St. Louis
Herrin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kriegshauser Funeral Home
Three Fined In May Gambling Raid In Alexander County
Three men arrested in a May 9 state police gambling raid were fined a total of 700 dollars in Alexander County Court. Joe Middleton of Cairo received six months probation and a 500 dollar fine. Bill Berglin of Cairo and Arthur Brown of Metairie Louisiana were fined 100 dollars each.
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Alexander County
Joe Middleton
Cairo
Bill Berglin
Arthur Brown
Metaire
Thunderbird Reopens After Fire Near Colony Club
The Thunderbird night club near McClure reopened Monday less than a day after the Colony Club fire. Authorities issued a new liquor license to Miles Hill for the Thunderbird, and John Wilson, Colony Club owner, is linked to the reopening. Wilson previously owned Colony Club and the Thunderbird, with sales and past gambling raid history surrounding both properties.
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Thunderbird
McClure
Colony Club
Alexander County
Thunderbird Club
Miles Hill
John Wilson
Wilson and Hill
Wilson
Joe Dodd
Thomas C. Hill
the Hills
Hills
The
Bob Wilson
Thebes
Robert Bommarito
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Frank
Buster
Wortman
Rx 146
Three Killed In Accident Near Chester
A violent head on collision on a rain slick curve on Rt 3 north of Chester killed three people and injured others. Gerald J. Ramsey 57 from Minneapolis Blanche E. Garrett 47 of Scott Air Force Base and Major John Damon Garrett 47 died after the crash. The coroner expects an inquest and police report more crashes in the rainy day.
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Rt. 3
Chester
Gerald J. Ramsey
Central Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Blanche E. Garrett
Hesse
Scott Air Force Base
John Damon Garrett
Randolph
Lester Walker
Ramsey
Jane Curve
Garrett
Walker
Carroll’s
12Th
Spruce Streets
St. Louis
Schroeder
District 13
Carbondale
Ronny D. Rodgers
Doctors Hospital
Baskeydell Road
Rt. 51
Ann K. Klump
Elkville
de Soto
Gerald Baltzell
Rt. 2
New Rt. 13
Murphysboro
Baltzell
Ernest E. Lohman
Evansville
Ind
Rt. 150
John D. Lemmon
Warren St
Mt. Vernon
Rt. 14
Old du Quoin
Olive Branch
Debbie Johnson
Clay Giffee
Platte
Audrey D. Jones
Rt. 460-51
Ashley
Mines Working Thursday
The document lists mines and stations in operation on Thursday including Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Truax Tract No 2 Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Zeigler 3 Buckhorn Orient 3 Orient 2 Freeman 4 with several not working such as Old Ben Briquet Plant and Fidelity.
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Burning Star
Zeigler
Buckhorn Orient
Orient
Freeman
Fidelity
Jackson County Board Considers Requiring Relief Work
Jackson County Board of Supervisors weighs whether relief clients should work for aid. Murphysboro Supervisor John Sickler cites growing relief burdens and insists on legality and control measures. A committee will be named to study options as neighboring counties already run work-for-relief programs.
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Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
John Sickler
Sickler
Jackson County seeks two-acre roadside park sites this week
Two inspections by the Jackson County Tourist and Recreation Association focus on locating two-acre roadside park sites along four highways Rt 3 13 51 and 127. Leading the tour are John T. Moake Don Hileman Ralph Gray William Fuhrop and Gene Goforth with state highway district officials.
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Jackson County Tourist and Recreation Assn
Rts
John T. Moake
Don Hileman
Ralph Gray
William Fuhrhop
Gene Goforth
State Highway Dept. District 9
Carbondale
Mrs Fallon Named To TB Position In Williamson County
Mrs Ethel Fallon of Marion has been appointed office manager of the Williamson County Tuberculosis Sanitorium Board, effective July 1. She replaces Mrs Ruby Barger of Johnston City. The board meeting in Herrin approved the move, seen as a party-driven choice by a Democratic majority. The job pays 3900 annually amid resignations of two members in May.
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Ethel Fallon
Marion
Williamson County
Wendell Kane
Herrin
Phil Gilbert
Robert Wallace
Creal Springs
Mark Carter
Carterville
Wallace
Kane
Carter
Gilbert
Pete Savant
Johnston City
Penal Term on Vagrancy Charge
Earl Cricket Harris received a six month term at the penal farm in Vandalia after his probation was revoked on a May vagrancy conviction. Judge Peyton Kunce revoked probation from a May 6 vagrancy case after Harris was arrested by Marion police for intoxication.
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Earl
Harris
Vandalia
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Marion
Canal Funds Sought For Big Muddy River Canal Study
Congressman Kenneth Gray fights to restore a 30 000 annual appropriation for a Big Muddy River-Beaucoup Creek canal feasibility survey halted by the House Appropriations Committee. The survey, begun under a 120 000 allocation last year, faces expiration June 30 with an aerial survey completed and maps in preparation.
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Big Muddy River
Beaucoup Creek Canal
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Senate
John Taber
R-N. Y
Taber
William A. Carter
Engineers Corps
Gray
Big Muddy
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
West Frankfort Wins Five Thousand Dollar Federal Grant
A $5,000 federal grant for city planning in West Frankfort was approved by the HHFA in Washington. The grant, part of a $16,000 state fund, supports land use, housing, zoning, subdivision regulation, and community facilities studies over about a year. Frank Kirk, SIU community development consultant, named city planner.
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West Frankfort
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Washington
Kenneth Gray
Richard L. Steiner
HHFA
State Housing Board
Lincoln
McHenry
Russell Scott
Chicago
William Gill
Streamline Garment Co
Frank Kirk
Southern Illinois University Community Development Department
Kirk
Marion Woman Dies in Centralia at 78
Mrs. Vinnie Wanless of Marion age 78 died at 1 a m today at her daughter Mrs Othel Mansell home in Centralia widow of Robert Wanless. She leaves another daughter Mrs Orland Stanley of Marion. Funeral arrangements are incomplete Mitchell Funeral Home Marion in charge
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Marion
Centralia
Vinnie Wanless
N. Court St
Othel Mansell
Robert Wanless
Mansell
Orland Stanley
Mitchell Funeral
City Council Grants Carbondale Reservoir Lease for Park Use
The Carbondale City Council approved a 20 year lease of the reservoir area to the Carbondale Park District with the lake and dam area excluded. The deal lasts for $1 yearly and can be terminated with 60 days notice. The council also annexed land south of Old West Main Street for a future subdivision and passed a new parking meter ordinance. Additional actions included bids for a sewage plant blower motor, bids for police and fire medical exams, and street department funding decisions.
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Sand Ridge Township
Sand Ridge
Rt. 3
Elk Township
Elk 1
Elkville
Elk
Hallidayboro
Dowell
Atty
Wiliam Ridgeway
Somerset Township
Grand Tower
Ft. Bluff
Degognia
Kinkaid
Levan
Ora
Vergennes
Pomona
de Soto
Carbondale
Park Board
Main Street
University Avenue
Brush School
John Rendleman
SIU Legal
Lake Street
Grand Avenue
Mill Street
SIU
University School
Carbondale Electric Co
Grady Plumbing and Electric Co
Body Identified of Man Found in Mississippi River
The body of Edgar Wight Jr. 26 of Memphis Tenn was identified after an extensive investigation. He was part of a traveling painting crew in Crystal City Mo two weeks ago. His friend who swam with him drowned earlier near Ste Genevieve Mo and was recovered last week. Identification used a denture check.
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Mississippi River
Chester
Randolph
Lester Walker
Edgar Wight Jr
Wright
Crystal City
Ste. Genevieve
Walker
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G. W. Bayles
S. 17Th
Roy Cole
Bell
United Nations
United Provinces
Central America
Jackson County Board
Moake
Carbondale Park District
Dwight Burns
Southern Illinois Recreation Coordinating Council
Crab Orchard Lake
Trico
Everett R. Peters
St. Joseph
Alto Pass
Bald Knob Cross
Congressional Action
City Council
Carbondale Reservoir
Council
Public Safety
Floyd Crawshaw
Crawshaw
William Eaton
Eugene Harris
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