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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1957
Page
8
Earl Pryor, of Eldorado, has been sentenced to 90 days in Saline County jail after admitting to violating a court order restraining him from making false teeth. He began teeth work in 1933 and went solo in 1946, with past probation, fines, and a 60 day jail term.
William H Wallace 82 Coello died Sunday morning in an Anna hospital. A retired watchmaker, he is survived by sons Charles Hammond Ind Clifford Buckner Ervie and Cleadis Coello and Arvie Chicago. Surviving daughters Dorothy Brown Aurora and sisters Christine Ross Lilbourn Ada McIntosh Deare and Mrs James Walters California. Funeral services were 1 p m today at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher with burial in Reed Cemetery.
Gary Clark of Chicago in Advertising was elected president of the Journalism Students Association at Southern Illinois University. He succeeds Gary Heape of Vergennes as vice-president Willard Christine of East St. Louis becomes vice-president and Joyce Brinkley of Equality remains secretary-treasurer. D Wayne Rowland the journalism faculty sponsor. Churchill quote about Soviet Russia appears as a contextual aside.
In the St Louis division a worker demonstrated a car puller made from discarded steam locomotive stoker parts. The device, shown in the foreground, cost $295 to build and is projected to save the railroad more than $1,500. Crawshaw’s fellow workers attended the presentation.
R. A. Crawshaw a 39 year Illinois Central veteran received a $100 check for a rail yard car puller idea adopted by the Illinois Central Employees Suggestion Committee. The device moves up to eight cars using a steam stoker modified with a cable drum and pneumatic power replacing hand moves. J M Jeffrey notes savings in wheel and brake work, while Gene Heisler says the puller could be used system wide and beyond, with further awards possible if savings exceed estimates. The device mounts on a concrete base between tracks and repurposes old stokers for diesel era efficiency.
Airman Herbert Dougan Sr. visits Murphysboro with his parents after graduation from electronics school in Jacksonville Florida. He will report to Alameda Air Force Base California on June 20 for reassignment.
Williamson County sheriff Carl Miller attended the state convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars held in Chicago on Monday.
Roll calls detail how Illinois lawmakers voted on several major measures May 1957. Votes include opposition or support on the 75 year old chief judges bill, the 1958 DoD appropriations, the omnibus housing bill with FNMA capitalization changes, urban renewal limits, and State Department and Justice funding. Names like Gray Mack Arends Springer Varsell Vursell Dirksen Douglas are cited with Yea or Nay, plus margins such as 47 293 or 51 242.
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