Hillerman Man Victim Beating Leads to Manslaughter Charge
A 29 year old Joppa resident Bert Hacker was arrested near Joppa and charged with manslaughter in the fatal beating of Harmon Farris 50 of Hillerman near Metropolis. Farris died after the Monday night assault at Massac Memorial Hospital. An inquest is slated for Friday evening. Norman said no weapon was used and details remain undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joppa
Metropolis
Harmon Farris
Hillerman
Massac Memorial Hospital
Bert Hacker
Farris
Mulkin Plans Weekly Paper In Herrin
John Mulkin 31 to publish a Herrin weekly The Spokesman starting July 10 with offices at 109 N 16th St Herrin. Paper printed in Du Quoin by Cal Publishing Co. Mulkin formerly edited Metropolis News and Chester Herald Tribune and served at SIU. He is married with two children Kathy and Chris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulkin
Herrin
Spokesman
John Mulkin
N. 16Th St
du Quoin
Cal] Publishing Co
The
Metropolis News
Chester Herald-Tribune
Kathy
Chris
Dortha
Fromster
First Methodist Church
the Elks and Lions Clubs
Cairo Museum Bill Offers State Acquisition
Gov. Stratton backed a measure proposed by Rep. Clyde Choate to fund a $26,000 appropriation for the Mississippi River Museum known as the Beadieman House. The mansion, built in 1865 by Capt. Halliday and later owned by Dr. Rendleman, is offered by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grieve to the State Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Stratton
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Mississippi River Museum
Beadieman
John Rendleman
Grieve
Mines Report Dated Friday Lists Working and Not Working Sites
The report details mine activity with entries for Fidelity New Kathleen Burning Star No 1 Orient 2 Orient 3 Burkhorn Freeman 4 and Pyramid Truax Tract No 2 Old Ben Briquet Plant Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Zeigles 3 indicating which sites were operating and which were idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mines
Fidelity New Kathleen Burning Star
Orient
Burkhorn Freeman
Lake Murphysboro vandalism causes $100 damage
Lake Murphysboro vandals caused about $100 in damage Wednesday night at the lake. Willard Ellis, the dock custodian, reported damage to a water pump and its concrete footing, plus a new shelter roof. The perpetrators allegedly held a beer party and drag raced on a lawn, scattering beer cans and debris, overturning picnic tables, and attempting to pull the pump with a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Lake
Willard Ellis
Lake Murphysboro
Ellis
Water Pollution Cleared In Several Area Cities
Regional sanitation engineer R. E. Favreau said heavy rains caused water pollution in several cities as drought era reservoirs rose in level. He noted current finished water is safe though residents in Christopher still report odor and taste until mains flush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Favreau
Statement of Health
Carbondale
Favreau
Christopher
Lesser
Benton
West Frankfort
Jackson road work to start early in July
The Jackson Board of Supervisors approved two contracts totaling $134,292 to Dale Denny Construction Co. for two new blacktop roads in Jackson County from Jacob to Neunert and from Rt. 3 to Jones Ridge. Work begins in the first week of July per consulting engineer John Blankinship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Jackson Board of Supervisors
Dale Denny Construction Co
Anna
Jacob
Neunert
Rt. 3
Jones Ridge
John Blankinship
Police Briefs Murphysboro Fine For Speeding
Albert Throop of Route 2 Ava was fined $14 including costs in Murphysboro Police Court for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Albert Throop
Rt. 2
Ava
Herrin Pool Concessions Awarded for New Park Facility
Concession contracts for the Herrin city pool have been awarded to John Dowdy and Jack Murphy. Murphy heads the North Side Pool in Herrin. The park board will take 15 percent of gross receipts as rent. Delayed opening pushed to about August 1 due to heavy rains. Knute Aronson is the contractor. Charles Jack named park superintendent and Marvin Owen is pool attendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
John Dowdy
Jack Murphy
Murphy
Ool
Herrin City Park Board
Fred Lowe
Park Board
Lowe
Knute Aronson
Charles Jack
Herrin Township
Marvin Owen
Marcia Rohde Wins Silver Opinion Essay Prize
Southern Illinois University student Marcia Rohde is among 100 winners named in the Rees Barton Silver Co annual essay contest Silver Opinion. Her essay stood out from more than 7 000 entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Rohde
Southern Illinois University
Rees & Barton Silver Co
Silver Opinion
Colorful Local Storm Lights Night Sky
A storm hit the area early Thursday but was not very intense. Observers saw a rainbow around 2 a.m. stretching across the northern sky while a dark cloud mass covered the southern portion. A full moon apparently accounted for the rainbow.
Three Towns Owe Herrin Water Bills
Eight months of delinquent water charges total 1420.54 owed by Freeman Spur Energy and Corp and two other towns due to a rate increase from 20 to 24 cents per 1000 gallons. Herrin officials plan to collect via court if needed and note broader sewer and sewerage charges contributing to 6300 in arrearage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin City
Lester Jordan
Water Department
Freeman Spur, Energy and Corp
Herrin
Jordan
Herrin Water Department
Charles Campbell
Cecil E. Lee 56 Dies in Carbondale Illinois
Cecil E. Lee age 56 of Anna died Wednesday in Doctors Hospital Carbondale after four days illness Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Friday at McCarty Funeral Home Anna with Rev Fred Renschen of St Marys Anna officiating Burial will be in Anna Cemetery He leaves daughters June and Constance Anna sister Mrs Maude Modgilin Ware and Mrs Blanche Ammann El Monte California and brother Claude Anna
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil E. Lee
Anna
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
McCarty
Fred Renschen
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Anna Cemetery
Lee
June
Constance
Maude Modgilin
Ware
Blanche Ammann
el Monte
Calif
Claude
House Group Approves Funds for Carlyle Reservoir and Southern Illinois Projects
The House Appropriations Committee approved 65 000 for the Carlyle Reservoir pre construction plans to back a 3 500 000 Kaskaskia River project aimed at flood control for 130 000 acres and hydro electric power. It also OKed 405 000 for New Harmony Bridge flood control on the Wabash and 600 000 for Wilson Wenkel Prairie Du Pont levee district to finish the Mississippi levee system south of Cape. All funding matches Eisenhower’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Appropriations Committee
Carlyle Reservoir
Southern Illinois
Army Engineers
Kaskaskia River
New Harmony Bridge
Wilson Wenkel
Prairie du Pont Levee
St. Louis
Corps of Engineers
Marshall Gray
Wabash River
Prairie du Pont
Mississippi
Cape
Gray
Eisenhower
Storm disrupts Herrin power and phone lines
A Wednesday thunderstorm with strong winds knocked out power in Herrin from 4:20 p m to 9 p m and cut 45 to 50 General Telephone lines. Central Illinois Public Service crews worked overnight. other towns reported lighter effects while Eldorado faced about 300 lost local phones.
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Herrin
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
South Park Avenue
Herrin Hospital
Monroe St
Cambria
Blairsville
W. E. Beers
General Telephone Co
Stotlar Street
Eugene Miller
21St St
North 13Th Street
South 13Th Street
Benton
West Frankfort
Lewis Nielsen
Division
Eldorado
Nielsen
du Quoin
Chester
Roy Ramsey
Central Minors Public Service Co
Carbondale
Rigid collection reforms raise 1956 Jackson County totals
State's Attorney William Ridgeway seeks corrections to a 1956 audit after correcting that overtime payments of 400 dollars went to deputies Maloney and Ebbersohl, not County Treasurer Carl Todd. The audit notes a 21 000 rise in fees from a stricter tax collection system yielding 46 940 in 1956.
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Jackson ‘County
William G. Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Coker & Coker
Peoria
Carl Todd
County Board of Supervisors
Tursday
Robert Maloney
Charles Ebbersohl
Jackson County
Todd
Jackson Board of Supervisors
County General Fund
George Cazeglia
Pinckneyville
Correction: Deputy Treasurers Were Paid 200 Each
The Southern Illinoisan corrected a typographical error stating James Lawder and R E Mitchell received 200 overtime payments instead of 2000 each while serving as deputy Jackson County treasurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
James Lawder
R. E. Mitchell
Jackson County
Student fined for Lake Wreck at Crab Orchard Lake
Gary Stagen aged 18 of Farmer City was fined 14 dollars for failing to stop at a sign after his car, allegedly with a stuck accelerator, ran into a ditch at Crab Orchard Lake near the old boat docks spillway roads at 10:20 p m Tuesday. Passenger Miss Rosalie Ellison 19 of Vermont suffered four broken ribs. both students at Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Stagen
Farmer City
Justice of the Peace
Corbett Edwards
Marion
Stagen
Crab Orchard Lake
Rosalie Ellison
Vermont
Southern Illinois University
Burglary Strikes Franklin County Fourth Filling Station
Franklin County reports a fourth filling station burglary in two weeks. Curran Field Texaco in Benton was robbed of $52 after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Two West Frankfort stations and one in Christopher had been robbed earlier.
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Franklin County
Benton
Curran Field
Texaco
West Frankfort
Christopher
Scholarship Winners Named in Jackson County
County Supt. W. N. Wheeles announced four year scholarships to the University of Illinois. Thomas H. Gillooly of Murphysboro Township High School won the county general scholarship and James Edward Travers Jr. of Carbondale University High won the child of World War II veteran scholarship. No applicants were received for agriculture, home economics, child of World War I veteran, or child of Korean Conflict veteran scholarships.
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University of Ilinois
Jackson County
W. N. Wheeles
Thomas H. Gillooly
Murphysboro Township
James Edward Travers Jr
Carbondale University High
Wheeles
Campbell Mails Final Notices On Old Tickets
Herrin city clerk Charles Campbell mails final notices for nearly 1000 overdue parking tickets. A $1 per ticket penalty applies if paid within four to five days. otherwise higher charges may follow. Police magistrate potential action cited. many offenders are from out of state with limited collection options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Charles Campbell
Campbell
Legion Boosts Flag Observance in Murphysboro
Paul Stout Post 127 of the American Legion in Murphysboro wraps up a three fold Flag Day drive. The aim is to display as many flags Friday by downtown merchants and homeowners. A flag committee collects worn flags and the post supplies replacements and new flags at minimum cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stout
American Legion
Murphysboro
Funeral Rites Held Today for John Wilmes in Jonesboro
Funeral services for 86 year old John Wilmes of Jonesboro were held at 2 p m at Norris and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev Kermit Pierce of First Presbyterian Church Anna officiated with burial in Anna Cemetery. There are no survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilmes
Jonesboro
Norris and Sons
Kermit Pierce
First Presbyterian Church
Anna
Anna Cemetery
Colp Board Protests School Integration Plan
Colp Grade School Board members opposed consolidation plans to merge Colp Standard for whites and Colp Attacks for Negroes into one campus with full integration. White members Wade Rowatt Raymond Romines and Delmar Keriey spoke against the plan citing insufficient bonding capacity to expand and maintain separate schools with teachers retained. The board aimed to present NAACP merit citations to all members at Bethel AME Church in Car. Negro board members include William Junior Hatchett Abel Williams Clarence Kincaid and Frank Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colp
NAACP
Wade Rowatt
Rowatt
Raymond Romines
Delmar Keriey
Jackson County
Ntional Association For Advancement of Colored People
Bethel A.M.E
Carbondale
Negros’ Board
William
Hatchett
Abel Williams
Clarence Kincaid
Frank Powers
Marion Woman Dies at 63 Winifred Brigham
Mrs. Winifred Brigham of Marion aged 63 died at 7 55 p m Wednesday in Marion Memorial Hospital She was born December 19 1893 in Equality and married Leslie Brigham April 3 1920 in Pinckneyville Survivors include husband son James of Oteen North Carolina five grandchildren and brother William Miller of Miami Florida She was a member of Rebekah Lodge 93 American Legion Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Eagles Auxiliary Services are set for Saturday at 2 pm at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with Reverend Jack Vaughn officiating Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Brigham
S. Duncan St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Equality
Leslie Brigham
Pinckneyville
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Lincoln Walbright
Metro“arge
George Davis
Information Service
SIU
Air Force
Cairo Museum
Jackson Road
Siucoed
House Group
N. 21St St
Allen Industries
Franklin
Legion
Wilmes
Colp Board
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