Old Ben 21 Mine Shown To Visitors
More than 200 guests toured the Old Ben 21 mine at Lesser in a highly publicized dedication. D W Buchanan Jr president of Old Ben Corp unveiled a sign marking an entrance to a mine with 100 million tons of recoverable low sulfur coking coal and predicted a steel industry shift in coal purchasing. The mine aims to produce 3 million tons annually by 1962 with coal shipped to Midwest steel plants and savings claimed on eastern rates. Granite City Steel has bought Old Ben 21 metallurgical coal since February and the mine shipped its first coal on January 4.
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National Coal Policy Conference
Midwest
Hollywood
D. W. Buchanan, Jr
Ben Corp
Buchanan
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
D. W. Buchanan
Granite City Steel Co
Carbondale Council Backs Fire Station Plan And Staffing
The Carbondale City Council hires two sewage plant workers Frank Horn and Charles E Chapman on probation. Harold Bush becomes full time patrolman. The panel zones Dixon and Old West Main to commercial, reviews May motor fuel tax and March sales tax, and sets a July 5 bid opening for a new west side fire station. A bond issue ordinance for 170000 funding passes first reading with interest set and rust proofing contract awarded.
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Eaton
Horn
Harold Bush
Police Department
Public Safety
Floyd Crawshaw
Bush
Dixon
Old West Main Streets
City
Carbondale
Carbondale Banks
Electro-Rust-Proofing, Corp
Belleville
N. J
Mines Working Thursday Report Shows Active Wells
Mines listed as active on Thursday include Old Ben 9 14 22 Washer Orient 2 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 4 Fidelity and Burning Star No 2. The brief report communicates which mines are operating on the date.
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Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Fidelity Burning Star No
Herrin Battles Over Easements as Sewer Case Decides
Leonard and Emma Pope won a Williamson County Circuit Court settlement over damages from an open sewage pipe on Pope land north of Herrin. The city may need more easements to cover three sewer lines and a water line and expansion plans for the sewage disposal plant are underway.
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Herrin
Leonard Pope
Pope
Williamson County
C. Ross Reynolds
Elmer Snyder
Snyder
Leonard
Emma Pope
Lester Jordan
Henderson
SIU Trustees Review Police Union Legality
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees considered whether to recognize Local 878 of the police union led by Adrian Mitten. Attorney Rendleman cited a 1939 Illinois ruling that police are a unique labor group not to be union members, while Mitten argued unions can discuss wages and conditions without strikes. The board asked for a legal brief and deferred action until receipt. Local 878 began as watchmen in 1956 and became police in 1957 by legislative act.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Adrian Mitten
American Federation of State
John Rendleman
Mitten
SIU
Rendleman
Illiinois
Herrin Blood Meeting Cancelled Over Union Absence
A Herrin meeting on the Williamson County Red Cross Blood Program was cancelled as union representatives did not attend. Officials fear county lag in donations could lead to program loss, with a Regional Council decision due Monday in St Louis and hospitals warned of possible blood supply cuts by July 21.
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Herrin
Williamson County
Red Cross
St. Louis
Marion
Lawrence Neville
Neville
Ly-Mar
Beth Sprague
Ralph Clem
Lee Booth
County Blood
Jo W. Walker
Hamilton
Bob Essman
Mt. Vernon
Elks Club
No Quorum For Meeting Of Housing Board
Jackson County Housing Authority canceled the June meeting due to lack of a quorum. Chairman Walter King cited illness of two members and cited difficulties in guaranteeing attendance. An informal week review noted rent delinencies and a study of enforcement policy while papers on housing requests from Carbondale and Murphysboro move toward submission in Chicago.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Walter King
King
Authority
Joe Ragsdale
Ralph Briggs
Carbondale
Fred Will
Murphysboro
R. A. Carter
Elkville
Arty Authority
Jarea
Bert Swafford
Public Housing Administration
Chicago
Body Found in Steeleville Park Bandstand
The body of 53 year old Andrew Jackson Corbett was found in the Steeleville City Park bandstand with his throat slit in at least two places. A pair of razor blades and a fragment of an envelope were found at the scene. Randolph County Coroner Lester Walker said the death appeared to be suicide. Mrs. Herman Inselman and her son Larry discovered the body and summoned help.
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Steeleville
Andrew Jackson Corbett
Randolph
Lester Walker
Walker
Herman Inselman
Larry
Forest Fires Meet Opens At Southern Illinois University
About 150 federal and state representatives opened a three day conference on forest fires at Southern Illinois University Southern Acres Campus. Delegates mainly from Region Nine of the national Fire Committee attended with Region Eight members from Atlanta also present. An expected 200 participants were projected.
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Southern Illinois University
Southern Acres
National Fire Committee
Region Eight
Atlanta, Ga
Teamsters Win NLRB Election at Carbondale Laundry
The Teamsters Union won a National Labor Relations Board election at Selmier Peerless Laundry in Carbondale today. The vote was 55 to 4 for Local 108 of the Laundry Workers International Union. The Laundry Workers previously represented the employees.
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Teamsters Union
National Labor Relations Board
Selmier-Peerless
Carbondale
The
Teamsters
Laundry Workers International Union
Rev West Named Jackson County Civil Defense Director
The Jackson Board of Supervisors in Murphysboro named Rev William West of De Soto as the county's first Civil Defense director. The non salaried post covers up to 50 monthly, for one year starting July 1, with plans to coordinate CD activities between county and city units.
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William West
DeSoto
Jackson County
Jackson Board of Supervisors
Murphysboro
Mr. West
de Soto
Murphysboro JP Vacancy Filled by County Board
Jackson County Supervisors filled the Murphysboro Justice of the Peace vacancy and delayed action on two other JP posts pending town board reports. Sam R. Plant was named to complete the late C. M. Held’s term, serving until the 1961 election under a new district plan.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Sam R. Plant
C. M. Held
Plant
Justices of the Peace
Williamson County Tax Complaints Filed For Board Review
Williamson County supervisor Lou King said 27 tax complaints have been received. The Board of Review will hear them starting Monday with Cecil Martin chairing, Henry Wright and Lonnie Priest as members. King serves as board clerk. Each complaint must use forms from the office.
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Williamson County
Lou King
Board of Review
Cecil Martin
Henry Wright
Lonnie Priest
King
Williamson County Board approves fund transfers and claims
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved transferring 5000 dollars from publication of tax list to the election judges and clerks fund and 1000 dollars to the election ballots and supplies fund. They approved claims totaling 5848 dollars with highway claims at 5036 dollars and county claims at 812 dollars.
Chamber to Take Options on Plant Sites
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce approves expansion of industrial holdings by authorizing the real estate committee to obtain holding options on parcels in the Mt. Carbon area. Funds from site sales may finance future property purchases. The board also backs Jackson County Mental Health fund drive and a statewide public health bond issue on November ballot.
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Chamber
Mt. Carbon
Marion Nash
Jackson County
Assailant Unknown Woman Found Beaten At DeSoto Tavern
A 20 year old woman identified as Bonnie Lou Cannedy was found badly beaten and unconscious in the living area of Shirley Speedy Cannedy’s apartment above Speedy’s Tavern on Rt. 51 north of De Soto. She suffered facial contusions and required stitches but was in good condition and could likely speak later today. The attack occurred shortly after 3 am. police noted a broken glass panel at the door and questioned an intruder. Cannedy had been out of town Tuesday night. prior robberies involving him are noted.
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DeSoto Area
Bonnie Lou Cannedy
Shirley
Speedy” Cannedy
Speedy
Rt. 51
de Soto
Jackson County
Jackson
Dewey Higgins
Murphysboro
Toby Berger
Stephen L. Endicott
Cannedy
James Phemister
Two Jailed After Wreck In Perry County Sideswipe
A three vehicle collision on Route 127 near Pinckneyville left George Bennett 47 Carbondale and Andrew Bennett 40 Carbondale jailed in Perry County. Ted Haacke 43 treated for minor injuries. Turner 42 Marion and his son John 14 not hurt. Larry Cook 16 Coulterville ticketed for no license. Police toplea: reckless driving intoxicated illegal transport Arrests followed.
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District 13
du Quoin
George Bennett
Carbondale
Rt. 127
Pinckneyville
Bennett
Andrew Bennett
Ted Haacke
Pinckneyville Hospital
James C. Turner
Marion
St. Louis
Turner
John
Larry Wayne Cook
Coulterville
Harold Kirkpatrick
Cook
Perry County
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D. W. Buchanan Jr
Old Ben Coal Co
Tues
Day
Lesser
Buchanan Jr
Ben 21
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Lesser Tuesday
Illinois
Frank Horn
Charles E. Chapman
Rt. 3
Bill Eaton
Chapman
Council
West Side
Police Union
Arthur Hamilton
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Jeanette Brayfield
International Assn. of Machinists
Horace Dagnan
Herrin Trades Council
Trades Council
Rev. West
Oroville
County Sept. of Highways
Carl Worthen
W. S. Brandon
Brandon
National
Washington, D. C
Delmar Ward
Jackson County Health Council
Health Council
Jackson County Safety Council
Jackson County Clerk’s
Board of Supervisors
William Ridgeway
Certified Public Accountant
Ward
Department of Conservation
Ridgeway
CPA
Albert McBride
Bradley Township
Finance Committee
Eunice Renfro
Pat Dwyer Rodd
Rodd
Hallie Parrish
Carvondale
Joe Moll
Vergennes
James Gillmore
Illinois Public Aid Commission
James Tindall
Thornton Bellm
William Phelps
Ray Bastien
Bennie Gibbs
Rt. 4
Jackson County Welfare Services Committee
Advisory Committee On Welfare Services
Williamson Board
Williamson County Board
Plies Fund
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
DeSoto Tavern
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