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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1960
Page
3
Australian born dramatic soprano Marjorie Lawrence has accepted a research professorship in music at Southern Illinois University and will join the faculty in September. She remains active in concert and lecture engagements despite paralysis from infancy.
Herrin Mayor Fred Henderson seeks to freeze city labor costs as they exceed nearby towns. He cites union pay scales and overtime as drivers of expense while promising to align Herrin with other cities, amid talks with Teamsters Laborers and Operating Engineers about new pay and benefits.
Rex Reynolds fined $10 and $5 costs by Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr. on a complaint by J. Beasley for disturbing the peace in Murphysboro.
A truck carrying heavy weights for testing scales flipped twice on Route 51 south of Carbondale injuring driver Joe Spencer 23 of St. Charles Missouri and passenger Neal Gurley 25 of Anna Illinois. Spectators and Patrolman James Daniels attributed loss of control to curve and uneven highway rise amid ongoing road work. Both men were taken to Holden Hospital in Carbondale in fair condition with injuries not yet detailed.
Franklin County will have three justices of the peace and three constables by April 1961 due to state law limits. The County Board reorganized twelve townships into three districts with one JP and one constable each, with nominations February 14 and elections April 4. Salaries for three sheriff's deputies raised to 300 a month.
The article notes Israel as the first modern state officially established through United Nations processes. It highlights the international role of the UN in recognizing and supporting the new state’s creation and its subsequent status on the world stage.
The bloodmobile will be at the Herrin Elks Lodge Friday from noon to 6 p m. The Red Cross seeks donations to keep Williamson County in the blood program. Free blood is supplied to county residents as long as the program is funded and supported. County officials warn of service loss without increased interest.
Two new department chairs at Southern Illinois University are Mortimer Applezweig of Connecticut College named chair of psychology. John Olmsted of the University of Minnesota was named chair of mathematics replacing W C McDaniel. Bracewell becomes chair of educational administration and supervision at SIU College of Education, succeeding Arthur Lean.
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees created a Transportation Institute to train personnel, conduct research, and provide services for the transportation industry. Col. Alexander R. MacMillan, retired Air Force officer, was named director. An Advisory Council on Transportation will promote field entry, loans, scholarships, and internships.
Mines working Friday at Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 21 Le Old Ben 22 with Washer Orient 2 Orient 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 Zeigler 4 and Fidelity Burning Star No 1 No 2. The record lists operation notes across multiple sites and dates indicating activity levels and equipment identifiers.
A Boy Scout Camporee for the Western District of Southern Illinois will open at 3 p.m. Friday at Lake Murphysboro. About 100 Scouts are expected to register in Area II on the lake’s west side from 3 to 5 p.m.
885 graduates receive diplomas at McAndrew Stadium in a ceremony featuring SIU Symphony. Virgil M. Hancher of Iowa State University urged graduates to address world tensions between rich and poor, noting three major explosions: population knowledge and leisure. He warned democracy must rest on a material base amid global underdevelopment.
Herrin will not pay for easements across Leonard Pope property as Pope agrees to provide needed access when the city covers a $1,000 court judgment won by Pope. City Engineer Elmer Snyder surveys pipes and wires. more easements may be required for access. An easement covering 1,755 acres was bought for $1,000 in 1942.
A Royalton man, 22, David Barclay, was fined 50 and 8.90 costs for reckless driving after a Park avenue collision in Herrin. He, Stephen Kane, 17, and an unnamed third driver were northbound when Barclay clipped Kane’s car and struck a center strip and stop sign at 10:20 p.m. No injuries were reported. Barclay is a soldier stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland.
A 20 year old De Soto area woman, Bonnie Lou Cannedy, was found badly beaten in an upstairs apartment at Speedy’s Tavern on Route 51 north of De Soto. She cannot recall the incident, was questioned by State Trooper Endicott, and had been taken from Doctors Hospital in Carbondale to Cairo. The tavern had closed and no one else was present.
Carbondale men George Bennett and Andrew Bennett were fined in Pinckneyville Justice court after a Tuesday night wreck on Route 127. George Bennett, 47, paid $50 and costs on reckless driving and illegal transportation of intoxicants. Andrew Bennett, 40, paid $5 and costs for intoxication. Both remain jailed awaiting payment. A car driven by George Bennett sideswiped a truck and another car at 9 15 p m near Pinckneyville.
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