Carterville youths hurt in stolen car wreck chase
Two Carterville youths suffered injuries after a stolen car fled Marion police for a 26 mile chase reaching 115 miles per hour. The vehicle, owned by Marion police commissioner E. Lawrence Corder, was wrecked at Carterville crossroads after a failed burglary spree in Alto Pass. Suspects Robert Greenrod and James Arthur Smith were treated then released from Marion Memorial Hospital and to be arraigned on auto larceny charges.
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Carterville
Marion
E. Lawrence Corder
Robert Greenrod
James Arthur Smith
Marion Eagles Club
Carterville Crossroads
Alto Pass
Sta
Rt. 51
Rt. 13
T. C. Ellis
Carbondale Police
Greenrod
Idaho Ave
Smith
Idaho Avenue
Marion Memorial Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Corbett Edwards
Williamson County
Dean West
Business As Usual Despite $50,000 Fire At Local Firm
A $50,000 fire at the B and C Radio and Furniture Co. in Benton Saturday at 1 a m did not interrupt business. Firefighters from Benson West Frankfort battled the blaze in the front of the building. the warehouse and other structures suffered smoke damage while the showroom remained open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B and C Radio and Furniture Co
Benton
Benson
West Frankfort
B and C
Marion Man Held In Stabbing Case
Caleb Carter, 53, Marion, is jailed in Williamson County on $5000 bond for assault with intent to commit a felony. He allegedly stabbed John L. Johnson, about 40, on South Monroe Street near Johnson’s home Saturday night. Johnson was stabbed in the back and chest and is hospitalized. condition not reported as critical.
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Caleb Carter
Marion
Williamson County
John L. Johnson
Monroe Street
Johnson
Marion Veterans Hospital
Shoe repairman dies of heart attack in Murphysboro
Steve Jasecko 55 of Carbondale was found dead in his 1212 Walnut Street shop in Murphysboro from an apparent heart attack after opening early. Harold McRoy discovered him slumped at work as firefighters noted he had begun washing windows. Coroner Gale Williams to hold an inquest at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Courthouse. He leaves a wife. body at Van Natta Funeral Home Carbondale.
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Steve Jasecko
Pecan St
Carbondale
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Harold McRoy
Hysboro
Jasecko
Jackson
Gale Williams
Williams
van Natta Funeral Home
Woman Hurt At Lake As Heat Brings Crowds
Heat and humidity drew large crowds to area lakes and parks on Sunday causing traffic jams at Crab Orchard Lake. Eighteen drivers were ticketed for blocking traffic. Mrs. Thomas Hungate, 24, of Du Quoin, was injured when struck by a motorboat while prepping to water ski near the Veterans Haven overpass. She was treated at Doctors Hospital in Carbondale and released with cuts and an injured arm.
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The
Mercury
Carterville
Crab Orchard
Lake
Crab Orchard Refuge
Justice of the Peace
Corbett Edwards
Marion
Joe Ing
Herrin
Elmer Meyers
Thomas Hungate
Washington St. du Quoin
Carbondale Youth Fined For Reckless Driving
James Neely, 18, of 332 N. Illinois Ave., Carbondale, was fined $100 and costs in Jackson County Court after pleading guilty to reckless driving. State Patrolman Don Ragsdale arrested him last week for drag racing south of Carbondale. a second youth, Stanton Hudgins, 19, was to appear in court.
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James Neely
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Jackson County
Neely
Peyton Kunce
Don Ragsdale
Stanton Hudgins
Stratton backs SIU engineering as not dead issue
Gov Stratton said SIU engineering school is not a dead issue and would be discussed by a proposed higher education commission. Sen Crisenberry urged a 1959 bill to grant engineering degrees at SIU, while Rep Powell urged broad SIU offerings for Southern Illinois. A $248 million bond, with SIU receiving $41 million if approved, could fund expansion and construction after November 1958 vote.
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Southern Illinois University
William G. Stratton
Carbondale
SIU
Thompson Point
Commission On Higher Education
R. G. Crisen
Murphysboro
Crisenberry
D. W. Morris
Paul Powell
Vienna
Southern
Powell
Southern Illinois
Stratton
Record SIU class graduation draws largest crowd
More than 6,000 attended Southern Illinois University’s Sunday graduation in McAndrew Stadium, where Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky received an honorary Doctor of Science and Gov. William Stratton urged educational cooperation. The ceremony honored long-serving faculty and staff with 30 and 35 year awards as Stratton praised Illinois’ education system and outlined funding plans and programs for schools and scholarships.
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SMILE
Alexander P. de Seversky
Center
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
John Racidan
Ball State
Muncie
Ind
SIU
Emens
Air Power
D. W. Morris
William G. Stratton
de Seversky
Mary Entsminger
Leland
Doc” Lingle
David MclIntosh
Southern [Illinois University
Thompson Point
Illinois
U of I
Couple Injured In Rt 3 Crash Near Gorham Overhead
A Clinton Tennessee man Hubert Galbraith and his wife were injured when their car overturned on the Gorham overhead on Route 3 at 8 AM. Deputy Sheriff Ray Dillinger identified them and said both were admitted to St Andrew's Hospital in Murphysboro. The driver, Edwin J Garnett, 26, of Oak Ridge Tennessee, said the mishap occurred as he tried to avoid another car on the bridge.
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Clinton, Tenn
Rt. 3
Jackson
Ray Dillinger
Hubert Galbraith
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Dillinger
Edwin J. Garnett
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Garnett
Not Monopoly SIU Aims at Economic Uplift
John Page Wham chairman of the SIU Board of Trustees told an alumni banquet that conflict with other state schools was unjustifiable and that service, not size or monopoly, is the goal. He praised SIU President Delyte W. Morris for energy and conviction and accepted a portrait gift painted by Burnett Dhe York, dean of the School of Arts.
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Southern Illinois University
John Page Wham
Board of Trustees
STU
University of Illinois
Senate
Carbondale
Wham
SIU Pres
Delyte W. Morris
Morris
Columbia
Southern Illinois
SIU
Whamed
Burnett Dheyork
School of
Arts
Three Weekend Wrecks Leave Two Injured in Carbondale
Two people were hurt in a trio of weekend accidents in Carbondale. Darlene Lewis, 7, and Joyce Vaughn, 59, were treated in good condition at Doctors Hospital after a 4:57 p.m. collision at West Cherry Street and South University Avenue involving Lewis and Charles D. Sisk. Patrol car collisions occurred early Sunday with Rex Waters driving one of the other cars and officers Harold Peterson and James Stearns listed as witnesses. A third wreck on West Main Street at Very Avenue involved Lester Bowles and Harvey Dillon with no injuries or charges.
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Carbondale
Darlene Lewis
Marion Lewis
E. Hester St
Joyce Vaughn
S. 25Th St
Herrin
Doctors Hospital
West Cherry Street
South University Avenue
Lewis
Charles D. Sisk
Rt. 3
University Avenue
Sisk
Cherry Street
Harold Peterson
Rex Waters
S. Marion St
Peterson
Rt. 13
Carridendale
Henry Hale
James Stearns
Mosquito Control Topic at Carbondale Meeting
A panel of health and sanitation experts will discuss Southern Illinois mosquito control Tuesday at the Carbondale Armory. Moderator will be Dr. R. F. Sondag Health Officer Jackson County Health Department.
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Southern Illinois
Carbondale Armory
R. F. Sondag
Jackson County Health Department
Governor Stratton Dedicates SIU Dining Hall
Governor William G Stratton and Mrs Stratton visit Carbondale for the dedication of Southern Illinois University Thompson Point residence halls. After a dedicatory plaque is placed, SIU Board Chairman John Page Wham presents keys to the dining hall. Wham quips the keys work, and Stratton replies I eat, too.
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William G. Stratton
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Thompson Point
SIU
Stratton
Son Point
John Page Wham
Centralia
Wham
Du Page County's Jeannie Beacham Crowned Miss Illinois
Jeannie Beacham, 19, Miss Du Page County and Chicago's Miss Photoflash, won the Miss Illinois title in Centra lia Saturday night. Miss Marian McKnight, Miss America, crowned her and performed from Monroe Doctrine. Sonja Schafale of Marion was named Miss Congenially. program featured monologues and a 1920s era dance by finalists Kraig Juenger, Nina Aut, Judy Guerin, and Janet Frances.
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Jeannie Beacham
du Page County
Illinois
Centralia
Marian McKnight
Miss McKnight
Marilyn Monroe
Beacham
Chicago
Sonja Schafale
Marion
Kraig L. Juenger
Collinsville
Nina Aut
Judy Guerin
Evergreen Park
Oak Lawn
Janet Frances
Mines Working Tuesday Report
Mines working Tuesday include Fidelity New Kathleen Burning Star No 1 Truax Tract No 2 Orient 2 Orient 3 Freeman 4 Old Ben 14 Buckhorn igler 3 while Briquet Plant not operating
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Freeman
Old Ben
Buckhorn Igler
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Marion Man
Carbondale Youth
SIU Engineering School
Pres. W. Morris
Seversky
Nicholas Pish
Illinois School Problems Commission
Clintony Tenn
As Siu
Lester B. Bowles
N. University Ave
Harvey M. Dillon
McCord St
Murp Ro
West Main Street
Very Avenue
du Page
Sonja Sue Schafale
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