Williamson County housing units to share finance plan
The Williamson County Housing Authority will consolidate five public housing developments into one annual contributions contract. Deficits from rental income and upkeep will be shared across all 253 units, not by project. Construction continues on 126 Herrin John Street units while plans proceed for Marion, Hurst, and Carville developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Housing Authority
Authority
Herrin
Johnston City
Marion
Hurst
Carterville
Julius Steinmarch
Williamson jury awards 70000 in bicycle crash case
A Williamson County Circuit Court jury returned a 70000 award to Mrs Dessie Covington Herrin for injuries to her daughter Janet 19 from a 1956 bicycle crash with a car driven by Mae Benedict and owned by Edward Benedict Freeman Spur Janet Covington now a nurse in Carbondale suffered a broken leg lost teeth and multiple operations The May term concluded with this trial and adjourned until September with other cases settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Dessie Covington
Herrin
Janet
Mae
Edward Benedict
Freeman Spur
Miss Covington
Carbondale
Benedict
White Row Road
Rt. 148
Wisconsin man held on federal car theft transport charge
George Spurgeon, 31, of Clintonville Wisconsin, was held by the FBI on federal charges for transporting a stolen car across a state line and was moved to St Louis for prosecution. He has a prior criminal record. Two Clintonville youths, Albert Balk 14 and James Pecher 16, were picked up with him and remain in Randolph County jail awaiting charges.
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Wisconsin
Chester
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Spurgeon
Clintonville
Wis
St. Louis
Randolph
Johnny Sams
Spuron
Spurgeon
Albert Balk
James Pecher
Pecher
James Berchter
Sams
Randolph County
Mines Working Thursday Report for Various Sites
A Thursday mine status list shows active work at Old Ben 9 Old Ben 14 Old Ben 22 Orient 2 Orient 3 Freeman 4 Zeigler 3 hackieon Fidelity Pyramid Burning Star No 1 Truax Tract No 2 with Briquet Plant Not Working and other sites. The document records which mines are operational and which are shut.
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Ben
Orient
Freeman
Zeigler
Hackieon Fidelity Pyramid
Burning Star No
Steel Delays Push St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Progress
Construction at the St Joseph Memorial Hospital near Murphysboro slows due to late steel supplies. Burke Construction will start erecting frames Friday or Monday with a 72 bed facility on a 100 acre site. Foundations are mostly done. brick work to follow after steel. gas water and sewer lines progress. cost estimated at 1.7 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Burke Construction Company
Leonard Angoli
E. W. Sproul Construction Co
Angoli
Review Board Sets Schedule for Jackson County Assessments
The Jackson County Board of Review requires all tax assessment objections by Aug. 1. Hearings follow, with 15 minute limits unless extended by the board. Assessors will be called in, complaints arranged by township, assessor books due July 15, and July publications planned. Summer sessions begin at 9 am in Murphysboro, Mon-Fri after Aug. 1.
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Jackson County Board of Review
James A. Lawder
Levan
Degognia
Ft. Bluff
Sand Ridge
Grand Tower
Pomona
Vergennes
Bradley
Ora
Elk
Somerset
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Area Banker F Guy Hitt Named To Education Commission
F Guy Hitt a Benton Zeigler banker nominated by Gov Stratton to join the Illinois Commission of Higher Education. Also named to replace Lenox R Lohr on the commission are Herbert C DeYoung Kenilworth attorney and William J Kuhfuss Mackinaw to Senate for confirmation and reappointment respectively. DeYoung a 55 year old Chicago lawyer and University of Chicago alum holds a 1928 law degree and has led multiple legal and civic groups.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois Commission of Higher Education
F. Guy Hitt
Bank of Benton
Bank of Zeigler
Stratton
State Senate
Herbert C. DeYoung
Kenilworth
National Tuberculosis Assn
Lenox R. Lohr
Commission
William J. Kuhfuss
Mackinaw
Th Senate
Hitt
du Quoin
St. Louis
du Quoin Township
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Christopher First National Bank
Zeigler Bank
Kihfuss
Otto Steffey
Illinois Agriculture Assn
DeYoung
Miller, Gorham, Westcott, and Adams
Harvey Public Schools
University of Chicago
Phi Beta Kappa
Illinois
Public Housing Recreation Units Planned for Herrin and Marion
Williamson County Housing Authority moves to seek community recreation buildings for Herrin 100 unit project and for Marion as the sites near completion. Costs estimated at 15 per square foot with a 1000 square foot proposed size, authority to control the facilities with open access for surrounding residents.
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Herrin
Marion
Hurst
Johnston City
Carterville
Williamson County Housing Authority
Julius Steinmarch
Frank Felts
Authority
Illinois Youth Commission
PHA
Chester Treece
Treece
SIU Board Discusses Campus Chapel Plans
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees considered a non-denominational chapel funded by donations to be built on a knoll west of the Morris Library parking lot. President Morris was authorized to study legal questions and report findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
D. W. Morris
Charles E. Feirich
Morris
Vocational-Technical Institute
Morris Library
Reinhard Rutenbeck
Campus
Scense
Motorcyclists Hurt In Crash In Goreville
Two Goreville youths were hospitalized after their motorcycle collided with a car on Ferne Clyffe State Park Road in Goreville at 8 33 p m Tuesday. Edward Billingsley 16 in good condition Jerry Pritchett 15 in fair condition. Billingsley driver of the motorcycle struck a car driven by Miss Joyce Stearns as she turned left into a driveway. Sheriff Glenn Dallas and Trooper Jack Anderson investigated.
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Goreville
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Jerry Lee Pritchett
James Pritchett
Marion Memorial Hospital
Edward Leon Billingsley
George Billingsley
Billingsley
Joyce Stearns
Johnson County
Glenn Dallas
Jack Anderson
Murphysboro Appropriations Show Decrease
Murphysboro moves a new appropriations ordinance about 10 000 below last year's 210 000 record with roughly 200 000 for city operations. City Attorney Wolff to prepare the measure for June 26 council action and a later tax levy ordinance.
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Murphysboro
William Wolff
Sallie Logan Library
Walnut
12Th Streets
Wolff
Carbondale approves moving a city house on Gay Street
Abbreviated council session approves a $1 000 bond from Keene Truck Service of Pinckneyville to move a house from the west city limits to Gay Street. March sales taxes total 7980 72 dollars and May motor fuel funds 5290 43. Water tank repairs delayed for city engineer inspection. Ex Mayor John I Wright attends first meeting since leaving office.
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Carbondale
C. E. Fehrenbaker
D. Blaney Miller
Miller
Holden Hospital
Keene Truck Service
Pinckneyville
Gay Street
Elisabeth Leighty
F. E. Corbit
John I. Wright
Herrin Johnston road work planned for August
Williamson County Highway Supt. Fred Thane said repair work on the Herrin Johnston City road will likely occur in August. The surface will be covered with asphalt after patching. Citizens urged marking a center line, but Thane cited lack of expensive equipment.
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Herrin- Johnston City
Williamson County
Fred Thane
Herrin
Thane
Early settlement of Delaware by Swedes Finns and Dutch
Delaware was settled by Swedes Finns and Dutch. Henry Hudson explored the area in 1609.
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Delaware
Henry Hudson
Balloonists Piccards to seek 100000 foot record
Prof Jean Felix Piccard and wife plan another balloon flight to study cosmic rays at extreme altitude. They receive an honorary doctorate at SIU while recounting past up high flights and the challenges of financing, balloon design, and survival above the atmosphere.
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Carl Mayhew
Southern Illinoisan
Jean Felix Piccard
Piccard
Southern Illinois University
Morris Library
Felix
Auguste Piccard
Piccards
Board Buys Furniture for Williamson County Housing Authority
County housing authority members vote to purchase office furnishings from the Helleny Department Store after reviewing bids. The Tuesday night meeting approved the equipment acquisition for the new authority office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Housing Authority
Helleny Dept
Herrin
Bid Call For School Supplies
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 calls for bids on operational supplies to be opened by the Board of Education on July 9. The district plans low bid purchases for coal fuel oil motor oil tires light bulbs gasoline and milk and bread. Supt James Blackwood notes savings from group purchases citing nearly 350 000 half pints of milk bought in 1958 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Seria
Board of Education
James Blackwood
Carruthers Junior High
Carbondale Mayor Miller Released After Digestive Upset
Carbondale mayor D Blaney Miller was discharged from Holden Hospital today after tests showed a digestive upset. He had been found unconscious behind the wheel on West Skyline Street Monday and had complained of leg pain earlier that day. Miller, elected mayor in April, previously served two terms on the city council.
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Carbondale
D. Blaney Miller
Holden Hospital
Miller
West Sycamore Street
Anderson Electric Co
James Daniels
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Review Board
Education Commission
SIU
Carbondale Council
Ok’s
Herrin-Johnston
Prof
Mrs. Piccard
Stewart Cluster
Robert Cluster
Cluster
Justice of the Peace
John J. Arms
Jack Wells
Wells
Arm’s Court
Arms
Oscar Line
Line
Grand Avenue
West Frankfort
Sine
Luther Wiseman
Snyder Howell
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