Rend Lake promoters hear warning on engineering bill
Dr. Richard Poston of Southern Illinois University warned Rend Lake promoters that an engineering school plan could fail if northern Illinois opponents persist. He urged solid regional planning and praised collaboration between Rend Lake Conservancy District and SIU, while criticizing inter-community rivalry. Geoffrey Hughes of Southern Illinois, Inc. reinforced support for canalization projects and noted new data could bolster coal industry prospects. about 50 attendees, including rail and chamber officials, discussed the proposed north-south interstate through the Rend Lake area and the need to elevate access above 410 feet.
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Rend Lake
Richard Poston
Area Services Department
Southern Ilinois University
Benton
SIU
Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois
Poston
Springfield
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Southern Illinois, Inc
Rend Lake Assn
Chambers of Commerce
Dan Malkovich Benton
Association Board and Conservancy District
Rend Lake Bill Allows Revenue Bonds in Illinois
A bill enabling Rend Lake Conservancy District to issue revenue bonds passed the Illinois Central Assembly. The district, the first in the state, covers Franklin County and six townships. The measure, introduced by Sen. Zeigier and backed by Sen. Grindle, allows funding beyond a $3 million limit via revenue bonds repaid from district revenue, not taxes.
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Rend Lake
Censer
Vancy
Mendenhall
Paul A. Zeigier
Carmi
William L. Grindle
Herrin
Clyde Lee
Mt. Vernon
House
Senate
Glen O. Jones
Raleigh
Big Muddy
Funeral Rites Planned for Amy Simpson in West Frankfort
Mrs Amy Simpson 77 of West Frankfort died Tuesday morning at Avery Nursing Home. Wife of William T. Simpson she was mother in law of Mayor John Heaton. Born in Thompsonville in 1880 she lived locally her entire life and belonged to First Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband two sons two daughters seven grandchildren ten great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral at 2 p m Friday Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev T H King officiating. Burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery Benton. Friends may call at the funeral home before services.
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Amy Simpson
West Frankfort
Avery Nursing Home
Frankfort
Simpson
John Heaton
Thompsonville
First Baptist Church
William T. Simpson
Fred
Elgin
James L
Alton
Henry names state plan needed before SIU engineering school
University of Illinois President David Dodds Henry urged the State Commission on Higher Education to decide the SIU engineering school question, arguing for statewide planning and deferring action. He cited high costs, faculty limits, need for research, and untapped capacity at Illinois, noting SIU hopes to serve Southern Illinois students and local employment.
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Southern Illinois University
State Commission On Higher Education
University of Illinois
David Dodds Henry
Henry
Jacob Blecheisen
Rosiclare
U of I
SIU
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Extra Charge For Red Bud Cases Stopped
Traffic violators will not pay the arresting officer transport fee any longer. Justice of the Peace C H Kruse, living two miles from town, had charged $1.40 extra per case to cover police car mileage from Red Bud to his court. William A Schuwerk Randolph County state's attorney ordered the practice halted after complaints from the Automobile Club of Missouri.
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Justice of the Peace
C. H. Kruse
Red Bud
William A. Schuwerk
Randolph County
Herrin Park Board Hears Pool Opening and Landscaping
The Herrin City Park Board met Monday night to discuss opening the new swimming pool and landscaping around Herrin Park. Heavy rains have delayed pool construction, with an August opening date tentatively planned and contractor Knute Aronson noted.
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Herrin City Park Board
Knute Aronson
Herrin
Friday Longest Day Ends Wet Spring in Southern Illinois
The article notes Friday marks the longest day as the wet spring of 1957 ends in Southern Illinois with heavy rains and a 97 degree high, ranking the year among the wettest on record. Dallas Price of the Geographical Department explains summer dating differs from climatic signs, with observers awaiting true warm temperatures.
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Illiois
Dallas Price
Sili Geogradepartment
Gree
Paice
New School Bids Due Tonight In Murphysboro
Murphysboro Grade School Board plans a second bid opening tonight at 8 p m in the Lincoln School auditorium for a new 400000 junior high building. The board meets at 730 p m to decide on painting and rooting contracts for grade units after a prior April 24 bid opening yielded two general bids over the maximum estimate. Architect D Clarence Wilson of Mt Vernon says seven contractors have taken out plans and are expected to bid the general contract.
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Murphysboro
Lincoln School
D. Clarence Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Private clubs remove slots after threat in Jackson County
Slot machines were removed from some private clubs in Jackson County on Wednesday likely due to threatened legal action by a tavern owner. Sheriff Howard Cheatham and State Atty William Ridgeway said they had received no complaints. not all clubs complied, and some returned machines to operation Wednesday night.
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Jackson County
Howard Cheatham
William Ridgeway
Youths Admit 1 Car Thefts and Break-ins
Carterville youths Robert Greenrod and James Arthur Smith have admitted stealing seven cars and committing six break-ins across five counties including Tamms Allin Perks and Alto Pass. Arrested after wrecking a stolen Marion Buick they were chased 26 miles by state police and are held in Williamson County jail on multiple warrants.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Carl Miller
Robert Greenrod
Idaho Ave
James Arthur Smith
Miller
Tamms
Allin
Perks
Alto Pass
Jackson County
Alexander
Union
Pulaski
Marion
E. Lawrence Corder
Marion Eagles Club
Frost
Penrod
Jay Weston
Canterville
Carder
Christian Employer Buckner Cleared In Alienation Suit
Vilas Buckner was found not guilty in Williamson County Circuit Court on a $50,000 alienation of affections claim by J. F. Travelstead. Travelstead alleged Buckner influenced his wife Fern, an employee at Buckner's Gospel Book Store in Marion, but the jury returned the verdict after about 30 minutes. Fern Travelstead testified about years of marriage strain and said she never had relations with Buckner. Buckner denied all sexual involvement, and Travelstead faces an assault with intent to kill indictment related to a shooting through a partition separating Buckner's store from an estranged wife's business. Mrs. Buckner has filed for divorce and is named in defamation suits.
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Vilas Buckner
J. F. Travelstead
Williamson County
Travelstead
Fern
Buckner
Marion
Fred
Buckner’s
Spillertown Baptist Church
Carrie
Irene Raglin
Zeigler Friends Buy TV Set For Palsy Victim
A 10-year-old Zeigler boy Charlie Booth, a cerebral palsy patient, receives a television set after Nobel Starnes of Starnes Garage organized a collection. The Zeigler Television Co helped by selling the set at a bargain rate. Charlie’s father is unemployed and the state provides a special teacher.
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Zeigler
Charlie Booth
Nobel Starnes
Starnes
Charlie
Zeigler Television Co
State
Airport Board Approves 47409 Budget With Hearings Set
The Southern Illinois Airport Board schedules action on a 42409 dollar appropriation ordinance at an adjourned meeting on June 29. A tentative budget on file with Board Attorney John C Feirich shows increases for engineering and salaries while some prior items were cut. Net income after warrants reaches 21515.24, up from the previous year, with tax collections contributing 24005.48 and other income streams including rental and refunds.
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Southern Illinois Airport Board
John C. Feirich
Feirich
Southern Illinois University
Hays Sentenced Three To Five On Car Theft
Milburn Hays, 38, of Carbondale, was sentenced in Jackson Circuit Court to three to five years for auto larceny. He pleaded guilty before Judge Clarence E. Wright after taking a car owned by C. A. Vernon of Cairo on April 23. Hays wrecked near Murphysboro, injuring no one, and fled the scene. He has a prior record including a Vandalia Penal Farm sentence and a prior driving charge. He will be transferred to Menard Prison this week with public defender Elmer Medlin appointed for other defendants in court this morning.
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Milburn Hays
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Hays
Jackson
Clarence E. Wright
C. A. Vernon
Cairo
Robert McCormack
John Gilbert
Wright
Gilbert
Vandalia
Menard
Chester
Elmer Medlin
Thim
New Rt. 13
Medlin
Charles Pitcock
St. Louis
Miner Killed In Coal Mine Belt Accident at Pinckneyville
A 42 year old rural Pinckneyville man John F. Lince was killed when he fell into a coal conveyor belt at a coal mine near Pinckneyville Perry County. An inquest is set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Perry County Courthouse. Burial is planned at Mueller Hill Cemetery with services at St Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church. He leaves a wife Helen and children John Dale of St. Louis Joan and Frankie at home, brothers Arthur and George, sisters Ida Brohman Gertrude Meyers and Martha Ervin. Friends may call at Doerr and Son Funeral Home.
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Pinckneyville
Perry County
John Gaetz
John F. Lince
Rt 2
Gaetz
Lince
Helen
John
St Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mueller Hill Cemetery
Doerr and Son Funeral
Congress Defines An Inch In 1866 Standards
In 1866 Congress made the official American inch longer than the standard British inch by four millionths of an inch, aligning U S measurement with a precise refinement while noting the small divergence from the imperial standard.
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Congress
Mrs. E. D. McGuire Embarks for Ceylon Delegation
Makanda resident Mrs. E D McGuire leaves as a delegate to the Triennial Conference of the Associated Country Women of the World. She is president of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation and longtime Jackson County Home Bureau leader. After New York departure June 21 she will visit Paris Beirut and Salonika before arriving in Colombo Ceylon June 30. The trip includes Rome Madrid before returning to New York July 19.
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E. D. McGuire
Makanda
Ceylon
Associated Country Women of the World
Home Bureau
Jackson County Home Bureau
Legislative and Schools
Illinois Home Bureau
Rome
Madrid
New York
Mines Working Friday Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Burning Star
Activity reports show Mines Working Friday including Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid and Burning Star. Several sites such as Orient and Old Ben variants appear in the roster with mixed statuses and note Buckhorn in the list.
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Fidelity
Johnston City Woman Killed By Own Car
Mrs. Alice West 42 died at Marion Memorial Hospital from internal injuries after her car rolled backward on a grade and ran over her in front of her home. Born Marion Jan 24 1915 she married Roy West in 1937 and leaves husband and four children. Funeral set for Mt Pleasant Baptist Church with inquest by Coroner Adolph Frack.
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Alice West
Johnston City
Marion Memorial Hospital
Marion
Roy West
Herrin Group Plans United Fund in Herrin
A Herrin resident group began forming a United Fund by holding a noon meeting at the La-Mar Hotel. Carbondale United Fund leaders Bill Winstead and Phil Stiles outlined setup. Leon Zwick named chairman and Floyd Bracy co-chairman of the personnel committee. A 30 member board of directors will steer the project with a tentative second meeting set for 7 pm next Thursday in the Herrin Elks Club basement.
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Herrin
United Fund
La-Mar
Bill Winstead
Carbondale United Fund
Phil Stiles
Carbondale
Robert Krejci
Leon Zwick
Floyd Bracy
Tom Colombo
Stanley Weaver
Carl Bruce
Herrin Elks Club
John W. Roy Dies at 99 in Anna
John W. Roy Anna's oldest resident died Wednesday at Union County Hospital aged 99 just shy of his 100th birthday. He led the Anna Building and Loan Assn since 1924 and held many local memberships. He leaves two sons, two daughters, and had funeral services planned at Str. Ann's Church with burial in Anna Cemetery.
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John W. Roy
Anna
Union County Hospital
Anna Building and Loan Assn
Roy
Anna Lodge
Af&am
Royal Arch Masons
The
Knights Templar
Odd Fellows
Jonesboro
St. Anns Episcopal Church
Grand Chain
Robert
Shreveport
Jessie
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles A. Myvers
el Paso
Tex
Lynn D. Sifford
Woman Injured Walking Into Moving Car in West Frankfort
A West Frankfort woman, Mrs. John Woods Sr., 611 N Gardner Ave, was injured Wednesday evening after walking into the side of a moving car near her home. She was admitted to Union Hospital with a broken nose, a cut arm, and bruises. The car was driven by John Wayne Hall of West Frankton, Rt. 2.
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West Frankfort
Union Hospital
John Woods Sr
N. Gardner Sr
Woods
John Wayne Hall
Rt. 2
West Frankton
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Southern Ilinois, Inc
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Beaucoup Creek
Washington
Corps of Engineers
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Malkovich
On Engineering School
University of Ilinois
State University
Schuwerk
Automobile Club of Missouri
Herrin Park Board
Circuit Court
Bob Butler
Arthur Melvin
Ed Greer
Zeigles
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Mr. and
Mrs. McGuire
McGuire Fruit Farms
Herrin Group
Norris Funeral Home
Str. Ann’s Church
Neil Lyons
Anna Cemetery
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