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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1965
Page
20
Leon Descott and Bill Odile are shown on the framework of a discount store about 40 percent complete on Rt 37 north of Johnston City. Contractor Delmer Mitchell of Johnston City says shelving and inside furnishings start Aug. 15 with a target opening of Sept. 1.
Marion Bank of Egypt board approves an extended building program and appoints Joe Vansaghi to the board of advisers. President Herman Bearden says the initial phase starts immediately with new drive in facilities an enclosed walk up window and more parking. Vansaghi Herrin Lincoln sales manager for Marion Motors and Brewster Motors Herrin formerly owned Van Motors Marion Saline Motors Harrisburg and a Ford agency in Mounds.
Three guards have been transferred from Joliet Division to Menard Penitentiary in Chester. The personnel are Jerry Lee Bradley of Carbondale Billy L Rhodes of Alto Pass and William E Bryant of Murphysboro They had worked at Joliet since 1963.
A West German woman allegedly bought and sold stolen Manhattan phone books to Communist agents for 75 dollars apiece. Spies used the directories as coded devices designating specific listings as keys.
Chapman Realty Co of Carbondale has acquired C Earl Camber Insurance Agency and will operate it as Chapman Insurance Agency. Hubert L Chapman opened a real estate office at 920 E Main St last September and Camden opened an insurance office there the same month. Chapman plans to represent Pekin Insurance Co Farmers Auto of Pekin and 12 Continental companies. He employs four salesmen and a secretary and intends to hire a full-time insurance agent this month. Chapman also owns a trailer court at 900 N Park Ave.
Susan Keene a 19 year old from Carbondale will spend the summer as a hostess at the Illinois pavilion of the New York Worlds Fair She is a University School graduate now attending Murray State College in Murray Kentucky and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Keene of 804 Cindy Street Carbondale Police briefs list three fines in Ellis Grove Chester and Coulterville for muffler violation speeding curfew violations each fined 15 dollars.
Herbert B. Settle of Carbondale has earned the Senior Residential Appraiser designation from the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. He has 22 years of residential, commercial and rural property appraisal experience and is a licensed Illinois real estate broker. Settle is vice president and treasurer of Brown-Settle Associates at 609 W Main St Carbondale and lives at 1200 W Sycamore St.
After Alaska's earthquakes, Seward Harbor depth fell from 30 120 feet to 390 450 feet, while Valdez harbor saw the sea bottom slide out into the channel deepening the port by as much as 150 feet.
A Phillips 66 service station opened in Christopher at the intersection of routes 14 and 148, managed by Joe Janello with four other employees. Construction by Robb Construction Co. took four months, with a grand opening planned. A second station at routes 148 and 149 in Zeigler will be operated by Tommy Noto with two other workers, built by Noble Smith Construction Co. of Royalton starting in January. a grand opening is also planned.
A hand saw, soldering iron and $40 in cash were stolen from the home of S. W. Adams at 315 East College Street in Carbondale. The thief also took a billfold from the Adams car and left the money in the mailbox, according to police.
Dense jungles yield the ancient Khmer capital Angkor about 150 miles northwest of Phnom Penh. The ruins stand as a historic centerpiece of Cambodia’s heritage and archeological significance.
Jackson County residents can apply as interviewers for the new Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois. About 170 standby interviewers will be chosen from 29 Illinois sampling areas, with Jackson County included. Applicants aged 25 to 55 in good health with a car may apply by writing M Hauck in Urbana.
Gov. Otto Kerner approved a $2,740 release to the Department of Mental Health for heating and electrical work on porch areas at Anna State Hospital to be used as office space.
In Tokyo the Meiji Shrine and Inner Gardens cover about 180 wooded acres. Pilgrims in the Outer Prayer Hall bow reverently to summon ancestral gods amid a tranquil sacred precinct.
Jack R. Wilson was promoted to division plant clerk in the Southern Division office of General Telephone Co. A Lawrence County native he graduated from Vincennes University in 1954 and served four years in the Navy as an electronic technician third class.
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