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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
2
City to open bids tonight for water filtration and sewer improvements including a new clear well extra filter sewer lift station and new sewer lines. Only three bids received though about 30 contractors requested plans with deadline 7 30 p m. Letting completes 400 000 expansion except de graveller chamber contract already let.
Marion City Council appoints Charles Yobbie Edwards to replace H. L. Davis as chief of police. An audit of police funds is ordered, with Farner proposing a disinterested board and a special meeting to review the city’s annual audit.
More than 20 citizens attended the Anna Jonesboro High School Board meeting to demand facts about a $700 raise given to coach Robert Lewis while other teachers earned no extra pay. Principal Paul Houghton explained the breakdown, noting Lewis’s total compensation rose due to coaching duties and a free-rent arrangement. Critics argued unequal treatment hurts academic staff and the district’s reputation. no action was taken, with a promise to discuss the issue at the next meeting and consider a citizen committee.
The case centers on two wills for Montgomery Ward Thorne heir to a mail order fortune found dead in his Gold Coast apartment. An inquest heard testimony from his fiancée Maureen Ragen who said Thorne had named her executor and heiress to half his fortune.
Jerry Vogel Foundation Inc of New York donated 2352 chocolate cream eggs to Anna State Hospital for Elliott Macrae's birthday on June 13. The gifts, part of Vogel’s 30 year effort, aim to comfort patients and show they are thought of.
The Southern Illinoisan is published Sunday and daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc with offices at Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is entered as second class matter at Carbondale Post Office under the 1879 act and notes additional entries at Herrin Al and Murphysboro.
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