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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
9
Murphysboro based radio station WINI postpones its initial broadcast from July 1 to about July 15. Owners Evers Mick and Don Ritter cite equipment delays for the transmitting tower on Route 13 one mile north. Tower construction to begin Wednesday. studios at 1416 Walnut Street nearly ready.
At a special Marion City Council meeting a Gray Hunter Stern audit for the year ending May shows a deficit of 22 583.79. Commissioner Weber favors a wheel tax to cover most of the shortfall while Adolph Flack calls for a 17 000 cut in the budget. He notes 30 monthly raises for city workers and police and fire wage boosts totaling 10 400. The prior 1952 53 deficit was 3 919.68.
The Herrin recruiting office announced the enlistments of William McCoy Energy for 3 years in Army military police and Donald Beal Harrisburg for 4 years in the Air Force. The office sent 56 men to the processing center in St. Louis during June.
Murphysboro Police Magistrate Charles Ebersohn said tickets are being issued to motorists without city wheel tax stickers. A license delinquency ticket adds 2 dollars in court costs to the regular vehicle license fee.
Herrin firemen fought a weed fire on N. 7th Street near City Park for 45 minutes Monday afternoon. No damage was reported.
A 21-man salvage crew from Cachin Salvage Yard in Dowell prepares loads of metal below ground at the Majestic Mine near Du Quoin for hoisting Tuesday. The mine’s own hoist will lift salvaged copper and steel, with more than 100 tons of copper expected to be recovered. Materials will be sold, with Peabody Coal Company sharing in sale results.
About ten employees work today at Clo-Bin Inc in Carbondale with 20 to 25 more expected by week’s end. The woodwork section is active while other sections wait for materials arriving Thursday to begin. The bankrupt firm was sold Saturday to Mel Hall of Carterville at an East St. Louis auction. A night shift may be added when on order materials arrive.
The article traces the history of floating dry docks active for over 100 years, noting their development and enduring role in ship maintenance and repair across maritime operations. It highlights key advances and the ships most associated with these structures during their long service life.
Pvt. Edward Frank Hall age 19 of Eldorado died when an Army truck plunged over a 10 foot embankment on U S Route 24 near Buena Vista Colorado. Seventeen soldiers escaped unharmed. Hall born in Springfield would have turned 20 on July 3. His body to be returned to Martin Funeral Home Eldorado.
Everett D. Todd of Carbondale has accepted a science teaching position at Carterville Community High School per SIU Placement Service. Todd and his wife Alma Farrar earned masters degrees from Southern Illinois University in 1953. Todd’s graduate work focused on school administration.
Fragmentary OCR text references an individual related to SIU and education, mentioning a son of vester Todd from Grand Tower. No clear event, date, or actions are present to describe.
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