Joey Bishop Headlines Murphysboro Apple Festival Queen Show
Veteran fast talking comedian Joey Bishop will headline the 1959 Murphysboro Apple Festival queen coronation and revue program with Kathy Linden. He will serve as master of ceremonies for judging, parade marshal, and trophy presenter at events September 17 to 19 alongside the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce sponsored acts and the Mur Maids. Linden, a Felsted Records recording artist, accompanies Bishop on the Saturday night program as the festival highlights and performances unfold.
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Murphysboro
Joey Bishop
Bishop
Kathy Linden
Felsted Records
Miss Linden
Mur Maids
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Russ Carlyle
Joey
Vine Gardens
Frank Sinatra
New York
Paramount Theater
Southern Illinoisan Publisher and Postal Details
The Southern Illinoisan is the successor newspaper to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent. It is published in Carbondale and Herrin with second class matter status and AP news exclusivity for local and national dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphyshore
Carbondale Lil
Additna
Herrin Or
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan i
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Hearing aid breakthrough promises cordless comfort
Advertisement touts a new ear canal device that makes other hearing aids obsolete after 25 years of development. It features a tiny colorless tube and no behind the ear components, powered by eight Bell Telephone Labs transistors. Appointments available by phone.
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Bell Telephone Labs
Benton Man Proposes Coal Coking Venture Test
A Southern Illinois Inc committee will inspect a potential new coal coking venture next month. An July 16 visit is planned to the experimental plant at the old Peabody 18 coal mine north of Frankfort Heights West Frankfort. George W Wallace of Benton developed the plant and says coke with acceptable ash and dryness has been produced from fine coal in the mine slurry pit. Wallace formerly served as coal chemist with CW&F Mining Co now part of Freesat Co.
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Southern Illinois, Inc
Peabody 18
Frankfort Heights
West Frankfort
George W. Wallace
Benton
Wallace
SII
Cw&f Mining Co
Freesat Co
Zeigler Man and Sons Injured in Motorcycle Wreck
Thomas Oakley and his two sons were injured when their motorcycle rolled over on Route 148 north of Herrin at 9 p m Sunday. Oakley and Jerry Dale sustained cuts and were treated at Herrin Hospital. Larry Dean was admitted for observation with stomach pain. Ronald Absher was not involved.
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Zeigler
Herrin
Thomas Oakley
Pine St
Jerry Dale
Larry Dean
Oakley
Ronald Absher
S. 13Th St
Herrin Hospital
Herrin MFT Street Work Progressing
City reports under the annual motor fuel tax program progress on street repairs. As of Monday 87 blocks had been oiled and chipped, 28 completed that day, with 26 000 gallons used toward a 44 000 gallon plan. Work spans four wards with Ward 4 ahead. completion slated before July.
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Herrin Street
Fred Schoonover
Ward
Norge
Seven In Family Hurt In Accident Near Ashley
Seven members of the Yauch family were injured when a car driven by Arthur Yauch collided with a truck driven by Dale Lefler on Rt. 460 near Ashley. Jill Yauch was reported in serious condition. Arthur Yauch was ticketed for wrong lane usage.
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Centralia Area
Rt. 460
Ashley
District 13
du Quoin
Arthur Yauch
Centralia
Dale Andres Leffler
Keokuk
Yauch
Centralia Hospital
Betty Yauch
Arthur
Kathy Yauch
Carl Yauch
Irma
Jill
Stephen
Jill Yauch
Leffler
Colp
Dovel Almond
Royalton
Jack Childres
Herrin
In Good Condition Richard Painter Injured in Mine Accident
Richard Painter aged 61 of Carbondale Rt 2 is reported in good condition at Miners Hospital Christopher after a Zeigler mine accident. Painter suffered five broken bones in his hand when coal fell on him last week.
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Richard Painter
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Zeigler
Miners Hospital
Christopher
Painter
Flight Demonstration To Link Williamson County Airport To Herrin
Wayne Hindman leads a demonstration service taking passengers from Williamson County Airport to hotels and plants in Herrin. The event showcases regional air mobility possibilities for workers and visitors.
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Wayne Hindman
Williamson County
Herrin
Water Tank Problems On Council Agenda
Water pressure issues in the southwest area prompt a council discussion led by Water Commissioner William Eaton. City Engineer Paul Hall reports the existing tank is 60 percent pitted and not worth repairing, with replacement estimated around $40,000 and a full new tower possibly needed. The council will also consider a larger tank or third tower to relieve pressure tied to Southern Illinois University demand.
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Paul Hall
Hall
Corbit
Chicago
Eaton
Southern Illinois University
Goatherder's new house to be moved Wednesday
Zeigler’s goatherder will receive a donated one room house on the Big Muddy river bank across from Southern Acres campus. Noble Starnes state trooper and volunteers raised over $100 to buy the home for George Surdell 68 after his house and goat sheds burned June 4. A foundation is being prepared today and furniture will be moved with the house.
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Zeigler
Noble Starnes
Christopher
George Surdell
Starnes
Rt. 13
Southern Acres
Levan Township Maps Tax Hike For Roads And Bridges
A public meeting in Levan Township at Levan Town Hall will inform residents about a referendum to raise the road and bridge tax rate from 12 cents to 33 cents. Township officials Ted Taylor Carl Worthen and Raymond Shannon will present facts and answer questions ahead of Saturday vote. The 33 cent rate is the maximum allowed for road and bridge purposes and a similar proposal was approved in Levan Township two years ago.
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Levan Township
Levan Town
Ted Taylor
Jackson County
Carl Worthen
Raymond Shannon
Levant Township
SIU Library Buys Stevens Collection
The Morris Library at Southern Illinois University will receive a 2000 volume American and British literature collection amassed over 25 years by Jewell Stevens of Chicago. It features works by D. H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield Trollope Frost Hawthorne Melville and others, purchased by the SIU Foundation with private gifts.
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Southern Illinois University
Morris Library
Jewell Stevens
Chicago
D. H. Lawrence
J. Middleton Murry
Katherine Mansfield
George Borrow
Anthony Trollope
E. A. Robinson
Stephen Vincent Banet
Robert Frost
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
SIU Foundation
Dr Sheldon W Grinnell Joins Langley-Porter Clinic
Dr Sheldon W Grinnell, son of Dean and Mrs J E Grin nell of 1109 W Hill St Carbondale left today to join the staff of Langley-Porter Neuro Psychiatric Clinic in San Francisco. He has been visiting his parents. Grinnell formerly served on the staff at Madison State Hospital Madison Ind and had accompanied a naval expedition to Antarctica.
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Sheldon W. Grinnell
Dean
J. E. Grinnell
W. Hill St
Carbondale
Langley-Porter
San Francisco
Grinnell
Madison State Hospital
Madison
Ind
Antarctica
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