Marion Council Seeks Bids for Water Plant Upgrades
Marion City Council plans to receive bids July 14 for about 190000 in water plant improvements. Projects include two new filter beds fast and slow mix basins and sedimentation basins to raise capacity from one to three million gallons daily, funding via revenue bonds. The panel also approved cemetery staff changes and discussed street paving and traffic signals at Court and Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion City Council
Marion
Lincond McCormick
Paul Gore
Sexton
Ray Pracher
William Clous
Elmer Cline
Prather
Robert Cooksey
Orville Strobel
E. N. Lockett
Robert Bradley
Longfellow School
Allen Avenue
Cooksey
William Armstrong
McCormick
Hendrickson Street
Court
Paul Hall
A. O. Ledbetter
Hall
William Dungey
Newspaper costs push publishers to cut in mechanical departments
D Tennant Bryan of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn warns at the 20th mechanical conference that U.S. papers face a squeeze from rising costs and shrinking ad revenue. He notes production areas comprise about half of payrolls and urges production chiefs to relay cost data to publishers and identify savings.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Assn
D. Tennant Bryan
ANPA
Richmond, Va
Times-Dispatch
News Leader
Du Quoin Considers Daylight Time Referendum
Du Quoin plans a referendum on daylight saving time after a petition to the Council urging adoption. The 1956 vote rejected a time change but no date is set for this measure. The petition notes western towns already use daylight time and suggests Perry County towns may follow Du Quoin.
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du Quoin
Sparta
St. Louis
Perry County
Marion Council Approves $9 681 Sweeper Purchase
The Marion City Council authorized the Parking Commission to buy a street sweeper from Wayne Co Pomona California for 9681 dollars with bids from Saginaw South Bend Elgin and Austin. The unit features two gutter brooms a 7 foot 6 inch sweep swatch power steering brakes 275 gallon water capacity wash down hose a 4 cubic yard hopper and enclosed winter cab. Additional 147 was approved for a cab flasher system and motor hours timer. Delivery is expected in 10 days to two weeks funded by parking meter revenue.
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Parking Commission
Marion
Wayne Co
Pomona
Calif
Saginaw South Bend
Elgin
Austin
Commission
Wayne Resentative
Wathie Bennett Dies at 58 Funeral Wednesday
Wathie Bennett 58 died Saturday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. He lived on a farm southeast of Sesser. He leaves a large family including wife Lonnie and 5 daughters 4 sons and 19 grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at the Lesser Church of God with burial in Maplehill Cemetery.
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Wathie Bennett
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Sesser
Breese
Eldora Bennett
Benton
Lonnie
Bernice Skurat
Mildred Wisnewski
Yvanda Drew
Merle Connors
Sharon
Lindell
Wathie Jr
Chicago
James
Corpus Cristi
Tex
Delmer
Germany
Donnie
Faye Moore
Zeigler
Eva Whittington
Marjorie Lewis
Jewel Irby
Harrisburg
Herbert
Lloyd
Lowell
Akin
Church of God
Maplehill Cemetery
Brayfield Funeral Home
Herrin Vet Finds Dilemma in Limited Practice
Dr. Donald Baldwin, a federal veterinarian with the Animal Disease Eradication Division, is in a 14 county Southern Illinois district but limited to large farm animals. He explains the program tests blood, vaccinating livestock while recruiting local vets to assist under fee arrangements. He is on trainee status for six months and aims to settle locally.
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Herrin
Donald Baldwin
Agricultural Research Service
Department of Agriculture
Baldwin
Illinois
Kansas State College
Coast Guard
N. 9Th St
Woman Locks Out Self as Firefighters Aid Child in Carbondale
Firemen responded to a West Freeman Street home at about 10 40 a m Monday and found a woman who had accidentally locked herself out, leaving a small child inside. Crews climbed through a window to open the door and rescue the child.
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Carbondale
West Freeman Street
Murphysboro Deputy Attends Royal Neighbors Convention
Mrs Myrtle Perkins at 2118 Division St Murphysboro attends the 24th national convention of Royal Neighbors of America in Los Angeles California this week.
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Myrtle Perkins
Division St
Murphysboro
Royal Neighbors of America
Los Angeles
Calif
Local Papers Expand Ownership Ties in Minemora Herald
State representative Alan Dixon joins Paul Simon Ray Johnson and Elmer Fedder as equal partners in the Minemora Herald. The Minemora paper sits 30 miles from Peoria and was recently acquired by Simon and associates who also own the Carterville Herald bought last April.
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Sen
Paul Simon
Dtroy
Troy Tribune
Minemora Herald
Troy
Simon
Ray Johnson
Elmer Fedder
Alan Dixon
Belleville
Minemora
Peoria
Johnson
Fedder
Carterville
Frankfort Man Dies In Jail
A West Frankfort man, Lee Phaup 71, died in a jail cell during a Sunday intoxication arrest. Coroner Barney Browning ruled acute alcoholism as a contributing factor. police say death occurred about 3 30 p m. Phaup, a retired coal miner and United Mine Workers Local 1265 member, leaves a son Newman and siblings Bert Phaup and Nannie Carr. Funeral set for Union Funeral Home with Rev Larry Cripe officiating.
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West Frankfort
Lee Phaup
M. Ida Sr
Franklin County
Barney Browning
Phaup
Bruno Waller
Athe Phaup
Waller
Orient 2
United Mine Workers of America
Newman
Bert Phaup
Nan
Marion Hospital reports fifth straight year of profit
Marion Memorial Hospital posted a 22 103 profit on 488 426 income and 466 323 expenses for the recent fiscal year. Improvements included a 25 000 tumor clinic funded by interest free loans from 18 local citizens as the board plans further expansion due to high occupancy.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
Ed Soldner
Marion
Denison
Soldner
Marion’s
Hospital Board
Kenneth Powless
William Giles
Clara Boatright
Karl Federer
Local police briefs on speeding and stop sign tickets
Herrin residents Adrian Anderson and Cambria were fined 5 and 7.90 dollars plus costs by Police Magistrate Earl May on a city speeding ticket. Carbondale resident Lloyd Samford 18 was fined 5 dollars plus 5 dollars costs for disobeying a stop sign under Justice Pat Dwyer.
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Herrin
Adrian Anderson
Cambria
Earl May
Owen T. McKinney
Rt. 1
Carbondale
John Neal
Lloyd Samford
N. Poplar St
Justice of the Peace
Pat Dwyer
Charles Brantley
Peoria Man Dies After Heart Attack Near Murphysboro
Michael Hornung 75 of Glasford Illinois was pronounced dead on arrival at St An drews Hospital Murphysboro after a heart attack on Route 127 five miles south of Murphysboro. Coroner Gale Williams said Hornung collapsed while riding with his daughter Teresa Brazee and granddaughter Katherine Davis. A passerby was summoned and Hornung died at the hospital. He was transported from Crawshaw Funeral Home Murphysboro to Endsley and Son Funeral Home Peoria.
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Michael Hornung
Glasford
Til
Peoria
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Rt. 127
Gale Williams
Hornung
Teresa Brazee
Katherine Davis
Davis
Williams
Christopher Board Hires Two Teachers for Fall Term
Christopher Community High School Board of Education hired two new teachers for the fall term. Margaret Crowe, formerly in elementary, will teach English and serve as librarian and freshman sponsor, replacing Carolyn Gallo who resigned. Delores Gulley Dubets, a 1956 SIU alumna, taught previously in Ingleside and Carterville and is pursuing a master's degree this summer, replacing Betty Stephens who resigned.
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Christopher Community High School Board of Education
Margaret Crowe
Delores Gulley Dubets
Crowe
Carolyn Gallo
Dubets
SIU
Ingleside
Carterville
Betty Stephens
Ashley youth hurt in Rt. 460 mishap near Mt. Vernon
Wayne Wilson, 16, of Ashley, sustained minor injuries in a one car crash on Rt. 460 three miles west of Mt. Vernon. He was treated and not hospitalized. A Vienna driver received a ticket for illegal passing in a separate Rt. 166 crash north of Creal Springs. W. R. Mount, 50, of Vienna, was cited after his car collided with a tractor driven by Edward Boyd, 33, of Creal Springs. no injuries and only minor property damage reported.
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Wayne Wilson
Ashley
Rt. 460
Mt. Vernon
du Quoin Dist
Wilson
Vienna
Rt. 166
Creal Springs
W. R. Mount
Edward Boyd
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Frankfort
Southern Illinois
City of Carbondale
Elisabeth Leighty
Cash Rec
Ee Ant
Towns Hill Loan CO
Marion Hospital
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Family Weekly
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Fanny Ceme
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Channel 6
Reed
Henin
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