Colp petitions seek transfer of district lines
Petitioners in Colp seek moving about two thirds of Colp Grade School District 29 into Canenille, presenting 222 signatures to Williamson County Superintendent Russell Emery. The plan, filed by Wade Rowatt, drew opposition from two white trustees and support from black members who voted to integrate. The transfer would shift most white families and a few black families into Carterville district, prompting a July 8 hearing.
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Colp
Canenille
Wade Rowatt
Russell Emery
Williamson County
County Board of School Trustees
Williamison County
Rowstt
Colp Attucks
Colp Standard
Carterville
Oraville Girl Hit By Car Near Rt 43
A 7-year-old Oraville girl was admitted to St. Andrew's Hospital in Murphysboro with injuries after being struck by a car driven by Vernon Gerderding 32 of Percy. The incident occurred on Route 43 three miles north of Oroville as the children berry picked and walked along the road. The sheriff said the girl and four other children were in the driver's lane. Gerderding swerved to avoid them. The girl's condition and charges were not available or filed.
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Oraville
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphysboro
Jackson
Howard Cheat- Lueck
Onto Lueck
Vernon Gerderding
Percy
Cheatham
Rt. 43
Oroville
Gerberding
Bertha
Chester Couple Hurt in Rt 3 Accident
Mr and Mrs Clarence E Jolly of Knapp Court Chester sustained injuries in a Route 3 crash north of the Route 3 144 junction. Mrs Jolly had major leg injuries while Mr Jolly was described as not seriously hurt. Both were treated at St Andrews Hospital Murphysboro.
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Clarence E. Jolly
Knapp Court
Chester
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphsboro
Jollys
Rt. 3
Re. 3
Jolly
Sister Gilberta Forness Receives Aratwenary Honor
Sister Gilberta Forness of Saint Andrew’s Murphysboro is recognized at the 25th Aratwenary Con nect as a member of the Society of Medical Technologists in Chicago Dinaaniiion.
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Gilberta Forness
Laborane Pee
Andrew’s
Murphysboro
Society of Medical Technologists
Herrin studies water rates. survey ordered by council
Herrin City Council ordered a state survey of water and sewer rates after a report by municipal finance expert W. T. Kitchen. The study aims to curb underselling of water to nearby towns, improve delinquency collection, and end subsidizing industries, with proposed rate increases for residents, industries, and outlying customers.
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Herrin
W. T. Kitchen
Kitchen
R. W. Booker
Bradshaw
Herrin Street Complaints Heard by City Council
The Herrin City Council heard that Bellaire area streets become spongy in heat and break down. Street Superintendent Fred Schoonover was ordered to investigate. An alley one way ordinance was discussed and property use for a dumping ground was approved with Milani paid 300 dollars yearly.
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Herrin
Bellaire
Fred. Schoonover
Monroe Street
East Madison Street
N. Park Avenue
N. 14Th Street
Madison Street
W. Adams Street
N. 16Th Street
Lee Milani
Milani
Carbondale man pays fine and is released
Charles I. Morgan aged 23 of 810 N. Carico Street Carbondale was released from Jackson County jail in Murphysboro after paying a 15 dollar fine and costs on a charge of having faction in license plates on his car. He had been detained until the payment.
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Charles I. Morgan
Carico St
Carbondale
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Morgan
Justice of the Peace
Pat Dwyer
Marion mayor to seek probe of store looting fallout
Marion Mayor Robert Cooksey said he will ask Williamson County States Attorney Carl Sneed to investigate looting at the Sally Shoppe after a store fire last Monday. Police officials questioned reports of looting while merchants pressed for policy on future protection and volunteer policing.
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Marion
Rober Cooksey
Williamson County
Atty Carl Sneed
Bill Bainbridge
Chamber of Commerce
Cooksey
Sally Johnson
E. Lawrence Gorder
John Wailerowitz
F Walatz
Corder
Johnson
Bainbridge
Cooskiey
Sneed
Upstate deputy identifies getaway driver in Kroger robbery
Vermillion County deputy sheriff Mike Burke on vacation in West Frankfort gave police a description of the young man who drove the car used in a Kroger robbery and escape. Burke reported the driver appeared after he and his wife left the store, with the car pulling up to the back door to pick up the gunman and loot.
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Burke
West Frankfort
Kroger
Suspect Held In Pulaski Hit Run Fatal
Pulaski County authorities hold an unidentified suspect in a fatal hit and run that killed 60 year old Lea Marshall as he walked near the north edge of Pulaski shortly after midnight. State Police identified the victim as Edward Weston confirmed the death. Car believed recovered by sheriff’s office with no other details released.
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Pulaski County
Lea Marshall
Edward Weston
Marshall
Pulaski
SIU Approves Appointments for Short Faculty Terms
SIU Board of Trustees approved one year or shorter appointments for several faculty at Southern Illinois University. Harry T. Moore returns as English lecturer and visiting professor. Henry N. Wieman re joins as philosophy lecturer. Lawrence G. Rarick becomes lecturer in physical education and related fields. Paul Sanford Lomax is lecturer in secretarial science and heads a California state business education study.
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Harry T. Moore
Babson Institute
Southern Illinois University
SIU Board of
Moore
Illinois Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
U. S. Air Force of the Air University
Montgomery
Alabama
Henry N. Wieman
Grinnell College
SIU
Lawrence G. Rarick
University of Wisconsin
University of Wichita
Boston University
Altradion
Paul Sanford Lomax
Bureau of Business Education
California State Department of Education
New York University
Marion High School graduate begins six months training
Starts training under the Reserve Forces Act program at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Pvt Louis Fluck age nineteen son of Mr and Mrs Alfred L Fluck Rt 4 Marion began six months of military training.
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Army Pvt
Louis Fluck
Alfred L. Fluck
Rt. 4
Marion
Fort Leonard Wood
Marion High School
Robbery at West Frankfort store nets $700 in minutes
Two men robbed the West Frankfort store at 212 W Oak St about 9:15 am, escaping in a turquoise 1955 Pontiac with Indiana plates WM-8627. Store cash totaled roughly $700 from two registers and a safe, with no customers harmed. Police set roadblocks and search for the pair, one man about 43, 5 feet 7, 180 pounds, dark hair.
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West Frankfort
W. Oak St
Indiana
McPhail
Marie Grimes
Pranes
Selection Challenged Dismissal Delays Bunton Manslaughter Trial
Circuit Judge Joseph Fleming moved to seat a new jury panel after ruling the original venire of 35 was not drawn from at least one tenth of registered voters. Billy Bunton, 23, faces manslaughter charges in the April 16 shooting of his uncle John Hunter. Also Monday, Lloyd D Adkins received 1 to 3 years for burglary and Robert A Muskopf was given three years for rape after earlier three to five years for raping a 15 year old. Muskopf and Adkins to be transferred to Menard Prison.
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Joseph D. Fleming
Pinckneyville
Billy Bunton
du Quoin
Penny County Board of Commissioners
Fleming
Bunton
Lloyd Middleton
John Hun
Ter
Lloyd D. Adkins
Lavalette
W. Va
Robert A. Muskopf
Baldwin
Randolph County
Middleton
Perry Sherff
Joe Shirk
Muskopf and
Adkins
Menard
Chester
Le Pere Couple Marks 50 Percent Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Le Pere of Ava plan a 50 percent Golden Wedding open house from 2 to 5 p m marking half a century since their marriage The original 1956 golden anniversary was postponed due to illness and now the couple will observe the milestone at 50 percent of fifty years.
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William LePere
Ava
LePeres
LePere
Birthday Wishes For Swanwick Girl Without Party
A 10 year old Swanwick girl Joyce Heggemier, a cerebral palsy victim and lifelong shut-in, faces an 11th birthday likely spent in bed at home. Family hopes for birthday cards or letters from well-wishers as she awaits joy from mail.
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Swanwick
Joyce Heggemier
Joyce
Clarence Heggemeier
Mines Idle Wednesday Report From Old Ben Fields
A Wednesday mining report lists active and idle mines including Old Ben 9 14 22 Orient 2 3 Freeman 4 Buckhorn Zeigler 3 and others such as Fidelity New Kathleen Pyramid Truax Tract No 2 Burning Star 1 Old Ben 22. Plans and status updates are noted for several mines across the field.
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Fidelity
New Kathleen
Truax-Tract
Burning Star
Orient
Freeman
Buckhorn Zeigler
Son Denies He Shot Father Near Vienna
A Bloomfield man is jailed in Johnson County on questioning over a fatal shooting at his home north of Vienna. William Powell Sr. says his son arrived about 1:30 a.m. and shot him in the right side while in bed after they argued. The son reports the father shot himself. no charges have been filed. The victim was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Johnson County
Vienna
Orland Cox
William Powell Sr
Cone
Downk Chow
William Jr
Cox
Marion Memorial Hospital
Powells
Navy man takes part in Pacific Exercise off California
In a recent Pacific exercise off Southern California, Navy radioman second class Herman L. Boucher participated. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Boucher of Murphysboro and husband of Delores E. James of Bremerton, Washington.
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Herman L. Boucher
California
Boucher Is
William Boucher
8Th St
Murphysboro
Delores E. James
Bremerton, Wash
Myrtle West Dies at 68 in Hurst Funeral Planned
Myrtle West 68 a lifelong Williamson County resident died at 1 10 p m Monday in Holden Hospital Chibbadile She was a member of the Christian Church in Hurst Funeral services are set for 11 a m Wednesday at the church with Rev Robert Ashman Benton officiating Burial will follow in Smith Cemetery Hamilton County Funeral arrangements are by Freeman Funeral Home Friends may call at Walker Funeral Home in Hurst prior to services.
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Myrtle West
Hurst
Holden Hospital
Williamson County
Christian Church
Robert Ashman
Benton
Smith Cemetery
Hamilton County
Freeman Funeral Home
Walker Funeral Home
Soviet naval ships near Gibraltar head for maneuvers
Valletta Malta June 25 AP says the Soviet cruiser Mikhail Ku tusov and two escort destroyers, having sailed into the isos farest, are steaming toward Gibraltar. The Times of Malta reports Moscow told Turkey the ships will take part in Baltic maneuvers, with Western observers calling it a possible show the Red flag mission.
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Valletta
Malta
Mikhail Kutusov
Gibraltar
Times of Malta
Turkey
Baltic
Visits Rose Festival by USS Ozbourn Engineman
William L. Arnold third class engineman son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Arnold Pittsburg visited Portland Oregon during the Rose Festival following fleet training off the Pacific Coast aboard the destroyer USS Ozbourn.
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William L. Arnold
Charles E. Arnold
Pittsburg
Portland
Ore
Pacific
Ozbourn
Women Overtake Men on Airport Control Tower Mics
More women than men are being used on airport control tower microphones because feminine tones broadcast more clearly than men's.
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Dinaaniiion
Temas
Freeman Spur, Corp and Energy
Myrell Griffen
Ardell Grimes
Tom Shoemake
Dolph Bradshaw
William Drake
Herrin Street
Water Department
James V. Clanahan
CPA
Clanahan
Clanathan
Marion Blaze
Pen Yy
Upstate
Mike Burke
Vermillion County
Frankfort
Robert McPhail
S. 12Th St
Gibralter
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