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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1958
Page
3
In the back row are Dr Deward K Grissom committee consultant the Rev Hugh Paton and Anna with Cobden and A D Mays in Ware context noting a formal gathering or meeting lineup involving these named individuals.
Union County residents will vote in November on forming a county health department and levying a tax not to exceed five cents per $100 valuation. A steering committee voted to circulate petitions in four road districts with signatures of five percent of registered voters required.
Milton Gregory Laurent of Red Bud has been named as account ant clerk at Menard Penitentiary by Warden Ross Randolph. He succeeds Robert Klind worth of Chester who resigned to join Prim Hosiery Mill. Laurent previously managed the VFW Club in Red Bud and worked as an accountant in St Louis.
Police say James Moleski, 14, has been missing since June 13 after being last seen at 11 am. Residents and authorities have scoured roads and checked reports across four states. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches, wearing a plaid shirt, blue jeans, and orange and white bicycle.
James Francis Stack 90 of Murphysboro died at St Andrews Hospital after a two week illness. A Waterloo native, he lived in Murphysboro 66 years and was a retired farmer. Survived by wife Anna, sons John Highland Indiana and William Cedar Lake Indiana, daughters Agnes Smith Alice Schwebel Murphysboro Laura Doyle St Paul Minn Pearl Tieschler Lake Villa, 19 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren. Funeral at Meyer Denny Murphysboro Friday 2 p.m. with Rev W W Childers officiating. Burial Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Ethel Marie Smith 56 of 1513 West Madison Street Herrin died at Barnes Hospital St Louis at 9 a m Tuesday after a four year illness born March 9 1902 Elizabethtown married Andrew Smith March 4 1924 Marion member of West Monroe Street Apostolic Church Survived by husband son Ray Fort Lauderdale Fla brothers H E Dale Cecil Dale Raymond Dale Herrin sisters Hettie Howard Rosidlaire Gertrude Sheldon Harrisburg Ollie Readie Chicago four grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Friday Johnson Funeral Home Herrin call after 6 p m today Burial Herrin City Cemetery Rev Lester Caraway officiating
City attorney J Max Mitchell and Chamber secretary Ray Hubbs push for a public hearing after Southeastern Greyhound proposed dropping the Paducah to St Louis trip via Herrin and West Frankfort. Hearing date not set. council authorized Mitchell to proceed and Chamber backing.
Cal Crest employees end a June strike and return to work at 7 a m after withholding pay over a missing contract. They plan to join the Amalgamated Clothing Workers after certification, with a July 2 NLRB hearing in St Louis to challenge their United Garment Workers affiliation.
One of four Jackson County jail escapees, Jimmy Whitehead, 24, an AWOL sailor, faces about six months in a Navy hospital for a broken neck before returning to face a forgery charge. Sheriff Chestham said Whitehead will be treated at Great Lakes Naval Training Center Hospital and is not expected to be permanently paralyzed. The injury followed a high speed chase near Roadhouse Friday. Whitehead and William McDowell were captured after McDowell crashed a stolen car into a dirt bank.
Los Angeles June 25 AP says Lana Turner’s deposition in the slaying case of her former sweetheart was postponed to today due to an attorney’s illness.
Three teenage girls testified at Springfield that they were intoxicated at Calcaterra s Colp tavern and paid to leave the area so they would not testify against Bowden and Calcaterra. The hearing before the Illinois Liquor Control Commission reviewed charges of selling liquor to minors and bribing witnesses, with the case taken under advisement.
A 15 hour course in fire fighting opened Tuesday for Herrin firemen and volunteers. The class meets weekly for five weeks led by Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Paul Partridge for the University of Illinois extension service. He said the work is becoming a profession and graduates receive a basic firemanship certificate.
Chester Bridge Commission approves first stage plans for new approach ramps at the Mississippi River Ches ter. Mayor Derrick Helmers outlines two phases including a 650 foot east end ramp and a Missouri side ramp toward Kaskaskia Island with a levee crossing and a small bridge. Plans await U S Army Corps review and further government approvals.
Walter Stone of Fredericksburg caught a 26 inch pike in Aquia Creek that bit a rubber gasoline line in his teeth and punctured it, ending the outing.
Mines reported activity on Thursday at Old Ben and Orient with multiple entries for Freeman Buckhorn Zeigler and Briquet Plant. Old Ben shows nine and fourteen units, while Orient records two and three units. Washer and Briquet Plant appear in notes without a working status.
Carbondale city council voted to solicit bids on a city owned lot north of the Peoria Rockford Bus Co. depot to raise funds for a new fire truck. Proceeds will go toward the truck price, with an option to reject all bids. The plan follows a decade old idea to build a fire station there.
Carbondale Mayor John S. Wright urged residents to aid police in stopping damage to streets caused by tractors and heavy equipment. He and Street Commissioner Virgil Barringer told the City Council that lugged equipment harms newly resurfaced oil and chip streets, and urged reporting any damage with a promise of prosecution.
Teddy Sweikausky 71 of Orient dies at 10 30 am Tuesday after a six month illness. Born in Lithuania he lived in Orient 45 years worked as a miner and belonged to UMWA Local 1265. Survived by wife Victoria sons Teddy Tony Joe all of Chicago Frank Billy Pete and Mike at home daughters Nancy Geneva at home. Funeral Friday Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with Rev Charles Donahue officiating burial in Denning Cemetery. calling after 7 pm today.
Carbondale police and state police pursued a so called trunk murder after a prank by four teen boys. The chase began when Curtis Elston reported two men in a car asking for directions to the lake and an arm seen in the trunk. One suspect was found at home. three others confessed the incident was a prank and were lectured by police. No charges filed.
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