West Frankfort Go Cart Track Opens with Tiny Cars Battle
Fast, tiny racing cars open at the DBD Go Cart Speedway north of West Frankfort with noon to 1 30 p m time trials and 2 p m start. Three local founders Bowen Dees and Karnes lead Go Cart Speedway Inc with a 1200 foot asphalt track and 65 pit spaces. Entries from Paducah Harrisburg Fairfield Centr ali a Mt Vernon Pinckneyville expected. Six to eight cars run per heat in stock and Class A B events for drivers from six to 16 plus licensed drivers.
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West Frankfort
Go Cart Speedway, Inc
Bob Bowen
Paul Dees
Doug Karnes
Bowen
Paducah, Ky
Harrisburg
Fairfield
Centralia
Mt. Vernon
Pinckneyville
Col Harpole heads Air Reserve Center in Missouri and Illinois
Lt. Col. Van Harpole, with 23 years active service, returns from the Far East to command the 2657th Air Reserve Center. He succeeds Lt. Col. John A. Nelson, reassigned to the Panama Canal Zone. The center, staffed by reservists, operates from Columbia and Cape Girardeau Missouri and Carbondale and East Alton Illinois. Harpole is a WWII and Korean Conflict veteran who recently completed his third Far Eastern tour with the Air Force.
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Harpole
AIR Reserve Center
van Harpole
Far East
2657Th Air Reserve Center
John A. Nelson
Panama Canal Zone
Columbia
Cape Girardeau
Carbondale
East Alton
Illinois
Col. Harpole
The
Air Force
Printing management and journalism clinic at SIU
A one day clinic for area printers publishers and students will be held at Southern Illinois University Monday. Specialists from the A E Handsley Co Chicago will discuss modern printers materials. The program runs 2 10 p m in the SIU Printing Service Shop Physical Plant building.
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Southern Illinois University
A. E. Handsley Co
Chicago
SIU
Money Needed Loan Tips For Farmers
Southern Illinois University expert advises farm financing as a specialized business. It urges careful loan setup covering living and operating expenses, clear repayment terms, regular agency visits, and early problem spotting to avoid crises and retain lender confidence.
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Wills
Credit Agency
SIU Scenic Tour Set This Afternoon
The first of free SIU tours for students and families departs Lentz Hall at 1 p.m. with stops at 1:30 at the Student Union. Weekly Sundays through summer except July 3, ending around 5:30. The Shawneetown area and Old Slave House in Equality are planned stops.
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Southern Illinois University
Lentz Hall
Thompson Point
Shawneetown
Slave House
Equality
Iran Maintains Sugar and Tobacco Monopolies
The government maintains state control over sugar and tobacco industries in Iran, continuing monopolies that govern pricing and distribution. State agencies oversee production quotas, imports, and retail outlets, influencing domestic markets and consumer access.
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Iran
Industrial Education Talk Planned at SIU
John P. Walsh director of the Trade and Industrial Branch U S Office of Education will speak on the Local School Administrators role in Industrial Education at 8 p m Tuesday in the SIU Library Auditorium Carbondale The talk is sponsored by Iota Lambda Sigma Industrial Education fraternity Walsh is a visiting lecturer for a two week summer session course on new developments in industrial education.
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Carbondale
John P. Walsh
Trade and Industrial Branch
U. S. Office of Education
Washington, D.C
SIU
Walsh
Iota Lambda Sigma, Industrial Education Fraternity
Japan to cut Westerns and samurai plays from NHK TV
Tokyo June 25 AP reports Japan's NHK will remove American Westerns and Japanese sword-slashing samurai plays to curb TV violence. Commercial networks have not followed suit.
Kroger Names Hughes Division President and Armstrong VP
Kroger Co. announces new officers for the St. Louis Division, Robert A. Hughes named division president after 12 years directing St. Louis area operations and 32 years with Kroger. Clifford E. Armstrong becomes division vice president in St. Louis after relocating from Dayton, Ohio. The division now oversees stores once part of the Carbondale Division.
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Kroger Co
St. Louis
Southern Illinois
Robert A. Hughes
Clifford E. Armstrong
Hughes
Kroger
Nashville
Carbondale
Restaurant Course Set at SIU July 12-13
A two day progress for profits course for restaurant owners managers and supervisors will be held at Southern Illinois University July 12 13. It is run by the Division of Technical and Adult Education with the Illinois State Restaurant Assn and the St. Louis Restaurant Assn. Speakers include Henry Esperson Walter Day Mary Ann Warner William Westberg and Evalee McGee. Reservations with H B Bauernfeind.
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Southern Illinois University
Division of Technical and Adult Education
Illinois State Restaurant Assn
St. Louis Restaurant Assn
Henry Esperson
Horvath and Horvath
Chicago
Walter T. Day
Illinois Restaurant Assn
Mary Ann Warner
Art Institute
William Westberg
SIU
Evalee McGee
H. B. Bauernfeind
Area woman named Woman of the Year by national group
Mrs Earl E Shaffer partner in the Carbondale and Marion credit bureaus was named Woman of the Year by the American Business Women's Assn in Decatur. She received an award bracelet at a dinner and has served as assistant general manager of the Credit Bureau of Decatur since 1947.
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Earl E. Shaffer
Carbondale
Marion
American Business Women’s Assn
Decatur
Shaffer
George P. Johns
Credit Bureau of
Pig Sale by Benton Livestock Assn June 30
The Benton Livestock Association will hold its fourth feeder pig sale of the year on June 30. More than 2,000 pigs have been consigned for the event.
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Benton Livestock Assn
Chester Bank completes Buena Vista Bank building in Chester
Completion of the Buena Vista National Bank building in Chester is expected by September 15. The new structure sits beside the Chester Post Office with modern colonial design, two drive in windows, a large meeting room, kitchen facilities, private offices, and surrounding parking.
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Buena Vista National Bank
Chester
Chester Post Office
Barmac Construction Co
Snyders Build Herrin Office Partnership
Elmer Snyder, Herrin city engineer, and his son William Snyder, a building contractor, plan a new all steel four room office in Herrin by July 1 at 821 E Monroe St. The 28 by 40 foot building sits on three 50 by 125 foot lots from John Chiodini. William, 36, starts his own firm after leaving J L Construction Co. Decatur, with pre cut walls as a feature. Elmer currently offices in the Anderson Building at 13th and Monroe.
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Elmer Snyder
Herrin
William Snyder
E. Monroe St
William
J. L. Construction Co
Decatur
John Chiodini
Anderson
13Th and
Monroe Streets
Carbondale Firms Incorporated in Recent Charter
Two new Carbondale corporations are chartered. The Longbranch Inc at 100 E Jackson St is a mercantile business with incorporators M. E. Morgan Dr E R Carman and Robert Ray Reynolds. Carboro Enterprises Inc a Delaware firm led by William Budslick as president engages in real estate development.
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New Carbondale
Longbranch, Inc
E. Jackson St
Griffith’s Tavern
M. E. Morgan
E. R. Carman
Robert Ray Reynolds
Carboro Enterprises, Inc
Delaware
William Budslick
Carbondale
Budslick
Atty. Haynes E. Reese
Taxi Zone System Unveiled by Carbondale City Council
The Yellow Cab Co. announces new taxi rates and a zone system approved by the Carbondale City Council. Red zone charges 40 cents, blue zone 50 cents, and green zone 65 cents. Boundaries include Willow Street and Grand Avenue for red, Briarwood Drive area for green, with blue zone outside red.
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Carbondale
Kimmel
Willow Street
Grand Avenue
Wall Street
Oakland Avenue
Briarwood Drive
Hillcrest
Emerald Lane
Short and Robards Streets
Oak Grove Heights
Fisher Street
Tie Plant
Fire damages home in Murphysboro blaze
A fire at the home of Pat Burke on Rt. 1 Murphysboro caused minor damage to wooden cabinets. Firemen arrived at 5 50 p m and extinguished the flames with a booster tank on the engine.
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Murphysboro
Pat Burke
Rt. 1
Business teachers workshop scheduled at Southern Illinois
A workshop for high school business teachers and others in business education will be held at Southern Illinois University from June 27 to July 1. Hamden L. Forkner Sr. of Teachers College Columbia University will conduct sessions in Morris Library Auditorium covering curriculum trends skill subjects economics in the business curriculum problem approach testing standards evaluation and grading.
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Southern Illinois University
Hamden L. Forkner
Teachers College
Columbia University
Business Leaders of America
Morris Library
Sweden Roughly a Thousand Miles Long and Narrow
The article notes Sweden spans about 1000 miles in length and rarely exceeds 300 miles in width, highlighting its elongated Nordic geography.
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Sweden
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University School
Itory
Ralph Gray
Walter J. Wills
William Bleyer
Office of
Call “Otto
the Orkin Man
Egyptian Mfg. CO
North Illinois
North 19Th St
Washington
Chester Bank
Snyders
Carbondale Firms
Yellow Cab Co. Inc
Phillip M. Kimmel
Philco Sales Service
Logue TV
University Carbondale
Cherry Realty Co., Inc
Mardale Shopping Center
Southern
Carbon and
Warren Streets
Marion, Ill
Southern Homes, Inc
P. O. Box
Marion, MI
Marion, Illinois
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