River Boat Pilot Calls The St Genevieve Home
Alva E. Kirk a Chester river boat pilot with 20 years on the Mississippi received a Corps of Engineers citation for long service The Genevieve dredge and Gaston G Crane tow boat navigate the river at 3 mph upstream and 10 to 12 mph downstream Kirk holds a masters pilot license and recalls near misses and a 1940 grounding near Cape Girardeau as he lives a life largely on the river with few people along its banks
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Mississippi
Chester
Cairo
Mark Swain
Alva E. Kirk
Kirk
Army
These of Engineers
Corps
Corps of Engineers
Gaston G. Crane
St. Genevieve
Genevieve
Illinois
Chicago
Ohio
Evansville
Lock 22
St. Louis
New Orleans
Cape Girardeau
Colp Tavern Raids Highlight Village Gambling Crackdown
Longtime river pilot Kirk recalls river history as Colp police conduct a second state raid in a month on local gaming rooms. Four spectators freed, three operators plea not guilty with trials set for July 15. a May raid yielded seized equipment ordered destroyed.
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COLP
Walter Eichen
Three Area AFL Leaders Move to Dismiss Federal Indictments
Three AFL labor leaders from Carbondale and Murphysboro filed motions in answer to federal racketeering indictments. Attorneys for Evan R. Dale Jim Bateman and Cucklebur Watson sought dismissal severance and bills of particulars claiming grand jurors’ knowledge and jurors’ voting on indictments were flawed.
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AFL
Evan R. Dale
Carbondale
Jim Bateman
Murphysboro
Cucklebur Watson
Dale
Massman Construction seeks federal help in Grand Tower strike
The Massman Construction Co of Kansas City asks federal aid to resolve a jurisdictional strike by Steamfitters Local 562 over a Grand Tower pipeline bridge job. Union members demand more men while Massman cites a 30 year laborer assignment. Illinois craft workers are ordered to continue. Larry Callahan of St Louis, head of Local 562, is convicted of extortion in 1952 and 1953 Missouri jobs along with four others.
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Massman Construction Co
Kansas City
Grand Tower
Steamfitters Union
Larry Callahan
St. Louis
Missouri
Recount Ordered in April 13 Primary for 44th District
Circuit Judge Edward Bareis ruled a recount will begin Wednesday covering all 134 precincts in the 44th District. Observer reports note petitioners may accept original counts in some precincts, potentially reducing the workload. Beckmevere of Nashville challenged his defeat as state representative candidate citing errors in the vote.
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Edward Bareis
Bob Beckmevere
Nashville
Murphysboro Faces Decision on Local Sewer Plant
The State Sanitary Water Board may decide in two or three weeks if Murphysboro needs a sewerage disposal plant. The state accuses the city of polluting the Big Muddy River, while residents at a Wednesday hearing framed their case on historical lack of complaints by city officials.
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State Sanitary Water Board
Murphysboro
Big Muddy
Reservists to Attend Summer Camp and Picket R S Store
Three judges uphold free speech rights of Har risburg Reserve clerks Local 896 who have picketed the R D Simmons Store in Metropolis since December Store officials sought an injunction after the NLRB ruling Reservists from Marion Army Reserve Unit will begin two weeks of annual training at Camp McCoy Wis May 1 1. Active reservists receive pay and can attend Army schools with potential for promotion and retirement at 60.
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Retail Clerks Union Local 896
Harrisburg
R. D. Simmons
Metropolis
NLRB
Simmons
Marion Army Reserve
Mar Ae
Camp McCoy
Wis
Ferdinand D. Pifer
Marion
Marion Reserve Office
Union St
Pifer
405Th Infantry Regiment
Robert A. Refine
George M. Stewart
Raymond A. Patrick
Robert B. Gulledge
Harold L. Krantz
Virgil L. Osborne
Johnny A. Catolini
Billy B. Brown
William F. Powell
Harold Emery
Thomas G. Graves
Headquarters & Headquarters Co
405Th Inf
James J. Collins
Raymond Medlin
Maurice L. Russell
Ernest R. Arms
Lee B. Yeager
George H. Patterson
LaBerne W. Summers
Reginald Karroll
Crab Orchard Creek
Carbondale
Route 14 Freeway Plans Outline Murphysboro Link
The plan details a belt line from Harrison to Murphysboro and east to the hospital, bypassing downtown, with two four lane stretches from Beecher's Market to the Crab Orchard Creek bridge and along Murphysboro's 6th Street to the belt line. It lists a phased timetable from June 22 bids for the Big Muddy River bridge through early 1956 opening, naming local Sgts and Sfcs connected to Murphysboro duties.
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Crab Orchard Creek
Carbondale
Rt. 13
Harrison
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Beecher’s
Illinois Central
Big Muddy River
Southern Illinoisan publisher note and post office entries
The Southern Illinoisan lists publication days as Sunday and daily except Saturdays and holidays. It shows addresses in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro and notes second class matter status at relevant post offices. The paper is the successor to regional titles and operates from multiple city offices.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Herrin, al
Murphyshoro
Southern
Inoisan
Carbondale Daily Freeress
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphie
Independent
Minor Hospital Suite 1827 911 Linwood City Missouri
Minor Hospital located at suite 1827 in Linwood City Missouri is listed with address identifiers 911 FEF and 9. The fragment provides a place oriented notice likely for location or contact details. No event or action is described.
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Minor Hospital
Linwood
City
Missouri
Bridge Street Route Upgrade and River Bridge Elevation
MacLeod states plans to raise Old Route 13 in 1956 along Bridge Street and to elevate the Big Muddy River bridge. The section has been frequently closed by high water.
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Bridge Street
Big Muddy River
MacLeod
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