Carterville Officials Charged With Selling City Supplies
Three Carterville officials faced felony charges for unlawfully selling materials and supplies to the city. Mayor Matt Steffes Alderman Bill Spiller and fire chief Sam Corbitt posted $1,000 bonds each as the case heads to the July Circuit Court Grand Jury. The charges stem from sales of lime gasoline to the city, a practice the council says was customary, with removal from office as possible penalty if convicted.
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Carterville
Hugh Hudgens
Marion
Circuit Court
Matt Steffes
Bill Spiller
Sam Corbitt
Water Commis
Sion
Duright Smith
Hudgens
Steffes
Spiller
Corbit
Ray Carney
Corbitt
Youth Loses In Police Chase Near Murphysboro
Billy Jones of the rural area northwest of Murphysboro was fined 37 dollars after a pursuit that began on South 20th street and reached speeds over 75 mph. Police Chief George Rodman alerted officers Hiller and Grace as the youth ran stop signs at 17th and Spruce and 16th and Walnut before being arrested on North 15th street.
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Essary
Billy Jones
Murphysboro
Charles Helwig Sr
South 20Th Street
George Rodman
James Hiller
Joe Grace
Hiller
Grace
S. 20Th
17Th
Spruce Streets
16Th
Walnut Street
North 15 Street
Free parking for donors at Marion Red Cross Bloodmobile
Blood donors at Marion Elks Home on Friday from noon to 6 pm can park free on South Market Street. Age limits 21 to 59 for health donors, 18 to 20 with parental consent. Two $25 savings bonds prizes for male and female donors. similar prizes at Herrin Masonic Temple Saturday noon to 6 pm.
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South Market Street
Red Cross
Marion Elks Home
Everett Lynch
Marion
Herrin
Masonic Temple
Chester School Board hires eighth grade teacher
Mrs Bernice Woolcott is appointed by the Chester Community Unit School Board to teach the eighth grade, succeeding Ruth Watson who resigned to join her husband in Michigan. Woolcott holds a master’s degree from Southern Illinois University and has twelve years of teaching experience. Her husband works as a head chemist at Cole Milling Co. in Chester.
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Bernice Woolcott
Chester
Chester Man Injured When Car Hits Tree
Otto Durkee of Chester was treated at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis for a broken jaw after his car struck a tree near Chester. He was ticketed for reckless driving and paid a $100 fine in Justice of the Peace W. L. Kebbe’s court.
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Otto Durkee
Chester
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Durkee
Court of Justice of the Peace
W. L. Kebbe
Police Briefs from Murphysboro Fine for intoxication case
Murphysboro police magistrate Charles Herwig Sr. fined Jordon Crenshaw of D Street $12 including costs on eight charges of intoxication.
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Murphysboro
Jordon Crenshaw
D St
Charles Herwig Sr
Korean rail study links IC system to Korean line
Sun Byung Teck of Korea’s Ministry of Transportation is in Carbondale studying the Illinois Central and Union Pacific to transfer maintenance, construction, and signaling methods to Korea. He notes Korea’s railways resemble American ones yet have a higher steam share and freight emphasis, with future diesel upgrades and limited technical staff and materials.
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Sun Byung Teck
Ministry of Transportation
Bob Pool
Southern Illinoisan
Tokyo
Japan
Carbondale
Illinois
St. Louis
Illinois Central Railroad
Sun
University of Tokyo
Seoul
Korea
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Tourism program starts in Southern Illinois area
The Southern Illinois Tourist Industry Committee launches efforts to build tourism as a regional industry led by its Board of Directors with SIU involvement. A 31 county advisory council is planned, with local recreation and business leaders pushing for park and road improvements and expanded facilities. Next board meeting is July 19 in Marion at the Marion Motel Pine Room.
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Southern Illinois
State of Illinois
Southern Illinois Tourist Industry Committee Board of Directors
William Freeberg
Southern Illinois University Outdoor Recreation and Education Department
R. A. Bonifield
West Frankfort
Bonifield
Giant City
Ot Siu
John B. Barnes
SIU Community Development Department
Barnes
SIU
Shawnee Hills
Pine Room
Randolph Official to Represent Illinois at National Teacher Meet
Ned Carlton, Randolph County Superintendent of Schools, will represent the Southwestern Division of the Illinois Education Association at the National Education Association meeting in Portland Oregon next week. About 5,500 delegates from 48 states and several foreign countries are expected at the 94th annual convention of the national teachers group.
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Ned Carlton
Randolph County Supt. of Schools
Illinois Education Assn
National Education Association
Portland
Ore
National
Falls From Auto In Energy Injures Youth
Ronnie Gene Stout ten suffered facial cuts and scratches after falling from a car early today. He was treated at Herrin Hospital. He is the son of M and F Stout of Energy.
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Ronnie Gene Stout
Energy
Herrin Hospital
M., F. Stout
Union Agents Move To Stop Du Quoin Strike
Negotiations to end a 75 day strike at the Du Quoin Packing Company plant will begin July 5 after a Wednesday night meeting in Du Quoin between company officials and United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 156. A neutral group, the Southern Illinois Business Agents Conference, arranged the talks and discussed the long running labor dispute and a new wage scale.
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du Quoin
Business Agents
Packing Company
J. B. Naumer
Roy Thompson
Russell Clark
Kenneth Hawk
Charles Fisher
Hendrix
Earl Hood
Business Agents Conference
Gene Goss
Farmer
Doctors Plan to Run Hospital Clash With Board
The Methodist Conference doctors group discussed keeping the hospital operational while Dr Robinson says he was not consulted about Holden’s new plan. Rev. Robinson notes the board intends to close the hospital on July 1 unless a vote changes that. The doctors committee includes Carman Crandle Felts Peterson McGowan Powell. The WSCS womens committee is led by Mrs. Carl B Kinsey.
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The
Methodist Conference
Robinson
Holden
Carman
Ellis R. Crandle
William T. Felts
John W. Peterson
Hugh D. McGowan
M. H. Powell
Carl B. Kinsey
Wscs Group
Shelby Flood Plan Advances
Washington reports the House Public Works Committee approved authorizing Army engineers to build a flood control reservoir on the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville Illinois with an estimated cost of 22 million dollars. The plan appears in an omnibus bill advancing to the House amid no noted opposition and clarifies total program funding of 67 823 000 dollars for the Kaskaskia River flood control project including a second reservoir at Carlyle.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Army Engineers
Kaskaskia River
Shelbyville
House
Congress
Carlyle
Truman Ends Europe Visit Ends Vacation in Europe
Former President Truman, departing Southampton aboard the United States, said Western Europe is friendly to the United States. He praised general happiness and prosperity, and rejected any credit for the Marshall Plan, attributing improvement to the American people.
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Southampton
England
Harry S. Truman
Europe
United States
Truman
Charles Wham To Represent ABA At Juergens Ceremony
The American Bar Assn names Charles Wham of Centra lia to represent the ABA when Judge William G. Juergens succeeds Judge Fred L. Wham in East St. Louis. Juergens, 51, of Chester, has served as Randolph County Circuit judge since 1951 and in the federal Third Judicial from 1938 to 1951. A Chester civic committee plans a testimonial dinner for Juergens on July 19.
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The
American Bar Ass’n
Charles Wham
Centralia
U. S
Fred L. Wham
ABA
Wham
East St. Louis
William G. Juergens
Chester
Randolph County
Citizens of
Juergens
Paschens nine point plan to boost Southern Illinois
Democratic governor candidate Herbert C. Paschen outlined a nine point program at Herrin to aid the distressed region. He urged federal aid, lower power rates, renewed coal and industry, university support, road priorities, tourism development, rural loans, regional planning, and agricultural expansion while criticizing Gov. Stratton for neglecting Southern Illinois. He spoke before about 150 at the Egyptian Democratic Club and toured Jackson County ahead of a McLeansboro City Park speech.
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Herbert C. Paschen
Southern Illinois
Herrin
William Stratton
Illinois
McLeansboro
Paschen
Stratton
Carbondale Considers Water Rate Hike After Audit
Carbondale auditors urged a rise in water rates during a city council review. Auditor Bernard Ross proposed a discount for timely payments to replace penalties. The audit shows current minimums and rates do not cover operating costs, with water and sewer finances and receivables detailed.
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Carbondale
Bernard Ross
Ross
E. Miller
Miller
United States
U. S
Crab Orchard Lake
Jackson Singing Meet at Poplar Ridge Church
The Jackson County Singing Convention will meet Sunday at Poplar Ridge Church south of Murphysboro. The singing service is scheduled for 2 p.m. All singers are welcome.
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Jackson County
Poplar Ridge Church
Murphysboro
Five-Day Week Adopted for Carbondale Office
The Carbondale city clerk's office will switch to a five day workweek beginning July 7. Previously the office operated on a half-day Saturday schedule.
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Carbondale
France approves pension boost funded by taxes on big cars
The National Assembly backed Premier Guy Micollet's plan to raise old age pensions in Paris on June 28, funded by taxes on large cars, most of which are American made, and other revenue measures.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Guy Micollet
Stierwalt Honored in Scottish Rite Meritorious Service Nomination
Glen Stierwalt of Murphysboro is named one of two Southern Illinois recipients of Scottish Rite meritorious service awards. He and Elwyn Coomber of East St. Louis were nominated to receive the honor to be presented at a 1957 Freeport convention. Stierwalt, a monument dealer, has long served Scottish Rite Masonry in the region and holds multiple local leadership roles.
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Glen Stierwalt
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois
Scottish Rite Masonry
Stierwalt
Elwyn Coomber
East St. Louis
Freeport
Fairfield Lodge 206
Af&am
Youth Held In Car Theft Case In Eldorado
A 14 year old Port Allen youth was jailed in Jackson County after arrest in Eldorado on transporting a stolen car across state lines. Eugene LaJeune said he took the 1956 model car in Baton Route and was to be transferred Monday to East St. Louis for arraignment before a U S commissioner.
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Port Allen
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Eldorado
Eugene LaJeune
FBI
Carbondale
Baton
LaJeune
East St. Louis
U. S
Gasoline source still sought at Frankfort
Fire officials in West Frankfort continued probes into a leaking raw gasoline source downtown. Burg's Ladies Store, briefly closed, was reopened then shut again as tests in the area intensified. Fire Chief Harkins reported the gasoline is near 50 percent in the basement, likely fed from an old soil tile line.
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West Frankfort
Burg’s Ladies
Roy Richardson
Springfield
Fred Harkins
Burg’s
Burg
Harkins
Funeral for Julius Kopicenski 74 near Sesser
Julius Kopicenski 74 died Wednesday at his farm home southwest of Sesser. A retired coal miner formerly with Old Ben 22, he leaves wife Magdalene a daughter Estella Wisniewski of Tamaroa two grandchildren a brother John of Detroit and three siblings in Europe. Funeral Saturday at 9 am at St Andrew's Christopher with Fr Stephen Boros officiating. burial in St Andrew's Cemetery. Friends may call at Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser.
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Julius Kopicenski
Sesser
Old Ben
Magdalene
Estella Wisniewski
Tamaroa
John
Detroit
Mich
Europe
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Christopher
Stephen Boros
St. Andrew’s Cemetery
Brayfield Funeral Home
Lesser
Egyptian Democratic Club Meeting Shapes Gubernatorial Strategy
Herbert Paschen, Democratic candidate for governor, discusses campaign strategy with county and district Democrats at the Egyptian Democratic Club in Herrin Wednesday night. The photo includes Frank Lockwood, Herrin, former Williamson County Democratic chairman, and Card Lit.
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Herbert Paschen
Egyp
Tian Democratic Club
Herrin
Frank Lockwood
Williamson County
Democratic
Anne
Paschen
Omer Sanders
Carterville
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Sun’s Road
Yong Dong Po
Inchon
Pusan
Washington University
Shelby
State Division of Industrial Planning and Development
Southern Illinois University
Alance
J. W. McKinney Construction Co
Robinson Construction Co
Jackson
Poplar Ridge
West
Frankfort
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