Frankfort Plans For Participation In July Alert
Frankfort prepares for Operation Alert a nationwide Civil Defense drill set for July 14. West Frankfort radio unit to go underground evacuating residents to avoid fallout from St Louis. Equipment will be deployed at three sites under Stanley Durst assisted by Wayne Wright and Le Roy Stallion.
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Civil Defense Radioological Unit
West Frankfort
Warren Brown
St. Louis
Stanley Durst
Wayne Wright
Leroy Stallion
Old Moose School
Caldwell
Brown
City Hall
Carthel Walston
Road check on interstates noted in progress report
Rt 127 near Murphysboro part of a nationwide i highway check. Results will appear in a progress report on the highways. Surveyors use a mobile scale unit. Patrolman Don Ragsdale directs traffic.
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Rt. 127
Murphysboro
Don Ragsdale
Intruder Seizes Woman At SIU Woody Hall
Illinois University authorities said they had no new leads in the case of an intruder who seized a 45 year old woman in her dorm room at Woody Hall early Thursday. The woman, who later recovered, described the assailant as a 6 foot tall Negro man, 180 to 200 pounds, wearing a checked shirt. He fled when she screamed and others on the second floor woke.
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Illinois University
SIU
Woody Hall
Charcoal Fed Early Pennsylvania Steel Furnaces
In the early years Pennsylvania steelmaking relied on charcoal to fuel its furnaces, shaping the industry and production methods of the period.
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Pennsylvania
Ricci Heads Youth Center Advisory Board
Elmo Ricci a mathematics teacher at Frankfort Community High School was elected chairman of the advisory board for the West Frankton Youth Center The board plans to hire a manager and seeks two chaperones for three weekly meetings A $300 emergency repair fund was set by the board and high school officers to cover building responsibilities A meeting with Herrin and Marion youth center officials will outline duties and functions.
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Elmo Ricci
Frankfort Community High School
West Frankton
Mike Marchildon
Herrin and Marion
West Frankfort
Two Boys State Attendees Enter Civil Service School
Jerry Odum of Herrin and Tom Sondag of Murphysboro, participants at Premier Boys State at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, enroll in a brief general course on the duties of civil service employees.
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Jerry Odum
Herrin
Tom Sondag
Murphysboro
Illinois State Fairgrounds
Civil Service
No Action on New Spar A School Head
Frank Adams Jr. submitted resignation to leave the post at Southern Illinois University as director of student employment. He will stay until a successor is named to help the transition and acquaint the new head with office procedures. Adams became principal last year after John Warren took a two year leave to study in Chicago.
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Eesee Lopeseth
Frank Adams Jr
Southern Illinois University
Adams
John Warren
Chicago
District 13 Officers Receive $50 Awards for 1956 Work
Sgt. Ross L. Pautter of Evansville and Patrolman Robert G. Kezley of Red Bud earned $50 awards for Police District 13 Du Quoin work in 1956. They shared a $100 top award for arresting three men in the August 1 Hill bank holdup, halting their flight toward Springfield.
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Ross L. Pautter
Evansville
Robert G. Kezley
Red Bud
du Quoin
Pautter
Kezely
1 Hill Bank
Aaa Cee Cae Wentiamnt
Springfield
Jackson County Purchases $94,919 in Savings Bonds
Sosney residents purchased $94,919 in Series E and H United States Savings Bonds during May. report by Savings Bonds Division of the U S Treasury names Judge F. B. Herbert, ae boro, and Raymond H. Dey, Car bandale.
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Sosney
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