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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1960
Page
12
Real estate ads list numerous properties in Murphysboro and Carbondale with prices, features, and contact numbers. Listings mention 3 and 4 bedroom houses, modern amenities, basements, stoker heat, and rentals or for sale details with phone contacts and dates.
Large lot 3 bedroom dwelling with insulated storm windows and gas furnace. Financing possible. Also multiple Carbondale apartments and cottages listed with furnished or unfurnished options near campus. Contact local listings GL 7-.. for details.
Public notices announce Illinois Commerce Commission transfer request for a dairy carrier and bids for Williamson County Housing Project 80 units at Marion. Classified ads list Herrin Murphysboro Carbondale rental rooms and apartments with contact numbers and furnishing details.
List of birth announcements from several towns noting parents names and newborn gender. Ernst Cobden and Anna De Soto McGee Carbondale Marion Murphysboro St Andrew's Hospital Carbondale Pinckneyville Rockwood Hindman Shester Hospital all report Monday or Sunday deliveries to respective hospitals.
Herbert L. Simmerman 50 died Monday at Union County Hospital. Funeral Wednesday at Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro at 2 p m burial Anna Cemetery. Alfred Richardson 72 died at his home 1112 Trout St Johnston City. Funeral Thursday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home at 2 p m burial Lakeview Cemetery.
Springfield reports that after Thomas A. Wilde Sr. died, his vacant rental home yielded a dilapidated vacuum sweeper. Paul Bee found a metal container with $890 in cash and two checks totaling $1,063. He returned the money to Wilde's three children.
Army Sgt. First Class Robert N. Patterson 29 son of Mr and Mrs James A Patterson Route 2 Cobden graduated from Fort Riley Kansas Non Commissioned Officer Academy. He received refresher training in teaching methods combat tactics and military leadership and is regularly assigned to a radar unit at Fort Riley.
The first Red Army soldiers released under a large cut are headed not for home but to construction sites factories and state and collective farms. Soviet Russia reports demobilized men may supply labor for the USSR economic machine as Western observers note.
Richard G. Browne executive officer of the Illinois Teachers College Board resigns effective August 31 1961 after a decade in the post He plans to teach part time and pursue research The board names a committee to find a successor The job pays 21000 annually The board also approves student health insurance rates and summarizes coverage for married and family plans The board oversees Northern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University Western Illinois University and Illinois State Normal University
In Louisville Kentucky a 16 year old, Harold Lee Howard, was sentenced to life with at least eight years before parole after pleading guilty to armed robbery tied to a tavern holdup. He has spent time in and out of jail since age 12. He said he turned to crime because there was nothing interesting on television.
In Central Park officers issue fines from 1 to 3 dollars to readers who sit on the grass using newspapers to stay dry or avoid stains. Office workers lunching on the green are the main targets and the public reacts with indignation.
Stocks edged down with few sharp advances as trading remained moderate. Major movers included Baltimore & Ohio dropping about a point after a merger news buzz with New York Central, while Chesapeake & Ohio rose fractions. Beckman and General Instrument gained about three points each amid mixed gains in electronics and other sectors.
The report shows hogs with varying grades and weights from 120 to over 240 pounds priced mainly 13.00 to 18.00 per hundredweight, including bulk U S No 1 2 at 17 50 17 75 and a 220 pound lot at 18 00. Cattle and calves list good and choice steers 24 50 26 50 largely 1000 1100 pounds, heifers and yearlings 22 50 25 00, cows 12 00 16 00, bulls 18 00 19 50 with dealers at 23 00 27 00 and other ranges across classes.
Caracas reports from June 28 quote Foreign Minister Ignacio Luis Arcaya stating Venezuela has proof the explosives used in the attempt on President Romulo Betancourt originated in the Dominican Republic. Arcaya told ambassadors a message to their governments was delivered but not disclosed.
Pasadena California reports Dr Walter Baade world renowned astronomer died in Germany while serving as visiting professor at the University of Gottingen. He was 67 and retired in 1958 after 27 years with Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories. He identified two fundamental star age groups blue giants and red giants.
About 50 alcohol and tobacco field officers gather in Kentucky for the group’s national convention. One agent says his dull duties involve audits and monitoring companies, far from moonshine raids.
The document lists capital stock common par value 25 000.00 surplus 35 000.00 undivided profits 21 318.32 reserves 5 000.00 total capital 86 318.32 with totals 701 453.36 and certification by Huthmacher Keller and Herbert. Notary Dorothea Ziegler dated June 22 1960. M-1644-June 28.
The document lists assets including 4,350.00 Federal Reserve stock and 7,230.22 bank premises with 161,053.11 total assets and 2,142,527.95 total liabilities and capital accounts. It shows common stock par 6, surplus, undivided profits, and notes officials B W Koeneman president attesting to accuracy.
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