Hydro Streak Air-Cushion Navy Boat Demonstrated
Experimental U S Navy boat Hydro Streak sails two feet above water on an air cushion. Twin 80 horsepower engines power two screws to drive the vessel along the Potomac River. A large roof ducted fan forces air down to trap water between forward and aft walls and side runners. The Hughes Tool Co. manufactured hull features horizontal nozzles across the bow and stern and water pumps feed the system.
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Potomac River
Washington
Hughes Tool Co
Two Murphysboro Men Released On Bond In Tavern Robbery Case
Gene Webb age 30 and Robert Stahlman age 22 were released on 1500 bonds as grand jury action proceeds at the September term of Jackson Circuit Court. They admit participation in the burglary of Gene's Place in Murphysboro and face charges including burglary and larceny.
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Murphysboro
Jackson
Gene Webb
Robert Stahlman
Gene’s
C. E. Wright
Webb
Stahlman
Jackson State
Atty
William Ridgeway
Merle “Bricktop” Godwin
Decatur Man Waives Indictment in Carbondale Car Theft
Richard D. Walker 22 of Decatur waived grand jury indictment in Jackson County Circuit Court with Judge C. E. Wright presiding. Public Defender Elmer Medlin appointed. Walker and 17 year old Frank lin Mathis were arrested June 5 in Cobden for allegedly stealing a car owned by Paul Jackson of Carbondale. Both held on $2000 bonds.
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Decatur
Carbondale
Jackson
Richard D. Walker
C. E. Wright
Elmer Medlin
Walker
Franklin Mathis
Cobden
Paul Jackson
Rt. 3
Williamson Bar Group Plans Meeting on County Districts
The Williamson County Bar Assn will meet at 9 a m Friday at the Marion courthouse to discuss apportionment of the county into Justice of the Peace districts. The group will present recommendations to the county board of commissioners and work out a fee schedule guiding lawyers in setting legal fees. San Francisco's Union Square rests on land donated by first postmaster John W Geary who became a Union general.
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Williamson County Bar Assn
Marion
Justice of the Peace
County Board of Commissioners
San Francisco
Union Square
John W. Geary
The
Union
Two Men Released After Fines in Murphysboro Jail
Lyman Howell of Carbondale and James McGowan of Jonesboro were released Monday after serving fines for disorderly conduct. They were arrested Saturday by Officers Bob Harris and Dean Berger for knocking down barricades on Bridge Street.
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Murphysboro
Lyman Howell
Carbondale
James McGowan
Jonesboro
Bob Harris
Dean Berger
Man Sentenced on Probation Revocation in Jackson Circuit
Elmer Vachata 22 of Grand Tower was sentenced in Jackson Circuit Court on revocation of probation. Judge C E Wright imposed a term of one year to one year and a day for forging a $39.37 check in Murphysboro in December 1959 while on probation for bigamy.
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Grand Tower
Jackson
C. E. Wright
Elmer Vachata
Vachata
Murphysboro
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Carboniale
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Madison
Ray Dillinger
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Missouri
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