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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1960
Page
5
A building on Illinois Avenue in Murphysboro was lifted off its foundation during a collapse. Fire rescuers arrived as debris shifted and occupants were evacuated. Authorities investigated the cause and assessed damage to surrounding properties.
In New York on June 30 AP reports turmoil at Stuyvesant High School as 700 seniors learned the 1011th commencement ended abruptly amid booing and jeering. Principal Dr Leonard J Fliedner blamed the disruption on the American Legion award given to Raymond Frey while parents and students offered conflicting views.
Murphysboro Industries Inc. re elected officers at an annual stockholders meeting Wednesday. Re elected president was W Ray Hagler with Carl Hardy Omer Jones Jr and Harold Grob as vice president secretary and treasurer respectively. Directors re elected included Hagler Grob Hardy Jones Clifton Bowers Elmer Ward and William M Wolff. The firm organized in 1952 to fund a Cal Crest Outerwear plant at 16th and Grace producing jackets.
Ellsworth A. Roberts, 63, president of Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. since 1943, died Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Illinois population surpasses 10 005 166 in preliminary 1960 Census figures. Cook County accounts for 5 086 924 residents, up 578 132 since 1950. Chicago declines by 104 704 to 3 516 258, indicating a shift toward suburbs.
Liberty Island becomes the home of the Statue of Liberty as Bedloe's Island is renamed after legislative approval. President Eisenhower signed the act following ceremonies with participants including George Fieschi deputy consul general of France, whose country donated the statue in 1884.
State Senator William L Grindle departed for Port Hueneme California to begin two weeks of active duty in the U S Navy as chief boatswain mate in the Naval Reserve Based in Cape Girardeau Missouri He will also attend the National Democratic Convention during his stay there
Weekend schedule lists Harness Racing, Society Horse Show, Bonus Drawings on July 2 and 3. July 4 features afternoon and evening racing, a 4-Door Rambler Car bonus drawing, and a Championship Horse Show. Entertainment includes Jimmy Boyd Orchestra and local acts.
The United States Air Force announced a major step toward Japanese supervision of part of the West’s Pacific air warning system. Japan’s three air defense control centers will be transferred from U S to Japanese supervision Friday, while the top combat operations center outside Tokyo remains under U S control.
Baltimore June 30 AP Liens totaling nearly six million dollars have been filed by the Internal Revenue Service against the estate of the late Negro evangelist Charles M. Grace known as Sweet Daddy Grace. The IRS says Grace owed taxes for 12 years from 1945 onward with amounts from $73,482 in 1945 to $1,531,003 in 1953, totaling $5,990,648 in tax arrears.
Funeral services for Bessie Luella Curtis 58 were planned at Cedar Grove Methodist Church in Dog Walk with Rev. George Jenkins officiating. Burial followed at Old Rosehill Cemetery. She died at Marion Memorial Hospital and is survived by husband Allen Curtis, her mother Sarah Strobel and several siblings.
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