Married Engineers Lead New Metal Plant in Murphysboro
W. McNair and his wife Nadine, both graduates in engineering, will head a new metal plant in Murphysboro. Contracts place Hazelwood Engineering Equipment Co. and McNair Metal Co. in charge. Harold McNair to be plant manager at production start. McNair, a 1957 Iowa State graduate, previously advised several St Louis area firms and led a $40 million Dow extrusion plant project in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
le Hazelwood Engineering Vod Equipment Co., Inc
McNair Metal Co. Inc
I, W. McNair
Nadine
McNair
Iowa State
Ames
Iowa
Éame
Hazelwood Company
McNair Metal Co
MecNair
Murphyshoro
Harold
McNeil
Police Job Is In Doubt In Herrin Merchants District
The Herrin merchant policeman post is in doubt after Jack Eneram of 150 W Monroe St said he plans to stay on. About 160 names were on a petition urging him to remain. Mayor Henderson and the council agreed to place the merchant policeman under the police and fire merit board. Gary Gartner would take over Engram’s assignment if placed under board supervision. Engram had taken patrolman exams in June but was not among the top four certified. The four highest scorers were Kenneth Thomas, Gary Gartasy, Ben Walker, and William Baynolds.
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Herrin
Jack Eneram
W. Monroe St
Tien
Bagram
Polite Hoy Cole
Tommy Colomba
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Engram
Mediicard
Jung
Police Department
Colomho
Kenneth Thomas
Polk St
Gary Gartasy
22Nd St
Ben Walker
Sith St
William Baynolds
6Th St
Murphysboro Chamber Signs Industrial Plant Contracts
Murphysboro officials celebrate signing contracts for a new aluminum metal processing plant. Chamber President Join Borgsmiller and Secretary Marien Nash praise the deal as a major success after tense negotiations with Andrews Industries. Mayor Jos Williams and Ray Hagler of Murphyspore Industries stress stability and ongoing financial planning, including a $200,000 chamber contribution and a 20 year lease to fund associated services.
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Murphysboro
Marien Nash
Nas
Tke Charthey
Sethecks
Nash
Chamber
Tex
Ready
W Ray Hagler
Murphyspore Industries, Inc
Chamlytir
Geiy F Company
Agrem
Hagler
Weekend Lake Attracts Thousands For Holiday Rush
Herry Stiles of the Crab Orehard predicts a busy weekend at Lake To Be Jammed Crab Orehard with 14 000 on Saturday and 15 000 to 20 000 on Sunday. About 30 700 expected for the Fourth of July peak. Swimming and picnics lead, with 700 to 800 boats anticipated and around 400 kept at the lake. Many will return to work Monday, limiting Sunday crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herry Stiles
Wildlife Reluge
Bales
Bel
Siles
Stiles
Miner Suffered Broken Back in Strip Mine Fall
Joseph Price, 34, of 419 Sherry Rosd Marion, suffered a broken back Thursday in a fall at the Will Searle strip mine near Stonefort. He was atop a dirt mound when he fell, his back striking a truck bed. He was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Joseph Price
Sherry
Rosd
Marion
Will Searle
Stonefort
Price
Jn Marion Memorial
Jobless Study Aims to Map Illinois Unemployment
Chicago man leads a new Illinois unemployment study through a Springfield based committee chaired by Frank BR Cassell of Inland Steel. The panel will survey who is unemployed where jobs exist now and in 20 years, needed skills, and how to curb unemployment among youths while adapting to technology.
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Chicago
Hingis
Frank BR. Cassell
The
Inland Steel Co
Simemibar
Springfield
Ilinois
Cassell
Tlinois
Otto Kerner
Te Ittee
Sre
Feago Cassell
Ite Sul
Foulhern Illinis
Tne
Ramsey Heads OF Drive for Cerpendale United Fund
Ramsey heads OF drive for Cerpendale United Fund Drive this year with Deyn Isbell serving as chairman. Ramsey, a lighting engineer at Central Illinois Public Service Co, was chosen by a committee led by William Westbarg Ramsey, 34, married with two children. The drive starts the first week of October with budget requests due Saturday and committee review set for July 1 to present a proposal to the board.
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Gene Ramsey
N. Almond SL
Carbondale
Carteman
Cerpendale United Fund
Deyn Isbell
Seid Ramsey
William Westbarg Ramsey
Central Illnois Public Service Co
United Fund
Board of Direct
Marion Group hosts first town art fair fundraiser
About 135 people attended a Marion Youth Two event at Logan School gym to raise funds for two new youth and community rests. Winners awarded in two categories included Melody Gottheg first in teens for an all putting painting and Jerry West second with an oil piece. adults saw Robert Giles first for oil and Betty Grassinger second for a sand vase.
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Marion Youth Two
Logan School
Bel Fudgens
Melody Gottheg
Jerry West
Robert Giles
Betty Grassinger
Rosalind Chamness
Wiliam
Diz" Carlton
Motl. Org
Syjiare
Tno
Mercharts Association
Unclear blast reported near Finnish border area
A blast near the Finnish border, reported June 30 by AP, may have been caused by two potential devices or chemical explosives. The incident references January 31 events in the Sower Union to the east of a border region, with details remaining uncertain.
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Shingten
Sower Union
Jbordex
Groundbreaking Set for Co Op Power Lake Plant Near Marion
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative power plant at Lake of Egypt near Marion is planned at 9 am. The dam and spillway will span 200 feet connecting Rt. 37 and South Market Street. Directors from the Egyptian, Southeastern Missouri, and Southern Illinois cooperatives will attend. The project, supported by the Rural Electrification Administration, will host a 99,000 kilowatt plant over roughly 2,000 acres, with road work and new entrances to the nearby church.
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Rta7
Marion South Market Street
Southern Illinois Power& Co
Thomas Clevenger
Lake of Egypt
Marion
Williamson
Shyson County
Rt. 37
South Market Street
Olin Rucal Electrification Administration
Clevenger
Area Electric Distribution Coupera
Baard
Steeleville
Southeastern Minis
Eldorado
Southern Illinois
Dongola
Johnsay County
Ria
Antineun County
McKinney
Chapel Church
Remmery
Marta
J Lake
Spain Quits Three Posts In Zeigler
Berger's fire chief police chief and water superintendent Clyte Spain 54 of 308 Walnut St resign today citing ill health. He had held the three jobs the past three and a half years since 1958 after earlier city service. The city council will meet Monday night. Spain supervised 14 volunteers as fire chief and directed a two man police department while also repairing water meters and filling in as water department clerk during the lunch hour.
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Berger
Clyte Spain
Walnut St
Spain
Board fixes errors in 1980 personal property taxes
Jackson County Board of Review revises thirteen 1980 personal property tax bills since June 19. Corrections stem from assessor calculation mistakes, including misapplied city versus township rates for Koppere Co. Tie Plant at Carbondale. Several residents receive small reductions for misbilled vehicles and misplaced district assessments, with totals and names listed.
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Jackson County Board of Review
Las Fade
Koppere Co
Carbondale
Robert Kirdon
Joh St. Murphys
Bore
Dorothy Gordon
Ava
Clyde Neal
Dale Eugene Harry
Murphyshare
Mary Lee Hopper
Murphysboro
Lois Nelson
R. Reed
Perry County
Tue Reigger
Tol S
20Th St
Frederick Thompson
de Soto
Heber Dailey
18Th St
Harald Heape
Cecil Heavener
RL 2
Vergennes
Heape
Heavener
Hiss
Paroled prison editor Saunders to seek home-based job
David Rae Saunders, editor of the Menard Time, received a 4‑parole from the Illinois Parole Board after June hearings. He expects release once suitable home employment is arranged. Saunders, 29, was sentenced to 40 years in 1950 for murder and liquor store robbery.
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David Rae Saunders
Menard Time
Priss
Illinois Pargle Board
Saunders
Menard Tome
Mattson County
Ares
Niingissa
Edgar County
Decree Names Herrin Firm in FTC Action
The Federal Trade Commission affirmed a consent order forbidding Container Stapling Corp of Herrin to sell with distributors who deal with competitors. The order, dated June 13, is nonadmissionary and aims to desist from exclusive practices once used, with(Container) opening a plant in St Niklas Belgium in 1960 making it a large international stapling firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Container Staphing Corp
Herrity
FTC
Blanche Schafroth
Container Stapling Corp
FCC
Commission
PLC
Schairoth
Schafroth
PIC
Weodons
St. Niklas
Belgium
Avan
Bostitch
International Staplesand Machine Co
Herrin
Emony
PTC
International Staple
George Heilman
Police Pay Bills Given Little Chance
The Senate faces slim odds to pass new minimum pay bills for police and firemen after a proposed half cent municipal sales tax was dropped. The measure would set a 400 dollar monthly minimum, but mayors in Carbondale Marion Murphysboro Herrin say districts cannot fund raises without the tax, and lawmakers show reluctance without it.
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Lim
Senate
Mouse
Llinnis
Blaney Miller
Carbondale
Robert Cooksey
Marion
Joe Wiliams
Murphysboro
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Drgsboro
Man
South Side
Herrin South Side
Lee Booth
Grace Gehoo
Sain
Hat Na Fic
Board of Education
Russell Emary
Priovinal
Herrin High School
Lake
Miner
Jake
Ramsey
Marion Group
Co-Op Power Lake
Zeigler
David Rae Saunders i
William Stratton
Titols Pardon and Parole Board
Larmiers
Seynders
Herrin Firm
Miroum
Paul Greham
R-Matiooa
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