Dawson Duncan Furniture Plans New Du Quoin Store
Dawson Duncan Furniture Co. of Du Quoin reorganizes as Duncan & Fry Furniture Co. and plans a new threefold larger building at Washington and Poplar streets. The one story brick structure will span 20 000 square feet with 100 by 250 feet site, adjacent to Kroger, and aims to open by late summer 1968 with 11 employees. nearby leadership includes M Granville Fry and Abner Duncan.
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Dawsor Duncan Furniture Co
du Quoin
Dawson Duncan Furniture Co
Washington and Poplar Streets
Duncan & Fry Furniture Co
M. Granville Fry
Dawson A. Duncan
Burke Fry
Abner Duncan
S. Mulberry St
Dawson
Leavitt Tube Co
Chicago
Ing
Southern Illinois
Fry
Kroger
Grand Opening for Norge Laundry and Cleaning Village
Anna hosts a grand opening for the Norge Laundry and Cleaning Village, an automatic coin operated facility in the eastern Thrift Center building at Rt. 146 and Rt. 51 east Anna. Owners Chuck and Bill Clements of Johnston City also run Hi-way Cabinet Shop. Merle O'Daniel of Anna owns the adjacent auto firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norge
Anna
Chuck Clements
Bill Clements
Johnston City
Thrift Center
Rt. 146
Rt. 51
East Anna
Merle O’daniel
Clements
Bill
Norge Division
Borge-Warner Corp
Carbondale
Leona Wright
Ong Airlines Won’t Start Turbo Prop Service This Summer
William Ong president of Ong Airlines says the airline will not begin turbo prop service between Carbondale and Chicago this summer. Ong and former Ong director of marketing James E Goeb had told a Southern Illinoisan reporter the plan was to start in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ong
Ong Airlines
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Chicago
Ong
James E. Goeb
Carbondale Man Promoted to Communications Consultant
James E. Carter of Carbondale has been promoted to communications consultant at the Olney office of General Telephone Company. He joined the company in August 1966 and has served as commercial representative in Carbondale since then. He and his wife Shirley and their son Christopher will soon move to Olney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Carter
Carbondale
Olney
General Telepone Company
Carter
Shirley
Christopher
Senate panel urges expanded OCR coal research funding
At a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Sen. Gale McGee pressed for rapid growth in Office of Coal Research activity. He noted Wyoming's undeveloped coal deposits and urged equal federal attention to coal research with other industries. Sen. Byrd sought continued OCR funding of 13.9 million and specific grants for Project Gasoline in Cresap WV and a fly ash brick pilot at West Virginia University in Morgantown.
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Senate Appropriations
Office of Coal Research
OCR
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Wyoming
McGee
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Cresap
W. VA
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Byrd
Downward Look at a Turbine Generator Spindle
A workman provides a close inspection view of a turbine generator spindle. The photograph captures the intricate bearings and metallic finish, illustrating the precision needed in power plant machinery.
Telephone switch systems training completes for two Illinois workers
Kenneth L. Poole of Carbondale and Silas S. Smith Jr. of Murphysboro recently completed a course in the function operation testing and maintenance of special telephone switching equipment. They are employed by General Telephone Company of Illinois. The training occurred at the Automatic Electric Company center in Northlake with trainees from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Poole
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Silas S. Smith, Jr
Roblee Ave
Murphysboro
General Telephone Company of
Illi
Nois
Automatic Electric Company
Northlake
Presidential commission studies guaranteed income approach
A bipartisan presidential commission begins examining whether how and when every American should receive a guaranteed income. The panel led by Ben Heineman will study plans including a negative income tax and report within two years.
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Idea
Presidential Commission
Washington
National Commission On Civil Disorders
Johnson
Commission On
Robert Harris
IBM Corp
Cal
Ben W. Heineman
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Heineman
Marion City Issues Nine Building Permits In February
Marion City Clerk Maureen Johnston issued nine permits in February including an addition to Marion Memorial Hospital. The hospital board approved January contracts totaling 418280 for a third floor and a 20 bed wing. Two frame residences were authorized for Stotlar Construction Co and George W Miller. Trailer permits went to Chamness and Morris, with additions to Subman and Jones, and a patio permit to Tanner. February permit receipts totaled 11124. Birds migrate up to 40 miles daily with thawing earthworms as food.
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Marion
Maureen Johnston
Marion Memorial Hospital
Hospital Board
Stotlar Construction Co
S. Aikman St
George W. Miller
W. Hendrickson St
Troy
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Dawson Duncan Furniture
Anna Cleaning Village
Norge Laundry
Little Egypt Hairdressers Association
Jolene Pruitt
Wanda Goss
Elm St
Ford’s
Dearborn
Mich
Alexander Smith
City Rt
Marion, Ill
Unmncas
Commission
Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Co
National Industrial Conference Board
New York
Miller
America
East Jackson
IBC
IBC Homes
P. O. Box
New Rt. 13
Russell St
Robins
Bening Ie
E. Main
Carbondale Silky
Bracy
Dept. Stor Racy’s
Viking
WUEST
MOGT
Herrin
Sealy
Hunter Boys
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