Settle Backs Park Plan in Carbondale Election
Carbondale resident Herbert B. Settle 56. a Park District candidate for a six year term April 2. He urges a first ten year improvements program focused on neighborhood parks and a city swimming pool after evaluating public needs and zoning. He favors input from Park Board consultants and public ideas, and notes potential community center and reservoir area development. He has twice served in local governance and runs a utilities engineering role with the Division of Highways.
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Herbert B. Settle
Carbondale
Settle
Carbondale Park
Alicia Schneider
William Howe
Ers
Reservoir Park
Main
Washington Streets
Park Board
Park District
Credit Bureau
Jackson County
Division of Highways
W. Sycamore St
Washington Uni‘ity
St. Louis
Southern
Murphysboro Supervisor Hopefuls Seek April 2 Election
Borgsmiller seeks another term as township supervisor citing three and a half years in office and adherence to laws and county duties. Opponent Russell Siefert pledges nonpartisan service and cites prior service as assistant supervisor and a business background. Election set for April 2 with candidates including Settle, Wilson, and Allen for six year terms.
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County Board of Supervisors
Borgsmiller
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Settle
Joseph Wilson
Robert Allen
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson ‘County Board of Supervisors
Russell Siefert
Murphysboro
Siefert
Murphysboro Township
N. 18Th
Multiple Vehicle Collisions Reported Near Mt Vernon and Murphysboro
A Mt. Vernon area man sustains minor injuries after a two car collision on Rt. 460 near Ashley at 10 15 a m. Other crashes near Rt 149 and Rt 3 cause minor damage with no injuries. In Murphysboro a three car crash leads to head lacerations for a passenger and rib injuries for another. one driver is fined for failure to yield.
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Mt. Vernon
Rt. 460
Ashley
District 13
du Quoin
Joyce Brieseacher
James E. Brickermier
Kirkwood
Vernon Nance
Kell
Lyman H. Grizzell
John Podnar
West Frankfort
Orient Road
Rt. 149
Patrick Moore
Bridgeton
Conrad Smith
Leesburg
Fla
Rt. 3
Evansville
Carbondale
Orchill
Robert Calhoun
Walnut St
Ernest Sorgen
Marion Memorial Hospital
Calhoun
Diagraph-Bradley Co
Ilse Schmitt
Steeleville
Wanda Bush
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Miss Bush
Gordon
Edward E. Hall
Herrin
Rt. 127
de Soto Road
Hall
Gussie Tallo
Willisville
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
A new healing substance named Bio-Dyne leading to shrinkage of hemorrhoids, relief from itching and pain. Using Preparation H in suppository or ointment form, cases report reduction without surgery and patients saying piles have ceased to be a problem. The discovery comes from a world famous research institute and is available at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
Trash Fire Destroys West Frankfort Garage
Harold Weaver of West Frankfort started a trash burn Sunday that set his garage at 311 N Emma St ablaze. The frame structure was a total loss with damages over 1 800 dollars, part of a weekend total exceeding 2 700 dollars for local fires.
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Harold Weaver
West Frankfort
Luke Henson
Weaver
N. Emma St
Ray Cantrell
E. 4Th St
Ann Wiemer
Murphysboro Man Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Douglas R. Coulter of Murphysboro was fined 105 dollars including costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Police Magistrate Charles Helwig Sr. imposed the fine Sunday on a ticket issued by Officers Russell Wingerter and James Givens.
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Douglas R. Coulter
Rover
Charles Helwig Sr
Russell Wingerter
James Givens
Coulter
Vandals Break Windows at Marion Bulk Plant
Vandals smashed windows with rocks at the Edwards D. Bulk Plant in Marion. Rocks and a lump of coal from railroad tracks east of the plant were hurled through two truck windshields and two panes of glass in a pumphouse on Sunday night.
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Edwards D
N. Court St
Marion
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and History
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily and Sunday paper published by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent with AP news exclusively for local and AP dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Gallant Leaders By JR. COLLARD Air Conditioning Pitch
An advertisement praises home builders for driving trends and urges readers to install Lennox central air conditioning now. The piece humorously notes builders lead mass adoption and promises low price and right brand with the time being right.
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JR. Collard
Lennox
James Cates Pershing Dies at 69 in West Frankfort
James Cates 69, of Pershing, died at 11 30 p m Sunday at Union Hospital West Frankfort of an apparent heart attack. A retired miner formerly with Old Ben 15, he belonged to United Mine Workers Local 8317. He is survived by his wife Martha a daughter Mrs George Bethell of Detroit a stepson James Bolen of Gary a brother Forrest Cates and several sisters and three grandchildren. Friends may call after 7 p m Tuesday at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort.
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James Cates
Pershing
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Cates
Old Ben 15
United Mine Workers
Martha
George Bethell
Detroit
Mich
James Bolen
Gary
Ind
Forrest Cates
William Putman
Nortonville
Raymond Carter
Evansville
Kenneth Harpole
Warden
Ruth Bradley
Johnston City
Ola Cates
Michigan City
Union Funeral Home
Generator Fire At Zeigler 3 Mine Reported Minor
Firemen called to the Zeigler 3 mine southwest of Zeigler at 10 a.m. Sunday found a generator afire. Mine Superintendent George Stachura said the blaze was minor and caused no damage.
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Zeigler
Zeigler 3
George Stachura
Herrin Factory Pay Increases Go Into Effect
Wage hikes affect about 750 workers at Allen Industries Inc and the Norge washer division of Borg-Warner. Allen Industries raises hourly pay by three cents today under a three year contract with Textile Workers Union Local 1374, plus four cents on contract start and three cents cost of living increases in year one. Minimums reach 1.99 for men and 1.70 for women with 20 percent incentive potential. Norge plant workers get five cents an hour for hourly rated and three cents for incentive pay today under the three year contract effective March 26 1962 with further six cent hourly rises due March 12 1964.
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Herrin
Allen Industries Inc
Norge
Borg-Warner Corp
Textile Workers Union of America Local 1374
Herrin Norge
International Association of Machinists
Fire destroys unoccupied home near Marion
A four room frame house two miles south of Marion on Rt 37 was burned at 7 20 p m Sunday. The house owned by Mrs Virginia Dunston was ablaze when firemen arrived and the ruins remained hot on departure. Cause undetermined though witnesses reported someone seen on the premises prior to the fire.
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Marion
Rt. 37
Virginia Dunston
Marion Woman Clara Milam Dies in St Louis Hospital
Mrs. Clara Milam 87 of 510 East Carter Street Marion died at 7 15 a m today in DePaul Hospital St Louis after living there three years with daughter Mrs Clyde Marks She was widow of Jack Milam who died August 18 1960 Survived by daughters Mrs John Watson Marion Mrs B V White Creal Springs and Mrs Marks Leslie Pomona California and son Charles New Athens Funeral arrangements incomplete Wilson Funeral Home Marion in charge
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Clara Milam
E. Carter St
Marion
DePaul Hospital
St. Louis
Clyde Marks
Jack Milam
Milam
John Watson
B. V. White
Creal Springs
Marks, Leslie
Pomona
Calif
Charles
New Athens
Union Seeks Wage Scale Between 1.85 and 2.75 Per Hour
The proposal sets the minimum wage at 1.85 dollars and the maximum at 2.75 dollars per hour for about 850 union workers, outlining a structured pay range within the bargaining talks.
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Settle Backs
David J. Hanks
The
George Borgsmiller
Borgsmiller, Siefert Wie
By Tony Stevens
John Sickler
Sickler
Elm St
United States Air Force
Henry Borgsmiller
Illinois University
University of Wisconsin
Rose Mary Thornton
Bagdad Shrine
Cairo
Paducah, H
Coats
Mardale
North Park Avenue
E. 5Th St
Henson
David Dossett
E. 6Th St
Oak St
Dora
the Home Builders OF the Nation
North 17Th St. Herrin
Wilson Funeral Home
Ortuo
California Chemical Company
Ortho Division
P.O. Box
Des Moines
Iowa
J. W. Reeves
Warehouse
Sheridan Road
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