Giant City camp must move again as state study continues
The Illinois Youth Commission will relocate the Giant City Park camp for delinquent boys for a third time in under a year, likely to Mississippi Palisades State Park in early April. The project, started August 10, 1953 at Dixon Springs, lacks a permanent site and budget, with officials hoping to place the program in a state park long term while facing criticism over continual moves and impact on the boys.
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Mike Grehl
Southern Illinoisan
State Youth Commission
Giant City Park
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Dixon Springs
Giant City
Youth Commission
St. Charles
Kenneth Absher
Marion
Parole Field Services
The
Commission
Parks and Memorials Division
South
Paul E. Lamendola
E. E. Nuuttila
Springfield
Robert G. Miley
Parks and Memorials
Miley
Southern Illinois
Gjelsvik
Paul Fenoglio
Carbondale Kiwanis
Absher
Camp Breckinridge
Harrisburg Slope Mine No 7 Goes Quiet
The Sahara Coal Co announces a temporary shutdown of slope mine No 7 near Harrisburg due to unsettled markets. About employee impact is noted but length of shutdown is not disclosed. The move follows Friday closures of three major local mines.
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Sahara Coal Co
Harrisburg
Miners in Southern Illinois face layoffs as three mines close
About 1,000 coal workers in Du Quoin Benton and Harrisburg areas lose jobs as Peabody Coal closes Majestic No 14 at Du Quoin and Mine No 40 at Harrisburg for an indefinite period while New Orient Mine No 2 at Benton shuts no longer than two months. Officials warn of broad economic impact but cite potential new plants and projects as possible relief.
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Peabody Coal Company
Majestic
du Quoin
Benton
Harrisburg
Peabody Company
Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Corp
New Orient
Springfield
Hugh White
United Mine Workers District 12
Illinois
White
Peabody No. 14
Kenneth E. Cook
The
Edward Flynn
Geoffrey Hughes
Soience Illinois, Inc
Joann Dress Co
Joppa
Atomic Energy Commission
Kevil
Weather update for Southern Illinois turns to snow
Rain becomes snow flurries tonight with colder air following. Sunday remains cloudy and colder with a low of 35 and high of 40. Record temperatures show 52 at 7 am today and 58 at 6 pm yesterday, with a high of 64 yesterday.
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Illinois
Car Runs Into Bank In Carterville Causing Damage
Cleatus Richards, 18, of Murphysboro, suffered minor injuries when his car struck a truck, knocked down two parking meters, toppled a mailbox, and crashed into Carterville State and Savings Bank on Division Street. He was treated for head injuries at a Carbondale hospital with x rays pending. No charges filed.
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Cleatus Richards
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Carterville
Peterson
Richards
Bledsoe
S. Division
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
A. Haney
Mexico Bans Federated People's Party
Mexico City reports the Interior Ministry outlawed the Federated People's party for constant subversive agitation. The three year old party of Gen Miguel Henriquez Guzman, runner up to Ruiz Cortines in 1952, faced protests and potential political fallout as Henriquistas were removed from the political scene.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Federated People’s Party
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Revolutionary Institutional Party
Interior Ministry
Miguel Henriquez Guzman
Ruiz Cortines
Henriquez
Henriquistas
Smarquist Union
Manuel Avila Camacho
Cleanup troubles as bank cashier faced with wreck
Joe Ed Goodwin, cashier of Carterville State and Savings Bank, scratches his head about where to begin the cleanup after a car driven by Cleatus Richards, 18, of Murphysboro, crashes through the scene.
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Joe Ed Goodwin
Carterville State & Savings Bank
Cleatus Richards
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Illinois Gas Seeks Rate Hike Across Region
Illinois gas utility files for higher rates affecting multiple area districts as customers face potential increases. The request covers numerous towns and routes, with various local game scores and scores noted for regional coverage alongside.
Lanphier resigns from Southern Illinois University Board
Robert C. Lanphier Jr of Springfield resigns from the SIU Board of Trustees to head planning and review in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense in Washington. The board honored his service and cited his advice on university operations. Lanphier, vice president of Sangamo Electric Co, was appointed in 1951 by Gov. Stevenson and reappointed in 1953 for a two year term. no successor named by Gov. Stratton.
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Robert C. Lanphier, Jr
Springfield
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Washington D. C
Lanphier
Ina
Sutietiely Lanphier
Sangamo Electric Co
Ordill
Carterville
Adlai Stevenson
William G. Stratton
Nine Missing On Airliner
Rescue teams searched Wyoming and South Dakota for a Convair 240 with nine aboard on route from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. The plane disappeared near Wright Junction north of Casper as dawn cleared, with air and ground units from multiple states involved and 14 planes aloft in poor visibility.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
South Dakota
Wright Junction
Military We
Civil Air Patrol
Colorado
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
SIU Names New Director of Personnel
Dr Max Sappenfield was named director of the Personnel Office at Southern Illinois University after SIU Board approval. He has led the Personnel Office at Indianapolis Medical Center, Indiana University since 1943 and holds a PhD from Illinois. He replaces William D Poore who resigned in December to join the University of Florida.
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Max Sappenfield
College and University Personnel Association
Friday
Southern Illinois University
SIU Board of Trustees
Indianapolis Medical Center
Indiana University
Universiy of Illinois
William D. Poore
University of Florida
Poore
Mt. Vernon
SIU
University of Illinois
John Rendlemen
Benton Implements Evening Curfew For Youths
Police Chief James Bridges announced a city curfew for 18 and under to be in by 10 p m after vandalism on streets. damage included removing signs and using bike racks as blockades. Three 14 year old boys admitted driving Franklin Asphalt Co trucks on company lot and will complete restitution lessons.
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Benton
James Bridges
Bridges
Franklin Asphalt Co
Burglary Suspect Held In Cairo In Western Kentucky Case
Martin Arrington of Wickliffe Kentucky was jailed in Cairo after admitting involvement in Western Kentucky burglaries including a Water Valley Kentucky bank burglary in January. Patrons Mack Arrington and Jesse Fithen of Bardwell Kentucky are also involved. warrants issued for all three. Arrington and Fithen were arrested in Texas for attempted burglary.
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Martin Arrington
Wickliffe
Cairo
Kentucky
Water Valley
Mack Arrington
Jesse Fithen
Bardwell
McKinney
Tex
Fithen
Texas
Illinois firm seeks 9 percent gas rate hike in 14 towns
The Illinois Electric and Gas Co requests the Illinois Commerce Commission approve a 9 percent increase in gas rates across 14 southern Illinois towns including Benton and Marion. The change would raise revenue by 72,510 per year and reflect higher gas costs from Texas Eastern Transmission and increased labor and material costs. Rates would vary by customer type from residential 8.46 percent to interruptible industrial 22.83 percent.
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Illinois Electric & Gas Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
ICC
Texas Eastman Transmission Corp
Reid Trial Set for April 19 in Perry County
Perry County Judge Judson Hartiss schedules the trial of Louis Reid near Du Quoin for April 19 on a count of possessing an illegal gambling device. Joe Scoffie of Du Quoin also faces trial the same day. Reid pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial after a preliminary hearing.
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Perry County
Judson Hartiss
du Quoin
Harris
Illinois National Guard to Reactivate 13 Units Monday
Adjutant General Leo M. announced that 13 units of the reorganized Illinois National Guard's 33rd Infantry Division will be activated Monday. The remaining 45 downstate units will be activated March 16, including divisions HQ and headquarters batteries at Urbana and Springfield, Field Artillery Batteries at Galva Galesburg Bloomington Rock Island and other locations.
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Leo M
Reorganized
Illinois National Guard
Urbana
Springfield
Galva
Galesburg
Sas
133Rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Rock Island
Bloomington
Fairfield Blaze Destroys Block-Long Building
A Friday fire in Fairfield destroyed a block long building used to store oil separation equipment. The $100,000 blaze originating under undetermined causes damaged the property owned by Joe Sinkion and rented by a St. Louis oil dealer. Firemen battled the flames but origin remains undetermined.
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Fairfield
Pag H Joe
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