Vaccination Clinics Reach Two Counties With 14401 Dosed
Public health officials report 14 401 people received Type II Sabin oral polio vaccine at clinics in Williamson and Franklin Counties on Sunday. Data show higher Type I uptake in October and ongoing Type II in November, with turnout blamed on fears from earlier linked polio cases. Details list per-county totals and age distribution across sites in Marion Herrin Benton West Frankfort and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsion
Franklin
David P. Richerson
Franklin County
Williamson County
Colp
Creal Springs
Johnston City
Marion
Hurst and Bush
Carterville
Herrin
Crab Orchard
Royalton
West Frankfort
Thompsonville
Logan
Ewing
Benton
Christopher
Lesser
Walier
Akin
Zeigler
RSS
Murphysboro to play football on new field near diamond
Murphysboro plans to use a new football field at Riverside Park as an outfield area of the baseball diamond. Unit 186 and the Park Board study joint use with a lease or deed, fencing, and lighting upgrades. A 1962 Legion tournament and other events would be covered under lease terms with school district control on admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unit 186
Spark Board
Park District
Tony Stevens
Alinoisan
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Murphysboro Unit School District 186
Murphysboro Park Board
District 186
Bill Green
Park Board
Park Diamond
Park Diaman
Unit 18
Division
22Nd Streets
Green
Illinois
Unit 166
Park
Civilian Conservation Corps
Carruthers
Vandals Dump Vaccines and Records at Marion Junior High
At Marion School vandals dumped polio vaccine supplies and school records on the floors of Marion Junior High School Saturday night. Principal Wilbern Boatright said it has not been determined how they entered. They took all supplies from filing cabinets and a storage cabinet and dumped them on the floor. They emptied contents of Assistant Principal Heyman Graves Jr s desk onto the floor and dumped a gallon of chlorine water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Wilbern Boatright
Heyman Graves Jr
Vandalism Damages polio Clinic Records and Supplies
Vandals dumped records used in a polio clinic and items from teacher Lucy Ingram’s desk on Sunday. Sugar cubes from the clinic were taken and a box of rulers was carried outside, leaving the records damp but not ruined. The vandalism was discovered when the building opened for the clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Ingram
Boatright
Boatrights
Three districts sue over Valier annexation to Lesser unit
Coello Mulkeytown and Buckner grade schools join Benton and Valier districts in Franklin County Circuit Court seeking review of the Franklin County Board of School Trustees decision to annex Valier high and Valier trade school districts to Lesser unit. Plaintiffs allege trustees failed to consider the impact on funds assets transportation facilities and educational advantages. Defendants include the county boards of trustees the county superintendent and a 10 member petitioners committee. Defendants have 10 days to answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valiey
Coello
Mulkeytown
Buckner
Franklin County
Franklin County Board of School Trustees
Jalier
Board of School Trustees
Valier
Benton
Walier
H. Lee Browning
John L. Miller
Dwight Bailor
Walter Burzynski
Henry Dehnbostel
John Malyi
Kenneth McMurray
Howard Davis Olen Mabry
Harry Wingo
Oscar Lowery
William Chapman
Pete Moschino
Warren Young
S. P. Browning
John Rice
Hhe
Walier High School
California Area Escapee Nabbed By FBI In Monterey Park
John R. Peterson, 34, a former West Frankfort resident, escaped from Saline County jail in Olney with a saw and fled. He claimed officials aided the theft of plywood and named an area mayor. FBI and Los Angeles deputies arrested him Saturday in Monterey Park, and Saline County will extradite him next week. He is charged with burglary and had been held on related counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Peterson
Ure Richland County
Alice
LeRoy Sisk
West
Frank Olney
California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peterson
Monterey Park
Calif
PBS
Los Angeles County
FBI
Gallatin High School
West Frankfort
Olney
Arca
Herrin Council Votes to Fund Water Project Share
The Herrin City Council agreed to provide 51,500 as the local share to finance a water project with total estimated cost 150,500. Decatur firm Warren and Van Praag surveyed the plan which aims to build an intake and pump station at Crab Orchard Lake to raise daily capacity to four million gallons. The resolution funds 110,000 for year ending May 13, 1963 and 45,500 for year ending May 11, 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
HESPA
City Atty
Snyder Herrin
Warren and van Praag, Inc
Decatur
Crab Orchard Lake
Steve Wilson named editor of STU yearbook Obelisk
Steve Wilson a junior from Springfield at Southern Timers University was chosen editor of the Obelisk the STU yearbook by the SIU Journalism Council He previously served as associate editor succeeding Linda Goss Named associate editors for the coming year were Bill Westberg Charles Rahe Betty Katz and Bobbie Sturm from Carbondale La Grange Park Mc Leansboro
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Wilson
Southern Timers University
Springfield
SIU Journalism Council
Wilson
Linda Goss
Vernon
Bill Westberg
Carbondale
Charles Rahe
Car Returned After Early Morning Stolen Vehicle
A car stolen around 2:30 a.m. Saturday in Colp was found about 5 a.m. in Carbondale and returned later that day to its owner by Carbondale police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colp
Carbondale
Stable Burns In Refuge Fire Destroys Crab Orchard Stable
A large storage building used by the Crab Orchard Field Trial Club burned at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge early Sunday after a hail and lightning storm. Refuge manager Harry Stiles said lightning struck the steel covered wood frame structure, about 200 by 50 feet, housing empty stables and some equipment. No damage estimate given. the World War II era building cost about $30,000. Firefighters kept the blaze from spreading to a neighboring building about 180 feet away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Harry Stiles
Crab Orchard Field Trial Club
Reluga
Grand Jury Indicts Three in Williamson County
Williamson County Circuit Court grand jury indicted Charles Absher Jr of Marion for theft of 255 dollars from Johnny Lucas Service Station on April 23. Phillip Provence of Carterville faces aggravated battery charges against Dorothy M. Buseh on April 19. Emanuel Richardson, 54, of Colp, is charged with rape of a Colp woman on May 1. The jury reported the county jail in good condition and returned two no true bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Circuit Court
Charles Absher Jr
Marion
Johnny Lucas
Phillip Provence
Carterville
Dorothy M. Buseh
Emanuel Richardson
Colp
C. E. Wright
Richard Tomlinson
Texas
Johnston City
Donita Sue Heltsley
Two Pinckneyville people killed in Sunday crash
A car struck a bridge abutment on Rs 154 at 2 45 am killing James R Hamilton 23 and Mrs Mervin Gossman 28 both of Pinckneyville. Passengers Christen Gossman 26 and Charles Ray Foutch 23 injured. Hamilton served in the Air Force 1958 to 1962. Funeral services for Hamilton set for First Baptist Church Pinckneyville. Gossman born 1940 Benton married 1956 to Mervin Gossman leaves husband and son Richard with her parents Herrin and Du Quoin relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
James R. Hamilton
Rt. 2
Mervin Gossman
W. Parker St
Hamilton
District 13
Ers
du Quoin
Karl Pries
Christen Gossman
Charles Ray
Foutch
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Fautch
Mr. Hamilton
Roy J
Lois Hamilton
Air Force
Whells Air Force Base
Africa
First Baptist Church
Edward Lee
Townsend
Mass
Nadine Orrell
Maurice Swinford
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Pyatt
Pinckneyille
Gossman
East Carondelet
Benton
Richard
Herman Whitecotton
Herrin
Chester Brady Sr
County File Tax Suits Against 17
Jackson County filed tax lawsuits against 17 individuals under a new 1962 collection program approved by the supervisors. Ten suits in Circuit Court and seven in County Court target unpaid 1961 62 and earlier bills, plus 1962 personal property debts. Names and amounts for defendants in Circuit and County courts are listed.
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Jackson County
Board of Supervisors
William Ridgeway
Carbondale
Mary Absher
E. University Ave
Mary Armistead
E. Birch
Alvin Anderson
E. Green
Alban Brown
N. Allman St
Jesse Alexander
I. Sycamore St
Zamir Bavel
N. Dixon St
Richard Howell
Rt. 3
William D. Becker
Lawndale St
Markham
Gene. Birkheimer
N. Clay St. Macomb
John Louis Barker
Miners Return At Orient Four Mine After Idle Stoppage
Miners returned to work at Orient 4 mine after an idle period that began Tuesday when workers objected to a steak dinner for 12 employees. The mine was idled Thursday and Friday. A company spokesman said union grievance charges would be handled through normal company union negotiation channels.
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Orient 4
Marion School Bond Issue Meeting Tuesday
A public meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Marion Junior High Gym will discuss a 1 75 million bond for a new Marion High School and a 25 cent education tax increase. Architect Charles Garrison will present plans for a 1200 pupil campus on a 40 acre site donated by Dr W W Ritchey. Laymen and officials will address questions in a free informative session ahead of a Saturday vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Marion Unit
Orland Stanley
Charles Garrison
Simon, Retterg and Garrison
Carbondale
Marion
School Board of Education
W. W. Ritchey
Dale Harris
Ray Harris
Harold Chase
Allen Booten
Chamber of Commerce
J.C. Mitchell
Fire strikes SIU Library area in Carbondale
Firemen rushed to the west end of the Southern Illinois University Library in Carbondale about 3 18 p m Sunday as boards and roofing from a construction site burned. SIU security police had no damage estimate or cause and said investigators were looking into the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Construcion Company
SIU
Marion City Council Takes Office Today
The Marion City Council begins its term with a 7:30 p m meeting led by Mayor Robert Butler and commissioners Adolph Flack E E Jeter William Harris and Lawrence Feurer. First business is appointing city personnel with changes effective after the current pay period May 15. Police Magistrate William Shannon assumed duties this morning replacing incumbent James Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Robert Butler
Adolph Flack
William Harris
Lawrence Feurer
William Shannon
James Johnson
Three Nabbed For Fighting At SIU Campus
Three Southern Illinois University students were jailed early Sunday for allegedly fighting at University Avenue and Oak Street. Paul Ashe, 18, Daniel Ashe, 21, and Robert L Lee, 20, were arrested by SIU security police and Carbondale police. Lee faces prior charges for possessing obscene motion pictures. They were to appear in Carbondale police magistrate court and Jackson County Court on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
University Avenue
Oak Street
Paul Ashe
N. University Ave
Daniel Ashe
W. Oak St
Robert L Lee
SIU
Carbondale
Paul
Lee
Jackson County
Thomas Leffer
Jackson County Court
Mines Report On Tuesday Work at Fidelity Burning Star
Mines working Tuesday report lists Fidelity Burning Star L, Burning Star 2, Old Ben 9, Old Ben 21, Orient 3, Orient 4, Orient 5, Zeigler 3, Zeigler 4. Names indicate locations or crews operating at underground sites. no incidents or outcomes specified.
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Fidelity Burning Star
Burning Star
Old Ben
Orient
Zeigler
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Williamson
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Chicago
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Chester
Turkey
Clifford
du Bois
Robert Lee
Betty Peters
Rockford
Chrisel Gossman
Pyatt Funeral Home
Marion City Council
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