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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1966
Page
17
Richard Roberts aged 24 has joined Herrin Rexall Drugs after working as a pharmacist in Sharps Tennessee. A University of Tennessee Medical Unit graduate, he and his wife Diane will reside in Herrin.
Construction starts this week on a new glass and brick one story building at 110 114 E Monroe St to house the Herrin Remnant House. W E Snider Construction Co of Herrin handles the project with completion expected by late July. The current Remnant House and OK Barber Shop sites were razed and debris removed. The owner Elbert Dillard says the 4500 square foot building will be fireproof.
Norge Division of Borg Warner Corp announces a Carterville laundry and dry cleaning store in a 30 by 74 foot steel building with brick exterior. The facility will house 20 and 30 pound top loading washers eight 50 pound dryers and two dry cleaning machines. Opening is targeted for early June and Whiterose Enterprises of Carbondale owns the business. A clothing care seminar for women will be held.
Merit tests will be given for 10 state positions per the Illinois Department of Personnel director. An open competitive exam will cover assistant game management supervisor. others on competitive and promotional bases include administrative auditor parole agent commissary manager day care licensing representative fish hatchery caretaker safety inspector personnel officer welfare executive and public health laboratory evaluator. Applicants should contact the Illinois Department of Personnel 508 Centennial Building Springfield by May 21.
Harry Stuhldreher Jim Crowley Elmer Layden and Don Miller formed the famous Notre Dame backfield known as the Four Horsemen highlighting 1920s era college football legends.
The Muir Suzuki-Triumph Sales Co. moved from 127 N Washington Ave to 106 N Illinois Ave in a space formerly used by Sherwin Williams Co. The 2000 square foot site adds a repair room and parts area with plans for a summer opening at Southern Illinois University.
The Davie AG Food Store at 201 N Washington Ave Carbondale completed a 20000 remodel expanding sales space by a third. Owner Kenneth Davie removed an interior wall to create 500 extra square feet of sales area and added a self service meat counter and dry goods department. A new adjacent warehouse was rented from John Lannin. Two new clerks Melvin Mayfield and Jackie Mason join the staff, bringing total employment to eight plus the owner. The store continues direct butcher service and offers special cuts. A new dairy and produce section with conveyor checkout counters were installed. a remodeled sale is planned this week.
Russell Oxford of Rt 1 Marion plans a new auction barn near Marion on Rt 37 three miles north of town. The 50 by 84 foot building will have a stage and seats for attendees and is to open near the end of May. Oxford, a miner at Orient No 5, aims for weekly sales on Fridays or Saturdays for all types of articles.
The Southern Illinois University Data Processing and Computing Center provides an orientation program on request to campus groups. The informal talk tour and demonstrations cover facilities and services, with procedures and examples. arranged through E. Robert Ashworth or Marvin Thompson in the Wham Education Building basement. The Whisky Rebellion paragraph notes a seven cent excise tax on spirits in the 1790s.
Mrs Sadie Baggott, formerly in charge of the Woolworth lunch counter in Murphysboro, operates Sadie's Cafe at 1328 Walnut St. The new cafe is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Western United States opens vast coal fields amid rising demand and tech progress. Coal will fuel planned electric plants in New Mexico and Nevada as reserves total 263 billion tons. Old Ben 24 mine in Franklin County and Inland Steel mine in Jefferson County boost outputs for utilities and steel mills.
The Egyptian Combo, a Southern Illinois group led by Lloyd Rainey, released a new disk via M G M records. The 196X single features Norma's Theme as the B side and Doctor Zhivago as the main theme. Additional personnel include Rick Linton and Kevin Cox among others. Indonesia leads Far East petroleum and ranks second to Malaysia in rubber and tin.
The Egyptians, famed for early calendar invention, threw large birthday feasts marking anniversaries with public revelry and ceremonial pomp.
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