Burglars Fail as Safe Empty of Money is Found
Burglars attempted a Thursday night theft at Egyptian Sales Agency on 01 S. 17th St Murphysboro. They stole a 50 pound safe unlocked with only records inside. Entry gained through a rear door. They used a two wheel cart to move the safe to near Gulf Mobile and Ohio road bed, wheel tracks leading to abandoned cart. Police and sheriff searched woods east of the tracks and north of Lake steel for the safe today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
S. 17Th St
James Hiller Saic
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Hiller
Lake
Rain and wind sweep area with downed limbs and wires
A Thursday night storm brought 9:30 p.m. to midnight rain with winds gusting, causing downed limbs and power lines across the region. Carbondale logged .7 inch of rain, while Murphysboro saw an inch and a quarter. Central Illinois Public Service reported a downed wire on South Logan Street at 10:25 p.m., leaving three customers without power briefly. Marion recorded .78 inch of rain with no reported damage. a pump at the city reservoir was knocked out near 11 p.m. Electric service disruptions affected 12 to 15 users. Police logged several skids on wet roads in the vicinity. Tryouts set for Carbondale Legion baseball at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Reservoir diamond for boys born after Sept. 1, 194.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Ft. St
de Soto
Central
Inois Public Service Co
South Login Street
Mason Parker
Carbondale Group
Murphysboro
CIPS
Marion
Zeigler
City
Clarence Payne
Johnston City
Herrin
District 18
du Quoin
Charles Spiller
West Prankfort
Re Lo
West Rankfort
Donald Mayhew
Elgin
Carbondale Chamber Seeks ARA Loan for Plant Site
Carbondale Chamber members voted to join Marcom Corp in pursuing a federal Area Redevelopment Administration loan to locate a plant in Carbondale. The plan envisions a 68 acre site north of the city with an industrial park, rent by Marcom electronics firm, and a 100 job target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Marcom Corp
Carbondale
Carbondale Civic Development Corp
Chamber
Area Redevelopment Administration
ARA
Chamber Corporation
Rt. 61
Marconi
Robert Keith
Corporation Ould
Development Corporation
ARA Loan
Marcom
Aity
Hans Fischer
Carbondale Plan Commission
William Cox
Cox
Burglars Steal $164 From Stollar Lumber Co
Stollar Lumber Co at 208 West Monroe Street Carbondale reports burglars broke into the display room and an unlocked safe in the office on November 24 taking $164 from a cash register. Patrolmen Wayne Booker and Ray Darnell described entry over a rear fence and noted the safe was broken and the lock not replaced.
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Stollar Lumber Co
Monroe St
Carbondale
Steve Sisulak
Wayne Booker
Ray Darnell
Lumber Company
Sisulak
Safa
SIU funds approved for new construction equipment
Gav Otto Kerner released 350000 from an emergency appropriation to acquire movable equipment for Southern Illinois University. Paul Isbell says 259000 is for the Education Building run by John McVey, Herrin, with the rest for the library addition and County Housing Authority project. McVey, 45, is president of Sphinx Finance Co. Herrin and former Herrin Junior Chamber of Commerce leader.
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Gav
Otto“Kerner
Southern Illinois University
Paul Isbell
SIU
John McVey
Herrin
Elect
Lect
Williamson
County Housing Authority
Communications
Eugene Kimmel
Marion
Harry Wilson
Johnston City
Julius Stuinmarck
McVey
Sphinx Finance Co
Shriver Skips SIU Inaugural Institute Session
R Sargent Shriver Jr Peace Corps director will not attend the Monday inauguration of a Southern Illinois University training institute as planned. He will join Thursday sessions instead due to Peace Corps hearings. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of the president, and Mrs. Shriver were to attend a morning breakfast at the Grassy Lake campus before workshops training camp workers for mentally retarded men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Sargent Shriver Jr
Peace Corps
Shriver
Eunice
Kennedy
Grassy Lake
Joseph P
School Board To Discuss Teacher Pay Bonus
The Mavion Unit Two School board will meet at 5 15 p m to discuss a per cent bonus to teachers and a possible $300 increase in the minimum wage scale Responding member Ray Marvis could not comment on Mrs Helen Evans and said no firm conclusions have been reached on the wage issue
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Mavion Unit
Ray Marvis
Helen Evans
Stores Agree to Downtown Carbondale Facade Renovation
Four of nine property owners along the 100 block of South Winsis Avenue in Carbondale agreed to a steel and plastic facade project aimed at a unified look and a covered walkway. Bids will follow final drawings. costs average about 155 to 165 dollars per linear foot.
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Winsis Avenue
Vandale
Joyale
Lather
Steel
Wineehanad Canerata Empanias
Riversafe pact siu to study inland waterways safety
Southern Illinois University Transportation Institute wins an $18,025 Coast Guard contract to survey safety on inland waters and cargo handling. The project, led by institute director A. I. MacMillan, aims to identify gaps in safety codes, data on collisions, and marking standards, with a relaunch director to be hired and student assistants to support.
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Coal Guard
Coast Guard
Southerlinois
Southern Knols University Transportation Institute
Ol. A. It MacMillan
Institule
Miers
National Safety Cours
MacMillan
The
Army Corps. Ofengineers
MacMtillan
Industry
Fife
Hamellinwe Safety
National Fire Protection Association
Institute
Gradu
Plans for facade wrap around Main Street project
Patterson owns Hollywood Style Shop building and Mrs. Evans owns Peers Store building. Davenport will decide whether to authorize wrapping the facade along the north side of Main Street to the Public Finance Corp at 205 W. Mann St. The UL shaped complex includes Lawrence Drugs at the finance building end, not included as Marvin Hamilton of Lincoln declined to participate. Other buildings not yet included are Cannon's Jewelry and the Bootery. Charles Reith of Flower Hill, N.Y. wants to view final drawings.
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Patterson
Evans
Peers
Davenport
Main Street
Public Finance Corp
W. Mann St
Finance
Lawrence Drugs
Marvin Hamilton
Lincoln
Cannon
Charles Reith
Mines Not Working Ovient 3 Orient 4 Ovient.5 Old Ben 9
Fragmentary OCR notes list potential mine names and figures such as Ovient Orient Zeigler Widulily Burning Slav with scattered numbers. The legible items suggest a catalog or log of mines or operators, but specifics and context are missing. Further readable details are required to form a coherent news item.
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Orient
Old Ben
Zeigler
Sli
Man mauled by 7000 volt line at Marion job site
Norman Harvey of Morgan Trail er Court Marion escaped serious injury Thursday when he touched a 7000 volt power line. Harvey, a Marion Construction Co employee, was wiring a high line near Anna with a bare coil when another worker dropped the opposite end onto the live line. He received treatment at Marion Memorial Hospital for a small burn on his right hand.
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Norman Harvey
Morgan Trailer Court
Marion
Harvey
Marion Construction Co
Anna
Marion Memorial Hospital
Refuge Chief Promoted To Regional Job
Harry E. Stiles project manager of the 44 000 acre Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is promoted to a regional Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife post in Minneapolis. He will be assistant supervisor of refuges under Forest Carpenter. Mehrhoff, current Mark Twain refuge manager, will succeed Stiles. Mehrhoff has a wartime and academic background and previously ran Wichita and Toshmingo refuges and Bosque refuge.
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Harry E. Stiles
Crab Orchard
Federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Minneapolis
Minn
Stiles
Forest Carpenter
Michigan State University
Lo Crab Orchard Refuge
Refige
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
South Pacific
University of Nebraska
University of Arizona
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wichita Refuge
Toshmingo Refuge
Oklahoma
Bosque Refuge
New Mexico
Mehrhoff
Site to rise on Marion Public Square after fire losses
Cox Hardware and Furnishings operators announce a new one story store on the Public Square replacing the burned Cox Kay’s and Goss buildings. Mrs Mable Cox and son Eugene will run the new shop facing the courthouse on the southeast square side. The Cox family has operated there 51 years while current operations move to the Cox warehouse and nearby Bank of Marion site.
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Cox Hardware and Furnishing
Marion
Ocenpy
Te Stormer Cox Stores
Kay's Women's Apparel
Goss Home Furnishings
Bill Farley’s
Barber Shop
South Side ‘Navern, Lampley Electropigs Co
Bearing Service Co
Goss and Kay's
Geneseo Corp
Nashville
Tenn
Cox
Eugene Cox
Public Square
Cox Warehouse
Bank of Marion
Allen Plant Takes On New Household Goods Lines
Allen Industries Inc at Herrin plans two new products, Ajax scouring pads and vinyl covered folding doors. Plant manager Victor Reback said testing looks promising and July decision is possible. The 770-employee plant, payroll 3.3 million, currently makes auto trim and rug cushions. A plant tour for the Herrin Chamber of Commerce drew about 20 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Reback
Reback
Ajax
Alding
Farmhouse Destroyed Near Freeman Spur in Fire
A two story frame farmhouse about two miles northeast of Freeman Spur was destroyed by fire on Thursday. Occupants Mr and Mrs Robert Carter were away visiting relatives in West Frankfort. Fire chief Tessone reported a neighbor said the house was nearly gone when first alerted, and state deputy marshal Al Phillips said the cause was not determined.
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Freeman Spur
Robert Carter
Carters
West Frankfort
Charles ‘Tessone
Carter
Lindsay Reappointed to Press Institute Advisory Board
Edward Lindsay, publisher of The Southern Illinioisan and editor of Lindsay Schaub Newspapers, was reappointed Thursday to the advisory board of the American Press Institute at Columbia University. The institute, funded by American newspapers, offers training seminars for newsroom staff.
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Lindsay
Edward Lindsay
Southern Illnoisan
Lindsay+Schaub
American Press Institute
Columbia University
American Newspapers
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Ena Bee Core
Om Safe
Joby Berger
Carbondale American Legion
Carbondale Reservoir
Charles Berger
Mabel Austin
B. H. Davenport
Hub Cafe
Don Smith
Ben Franklin
F. M. Hewitt
Hewitt’s
Tom Moffekd
Plaid
Ervin Sullivan
Kay's
Womens Wear
George Patterson
Mae
Hewitt
Cook County
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Archie Stroup
Flower Hill
N.Y
Allen
Allen Industries Inc
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