Herrin Plans Housing Codes For Federal Aid Bid
Herrin moves to adopt housing and building codes as part of a federal aid plan. The report calls for FHA based building rules electrical code updates plumbing standards and new subdivision rules. public discussion and council adoption follow Monday night readings.
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Herrin
Plan Commission
General Planning and Resources Consultants
St. Louis
Gerwin K. Rohrbach
Constant
Floyd Bracy
Housing Committee
Ife
Federal Housing Administration
Tierrin
Lost Boy Not Worried Dog Along
A 20 year old Carbondale boy wandered from his home at 609 N Allyn after 2 pm with his dog. His parents and police searched while the boy remained calm and traveled with the dog to a Main Street service station until his mother called. Police looked for the parents as the dog watched over him.
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Carbondale
Christian Kirk
Frank Kirk
N. Allyn
Death of G A Waller Former West Frankfort School Aide
G A Waller 81 former West Frankfort school superintendent died at Marion Memorial Hospital after a fall fractured hip. Born June 20 1881 he retired in 1945 after 29 years guiding West Frankfort schools and taught Franklin County history 43 years. Survived by wife Lilly Hanes daughters Nina Gulley and Wivlan Cadman four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Reedy Funeral Home West Frankfort.
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C. A. Waller
West Frankfort
Marion Memorial Hospital
al,Akin
JT. C. Waller
Benton
Lilly Hanes
Waller
Franklin County
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Nina Gulley
Wivlan Cadman
Miami, Fla
Reedy Funeral Home
SIU approves Graduate School Council structure
President Delyte W Morris approved a report on creating a Graduate School Council at SIU Carbondale and Edwardsville. The panel will draw members from the graduate faculties, with terms of one to three years, to strengthen policy making, research, and library holdings across both campuses.
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Coun‘cil
Souther Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
STU
SIU
Morris
North Central Association
C. Addison Hickman
Department of Economics
Carbondale
George E. Axelle
Heyman Haag
Agriculture
Frank G. Klingberg
W. ¢. McDaniel
Mdardsville
William Belinewils
Robert Wayne Duncan
Patrick Riddleberger
$20 000 Suit Filed In Auto Accident In Murphysboro
Wanda Bush of Murphysboro files a $20,000 personal injury suit in Jackson County Circuit Court alleging Alfred Schmitt of Steeleville and Kenneth R. Gordon of Ava were negligent in a March 22 collision at the De Soto blacktop road and Rt 127. Also James A. Akins seeks $30,000 plus $352 for car damages from a Murphysboro crash, with Leonard Akins as plaintiff.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Wanda Bush
Rl. 3
Alfred Schmitt
Steeleville
Kenneth R. Gordon
Ava
Gordon
Schmill
de Soto Blacktop Road
Rt. 127
Penalties for multiple legitimate births proposed in bill
A bill by 11 Republican and two Democratic senators would make parents liable for a fine or jail if they have a second legitimate child. The proposal sets a fine up to 500 dollars or up to one year in jail, or both. A third child would raise the penalty to two to five years in prison.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Legislative
Bil
Johnston City Library Rehires Mary Love as Librarian
Johnston City Library board announces the re hire of Mrs. Mary Love as librarian. Mrs. Eugene Moroni is reelected president and Mrs. Arthur Bell reelected secretary. Moroni will appoint committees in June. Newly appointed members include Mrs. Robert Roth and Mrs. Tut cher Hyden.
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Johnston City
Mary Love
Eugene Moroni
Arthur Bell
Moroni
Robert Roth
Tutcher Hyden
Murphysboro Man Installed as Illinois Elk President
Bruce Richmond of Murphysboro was installed as state president of the Illinois Elk Association in Chicago. He is the first Murphysboro Elks Lodge 572 member to hold the top state office and previously served as 1st vice president. A Johnston City native, he moved to Murphysboro in 1945, partnered in Arteraft Sign Service, and served in the Navy during World War II. He is a four ward alderman and former United Fund president.
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Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Illnois Elk Association
Chicago
Richmond
Murphysboro Elks Lodge 572
Johnston City
Arteraft Sign Service
Southern Sineis University
Carbondale
Navy
United Fund Drive
Youth Activities Committee
Pas
Omer C. Macy
Driver Escapes Harm In Crash
Elmer B Peckler, 61, Ava, escaped injury when his car overturned into a ditch on RL 43 a mile north of Willisville on Friday after reporting a blown front tire. Earlier a pickup driven by William E Davis, 38, Murphysboro, struck a parked vehicle owned by Wilburt Ehlers of Campbell Hill at 9:30 pm in Ava. In Benton at 1:15 pm Friday Oscar Mauss chardt, 54, Manlona, struck a parked cat owned by William McKinnon of Benton on Rt 87.
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du Quoin
Elmer B. Peckler
Ava
Willisville
William E. Davis
Murphysboro
Wilburt Ehlers
Campbell Hill
Pam
Oscar Mausschardt
Manlono
Dormitory Under Construction in Carbondale
A 22 room dormitory part of a $1.25 million development is being built at 50 E. College St in Carbondale. Owned by Rep. Gale Williams the project is by Crab Orchard Construction Co with another building to start soon. The planned complex will include dormitories apartment houses and lounges for students.
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Carbondale
E. College St
Gale Williams
R-Murphysboro
Crab Orchard Construction Co
Stan Clark
Marion Youth Center Opens Today in City Grounds
Marion residents can visit the new Marion Youth Center opening today with a 2 p.m. formal ceremony and an open house through the evening. The 8,400 square foot building on Boulevard street near the water plant houses a TV lounge, game room and snack bar, funded at 22,000 by donations and volunteer work and valued at about 85,000. Speakers include Mrs. Hudgens and Dr. May, with Rev. Lynch giving the invocation and Mayor Buller presented the center key.
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Marion
Boulevard Street
Robert Hudgens
Marion Youth Inc
Everett Lynch
Marion Recreation Board
Marlin M. May
Youth Inc
Robert Buller
Chit Storme
J W. Brigham
Hudgens
Otto Kerney
Paul Powell
Area Sailors Take Part In Recovery Mission
An area man aboard the U S S Kearsarge helped recover astronaut J Gordon Cooper in the Pacific and was aboard when Wally Schirra Jr was retrieved. Ensign Chaves FE Boucher, son of Mr and Mrs William L Boucher of Sullivan Indiana, also on the destroyer Duncan, was part of the capsule recovery effort. Parents report they have heard nothing since Thursday and do not know if his ship was among the primary recovery vessels. Boucher, a Vergennes High School graduate in 1935, is brother of Mrs Ronald R Holt of Murphysboro.
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U.S.S. Kearsarge
J. Gordon Cooper
Pacific
Harry Edmund Hoyle
Robert Hoyle
Johnston City
Navy
Reseiet
Waller M. Schirra Jr
Chaves FE. Boucher
William L. Boucher
Sullivan
Ind
Rada
Duncan
Boucher
N, 8Th Street
Murphysboro
Ronald R. Holt
Murphy St
Vergennes High School
Benton girl committed for mental treatment in Franklin
Melba Johnson, 18, was committed to Anna State Hospital in Franklin City Court Friday for mental treatment after drinking a diluted cleaning fluid following a mattress fire at Franklin County Jail where she was held for allegedly scalding a cafe patron with hot coffee. She received treatment at Franklin Hospital.
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Benton
Anna State Hospital
Franklin City Court
Melba Johnson
Franklin Courty Jail
Franklin Hospital
Back Injury Suffered by Young Worker at Power Plant
James Walters 19 of Metropolis suffered a back injury in a fall from a scaffold at the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative plant south of Marion last week. He was treated at Marion Memorial Hospital and released. Walters is an employee of Hatfield Electric Co.
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James Walters
Metropolis
Ilinois
Marion
Walters
Marion Memorial Hospital
Hatfield Electric Ca
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