Illinois April coal output tops 5.6 million tons
Illinois mines produced 5,608,470 tons in April 1968 led by Perry 802,252 tons from 486 men across 22 shifts. Fulton, St. Clair, Franklin and Williamson counties also showed strong totals with 772,082, 657,712, 601,891, and 486,514 tons as 904, 460, 997, and 1,074 workers logged 28, 29, 59, and 24 shifts respectively.
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Illinois
L. Leon Ruff
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Perry County
Fulton County
St. Clair County
Franklin County
Williamson County
Johnson opens Kirby firm in Carbondale Illinois
Richard D. Johnson opens Kirby Co of Southern Illinois at 801 E Main St Carbondale in a former auto rental site. The vacuum cleaner maker will sell and service Kirby products, employ about eight people, operate 9 am to 5 pm six days weekly, and move his family from Cape Girardeau to Carbondale after school ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Johnson
Kirby Co
Southern
Carbondale
Kirby
Irene
Peter
Tech Tape Reports First Quarter 1968 Losses
Technical Tape Inc reported a net loss from operations of 899,184 for the first quarter ended March 31 1968. Sales reached 6,259,074 in the quarter. The Carbondale plant firm said 1967 figures are not comparable and a comparative report was not issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technical Tape Inc
Carbondale
Brothers of Murphysboro Funeral Home Reflect on Earlier Era
Alexander Hamilton Roberts and his brothers ran the Roberts funeral home and hardware store from 1872, witnessing horse drawn hearses turn to motorized ambulances. They recall 1925 tornado devastation, family ties, and closing the firm after 96 years as Crawshaw Mortuary takes over.
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Bob Hagen
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
A. H. Roberts
10Th and Mulberry Streets
Alexander Hamilton Roberts
John A. Logan
Funeral Home
Chestnut St
Roberts
Ham
Eck
Homer
Hamilton S
Alexander J. Roberts
Hamilton
Alexander
Worsham School of Embalming
Chicago
Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science
Philadelphia
Illinois
Roberts Funeral Home
de Soto
Vergennes
Gorham
Walnut Street
Kinkaid Valley
Grand Tower
Herrin
Mexico
10Th
Mulberry Streets
Packard
St. Louis
Indiana
Sheltered care home planned next to Du Quoin nursing site
A 40 patient sheltered care home will be built adjacent to Fair Acres Nursing Home at 514 E Jackson St in Du Quoin within two weeks. Gary-Boyll Construction Co of Centralia will construct the one story masonry structure. Ownership includes Don Gary Cherry Realty and investors. Management undecided. Plains Leasing manages the neighboring nursing home. Similar facility under construction in Harrisburg by Cherry and Gary.
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Fair Acres
du Quoin
Charles Goss
Cherry Realty
Carbondale
E. Jackson St
Goss
Don Gary
Gary - Boyll Construction Co
Centralia
James Cherry
Louis Berg
The
Plains Leasing Co. Inc
Main St
Gary-Boyll Construction Co
Harrisburg
Cherry and
Gary
Phelps Dodge Unit Elects New President
Edward H. Michaelson is elected president of Phelps Dodge Industries Inc succeeding Edgar P. Dunlevy who becomes chairman of the board and remains chief executive officer. Phelps Dodge Industries is the manufacturing and marketing division of Phelps Dodge Corp with plants in Murphysboro and Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Michaelson
Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc
Edgar P. Dunlevy
Phelps Dodge Corp
Phelps Dodge
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Airgo Inc. gets new management by Sparta firm at Southern Illinois airport
Sparta Aviation Inc. has assumed management of Airgo Inc. at the Southern Illinois Airport between Murphysboro and Carbondale. Airgo, formed a year ago by Murphysboro Carbondale and Du Quoin businessmen to run a freight service and aircraft dealership, now operates under new manager Stuart Laken of Carbondale replacing Bob Zimmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta Aviation Inc
Airgo Inc
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Carbondale-Du Quoin
Stuart Laken
Bob Zimmer
Nine area firms win 1968 state road contracts total funding
State Division of Highways reports nine Southern Illinois firms awarded 13 road work contracts as of last week for a combined $3,749,879. Pautler Bros. Contractors. Johnson County Asphal t. Mitchell Construction. Denny & Simpson Stone. Denny and Sons. Gilmore Asphalt. D. W. Guard and Co.. E. T. Simonds Construction. Little Egypt Construction each secured one or more bids with varied project values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
State Division of Highways
Pautler Bros. Contractors, Inc
Chester
Johnson County Asphalt, Inc
Cypress
Mitchell Construction Co
Herrin
Denny & Simpson Stone Co., Inc
Harrisburg
Denny and Sons, Inc
Anna
Gilmore Asphalt Products, Inc
Carbondale
D. W. Guard and Co
Marion
E. T. Simonds Construction Co
Little Egypt Construction Co., Inc
Cedar Lake project eyed by Union Hills residents
Union Hills subdivision residents await Cedar Lake project details. Plans show 1700 acre Cedar Lake to the southwest and 157 acre Little Crab Orchard Lake to the northwest. Franklin Asphalt Co. won the contract to pave Union Hills roads with work slated for early June.
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Union Hills Subdivision
Cedar Lake
Little Crab Orchard Lake
Franklin Asphalt Co
Percy to Speak at Illinois Bankers Convention
Sen. Charles H. Percy of Illinois is set to be the main speaker at the Illinois Bankers Association 77th annual convention in St. Louis Missouri on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Percy
Illinois Bankers Assn
St. Louis
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Visual Education Consultants, Inc
Elsie
Crawshaw Mortuary
Phelps Dodge Unit
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U.S
CIPS
Proctor Supply Co
East
Maryland
Zeigler
ILL
Bracy
Dept. Store of Insurance
B.C. Home
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B.C
IBC
Svick
New Rt. 13
Russell St
Marion,Ill
Percy
Model Ediis
Cthomas O. Edison
PNEMA
Kaiser
Kaiser Aluminum
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Murphysboro Lumber C Associated Lumber CO
Egyptian Lumber CO
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Cobden, Ill
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