Ziegler seeks Democrat Senate nod in 57th district
Sen. Paul A. Ziegler 54 of Carmi seeks another term in the 57th District covering Williamson Franklin Johnson Pulaski Saline Pope Massac White Gallatin and Hardin counties He pushes a broader tax structure including a service occupational tax and says education funding needs more state money He defends the Legislature against corruption charges and notes no substantiated cases while emphasizing restraint on conflicts of interest in lawmaking actions
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Peggy Skorpinski
Southern
Roy Curtis Small
Harrisburg
James LaVern Sanders
West Frankfort
Williamson
Franklin
Johnson
Pulaski
Saline
Pope
Massac
White
Gallatin
Hardin
Ziegler
Senate
Ziegler’s Career Span in Illinois Legislature and Bus Ventures
A pre election roundup details Ziegler’s public service from 1933 began as White County treasurer through multiple party and legislative roles. He served as Democratic chair, moved from the House to the Senate, chaired committees including appropriations and revenue, and held various commissions. He once ran a sporting goods shop in Carmi before selling it to enter the oil business.
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Ziegler
White County
Old 48Th
Senate
Old 55Th
Budgetary Commission
Illinois Crime Commission
Agricultural, Export Advisory Commission
Motor Vehicle Laws Commission
The
Resources and Water Management Commission
Automation and Technological Progress Commission
Carmi
Evansville
Ind
Msgr Haffner Dies Longtime Du Quoin Pastor
The Rt Rev Msgr C N Haffner 81 pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church Du Quoin died Thursday in Marshall Browning Hospital He served as pastor since April 1922 Born Belleville July 12 1884 He leaves a brother Val St Louis and a sister Sister Henrica SSND Funeral 11 am Monday Sacred Heart Church Bishop Zuroweste officiating Burial in church cemetery Visitation 6 10 pm Saturday Weinberg Funeral Home Du Quoin and after 3 pm Sunday at the church
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C.N. Haffner
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
du Quoin
Marshall Browning Hospital
Msgr. Haffner
Sacred Heart Church
Belleville
Val
St. Louis
Henrica
S.S.N.D
Louis
Frank Meadows of Metropolis dies at 58
Frank Meadows age 58 of Metropolis died Wednesday afternoon at Massac Memorial Hospital. He leaves wife Czee a daughter Irene Bradley of Metropolis a sister Libby Adams of Metropolis brothers Orlander Round Knob Qudellus Choate and William Galesburg and two grandchildren. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Fred Edwards and Rev. John Crim officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call at Jackson Funeral Home from Saturday noon until Sunday noon and then at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Meadows
Metropolis
Massac Memorial Hospital
Church
Jackson Funeral
SIU Senate Allocates 614000 In Student Activity Fees
SIU Carbondale students approved 614000 in activity fees for campus groups. The body moved 84720 earlier and 529730 this week, exceeding finance committee guidance by 11500. Funds shifted from the Daily Egyptian and the student handbook for expanded publications and staff.
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Student Senate
Area Woman Hurt In Crash
Mrs. Gladys Fortner 46 of Chester was treated at Memorial Hospital after a city accident on State and Swanwick streets. Her car, struck in the rear by Melvin Bennie Gage 25 of Bridgton Mo, had stopped when a driverless vehicle rolled into the street. The Freytag car carried two children Jody 3 and Jeff 4 not injured. Police noted a possible accidental shift into neutral.
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Gladys Fortner
Rt. 2
Chester
Memorial Hospital
William Cook Dies in Du Quoin at 77
William John Cook 77 of Route 3 Du Quoin died Thursday after a long illness. Born October 20 1888 in Gold Creek Colorado he lived in Du Quoin 70 years and was a retired janitor in Du Quoin schools He married Elizabeth Ernst in Du Quoin December 24 1910 she preceded him in death He leaves sons Dwight Granite City Dean Tamaroa and Clayphan Du Quoin a brother Ralph Du Quoin four grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral Saturday at 2 pm in Neal Memorial Chapel with Rev W T Brannon officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Friends may call after 6 pm today at the funeral home.
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William John Cook
Rt. 3
du Quoin
Gold Creek
Colo
William
Harriet Crews Cook
Elizabeth Ernst
Cook
Dwight
Granite City
Tamaroa
Clayphan
Ralph
Neal Memorial Chapel
W.T. Brannon
Sunset Memorial Park
Mrs. Maude E. Bowen Dies at 76 in Carbondale
Mrs. Maude E. Bowen 76 of 309 E Green St Carbondale died today at Doctors Hospital Arrangements are incomplete at Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale.
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Bowen
Maude E. Bowen
E. Green St
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Jackson Funeral Home
Carrier Mills Police Brief Details
Homer Wallace Jr. cited for speeding with a $15 fine in Carrier Mills.
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Homer Wallace Jr
Prowler Reported in Carbondale Block
Carbondale police received a report of a prowler on East Stoker Street 300 block Thursday night but found no one when they checked the area.
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Carbondale
East Stoker Street
Johnston City Protest Ends
Local 567 union members ended a demonstration at Johnston City Hall after a city street department worker agreed to join the Laborers union. No strike occurred as Ward Dorris joined the Laborers this morning, following a dispute over hiring between Laborers and Teamsters.
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International Laborers Union of North America
Johnston City
City Street Department
Ward Dorris
Ralph Cooksey
Dorris
Teamsters Union
Phillip Speranza
Cooksey
Colp Program Recertified by Federal Housing Dept
Colp's workable program has been recertified by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Certification is necessary before a community can receive federal aid under programs such as public housing and urban renewal.
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Colp
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mrs Kosik 54 Dies After Illness in Marion Hospital
Mrs. Marcella Kosik 54 of Rt 2 Marion died at Marion Memorial Hospital after several months illness. Born in Alabama April 18 1912 she was daughter of Charles and Bell Hoyle. Survived by husband Joseph J Kosik Chicago mother Bell Hoyle Johnston City sisters Mary Strunk Richland Wash Ida Hoyle Chicago brothers Robert Johnston City Carl Chicago Fred Charleston S C. Funeral 1 30 p m Sunday Murman and Wilson Johnston City with Rev Donald Du Rall Johnston City Methodist Church officiating. Burial Lakeview Cemetery Johnston City. Friends may call after 2 p m Saturday at funeral home.
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Marcella Kosik
Rt. 2
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Alabama
Charles and
Bell Campbell Hoyle
Joseph J. Kosik
Chicago
Bell Hoyle
Johnston City
Mary Strunk
Richland
Wash
Ida Hoyle
Robert Hoyle
Carl Hoyle
Fred Hoyle
Charleston
S.C
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Donald du Rall
Mrs. Bertha Singleton of Hurst Dies
Bertha Singleton 68 of Hurst died today at Herrin Hospital after a two year illness. A Radio Annex machine operator for 16 years, she was born July 30 1897 in Jackson County. Survived by son Leslie Howell of Hurst sister Mary Vaughn of Cambria and two grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Sunday Van Natta Funeral Home Hurst with Rev Glenn Bowlby officiating burial Blairsville Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p m Saturday at the funeral home.
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Bertha Singleton
Hurst
Herrin
Singleton
Rebekah Lodge
Radio Annex
Jackson County
John W. Jones
Leslie Howell
Mary Vaughn
Cambria
van Natta Funeral Home
Glenn Bowlby
Hurst First Methodist Church
Blairsville
Murphysboro Civil Rights Meeting Addresses Housing Bias
Ivan R. Levin of the Illinois Commission on Human Relations commends Murphysboro for civil rights work and notes remaining tasks. The group cites housing as the major problem on D Street with calls for more public housing and integrated schooling, while officials report mixed progress in employment, schools, and local industry.
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Ivan R. Levin
State Commission On Human Relations
Springfield
Murphysboro Human Relations Commission
Levin
Joe Gilliam
Murphysboro
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
D Street
William Turner
Reid Troutman
Jackson County Housing Authority
T. Lessley Wilson
Murphysboro Township High School
Murphysboro Unit
Hart Brush Towers Worker Suffers Fall at SIU Dorm Project
James Saul a West Frankfort construction worker is listed in fair condition at Holden Hospital Carbondale after a two story fall in an elevator shaft at Brush Towers on the Southern Illinois University campus. He is employed by Baker Farms Co Indianapolis a sub contractor for J L Simmons Co Decatur the prime contractor. Saul fell 17 or 18 feet and sustained a head gash. four feet of water at the shaft bottom cushioned the impact according to Otto Aue of Simmons.
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James Saul
West Frankfort
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Brush Towers
Southern Illinois University
Saul
Baker Farms Co
Indianapolis
Ind
J.L. Simmons Co
Decatur
Otto Aue
Simmons
Aue
Conference Set At Church
The South Central Freewill Baptist Quarterly Conference will be held today and Saturday at Union Grove Freewill Baptist Church south of Rt. 34 on Harco Road. A Bible Bowl opens at 7 30 p m with area church youth teams. Saturday sessions start at 10 a m with Rev. Leslie Elliott and Rev. Bob Stone as speakers. Rev. Stone serves as moderator, assisted by Rev. James Coulson. A noon meal will be served Saturday by church members.
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Union Grove Freewill Baptist Church
State Rt. 34
Harco Road
Leslie Elliott
Mt. Vernon
Bob Stone
West Frankfort
Stone
James Coulson
Two Marion Women Held on Money Order Fraud Charges
Judith Ann Jordan aged 18 of 1714 West Cherry Street and Vernlee Newbolds aged 23 of 104 South Carbon Street were arrested for altering money orders. They admitted passing three money orders at Herrin stores and four at Marion stores and are jailed in Williamson County.
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Marion
Judith Ann Jordan
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Paul A. Ziegler
Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Illinois
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Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Siu
George Paluch
Paluch
Bard Grosse
John Paul Davis
House
William Cook
Herrin Rexall Drug
Prowler Reported
Anna, Ill
Jonesboro
Cock Street
Boaw Giser Beer
Human Relations Commission
Murphysboro Township
Carruthers
Orchard Hills
McElwain
Douglas
Wilson
Douglas School
Carl Lee
Russell Kelly
Mattoon
Illinois State Employment Service
Troutman
J. F. Newton
Division of Highways
Department of Personnel
Charles A. Mileur
Carpenters Union
Marion Nash
Phelps-Dodge Aluminum Corp
Brown Shoe Company
Nash
Phelps-Dodge
Lastour Corporation
William Wanstreet
Jackson County Department of Public Aid
Hart
Ward Transfer, Inc
Highway
East
Murphysboro, Ill
Hot Point
Weller, Inc
Aeroflite, Inc
Williamson County
Piper
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