Harris the entertainer keeps busy with tours and TV plans
The Hoosier singer Phil Harris now 62 travels with Joe Venuti Maury Feld and Stanley Wrightsman and hosts a Southern Illinois Du Quoin State Fair dinner of fried squirrel pork cutlets grits and corn Harris plans films with Bing Crosby and with Mitzi Gaynor on Dean Martin shows and visits Hollywood Palace shows while his wife Alice Faye handles a personal call during the interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illnoisan
Phil Harris
South
Indiana
Nashville
Tenn
Harris
Southern Illinois
Mohicans
Joe Venuti
Bing Crosby
Venuti
Maury Feld
Stanley Wrightsman
Slim Bergman
Springfield
Indiana Fair
Hayes
Hunter
Illinois
Mexico
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Crosby
Mitzi Gaynor
Dean Martin
Alice
Alice Faye
Howard Hughes’ Frontier Club
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hollywood Palace
Bob Hope
Andy Williams
Hollywood
Infant girl among victims in regional traffic toll
An infant girl was killed near Chester in a four-vehicle crash on Route 150, becoming Southern Illinois' third traffic fatality of the day. Alberta Louise Marler, about 2, died instantly. her mother Judith Marler and sister were injured and taken to Chester Memorial Hospital. Authorities noted the crash occurred around 5 p.m. and involved a second car driven by Joyce Wheeles, who died in a separate accident near Waltonville on Route 148.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Illinois
Randolph County
Vernon Dashner
Alberta Louise Marler
Judith Marler
Dashner
Marler
Chester Memorial Hospital
Rt. 150
Dashners
Joyce A. Wheeles
Coulterville
Rt. 148
Waltonville
Edward L. Brown
Lesser
Brown
Good Samaritan
Mt. Vernon
Lutheran
Big Muddy Creek
Capline pipeline ships first Louisiana crude to Midwest
Capline the 40 inch oil line moved its first barrel from St. James Louisiana to the Patoka distribution terminal in Illinois. Shell Pipe Line says initial deliveries will be about 350000 barrels daily rising to one million barrels daily as the line expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capline
Western Hemisphere
Louisiana
Mississippi
Midwest
Shell Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Patoka
St. James
Baton Rouge
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain
Shell Oil
Shell Pipe Line Corp
Shell Pipe Line
Ashland Pipe Line Co
Marathon Pipe Line Co
Mid-Valley Pipeline Co
Service Pipe Line Co
Texas Pipe Line Co
Southcap Pipeline Co
Union Oil Co
California and Clark Oil and Refining Corp
German Band Brings Dances To Du Quoin Fairgrounds
Waterloo German Band tours the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds dancing crowds with polkas during a rain-cancelled race. Members include Bill Schmidt and Harry Wolfe. the group, dressed in leather shorts with green hats, performs in exhibits and pavilions and plans further appearances at stock car and big car races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Taylor
Southern Illinoisan
Waterloo
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Bill Schmidt
Harry Wolfe
Belleville
Nelson
St. Louis
Irvin Wolf
Morris
East St. Louis
Germany
Valier approves 175000 water sewer bond by 2-1
Valier voters authorize a 175000 water and sewer bond by a 2 to 1 margin as part of a 201000 project to install disposal equipment. About 165 yes, 82 no, 29 spoiled ballots with 20 spoilt ballots intended as yes. No tax increase will be needed. bonds retired by water rate hike. Federal grant covers 26000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Buchanan
Buchanan
State Department of Public Health
Valier
Elevator Fire Halts Spread at Grain Elevator
De Soto volunteer fire department contained a grain elevator fire Saturday morning. Fireman Frank Crow reported the blaze started on the top floor and was nearly out by the time Carbondale units arrived. Estimated damage ranged from 300 to 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
Frank Crow
Carbondale
Crow
Williamson County Fair Features Stock Car Races and Horse Show
The 112th Williamson County Fair in Marion lists 45 plus cars entered in modified and stock car races with time trials at 7 p.m. and races at 8 p.m. Grandstand admission is 1.25. Labor Day features a Western horse show with 3,500 in premiums. Admission from 8:30 a.m. is free. The fair started Saturday night with motorcycle races. Mines reported idle Monday and working Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Marion
Last Vacation Tale and Political Blues
Four men in one weekend trip golfed in the morning then toured St. Louis including a Cardinal game and a seafood meal. They bet on horse racing at Cahokia, missteps and luck lead to a last race win. SIU Cosby bill misread, actual cost under twenty five thousand. Frazier seen with Rev. Lee Morehead at lunch. Editorial notes compare Democrats Muskie and Republicans Nixon.
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St. Louis
Cardinal
St. Louis County
Illinois
Cahokia
Stadium Club
Hubert Humphey
Edmund Muskie
Maine
International Amphitheatre
Grant Park
Muskie
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Don Rice
Nixon
Youth shot in restaurant in Missouri
Kenneth Lee Brown a 15 year old from Poplar Bluff was accidentally shot in the stomach at the Dunk and Dip Restaurant in Carbondale around 4 a.m. He was treated at Holden Hospital then moved to Doctors Memorial Hospital. Hastings 24 of Murphysboro faced reckless conduct charges after taking Brown for treatment. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday in Murphysboro Circuit Court. The incident involved Dunk and Dip employee David R. King who assisted at the scene. Hastings said the pistol discharged when his grip slipped on a wet surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Kenneth Lee Brown
Poplar Bluff
Illinois Ave
David G. Hastings
Murphysboro
Brown
Holden Hospital
David R. King
Illinois Avenue
Hastings
King
Ings
Doctor’s Hospital
Jackson County
Popham named acting Herrin postmaster
Paul T. Popham was named acting Herrin Postmaster to fill the vacancy after Thomas Childers resigned. He has served as assistant postmaster since 1958 and will hold the role until Senate confirmation of Fred Schoonover as postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Childers
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Popham
Herrin
Post Office Department
Chicago
U.S. Senate
Fred Schoonover
Johnson
Senate
Schoonover
Everett M. Dirksen
Rpekin
Childers
Lee Herrin
Carl Miller
William L. Grindle
Postmaster General
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
SIU Professor Reports Czech Reaction to Soviet Invasion
Joseph Kupcek of Southern Illinois University described how Czechs and Slovaks in Bratislava reacted to Soviet tanks entering Prague. He noted initial disappointment turning to anger and passive resistance as citizens demanded freedom of expression and an end to censorship and police surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Southern Illinois University
Joseph Kupcek
Department of Foreign Languages
SSU
Bratislava
Prague
Kupeck
SIU
Russia
Europe
Kupcek
Dubcek
Svoboda
Chicago
Kupceek
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Southern
Brayfield Funeral Home
Cobden
Walter W. Cochran
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Union County Hospital
Anna
Rt. 51
Cochran
Meyer- Denny Funeral Home
Buford Gibson
Buria
Conduffif
Blairsville
Willis
Audrey Venus Cochran
Lela Smith
New Shawneetown
Pentecostal
Trinity Tabernacle Church
Loretta Ausburn
Pasedena
Texas
Robynne Ausburn
Carterville
Oscar
Harvey
LeRoy
Hugh Patrick
Oakville
Kenneth I. Bryant
Brighton
Bryant
Donna J. Bryant
Tammy E
Kenneth Jr
Tina M. Bryant
Rennie J. Bryant
Bridge
Kaskaskia River
Evansville
Eurie Kestner
St. Clements Hospital
Red Bud
Gretna Kestner
Beverly Kestner
Valierie Kestmer
Norbert H. Buettner
Rt. 3
Rt. 151
Kenny A. Winchester
Sather
Humphrey
Shapiro
Ogilvie
Wallace
McCarthy
Fairgrounds
Fair
Williamson
The
Southern [Illinois University
Bill Cosby-Leon Bibb
Dean Justice
Board of Trustees
Justice
Cosby
Walt Frazier
New York Knickerbockers
Frazier
Carbondale First
Paul T. Popham
Joseph Kupeek
SIU Group
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