De Soto Firefighter Barbara Zieba joins Michs Distributing blaze work
Barbara Zieba a De Soto Township Volunteer Fire Department member left home duties to help extinguish a major Mills Distributing Co blaze in Murphysboro. The 35 year old mother balances firefighting with family life while facing ladders heat and PPE challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Barbara Zieba
Mills Distributing Co
Zieba
de Soto Township
Don
de Soto
Fluorspar import duty ban defeated in House
The House defeated a bill to suspend fluorspar import duties, voting 205 to 166. The measure needed a two thirds majority to pass as it was brought up out of order. Fluorspar, mined mainly in Hardin County, Illinois, is used in steel aluminum and glass production. Rep. Paul Simon noted about 400 of 1,000 U.S. fluorspar miners work in Hardin County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hardin County
Illinois
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Means Committee
House
Simon
Illinois soybeans yield seen below average in south region
Area Coop erative Extension Service advisers report southern Illinois will see average to below average soybean yields as heat drought and a charcoal rot disease hurt early crops. Randolph County may yield 25 to 27 bushels per acre, Jackson about 30 to 33, with late varieties expected to fare better. Rain is needed to fill late beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Cooperative Extension Service
Randolph County
Charles Willman
Willman
Jackson County
Bob Frank
Frank
de Soto
Perry County
Richard Howell
Chester to end contract with S L Sanitation over breach
Chester City Council voted to terminate its contract with S&L Sanitation Co for breach of contract after S&L failed to pick up trash on Friday and Monday. The city will have Larry Farmer of Chester hire an attorney to draft a new agreement as Perry County weighs replacing S&L at the landfill. S&L faces financial pressures and rapid expansion cited by officials amid missed days and complaints from communities and sub contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Chester
S&l Sanitation Co
Larry Farmer
S&l
Illinois
Missouri
Perry County Landfill Committee
du Quoin
Perry County
Stanley Maciejski
Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
Maciejski
Farmer
Carbondale Fire Destroys Nutrition Headquarters Packing Warehouse
A fire at Nutrition Headquarters Inc. in Carbondale destroyed its packing warehouse at 204 S. University Ave. Fire officials blamed a ballast short in a fluorescent light for the blaze after smokers did not call early. The three-hour head start allowed extensive damage. smoke caused minor damage to nearby First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Nutrition Headquarters Inc
Carbondale
Everett Rushing
Barney West
Rushing
S. University Ave
First Christian Church
Nutrition Headquarters
First Apple Festival winners are named
Twenty three contestants entered the window display contest at Murphysboro's Apple Festival this year the most ever. Downtown merchants decorated storefronts as carnival rides and concessions were set up around the courthouse square. The winning display a three ring circus in Kinkaid Furniture with green and red apple rings features dolls on a high wire act and Disney characters. Second prize went to Ben Franklin's apple bobbing display three papier mache children dunking in a water barrel as a cow looks on. Third prize went to the Jackson County Labor Party with its apple treehouse display. Other winners include Weber's Men's Wear Ozburn Agency and the Flower Sack and Square Deal Clothing Store. Judges were instructors from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Carbondale Community High School. The Apple Festival opens today and runs through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinkaid
Ben Franklin
Jackson County Labor Party
Weber’s Men’s Wear
Ozburn Agency
Flower Sack and
Square Deal Clothing
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Parking ban pushes teens from popular hangout near school
Murphysboro City Council banned parking from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. in front of Murphysboro Junior High on Spruce Street after complaints of hot rodding vandalism and late night noise. A petition from 16 residents prompted the action. Teens express frustration at losing their spot near the Civil War statue at the school entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Murphysboro Junior High School
Spruce Street
John A. Logan
Sheriff Wounded Yet Subdues Prisoners in Escape Attempt
Sheriff Raymond Calvin was shot in the left hip during a scuffle with two inmates, Gary McBride and Randy Rogers, as his wife drove to Vandalia. He subdued the prisoners and delivered them to Vandalia Correctional Center, receiving hospital treatment before returning home.
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Pulaski County
Raymond Calvin
Vandalia Correctional Center
Gary McBride
Mounds
Randy Rogers
Villa Ridge
Vandalia
Calvin
Fayette County
Quiet roads and loud cars reshape everyday noise
This column notes how car and city noises intrude on nature and daily life from New York to Carbondale. It cites Runzheimer data on highway berms reducing decibels along interstates, discusses financing shifts in auto purchases, and mentions technology forecasts for coal‑based gas and a record 54 mpg cross‑country Toyota mission, all highlighting growing attention to noise and efficiency.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
New York
Carbondale
Carterville
Runzheimer and Company, Inc
Rochester
Wis
Run
Runzheimer
Mobil Oil Co
Letitia Overend
Rolls-Royce
Irving Newcomb
Lynchburg
Riverside
Calif
Toyota
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Howell
Roger Rinnie
General Telephone Co
John Henderson
Sparta
Rinnie
Henderson
Larry
Larry Hendeson
First
Apple Festival
Courthouse Square
Byline
B.G
Troy
General Motors Acceptance Corp
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