50 years ago this week
Have you ever wondered what life was like in Jacksonville half a century ago? It was a different era of history, culture and politics but there are often parallels between the kind of stories that made headlines then and today. As interesting as the differences may be, so are the similarities. These are some of the top stories from this week in 1961. The items were compiled from the Jacksonville Public Librarys periodical archives by Staff Writer Max Marbut.
The Circuit Court was asked by 7-Eleven Stores Ltd. to issue an injunction barring Mayor Haydon Burns from trying to close one of its stores on Sundays.
The complaint, filed for the grocery chain by attorney G.B. Stockton Jr., charged that Burns, in his role as police commissioner, had embarked on a campaign to prevent Sunday sales at the 7-Eleven store at 4500 Brentwood Ave.
It said the mayor, in ordering the arrest of a 7-Eleven employee on Dec. 16, relied on a 129-year-old state law. That statute, the complaint said, was not geared to modern business and social conditions and was unconstitutional on a number of grounds.
He immediately fell in love with this area and made the Quad-Cities his home and married a local girl. The 1998 Season, Niuman was picked up by the Milwaukee Brewer's to play for their Stockton Ports AA Team. QC was always home and he and his wife