Kentucky mother seeks reunion in abandoned baby case
A 23 year old Kentucky woman, Cathy Gibson, expected to take her five and a half month old son Shawn home today after the infant was found in Hammond by a local man. Police identified clothing and the footprints as matching the Gibson baby and authorities planned to reunite mother and child while welfare officials sought more information to ensure a safe home.
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Cathy Gibson
Crittenden
Hammond
Ind
Shawn Michael Wayne Gibson
Gibson
Kentucky
Ataken
Lake County Welfare Department
William Olson
Jim Hall
Happy Hall
Legionnaires Disease Victim Identified in Illinois
Donald Dumolien a 51 year old spray painter from Silvis is named the first Illinois resident to die from Legionnaires Disease. He worked at John Deere plant Hast Moline before illness. CDC reports nine deaths nationwide tied to the outbreak and notes no evidence of person to person spread. Medical officials state bacteria identified and treatment available but transmission unknown.
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Sandra Balmer
Associated Press
Silvis
Illinois
Donald Dumolien
Curtis
Dumolien
Demolien
John Deere & Co
Hast Moline
Curtis Demolien
Legionnaires
Philadelphia
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Illini Hospital
Lutheran Hospital
Moline
Deere Company
Meetings Varnell Rebekahs Lodge Set Thursday
The Varnell Rebekahs Lodge 296 will meet Thursday September 22 at 7 30 p m at the I C C F Venita Karch N G Naomi Bogan Sec Midwest attendees include Dubuque Madison South Bend Paducah St Louis and other locations rich in shorthand details ri 68
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Varnell Rebekahs
Varnell Rebakah Lodge
I.C.C.F
Venita Karch
N. G
Naomi Bogan
Midwest Dubuque
Madison
South Bend
Paducah
St. Louis
Evel Knievel Arrested In Assault Case
Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel was arrested in Los Angeles on assault with a deadly weapon investigation after an alleged attack on 20th Century Fox executive Sheldon Saltman outside the studio. He posted $1,000 bond and faced arraignment in West Los Angeles Municipal Court.
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LOS Angeles
Evel Knievel
20Th Century Fox
Knievel
West
North
Hollywood
Sheldon Saltman
Fox Studios
Mark Erickson
Saltman
Snake River Canyon
Erickson
New Harmony Trip Reservations Deadline Set for Oct 9
Mt. Vernon Council for the Arts and Humanities offers a one day bus trip to New Harmony Ind on Oct 19 with a 8 a.m. departure from Times Square Mall and a 6 p.m. return. A minimum of 30 reservations is required to avoid cancellation. Bus fare is 5 paid in advance, New Harmony tickets cost 4 on arrival, lunch extra, and parking is arranged at the mall. Reservations through Mrs Joan Goldman or via newsletter with a check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Harmony
Ind
Mt. Vernon
East St. Louis Official Faces 18 Counts Over Stray Dogs
Will McGaughy Jr., 44, head of East St. Louis health department, faces 18 counts of violating the Illinois Animal Control Act for releasing more than a dozen stray dogs nabbed by the city, saying he freed them due to lack of county facilities. He testified duty bound to catch dogs while county officials failed to provide disposal facilities. Authorities note possible $500 fines per offense if convicted.
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Belleville
East St. Louis
Will McGaughy Jr
McGaughy
East Side
Loans For Tornado Area Declared Disaster Region
Cumberland and Shelby counties near Lake Mattoon were declared a disaster area after last month’s tornado that killed five. Gov. Thompson said residents in adjacent counties can obtain low-interest Small Business Administration loans for physical damage through Nov. 17 and economic loss assistance through June 16 next year.
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Springfield
Cumberland
Shelby Counties
Lake Mattoon
James R. Thompson
Small Business Administration
East St. Louis man convicted in 1976 tavern killing
Stephen Monigan, 21, was found guilty in Circuit Court of murdering Kevin Allen, 20, during a October 1976 shooting at an East St. Louis tavern. Sentencing is set for October 21. Monigan was on parole at the time and had earlier been sentenced to three to nine years for the death of Edward Stewart, 18.
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Belleville, Ill
East St. Louis
Stephen Monigan
Kevin Allen
Monigan
Edward Stewart
Rumley Named Bureau County States Attorney in Surprise Move
In Princeton Illinois Bureau County Board of Supervisors tapped Donald Rumley 51 of Princeton to fill the vacancy created by Charlotte Martin’s resignation. Rumley won 16 7 over Cornelius Hollerick 26 of Spring Valley as the only other nominee. Martin quit Sept 12 citing conflict with 18th Circuit judges after alleging capricious rulings and favors for relatives in 10 cases involving Chief Judge C Howard Wampler and Judge James Wimbiscus.
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Princeton, II
Bureau County Board of Supervisors
Charlotte Martin
Donald Rumley
Pinceton
Rumley
Cornelius Hollerick
Spring Valley
Martin
18Th Circuit
C. Howard Wampler
James Wimbiscus
Bethalto Man Charged With 1971 Thallium Poisonings
Edwardsville Illinois AP report says George Hanes of Bethalto, 56, is charged with murder in the thallium deaths of his father Hermann Hanei, 86, and Katie Roessel, 77, amid land dispute schemes. The elder and Roessel died years apart after alleged poisoning. investigations link others and a 53-year-old farmer's death to thallium exposure.
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Edwardsville
George Hanes
Bethalto
Hanei
Madison County
Atty
Nicholas G. Bryan
Hermann Joseph Hanei
Alton
George Hanei
Katie Roessel
Miss Roessel
Circuit Court
Harold Wineland
Arthur
Benton man Evan Smith Benton dies at 82
Evan Smith Benton 82 of Benton died this morning at Firmin Desloge Hospital in St. Louis. A lifelong Belle Rive resident until moving to Benton six years ago he was a retired rural mail carrier. Funeral arrangements are with Hobbs Johnson Funeral Home Benton and were incomplete.
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Evan Smith
Benton
Firmin Desloge
St. Louis
Belle Rive
Smith
Hobbs- Johnson Funeral Home
Roy L. Smith
Evansville
Ind
Fountain Terrace
Mt. Vernon
Oakwood Cemetery
Robert Freytag
Myers-Baril Chapel
Simon Smith
Juanita Phillips
Don Smith
New York
Ray Smith
Peggy Joyce
Mr. Smith
Schlumberger
James Bobbett
Salem
Edward Eugene Pyatt
Moweaqua
St. Mary’s Hospital
Decatur
First Christian Church
Dawson and Wikoff
West Side Cemetery
Mr. Pyatt
Brownstown
Ora
Laura (Underwood) Pyatt
Ercele Wright
Sullivan
Thomas Eugene Pyatt
Lee
Roberta Sue) Smith
Joel
Peter Burns
Jeff Pyatt
Agnes Butterfuss
Black River Falls
Wis
Donald L. Pyatt
Pyatt
Mt Vernon Markets and Weather Report Summary
Mt Vernon markets quote at 10 am for soybeans wheat and corn with prices listed. Chicago and national stock markets show mixed early action with Dow near 840 and volume around 7.5 million shares by noon. Local obituaries note Roy L. Smith and several others, with funeral details and survivors.
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MT. Vernon
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Carter
Lance
Sony
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
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Peoria
Quincy
Eldy
Rockford
Upstate County
Aree Bethalto
Ocie E. Yarbrough
Den
Sharon
Linda
Bob
Trista
Rhonda
Mom
Earl
FBI
Evan Smith Benton
Chicago
USDA
Bend Lake
Main Dam
James A. Bobbett
Salem Memorial Hospital
Mr. Bobbett
Marion County
James W
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Knight) Bobbett
Inez Donoho Russell
L.R. Osborn and Son
Kell
Wells Chapel
Inez
Louie C. Piper
Woodlawn
Route 1
Good Samaritan Hospital
East Side Lumber Company
Mr. Piper
C.A
Lottie (Eubank) Piper
Nashville
Frieda A. Ferguson
Walter Burnett
McLeansboro
Walter Marshall Burnett
Mr. Burnett
Hamilton County
George Washington
Katherine (Gholson) Burnett
Jefferson County
Lavada Jane Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
Johnson Funeral Home
John Deen
Ten Mile Cemetery
Burnett
Lavada
Walter B. Burnett
Lompoc
Calif
Turnage
Charleston
S.C
Verna Dean Webb
Loretta Jean Pearce
Mary Jane Sansostia
Mokena
Helen Marks
Broughton
Mabel (Hungate) Burnett
Edward Pyatt Moweaqua
Ashley Rd
Fred
Fred Lampp
WG Motors
Yrmgie
United Methodist Men’s
First United Methodist Church
Green Park
12Th & Broadway
Pioneer Park
Elvis
Featherston
Andy Gibb
James Taylor
Fleetwood Mac
K C
and the
Strawberry Letter
Brothers Johnson
Telephone Line
Electric Light Orchestra
Sanford Townsend
London Symphony Orchestra
Rumours Fleatwood Mac Star
CSN
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Commodores
Shaun Cassidy
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