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Illinois News Roundup Highlights Accidents and Honors
A wide set of briefs reports a six month jail term for drunken activity. a six year old killed by a car in Mattoon. a Clinton IA man killed at a Morrison crossing. college sports captaincy in 1980. union leaders named in Rock Island. windstorm injuries in Mount Vernon. a pastor reappointed in Duquoin. various legal sentences for liquor violations and kidnapping. deaths include ornithologist Dr. Ridgway. fires and train law cases. multiple local incidents across Illinois.
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Decatur
Tony Madjer
East St. Louis
Eugene Hughes Weathers
Arthur Kenton
Mattoon
Paul Dorothy
Clinton
Iowa
Morrison
Clyde McQueen
Tremont
Bradley University
Mason
Illinois Sheet Metal Workers
Rock Island
Thomas Redding
Chicago
Leona Morgan
Mount Vernon
First Presbyterian Church
Duquoin
William M. Maxton
Robertson
Benton
Harmon Clark
Eli Dixson
Roseville
Illinois
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Aurora
Springfield
Glenn Castleman
Tillinois Traction System
Patrick Mitchell
Lincoln
Lucy B. Twente
Cairo
Alexander County
Southern Illinois Teachers’ Association
Carbondale
Peoria
Theodore Freeman
Naperville
Margaret Weismantle
Dean Perry
Arturo Bellini
Pershing
Franklin County
Pellini
Muddy
Harrishburg
Lisg
M. J. Moore
Moore
Mollie Whitacre
West Frankfort
H. N. Whitacre
Illinois Central
Woodmen of the World
Kentucky
Indiana
Fort Massac
Metropolis
Beardstown
Richard Simpson
Levi W. Simpson
Angelo Petitti
Andrew Cappellano
Billy Ranieri
Robert E. Gentzel
Robert Ridgway
Olney
Doctor Ridgway
United States National Museum
George O'Connor
du Page County
Wiaone Eeeee
Lombard
Roy Little
Cleve Riley
McLeansboro
Kern
Menard
Eugen Hughes Weathers
Byutomobile
Mra Sur Kemtyn