VTI Dorm Progresses Construction at Southern Illinois Institute
Progress continues on a 705,887 dollar dormitory for 138 students at SIU Vocational Technical Institute near Carterville. It is the campus's first new permanent building. MacDonald Inter-American Corp. of St. Louis is the general contractor awaiting completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University
Vocational Technical Institute
Carterville
Tory
Illinois Ordnance Depot
Ordill
MacDonald Inter-American Corp
St. Louis
Man Killed Five Injured In Mt Vernon Crash
A head on collision on a rural road northeast of Mt Vernon left one man dead and five people injured. Joseph Wegmann 27 of Dix died in the 3 p m crash. Wegmanns wife Linda 27 and their son Jose 3 were treated for major injuries. Jim Steffey of Mt Vernon escaped with major injuries along with passengers Vickie Adams 16 and Susan Burkhart 16. All injured treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Joseph Wegmann
Dix
Wegmann
Jim Steffey
Linda
Jose
Steffey
Vickie Adams
Susan Burkhart
Good Samaritan Hospital
Marion Girl Hurt and Charged After Collision
A 14 year old Marion girl Joyce Sears was admitted to Marion Memorial Hospital Sunday after an auto accident. She is in good condition. Police said a collision occurred at South Duncan and West Concord streets involving Dean V Matheny and Miss Sears. Sears was charged with disobeying a stop sign and not having a valid drivers license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Joyce Sears
Sue Sears
West Main Street
Dean V. Matheny
Midway
Miss Sears
South Duncan
West Concord
Marion Man and Wife Injured in Goreville Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens of Marion were injured in an automobile accident near Goreville on Sunday. Stevens is listed in good condition at Marion Memorial Hospital with chest bruises and cuts. Mrs. Stevens received a cut on her right arm and a left knee injury.
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Charles Stevens
N. Buchanan St
Marion
Goreville
Stevens
Marion Memorial Hospital
George E Williams of Carterville dies at 87
George Edward Williams 87 of Carterville died at 2 37 a.m. in Herrin Hospital. Born April 21 1879 near Carterville he was a retired coal miner and Carterville First Christian Church member. He leaves a daughter Blanche and sons Freeland and Edward J R. two sisters and 10 grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 p.m. Wednesday at Riggin Funeral Home Carterville with Rev Merle Melton officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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George Edward Williams
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
George
Fannie Hicks Williams
Margie Freeland
Flora Snider
Hope DeWitt
Desoto
Riggin
Rites for Mrs Myrtle Connett Held in Marion
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Connett 76 a Marion resident will be held at 3 p m Wednesday at Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion Burial is planned at Providence Cemetery in Saline County Friends may visit after 2 p m Tuesday She died at 7 30 a m today in Fountain Nursing Home Marion Born December 10 1889 in Saline County she was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Shanks later raised by John and Mary Hutson She was married to the late Ray Connett and was a member of Coal Bank Springs Baptist Church She is survived by four children two sisters 16 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Connett
Rt. 2
Marion
Mitchell
Providence
Saline County
Connett
Fountain Nursing Home
Isaac
Mary Shanks
John
Mary Hutson
Ray Connett
Coal Bank Springs
Susanna Jackson 76 Dies in Murphysboro Funeral Thursday
Susanna Jackson 76 died Sunday at the Tyler Nursing Home Murphysboro born June 5 1890 in Mississippi daughter of Robert and Mahalia Howlett married to Abraham Jackson who preceded her in death a 30 year Murphysboro resident and Mt Gilead Baptist Church member services Thursday 1 pm at Mt Gilead Baptist Church burial Tower Grove Cemetery callers may come after 7:15 pm Wednesday at the church she leaves sons Isaac Murphysboro and Jacob Racine Wis five grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susanna Jackson
Tyler Nursing Home
Murphysboro
Mississippi
Robert
Mahalia Howlett
Abraham Jackson
Doyle C Bayles Dies in Pittsburg at 61
Doyle C Bayles 61 of Pittsburg died at 9 45 p m Sunday at his home He was born August 6 1904 in Granville North Dakota son of William and Tressie Brown Bayles He married Venita Avery June 1 1929 in Johnston City He was a painter and member of Pittsburg Methodist Church Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge 487 Pittsburg Order of Eastern Star and Marion Painters and Decorators Union 431 He leaves his wife two sons Donald and Jerry brothers Bryan of Clarksdale Floyd of Garland Kenneth of Stockton sisters J S Campbell Benton Miss Mrs Carl Bond Mrs Austin Ragain both Marion Mrs Raymond Hill East Peoria and Mrs Dave O Neal Chicago and four grandchildren Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with Rev Kenneth Rissey officiating Burial will be New Rose Hill Cemetery Marion Masonic rites will be 8 p m Tuesday at the funeral home Friends may call after 4 p m Tuesday.
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Doyle C. Bayles
Piittsburg
Pittsburg
Granville
N. D
William and
Tressie Brown Bayles
Venita Avery
Johnston City
Bayles
Pittsburg Methodist Church
Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star and Marion
Painters and Decorators Union
Donald
Jerry
Bryan
Clarksdale
Floyd
Garland
Texas
Kenneth
Stockton
Calif
J. S. Campbell
Benton
Carl Bond
Austin Ragain
Marion
Raymond Hill
East Peoria
Dave O'Neal
Chicago
Mitchell Funeral Home
Kenneth Rissey
New Rose Hill
Marcus Perko 56 of Johnston City Dies in St Louis
Marcus Mark Perko 56 of 606 West Fifth Street Johnston City died at 11 45 p m Saturday at Firmin Desloge Hospital St Louis after four days as a patient He was a World War II veteran and a member of St Pauls Catholic Church He leaves a mother two sisters a sister in law brothers and a brother in Chicago Funeral services will be at 9 a m Wednesday at St Pauls with burial in Lakeview Cemetery Rosary is at 7 15 p m Tuesday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Friends may call after 2 p m Tuesday at the funeral home
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Marcus
Mark
Perko
Fifth St
Johnston City
Firmin Desloge Hospital
St. Louis
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Beulah
Annie Perko
Helen Perko
Joe Rubinelli
M. Leonardo O
Lakeview Cemetery
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Marion Man Walks Into Car Injuring Self
Frank Barbaro 39 of 207 S Askew St Marion was in good condition at Marion Memorial Hospital after walking into the side of a moving car Saturday. Police said the incident occurred about 8 30 p m on South Market Street just off the Public Square.
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Frank Barbaro
S. Askew St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
South Market Street
Public Square
Mascoutah Couple Dies In Auto Wreck
A Mascoutah man John E. Spanly 61 and his wife Ruth 57 died Sunday afternoon when their car overturned off Route 15 near Okawville State Police said the accident occurred at 2 p.m half a mile west of Okawville.
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Rt. 15
Okawville
John E. Spanly
Ruth
Okawvillis
Carolyn Greer
Swanwick
Lula J. Burris
Coulterville
Burris
Woodrow Fincher
Michael B. Coatner
Eldorado
Jennifer Harroen
Ballwin
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Woodmen of the World Hold Annual Picnic in Johnston City
Southern Illinoois Woodmen of the World hosts its annual picnic Sunday starting at 12:30 p.m. in Johnston City city park. Entertainment features Charlie Barnes and His Hired Hands from Highland. Local camps supply meat, drinks and watermelon. guests bring a vegetable, salad or dessert. Grove 6044 sponsors.
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Johnston City
Charlie Barnes
Highland
Grove 6044
Beet Eggs Entrée: Hollowed Beets with Egg Salad
A simple lunch idea using hollowed small beets filled with egg salad. Serve on salad greens with cottage cheese or cream cheese for balance.
Carbondale Parks Budget Totals 89132
Carbondale Park District commissioners approve a budget of 89132 for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The plan lists 525,480 for general corporate, 231,000 for recreation, 121,612 for bonded interest and 1040 for liability insurance, with 83,632 proposed from taxes and 5,400 in fees to reach 89132.
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Carbondale Park District
Eight Seek Queen Title At Hampshire Pageant
Eight Hampshire queens from Iowa Louisiana Illinois Ohio Georgia Wisconsin Indiana and Nebraska compete this afternoon in Carbondale as part of the National Hampshire Meat Hog Conference at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Sue Finley associate editor Hampshire Herdsman oversees the event.
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Carbondale
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Judy Goodchild
Iowa
Vicky Williams
Louisiana
Sandy Durham
Illinois
Jeannie Andrews
Ohio
Linda Dougless
Georgia
Rita Stanton
Wisconsin
Marilyn Gray
Indiana
Katherine Quill
Nebraska
Sue Finley
Hampshire Herdsman
Theater Group To Tour Bases
Southern Illinois University theater department will stage its second USO tour to Northeast Command military installations. Archibald McLeod says SIU is one of nine colleges chosen to perform for U.S. armed forces worldwide. The 1966-67 touring play is Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon directed by Christian Moe with associate professor Moe guiding the troupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Northeast Command
Archibald McLeod
SIU
U.S
Southern Players
Icelandic National Theater
State Department
Neil Simon
Christian Moe
Thieves Take Copper Wire From Murphysboro CIPS Office
At the Central Illinois Public Service Co storage office in Murphysboro over the weekend thieves used a large truck to haul away nearly two tons of copper wire. Richard Powers, the local manager, said preliminary checks show a shortage between 3000 and 4000 pounds and the loss is estimated high. The theft was discovered this morning after a back door to the Mt Carbon area storage shed was found open with no forced-entry signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Murphysboro
Richard Powers
Powers
Mt. Carbon
Students Hurt In Crash Near Reed's Station Road
Southern Illinois University students Mike Kotner 21 and Jenny Harroun 19 from Eldorado were injured when their sports car left Rt. 13 east of Carbondale and overturned near Reed's Station road. Kotner is in good condition at Doctors Hospital and Harroun remains in fair condition.
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Mike Kotner
Jenny Harroun
Southern
Eldorado
Illinois University
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Reed’s Station Road
Kotner
NORAD Talk on Defense Communications at Lions Club
James R Evans public information manager for General Telephone Co of Illinois will speak to Carbondale Lions about Seconds for Survival and NORAD defense communications Friday. A NORAD film will show forces in action during a simulated attack followed by a live telephone briefing from NORAD headquarters in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Evans
General Telephone Co
Illinois
North American Air Defense Command
Carbondale Lions Club
NORAD
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jonesboro Woman Hurt in Three Car Crash
A Jonesboro woman, 27 year old Bonita Pender, was hospitalized after a three car collision on Rt. 127 near Rt. 146 at 12 25 p m Saturday. Freda Stone 19 Cobden and Roy Kuhnert 44 Pinckneyville were involved. Kuhnert charged with wrong lane use.
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Jonesboro
Rt. 127
Rt. 146
Bonita Pender
Union County Hospital
Anna
Jimmy Pender
Tate
Freda Stone
Cobden
State Youth Commission
Roy Kuhnert
Pinckneyville
Pender
Kuhnert
Miss Stone
Multiple Rural Grass and Vehicle Fires Reported Across Counties
Fire department logs from Carbondale Marion and Carterville record grass fires and vehicle blazes. Sunday incidents include a grass fire on Giant City Blacktop and a Sunday pick up truck burned near Rt 13 in Marion with unknown cause. A Saturday car fire struck a service station on West Main Street Sherry Hill and a grass fire near Rt 13 in Carterville caused no damage.
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Carbondale
West Main Street
Sherry Hill
Marion
Rt. 13
J. L. Simmons
North Court Street
Carterville
SIU Board to Meet on Edwardsville Campus
The SIU Board of Trustees will meet at 1 30 p m Wednesday on the Edwardsville campus to review the 1966 67 internal budget and consider changes in faculty and administrative personnel The session will also address utilities for U S Forest Service greenhouses on the Carbondale campus and cooperative research projects between the Forest Service and SIU School of Agriculture.
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SIU
Southern Illinois University
Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Delythe W. Morris
U.S. Forest Service
Carbondale
Forest Service
SIU School of Agriculture
Sparta Girl Is Injured In Car Overturn Near Sparta
Carol Lively 17 of Sparta was treated and released after her car overturned on Rt 4 four miles north of Sparta at 5 20 p m when a tire blew causing loss of control. A Coulterville woman and a five year old boy were hurt in a two car crash two miles north of Swanwick at 6 45 p m when Carolyn Greer 49 of Swanwick hit Lula Burris 62 of Coulterville. Mrs Burris and Woodrow Fincher a passenger were treated and released at Sparta Hospital. No tickets issued.
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Carol Lively
Sparta
Rt. 4
Miss Lively
Coulterville
Swanwick
Carolyn Greer
Lula Burris
Burris
Woodrow Fincher
Sparta Hospital
Basque Sheep Herders Reach The Western U.S.
Basque emigrants from the Pyrenees cross into the United States to tend sheep in the arid deserts and mountains of the West, a century old pattern of borderland migration and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pyrenees
Spain
France
Services for Mrs Irene Watson Held in Carterville
Funeral services set for Mrs Irene Gertrude Watson of Carterville at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riggin Funeral Home. The 60 year old teacher died Saturday at Holden Hospital in Carbondale after a career in Carterville Christopher Marion Johnston City and Sparta. She served as Mendota Unit School District music supervisor for seven years and held degrees from Millikin University and the University of Illinois.
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Irene Gertrude Watson
Carterville
Riggin Funeral Home
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Henry Bargman
Chester
Philip Tregoning
Marion Man
Southernllinoisan
Sap
North Clinois Corporation
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Sttreet
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
George E. Williams
Marcus Perko
Mascoutah
Woodmen’s
Carbondale Parks
Doctors Hospital
Miss Hareroun
DU Quoin, Illinois
Stars OF
Grand Ole Opry
Steve
Lawrence
Eydie Gorme
du Quoin State Fair
du Quoin
Hambletonian
Teen A Go
the Perry
USAC
Nat’s Auto Races
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