Prison “Human Warehouse” Charge Denied in Illinois Case
Former Menard Warden Ross Randolph rejected the claim that Menard and Stateville prisons are “human warehouses” due to overcrowding. On trial for murder, four convicts challenged the system with questions about inmate treatment and rehabilitation while Randolph noted overcrowding issues are nationwide and urged more psychiatric help at Menard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard
Ross Randolph
Stateville
Randolph
Circuit Court
Richard Shaikwitz
Alton
John J. Galvin
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Shaikowitz
John Stamps
Alonzo Jones
Printess
Ray Griffin
William Bassett
Stamps
Stateville Prison
Shaikewitz
Grass fires reported across towns with multiple blazes
Fire calls logged Monday across several towns. In Mary Eberhardt’s yard in West Frankfort a grass fire caused damage at 10:45 a.m. A second blaze a quarter mile north of town on Rt 37 had undetermined cause with no damage. Other fires occurred near Rt 57 and along Olive Street railroad tracks with no damage. A utility pole fire was reported on Tower Road in Carbondale.
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Orient
Mary Eberhardt
West Frankfort
City
Christopher
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Olive Street
Marion
Lester Brandt
Bainbridge Road
Carbondale
Tower Road
Chester Man Dies at 68 in Chester
Martin C. Buroede 68 of Route 1 Chester died Monday. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Burial in Paradise Cemetery at Steeleville. Friends may call after 7 30 p.m. today at Schaack's Funeral Home Steeleville.
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Martin C. Buroede
Rt. 1
Chester
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Steeleville
Paradise Cemetery
Schaack’s
Michael
Steven
Glenda
Bobby Wayne Holmes
Creal Springs
Betty Vaughn
Mt. Moriah General Baptist Church
Wilson Rister
Cosby Funeral Home
Will Scarlett Mine Fatal Accident Claims Creal Springs Man
Creal Springs resident Melvin Cleo Holmes 34 dies at Will Scarlett Mine when pinned between two coal cars while riding a loaded car from the tipple to the rail line. Coroner says off center couplings and sliding bumpers caused the crush. no witnesses. An inquest set this week. burial at Creal Springs Cemetery with church funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Cleo Holmes
Creal Springs
Will Scarlett
Stonefort Coal Corp
Moniday
Holmes
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Litton
Clifton Brown
Chestnut St
Marion
Mr. Holmes
Ola
Lela Parks Holmes
Bon‘eva Newbold
Mt.Moriah General
Walnut trees among row crops at SIU workshop
At Carbondale a three day black walnut workshop hosted by the U S Forest Service the American Walnut Manufacturers Association and Southern Illinois University Forestry Department explored growing high value veneer logs and nut crops together. Edward P Cliff chief of the Forest Service spoke on blending trees with crops and improving timber quality while noting walnut uses from nuts to furniture and gun stocks. The conference featured hybrid walnut plantings by SIU President Delyte Morris and leaders from several hardwood and furniture groups with field tours planned at SIU farms Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge and Kaskaskia Experiment Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Forest Service
Carbondale
Edward P. Clif
American Walnut Manufacturers’ Association
Southern Illinois University
Forestry Department
Cliff
Po Valley
Danube
Europe
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
William F. Beckwith
American Walnut Manufacturers Association
How. Gatewood
The
Fine Hardwoods Association
Clark E. McDonald
Hardwood Playwood Manufacturers Association
John Snow
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Robert A. Spellman
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Donald H. Gott
SIU Farms
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Kaskaskia Experiment Forest
Hardin County
SIU Jobs Open for Students Early Applications
SIU invites new and returning students to apply for on campus part time work in clerical and maintenance roles. Applicants must be interviewed by a counselor, with summer applicants given priority. Jobs can start August 15 if registered, with eight hour daily limits until September class start. May contact Raymond P. DeJarnett in Carbondale or Phillip Eckert in Edwardsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Frank C. Adams
SIU
Adams
Raymond P. DeJarnett
Carbondale
Phillip Eckert
Edwardsville
Marion Park awards $800 mercury light contract
The Marion Park District Board awarded Bruce Electric Co. of Marion the $800 project to install mercury vapor lights in Pyramid Park. They will supply lights, lines, a time switch, and tamper proof box while the district digs and backfills the lines. Attendance and revenue at the swimming pool declined from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Electric ‘C
Marion
Pyramid Park
Marion Park District Board
C. F. Totsch
Totsch
Ardell Wed
Oasis Park
Orient 3 Mine Back To Work After Safety Cert Delays
Operations at the Orient 3 mine near Waltonville resumed Monday after a weeklong shutdown prompted by the discovery of hot pockets that created carbon monoxide risks. The union had barred reopening until the Bureau of Mines issued safety certification in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient 3
Waltonville
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Attucks Park Closes for Reconstruction in Carbondale
Attucks Park in Northeast Carbondale will close after August 12 for a $19,300 grading contract and restoration. After grading, grass will be planted and a shelter building project is planned with expected construction contracts to follow, potentially keeping the park closed until next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attucks Park
Carbondale
Charles Boudreau
Herrin Convent Bids Sought for New Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Bids for a two story convent at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Herrin are due August 16 at 8 p.m. The project, designed by Simon Rettberg and Garrison of Carbondale, will house four nuns in about 4 250 square feet with central heating and air conditioning. The old frame convent was moved last month and will be razed or rented after occupancy of the new building next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Herrin
Simon, Rettberg and Garrison of
Carbondale
West Cherry Street
Bernard P. Mongan
Mongan
Johnston City Chamber Cancels Fall Festival This Year
The Johnston City Chamber of Commerce voted Monday night not to sponsor the fall festival this year citing dwindling interest. The group also approved buying black and white postcards of the city for sale in local shops.
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Johnston City
Police Briefs from Three Towns Speeding Fines
Marion reports Robert Gower fined 15 dollars for speeding. Harrisburg records Charles Norman fined 19 dollars for speeding. Carrie Mills lists John Wible fined 17 dollars for speeding.
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Marion
Robert Gower
Harrisburg
Charles Norman
Carrie
Mills
John Wible
Jennings New Frankfort Unit Superintendent
Warren Jennings 45, former Defense Overseas School Program administrator, is named superintendent of Frankfort Community Unit School District by the Board of Education. He replaces Clyde Corn who resigned to lead Robinson schools and returns to Illinois after six years abroad in Turkey and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Jennings
Department of Defense Overseas
Frankfort
Board of Education
Jennings
Clyde Corn
Robinson
Turkey
Germany
Metropolis
Carrier Mills
Junction
Shawneetown
Southern Illinois University
U.S. Army
Rushville
West Frankfort
SIU
Lorelei Baker
Crab Orchard Board Reconsiders Closing Two Rural Schools
Crab Orchard Unit Three Board to reevaluate the decision to close Dykersburg and Paulton Schools after a special meeting drew about 125 residents. The plan to close these campuses was approved July 26, amid declining enrollment and larger class sizes, with discussion set for August 9.
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Dykersburg
Paulton
Crab Orchard Unit Three Board of Education
Dykersburg School
Crab Orchard
Arnold School
Mont Davis
Davis
Arnold
Blaze Along Tracks Stopped Near Whittington and Ina
Fire crews from the Benton office fought for over three hours Monday to contain a blaze along the Chicago and between Whittington and Ina. Dispatcher Charles Moleski said the fire stretched about a quarter to a half mile, damaging five poles railroad ties and fence posts with sparks from a train listed as the cause.
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Benton
State Division of Forestry
Whittington
Ina
Charles Moleski
Benton Station
William Adams Dies at 79 in Du Quoin
William Maxey Adams aged 79 of 403 North Line Street Du Quoin died at 6 a.m. today at home. He is survived by his wife Pearl Hall Adams. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Poulson Freeman Funeral Home in Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Maxey Adams
Line St. du Quoin
Pearl Hall Adams
Poulson- Freeman
Benton
Jackson County approves road maintenance material bids
Jackson County road and bridge committee awarded a 99000 dollar summer maintenance program. Franklin Asphalt Co. and Illinois Quarry Co. won multiple bids for MC-3 asphalt and crushed stone types with per ton and per gallon rates. Floyd Watson and Son secured the Elk Township crushed stone spreading contract at 3.10 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Asphalt Co
Benton
Franklin
Illinois Quarry Co
Ava
Illinois
Gillmore Asphalt Co
Anna
Elk Township
Floyd Watson and Son
Carterville
West Frankfort Officials OK City Wage Increases
The West Frankfort City Council approved raises for 24 classes in city water and sewer departments effective August 1. Raises cover accounts and finances, public health and safety, garbage, streets and utilities, with varied monthly salaries and hourly rates for police, fire, janitorial, garbage workers, street staff, meter patrols, and water and sewer plant operators.
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City and Water and Sewer Department
West Frankfort
Department of Accounts and Finances
Department of Public Health and Safety
Fi Ae
Department of Public Property
Sen Ras
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Water Utility Department
Sewer Utility Department
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and Affiliations
The Southern Illinoisan operates as a daily newspaper with editions published in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It states its lineage as successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and notes exclusive AP republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
North Ilinois Corporation
Wearn Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Tiltotian
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Auto collision kills 3 near Lake Zurich
Three members of the Gritmacher family are dead in a U S 12 crash west of Lake Zurich. Beverly 22 and 8 month old Davy were among those killed. John Raymond Gritmacher 28 of Fors Lake also died. Two other family members were seriously injured.
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Lake Zurich
U. S. 12
John Raymond Gritmacher
Fores Lake
Beverly
Davy
Land Transfer Hearing Set for Sept 1 in Jackson Co
A hearing to transfer more than 300 acres from Murphysboro Unit 186 to Carbonale Districts 95 and 165 was reset for Sept 1 at 7 30 p.m. Unit 186 sought more time to oppose the transfer, a continuance approved by the county board. The special hearing will coincide with Unit 186’s regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Jackson County Board of School Trustees
Lake Chautauqua
Unit 186
County Board of Trustees
Bids Readvertised After Equal Total For Ford Tractor
The West Frankfort City Council re advertised for bids on a Ford tractor with mower and sweeper after both submitted bids of 4976.50. Murphysboro Tractor Co and Chamness Farm Equipment Co Marion were the bidders. The council also authorized repainting of city hall and ordered a traffic switch on Horn and Parkhill to two way between Lindell and Main. A Ramsey Heights group sought to extend water to 12 families with a two inch line, with the attorney advising title and permission checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Tractor Co
Chamness Farm Equipment Co
Marion
Ford
Harold Wade
Wade
Ramsey Heights
Don Lucas
Horn
Parkhill
Lindell
Main Streets
St. Louis Street
Union Hospital
Student Hurt Two Charged At SIU Crab Orchard Lake Fight
A Southern Illinois University student from Pinckneyville was injured during a fight at Crab Orchard Lake in Carbondale. William Farmer, 27, was knocked unconscious when his head hit a vending machine at the Boat Docks. Frank L. Jose and John A. Powell faced Williamson County charges of disorderly conduct, with Powell also charged with battery.
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Southern Illinois University
Pinckneyville
Crab Orchard Lake
William Farmer
Carbondale
Frank L. Jose
John A. Powell
Williamson County
Powell
Jose
Cearbondale
N. Marion St
SIU Health Service
Farmer
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Chester Man
Melvin Clec Holmes
SIU Workshop
Jennings New Frankfort
William Adams
Jackson Roads
Jackson County
County Board of Supervisors
Mardale
Limpus
Pirates Cove
Beautiful Crabbet Lake
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