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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1972
Page
3
Neighbors report a large tree uprooted overnight in Carbondale on Thursday around 8 30. Mrs King said nearby sidewalk work may have loosened soil and wind could have toppled the tree onto the house under renovation. Dam.
A historic storm drenched Carbondale and Murphysboro Thursday night with up to 3.02 inches in one hour, dumping two to three inches in Murphysboro and halting traffic. Flooded streets, store water damage, and power outages affected downtown Carbondale, Mardale Shopping Center, and nearby neighborhoods while officials logged dozens of calls and closures.
Janna Beth England 14 died after being struck by lightning while with her horse under a tree on the front lawn of her Woodlawn home in Jefferson County. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital Mt Vernon at 5 37 p m. The horse was burned on the back and was described as eating grass when clouds gathered before the strike. Miss England was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert England.
Two men Harold Jeffries 37 Willisville and Louis Howell 29 Perry County Missouri were held in Randolph County jail Chester after a St Marys bank robbery. FBI said cash totals include $20000 in Jeffries home and several thousand in Howell possession. Arrested by state police Randolph County sheriff Chester police and FBI on a rural road near Chester. Suspects likely to be moved to federal prison in Belleville then St Louis. The bank robbers escaped with at least $38000.
Dennis Eggemeyer of Chester, a state trooper shot during an arrest attempt, was released from Memorial Hospital. Homer Busse of Red Bud, 50, faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery for shooting Eggemeyer while deputies pursued him. Busse is to undergo psychiatric tests at the Illinois Security Hospital.
State Police arrested Lewis Howell, 29, and Harold Jeffries, 37, on a rural road near Chester after a trooper spotted suspicious driving. About 8:15 p.m. Thursday $1,700 was found in the car and more than $20,000 later in Jeffries' Willisville home. Three women in the vehicle were released without charges. A roadblock on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River was cleared about 4 p.m.
Merlin's at 315 S Illinois Ave Carbondale will start an outdoor beer garden and music trial tonight after a July 25 fire destroyed the club. Mayor Neal Eckert says approval depends on band volume liquor control and health department clearance expected today.
John Truitt, vice president of student affairs at Indiana State University, will visit Southern Illinois University for two days to aid in reorganizing the SIU student affairs division. He may help recruit a new vice president, though officials say his role is reshaping the division and not replacing the current acting VP George Mace. The visit costs SIU $400 and includes meetings with staff.
Robert E. Moore of West Frankfort continues to challenge a Cloverdale Federal Housing Addition eviction notice. A motion argues renewal of his lease makes the notice invalid. a 9:30 a.m. hearing in circuit court with Judge Don Foster is set.
Roosevelt Baldwin, 33, held in Williamson County jail on attempted kidnapping charges after a sawed off shotgun blast tore a hole in a car roof. George Whiteside of Marion escaped injury when he wrestled the weapon away before it fired. Baldwin, paroled June 19 from Eddyville prison for armed robbery, was arrested near the bus station.
Alan Travelstead, 16, of 712 S 24th St Mt Vernon, was listed in satisfactory condition at Good Samaritan Hospital after sustaining first and second degree burns to his hands legs and right arm. Firemen said fumes from gasoline ignited while he washed paint from his hands using gasoline in his basement around 4 08 p m Thursday when burner flames from a gas dryer set off the blaze.
Fred T. Willis, 84, of 906 S. Oakland Ave., Carbondale, was critically injured when he stepped from a parked car and was hit by a car driven by Robert L. Rands, 50, of Rt. 2, Carbondale. The 8:48 p.m. accident occurred in rain and darkness. Willis was taken to Doctors Memorial Hospital by Carbondale firefighters. no tickets were issued.
Downen Ifford L. Downen of Herrin, a 28 year old livestock farmer, is selected for the 1972 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America. He is sponsored by Southern Illinois Inc. Carterville and has a record as a state constitutional delegate and Nixon Agnew campaign coordinator.
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