Herrin Mayor and Alderman Face Possible Charges Over Shooting
Authorities plan charges against Herrin Mayor Fred Henderson and Alderman Tom Shoemake after a Thursday night shooting wounded a passerby, George Saliba. Saliba, 58, was hit in the right leg and hospitalized. Henderson says the shooting was accidental during a draw against Shoemake, who had been preparing a sanctioned landfill project while boycotting a council meeting.
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Herrin
Fred Henderson
Tom Shoemake
Williamson County
Kenneth Hubler
Hubler
George Saliba
Henderson
Saliba
Shoemake
Roy Cole
Mitchell wins two more UMW votes in Subdistrict 7 race
Gene Mitchell of Benton widened his lead for Subdistrict 7 United Mine Workers board member by securing nominations from Local 1284 and Local 8317. Incumbent Chester Gossett gained endorsements from Local 1124 while George Morris and Lloyd Roberson failed to qualify. Mitchell led at Orient 5 114 to 61. Gossett led at Old Ben 21 48 to 29. totals at Old Ben 9 and later rounds favored Mitchell. Byrd Rich won District 12 international board nominations at three locals and claimed eight nominations minimum. Zane Powell won District 12 scale committeeman nominations at two Old Ben locals.
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Gene Mitchell
Benton
Subdistrict 7
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Logan
Old Ben Coal Corp
West Frankfort
Chester Gossett
Old Ben 21
Lesser
George Morris
Lloyd Roberson
Stonefort Cola Mining Corp
Will Scarlet
Stonefort
Orient
Gossett
Morris
Roberson
Old Ben
Byrd Rich
District 12 International Board
Rich
Gino Casagranda
Christopher
Joe Shannon
Herrin
Casagranda
John Young
Royalton
Shanon
Shannon
Zane Powell
Marion
Bob Newburn
du Quoin
Powell
Newburn
FBI Takes Over Investigation Of Cairo Slaying
The FBI joined the probe into the July 27 slaying of Howard Edward Baker 42 owner of a Cairo beer joint near Gale at about 6 10 p m on Route 3. Police say a vehicle stopped beside his truck and fired with an automatic weapon. An earlier shotgun attack injured him last year.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Howard Edward Baker
Rt. 3
Gale
State bids readvertised for highway work in three counties
Re advertised highway projects in Franklin Randolph and Perry counties seek bids by Aug 23. Re bids cover Union Hardin and Pulaski Alexander areas with nine bridges and pavement, including rejections of $65,888 Edgar Stephens and Sons bid, $1,324,286 joint bid, and $258.49 bid by Denny and Simpson Stone.
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State Division of Highways
Franklin
Randolph
Perry
Union
Hardin
Pulaski - Alexander
Lesser
Kaskaskia River
Beaucoup Creek
Vergennes
Williamson
District 9
Highways Division
Cache River
Anna
Big Creek
Edgar Stephens and Sons, Inc
Carbondale
Nomination named for Eovaldi to 2nd Judicial Circuit
Associate Circuit Court Judge William G. Eovaldi of Benton was nominated by Republican delegates in Fairfield as the party candidate for circuit court judge in the 2nd Judicial Circuit. He was chosen unanimously over Associate Circuit Court Judge Alvin Lacy Williams of Mt Vernon, the lone other nominee. Eovaldi will face the Democratic nominee on November 5 for Roy O. Gully’s vacant circuit seat.
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William G. Eovaldi
Benton
Fairfield
Eovaldi
Alvin Lacy Williams
Mt. Vernon
Roy O. Gully
Marion florist Donald B. Olson dies after long illness
Donald B. Olson 57 of 1206 N Johnson St Marion died at 8 12 pm Saturday at home after a lingering illness He moved to Marion in 1947 buying Hartwell Flowers and later ran Olson s Flowers and Greenhouses He was a member of multiple Masonic bodies Shriners Elks Rotary Chamber of Commerce and florists associations He leaves Ferne R Failing his wife three children and other relatives Services set for 3 pm Wednesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home Seneca burial in Riverview Cemetery Marseilles Friends may call Tuesday at Pfeffer and Wilson Funeral Homes Masonic rites planned tonight at Wilson Funeral Home
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Donald B. Olson
N. Johnson St
Marion
Mr. Olson
Hartwell Flowers
Olson’s
Marion First Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Woodmen of the World
Elks Lodge No
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
National Florists
Olson
Fellowship Lodge No
Masons
Royal Arch Masons
Seneca Masonic Lodge
Ballard Lodge
Royal Arch Maons
Noel Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Herrin Council
Royal and Select Masons
Seneca
Thor
Martha Moore Olson
Ferne R. Failing
Rock Island
Dudley
Marseilles
Mike Travelstead
Carol
St., Louis
David
Springfield
Roger
Orville Hausken
Pfeffer
Earl Olson
Riverview Cemetery
Wilson Funeral
Nine injured on highways across multiple crashes
State Police report nine people injured Sunday in traffic crashes across multiple locations. Incidents include a two car collision on Rt. 13 at Cambria side road injuring three in the Smith car and minor injuries to others, with several other crashes on Log Cabin Road, Rt. 127, Orient Road, Rt. 51 and near Eldorado. No fatalities reported.
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Cambria
James A. Hicks
Marion
Karen K. Smith
Bridegport
Smith
Betty Cook
Billy Smith
Bridgeport
Joy L. Richman
Dover
Ohio
George S. Jones
Rt. 1
Rt. 460
Mt. Vernow
Betty M. Gaston
Pinckneyville
Steven Jay Fred
Anadale
Rt. 127
Rt. 45
Eldorado
Willis
Elsie
Ferrell Hospital
Johnny A. Peeler
Dongola
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Rt. 51
Buckner man charged in his run
Quinn A Kent 34 faces a recklessly homicide count in a hit and run that killed 19 year old Robert David Creek of West Frankfort. Authorities say Kent's blue car damaged in the crash left evidence at the scene and near an overpass.
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West Frankfort
Williamson County
Kenneth Hubler
Quinn A. Kent
Hubler
Marion
Kent
Robert David Creek
Rt. 9
Creek
Russell Dillingham
Franklin County
Benton
Harold Farner
Stiritz Road
Ramada Inn
Wilson
Herrin landfill cited for violations in state notice
The Illinois Department of Public Health informed Herrin that its new landfill violates Pollution Control Law after a July 8 inspection by Gene Hatfield. Officials demanded corrective steps including daily soil covering, restricted burning, proper disposal, shelter facilities, and a 30 day compliance report.
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State Department of Public Health
Herrin
Franklin D. Yoder
C. W. Klassen
Gene Hatfield
Health Department
Tom Shoemake
Shoemake
Carbondale
Murphysboro Policeman Loses Pants on Duty
Murphysboro officer De laine Edwards on call at a laundromat on 17th and Walnut found his slacks missing from a table. His mother-in-law Mrs. Russell Wingerter had phoned in the report while doing laundry for Edwards family. Police had no leads on the theft.
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Murphysboro
Delaine Edwards
Edwards
17Th
Walnut
Russell Wingerter
Novick suit postponed over SIU civil rights claim
The suit filed by former SIU student Stu art Novick against Southern Illinois University over civil rights denial was postponed to August 19. The hearing before Irving W. Adams was set after a May protest incident and seeks reinstatement to campus for fall quarter.
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Southern Illinois University
Stuart Novick
University
Danville
Novick
Irving W. Adams
SIU
American Civil Liberty’s Union
Hiroshima Day Rally Promotes Peace Protest at SIU
About 150 participants including SIU students, faculty, and Carbondale residents joined a Hiroshima Day Rally in Carbondale sponsored by the Southern Illinois Peace Committee to protest the Vietnam War. Speakers urged ending the war and building a strong peace movement, citing wartime costs and potential social gains from peace.
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Sally Weilands
Vietnam
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
William Moffett
Peace Committee
Donald Eggert
SIU
Raid at Carbondale party nets 15 arrests
Carbondale police raided a house at 709 S. Illinois Ave at 11 55 p m following noise complaints and arrested 14 for underage drinking and one for interfering with a police officer Two kegs of beer and about 50 people were found at the party Michael J LaCroix owner of the building pleaded not guilty to interfering with an officer and faces Circuit Court action Aug Fined 25 and 5 costs for some underage drinking charges Others from Schneider Hall and nearby addresses pleaded not guilty or had charges dismissed in later hearings
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Carbondale
Eat
Illinois Ave
Michael J. LaCroix
LaCroix
Peter T. Sullivan III
Schneider Hall
M. E. Barry
Ronald Stephen Oils
John C. Alexander
Rt. 3
Decatur
Luz M. Montero
P. D. McCormack
Rt. 4
Donald P. Niemann
Frank Wilson
E. College
Clarence Johnson
Herrin Man Hurt in Early Morning Crash
Donald R. Law, 36, of Herrin, was injured when his truck rear ended a parked car at East Adams and North 11 streets at about 1 am. Law was not treated at Herrin Hospital. Chris A. Draper, 18, of Herrin, was charged with driving too fast for conditions after his car rear ended Lacey E. Sanders at Park and Madison streets at 8:05 pm Sunday.
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Donald R. Law
7Th St
Herrin
Law
Richard C. Jones
11Th St
East Adams
North 11
Chris A. Draper
S. 19Th St
Draper
Lacey E. Sanders
12Th St
Park Avenue
Madison Street
Power outage after truck snaps utility line near Lake area
A power failure in the New Thompson Lake area between Carbondale and Murphysboro was caused when the top of a truck struck and snapped a utility line. Egyptian Electric Coop said service should be restored by early afternoon.
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New Thompson Lake
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Egyptian Electric Coop
Five fire calls in Marion include pumps fire at service station
Firefighters answered five alarms Saturday night through Sunday afternoon, tackling gasoline and vehicle fires across Marion. A motorcycle ignition explosion at West Main Street's Shell damaged a fiberglass light fixture and sparked a blaze destroying one pump and damaging another, with a car and oil rack also damaged. Other incidents included a 1961 model car fire near Rt 13 and Rt 37, a gasoline spill on Cherry Street, and a 1953 car destroyed on South Madison Street.
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Marion
Shell
West Main Street
Blaine Duty
California
Bill Whiting
Halie Abney
Rt. 1
North State Street Road
W. Cherry St
Robert McDonald
Joyner Brother
Jamie May
McDonald
Frank Cagle
Creal Springs
Cooksey’s
Madison Street
Rt. 13
Rt. 37
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UMW
FBI
Buckner
Kestner Buchanan
Pope Coun
Guy Keller
Metropolis
Associated Saddle Clubs of South
Ern Illinois
Leland Wilkins
U.S. Forest Service
Robert Buchanan
Golconda
Club
Dan Ludlow
Harrisburg
Steve Rice
William Cohen
National Bulletin of Women Striking For Peace
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