Murphysboro Man Killed in Tennessee Traffic Crash
William Travis aged 32 of Murphysboro was killed in a weekend traffic crash near Gleason Tennessee while en route to Fulton Kentucky. He worked for Phelps-Dodge Aluminum and leaves a wife and several children, with funeral plans pending in McKenzie Tennessee.
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William Travis
S. Eighth St
Murphysboro
Tennessee
O’daniel
Esther Johnson
William Johnson
Pearline Travis
Magnolia Travis
Paris
Tenn
Katy Travis
Rt. 2
George Edward Travis
McKenzie
Gorham Man Hobart McCormick Dies at 69
Hobart Fred McCormick 69 of Rt. 1 Gorham died Sunday in Jackson County Nursing Home Murphysboro He was born August 13 1896 in Campbell Hill son of Curtis and Gertie McCorrick He married Ethel White in Chester August 28 1918 She died 1949 He was a laborer and a Pentecostal Church member He leaves a son Charles of Sterling daughters Thelma Sorensen Gorham and Dorothy Ogle O Fallon sisters Irene Bradshaw Jacob and Opal Lusk Fast St Louis a brother Herbert O Fallon eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday Crawshaw Mariners Chapel Murphysboro Rev Irene Chaney officiating Burial Glenn Cemetery Raddle Friends may call after 4 p.m. today
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Hobart Fred McCormick
Rt. 1
Gorham
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Campbell Hill
Curtis
Gertie Asbury McCorrick
Ethel White
Chester
McCormick
Pentecostal Church
Charles
Sterling
Thelma Sorensen
Clifford Vincent of Wolf Lake Dies After Long Illness
Clifford F. Vincent 63 of Wolf Lake died Saturday in Union County Hospital Anna after a long illness. Born March 12 1903 in Union County he was son of Arthur and Minnie Vincent. He married Vesta Harris who died 1960. Survived by son Clifford E. of Wolf Lake. daughters Opal Moore Cahokia and Emilean Walker Plum Branch S.C.. brothers Robert Golbern Ira Grand Tower Roy Dongola John Wolf Lake. sister Ogle Miller Wolf Lake. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm in Norris and Son Funeral Home Jonesboro. Burial in Jonesboro Cemetery.
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Clifford F. Vincent
Wolf Lake
Union County Hospital
Anna
Mr. Vincent
Union County
Arthur
Minnie Hamilton Vincent
Vesta Harris
Vincent
Jerome Lane Baptist Church
Cahokia
Clifford E
Opal Moore
Emilean Walker
Plum Branch
S.C
Former SIU Teacher Dies
Richard L. Beyer, former chairman of the history department at Southern Illinois University, died Sunday in Erie Pennsylvania after months of illness. Born 1905 in Erie he taught at SIU 1929 to 1945 and later chaired history at Gannon College. He also ran a Erie jewelry store. He married Pauline Sorgen of Carbondale and is survived by his wife son Andrew J Beyer of Cambridge Massachusetts and brother Walter Beyer. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Richard Ll. Beyer
Southern Illinois University
Erie
Beyer
Carbondale
SIU
Gannon College
Allegheny College
State University of Iowa
Pauline Sorgen
Paul Sorgen
Andrew J. Beyer
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Walter Beyer
Services for Joshua Long Held at Mitchell Funeral Home
The 80 year old Joshua Long of Rt. 1 Marion died Saturday in Marion Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with Rev. Jack Boles officiating. Burial will follow in Tower Heights Cemetery West Frankfort. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. He was born January 17 1886 in West Frankfort to George and Lydia Vicent Long. He married Eva Carr who died July 26 1955 and later Ollie Burton. A retired miner and farmer, he leaves a wife several children stepchildren siblings grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Joshua Long
Rt. 1
Marion
Mitchell Funeral Home
Jack Boles
Tower Heights
West Frankfort
Mr. Long
Marion Memorial Hospital
George
Lydia Vicent Long
Eva Carr
Ollie Burton
Long
Walter
Clarence Long
Juanita Manzy
Thelma Haney
Benton
Earl Burton
Ethel Purdue
California
Shirley Delavanne
Suitland
Pearl Conway
Kankakee
Police Briefs From Carbondale to Odin
Carbondale reports Nathan Azrin fined $15 for disobeying a stop sign. Benton records Floyd Davis fined $15 for driving too fast for conditions. Odin lists Robert E. Quick fined $25 for speeding.
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Carbondale
Nathan Azrin
Benton
Floyd Davis
Odin
Robert E. Quick
Traffic Toll Up Nearly One Fifth
Illinois highway deaths rose 19 percent through July, with 1 347 deaths this year vs 1 129 last year. July fatalities totaled 203, up 23 percent from 165. Southern District 13 recorded 11 deaths in July, and 91 through July 1966, vs 71 through July 1965.
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Illinois
Southern Illinois
Meeting Postponed by War on Poverty Agency in Murphysboro
Jackson County Coordinating Agency for the War on Poverty postponed its Thursday meeting in Murphysboro to allow an agency funds audit and to let a committee draft specific job duties for officers. The move follows the dismissal of former chairman Rev. David Moore and aims to give members time to consider a new chair.
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Jackson County Coordinating Agency For the
Murphysboro
Loyd Sumner
Sumner
David Moore
Du Quoin Native and Three Children Die in Train Crash
Mrs. Betty Lou Hickem Burns 34 of Du Quoin and three children died when their car was struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train three miles west of Russellville Arkansas. Two of the Burns children aged 9 and 8 and Jerry Sanders 9 of Kenosha perished. Debby Sanders 10 was injured. Funeral services were held in Russellville.
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Betty Lou Hickem Burns
du Quoin
Russellville
Ark
Missouri- Pacific
Burns
John Martin
Holly Beth
Jerry Sanders
Kenosha
Debby Sanders
Sanders
Amel Heiple
de Soto
W. L. Hond
du Quain
Lowell Green
S. 16Th St
Herrin
Harve Hickem
Local Traffic Fines Reported in West Frankfort and Carbondale
David Clark of West Frankfort fined $15 for disobeying a traffic signal. In Carbondale Sandra L. Parton fined $15 for failure to yield right of way and Teddy Van Cleve fined $15 for disobeying a stop sign.
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West Frankfort
David Clark
Carbondale
Sandra L. Parton
Teddy van Cleve
License Rules Allow Motorcycle Use by SIU Students
SIU clarifies that students enrolled in spring or summer quarters may use motorcycles owned and licensed before today during the academic year if used properly. The article notes that backdated bills of sale may misrepresent ownership, while licenses remain the controlling factor for legal use.
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Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois An
Multiple Minor Fires Reported Across Southern Illinois
At 7 15 a m in Bob Blondi residence 702 N Brown St curtains caught fire from an electric stove causing ceiling and paneling burn with minor damage. At 10 15 p m in Murphysboro a car owned by David Johnson of Carbondale burned in City National Bank parking lot with minor damage. Another Murphysboro fire at 1 p m on Dewey St 2122 trash fire with no loss. In Jonesboro 1 a m Sunday car motor wires on fire in auto owned by Makanda resident with no damage. West Frankfort 2 45 p m Sunday grass fire on South Anna Street near CB Q railroad. Carbondale 1 35 p m Sunday mattress on fire in a garage at 317 E Walnut St with minor damage.
Carbondale records two youth traffic fines
Matilda Starns of Carbondale was fined 15 for disobeying a stop sign. Gary Baker was fined 15 for speeding.
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Carbondale
Matilda Starns
Lesser
Gary Baker
Randolph County forms health board after plan defeat
J B Smith of Sparta elected president of a newly formed Randolph County Board of Health with Dorothy Ivanuck as secretary. The board will oversee Medicare benefits and hire a nurse for home visits, funded partly by the county and federal funds. A prior 1965 tax proposal was defeated, leading to creation under a 1943 statute.
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J. B. Smith
Sparta
Randolph County Board of Health
Dorothy Ivanuck
Smith
Randoah
Department of General Assistance
Ivanuck
County Board of Commissioners
Health Board
State Department of Public Health
Randolph County
H. H. Rohrer
Jackson County
Rohrer
Robert Pautler
A. C. Scott
Robert Schettler
John K. Beck
Carl Murphy
Kenneth Kuhrtz
Ray Hoffman
Mrs. Ivanuck
Four Injured in Three Vehicle Crash Near Herrin
A three vehicle collision at the New Rt. 13 and Rt. 148 junction south of Herrin injures four people at 6 30 p m. George James 31 Shawneetown and Eugene Nielson 51 Herrin were admitted to Herrin Hospital. Velma Williamson 49 Herrin and Margaret Garrish 56 Corp treated for injuries. Walter Halter 32 Golconda not injured. James charged with failing to obey a traffic signal.
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Rt. 13
Rt. 148
Herrin
George James
Shawneetown
Eugene Nielson
Walter Halter
Golconda
James
Nielson
Herrin Hospital
Velma Williamson
Margaret Garrish
Corp
Halter
Widow of former Union County Judge dies in Anna
Mrs Leeta D Tuthill 82 widow of judge Lewis Tuthill died 7 45 am Sunday at Union County Hospital Anna Born Feb 15 1884 Prairie City Iowa daughter of Henry and Lizette DeWolf married Nov 23 1904 to Lewis Tuthill She was a member of First Presbyterian Church Anna Woman's Club DAR and Mayflower Society Survives by daughters Mary Grant Webster Groves Missouri and Ruth Tuthill Chicago sister Elsie Zellweger Florence Arizona three grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at McCarty Funeral Home Anna burial Anna Cemetery may call at funeral home
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Leeta D. Tuthill
Union County
Union County Hospital
Anna
Tuthill
S. Main St
Prairie City
Iowa
Henry
Lizette Tibbill DeWolf
Lewis Tuthill
Tuthill Insurance Agency
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Woman’s Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mayflower Society
Mary D. Grant
Webster Groves
Ruth Tuthill
Chicago
Elsie Zellweger
Florence, Ariz
McCarty
Anna Cemetery
Tiny stillborn son Kennth Ray Cutsinger is mourned
Kenneth Ray Cutsinger infant son of Mr and Mrs Norman Kent Cutsinger of Marion was stillborn at Marion Memorial Hospital at 1 30 am The mother Janet Ruth Groves is also named The infant leaves grandparents great grandparents and a maternal grandmother The graveside service is set for 2 pm at Sanders Cemetery near Johnston City with Rev Lisle Haas officiating
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Kenneth Ray Cutsinger
Norman Kent Cutsinger
Rt. 1
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Janet Ruth Groves
Helen Moore
Rt. 11
Johnston City
Harry Sanders
West Frankfort
Charles Groves
Sanders Cemetery
Lisle Haas
Jesse Owens 68 former Franklin County resident dies
Jesse Owens age 68 dies Friday in Ft Myers Florida after moving to the area four years ago. He is survived by his wife Cleta Taylor and a son David. Funeral arrangements are at Poulson Free man Funeral Home in Benton.
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Jesse Owens
Franklin County
Ft. Myers
Fla
Cleta Taylor
David
Owens
Poulson-Freeman
Benton
Beekeeping Opens At SIU Outdoor Education Center
The Outdoor Education Center at Southern Illinois University near Little Grassy Lake hosts a beehive study as part of its program for public school children. Bees donated by H. E. Dale of Herrin illustrate nectar gathering and hive storage. Plans include a freshwater aquarium terrariums and more outreach resources for teachers and students.
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Southern Illinoisand
Southern Illinois University
Little Grassy Lake
Southern Illinois
H. E. Dale
Herrin
Thomas J. Rillo
Ilinois
Local fines for noise and speed in Murphysboro and Gorham
Murphysboro resident Gray Raines fined 15 dollars for unnecessary noise. Gorham resident James L. Evans fined 15 dollars for failure to reduce speed. The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Herrin, Murphysboro edition.
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Murphysboro
Gray Raines
Gorham
James L. Evans
John M. Kelsey
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