Creal Springs Man Bound To Grand Jury
William Smith 34 of Creal Springs was bound over to a grand jury in Williamson County Circuit Court on charges including aggravated kidnapping of a 12 year old girl and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor plus illegal restraint. Bond totals 7,000 with a preliminary hearing held after a Pittsburg area woman testified Smith threatened to kill the girl and forced her to accompany him. Smith previously served nine months for probation violation in 1963 amid a history of prior arrests including stabbing his mother in law and resisting arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Creal Springs
Williamson County
Lan Haney
Smith
Pittsburg
State Penal Farm
Conference on Retarded Set At SIU
A two day Midwestern conference at Southern Illinois University will focus on physical fitness programs for mentally retarded men. Canadian educator Frank Hayden will speak. Attendees include recreation and physical education staff from six states with sponsoring groups the A AHPER, President's Council on Physical Fitness and the Kennedy Foundation. The program opens at Harrisburg's A L Bowen Center with a fitness education session and continues at the SIU Arena with testing and corrective exercise demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Frank Hayden
Washington
SIU
American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Council On Physical Fitness
Kennedy Foundation
Lucinda Farrar Rites Planned in Creal Springs
Funeral services for Lucinda Farrar are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cosby Funeral Home in Marion with Rev. Kenneth Bissey officiating. Burial will be at County Line Cemetery near Creal Springs. She died at 12:30 p.m. in a nursing home where she had lived 11 years. Born February 19, 1884 in Goreville, she was the daughter of John and Sarah Adams Farrar. Survivors include sisters Mary and Lola Farrar of Creal Springs Nursing Home. she was preceded by brother Sherman and sisters Jane Hart and Taralee Calvert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda
Creal Springs
Cosby Funeral Home
Marion
Kenneth Bissey
County Line
Miss Farrar
Goreville
John
Sarah Adams Farrar
Farrar
Mary
Molly) Farrar
Lola Farrar
Creal Springs Nursing Home
Sherman
Jane Hart
Taralee Calvert
Sesser Youth Hurt in Truck Accident
William L. Murry, 15, of Ses ser, sustained injuries Tuesday night when a pickup overturned on a rural road near Sesser. His brother Terry, 16, who drove, was unhurt. The 6 p.m. crash occurred six miles east of Route 51 and one mile north of a secondary blacktop, police said the driver lost control on loose gravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Murry
Sesser
Terry
Rt. 51
Alderman Resigns in Grand Tower City Council
Alderman Charles R. Ellett resigns from Ward 1 to be eligible for city work. His term ends April 1967. no replacement appointed. City officials are restricted from salaried city employment by ordinance. The council also discussed underage drinking and reckless driving, planning tavern checks with IDs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Tower City
Charles R. Ellett
Ellett
Cty
John Arbeiter
Charles Hines
Marshal Troy Colp
Hines
Colp
Mayor Arbeiter
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Camp Little Giant hosts pow wow by disabled campers
Crippled children at Southern Illinois University summer camp at Little Grassy Lake plan a Thursday night pow wow at 8 p.m. on the Camp Little Giant beach. Campers and counselors perform skits and routines, showcasing abilities seen as unlikely, per camp director John Caveletto. The event, free and open to the public, takes place off the Giant City blacktop road about a mile south of the Little Grassy Lake access road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Little Grassy Lake
Camp Little Giant Beach
John Caveletto
Giant City Blacktop
Murphysboro Apple Queen to appear at Illinois State Fair
Miss Gloria Kessel Murphysboro Apple Festival and Illinois State Fruit Queen among 17 agricultural association queens chosen for Springfield fair. Duties include trophy presentations opening and other parades co hosting Editor's Day with Gov. Kerner and Mrs. Kerner and appearances at luncheons dinners and grandstand shows. Leaves Thursday for a 10 day session at the fair and is SIU student daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Kessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria
Kessel
Murphysboro
Illinois
Agricultural Association
Springfield
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Miss Kessel
Otto Kerner Satur
Illinois Fruit Council
Fire reports across several towns note minor damages
Fire calls in West Frankfort Benton and Murphysboro record small incidents. Grass fires burn on vacant lots and a wheat field, trash fires cause no damage. A Du Quoin trash truck fire causes slight damage, and a home fire on Brown Street leads to $350 total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
W. Ninth Street
West Frankfort
H. A. Dorris
City
N. Douglas St
Benton
Webster St
du Quoin
George Alvis
Bob Blondi
N. Brown St
Murphysboro
D Street
Teen Splash At Herrin Park Adds Bands And Longer Hours
The Herrin pool event will run 7 30 to 10 30 p m Thursday with two bands The Jades and the New Dimensions will alternates on stage Free records will be given away Admission is 50 cents The weekly party started 8 30 and ended 10 30 with one band previously
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
the Park
Jades Combo to Compete in State Fair Contest
The Jades Combo from Herin will perform against more than 100 groups in the Combo Clash at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. If they advance Thursday, they return for the final round on August 21 with a $500 top prize. Members include Ron Minter, Rick McNeil, Greg Marlow, Steve Sutton, Carl Sutton, and percussionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jades
Herrin
Springfield
Ron Minter
Rick McNeil
Greg Marlow
Steve Sutton
Carl] Sutton
Mt. Vernon
Fifth Candidate Seeks Queen Title at Murphysboro Apple Festival
Debbie Cardwell, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Cardwell, enters Murphysboro Apple Festival Queen Contest. She is sponsored by the French Room beauty salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Debbie Cardwell
W. E. Cardwell
French Room
Marion Chamber Launches Membership Drive In Marion
Robert Poisall, Mt. Vernon chamber director, tells Marion Chamber board membership fuels programs and success. Eleven team captains form 12 groups to begin drive immediately as Roy Campbell reports $1,000 Christmas lights purchase plus $5,000 from last year will be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Poisall
Marion Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Poisall
Mt. Vernon
New Industries
Chambers
Harry Beneke
Marion
Sam Stollar
Earl Parks
Earl Blankenship
Allen Booten
J.W. Childers
Cliff Odum
Dee Rodd
Arthur Bays
Dean Wood
Frank Thompson
Orval Leukering
Wayne Hestand
Roy Campbell
Retail Merchants’ Association
Driver Charged After Wreck In Du Quoin
A rural Du Quoin resident, Ginger I. Patrick, 44, was charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene after her car struck a parked vehicle owned by Albert Sparger at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on Division Street. Police caught the hit and run car on Route 152 about 25 minutes later. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Ginger I. Patrick
Rt. 3
Albert Sparger
S. Division St
Director Tours Job Corps Center at Crab Orchard
Jack Deinema director of Job Corps conservation centers led a three hour inspection tour of the Crab Orchard Job Corps Center. The visit included Job Corps regional supervisor Tom Modisett and district field supervisor Dean W. Kleinhans as part of a broader review tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JOB Corps Center
Jack Deinema
Washington
Job Corps Conservation Centers
Job Corps
Crab Orchard
Deinema
Office of Economic Opportunity
Tom Modisett
Dean W. Kleinhans
Herrin Youth Fined for Reckless Driving in Herrin
Jackie Mays a 17 year old of 2002 W Tyler St Herrin was fined 55 dollars by Judge Stewart Cluster in Williamson County Circuit Court. Mays was arrested at 640 p m August 1 on West Monroe street in Herrin by Policeman Calvin Hazel after pleading guilty to reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Mays
W. Tyler St
Herrin
Stewart Cluster
Wiliamson County
Mays
Calvin Hazel
West Monroe Street
Board Okays Ceiling Work In Jackson County Courthouse
The county Board of Supervisors approved acoustical ceiling work for the larger courtroom at the Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro. George Borgsmiller, building committee chairman, said the ceiling will be added to a four year remodeling program funded by maintenance funds and sales tax receipts, costing about 250000 dollars. the cork acoustical ceiling will run 3355 dollars. Window installation is delayed due to a labor strike, with delivery expected in October after the plant resumed work this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Murphysboro
County Board of Supervisors
George Borgsmiller
Court House
Police Briefs From Several Illinois Towns
Sparta Edward L Birchler fined 15 dollars for driving too fast for conditions Johnston City Virginia Bowlin 25 dollars for disturbing the peace Marion James Shanks 19 dollars West Frankfort Maurice Ab sher 18 dollars speeding West Frankfort Hal Frazier 15 dollars intoxication
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Edward L. Birchler
Johnston City
Virginia Bowlin
Marion
James Shanks
West Frankffort
Maurice Absher
West Frankfort
Hal Frazier
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Lucinda Farrar
North
Illinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Illinois
Southern
Llnoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Murphysboro Girl
She
Mrs
Chester Kessel
L.s.green
MET
Menthol
Tommy Hartwell
The
New Dimensions
Nserver
Smile Remedy Company
St. Lovie Me
Tomor
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