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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1973
Page
2
Rain is forecast tonight across the Gulf coast and from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic states with showers expected in several areas.
Carterville born Omer Sanders 67 died at home at 8 30 a m Sunday from an apparent heart attack. He served in the Illinois House 1964–66 and chaired Williamson County Democratic Party for 32 years. He was a World War II Navy veteran, a coal miner and United Mine Workers Local 9111 member. He was born January 4, 1906 in Marion and married Verna Belle Cagle in 1926. Funeral arrangements were announced with services in Benton and Carbondale. he leaves surviving relatives and a widow.
Tuesday’s receipts show 4,000 hogs and 900 cattle with slow hog trade and mixed gains. Hog prices 50 to 1.00 higher. sow up 1.00 to 2.00. butcher weights 200-240 lb at 61.50 to 62.00. sows 54.75 to 55.00. boars around 49.75 to 50.00. Cattle 1,600 head, trading active and uneven. steer averages steady to 50 higher. slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 higher. cows steady. bulls strong to 1.00 higher. Slaughter steers yield grade 2-4 1075-1200 lbs 97.00-97.80. choice 90-1225 lbs 35.00-57.00. Mixed good and choice 990-1150 lbs 33.00-39.00.
Carbondale High School announces registration days this week at the Learning Center for freshmen and in the CCHS Central auditorium for upperclassmen. Freshmen must bring a physician's physical exam. fees of 12.50 for books and 5 for optional insurance are due at registration.
Steven L Hubbard aged 19 of Hertin suffered major injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car on Route 97 south of Riv 149 near Union Hospital West Frankfort. Driver William C Sanders 63 of Johnston City turned left and struck Hubbard. A second crash sent James L Payne Jr 23 of Ridgway to Pearce Hospital Eldorado with major injuries after being crowded off the road two miles south of Ridgway on a blacktop road two miles south of Ridgway in Gallatin County.
Olive Floyd aged 102 died at her Golconda home Friday. Funeral services were held at 2 p m today at Old Grand Pierre Primitive Baptist Church in Pope County with Brother Paul Kerley officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Floyd was believed to be Pope County’s oldest resident and the last member of Old Grand Pierre Church. She was born August 26 1870 in Pope County to Thomas and (name) Carr. Her husband Fred Floyd preceded her in death. Surviving are two daughters Clara Averill Golconda and Maude Church Harrisburg and two grandchildren Aly's Golconda Funeral Home handled arrangements.
A correction clarifies that the missing man Felix Antonoviteh, 76, of Franklin Park, was found west of Rt 148 and new Rt 13 in Williamson County on Friday. He had been missing since July 3 and a previous note incorrectly cited Rt 146.
The body of Sylvester Kern 65 Evansville was found Saturday morning in a small building on his farm. The coroner said death appeared self inflicted via a 20 gauge shotgun. His wife found him at 9 20 a m He had recent hospital release and depression. He was born November 10 1907 in Evansville and survived by his wife and two brothers with three brothers and a sister predeceasing him. Funeral services set for 10 am Tuesday at St Boniface Church. Burial in church cemetery. Veath Welge Funeral Home handling arrangements. Roger L Poppen SIUC has been awarded a 9085 grant from the Illinois Dept of Mental Health for a study on concurrent schedules effects on how man fixed interval behavior.
Two Chicago men Curtis A. Smith 24 and Adrian Lee Clark 23 were brought to Murphysboro for a jury trial on burglary charges and possession of burglary tools related to a September 1972 break in at Eaton and Brown Appliance Center in Carbondale. They fled the Jackson County courthouse restroom through a window on Sept. 22, 1972. Smith was captured in Chicago in April, Clark later in St. Louis and Oklahoma custody.
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