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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1972
Page
18
Receipts Wednesday total about 4 500 hogs 500 cattle and 200 sheep with hogs at 5 000 head. Trading slow with butchers 25 50 lower and weights over 250 lb scarce. Cattle 1 100 head with moderate activity slaughter classes steady and prices for slaughter steers and heifers detailed by weight and grade. Bulls cows and wealers listed with varied ranges.
Sharon McKinney of Anna won the Union County Fair queen title from 12 contestants Monday night and also earned Miss Congeniality. Marilyn Treece crowned her as Pam Landreth and Nancy Cunningham were named runners up. McKinney will receive a four year Illinois college scholarship from Clyde Choate and reign until closing Saturday. The fair opened with a pet show featuring 26 entries across five categories, including winners in smallest and largest pet, prettiest pet, most unusual pet, and pets in costumes. Judges were Rev and Mrs Earl Weiss of Jackson Missouri.
Johnston City will move students back into Lincoln and Jefferson schools after abandoning the Washington building in January due to structural damage. First and second graders will attend Jefferson, third through sixth at Lincoln with 18 exceptions to keep enrollments balanced, and kindergartners at the Scout Cabin. Seventh and eighth graders stay at the high school.
West Frankfort police issued an arrest warrant for a local man in connection with a Monday night house trailer fire. The blaze at 704 East 9th Street destroyed the trailer of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Snethen, with firefighters responding at 9 10 p m.
The district awards contracts for new water system construction with a cost of 1 535 548 dollars. A earlier headline cited 1.5 million and the body 1.25 million, prompting corrections.
Jan Conci fourteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank C Conci of Rt 2 Murphysboro, was released from Doctors Hospital Poplar Bluff after treatment for a copperhead bite to the little finger while attempting to kill the snake with a rock. The incident happened while the family camped at Lake Wappapella in Mis s. Conci works as an engineer with the state Division of Highways in Carbondale.
The Union County Board of Commissioners accepted four bids for jail remodeling. M. B. Builders for general contracting 59477. Atkins on Plumbing and Heating Co. for plumbing and sewer work 11990. McDaniels Refrigeration Co. for HVAC 8439. Belcher Electric Co. for electrical work 7400. ILEC grants rose to 35000, up from 25000, to cover 90 percent of first-year jail staff salaries.
A temperature drop and humidity decrease are forecast for the Northeast on Tuesday as warm humid air from the Southeast moves in. Cooler drier conditions are expected from the Midwest to the West with showers across the upper Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes.
The high Monday is 90 with an overnight low near 65. At 9 am today the temperature is 3. Precipitation from 7 am Monday to 7 am Tuesday is traces. Sunset today is 7 47 with sunrise Wednesday at 6 19 and sunset Wednesday at 7 45.
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