Pressure Group Reprisals Threatened At Menard Prison
An inmate from Menard Prison says a secret pressure group threatened reprisals against inmates who testify in the Springfield murder trial of Alonzo Jones John W Stamps William E Bassett and Robert Lee Brown. Roy Pierce 31 escaped Sunday then surrendered amid pressure claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard Prison
Roy Pierce
Honor Farm
Pierce
Springfield
Alonzo Jones
John W. Stamps
William E. Bassett
Robert Lee Brown
Princess Griffin
Menard
Max P. Frye
Douglas County
Parole Board
Officials to Discuss Charges in Beating Incident
Carbondale youths accused of beating a Job Corps youth Aug 14 in Carbondale face potential charges. Stanley Robinson, 21, treated for concussion and facial injuries at Herrin Hospital. Police say 11 youths were present. some admitted striking Robinson with a bayonet scabbard. State's attorney Richard Richman expects grand jury action next month. Job Corps officials dispute the agreed procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Corps
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Carbondale
Stanley Robinson
Herrin Hospital
Jack Hazel
Robinson
Hazel
Corps
Richard Brake
Brake
Carterville
Washington
Woodrow Austin
Blake
Richman
Holden Hospital
Police Department
Menard Prison Escapee Evades Search
Charles Richard Rowe, 28, serving a life term for murder, escaped from the Menard honor farm and led a rural-area manhunt near Chester. Roy Pierce, 31, who left with him, surrendered hours later. Rowe remains at large as police pursue multiple leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard Penitentiary
Honor Farm
Chester
Charles Richard Rowe
Rowe
Menard
Max P. Frye
Frye
Roy Pierce
Pierce
City Buys New Truck and Pipe for Water Dept
Carbondale City Council bought a 1967 model truck from Vogler Motors for 2391 dollars and 3000 feet of three quarter inch pipe at 65 cents per foot plus 2000 feet of one inch pipe at 85 cents per foot from Utility Sales Co. Imperial Concrete Co. won a 1257 dollar bid for three sidewalk paving jobs and an entrance to a new parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Water Department
Vogler Motors
Utility Sales Co
Springfield
Imperial Concrete Co
Building Blast Rips Through Fort Wayne Office Building
An explosion rocked a two story east side office building in Fort Wayne Indiana injuring at least 12 people. Ambulances and fire fighting crews were dispatched as emergency response units converged on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne, Ind
Phelps-Dodge
Poverty War Meetings Set In Murphysboro And Carbondale
The Jackson County Coordinating Agency for the War on Poverty schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting in Murphysboro to elect a new chairman. Rev. David Moore, removed as agency chairman at a Aug. 3 meeting, calls a separate 7:30 p.m. session in Carbondale City Hall claiming the August meeting was illegal. Both events are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Coordinating Agency For the
Bondale
Carbondale City Hall
Moore
Plans For Wider Street In Herrin Targeted
Bob Minton of Win yard-Givereed Associates and Bob McNann of Mitchell Construction Co review East Harrion Street improvements in Herrin. Meters are moved to widen the street to ease downtown traffic near the Post Office and Herrin Hospital. The street runs past both landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Minton
Winyard-Givereed Associates
Bob McNann
Mitchell Construction Co
Herrin Hospital
Ruling Upholds Four Hour Mine Inspections
Circuit Judge Paul Verticchio in Springfield upheld the four hour pre entry inspection rule for gassy coal mines, aligning with Attorney General William Clark’s interpretation of the state mining law. The decision affects Southern Illinois mines including Orient 3 near Waltonville, with disputes over a 12 hour standard and notes from United Mine Workers official Chester Gossett on ventilation needs and methane gas dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Verticchio
Springfield
William Clark
Orient 3
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Waltonville
Jefferson County
Freeman, Bell and Zoller Coal Co
Consolidated Coal Co
Chester Gossett
West Frankfort
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Orient 5
Marion
Old Ben Coal Corp
Bushman Dies After Fall At 83 Icon of Early Cinema
Francis X. Bushman, a leading silent film star dubbed King of the Movies for his 1915 San Diego World's Fair billing, died at 83 after a fall at his home. He began in 1911, remained prominent alongside Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, and had not acted since the 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Bushman
Bushman
San Diego
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
William S. Hart
Herrin Council Backs Mayor on Downtown Cleanup Plan
Herrin City Council endorsed Mayor Fred A. Henderson's plan to enforce the downtown trash and garbage ordinance with tickets issued to violators starting Sept. 1. The measure requires trash to be placed in containers as alleys and streets are cleaned with city funds. Henderson criticized merchants for lax compliance and noted prior alley cleanups and available refuse barrels.
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Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Henderson
Vote Date To Be Set On College Referendum
Jefferson County Ogie Ellis and the Rend Lake Junior College steering committee will meet at 7:30 pm in the Benton courthouse to set a referendum date and voting procedure for a proposed junior college district. The state Junior College Board approved the district on August 12 and directed Ellis to determine the referendum date. The district would cover 14 high school districts across Jefferson Wayne White Hamilton Franklin and Perry counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Ogie Ellis
Rend Lake Junior College Steering Committee
Benton
State Junior College Board
Ellis
Jefferson
Wayne White
Hamilton
Franklin
Perry
Wolf Lake Woman Dies in Carbondale
Minnie V. Tweedy 55 of Wolf Lake died Monday at Sty rest Nursing Home Carbondale A funeral will be held 2 PM Wednesday at Norris and Sons Funeral Home Jonesboro Rev Irene Chaney will officiate Burial follows at Walker Hill Cemetery Grand Tower She was born July 16 1911 in Cape Girardeau MO to Thomas and Ophelia Ellis Survived by husband Rufus Tweedy of Wolf Lake sisters Bertie Welch Blairsville Maggie Butterfield Wolf Lake brothers Floyd Ellis Dowell Delbert Ellis Murphysboro
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Minnie V. Tweedy
Wolf Lake
Styrest
Carbondale
Norris and Sons Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Irene Chaney
Grimsby
Thomas and
Ophelia Armstrong Ellis
Rufus Tweedy
Bertie Welch
Blairsville
Maggie Butterfield
Floyd Ellis
Dowell
Delbert Ellis
Murphysboro
Carbondale to rewrite taxi ordinance reflect 1960 boundaries
City Council asks Paul O Hall and Associates to draft a new taxi map based on 1960 boundaries after complaints and fare disputes. Five zones planned with changes affecting Thompson Point and student housing. plan includes 10 cent lower fare for under-12 passengers and possible rider flexibility below maximum rates. Parking restrictions on Chestnut and Washington streets and grant of a Grand Avenue right of way extension also approved along with a United Fund banner permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Paul O. Hall and
Gene Ramsey
Frank Kirk
Yellow Cab Co
Ramsey
Thompson Point
Corp
Edward Helton
Kirk
Dinance
D. Blaney Miller
Helton
Taxi Committee
William Eaton
West Chestnut Street
Illinois Avenue
Michaels Street
Willow Street
Chestnut Street
Chestnut
Washington Avenue
Elm
Walnut Streets
Grand Avenue
Man Pleads Innocent in Underage Liquor Sales Case
Robert Bizzell doing business as Southern Illinois Liquors at 113 N 12th St. pleaded innocent to a Jackson County charge of underage sales of intoxicants. Judge Everett Prosser continued the case to Sept. 28 and Bizzell requested a jury trial. A trial may be set for the October term for alleged sales to Gerald Claunch, 16, on July 24 and July 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Robert Bizzell
Southern Illinois Liquors
N. 12Th St
Jackson County
Everett Prosser
Bizzell
Gerald Claunch
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Pollen Count Rises Triggering Hay Fever Suffering
Bi County Health officer Marion Poggas and Franklin Williamson warn ragweed spores opened after rainfall raise pollen to 23 today. Weather conditions drive hay fever impact with counts over 10 affecting sufferers. season ends with first killing frost.
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Marion Poggas
Franklin Williamson
Poggas
Marion derailment youths begin sentences
Carl Neafus a 17 year old from Marion was sent to Menard Prison for one to five years. Jesse Watkins a 13 year old Marion resident was sent to the Illinois Youth Commission Joliet orientation center for up to five years. They pleaded guilty in Williamson County Circuit Court to criminal damage tied to the Aug. 6 derailment that damaged three diesel engines four freight cars and injured four crewmen with damages over 500000.
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Carl Neafus
N. Market St
Marion
Menard
Chester
Jesse Watkins
N. Russell St
Illinois Youth Commission
Joliet
Williamson County
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Allen Recalling Most Herrin Plant Workers for 1967 Model Start
Allen Industries Inc begins recalling male priority staff at the Herrin plant as interior car components production resumes for the 1967 model line. Total employment reaches 1 075 with about 1 400 peak later this fall. some female workers remain laid off. A new resinated cotton unit for cushioning material is to be installed by Oct 1. Repairs continue on a gas oven explosion Aug 9 injuring one worker, delaying part of the line and leaving about 15 employees off work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Industries Inc
Allen
Vic Reback
Herrin Plant
Chamber Directors Move To Shore Up Finances In Carbondale
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce directors met to authorize the finance committee led by Dr. V A Beadle to secure funds through September and to revive a member drive targeting nearly 200 uncontacted prospects. They may ask for pre payments of 1967 dues if 6 677 is not raised and consider launching a professional fundraising campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Chamber of Commerce
V.A. Beadle
Chamber
Orren H. Wallace
Wallace
D. Blaney Miller
Harry Weeks
A. E. Ramsey
Weeks
Marion Youth Sentenced For Driving While Intoxicated
Larry D. Shadowens, 19, of Marion was sentenced to one year in the state penal farm at Vandalia after pleading guilty in Williamson County Circuit Court before Judge Stewart Cluster. He was pulled from his burning car on Interstate 57 by Matt Hrovatich of Johnston City, who aided in the rescue. Shadowens refused to name where his liquor came from.
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Larry D. Shadowens
Rt. 3
Marion
Vandalia
Shadowens
Williamson County
Stewart Cluster
Matt Hrovatich
Johnston City
Shadowers
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John Hoague
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S. Eighth Streets
United Fund
Main Street
Chamber Board
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