Storm hail damages mostly minor in Murphysboro area
Reports from Murphysboro and Jacob detail hail and wind damage on Saturday with about 15 autos and 15 houses affected in the city and more outside. Crops show limited harm with corn and soybeans largely intact, farmers filing five hail damage claims while insurers note roofs and vehicles most impacted.
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Murphysboro
Jacob
Charles Pautler
William Casper
Country Companies Insurance
Casper
Harry Beckman
Beckman
Haif
Bob Saupe
Storms forecast center backs tie down devices for mobile homes
National Severe Storms Forecast Center director Allen D. Pearson outlines anchors and eye bolts for securing mobile homes in wind. He favors concrete slab anchors with four tie downs per side, recommends east west parking in Southern Illinois, and notes storm shelters like nearly underground concrete roofs or large sewer pipes. Several companies selling anchors are listed but no federal endorsement is implied.
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National
Pearson
Illinois
Rt. 149
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Kansas City
Mid-American Distributing Co
P.O. Box
Memphis
Tenn
Raywood Products Corporation
Jackson
Mich
E. F. Domine Co
Mobile Home
Anchorage
Tracy, Minn
Trial testimony resumes in Carbondale shooting case
In Murphysboro circuit court a three-defendant trial continues over an exchange of gun fire in Carbondale on November 12, 1970. Police officers Walter Allen and Clarence Johnson testified about off duty duty, shots fired, and armament including a Thompson submachine gun.
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Tony Stevens
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Milton Boyd
Chicago
James K. Holley
Leonard Thomas
Walter Allen
Clarence Johnson
Allen
Johnson
Stone
Rossiter
Washington
Washington St
Michael Deutsch
Deutsch
Nut Growers Confer at SIU Deliberates Harvest and Processing
About 200 members attend the North ern Nut Growers Association three day meeting at Southern Illinois University. Sessions run through today and Tuesday at Muckelroy Auditorium with a Wednesday tour of the Federal Small Fruit Research Center Tree Improvement Farm and Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge. Topics include black walnut timber improvement, production, and nut harvesting and processing. Association President A D Hibbard of the University of Missouri opens the conference. U S Forest Service staff from the Forest Sciences Laboratory at STU host activities.
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Northern Nut Growers Association
Southern Ilinois University
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Association
A. D
Hibbard
University of Missouri
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Sciences Laboratory
Stu
Peach Harvest Nearing End In Southern Illinois
Barney Fozzard of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange in Cobden says the peach harvest is winding down and the crop is good this year. He notes Saturday storms did not damage the Union County area crop and growers report no orchard damage.
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Southern Illinois
Barney Fozzard
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Cobden
Fozzard
Union County
Williamson County Board awaits legal opinions on Thurmond term
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners seeks Illinois attorney general opinions on two matters. One, whether Building Commission Chair K Neil Thurmond’s term ends April 30 or September 30. The other, who has jurisdiction in hiring a maintenance supervisor for the new courthouse. The board considers Thurmond’s resignation and a disputed appointment of Bert Peterson.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Ilinois
Building Commission
K. Neil Thurmond
William J. Sinks
Thurmond
Cially
Bert Peterson
Johnston City
Robert Williams
Jack Hampton
Peterson
Sinks
Atty
Kenneth Powless
Ask
Russell Oxford
Nixon
Williams
Oxford
Ellis Wheeler
Wheeler
County Clerks Association
Barney Boren
John Lashley
Rin
Leeper
Lakeview Cemetery
SIU Board urged to form city university relations committee
Carbondale trustees urged creation of a city university relations committee on the board level to mirror a city council committee. Mayor Eckert considered disbanding the council panel but delaying action, with Tuesday's council meeting to discuss ethics, audits, parking, annexation, and zoning.
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Gary Blackburn
Southern
Carbondale
SIU
Robert Layer
Neal Eckert
Brown
Eckert
Board of Trustees
Glenview Drive
V. A. Beadle
Village Denied Gas Service in Crab Orchard
The Illinois Commerce Commission denied permission to United Cities Gas Co. and Central Illinois Public Service Co. to supply Crab Orchard in Williamson County due to a natural gas shortage. The ICC refused extension of service to the village.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Crab Orchard
Williamson County
United Cities Gas Co
Central Illinois Public Service Co
ICC
Fire at Whitehouse Coffee Shop May Be Lightning Cause
At 4 49 p m Saturday firefighters responded to Whitehouse Coffee Shop 133 W Vienna St for a fire in the intercom system with no building damage and police noting it may have been started by lightning. Marion unit reported an electric fire in an attic at 5 p m Saturday at 310 E DeYoung St with smoke present.
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Anna
Whitehouse Coffee Shop
Vienna St
Marion
William Pressley
E. DeYoung St
Volunteers Clean Williamson County Trash Harvest
Williamson County volunteers and residents collected about 200 tons of trash using 27 trucks two high lifts and four weed mowers. They cleaned 25 miles of roads across most townships except Carterville and plan township by township cleanup next time.
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Williamson County
William J. Sinks
Sinks
Carterville
Stonefort
Cambria
Chittyville
Herrin
Pittsburg
Rt. 37
Freeman No. 4
Marion
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DeMaris Berry
Harold Grob
Grob Motor Sales Inc
Walnut St
Grob
Don Whistle
Whistle
Martin Twenhafel
Robert Frank
Jackson County
Frank
Storms Forecast Center
Eugene Landt
U. S. Forest Service
Corwin Davis
Bellvue
Richard Jaynes
MGA Publications
Forest Service
New Rt. 13
Taffie Helleny
Butch Nevious
Williamson County Board
By Wanda Barras
Board of Administrative Committee
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