Seventh victim dies in Stonefort crash toll rises in Southern Illinois
Traffic toll in Southern Illinois climbs as a seventh person dies in a single car crash near Stonefort. Ann L. Curry of Creal Springs died after a head on collision on Rt 166 south of the Rt 13 junction. Helen Hanson of Centralia and four passengers were injured. Other crashes claimed Mary Crawford of St Louis and left a survivor from the Stonefort accident. Two Makanda women were injured in a separate three car crash on Rt 13 west of Marion.
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Creal Springs
Mary Crawford
St. Louis
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
George Crawford
Mary Alice Robinson
Rt. 3
Miller City Side Road
Makanda
New Rt. 13
Marion
Harris to Head Show at Du Quoin State Fair
Monday opens a seven day Du Quoin State Fair stage show featuring Phil Harris, famed bandleader and comedian known for radio work with the Jack Benny Show and television appearances. He performs alongside Alice Fay in a program blending his husky vocal style with light comedy and musical standards.
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Phil Harris
Jack Benny
Alice Fay
Bobbie Gentry
Billie Joe
Miss Gentry
Harris
Don Rice
The
Kids Next Door
Gentle Ben
the Bear
Inspector Hedley
Lou Breese
Curtis Stotlar recital at SIU backdrop Bach to Liszt
Curtis Stotlar, a Juilliard master’s candidate, headlines a faculty piano recital at the SIU Home Economics Building Auditorium featuring Bach Clementi Rachmaninoff Chopin and Liszt. Free admission. Also listed are a Pyramid Coin Club meeting at Springmore School and a summer arts schedule at SIU with dates and venues.
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Curtis Stotlar
Juilliard School of Music
Bach
Clementi
Rachmaninoff
Chopin
Liszt
SIU
Pyramid Coin Club
Springmore School
Southern Illinois University
Barbara Williams
Marci Zelmanoff
Mitchell
West Side Story
Muckelroy
SIU Agriculture
University Center
Communications Building
Southern Illinois Masonic
Fern Clyffe State Park
Goreville
Fires Reported Across Four Illinois Towns Friday
Fire units responded to multiple incidents including a gas line truck fire south of Marion on Rt 57 at 11 30 a m a grass fire near the Illinois Central line at Park Street in Du Quoin at 6 10 p m a trash fire at Arthur Wilson home 402 N 24th St Herrin at 3 05 p m with minor damage attributed to faulty wiring a mobile home destroyed near Colp Stables Rt 4 at Carbondale about 4 40 a m Saturday Scotty Clardy residence.
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Donna Forby
Rt. 1
Makanda
Mitchell Funeral
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Robert Hall Clothing
Herman Childers
1300
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Ross S. Montgomery
Rt. 5
Marion
Montgomery
Childers Auto
Forby Auto
City
du Quoin
Illinois Central Railroad
Park Street
Arthur Wilson
N. 24Th St
Scotty Clardy
Colp Stables
Southern Illinoisan Publication Details and Addresses
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by Southern Illinois Inc. at multiple Illinois addresses in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It is the successor to the Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illioi
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Carbondale Seeks 21000 Safe Streets Act Grant
Carbondale requests 21000 from the Safe Streets Act to fund riot control gear training a police community relations officer and jail and station improvements. The city would provide 25 to 50 percent matching funds with potential extended payment due to the act’s emergency provisions.
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Safe Streets Act
Carbondale
C. William Norman
Illinois
Norman
Southern Illinois University
Police Department
Murphysboro Plans Move Ahead For 70 Car Parking Lot
Murphysboro City Council reaffirmed an agreement to buy two parcels at 13th and South streets for a 70 car lot. Final price includes bank closing costs and a small tax share, with a 5 percent mortgage tied to meter receipts and demolition bids to clear the Daniel home.
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Murphysboro
Joe
Kenneth Taylor
13Th
South Streets
City National Bank
Williams
William Wolff
Daniel
S. 13Th St
Pori National Bank
of City
Eagles Aerie 670
Murphysboro Advances Plan to Straighten City Dogleg
Murphysboro moves to straighten a traffic dogleg at 15th and South streets by hiring two appraisers to value affected parcels. The council also approved building code waivers for a new eight unit apartment, sidewalks on South 10th, a seven lot Lakewood Acres addition, and a yield sign at North Street. Police briefs note speeding and trespassing incidents in nearby towns.
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South Street
South 15Th Street
Spruce Street
Williams
Murphysboro
Glenn Williams
Mulberry
Chestnut Streets
8Th Street
Tom Stevenson
Chester Steele
Illinois
Steele
Lakewood Acres
Rodell Rhine
Everett Brown
Shomaker
Central Hotel
Necy Rivers
Elm Street
North Street
North 9Th Street
SIU Housing Saturation Ahead of Fall Term
Southern Illinois University faces crowded housing for fall with on campus options full and official registration figures not released until ten days after term start. Off campus units provide about 7 400 spaces with 80 of 304 graduate and married apartments filled. fall classes begin September 24.
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Southern Illinois University
Delyte Morris
Board of Trustees
University
Samuel Rinella
Housing Business Services
Mayor to Meet IC Officials Over Carbondale Station Relocation
Mayor David Keene plans a Wednesday discussion with Illinois Central Railroad executives on relocating the Carbondale passenger station to the city’s south side. He will meet IC vice president Paul Reistrup at 4 p.m. in Chicago, aligning with talks in Chicago with HUD representatives.
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David Keene
Illinois Central Railroad
Carbondale
Keene
Paul Reistrup
Chicago
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Gasoline tanker fire damages cab near Marion I 57
A Wides Oil Co. gasoline tanker cab caught fire three miles south of Marion on Interstate 57 Friday. The driver escaped with no injuries as firefighters contained the blaze to the cab. cause remains undetermined and the cab was destroyed.
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Wides Oil Co
Marion
Barney Russell
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Gary Wayne Moody
Lodi
Calif
Harrisburg
Stonefort
Derese Moody
Rt. 45
By Ben Gelman
Turks of
Evansville
Ind
Grand Ole Opry
Sonny James
Southern Gentlemen
Connie Smith
Roy Clark
Tex Ritter
Anna Drive-in
Strand
West Frankfort
Fox
Thomas Crown
Orpheum
Rodgers
Anna ‘Bandolero
Rt. 148
Varsity
Cobden Unit
Johnston City
Hurst City
Benton City
the Center
14Th St. du Quoin
BPOE
Southern Illinois
Secretary of State
Clyde Ferreira
Thompsonville
Donald R. Stuart
Mulkeytown
Roger E. Bay
Wild Wood Park
Gerald J. Martin
Vergennes
James E. Wofford
Kaskaskia St
Chester
Bob McDaniel
Eldorado
Terry G. Artis
Texas Ave
Carterville
Earl L. King
W. Hendrickson
Lloyd E. McDermott
Lakeview Farms
Eelleny’s
Joe Williams
Virgil E. Holland
William Wemmer
Crab Orchard Refuge
7 Fabulous Productions
Cape Girardeau
Sears Carbondale
M’‘Boree
Montgomery Ward
Paducah
Gatlin & Core
Ari
Circle Price
SIU Arena
Holiday On Ice
c/o
John Marshall
Lawyers Institute
Plymouth Ct
Ill
Jackson
State
Dearrm
Farnham
S. Illinois
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