Warmer Weather Ahead For Area Tonight
Rainy conditions will affect parts of the Texas Gulf coast with warmer readings in the middle Mississippi valley and the Ohio valley. Temperatures near 82 in Thursday highs with overnight around 55 and 81 at 11 am. Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois forecasts show near normal to above normal temperatures through Wednesday with rain chances and totals up to an inch and a half in some areas.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Illinois
Weather outlook across state and Chicago area
Forecasts show fair to sunny conditions tonight with lows near 60. Saturday turns warmer with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Sunday becomes partly cloudy and warmer with increasing clouds in some areas. Chicago area expected fair tonight with low around 60, Saturday sunny and high in the upper 80s, Sunday mostly sunny and warm.
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Chicago
Jury Rules Fair Catwalk Deaths Accidental
A coroner's jury in Springfield ruled the three deaths at the Illinois State Fair grand stand collapse were accidental. The catwalk fell 100 feet after a rope used in a Green Berets life saving demonstration was tightened, pulling loose angle iron fastenings and sending two photographers and the stage manager to their deaths.
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Green Berets
William C. Telford
Fair
Ernie Schmidt
Springfield
Robert C. Rumrill
Rumrill
Schmidt
Auto Safety Rules Agreed On 1968 Model Cars
Senate and House conferees reached a compromise auto safety bill requiring interim standards by January 31 next year for cars trucks buses and motorcycles including imports. Permanent standards to follow a year later with 26 items such as seat belts recessed panels safety door latches four way flashers roll bars air pollution controls dual brakes headrests collapsible steering columns and bumper heights and tire safety provisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
De Soto Man Dies at 80 in Murphysboro
George Bronson Will 80 of De Soto died Thursday in Jackson County Nursing Home Murphysboro He was born December 19 1885 in De Soto son of Gephart and Addie Corey Will a retired blacksmith and farmer He belonged to Mt Calvary Lutheran De Soto Survived by sister Cora Mileur Springfield Two sisters preceded him Funeral services Sunday 2 p m Meyer-Denny Funeral Home Murphysboro Rev William J Poatman officiating Burial Zion Cemetery near De Soto Friends may call after 4 p m Saturday
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George Bronson Will
de Soto
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Gephart
Addie Corey Will
Will
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Cora Mileur
Springfield
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
William J. Poatman
Zion Cemetery
Murphysboro Soldier Earns Army Commendation Medal
Sgt. Billy G. Watson of Murphysboro received the Army Commendation Medal for heroism with the 101st Airborne in Viet Nam. On May 7 near Nhon Co he formed an ambush, directed fire under heavy Viet Cong fire, and moved his patrol to safety. He is 31, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson, and has 12 years in the Army. His brother Robert Watson Jr. recently retired after 20 years.
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Billy G. Watson
Murphysboro
Sgt. Watson
101St Airborne Division
Viet Nam
Nhon Co
Watson
Robert Watson
Bridgewood Lane
Robert Watson Jr
Co. B
Apo San Francisco
Death of Oris F Rotramel 73 appliance repairman Anna
Oris F Lightning Rotramel 73 of Anna died early today at his home. Born March 25 1893 in Benton he leaves wife Josephine of Anna a brother Earl of Brownsville Texas and sisters Mrs Bessie Teague Benton and Bertha. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Norris Funeral Home Anna.
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Oris F
Anna
Benton
Josephine
Earl
Brownsville
Tex
Bessie Teague
Bertha
Crain-Norris
Obituary for Robert L. Butler of Murphysboro
Robert L. Butler 69 of Murphysboro died Thursday in St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. Born in Paris March 1 1897 he was a retired farmer and Nazarene Church member. Survived by wife Bertha Lindsey a son Ronnie Murphysboro daughters Wanda Fulgham Herrin Dwight Greear East Alton Gerald Edgar East Alton a sister Dorothy Ford Quincy five grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral p.m. Sunday Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Rev Bob Norton burial Goodbread Cemetery Grand Tower. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Paris
Robert
Rebecca Caldwell Butler
Bertha Lindsey
Cape Girardeau
Butler
Nazarene Church
Ronnie
Wanda Fulgham
Herrin
Dwight Greear
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Bob Norton
Goodbread Cemetery
Grand Tower
Johnston City Youth Center Opens Soon Under Jaycees
Johnston City teens will gain a youth center in the former VFW building at 104 E Broadway. Jaycee President John Benge says the two story brick facility will host a pool table juke box and dancing area with soft drinks and sandwiches possibly available. Opening is slated for early September with governance by a high school board.
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Jaycees
Jaycee
Benge
Loren Read
Instrumenta
VFW
Husband of former Herrin teacher dies in Harrisburg
Everett Boyd 38 of Johns town Pa died Wednesday in a Harrisburg hospital. He was husband of Ada Turner a former Herrin South Side School second grade teacher. Funeral services 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Myers Funeral Home Mt. Vernon. Burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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Everett Boyd
Johnstown
Herrin
Harrisburg Pa
Ada Turner
South Side
Myers Funeral Home
Mt. Vernon
Memorial Gardens
Casey Crash Fatal to Exchange Student
Nickman Arbady a 21 year old exchange student from Tehran Iran died at Union Hospital after a Thursday car truck collision on U S 40 near Casey Illinois in Vigo County Indiana The truck driver William Crederick 46 of Kittanning Pennsylvania and Behi Shokat a 21 year old car passenger were listed in critical condition Akbar Kharassami 23 was treated and released State police said Arbady owned the car and that Arbady and Shokat studied at Central State College in Edmond Oklahoma.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Nickman Arbady
Tehran
Iran
Union Hospital
U.S. 40
Casey
Ill
William Crederick
Kittanning
Behi Shokat
Akbar Kharassami
Arbady
Shokat
Central State College
Edmond
Okla
Roosevelt quits New York governor race doy
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr withdraws from the Democratic race for New York governor conceding to Frank D O Connor and predicts Rockefeller will win in November He may seek Liberal party nomination if offered and blasts the Buffalo convention as boss controlled. Joe Foss files for divorce from June Foss and seeks custody of son Joseph 15. Eisenhower lunch at White House yields $100 check for Eisenhower College. George Murphy recovering after tumor surgery. outcome pending.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Frank D. O’connor
O’connor
Buffalo
Las Vegas
Nev
Joe Foss
South Dakota
Foss
June
Joseph
White House
Johnson
Eisenhower College
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
George Murphy
Calif
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Murphy
Hot Point Factory Speed Service in Carbondale Ad
Hot Point Factory Speed Service Appliances Domestic-Commercial at Weller Inc located 1200 West Main Carbondale offers appliance service. Call 457-2116 for assistance and repairs.
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Hot Point
Weller, Inc
1200 W. Main
Carbondale
Services Set for Elkvill e Woman
Funeral services for Alta Mae Rees 73 of Elkville are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Keeling Funeral Home Du Quoin. She leaves a husband Marshall and Ar dell two sons five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
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Alta Mae Rees
Rt. 2
Elkville
Keeling
du Quoin
Loy
Sparta
Platteville, Wis
Edward and
Mesiah Kane
Breese Rees
Sunset Memorial Park
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