Deaths in Carbondale area include Amel Spezia
Amel Spezia 47 of 211 Pecan St Carbondale died at 1130 p m Sunday at Doctors Memorial Hospital from a heart attack He was a Selmier Pearl towel salesman for 25 years WWII veteran Murphysboro VFW post Carbondale Moose Lodge survived by wife Marcella daughter Joyce O Daniel three grandchildren funeral 9 am Wednesday at St Francis Xavier Church Rosary 730 pm Tuesday Huffman Funeral Home burial in St Carlos Cemetery Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amel Spezia
Pecan St
Carbondale
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
Selmier-Peerless Towel and
Spezia
Murphysboro
VFW Post
Carbondale Moose Lodge
Herrin
James N
Regina Bianchi Spezia
Marcella Martin
Jackson
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
James Spezia
Marion
Joyce O’daniel
Hampton
St. Francis Xavier Church
Joseph Hansmann
Huffman Funeral Home
Court orders bus drivers back to work in Chicago
A Circuit Court judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering dissident bus drivers to end a two day walkout and return to work. The CTW which says it represents 80 percent of CTA drivers seeks greater Negro representation in the Amalgamated Transit Union. Bus service was near normal on the North Side but low on other areas amid clashes and 18 arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Apa
Donald M. O’brien
Chicago Transit Authority
Transit Workers Union
CTW
CTA
Amalgamated Transit Union of Chicago
Transit Authority
George L. Dement
Authority
Dement
Former Area Man Dies in Secor
Harry Fairchild 75 a former area resident died Sunday at his Secor home He born March 13 1893 in Jefferson County son of Rudolph and Eliza Hodge Fairchild He leaves his wife Delpha Card and daughters Juanita Nelson Annabelle McGhee and Helen Overturf sons Lawrence John and Edgar stepdaughter Faye Bullock 19 grandchildren seven great grandchildren and a brother Fred Burial in Knob Prairie Cemetery near Waltonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fairchild
Secor
Jefferson County
Rudolph
Eliza Hodge Fairchild
Fairchild
Delpha Card
Juanita Nelson
Peoria
Annabelle McGhee
Helen Overturf
Benton
Lawrence
Phoenix
Ariz
John
Marquette
Edgar
Faye Bullock
Decatur
Fred
Centralia
Brayfield Chapel
Lesser
Kenneth Gossett
Funeral
Knob Prairie Cemetery
Waltonville
Benton airport manager dies in Benton
Dalton Chapman aged 57, Benton Airport manager, died Sunday at Franklin Hospital after a two week illness. He was a Franklin County resident, husband of Katherine Smith, father of Sheryl Kaye, and grandfather. Burial will be in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery with services at Benton First Baptist Church. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Chapman
Rt. 3
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Franklin County
Guy and
Hanna Schrade Chapman
Katherine Smith
Mr. Chapman
Sheryl Kaye
Robert
First Baptist Church
Benton First
Congressman Gallagher tied to Mafia links in 1964 FBI warning
An ex-Justice Department official and a current department source say the FBI informed President Johnson in 1964 that Representative Cornelius Gallagher of Bayonne New Jersey had close ties to the underworld. The alert followed a 1960 wiretap investigation into gangster links to the Dominican Republic and gun running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cornelius Gallagher
Bayonne
N.J
Justice Department
Department
J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I
Gallagher
Joseph
Joe Bayonne
Zicarnelli
Dominican Republic
Zicarelli
United States
Dominican
Services set for John W. Jones 56 in Marion
John W. Jones 56 of 202 W Boyton St Marion died Friday night of a heart attack. He retired Aug 5 after 16 years as custodian at the Bank of Marion. He and his wife Ethel ran barbecue stands at the Du Quoin State Fair and Williamson County Fair for 15 years. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wilson Funeral Home Marion. Burial Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Rev M F Taylor Davenport IA and Rev Robert Buchanan Marion to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Jones
W. Boyton St
Marion
Wilson Funeral Home
M. F. Taylor
Davenport
Iowa
Robert Buchanan
Maplewood Cemetery
Jones
Bank of Marion
Ethel
du Quoin
Williamson County
Pope returns from Colombia after longest foreign trip
Pope Paul VI, age 70, arrived in Rome after a feat filled journey to Colombia. His physician said he endured the vigorous public appearances at high altitude well though he appeared tired at Fiumicino. In Bogota the pontiff urged peaceful reforms to aid the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Paul
Colombia
Mario Fontana
Bogota
Rome
Fiumicino
McCarthy Backers Mail 151 Support List in Illinois
Jackson County McCarthy supporters sent 151 names to Illinois Democratic delegates last week. Robert Brooks led the effort and said a letter accompanied the list stating McCarthy is best suited to defeat the Republican ticket in Illinois. The signatures came from a fundraiser during Sen. McCarthy’s niece Pat’s visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Illinois
Robert Brooks
Brooks
Sen. McCarthy
Pat
Cooler air arrives with widespread tonight showers
Cooler air sweeps into the nation as showers and thundershowers spread from northern California through the inter mountain region to southern Texas. Temperatures dip in the eastern half while the north and central plains warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Intermountain
Texas
Illinois
Harris survey shows Humphrey rise in public opinion
Louis Harris reports Hubert Humphrey’s public image reflects twenty years in politics. Voters praise his hard work and experience while criticizing his Democratic nomination path and close ties to Johnson and the Establishment. A majority sees him as vigorous but talks too much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harris
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Johnson
Marion woman Lula Biggs 75 dies after weeklong hospital stay
Mrs Lula Ann Biggs 75 of Marion route died at 10 40 a m Sunday in Marion Memorial Hospital after seven days as a patient. Born March 8 1889 in Johnson County she married George Mangrum in Vienna 1906 he died 1946. She later married Marion Biggs in 1951 and lived in Marion 35 years. Survived by husband and children Edgar Mangrum Loren Barlow Homer Mangrum Jack Mangrum and Lester Lilley with 24 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Tuesday Wilson Funeral Home Marion Rev W E Raines officiating burial Cobden Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie E. Delaney
Minton St
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Oroville
Frank
Eliza Clinton McCord
Frank Delaney
Delaney
Methodist Church
Fireman
Frances Garavaglia
Thalia H. Suggs
Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Sharon Mayfield
Woodland Hills
Calif
Marilyn Jean Muskopf
Steeleville
Robert A. Geggie
Cape Girardeau
Maydle Geggie
McDaniel Fun Funeral Home
Robert W. Stewart
Union Cemery
McDaniel Funeral Home
Ann L. Curry
Creal Springs
Bedkin Funeral
Milan
Tenn
Wayne Kirkpatrck
Salem Cemetery
Curry
Cosby Funeral Home
James
Rt. 13
Centralia
Marion Memorial Hospital
Helen Hanson
David Hanson
Rebecca Hanson
Iva McGeehon
Emilye Swartzlander
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
John W. Williams
Marion
Rt. 3
Tunnel Hill
Catherine Burns Williams
Ida Jones
John Matty
Atlanta
Everett Christy
Monroeville
John and
Grover
Elgin
Cora Sherman
East St. Louis
Mitchell Funeral Home
Bruce Patton
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Lula Ann Biggs
Rt. 4
Johnson County
James Gore
George Mangrum
Vienna
Marion Biggs
Eisenhower's condition remains critical after heart irritability rise
Army doctors at Walter Reed report Dwight D. Eisenhower shows a further increase in heart irritability since Sunday and remains in critical condition. They note more frequent extras beats but no new rapid heart action episodes, with temperatures and weather data following in a separate bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ap) Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
CIPS Records Fall as Power Demand Surges Again
Central Illinois Public Service Co. reports a new power demand record of 1,070,000 kilowatts between 2 and 3 p.m. Friday. The previous peak was set two days earlier, with customers drawing over a million kilowatts on five consecutive days from August 19 to 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Illinois Public Service Co
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Nettie Delaney
Harold L. Friend
Oklahoma
Fayette County
Valley View Hospital
Ada
Okla
Friend
Af&am
Fayetteville
Ark
Shrine Club
Spokane Wash
Russell Litchfield Post
American Legion
Blackwell
Ohlo
University of Arkansas School of Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
Mr. Friend
Brownstown
George L
Edna Sidener Friend
Helen
Howard Ingraham
Fort Scott
Kan
C. L. Friend
Criswell Funeral Home
IOOF
SIU
Southern Illinois University
American Journal of Botany
Lawrence C. Matten
Walter H. Sehmid
Tennessee
Plymouth
N.H
Gerald Barnes
Northfield
Mass
Plymouth State Fair
Plymouth Hospital
Ray
Ed Hope
Charles M. Greer
McDonnell
St. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
McDonnell Douglas Corp. Aerospace
McDonnell Douglas
Machinists
United Auto Workers Union
Technical Manufacturers of Aerospace Manufacturers
TEAM
Tooling and Machine Shop Association
Frigidaire
RCA Color TV
Carbondale Appliance & TV Mart
S. Illinois
Limpus
Pope
Virginia Beach General Hospital
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Chicago
Virginia
Nixon
Bahama
Miami
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Walkers Cay
Bahamas
Key Biscayne
Lake
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Lake House
Luci Nugent
Lyn
Haywood
Llano River
Jane Russell
Beverly Hills
Roger Barrett
Niles
Mich
Barrett
Miss Russell
Bob Waterfield
For All
Gordon
Whitt
Johnson City
West Frankfort
States
Central Plains
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Harris Survey
South
Ifted Dal
Ike
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Lake of Egypt
ADK Gac
GAC
GAC Finance Corporation
Herrin Gac Finance Corp
N. Park Avenue
Linois Gac Finance Corp
W. Main Street
West
Frankfort
Ilinois Gac Finance Corp
Main Street
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