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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1963
Page
19
In a fashionable East 88th Street three bedroom unit, Janice Wylie 21 and Emily Hoffert 23 were found slashed to death. A third roommate Patricia Tolles 23 returned to a disordered apartment at 6:30 pm. Bedsheets bound the victims and no forced entry or theft was evident.
A 15 year old boy, Robert Armentrout, was killed after a car rammed a tree in Peoria on Wednesday night. Five other teenagers were injured. He would have started his sophomore year in high school next week. the youth was riding in the rear seat.
Mrs J C Knott 81 of Chester died Wednesday at her daughter’s home after an eight month illness. She was born December 4 1882 in Modoc and married J C Knott in September 1900 in Prairie du Rocher. Survived by sons Dillon Harold of Cypress and Rose Jen Vernon of Chester. daughters Elvira Schopfer and Leslie Schopfer of Chester and Margaret Seymour Ellisgrove. sister Margaret Pheglay Red Bud. 22 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Funeral at 9 am Friday at St Mary’s Church Chester. burial Evergreen Cemetery. Call Scmrov dey Funeral Home.
Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner moved to clear the Democratic General Assembly measures, signing 25 into law and vetoing 19 while keeping 67 awaiting his action. The signing included tax exemptions for airport authorities and tax authority for school districts, with other bills stalled or vetoed. Two Marion accidents on Court Street involved Singler and Dubree, no serious injuries reported.
Mrs. Ora Snider age 48 of 1300 S Duncan St Marion died at 11 30 am Wednesday in Marion Memorial Hospital Her husband is public relations director of Southern Illinois Power Cooperative Marion She was born May 20 1915 in Marion married to Snider in 1994 at Valparaiso Ind Survived by husband children including Mrs Bonnie Richmond of Columbia Mo William and Steven of Marion mother Mrs Allie Koonce Campbell Hill grand daughter Peggy Richmond Columbia sisters Mrs Helen Lipscombe South Bend Ind Mrs Alma Cane New Haven Ind and Mrs Mary McKenzie St Louis brothers Leslie Koonce Cahokia and Robert Koonce Artesia N M Funeral 2 pm Saturday Steeleville Methodist Church burial Looney Springs Cemetery Steeleville Friends may call after 6 pm today Schaack Funeral Home Steeleville
Atlanta Aug 29 AP A federal judge stayed execution of a 3.06 million libel judgment for Wally Butts while pending motions for a new trial and a judgment for Curtis Publishing Co U S District Judge Lewis Morgan issued the stay and indicated Curtis would file its motion by Friday Attorneys for Curtis had not indicated earlier what route they would pursue
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