Man Waives Jury Hearing in Jackson County Case
James Franklin Vaughn 23 of South Chicago waived grand jury indictment in Jackson County Circuit Court this week. Vaughn, arrested in Chicago last week, is charged with theft of two gold chain saws valued at 30 dollars from a Williamson County junk dealer on Route 1 in Herrin. The saws were recovered. Public Defender Elmer Medlin represents Vaughn before Acting Circuit Judge Everett Prosser. A petition to revoke the probation of Carl J. McBee, Rt. 1, Herrin, who is accused of buying the saws, has been filed.
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Jackson County
James Franklin Vaughn
Chicago
Everett Prosser
Vaughn
Elmer Medlin
Atly
William Ridgeway
Rt. 1
Hurst
Ridgeway
Williamson County
Carl J. McBee
Herrin
Kewanee Man Hired as History Teacher at AJCHS
Richard Neal Small of Kewanee was hired Wednesday evening to teach history and assist in football at Anna Jonesboro Community High School. He holds a bachelor’s in education from Southern Illinois University with a speech major and has pursued a master’s at SIU. Small has five years teaching experience in Quincy and Canton and currently works for Horace Mann Insurance. He will begin at AJCHS once released from his present job. he is married to Margaret Ann Wilson of Johnston City and they have two children. He hails from Princeton.
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Richard Neal Small
Kewanee
Anna Jonesboro
Small
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Quincy
Canton
Horace Mann Insurance Co
AJCHS
Harlan C. Hodges
Margaret Ann Wilson
Johnston City
Princeton
Menard Prison to Shift Guards to Forty-Hour Weeks
Randolph says Menard Penitentiary will move guards to a 40 hour week as soon as trained personnel are available. Warden Ross Randolph notes current staff addition and Joliet Division sending 10 to 150 men every two weeks while the legislature vetoes a bill.
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Menard Penitentiary
Chester
Randolph
Mento
Ross Randolph
State Dept. of Public Safety
Rudolph
Otto
Menard Division
Illinois State Penitentiary
Menard
Joliet
Campbell Hill Driver Fined For DWI
Joe Taylor of Campbell Hill was fined 200 dollars including costs by County Judge Robert Bastien for driving while intoxicated. Taylor was arrested Friday after his car went off the road near Willisville following a stop by State Trooper Carlos Tolbert.
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Joe Taylor
Campbell Hill
Perry
Robert Bastien
Taylor
Carlos Tolbert
Willisville
Thompson Drag Cars Wrecked on Trailer
Indianapolis, Aug. 29 AP Mickey Thompson's two 900 horsepower dragsters were damaged when their trailer broke loose from the tow car and slid down an embankment near Elk City Oklahoma. Thompson promised to salvage and run them later if possible.
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Indianapolis
Mickey Thompson
National Hot Rod Association
Thompson
Elk City
Okla
Fire at Indeco dorm causes smoke and water damage
A lightning sparked blaze damaged the upper attic of Indeco, an independent girls dormitory near the University of Illinois campus. The Wednesday fire caused smoke and water damage to the four-block-from-campus building.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Indeco
School Opens Warns Motorists Near School Crossings
Herrin Police Chief Roy Cole urged extra caution as school opens. Police will man crossings and work with school patrols. He cited a long safety record and asked parents teachers and motorists to ensure children cross streets safely to prevent accidents.
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Herrin
Roy Cole
Fifty Students Flying Home From Cuba Sanctions Eased
Fifty American students who violated a State Department travel ban by visiting Cuba flew home from Madrid. Four stayed behind from Havana to avoid reception in New York. Names include John K.R. Glenn of Huntington Tad and wife. State Department will lift passports on U.S. arrival. possible prosecutions loom.
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Madrid
Spain
U.S. State Department
Cuba
Havana
New York
John KR. Glenn
Huntlington
Tad
State ‘Department
United States
Illinois Storms Deluge Mount Carmel with 4.75 Inches
A Weather Bureau report shows Mount Carmel receiving 4.75 inches of rain amid recent storms across Illinois with cooler, fair weather prevailing elsewhere. Wednesday showers caused damage including uprooted trees and a destroyed home at Robinson as a funnel cloud was observed. the Paducah area saw near an inch of rain.
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Illinois
Mount Carmeal
Twister
Robinson
Illnois
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Paducah
Mount Carmel
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