Indian crafts spotlight shows modern Native business leader
George Greendeer, manager of the Wisconsin Indian Cooperative, promotes the American Indian History Museum exhibit at the Du Quoin State Fair sponsored by Consolidation Coal Co. He travels with 16 tribes’ artisans, stressing education and better understanding of Indians beyond onscreen stereotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Greendeer
Greendeer
Wisconsin Indian Cooperative
du Quoin State Fair
Consolidation Coal Co
Pinckneyville
United States
John Wayne
Greendeers
Hena
Hyna
Du Quoin State Fair stage repairs and wind damage
The Du Quoin State Fair resumed after winds tore and damaged stage scenery on Wednesday night. A 3,500 strong crowd saw the Festival of Music with Boots Randolph Floyd Cramer Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass Jody Miller and Cathy Rigby. Track racing faced delays due to wet conditions and a nonfatal accident involving Santa Phone driven by Charles Cleveland. The fair drew an estimated 155,000 visitors in five days with 35,000 on Hambletonian Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin State Fair
Boots Randolph
Floyd Cramer
Danny Davis
Nashville Brass
Jody Miller
Cathy Rigby
Pat Boone
Tom Jones
Casey
Fred Huff
Hayes Fair Acres
Jones
Santa Phone
C. Glen Rudolph
Carmi
Charles Cleveland
Huff
Cleveland
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Moon rock in NASA exhibit looks like common stone
Visitors at a NASA exhibit compare a moon rock display to ordinary stones saying it looks like rocks from home and noting it does not appear shiny or special to them. The remarks reflect casual questions about the artifact’s appearance.
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Glenn Hardy
Jacksonville
Jerry Law
Vernon
N.Y
Johnson, Tex
A. C. Reed
Elizabethtown
August Bruegeman
St. Louis
NASA
Du Quoin Fair honors dairy win and lunar rock display
Fred McLaughlin won the grand champion dairy cow with a Guernsey at the Du Quoin State Fair. Other winners included Larry Thorpe for best pork carcass and Hamilton Angus Farms for best beef bull. The NASA moon rock exhibit in the educational tent drew mixed reactions as visitors watched guards protect the rock in a vault after hours.
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Murphysboro
du Quoin
Fred McLaughlin
Larry Thorpe
Carlinville
Hamilton Angus Farms
Rockwood
Gene Schwarns
Lindenhurst
du Quoin State Fair
Southern University Security Pace
Escapee Schultz Surrenders After Fleeing Vienna Prison
Richard Allen Schultz, 43, a prisoner at the Vienna Correctional Center in Chicago, surrendered to guards about three hours after fleeing into woods Thursday. Assistant Warden Don Hood said guards used a bloodhound and searches before Schultz emerged around 3:30 p.m. He is serving a one year to life sentence.
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Richard Allen Schultz
Chicago
Vienna
Woods
Don Hood
Hood
Schultz
SIU ombudsmen in dispute prompts university review
Security Police responded July 27 to a disturbance between SIU Carbondale ombudsmen Kristina Haedrich and Marcus Jones in the T-40 barracks. Vice President T. Richard Mager seeks an in depth study by the Senate Advisory Committee due to internal conflicts and staffing concerns.
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Dave Butler
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University At Carbonale
SIU C
Kristina Haedrich
Marcus Jones
SIUC
Siu
Mager
University Senate Advisory Committee
Ombudsmen’s Office
Jones
Ombudsmen’s
Haedrich
Mary Walker
Reginald Davis
Cafeterias Face Higher Lunch Prices in Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois schools prepare for higher hot lunch costs this fall as districts announce increases. Monroe Deming and John Fisher foresee boosts across counties with milk subsidies ending and reduced federal commodity foods. Deming expects about 10 cents more per lunch. milk may rise to 10 cents per carton in Williamson County.
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Southern Illinois
Monroe Deming
Jackson County
John Fisher
Williamson County
Deming
Illinois
Fisher
Royalton Man Testifies in Shooting Case
Orlando Capogreco 40 of Royalton took the stand in Marion Circuit Court to defend his actions in a Dec 17 1971 shooting at the Menchowski home. He said he went to reclaim furniture taken earlier and claimed self defense after a struggle with Steven Menchowski. A Carbondale psychiatrist testified Capogreco has a personality disorder and was not criminally responsible.
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Orlando Capogreco
Rt. 2
Royalton
Marion
Capogreco
Steven Menchowski
Steve Menchowski
Hurst
Menchowski
Valerie
Adam Capogreco
Joseph Hickman
Franklin County
Menchowski’s
Clarence Boyd
Carbondale
Indictment Against Brookport Trooper Dismissed in Court
A Union County judge dismissed the July indictment charging Clement J. Piotrowski a Brookport state trooper with fraud linked to a vehicle title application. State's Attorney James Leaton planned an appeal arguing the indictment failed to name how Piotrowski caused another to commit fraud. Reynolds who bought the car later died pending epilepsy treatment.
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Brookport
Circuit Court
Jonesboro
Paul D. Reese
Reese
Clement J. Piotrowski
Piotrowski
Union County
Atty
James Leaton
Leaton
Danny Reynolds
Anna
Joe Giner
District 13
Reynolds
Ginter
State Police Merit Board
Authorities probe possible strangulation in Carbondale death
Police investigate the death of Nancy M. Zimmer 22 of Carbondale whose decomposed body was found in her apartment. A ligature mark suggested strangulation though autopsy was not possible due to advanced decomposition. Drugs and alcohol were found, with the high apartment temperature hindering blood analysis. Zimmer last seen Sunday at Sirloin Stockade where she worked. She was not a SIUC student. Burial plans were underway with the Van Natta Funeral Home.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Nancy M. Zimmer
E. Hester Sr
Flynn
Lewis J. Rossiter
Sirloin Stockade
South Wall Street
Miss Zimmer
Southern Illinois University At
Siuc Records
Danbury, Con
Schuetz Held Unfit for Trial in West Frankfort Shooting
Raymond L. Schuetz 21 of Cahokia was ordered committed to Illinois Security Hospital Menard after a Benton hearing found him incapable to stand trial on two counts each of aggravated murder and aggravated assault and one count of aggravated battery for a June 28 shooting at Jim's Interstate Shell station in West Frankfort. Officer Blades was wounded and convalesces at home.
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Raymond L. Schuetz
Cahokia
West Frankfort
Illinois Security Hospital
Menard
Franklin County
F. P. Hanagan
Benton
Schuetz
Jim
Interstate Shell Station
W. Main St
Blades
Gravestone Unearthed on Carbonale Homestead Site
John Justis family uncover a granite headstone while digging footings on their two acre property southwest of Carbondale. The stone bears the Parrish name linked to Frank P Parrish and possibly a family graveyard. Justis plans to relocate and clean the artifact for a permanent resting place.
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Joseph Arimond
John Justis
Carbondale
Justis
Frank P. Parrish
Thomas Parrish
Jusits
H. Quentin Parrish
Frank Parrish
Parrish
Southern Illinoisan
Quentin
Parrish Cemetery
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