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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1981
Page
10
Chicago AP report: hearing impaired housewife Jeffie P Harvey, 32, wins $1 million in the Arlington Million lottery. She will receive $50,000 annually for 20 years to cover medical care, support her ill mother, and educate her three children. She bought a $1 ticket last May and won after selecting John Henry in the Arlington Million race.
A 12 year old Des Plaines boy built a maple tree mansion with three rooms a sun deck running water air conditioning lighting and a bathroom. The building inspector declared it illegal and Not Approved For Occupancy and ordered a professional structural and electrical inspection after a neighbor complained of safety concerns.
Police say three East St. Louis men Michael Butler Roy Harper and Roy Wright aged 20 19 and 23 were arrested after a week of robberies on Southern Illinois highways near the Missouri border. They allegedly shot out tires robbed victims and targeted motorists including a 29 year old Missouri woman pregnant with twins. One victim a Granite City woman lost a $3000 diamond ring.
Two men charged in the slaying of a telephone company repairwoman pleaded innocent to murder charges in St. Clair County. John Lee Snider 21 and Larry Buchanan 19 appeared before Circuit Judge Kenneth Jean as a trial date was expected to be set. The body of Janette Norris 30 was found near her Aug 20 repair site near Snider s home. Norris mother of an 11 year old, had worked for Illinois Bell for about three years. Illinois Bell employees protested the company s safety responsiveness after the slaying.
In Singapore strict cleanliness laws apply. A litterer may be fined as much as 250 dollars for discarding a cigarette.
Patrolman Elmer J. Atkinson, 32, was wounded as Albert T. James, 62, fired twice with a .22 revolver while approaching the parked vehicle. James died at Roseland Community Hospital. Atkinson remained in fair condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Albert James Jr., 14, was in the car.
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