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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1972
Page
2
Two Steeleville residents were injured when one vehicle pulled from a private drive into the path of a car driven by Dieckhoff. Both cars were damaged in the 2:45 p.m. crash.
A benefit program at the Grand Theater opens at 10 a.m. The Lions urge admission of one canned food item. The event aids a drive for boys and girls in grade school and younger, with the aim of collecting 10 000 cans. After the show, Lions will collect the cans.
Sen Gene Johns of Marion was discharged Friday after bronchial illness treatment at Marion Memorial Hospital. He spent the weekend resting at home after being admitted last Sunday.
A review of Philip King’s See How They Run at SIU praises Mary Fawk as Miss Skillen for a standout drunken role. Penny Wessels as the Vicar’s wife shows adequacy with some stage kinks, while Dennis Black and Saeed Waren provide solid support. The farce scores on timing and silliness, with light critique of overacting and zipper mishaps.
In South Roxana, an Illinois Terminal Railroad derailment of 13 freight cars forced about 50 homes to evacuate. A gas leak was reported, no injuries occurred, and the cause remained under investigation. Nearby, two Belleville youths died in a Collinsville area crash and a Pecatonica snowmobile incident killed a driver while an ambulance driver also died.
The Williamson County sheriff investigated a burglary at the Pulley home. Residents left Saturday around 7:30 p.m. and returned about 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a broken entry. Loss valued at $3,000 includes coins, two televisions, stereo gear, four speakers, two shotguns, a rifle with scope, watches, jewelry, and binoculars.
Nettie Miller reported she was in a back room when the front door opened and a man pointed a gun at her demanding all the money. The assailant, described as black, wore a scarf over his face and fled after ordering her to retreat to the back room.
Harold G. Peebles 43 of Petersburg Rt. 3 died in a 1:50 a.m. single vehicle crash on the Petersburg Athens road about a half mile east of Route 97. The Illinois Air Guard flight training instructor may have fallen asleep. he was pronounced dead at a Petersburg hospital. He was born August 29, 1929 in Pittsburg, son of Len and Carrie Peebles.
SIU schedules a special session of top administrators to discuss the employment of principal staff and executive board members. The meeting, announced by SIU, involves campus relations with the board staff and seeks input from those served by the university extension service in Urbana and Carbondale.
Aidha Mahmood, a 15 year old Mt. Vernon girl burned in a November 26 fire in her bedroom, remains in critical condition at the Shriners Burns Institute in Cincinnati. Police and the state fire marshal continue to investigate and believe the fire was set custody.
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