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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1969
Page
6
A sensational diet claim asserts 10 pounds drop in 10 days with grapefruit. It promises no hunger and allows indulgence in many foods while claiming fat burning via grapefruit juice. Readers can mail $2 for a plan with a money back guarantee.
Gerald W. Gardner, a 30-year-old inmate who fled Williamson County Jail three weeks earlier, was captured at a West Frankfort apartment building after tear gas was used. Police from Franklin County, West Frankfort, Johnston City and state agencies converged, thwarting multiple efforts to flush him from the residence.
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Lee Beers of 1005 N Jackson West Frankfort will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Trinity Methodist Church with burial in Tower Heights Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 pm Monday. The 1905 birth in Marlin Texas is noted along with survivors including six children and numerous grandchildren and siblings.
Mrs. Gladys C. Blanton of Caretterville was charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting her husband and then turning a gun on herself Saturday.
United Nations news shows the Big Four envoys Caradon Berard Malik and Yost meeting in Manhattan and planning a third session within eight days as they press to resume Arab-Israeli political talks after a five month pause. Berard notes a more constructive mood amid the ongoing private talks. In Carbondale, Illinois, Mrs Blanton and her husband Joseph are in intensive care after a shooting outside a plumbing and heating firm on Willow Street, with police guarding the hospital door and no statements yet from either spouse.
Linda Kasabian, 19, will plead innocent and Susan Atkins, 21, will plead diminished capacity in the Sharon Tate killings case. Attorneys said both belonged to the roaming group linked to the actress and four others slain last August. Fleischman said Kasabian will plead not guilty if forced to plead.
West Frankfort officers cite Robert B Taylor, 19, for driving too fast for conditions in Murphysboro, and Sara Faye Appleton, 20, for speeding. Both citations listed with fines of 15 and 17 dollars respectively.
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