McLeansboro Woman Nellie Hassett Reaches 100th Birthday
Nellie Hassett of McLeansboro reaches her 100th birthday while still painting daily. A Decatur native who moved with her family at 14, she has shown widely from Mount Vernon to Dallas and Louisville. Her daughter Veronica Voss notes she never uses glasses and maintains a busy home, art, and church life.
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McLeansboro
Nellie Hassett
Dallgren
Southern Thaois University
Charles Tenney
Nellie
University
Siu
Decatur
Veronica Voss
Neltie
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisville
Four youths arrested after high speed chase in Carbondale
Carbondale police stopped four youths on Lake Road at Rt. 13 following a high speed chase early Sunday. Driver James L. Teffertillar 18 of Mulkeytown was charged with attempting to elude police legal transportation and underage alcohol, with speeds over 100 mph. Passengers Donald L. Taylor 16 Robert W. Jacobs 17 and Roger L. Dotson 17 all faced underage alcohol and curfew violations.
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Carbondale
Lake Road
Rt. 13
Sunay
James L. Teffertillar
Rt. 1
Mulkeytown
Donald L. Taylor
Herrin
Robert W. Jacobs
Roger L. Dotson
Five injured in four-vehicle Rt 13 crash near Grab Orchard
State police report five people hurt in a four vehicle crash on Rt 13 one and a half miles east of Grab Orchard Sunday afternoon. Drivers include Essie Rann 73 Harrisburg Darla Miller 18 Carrier Mills Matthew Grovers Jr 48 Marion and Early Grayton 35 Harrisburg. Injured passengers include Ada Rann 71 Carla Miller 21 Wahneta Jordan 41 and Carolyn Myers 21. Another collision on Old Rt 13 and Carterville Road injured two in a Couch Malone vehicle. A separate Johnston City Herrin road accident injured three, with Steven Kissinger 17 Pittsburg Brenda Dawe 15 Nadine Dawe 50.
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Rt. 13
Grab Orchard
Essie B. Rann
Harrisburg
Darla A. Miller
Carrier Mills
Matthew Grovers, Jr
Marion
Early G. Grayton
Rann
Ada Rann
Carla Miller
Carolyn M. Myers
Wahneta Jordan
Stonefort
Arthur F. Couch
Owensville
Ind
John ©. Malone
Old Rt. 13
Carterville Road
Edna B. Couch
Mr. Carmel
Maxine Malone
Marion Memorial Hospital
Work-study grant set to aid Rend Lake College program
Rend Lake College will receive 3225 from the federal government for its work-study program. College president Dr James In Spyder announced the approval by the Bureau of Higher Education of the Department of Health Education and Welfare. The program lets students earn money by working for the college while enrolled. Rep Garner Shriver protested to the ICC chair against discontinuance of the Santa Fe Railroads Grand Canyon Limited between Chicago and Los Angeles. He urged continued service pending ICC investigation.
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Rend Lake College
James In. Spyder
Bureau of Higher Education
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Garner Shriver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Shriver
Virginia Mae Brown
ICC
Moscow
West Germany
Union Today
Santa
Grand Canyon
Siher
Andreis Gromyko
Helmut. al- Jardt
Foreign Ministry
Public meetings and events across Southern Illinois today
Franklin County Mental Health Association meets at 7 30 p m at Reed Insurance Benton City Council assembles at 7 p m City Hall Benton Hurst City Council 7 30 p m Frankfort Community Unit School Board at 7 30 p m 512 E H St Louis West Frankfort Murphysboro Taxi Cab Commission 7 30 p m Monday Unity Point Grade School District 140 board meets at 7 p m at the school Shawne- Junior College District 31 board holds a regular meeting at 7 30 p m Monday Allin Kinkaid Lake and Reed's Creek Conservancy Districts meet 7 30 p m Monday in district office Murphysboro Marion City Council 7 p m Monday Pinckneyville District 50 School board at 7 p m Monday Carbondale and nearby jurisdictions listed with theaters and screenings.
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Franklin County Mental Health Association
Reed Insurance Agency
Benton
Herrin
Benton City
Murphysboro
Unity Point
Shawne
College Board
Allin
Kinkaid Lake
Reed’s Creek
City
Pinckneyville District 50
Carbondale
Regional Planning and Development Commission
Williamson County
Marion
Volun
Jackson County
YMCA
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Gumm
Jane Harris
Jackson YMCA Tutor Training Tonight Sparks Need More Tutors
YMCA spokesman announces tutor training tonight as 15 returning tutors from last year will continue and 21 new tutors have signed up. He says many more are needed while Mrs Lucy Fliger lists teacher aides needing tutoring. YMCA seeks help with secretarial tasks and envelope stuffing. interested individuals may call.
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YMCA
Lucy Fliger
Fale
Counts to be 80 Tuesday Birthday party for George Counts
George S Counts turns 80 Tuesday and invites all to a birthday reception from 2 to 4 pm in the University Center Ballroom at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Counts, distinguished professor of educational administration at SIU, is praised by department chairman John E King as possibly the country’s greatest living education professor.
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George S. Counts
Counts
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations
Southern Ilinois University
John E. King
Roert W. MacVicar
Siu’s University Center
George Counts
King
Southern Illinoisan News
Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Southerninois Inc
North
Illinois Avenue
Walnut Street
Illlinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated
AP News
Fessor
Fire calls report from Carbondale and Marion
Fire department logs list a 5:59 a.m. Monday ceiling fire at A and P Food Store 213 West Monroe with minor damage. A 6:48 a.m. Monday report notes a burning house at New Thompson Lake owned by Wallace Jones. At 10:45 a.m. Friday a grass fire was reported at De Young and State streets in Marion.
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Carbondale
W. Monroe
New Thompson Lake
Wallace Jones
Marion
DeYoung
State Streets
Sphinx Chapter Sweet Adelines In Carbondale Tonight
Air Force Capt James 3B White, brother of astronaut Edwin White, is reported missing following a Laos mission. Pentagon confirmation cites hostile action but offers few details. Edwin White, first American in space, died in the 1967 Apollo fire with Grissom and Chaffee. their father Maj Gen Edward White resides in St Petersburg Florida.
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Washington
Air Force
James 3B
White
Laos
Pentagon
Edwin H. White Ti
Virgil T. Grissom
Roger B. Chaffee
Edward White
St. Petersburg
Fila
Car Drowns After Collision With Bridge Abutment
Taylor P. Paul W. Mizeni a 17 year old from rural Owaneco drowned Saturday when the car he drove struck a bridge abutment on the Owaneco blacktop road and plunged into Lake Taylorville West Frankfort Gordon L. Fox 30 S21 was cited for speeding
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Taylor P. Paul W. Mizeni
Rural
Owaneco
Lake Taylorville
West Frankfort
Gordon L. Fox
Preparation H claims shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain
A New York report states a special formula called Preparation H shrinks hemorrhoids and stops itching while relieving pain in most cases. Doctors note the preparation soothes irritated tissue and helps prevent infection, available as ointment or suppository.
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New York, NY
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