Near New Athens Driver Dies From Sunday Wreck
A Coulterville man Orval Davis age 26 died at Sparta Community Hospital from injuries suffered in a Sunday night crash on Rt 13 near New Athens. Randolph County Coroner Vernon Dashner said the collision involved a car and another vehicle.
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Coulterville
Sparta Community Hospital
New Athens
Randolph County
Vernon Dashner
Orval Davis
Carl Foster
District 11
East St. Louis
Lenzburg
Davis
Irvington Area Crash Hurts 5, Driver Sought
Five people were injured in a two car crash on Rt. 51 near Irvington. One driver fled the scene and police investigate possible car theft. Injured included Julius Nolting and Mindred Hoffman among others. all treated at St. Marys Centralia hospital. The other vehicle was a 1953 Lincoln driven by Jackie Rowland.
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Irvington
District 13
du Quoin
Julius Nolting
Rt. 3
Centralia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jackie Rowland
Steeleville
Rt. 4
Willisille
Willisville
Lloyd G. Saxe
Albion
Frank
Parino
Christopher
Rt. 14
Oliver
Leroy Jordan
Division St
Murphysboro
Rt. 13
D Street
Peter Jordan
California
Gladys B. Pearce
Anna
Union County Hospital
Ray G. Morgan
Jonesboro
Morgan
Jonesboro Hill
Ruth C. Cavanus
Donald C. Cavanus
Pomona Road
Noah C. Barnum
Thomas F. Needham
Carterville
Earl G. Rogers
Jackson Tenn
Curtis Hawkins
George Warren
Cairo
Caresse Crosby Donates Black Sun Press Works to SIU Library
Caresse Crosby, publisher of the Black Sun Press and friend of premier 20th century writers, has donated and sold works to Southern Illinois University Library. The collection includes all Black Sun titles, letters, and manuscripts from D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Hemingway, Huxley, Miller, Joyce, Pound, Dos Passos, Faulkner, and Kay Boyle. Crosby spoke to an SIU History of the Book class about the press’s origins in 1927 Paris and recalled the tiny Paris shop and the makers behind the deluxe editions valued by collectors.
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Southern
T. S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Aldous Huxley
Henry Miller
James Joyce
Kay Boyle
Ezra Pound
John Dos Passos
William Faulkner
Roger Lescaret
Black Sun
Rue Cardinale
Publisher Mrs Crosby recalls Tropic of Cancer rift
Mrs Caresse Crosby, visiting Southern Illinois University, recounts offering Tropic of Cancer to The Black Sun Press and turning it down. She notes the book's obscenity bans in the United States and describes her Paris era publishing years with the press and artists. Harry T Moore helped arrange Material for SIU. Crosby plans a Morris Library show and illustrated catalog.
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Henry Miller
Black Sun Press
Caresse Crosby
Southern Illinois University
Miller
Crosby
Paris
U.S
Grove Press
Henry
Moulin du Soleil
Mill of the Sun
Washington, D. C
Harry T. Moore
SIU
Moore
Infant Daughter Kristine Lovekamp Dies at Marion Hospital
Infant Kristine Jo Lovekamp, daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Lovekamp of Rt 2 Carterville, died at 8 06 pm Sunday in Marion Memorial Hospital. She was born at 9 34 pm Saturday.
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Kristine Jo Lovekamp
Keith Lovekamp
Rt. 2
Carterville
Marion Memorial Hospital
Man Leaves Owing $92 At Carbondale Hotel
Police report a man named Robert Baker from Champaign checked into the Holiday Inn in Carbondale, ran up a $92 bill including $60 in liquor, and departed at 3:20 a.m. Friday. Investigators seek fingerprints from a soda bottle found in the room.
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Robert Baker
Champaign
Holiday Inn
Carbondale
Obituary: Oscar Thompson 70 dies at Lesser home
Oscar Thompson, 70, died at 4 p m Sunday at his Lesser home. Born January 2, 1883 in Franklin County, he was a retired farmer and carpenter. Survived by wife Ollie, five sons Claude Harry Everett Howard Oscar Jr, 14 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral at 1 p m Tuesday at Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser. Rev Marsh Harpool officiates. Burial in Mitchell Cemetery southwest of Lesser. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Oscar Thompson
Franklin County
Richard
Anna Phillips Thompson
Ollie
Claude
Harry
Whittington
Everett
Howard
Sesser
Oscar Jr
Kenosha
Wis
Brayfield Funeral Home
Marsh Harpool
Mitchell Cemetery
Lesser
Rare volumes and maps donated to SIU Morris Library
The Morris Library at Southern Illinois University received gifts in 1963 including five pre 1600 Portuguese cartography volumes from the Committee for the Commemoration of Prince Henry the Navigator. The H. K. Croessmann estate from Du Quoin contributed about 60 titles, magazines, clippings and correspondence. Philip D. Lang of River Forest donated two manuscript notebooks and the manuscript Confessions by British poet George Barker plus letters.
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Southern Illinois
Prince Henry the Navigator
H. K. Croessmann
du Quoin
Croessmann
George Barker
Philip D. Lang
River Forest
Council Adopts Building Code
Du Quoin City Council passes building, plumbing and electrical codes with city inspections for construction, modifications and installations. The measure passed 3 to 1, with fines from 5 to 200 dollars and various permit and inspection fee details including $2 for new construction and $1 for water and sewer taps.
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du Quoin
Judge Grants Continuance for California Theft Trial
Judge H L Zimmerman granted a continuance in the case of Eugene Johnson and Vernon Burroughs Jr. for theft from Bracy Food Store in Johnston City. Trial moved to January 13 in Williamson County Circuit Court as prosecutors and defense seek further evidence and bond issues. both defendants remain jailed and face separate California theft charges.
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Eugene Johnson
Vernon Burroughs Jr
California
Johnston City
H. L. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Williamson County
Carl Sneed
Charles Winters
San Pablo
Sacramento
Merced
Calif
Death of Otis Blaylok at Herrin Hospital
Otis Edward Blaylok, 49, of 1412 W Cherry St Herrin, died at 7 05 am today in Herrin Hospital after a year of ill health.
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Otis Edward Blaylok
W. Cherry St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Murphysboro to host Friday talk on court procedure changes
In Murphysboro a Friday meeting will detail changes under the Illinois Judicial Amendment. Circuit Judge C E Wright and Jackson County Judge Peyton Kunce will lead discussions with court and city officials, police, and others. A second district meeting is set for Marion Saturday.
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Murphysboro
C. E. Wright
First Judicial District
Illinois
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Wright
Kance
Carbondale
Everett Prosser
William Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Marion
Prospective student shot in LaGrange carriage crash
A 20 year old LaGrange Park man Keith Goodloe was killed by a sawed off shotgun blast while riding in a car with two companions. Maurice Biggane and three others were charged with murder by La Grange police after a quarrel with occupants of a following car near the incident.
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Keith Goodloe
la Grange Park
Maurice Biggane
Chicago
Goodloe
Biggane
la Grange
SIU Debaters Win First at Cross Examination Tourney
SIU debaters from Southern Illinois University won first place at the 16th Cross-Examination Debate tournament hosted by the University of Pittsburgh. Janelle Schlimgen Jeff Barlow Charles Zoeckler and Pete Micken spoke as SIU team members earning 85 points of 100 after 10 debates among 40 schools from 17 states Canada and the West Indies. Marvin Kleinan SIU debate director accompanied them.
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Southern Illinois University
University of Pittsburg
SIU
Aluminum Co. of America
Janelle Schlimgen
Jeff Barlow
Charles Zoeckler
Pet Micken
Canada
West Indies
Marvin Kleinan
Ole Kleaveland Dies in Jewell Iowa Funeral Set
Ole I. Kleaveland 92 of Jewell Iowa died today in Jackson County Nursing Home Murphysboro after a nine month stay. Retired Jewell lumber operator born October 19 1871 in Bergen Norway married 1896 to Nettie Solso. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joe Baer Mrs Olivian Kennear Mrs C L Redman seven grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Jewell Lutheran Church burial God's Acres Cemetery Jewell. Friends may call Beck er Funeral Home Jewell.
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Ole I. Kleaveland
Jewell
Iowa
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Mr. Kleaveland
Bergen
Norway
Nettie Solso
Kleaveland
Joe Baer
Olivian Kennear
C. L. Redman
Muskogeon
Mich
I. J. Kleaveland
Sioux Rapids
Wallacce Kleaveland
Sun City
Ariz
Lutheran
Southern Illinoisan publication notice and address listing
The Southern Illinoisan is a daily and Sunday paper published by Southern Illinois Publications Inc with offices in Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro. It notes second class postage and its status as successor to several local papers and AP republication rights.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Southern
Linoison
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphyshere Independent
Associated Press
AP News
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Irvington Area
Mindred Hoffman
Helen Nolting
Mary Nolting
Nan Nolting
Anderson Oliver
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysbro
Dashner
St. Clair County
By Ben Gelman
Cording
Ralph McCoy
Germany
Crosbys
D. H. Lawrence
Sun
Finstein
Archibald MacLeish
Hart Crane
Mrs. Crosby
MR. Thompson
Council
Mr. Blaylock
Sneimer
Thes
James McRoy
McRoy
County Board of Supervisors
County Clerk’s
Mardale Shopping Center
FORD
Ole Kleaveland
Becker Funeral Home
Excelsior Medical Clinic
Excelsior Medical Clinic Dept
Excelsior Springs
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