Three Inquests Scheduled In Chester Randolph County
Randolph County Coroner Lester Walker said three inquests into traffic deaths will be held Monday night in Chester. Omer Lee Horton 35 of Marissa died after his car hit a bridge abutment on Rt 150. Lloyd Vancil 25 of Macomb died from injuries after a three vehicle crash on the Mary's River bridge. Marguerite W Carlton 49 of Chester was killed Oct 19 in an accident on Rt 150.
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Randolph County
Chester
Lester Walker
Schroeder Funeral Home
Omer Lee Horton
Marissa
Schroeders
Lloyd Vancil
Macomb
Welge Funeral Home
Marguerite W. Carlton
Horton
Mary’s River
Vancil
Mary's River
Carlton
Walker
Helen C. Wittenborn
Parade of Values Ad Parade Invitation
Readers are invited to write about what they like or dislike in a feature called the parade of values. The ad lists large and small advertisers including Brown & Colombo Electric & Gas Martyn Furniture Montgomery Ward and more for reader engagement.
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Brown & Colombo
Electric & Gas
Martyn Furniture
Montgomery Ward
City National Bank Crawshaw Mortuary
Fredman Bros
Herrin Home Furnishers
Murray Furniture
Grob Motors Heckel’s Herrin Lumber Co
Alex J. Kent Agency
Autopsy puzzling verdict in Skokie doctor wife death
Coroner reports no alcohol in Hazel Todd’s body while her husband Dr. Robert H. Todd faces murder charges. Assistant State’s Attorney calls the finding amazing as police note an empty whiskey bottle was found in the Skokie home.
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Skokie
Walter McCarron
Charles Russ
Robert H. Todd
Hazel
Todd
Cooner
Charles Richards
Coroner to hear inquest into death after sedative injections
A coroner's inquest is set for December 28 to review a death where a man allegedly slapped his wife and gave her two injections of a sedative to quiet her. A fuller chemical analysis of the body is expected at the inquest.
Golconda Men Held For Arson
Two Golconda men, Herbert Irby and James Belt, 32 and 34, remained jailed in Pope County on arson charges linked to about 10 Golconda fires. Belt’s bond was set at 2000 dollars and Irby’s at 3000. They waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to a January grand jury after capture by local patrols on November 30.
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Golconda
Pope County
Herbert Irby
James Belt
Belt
Lefore
Monroe Marquardt
Irby
Pope County Fairgrounds
Hurst Orphan Parties Spread Yule Cheer in Carbondale
SIU students organized two Christmas parties for thirteen orphans of the Southern Illinois Children's Service Center at Hurst Bush. Carbondale merchants donated toys clothing and food.
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Southern Illinois Children’s Service Center
Hurst Bush
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Normandy
SIU
S. University
Wrecks Reported in Carbondale
Two minor wrecks occurred in Carbondale on Friday. Drivers Carterville and Collinsville were involved in a collision at Cherry street and University avenue at noon. A second accident in the 300 block of North University involved Alvy Smit and Walter Moore. Only slight damage resulted.
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Carbondale
Virginia
Rt. 1
Carterville
H. P. Harris
Collinsville
Cherry Street
University Avenue
Alvy Smit
College
Walter Moore
Walnut St
North University
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
North 16Th Street
Herrin
South 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Southern Alinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
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Weslie Shoe
Murphysboro Grocery Co
Sawyer TV
Williams
Chicago
Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Hebrin, Illinois
Kugman’s
James Gilliam
Assa
Jan Fegley
Battle Creek
Mich
ISA
SSA
Don Baldridge
Salem
Normandy House
House
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale, Illinois
Turkey
Smith
Llin O I Electric & Gas Company
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