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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1976
Page
17
Regional planners announce their annual meeting for Tuesday with details on location and contact. Registration times are listed and appointments with counselors through the Admissions Office are available. Community events include Love Finds Andy Hardy screenings and Christmas concerts with ticket prices and venues.
A batch of obituary notices from Mt. Vernon and nearby towns reports George L. Beck of Mt. Vernon aged 72, Clyde Welch of Blairsville, Lloyd Garner of Cobden, James Miller of Scott City, Josie Bingel of Pinckneyville, Grace Ridley of Herrin, and Dorothy Page of Brasher. Entries include birth years, spouses, children, and funeral arrangements with local cemeteries and churches. Memorials and burial details are listed for each.
Obituaries detail Claude Vick and relatives in Springfield and Pinckneyville, plus Jeter and Ervin memorials in Marion, Chester, and De Quoin. Included are educational backgrounds, marriages, survivor lists, and funeral plans across several Illinois towns.
Nine vehicles parked at Kilo's Tavern on Route 5, Murphysboro, were found slashed Saturday. A spokesman for the Jackson County Sheriff's Department said two holes or cuts were made on each vehicle with a machete-like tool. Some cars were towed from the scene. no arrests reported.
The calendar lists the Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments at 6 p.m. at Holiday Inn Marion. Other items include Lake of Egypt Association of Property Owners, Perry County Board of Commissioners at 9 a.m. at Pinckneyville courthouse, District 211 Board of Education at 7:30 p.m. near Tamara, Williamson County Mental Health Association at 6 p.m. at Family Inn Marion with entertainment and dinner, Southern Illinois Faculty Senate at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Ballroom C Student Center SIU Carbondale discussing retirement system funding, and Murphysboro City Council at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in city hall.
Carbondale venues including VARSITY 2 SALUKI 2 and TOWN and Country present Otto Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Pony Express Rider Marathon Man Carrie The Omen etc. Other screens show The Bad News Bears Ode to Billy Joe The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings and Two Minute Warning plus The Ritz and Car Wash.
Ulaveland reports that the UTU research board finds 41 900 of 243 000 public rail grade crossings use outdated alternate red lights. They recommend replacing with xenon flash lamps like those in photography to match today’s high speed traffic. An obituary notes Henry Beck of Hurst, 78, had two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. grandchildren omitted in Sun day panel.
William Bierman aged 85 of Tue ral Chester died Saturday December 11 1976 apparently of a heart attack while with his sons on a hunting trip in the Wege area Randolph County authorities said he had joined two sons but remained in the car the sons found him in the vehicle when they returned He was a member of St John’s Lutheran Church at Bremen born July 16 1891 in rural Chester to Peltz and Margaratha Meier Bierman He married Innia Bodecker November 6 1913 of Walsh Survivors include his wife sons Amos Reymond Wilbert Orville all of Chester Warald of Walsh daughters Margaratha Schwenke of Steeleville and Elda Kloth of Snerta a sister EmilE Ebers of Steeleville ten grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren Five brothers preceded him in death Burial will be in the Church Cemetery Friends may call after 2 pm today and until noon Tuesday at the Schack Funeral Home in Steeleville
Terence M. Stuthers of West Frankfort, 21, injured when his car overturned three times on Illinois 149 near I-37 in Franklin County. He is in good condition at Union Hospital in West Frankfort. George R. Mace, 42, SIUC vice president, and others suffer minor injuries in a collision on Illinois 148 north of I-57 in Williamson County. Mace’s SIUC car collided with a van driven by Steve L. Fogle of Fairfield. Fogle and two passengers, Leonard Fogle and Gable Fodle, treated for minor injuries in Herrin Hospital. Three Swanwick residents also treated for minor injuries after a sideswipe on a rural Perry County road. Shirley Bird and two passengers were released from Pinckneyville Community Hospital. George Kinney, 77, of Centerville, not injured.
Linda L. Robinson reported her son's car stolen at 1:28 a.m. Two men assaulted John Robinson and a friend at Evergreen Terrace and drove off to Wall and Main before leaving without paying for gas. Murphysboro police and Jackson County deputies pursued on Illinois 18 but lost them. Suspects believed armed and headed northwest as investigation continues.
Forecasts predict warmer weather across the South and Southwest while the northern Plains to New England see plunging temperatures. Snow is expected from the Great Lakes to western New England, with rain possible from southern Texas into Oklahoma and Arkansas. In Southern Illinois Sunday high reached 42 with a 17 degree low before dawn and a 2 degree early morning reading today. Sunset is 4:36 p.m. with sunrise Tuesday at 3:14 a.m.
A fire in Mt. Pleasant Union County destroyed a Wollard family home early Sunday. Leonard Wollard and his wife Joella were hospitalized in fair condition. Joella transferred to Barnes Burn Center in St. Louis. Three children suffered minor burns. Fire chiefs reported the house burned to the ground with no one on site on arrival.
In Springfield AP Illinois electors cast all 26 votes for President Ford and GOP vice presidential candidate Robert Dole. The group, led by attorney William Ives, said they were bound by moral obligation to vote Ford after his statewide win by 2,354,269 to 2,271,283.
Mixed admission and discharge lists across Franklin, Williamson and nearby counties detail patients, physicians, and new births. Entries mention Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Memorial Hospital in Chester, Sparta Community Hospital and Union Hospital in West Frankfort with numerous names and outcomes.
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