Webb Charged In Williamson County Burglary Case
Williamson County State’s Atty Carl Sneed filed an information in circuit court charging Kenneth E Webb 19 of Johnston City with burglary and theft for a break in at Johnny’s Texaco Service Marion on November 29 He implicated Kenneth Blades 16 of Marion A petition was filed to commit Blades to the Illinois Youth Commission and Webb indicated he will waive grand jury indictments or arraignment with probation likely recommended.
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Williamson County
Carl Sneed
Kenneth E. Webb
Johnston City
Webb
Johnny
Texaco
John Lucas
E. Main St
Marion
Kenneth Blades
Sneed
Blades
Ilinois Youth Commission
Merayuereny Webb
Car Crash Victims Deaths Ruled Accidental in Franklin County
A Franklin County coroner jury ruled three deaths accidental after a November 29 crash east of Benton. Judith Skinner 19 West Frankfort died of brain injuries while William Perryman 23 and Jack Melvin 23 Thompsonville died from skull fractures. James Perryman 20 Thompsonville testified he recalled little about the wreck after being treated at Franklin Hospital. Melvin the driver reportedly did not seem intoxicated.
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Franklin County
Benton
Judith Skinner
West Frankfort
William E. Perryman
Jack Lee Melvin
Thompsonville
James Perryman
Franklin Hospital
Perryman
Illinois
Complaints Discussed on Carbondale Grade School Bus Service
Carbondale Grade School District 95 discussed complaints about a private bus contractor West Bus Service. Two breakdown incidents were cited with a bus running out of gas on the first day and another halting 45 minutes at Main street and Oakland avenue. The board considered extending the current contract at 1078.80 dollars monthly for nine months a year while agreeing to a contractor loan letter.
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Carbondale
James Wallace
Oakland Avenue
Laurence Martin
West Bus Service
West
Zeigler
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Small Business Administration
Funeral services for Kate Miller held in Zeigler
Mrs Kate Miller 70 of Walnut Street Zeigler died after an apparent heart attack at 10 45 pm Thursday in Herrin Hospital Survivors include her daughter in Essen Hill Pa born June 24 1892 in Essen Hill Pa to John and Alice Hamilton Shannon. Friends may call after 7 pm Saturday at Vantrease Funeral Home Zeigler
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Vantrease
Zeigler
Kate Miller
Walnut Sr
Herrin Hospital
Hundred WV Named for Its First Settlers the Church Couple
The community of Hundred in West Virginia traces its name to its first settlers Mr. and Mrs. Henry Church who both lived beyond a century. He died at 109 and she at 106.
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Hundred
W. Va
Henry Church
Church
Marks Suit Is Dismissed Against West Frankfort Police
Arthur Marks, assistant police chief, sued the City of West Frankfort for back wages totaling 7700 from May 1959 to March 2, 1961, claiming illegal discharge. The Franklin County Circuit Court dismissed the suit, with the judge ruling Marks could seek damages but not back salary, and city attorney Frank Trobaugh saying no damages were due.
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West Frankfort
Arthur Marks
Franklin County
Marks
Roy 0. Gulley
Alty
Frank ‘Trobaugh
Two Injured In Rt 13 And Old Rt 13 Crashes
Two men were hurt in separate incidents on Thursday night and morning. Sidney M. Pindell, 35, of Knox Indiana, and Raymond Osborne, 62, of Shawneetown, received minor injuries when their car left Rt 13 a mile west of Shawneetown at 8:30 p.m. James Tucker, 34, of Murphysboro, escaped injury when his car left Old Rt 13 two miles north of Murphysboro at 7:10 p.m. Charles Meisenheimer of Chester was uninjured when his car left four miles south of Sparta at 43.
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Shawneetown
du Quoin
Sidney M. Pindell
Knox
Ind
Raymond Osborne
James Tucker
Murphysboro
Charles Meisenheimer
Chester
Sparta
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Williamson
Melvin
Clover Club
Eugene Dorris
Rt. 14
John A. Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
Jim Bob Kerley
John M. Donahue
Lloyds
Mardale Shopping Center
BENIS
Main
Herrin
VY Ae
Eiasa Ward
Walnut ST
Signature
Herman’s Jewelry Store
Frankfort
Shulton
Hewitt
Begoodrich
B.f.goodrich
Begoodrich Batteries
States Association of American Battery Manufacturers
Ranmar's
North 16Th ST
Standard Tire Co
Corning Ware
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