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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1975
Page
16
A public hearing on proposed standards for health facility construction and modernization in Illinois is set for Monday 7 10 p m at the Holiday Inn near Carbondale. The meeting is hosted by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board and opens with remarks from officials and stakeholders.
Jesse Steele 84 of Route 5 Murphysboro died Sunday December 14 1975 in Jackson County Nursing Home Murphysboro He was born September 28 1891 in Kentucky to Archie D and Nancy Hicks Steele He married Mina Brewer December 25 1912 in Makanda She died May 28 1961 He later married Ira Mae Trout January 12 1963 She died February 14 1965 He was a retired farmer and Mt Carbon Church of God member Surviving children include Chester Steele Ed Eugene Smith Irene Nannie Smith Lola Griffin plus stepchildren and grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Denny and Pettett Funeral Home Murphysboro Reverend Jonah Walker to officiate Burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m Tuesday
A Sunday Southern Illinoisan editorial paragraph misnamed Shawnee College. The correction states Rend Lake College is the institution involved in the chargeback squabble instead of Shawnee.
Calendar listings from Southern Illinoisan show events across towns including Marion Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and nearby areas. Activities include bridge club evenings senior citizen crafts social Security advice quilting and choir concerts with venues such as Hillcrest Drive Carbondale First Presbyterian Church and John A Logan College.
The Rev Gordon C Abernathie Sr 64 of 503 N 22nd St Murphysboro former teacher and current Boskydell Church pastor died Sunday Dec 14 1975 at St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro of an apparent heart attack He taught in Murphysboro Unit School District 186 for 16 years and also served as principal in Chaffee Missouri and taught in Cape Girardeau Mattoon and Clarksville He was born December 14 1911 in McClure and married Jessie Seabaugh May 23 1936 in Benton He is survived by his wife a son Gordon Jr two daughters Sonja Adkerson and Jan Fletcher and several siblings Burial is Lindsey Cemetery McClure with services December 17 1975 at Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel.
Williamson County Detective Unit investigates after a Marion car trunk is forced open Saturday night. John Baker reports 31 jewelry pieces and seven camera items missing from his Four Seasons florist. Separate burglaries include $500 in gifts to Route 1 Johnston City resident Ron Morneweg and cash losses for neighbors, with forgery cases in Marion tied to Holly Garvey of Murphysboro.
Police investigate a series of five thefts of band radios from locked vehicles in Herrin over the weekend. Victims include Jack Snyder Gene Howard Michael Wade Terry Hughes and Bruce Aaron. Chief William Humphrey says the cases may be linked and that vehicles were likely opened with coat hangers. Investigation continues.
The Franklin County Sheriff's office investigates a break in at Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park maintenance building near Benton. About 7 p.m. Friday two electric welding machines a gasoline water pump an air cold torch set gauges a rechargeable battery flashlight and a hydraulic jack were taken totaling about $1000 with no suspects yet identified.
The International Management magazine reports that France provides the most generous unemployment compensation, requiring the state to pay at least a full year’s wages to unemployed workers, a policy highlighted by AP from New York.
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