Herrin Laundromat Owner Fires At Trespassers
Hubert Jacobs proprietor of Dutch Maid Launderette 921 S Park Ave Herrin fired six shots at three youths when surprised attempting to remove a coin changer. Police Magistrate Earl May fined Stephen Paddock James Neff and Ronald Boettger $50 and $3.90 costs each for charges. Neff and Boettger were Southern Illinois University students. Paddock a former student. The youths were arrested after a bullet punctured a tire forcing their car to stop.
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Herrin Launry
Hubert Jacobs
Park
Herrin
Earl May
Jacobs
I Stephen Roy Paddock
Dean
Paddock
Car Slams Into Train In Illinois Central Collision
Lawrence Trombly of Carbondale was injured when his car struck a coal car on an Illinois Central train at the north edge of Carbondale. He suffered cuts and a broken finger but was reported in not serious condition at Doctors Hospital.
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Lawrence T., Trombly
Carbondale
Illinois Central Railroad
Trombly
Doctors Hospital
Rt. 51
John Donahue
Toal
Donahue
Sea
Marion Church Choir Presents Cantata The Nativity
Marion First Christian Church adult choir performs The Nativity cantata by James Dasher at 7 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The piece features a Joseph and Mary quartet sung by Charles Holmes Betty Lou Hill Pat Snnderwin and Susan Davis with Lillian Collier at the organ and Harold Sturge on piano. Other soloists include Sturgeon Theresa Kaeser Clyda Spiller Mary Deason and Sadie Gray. Public invited.
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Marion First
Theresa Kaeser
Clyda Spiller
Mary Deason
Sadie Gray
Fire Victim Suffocated Jury Rules Inquest
A verdict of accidental death by suffocation was returned at an inquest led by Williamson County Coroner Paul Litton. Burnice Hayes died in a fire that destroyed his home about 10 p.m. Thursday. he had burns but died from suffocation. Witness John Estes testified he saw the blaze as he went to bed and helped Hayes’ brother-in-law Henry Phipps break in to rescue him. The home of Hayes and three Benefield infants was described, with funeral plans for the Chicago-bound Benefield infant unsettled. Mrs Hayes blamed a faulty coal furnace.
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Hayes
Williamson County
Paul Litton
John Estes
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