Carbondale Man Freed On Bond After Murphysboro Shooting
Police allege Carbondale merchant Joe Reed illegally carried firearms and was intoxicated when shots hit a house and a car early Sunday in Murphysboro. Reed, found in a parked car on North Street, posted $10,000 bond. Investigators traced the incident to a borrowed truck from Pich's Food Market, with bullets struck near 3780.2 mm and a bedroom wall. Ballistics testing will compare recovered slugs to a nickel plated 45 caliber revolver found nearby.
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Carbondale
Joe Reed
Murphysboro
Reed
William Ridgeway
B.L. Venegoni
Berra-Venegoni
Kinois Ave
Murphy'shore
Pich's Food Mart
Vaneoni
Ralph Hardy
WE Mois Ave
M. P
W. H. Pick
Carbondale Food Mar
Noth St
Jim Hiller
Hiller
Hardy
Mark Berra
Illinois Ave
Tony Rinella
N. Sth Sr
Joe Sorrell
Ilinois Ave
Albert Miler
Tinois Ave
Louise Conrad
Rendezvous
Miss Conrad
W. Adams St
Herrin
Jean Smith
Pick
Carbondale Eagles Club
Ridgeway
Watch Stolen From Carbondale Church Office
Richard Fears a Southern Illinois University student from Urbana reported a $150 silver watch stolen from the First Baptist Church office in Carbondale between 1 30 and 2 p m Saturday. He had left it there while mimeographing and returned to find it missing. The watch was a Wal tham model with a nut or eagle design on the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofice
Carbondale
Richard Fears
Southern Illnois University
Urbana
Pears
Student Christian Foundation
First Baptist
Fears
Walthan
Five Burglary Ring Members Sentenced in Union County
Five area men from Murphysboro were sentenced in Union County Circuit Court in Jonesboro for burglary and larceny. Four received five to 20 year terms, while Bill Fielding drew three to 20 years. The men had pleaded guilty after arrests by the Union County Sheriff’s Office in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Jonesboro
Clarence Wright
Vision County
Hugh Lamer
Lamer
Merle
Gowin
Pomona
Eugene Webb
Robert Stallman
Charles Pipgin
Murphysboro
Bill Fielding
Union County Sheriff's Office
Ozark Office To Be Moved Wednesday
Airline operations shift to the rebuilt Williamson County Airport terminal beginning Wednesday afternoon as Ozark Airline moves from temporary quarters after a June fire and summer expansion. Edna Greenwood runs the restaurant. Ozark occupies an office and various service rooms in the west section. Radios teletypes telephones and beacon gear will be relocated. new waiting room furniture planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Ozark
Edna Greenwood
Icket
Carbondale Police Briefs Fine For Speeding Ticket
Carbondale AU Bayat at 401 W College St was fined 20 dollars including costs by Police Magistrate Robert Schwartz on a speeding ticket issued by State Trooper John M Donahue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
AU Bayat
W. College St
Robert Schwartz
John M. Donahue
SIU to open bids for nine apartment buildings in SIU Hills
Southern Illinois University will open bids Thursday for construction of nine apartment buildings in the Southern Hills area north of the existing SIU apartments. The project includes 44 one bedroom and 100 two bedroom units as the second phase of the $8.1 million student housing program for 1961-63.
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Southern Tlinois University
Southern Hills
SIU
Carbondale
Thellinois Central Railroad
Thompson Point
Campus Lake
Charles M. Pulley
Mortis Library
Drive promotes Jackson County Mental Hygiene Group
The Jackson County Mental Hygiene Association plans an April membership drive following a meeting of education publicity and membership committees. The drive supports the Jackson County Mental Hygiene Clinic in Murphysboro with memberships at 1 dollar and encouraged donations. A door to door canvass starts in April led by R A Schaef vice president who invites helpers to contact him at 1208 W Schwartz St Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Mental Hygiene Asociation
Association
Jackson County
Murphysboro
R. A. Schaef
Schaef
W. Schwartz St
Carbondale
Vaughn Rites Held for Roscoe Rick Vaughn
Funeral services for Roscoe Rick Vaughn aged 72 of Herrin were held at 2 p.m. today at the George Van Natta Funeral Home. The Rev Ed Williams Energy Baptist Church pastor officiated. Burial followed in Hast Lawn Memorial Gardens. Mr Vaughn died Saturday in Herrin Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe
Rick" Vaughn
Rt. 1
Herrin
George van Natta
Ed Williams
Energy Baptist Church
Hast Lawn Memorial Gardens
Vaughn
Herrin Hospital
Juvenile Charges Dropped in Marion Drinking Case
A 15 year old Marion youth charged with delinquency in connection with a jail disturbance had the cases dropped after it was learned he was only 15. Wayne Lee Malone saw four charges reduced to a juvenile delinquency filing and faced arraignment in Williamson County juvenile court. Malone and 17 year old Jack Zappa were arrested Saturday night. Zappa was fined for intoxication and both cases involved illegal liquor transport and malicious mischief.
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Marion Yourl
Charles Edwards
Wayne Lee Malone
Charles
Malone
Jack Zappa
Marion
Zappa
Justice of the Peace
Elmer Farmer Edwards
Williamson County
John Clayton
Joning
Henderson Seeks Re Election as Herrin Mayor
Herrin mayor Fred Henderson announces plans to run for re election in the general election on April 18 1962 while not filing for the February 23 primary He will file a nominating petition for the general election carrying a full slate including city treasurer police magistrate city clerk and an aldermanic candidate from each ward Two other candidates have announced Leaverne Ostarne painters contractor will file January 4 for the primary Primaries are not usually necessary in Herrin due to second filing period allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Fred Henderson
Seach Lward
Henderson
International Staple and Machine Co
Herrin City Prlice
Leaverne Ostarne
Herrlin
Fire Kills Jefferson County Man
G R Rollinson aged 45 died from asphyxiation in a fire that destroyed his store near Walton road four miles southwest of Mt. Vernon. He was found on the floor near an outside door, a cot nearby. Coroner Dr Ray Hefley said burns were received but death was from asphyxiation. Rollinson left a wife Marvine and two sons Lanny of Chicago and Paul of Annapolis. Services planned at Osborn Funeral Home Kell. No inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Rollinson
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Rollinson
Ray Hefley
Walton Road
Mt.Vernon
Stanton Jones
Osborn Funeral Home
Kell
Marvine Rollinson
Lanny Rolinson
Chicago
Paul Rollinson
Annapolis
Wright Heads Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Henry Hank Wright of Herrin was elected chairman for the coming year, succeeding Oscar Harris. The board includes Decil Wright Harris and Cecil Martin of Johnston City, all Democrats. The chairman also serves as liquor commissioner with a $50 monthly salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Hank'’ Wright
Herrin
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Oscar Harris
Decil Wright
Harris
Cecil Martin
Johnston City
The Oasis Tavern Theft Stole Pennies in Carbondale
A burglar broke a back door panel at Oasis Tavern on North Washington Avenue Carbondale and pulled a wooden bar from a hook to reach into an open cash drawer, stealing only a few pennies in the early morning, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Oasis
North
Washington Avenue
Waynal Booker
Booker
Mines Working Tuesday Report Fragment at Burning Star
Mines working Tuesday at several sites including Burning Star No 1 and No 2 and Zeigler complex. scattered reports list Freeman Zeisler Zeisler 3 Orient 3 Old Bens Old Ban 2 with no full details or dates.
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Figelcy Burning Star No. L
Burning Star No
Orient
Freeman Zeigler
Zeisler
Amateur Bank Robbery Attempt in Murphysboro Fails
An amateur intruder pried open a rear window and entered City National Bank in Murphysboro as staff arrived. He entered the main vault but shelves remained locked. Police, FBI agents and witnesses reported two parked cars, with one fleeing, and fingerprints were collected for analysis. Bank staff scattered the intruder fled before dawn with no money missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City National Bank
Murphysboro
Carl Hardy
Carl McCord
James Hiller
Dean Berger
Hiller
Intruder in Bank Vault Escapes After Brief Attempt
Miss Sims told police she saw only the man’s feet as he jumped through a rear window wearing work pants and shoes. He slipped into the vault area and was inside for minutes, opening a cabinet where change racks were kept but not disturbing the paper money stored in separate safes and time vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiller
Murphysboro
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fred Graper
Claude Grace
Wirdow
Carl McCord
McCord
Rosemary Sims
Miss Sims
Oly
Injunction Bans Property Sales In Marion Case
An injunction blocks Melvin G Krump and family from selling property while he faces grand larceny charges. W. E. Kim mel and Ruth Kimmel Craig of Kimmel Auto Supply Co. Marion allege Krump stole goods worth 14382 from 1955 to 1960 and transferred Marion property to his parents to hinder recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Williamson County
W. E. Kimmel
Ruth Kimmel Craig
Kimmel Auto Supply Co
Melvin G
Claudia Krump
Emil
Elizabeth Krump
Harrisburg
Melvin Krump
Kimmel
Krump
Marion Council Delays Meet Over Water Bond Plan
Marion City Council postpones a special meeting to Dec 27 after D M Rutherford of Benjamin Lewis Bond Co seeks time to review city audits. He plans an ordinance authorizing 10000 in revenue bonds to finance a 12 inch water line from the filter plant to the northwest Marion area. The audit firm Gray Hunter Stenn and Go offices were damaged by fire in November, hindering contact. Also on the agenda is appointing a successor to Commissioner Oscar Harris, who resigns Jan 9 to take Williamson County post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Robert Cooksey
D. M. Rutherford
Verrion
Bennjamin Lewis Bond Co
Rutherford
Cooksey
Gray
Hunter
Stenn
Oscar Harris
Wiliamson County
Herrin Bank Sues MAK Stone Co Over Unpaid Loan
Herrin Security Bank files suit against MAK Stone Co and officers Glen and Ida Mae Adams seeking 5000 plus 6 percent interest from October 18 and 40 dollars attorney fees. No payments have been made. quarry near Goreville idle since November. Adams family reportedly vacationing in Mexico with no word of return. Raymond Patrick is MAK vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Bank
MAK Stone Co
Mexico
Herrin Security Bank
Glen
Ida Mae
Adams
Herrin
Erms
Joe Pat Tick Sr
Alarm At Bradley Cities Services Station
A fire alarm at 4 a m Sunday at 1108 S Court St Marion caused no damage. An worker cleaning a gasoline bucket ignited a flame and sustained minor burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Cities Services
S. Court St. Marion
Burt
Carbondale Faces Need For Firemen
Carbondale must hire at least three, possibly four more firemen due to growth past 12 000 population. City officials expect no staff increase before May, with a 5 hour work week rule looming. Current seven firefighters, a chief, and an assistant chief would be reorganized to cover two stations with 24 hour shifts. A new fire station and aerial ladder truck are due to open and arrive soon, but no additional hires until the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale I
Carbondale
D. Bisney Miller
Hiwden
Miller
Ctip
West Side
Wreck Victims Are Improved In Murphysboro Area
A Friday night two car collision at Walnut and 21st Streets in Murphysboro left A Murphyboro youths Fred Wenmeyer Jr and Sharon Wehmeyer seriously injured with internal trauma and fractures. Both remained in surgery Saturday while Stokes, 18, of Murphysboro, suffered non life threatening injuries and was in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Fred Wen~meyer Jr
Sharon Wehymeyer
Rt 4
Carbonot
Frank Stokes
Rt. 2
Walnut
21St Streets
Stokes
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Wright
Intader
Hiter
Damamad
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