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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1965
Page
7
The federal package cuts excise taxes totaling about 4.7 billion dollars with phase two starting end of December. Major changes include reducing long distance telephone tax from 10 to 3 percent and eliminating it after three years. Automobile and parts taxes fall, cabaret and admission taxes end, and private communications services levy repealed.
Claude Brownie Williams 72 of 201 Elm Street Carbondale died at 12 45 p m Saturday at his home after illness since May He retired from Johnson s Standard Service Station in 1958 He was a member of the Eagles Carterville Christian Church and is survived by his wife Eva Dean a son Clifford a daughter Juanita Hudson four grandchildren and several siblings His funeral is at 2 p m Monday Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale with burial in Oakland Cemetery Friends may call after 4 p m today
Fire crews responded to a gas tank leak at 704 North Harper Street Marion with no damage reported. Du Quoin crews battled a flue fire at 610 North Chestnut Street with minor damage noted.
Ray R. Verble, 71, of 202 Apple Kane, Anna, died Saturday morning while hunting near Mt. Pleasant between Anna and Vienna. Coroner says death appeared heart related. inquest scheduled. Survived by wife Grace, two daughters Mary Stegle and Gerry Clutts, a son Charles R., three grandchildren, two sisters Nora Miller and Lois King. Funeral Monday 2:30 pm at Crain Norris Funeral Home Anna with military rites by VFW post 3455.
Carol Ann Bloodworth 25, divorced with four children, lives on 184 dollars monthly welfare but starts a college path to become a teacher. She secures a 300 dollar National Defense Education Act loan, battles welfare rules, and works 15 hours weekly in the university library while caring for her kids. She aims to finish in four years and sees loan forgiveness possible after teaching.
Ray Wallis a 59 year old Carterville resident and SIU vocational institute staff member died Saturday. He was pronounced at 2 p.m. at Herrin Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Wallis an assistant professor of mechanical technology had lived in Carterville four months. He was born September 24 1906 in Cadiz Kentucky son of Walter and Poenicia Parker Wallis. He married Ruth Crooks in West Palm Beach Florida. He belonged to Phi Delta Kappa. He leaves wife three daughters a son a sister and a half sister and one grandchild. Services will be in Kentucky with calling time after 6 p.m. today at Riggin Funeral Home Carterville.
Franklin County has paid 4282 dollars to help support the Greater Egypt Regional Planning Commission for the fiscal year 1965 66. Commission executive director William D Fromm said payment was completed Thursday.
Registration for beginning law classes at John Marshall opens February seven with afternoon and evening sections. Catalog requests should be addressed to Registrar Box 40 315 Plymouth Ct Chicago 4 MI WA 2 5828 south of Jackson between State Dearborn.
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