West Frankfort plans winter skating rink in park
The West Frankfort park board approved a temporary 170 by 80 by 3 inch plastic rink at Frankfort Community Park this winter near the keeper’s house. The project includes lights music and fires for skaters as survey work begins to gauge youth and resident interest before Christmas.
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Evelyn Mygatt
Alen Caskey
A. R. C. Associates
Chicago
Frankfort Park
Mygatt
Caskey
Legoon
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Opryland U S A opens in stages near Nashville
Country and western fans are set for a new musical village in Nashville. The first phase of Opryland U S A. will open April 29 1972 on 369 acres of east Nashville countryside. The Grand Ole Opry House with 4400 seats is planned for spring 1974, along with an Opry Town complex for hotels offices shops and services.
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Nashville
Tenn
Opryland U
Opry Town
Opryland Complex Promises Natural Allure and Live Music
Promoters declare Opryland will be alive with naturalness and no animation. Visitors will see live buffalo roaming the range and authentic American antiques used in furnishings. Areas will cover American country, folk, jazz, blues, western, and modern music with five shows running continuously. Admission is $5.25 for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and under 5 free. price includes access to all observations.
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California
Disneyland
Florida Disney World
Opryland
Johnson County States Attorney Candidate Faces Primary
In Johnson County Mary Jane Reynolds Webb, daughter of retired Circuit Judge Ross Reynolds of Vienna, filed in the Republican primary for states attorney challenging incumbent J. Lewis Wingate. If elected she would be the first woman in Johnson County government since 1946. Democrats may not field a candidate, making the March 21 primary decisive. Webb is a practicing attorney.
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Johnson County
Mary Jane Reynolds Webb
Ross Reynolds
Vienna
J. Lewis Wingate
Anna
Pearl Spann
Grand jury indicts Murphysboro man on murder charge
Jackson County grand jury returned a murder indictment Friday against Sam Bankhead 43 of 428 Division St Murphysboro for a Oct 31 shooting that killed Zora Gregory 55. Bankhead previously faced attempt murder and aggravated battery charges and is held on 5000 bond.
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Sam Bankhead
Division
Murphysboro
Bankhead
Zora Gregory
Gregory
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Earl Oliver
Williams Street
John Hoffman
Ment
Larry Joe Lipe
Lipe
David P. Hickey
Marion
Carbondale
George Napoleon Harrell
E. Park St
Jack Glasser
Milton Eugene Marshall
Marion St
Carbon
E. Birch St
Larry Gilmore
Calhoun Valley
Alan R. Lindstrom
W. Freeman St
Thompsonville Establishes Local Police Force
Thompsonville forms its first police force in years with Bill Hargett named police commissioner and four patrolmen hired. Patrolmen, aged 30 to 40, will serve as special deputies of the Franklin County sheriff and operate with personal cars and guns. Salaries pending. new force funded from the village general fund.
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Thompsonville
Bill Hargett
O. E. Flannigan
Hargett
Jess King
Philip Mabry
Ron Cardwell
David Hargett
Flannigan
Franklin County
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