Rain and Snow Forecast Across Regions
Continued mild rain is forecast tonight over much of the Midwest and South with snow expected in the northern Great Plains and snow flurries in the Northeast and Rocky Mountain states. Showers are predicted in Washington Oregon and northern California and colder weather in the Rockies and Great Plains.
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Midwest
South
Great Plains
Northeast
Rocky Mountain States
Washington
Oregon
California
Rockies
Great Plains States
Weather Snapshot For Highees Area Monday Outlook
Overnight low 42. Precipitation 0.12 inches from 7 a.m. Monday to 7 a.m. Tuesday. Sunset today 4 37 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 7 18 a.m. Sunset Wednesday 4 38 p.m. Monday’s high not provided.
Grid Road Plan on City Council Agenda
Carbondale City Council set to discuss a grid road improvement plan on January 2 with Mayor Neal Eckert announcing it as the major agenda item. A vote is anticipated after proponents and opponents present their views, with review also by the county board the SIU Board of Trustees and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Neal Eckert
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
State Department of Transportation
Thief steals $85 from fire victim's mother
A Marion woman had $85 taken from her purse while attending the Mitchell Funeral Home after her daughter Denise Stokes 18 died in a fire at Pulley's Rooming House 409 East Main. A funeral home worker recovered the billfold later after two girls brought it to him.
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Marion
Pat Campbell
E. Carter Sr
Clair
Mitchell
Larry Hughes
Funeral
Denise Stokes
Campbell
E. Main St
Du Quoin Home Fire Damages Chapman Residence
A 5:15 a.m. fire destroyed the Teddy Chapman home at 823 S Washington St Du Quoin a one story frame building. Mr and Mrs Chapman and their four year old son escaped unharmed but lost most possessions. Neighbor Vivian Sledias and Pluto are mentioned in error. Tombaugh discovery noted.
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Teddy Chapman
S. Washington St
Harrisburg Driver, Passenger Die In Route 45 Wreck
Robert C. Morgan, 42, Harrisburg, died after a one car crash on Route 45 north of Harrisburg. Passenger Jack C. Hancock, 46, also of Harrisburg, was seriously injured and admitted to Doctors Hospital. the car left a curve, went down an embankment, hit a tree and overturned. This marked the 151st highway fatality in state police district 13 for the year, compared with 126 in the same period in 1971.
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Robert C. Morgan
Harrisburg
Rt. 45
Mr. Morgan
Jack C. Hancock
Doctors Hospital
Hancock
State Police District 13
Two pickup crashes injure three on I-57 near Franklin
A two truck collision on I-57 two miles north of Rt 14 left three people injured Monday afternoon. H Peterson 17 of Niles suffered major injuries while Hibbs and James H Williams 68 of Whittington sustained minor injuries. All were taken to Franklin Hospital Benton. Williams reportedly lost control when a tire blew causing his truck to veer into Hibbs vehicle. The crash occurred in Franklin County about 2 20 p m.
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I-57
Rt. 14
H. Peterson
Niles
Hibbs
James H. Williams
Whittington
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Williams
Franklin County
Pinckneyville Woman Found Dead In Family Car
A 46 year old Pinckneyville woman Marietta Gruner was found dead in her family car near her home at about 4 30 p m Authorities called it a death by own action a note was found by the body and a vacuum hose was connected to the exhaust A relative said she had been treated for a nervous condition develop the incident occurred near her Rt 2 residence
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Pinckneyville
Marietta Gruner
Rt. 2
Donald
Maxton
Livestock Receipts and Prices at East St Louis Auction
Estimated Wednesday receipts include 6,000 hogs 500 cattle and 200 sheep. Hog runs 6,000 head with butchers 25 lower sows steady US classes range 32.75 to 33.00 for 200-230 lb and 32.50 to 32.75 for 200-230 lb 1 3 and 230-250 lb 32.00 to 32.50 300-350 lb sows 26.00 to 27.00 350-600 lb sows 25.00 to 25.50. Boars 24.50 to 26.00. Cattle 1,500 head trade slow slaughter steers mostly steady slaughter heifers steady to 25 lower cows and bulls steady. Slaughter steers 900-1150 lb yield grade 1 2 4 36.50 to 37.25 few 1150-1250 lb yield grade 3 4 36.25-36.50 good and choice 35.00-36.50. Slaughter heifers 750-950 lb yield grade 1 2 4 35.00-35.50 few 35.65 mixed good and choice 34.00-35.00. Cows utility and commercial 25.50-27.50 canner 20.00-24.00. Vealers 48.00-50.00.
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East St. Louis
Cobden Farm Laborer Found Dead Near Home
Joseph Miaszewski about 58 a Cobden area farm laborer who had been missing since Friday was found dead Monday in a ditch near his tenant home on the D W Joram farm. Deputy Lutz said exposure in freezing temperatures caused his death with no foul play and no inquest planned. Funeral services set for Wednesday at McCarty Funeral Home Cobden with burial in Cobden Cemetery.
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Joseph ‘‘Miska
Miaszewski
Cobden
Jon Lutz
Otes
D.W. Joram
Lutz
Joram
McCarty
Clifford Heil
Union County Real Estate and Personal Property Assessments Rise
The Union County tax assessor reports total valuations at 31,726,423 this year, up 366,266 from last year. Real estate 25,339,650. personal property 6,226,823. railroad property 159,950. Tax rates to be computed by the county clerk for 1973 bills. rise credited to new residential construction.
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Union County
Gene Platt
Correction on SIU Carbondale administrators pay raise
The IRS decision on administrators pay at Southern Illinois University Carbondale should state that Robert Layer’s interim president raise was effective until February 1, 1972. The increase totaled $820 covering December 1971 and January 1972, not $4,100 as previously reported.
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Internal Revenue Service
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Robert Layer
Layer
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National Weather Seanora
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Showe
Seathed
Carbondale City
London
John Havard
British Medical Association
Royal Society of Health
Marco Polo
China
Sinkiang
du Quoin Home
Pluto
Clyde W. Tombaugh
Cobden Area
National Homes Corp
P. O. Box
Anna
Illinois
DRY Cleaners
Wall & Walnut
Glenview Drive
Chibi
Bill Singers
Stiritz
Helleny
HaIl Tiees
CURIO
LA Z
Herrin
Mardale Shopping Center
Curb Indicators Iy
Superior Wheels
Gebhart’s
Tire & Auto Supply
Mardale
E. Main
W. Frankfort
ROE Ssm
PSS
Ween
Westinghouse
West Main Carbondale
Southern Illinois
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