Playwright Van Druten Dies at 76 in California
Indio California December 20 AP John Van Druten a London born playwright died Thursday of a heart attack at his Indio ranch home. He was 76. He authored short stories and movie scripts and penned Broadway hits including Remember Mama Voice of the Turtle Bell Book and Candle and I Am A Camera.
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Indio
Calif
John van Druten
Indio Ranch
Voice of the Turtle
Book and Candle
Am A
Camera
Hoffa Case Ends in Hung Jury with New Trial Promised
Hoffa president elect of the Teamsters and two others faced a federal wiretap conspiracy trial in New York. The seven men and five women panel deadlocked 7 to 5 for conviction, prompting U S Attorney Paul Williams to vow another trial at the earliest practicable time. Theodore Loos, Motormen's Benevolent Association president, is released as the New York subway strike ends.
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Owen B. Brennan
Detroit Teamsters Local 337
Bernard Spindel
Detroit Teamsters
Theodore Loos
Motormen’s Benevolent Association
New York Subway
Girard Seeks Quiet Life After Japanese Court Case
William Girard 22, once an Army GI at Fort Sheridan, returns to Ottawa Illinois after being discharged. He says he wants to be an average citizen and to avoid the limelight. Girard shot a Japanese woman near Tokyo during a scrap metal hunt and received a three year suspended sentence from a Japanese court.
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Ottawa
Ill
William Girard
Girard
U. S. Army
Fort Sheridan
Maka Sakai
Tokyo
39 At Refuge Get Federal Service Awards
Federal service awards were presented at Crab Orchard Refuge in ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the Civil Service merit system. Eugene E. Crawford received a 20 year emblem. 38 others earned 10 year awards including G Hiley Hunter Humbert T Gualdoni Bernell Murray Arlie Jack and numerous colleagues listed.
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Crab Orchard Refuge
Civil Service
Eugene E. Crawford
G. Hiley Hunter
Humbert T. Gualdoni
Bernell Murray
Arlie Jack
Mary L. Sherertz
Alfred O. Manke
Lawrence B. Sheffield Jr
Lee Bush
Arthur G. Boles
John C. Lillich
Leon R. Parks
Herbert E. Browning
Warren R. Wallin
Harvey L. Carner
Carl B. Orange
John C. Thalgott
George H. Melton
Jewell T. Gibbons
Paul E. Eastwood
Guy Emery
Rolla L. Basler
Kenneth W. Summers
Joseph L. Jones
William E. Elliott
Loyce R. Tippy
William A. Herring
Luray Morse
William F. Meneese
Johnnie J. Pickar
Cecil L. Davis
William T. Campbell
John W. Booth
Joe L. Venegoni
Charles C. Hofford
Oscar J. Blue
Homer J. Brewster
Angelo Sebben
William L. French
James A. Holmes Dies at Marion Memorial Hospital
James A. Holmes aged 79 of Marion dies at 8 50 a m in Marion Memorial Hospital. He leaves children Henry Floyd J B Holmes and several daughters in Marion and Nashville plus ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A former concrete block plant operator and contractor, he was a Presbyterian Church member. Funeral arrangements incomplete with calls accepted at Mitchell Funeral Home.
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James Holmes
Marion Hospital
James A. Holmes
N. Lear St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Washington
Martha Tanner Holmes
Stella Breggs
Henry Holmes
Kenneth Holland
Nashville
Tenn
Floyd Holmes
J. B. Holmes
Autie Hightower
Charles Wilson
Dr Boatright Opens Carbondale Medical Office
Dr Jean R Boatright 31 begins private practice in Carbondale January 1 with office at 200 W Jackson St He will keep a part time role with SIU Health Service where he has served since July 1956 A 1950 SIU graduate he earned his MD from UI College of Medicine in 1955 He interned at San Diego County Hospital He was born near Harrisburg son of the late Horace Boatright a Saline County teacher An Air Force WWI veteran with a private pilot license He is married to Betty Glascock of Saline County They have two children and reside at the SIU veterans housing project
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Dr. Boatright
Southern Illinois University Health Service
The
Health Service
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois College of Medicine
San Diego County Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Harrisburg
Horace R. Boatright
Saline County
Boatright
Air Force
Betty Glascock
SIU Veterans Housing Project
Former Marion Man Dies at Geneva
Robert Albright 43 Batavia formerly lived on Route 5 Marion died 7:40 p m Thursday in a Geneva hospital. He spent eight years in Batavia and was born July 22 1914 in Johnson County. He worked as a construction laborer on a toll road project near Elgin. He is survived by his wife the former Afton Peterman a son Arthur at home sisters Mrs H D Montgomery Route 5 Marion and Mrs H D Montgomery Route 5 Marion and Mrs Lawrence McNealy Marion and brothers the Rev Everett Albright and James Albright.
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Robert Albright
Batavia
Rt. 5
Marion
Geneva
Johnson County
Arthur F
Ida Albright
Albright
Elgin
Afton Peterman
Arthur
H. D. Montgomery
Lawrence McNealy
Everett Albright
James Albright
Nursing Home Meeting Cancelled in Murphysboro
A Jackson County public meeting on a proposed new nursing home in Murphysboro was canceled and will be re set at an unspecified date. Clyde Perschbacher said the board will reschedule the open study with problems facing the county. The Sunset Haven facility has been sold to Southern Illinois University. A separate assessment supervisor candidate test remains set for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Murphysboro courthouse.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Clyde Perschbacher
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Sunset Haven
Southern Illinois University
Perschbacher
Warden Seeks Hearing After Dismissal in Kentucky
Wickliffe Kentucky December 20 AP discharged game warden Ken dall Thomas who brought hunting violation charges has requested a hearing on his firing. Thomas sent the request to Wildlife Commissioner Earl Wallace who fired him and copies to nine district commissioners who ran the Fish and Wildlife Resources department. The 35 year old Thomas was at the center of a controversy after he swore affidavits charging Chandler Wallace and two Ballard County Wildlife Refuge employees with hunting after hours.
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Kendall Thomas
A. B. Chandler
Thomas
Earl Wallace
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Chandler
Wallace
Ballard County
Marion couple in death notice from Mitchell Funeral Home
The body will be returned to the Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion where friends may call Saturday afternoon. Arrangements are incomplete.
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Rt. 5
Marion
John Albright
Rt. 4
Mitchell Funeral Home
Illinois Weather Forecast: Temps Near Normal to Five Degrees Above
Illinois temperatures will average normal to five degrees above normal with normal highs 29 to 37 north and 37 to 46 south, and lows 14 to 21 north and 21 to 32 south. Above normal temperatures expected, turning colder Sunday to Tuesday with precipitation around half an inch as rain.
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Illinois
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Warden Asks Hearing
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