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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1972

Page

10

Carterville plans more mounted Christmas decorations

The Holiday Boosters Club sponsored a $3,000 Christmas decor project in Carterville city limits. Mayor Frank Samuel Jr. helped form the group, with civic groups contributing half the funds and the city council the rest. Decorations on Division street poles aim to be extended to the opposite side next year, with hopes to reuse older decorations. Roger Hume, club president, notes ease of installation and maintenance.

Carterville Holiday Boosters Club Roger Hume Boosters Club Frank Samuel Jr Hume Division Street

Fire at Eddyville Prison Kills Two Inmates

An inmate set a torch in the furniture paint area of a kiln outside the main Kentucky State Penitentiary complex at Lake Barkley. Stanley Delk, 41, died at Caldwell County Hospital after the blaze damaged half a nearby furniture plant and caused over 100000 dollars in damage. William C. Holland, 37, perished in the ashes once the fire was extinguished with help from Holdyville and Princeton units.

Eddyville Kentucky Lake Barkley Henry Cowan Stanley Delk Caldswell County Hospital William C. Holland Holdyville Princeton

Hunting Clothes at Jim's Sporting Goods in Carbondale

Shop at Jim's Sporting Goods in Mardale Shop Center Carbondale for hunting clothes. Wide selection includes jackets pants and accessories suited for season.

Jim's Sporting Goods Mardale Carbondale

Judge bars political firings in Illinois secretary office

Springfield AP report says Judge Paul C. Verticchio upheld a temporary order blocking political firings and barring the secretary of state’s staff from locking patronage workers into civil service jobs before the October swearing in. Plaintiffs claim 1,900 Democrats were ousted after Powell’s replacement. the suit could settle by January end.

GOP Lewis Springfield Kerner Illinois Michael J. Howlett Verticchio Paul Powell John W. Lewis Powell Drazek Wmti Bee

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