Icy Roads Spark Weekend Car Crashes In Southern Illinois
State Police report more than 40 accidents statewide over the weekend as icy roads figured prominently. Two men died near Murphysboro when cars slid off icy highways, while a Rockford attorney, 78, was killed near Murphysboro. Several others were treated for injuries in Benton, West Frankfort, and Carbondale areas. Police noted no major injuries beyond the fatalities and a string of nonfatal crashes across multiple routes including Rt 149, Rt 37, and Rt 3.
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Jed
Illinois
Murphysporo
Neil Raines
Gorham
Murphysboro
Rockford
Frank B. Maynard
Carbondale
Benton
Rt. 24
Akin
Hannah Wisel
Mathilda Kellen
Frankln Hospital
Rt. 149
Plumfield Road
Lucinda Meza
West Frankfort
Charles Miller
Zeigler
Freddie M. Barnes
Terry L. Fletcher
McLeanshoro
Miller
Samuel King
Joe Young
Chicago
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Rt. 37
Ina
Hubert Bankhead
St. Louis
Vernon Blaseer
Evansville
Rt. 3
Russell Garman
Red Bud
William Mick
Carmi
Nashville
Thomas C. Fitzgerald
Logan
Utah
Jerry
Crash Victim Services for Neal Raines in Gorham
Funeral services are planned for Neal Raines a 70 year old Gorham man killed in an automobile crash Saturday. Rev John Dickson of Grand Tower will officiate burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery Murphysboro Friends may call after 4 pm today at the funeral home Raines was injured when his car sliding on an ice patch struck an embankment west of Murphysboro He was returning from shopping He was born Sept 2 1894 in Levan Township son of Alex and Mary Dailey Raines He married Bessie Thomas in Murphysboro in 1915 A lifelong Gorham resident he was a retired railroad engineer and a member of the Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's Union He is survived by his wife a daughter Cora Skobel of Gorham sisters Ella Ingram and Lizzie Lunsford seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
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Neal Raines
Gorham
Meyer-Denny Funcyal
Murrayshoro
John Dickson
Grand Tower
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Murphysboro
Raines
Savas Gleu
Rt. T
Levan Township
Alex
Mary Dailey Raines
Bessie Thomas
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's Union
Cora Skobel
Ella Ingram
Lizzie Lunsford
Camp Escapee Youth Caught After Police Chase
A 6 year old boy fled Shawnee Youth Camp in Pope County and led a long chase north toward Benton. Escaped from camp 10 days ago, he stole a car at 4:30 p.m. and traveled through Goreville Williamson Franklin counties before being captured near the Franklin Jefferson county line. He is jailed in Franklin County awaiting transfer.
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Chicago
Pope County
Benton
Espiridion Aran
Franklin
Jefferson County
Rt. 145
Glendale
Vienna
Woman Fined In Carbondale After Town Chase
De Soto woman Carmen L. Short, 23, was fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Police chased her car from Irondale to Carbondale and Goreville, then stopped it south of De Soto. She attempted to force the police car off the road and was jailed before appearing before Magistrate Robert Schwartz.
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A de Soto
Carbondale
Carmen L. Short
Short
Rt. 41
Carmrea
Irondale
Johnson County
Vienna
Carbondale Man Bitten by Squirrel
Carbondale resident Ralph Ellis of 1109 W Sycamore St was bitten five or six times on the hands face and neck after stepping outside his home. He was treated at Doctors Hospital and the police killed the squirrel for rabies testing at the state health laboratory.
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Carbondale
Ralph Ellis
Sycamore St
Ellis
Doctors Hospital
State Dept. of Public Health Laboratory
State Laboratory
Fire Destroys Benton Home West of Benton
A four room house one mile west of Benton was destroyed by a blaze reported around 10 p.m. Occupant Joe Fowler rented from Bert Beatty and was away at the time. Firemen suspected an old stove explosion. Earlier 8:25 a.m. Saturday a roof fire at Doerr's Market on West Main Street caused slight damage.
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Benton
Daterriany
Joe Fowler
Bert Beatty
The
Blaze
Uacua Arama
Doerr's Market
West Main Street
Five Hurt In Marion In Two Auto Accidents
Five persons were treated at Marion Memorial Hospital after two Saturday automobile accidents. Mrs Irmadel Burns of Goreville was admitted with a chest injury, and her two daughters Vida and Janina were treated. Dave Clendenin of Marion and his son Billy were also treated after a separate crash on Rt 37 north of Marion.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
Pepererry
Vida
Janina
Goreville
Dave Clendenin
Rt. 3
Marion
Billy Clendenn
W. Faust St
Inmate Dies at Menard Prison Chester
Johnnie Smith aged 40 an inmate at Menard Prison Chester died Sunday in the prison hospital after a short illness. He was sentenced in 1955 from St Clair County to one to fourteen years for involuntary manslaughter. Funeral arrangements are pending at Schroeder Chapel in Chester.
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Johnnie Smith
Menard
Chester
Mr. Smith
St. Clair County
Schroeder Chapel
Clint Capps, Zeigler coal miner, dies at 76
Clint Capps 76 of Zeigler formerly of West Frankfort died at 2 30 am in Herrin Hospital after three weeks hospitalization. He was a retired coal miner. He leaves sons Connie Joliet James Earl Las Vegas Nev a step daughter Mrs Nina Nelson West Frankfort a brother Ben Capps Orient and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Vantrease Funeral Home Zeigler.
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Clint Capps
Vantrease Funeral Home
Zeigler
SIU Anthropologist Wins Grant to Trace Bandelier Route
Southern Illinois University anthropologist Carrol L. Riley receives a $1000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to retrace Adolph Francis Bandelier’s 19th century explorations in the Sonora and Chihuahua mountains of Mexico. Riley and SIU colleague Charles H. Lange lead Bandelier project work studying Greater Southwest exploration and climate research begun in the 1880s.
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Southern Illinois University
Carrol L. Riley
Illinois
Sonora
Chihuahua
Mexico
Riley
American Council of Learned Societies
Adolphe Francis
Alphone Bandelier
Bandelier
Greater
Southwest
Charles H. Lange
SIU Anthhropology
Swise Bandelier
Highland
St. Louis
Spain
Marion Unit Receives $35,500 In Federal Aid
Marion School Districts share of federal aid totals about 95,360 with Marion receiving roughly 48,000 more than last year due to the federal penitentiary nearby and more children. An audit will occur in April before the final payment, with Secretary William Armstrong noting aid comes from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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Marion
Willliam Armstrong
Federal Penitentiary
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mayan Leather Manuscript Acquired by SIU
Southern Illinois University has obtained a rare volume titled Portraitorial Manuscript of the Mayan Culture on the Skin of a Mammal. The book, dating to the Columbus era, comprises 102 leather strips with pictographs and hieroglyphics. Carbon-14 dating confirms medieval-Mayan origins.
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Southern Ilinois University
Columbus
Discourer
America
Mexico
England
Manuel Porrua
Mrs Hammond Dies Rites Planned in Lesser
Mrs Mima Minerva Hammond 79 of Lesser died at Franklin Hospital Benton at 1 6 am Sunday after two days as patient Born March 25 1885 in Franklin County she was daughter of William and Mills Cockrum A Church of Christ member her husband Alonzo died in 1964 She leaves three sisters and several stepchildren Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at the Church of Christ Lesser with Rev Daryl Busby officiating Burial at Maple Hill Cemetery Lesser Friends may call after 3 pm Tuesday at Brayfield Funeral Home
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Mima Minerva Hammond
Lesser
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Nancy Baker
Trilby Bradley
Gertrude Crouch
East Gary
Wayne
Dwight Hammond
Ina
Lester Hammond
Ind
Russell Wells
St. Charles
Church of Christ
Daryl Busby
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield Funeral Home
Rock Breaks Miner's Leg in Harrisburg Mine Accident
Miner Marle Jack 43 of Mariot sustained a broken right leg and shoulder injury at 7 30 am in a rock fall at Harrisburg Coal Co mine He was listed in satisfactory condition at Marion Memorial Hospital Also obituary notices for Mrs Frances Koonce born 1892 Des Arc Ark died in Bolden Hospital after three weeks as a patient She leaves two sons Leroy Haggins Detroit two daughters Rose Thompson Detroit Rosa Lee Brown Chicago seven sisters and four brothers Services set for New Zion Baptist Church Carbondale with burial at Oakland Cemetery Jackson Funeral Home in charge
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Marle Jack
Rt. 3
Mariot
Harrisburg Coal Co
Jack
Marion Memorial Hospital
Frances Koonte
Chestnut St
Carbondale
Bolden Hospital
Koonce
New Zion Baptist Church
Des Arc
Ark
Leroy Haggins
Detroit, Mich
Rose Thompson
Jet Detroit
Rosa Lee Brown
Chicago
Mamie Lee Canady
Amanda Graves
Beaton Harbor
Mich
Ella Valentine
Mary Anna
Katherine Bratcher
St. Louis
Iola Stevens
Ardalia Valentine
Brinkley, Ark
Irene Gallwaway
Des Are
Mrs Gladys West Dies At 62 In Benton
Mrs Gladys Myrtle West 62 of Lesser died at 7 30 p m Saturday at Franklin Hospital Benton after a two day admission She was born September 29 1902 in Franklin County daughter of John and Mary Sikwood Stevison She was a member of the Methodist Church in Sesser Survived by husband Hollie two sons Leon Sesser and Hollis Charleston W Va two brothers Luther Stevison and Loyd Stevison both of Lesser and eight grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at the Methodist Church in Sesser with Rev Charles Hill officiating Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Sesser Friends may call after 4 p m today at Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser
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Gladys Myrtle West
Lesser
Franklin Hospital
Benton
West
Franklin County
John and
Mary Sikwood Stevison
Methodist Church
Sesser
Charles Hill
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield Funeral Home
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Sandy Adams
Oak St
Ee Southern Tllinoisan
Southern Wiloins
Publications Inc
Zst
West Main Bhreat
Herrin
South Street
Dilnote
Additions Malling
Linosan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Joya
Associated Press
Focal
All AP
Pring and Ghaets
Momners Amariea
Heusyeiag Banke Associshon
R. L. McCormack, Mgr
SIU
Anna Man
Delos H. Brown
Pueblo
Colo
Doctor’s Hospital
Anna
Brown
Puebla
Sula Cromeenes
van ‘Natta
Edward Hoffman
First Methodist Church
Rose Lawn Cemetery
Puebdlo
Calo
Albert W. Bork
SIU Latin American Institute
Central America
Morris Library
Porria
E. R. Brown Furn
Cowest
Frankfort
Rock
Miner
Frances Koonce OF
Ollie ,Myles
D.C
Carbdndale
W. H. Clark
Ing
Buria
Oakland
Jackson Funeral Home
Gladys West
Jim's Sporting Goods
Mardale
C‘dale
Barbara Crowell
Baldwin
Yuill Music
Stiles
Royal — Smith
Corona
Remington Underwood
Thane
Remington & Smith Corona
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