Robbery at Post Office Near Pulaski County
Brandishing a toy gun the trio robbed a Post Office in Utin Pulaski County taking about 140 dollars in cash blank money orders and a money order processing machine After the clerk hid in a locked restroom the suspects fled A state trooper arrested Willie Curry Jr 20 and a 17 year old juvenile at Interstate 57 and Divneis 3 within 200 minutes All three charged with armed robbery and held in Pulaski County Jail Recovery included about 90 dollars and items The federal probe is led by USPS Inspector J W Simms The clerk Mrs Honey was not available for comment
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Ana Schottman
Utlin
Pulaski
Bob Kekow
Dimple Honey
Ing
Willie Curry Jr
Olmstead
Divneis 3
Kekow
Pulaski County
SIU C cleans up campus during winter break
SIU Carbondale prepares four week cleanup before spring term starting January 16. Dorms and classrooms receive paint, new furniture, and custodial work. Parkinson Laboratory remodeling begins with a projected completion in spring 1979. Shryock Auditorium, the Student Center, and the Center for Basic Skills close for a week and a half over the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIUC
Joseph Gasser
University Housing
Dougherty
Shryock Auditorum
Center For Basic Skills
Which house? Jonesboro adds street addresses for fire and safety
Jonesboro officials mail notices implementing a first time street addressing plan to aid fire, police, and ambulance response. Fire Chief Wadkins notes prior lack of numbers hindered locating homes. residents must post new numbers by spring under ordinance enforced by the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Matela Tucker
Jim Wadkins
Floyd Landreth
Landreth
Theodore Hase
Main Street
Jonesboro Square
Three Republicans vie to challenge Simon in 24th District race
Three Williamson County Republicans Ray Hawkins Lyndie Couch and John Anderson compete in the March primary for a chance to face U S Rep Paul Simon D Carbondale in November for the 24th Congressional District seat in Southern Illinois Hawkins and Couch announced earlier Anderson 33 waited on publicity materials Simon 49 seeks reelection unopposed by Democrats in this cycle The filing deadline passed Monday with a short withdrawal window to Saturday noon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Garner
Williamson County
U.S
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Illinois
Illinois State Board of Elections
Ray J. Hawkins
Marion
Lyndie Couch
Caimbria
John Anderson
Hawkins
Couch
Anderson
Unois Department of Local Government Affairs
Simon
Peter Princas
Louise Wolfe honored by De Soto senior citizens for kindness
Louise Wolfe of De Soto is praised by the town’s senior citizens for decades of service across roles from school bus driver to township supervisor. She spent 12 years with West Bus Service, volunteered free rides for the elderly, supported Jackson County 4 H and job grants, and was a longtime De Soto Park Board member. Now recovering from illness, she crochets and plays piano while hoping to resume bus driving and continue aiding seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morril] Perlman
Louise Wolfe
Jackson County
de Soto
Wolfe
West Bus Service
4-H
de Soto Park
Missouri farmers halt trucks over bread supply
Farmers from Missouri and Illinois joined a strike delaying Bunny Bread and Harts Bread deliveries to stores in southeast Missouri and western Kentucky. Pickets blocked the Sikeston distribution center and Cairo grain facility, but no violence occurred. deliveries resumed at night and continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Aimond
Missouri
Kentucky
Ilinois
Bunny Bread
Harts Bread Co
James Balbey
Anna
Sikeston
Balbey
Bonnie Goodard
American Agriculture Movement
AAM
Mt. Pleasant
Llingis
Illinois
Bunge Corp
Cairo
Illinois Producers Livestock Association
Goreville
Graduation set Thursday for emergency technicians
A formal graduation ceremony is planned Thursday for the first class of 25 volunteer emergency medical technicians trained for satellite station duty under Jackson County Ambulance Service. Frosty Cummings says the graduates meet 84 hours of instruction over about three and a half months at Trico Junior High north of Camp Dell Hu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Ambulance Service
Frosty Cummings
Trico Junior High School
Illinois 4
Camp Dell Hu
Cummings
Ava Campbell Hill
Kville
Carbondale
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Mr. and
Mrs. Claus
Marion School For the Hearing Impaired
Santa
David Haskins
Benton
Matissa Vaughn
Frosty the Snowman
Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer
Ed Greer
Ullin
Honey
U.S. Postal Service
J. W. Simms
Siu-C
Henry de Flebre
John Corker
Faner Hall
Parkinson Laboratory
Anthony Hall
Siuc Geology Department
Communications
Ann Schotrman
Dilneison An
Jonesboro House
Tomer
Sheriff's Office
Wadkuns
Chance
Congress
Navy
US Penitentiary At
Tye
Louise Wolfa
Missouri Farmers
Goddard
Union County
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