System To Be Tested Menard Eyes TV Prisons
A pilot program to test closed circuit television for guard support is planned at Menard Penitentiary in Chester with $50,000 funded by Gov. Otto Kerner. Warden Max Frye says bids will be called and cameras may cover the dining hall after a Nov 23 uprising. Other sites include the chapel auditorium and a large recreation area.
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Menard
Chester
Ross Randolph
State Dept. of Public Safety
Otto Kerner
Randolph
Max Frye
Frye
State Safety Office
Marion
North Viet Nam issues stamp honoring pacifist
Washington reports North Viet Nam issued a stamp referencing Norman R. Morrison the 31 year old Baltimore Quaker who burned himself outside the Pentagon on November 3 in protest of U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. The stamp portrait shows a young man and figures with placards bearing End the war in Viet Nam now Viet Nam for the Vietnamese. Side text translates to a tribute framing Morrison as a noble sacrifice.
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Washington
North Viet Nam
Pentagon
Washington Post
Norman R. Morrison
Baltimore
U.S
Viet Nam
Americans Sentenced In East Germany For Aiding Flight
Two American men, Moses Reese Herrin and Frederick Matthews, were sentenced to eight years in an East German prison on nine counts of helping East Germans flee to West Berlin. A Tennessee girl, Mary Helen Battle, is held in East Berlin on suspicion of aiding flight from the East German Republic.
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West Berlin
East Berlin
Moses Reese Herrin
Akron
Ohio
Frederick Matthews
Ellwood City
Potsdam
Juergen Stange
U.S
Mary Helen Battle
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Stange
East German Republic
Miss Battle
Free University
John Battle
Herrin
Mat
Vogel
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Speeding Fines Counted Across Several Towns
Kenneth Henson of West Frankfort fined 17 dollars for speeding. Oscar Miles of Marion fined 16 dollars for speeding. Thomas Myers of De Soto fined 20 dollars for speeding. Albert Martinka of Harrisburg fined 17 dollars for speeding.
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West Frankfort
Kenneth Henson
Marion
Oscar Miles
DeSoto
Thomas Myers
Harrisburg
Albert Martinka
Christmas Dinner Breakthrough For Susan Franke
Susan Franke a 22 year old born without an esophagus receives a full meal with aid from a nurse. After years of tube feeding a foot long section of intestine transplanted at St Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia now serves as an esophagus. Mrs. Carl Franke watches as Susan eats.
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Susan Franke
Philadelphia
St. Christopher’s Hospital
Susan
Carl Franke
Rylie Blair Dies at 91 in Florida Funeral Thursday
Rylie Blair 91 of Florida died Tuesday in Osteopath Hospital Cape Girardeau Missouri. Born in October 1874 he married Clara Weir who preceded him in death. He belonged to Trinity United Presbyterian Church Sparta. Survived by daughters Fern Blair Evageline Blair and Mrs Eula Stevenson and three grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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Sparta Area
Rylie Blair
Florida
Osteopath
Cape Girardeau
Clara Weir
Blair
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Sparta
Fern Blair
Evageline Blair
San Francisco
Calif
Eula Stevenson
Police Briefs and Murphysboro Death Notice
Police briefs in Murphysboro and Marion list Floyd Boucher fined 30 dollars for speeding Robert Cagle fined 15 dollars for failing to yield right of way and Bobby Gibbons fined 55 dollars for driving after license revoked Services for Floyd Boucher are 2 p m Thursday at Lynn Hill Funeral Home with Reverend William H Hughes officiating Burial will be in Union Cemetery Sparta Funeral home visiting hours after 6 p m today Louise Wanstreet 73 of Murphysboro died today in Jackson County Nursing Home Born December 17 1892 she was daughter of John and Hattie Poindexter Married to William Wanstreet Member of St Andrews Catholic Church St Annes Altar Society St Joseph Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Woman's Club Garden Club and the Tuesday Club.
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Murphysboro
Floyd Boucher
Marion
Robert Cagle
Bobby Gibbons
Lynn Hill
Sparta
William H. Hughes
Union Cemetery
Wanstreet
Louise Wanstreet
Rt. 2
Murphyboro
Jackson County
Chicago
John and
Hattie Ross Poindexter
William Wanstreet
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
St. Anne’s
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Woman’s Club
Garden Club
Tuesday Club
Rose Mary
Fred Renschen
St. Andrew’s Cemetery
Crawshaw Mortuary
Williamson Schools Seek 125000 Federal Special Ed Funds
Seven Williamson County districts plan a county wide grant of over 125000 under the Elementary and Secondary Education act to fund special education health services and materials. Remo Castrale says forms are drafted and will be completed before the January 15 deadline. The district share totals about 470000 and the counties aim to interrelate projects.
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Williamson County
Remo Castrale
Johnston City Unit
Castrale
Codes
Charles G. Sadler
Herrin Unit
Herrin City Council Reverts to Monday Meeting Schedule
Herrin city leaders, on Mayor Fred A. Henderson’s suggestion, voted to return to the old schedule of second and fourth Mondays each month beginning January. The change aimed to boost businessman attendance, which has not occurred. Meetings start at 7 p.m. in city hall chambers. Alderman Louis Garavalla presented Christmas gifts to Mr and Mrs Joe Cross, a couple that has not missed a council meeting in nine years due to illness.
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Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Henderson
City Hall
Louis Garavalla
Joe Cross
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