Pair denies area theft in Carterville agency case
Two Memphis men Roosevelt Turner age 24 and Theodis McGloethin 22 pled innocent in Marion circuit court to theft from a Carterville news agency. Judge Lan Haney appointed Public Defender George Morgan and set bonds at 2000 each. A female suspect Margone Young 22 was released without charge. The men allegedly took 65 dollars from the cash register around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday and were arrested 15 minutes later at the Rts 13 and 148 intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lan Haney
George Morgan
Roosevelt Turner
Theodis McGloethin
Margone Young
Memphis
Williamson County
Gerald McGraw
Virgil Vancil
Rts
Perry NAACP Elects 1969 Officers in Perry County
The Perry County NAACP elected its 1969 officers and executive committee from Du Quoin. Officers are President Walter Woods, Vice President Charles Scott, Secretary Vernelet Peters, Treasurer Gary Worthington, and Membership Chairman Jeanine Baxter. Executive members are Woods, Scott, Peters, Worthington, and Freddie Banks. A membership drive runs through December with a January groceries basket giveaway planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Woods
Charles Scott
Vernelet Peters
Gary Worthington
Jeanine Baxter
Woods
Scott
Peters
Worthington
Freddie Banks
du Quoin
Perry County
NAACP
Thompsonville Loot Recovered as Warrants Likely
Franklin County Sheriff Robert Ice says about $3,000 in cash and merchandise was taken from three Thompsonville stores. Warrants likely Monday for Gary McGill 24 and Robert Wheeler 18, both of Eldorado, in connection with three break ins.
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Thompsonville
Johnson County
Franklin County
Robert Ice
Ice
Gary McGill
Robert Wheeler
Eldorado
Mount Vernon City Manager Ches ter Lewis plans retirement
After 35 years in public life Ches ter Lewis announces resignation as Mt. Vernon city manager effective January 15 or sooner if council objects. The Mt. Vernon Chamber urged reconsideration while residents urged him to stay. Lewis, 64, says he will enter private business in the area after a career beginning in Enid Oklahoma and spanning Joliet and Mt. Vernon. An informal council meeting is set for January 2 to discuss the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hatton
Southern Illinoisan
Mt. Vernon
Chester Lewis
Lewis
Enid
Oklo
Man
Anna Liquor Licenses Renewed In Anna
Anna city council renews eight beer and liquor licenses for six months to six entities including Manhattan Cafe and Elkins Package Liquor Store. Taxi licenses for Yellow Cab Co. totaling 140 dollars. High School board seeks support for a January 4 bond referendum of 875000 dollars. Police fines receipts report 598 dollars for November. Du Quoin fire and furnace incidents report minor damage.
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Anna City
Manhattan Cafe
Vienna St
Oliver L. Mays
Anna
Moose and Elks Clubs
Elkins Package Liquor
Transcript Drive
Shepard’s Tavern
E. Davie St
Bob
Hershel
Juanita Teller
Anna - Joneboro High School
du Quoin
Rt. 51
Ruth Barnhill
Smith Avenue
Max Conrad heads for Antarctic on second circumnavigation attempt
Aviator Max Conrad, 65, departed Punta Arenas Chile in a twin engine Piper Aztec seeking to reach Adelaide Station and then the South Pole. Weather halted his first attempt. he previously flew over the North Pole and plans routes via Byrd Station McMurdo and New Zealand with skis posing landing challenges.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Max Conrad
Adelaide Station
Antarctic
Cape Horn
North Pole
Adelaide
U.S. Byrd Station
South Pole
McMurdo Station
New Zealand
Conrad
Bulgaria and Soviet Union Agree on Long Term Economic Integration
Bulgarian Premier Todor Zhivkov announced that Bulgaria and the Soviet Union will integrate their economies under a long term plan. The accord envisions Soviet built steel mills for Bulgaria and shared production of computers and machinery, plus a 500 million ruble credit to fund Soviet machinery for the 1971 to 1975 Five Year Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New York
Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Yambol
Rabotnichesko Delo
Zhivkov
Civil Liberties Groups Expand Roles in 1968 Debate
The American Civil Liberties Union pushes a campaign to strike down harsh marijuana laws as unconstitutional. The National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee sues to let an 11 year old circulate a petition to remove a principal. Debate grows over direct involvement versus selective cases.
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The
American Civil Liberties Union
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Henry di Suvero
Union
New Jersey
ACLU
John de J. Pemberton Jr
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Memphis, Tenn
Carterville
Marion
Perry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mount Vernon
Goldsmith
Goldsmith' S
Lady Goldsmiths
Carbondale
Herrin
St. Louis, Mo
Russia
East Main West
Frankfort
Illinois
R. Conrad
Optometrist
Monroe
South
Varsity Theatre
Reee
North Illinois
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