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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
2
Carbondale reports at least 14 break-ins since Saturday night. Lt. Ed Hogan says plainclothes foot patrols are being adjusted to curb thefts as university students and faculty depart for the Christmas holiday. Uniformed officers reported nine break-ins Saturday night at Calhoun Valley apartments.
Police investigated multiple break-ins in the Georgetown Apartments on Lewis Lane and Grand Avenue with no confirmed missing items. A mobile home on E College Street reported thefts valued at 325 dollars between December 18 and 22. Jett Bork’s 608 West College Street unit was vandalized with doors kicked in and a hole in a wall. Police also examined tire tracks at Calhoun Valley. no suspects named. In Du Quoin, Koerner and Sons Heating and Air Conditioning on West Main Street faced an undetermined cash theft after a 3:15 PM discovery. Murphysboro's Stevens Auto Body and Repair Service lost over 400 dollars in tools and shop items after hours.
Gerald Ferro 50 of Benton set for Feb 7 trial before Circuit Judge Harry L Ziegler after years in Franklin County court. Ferro, accused of fatally shooting John L Myers 66 at Myers West Frankfort home, previously ruled mentally disturbed in 1968. Myers died from head wounds after an argument.
Carterville High School Stage Club Christmas festival at 7 30 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium Tickets 75 cents in advance and 1 at the door Duplicate Bridge Club meets 7 30 p.m Thursday Carbondale Community Center free beginner lessons and public play for 1 25 Carbondale area amateur photographers association meets 7 9 p.m Thursday at Rolando’s Studio in Carbondale Public information from David Niederbrock Box 873 Carbondale Union listings include plays Saluki Fox Carbondale Planet of the Apes Beneath the Planet of the Apes Liberty Love Story Paint Your Wagon Webster Steeleville Song of Norway Marion Evil Knievel Hornets Nest Webster Steeleville Something Big Herrin Elks Duplicate Bridge Club 7 30 p.m Friday Elks Club downtown
Three men wearing ski masks tried to enter the Dix State Bank but the doors were locked. Deputies said the trio fled in a car matching a stolen vehicle description from Mount Vernon.Authorities sought in nearby counties as suspects remained at large.
Santa may still wear his traditional garb but now travels in a dune buggy. The motorized sleigh is pictured in the yard of Walter Weibch, the West Frankfort resident who built the unique vehicle.
A Herrin teenager and a Herrin woman are in good condition at Herrin Hospital after two separate accidents this week. Mark Larwinski, 14, of 812 North 21st Street, was a passenger when a car driven by Samuel English, 16, backed into a westbound vehicle driven by Steven Chamness, 17, both of Herrin. Judy Baldwin, 24, of 1412 West Harrison Street, lost control of her car at Tyler and 27th and hit a tree.
Two members of a Nashville Tennessee family were injured in a one car crash in Nashville Illinois on Route 460 about three miles west of Route 127. The car was driven by C W O Byrne, age not available, with police reporting few details. Paul W Mick of Benton, 24, was treated for minor injuries after his car struck a guard rail on Route 183 four miles west of I 57.
William Ray Edwards, 23, of Mulkeytown, pleaded guilty in Marion circuit court to armed robbery. He received two years probation and 57 days already served, then was handed to Army officials for absence without leave. Co-defendant Richard Maceri, 23, of Walier, had earlier pleaded guilty and drawn two to four years in Menard. Judge William Lewis ordered the $150 stolen at Hobbs Texaco returned and the .22 pistol confiscated and destroyed.
Tammy Meadows six year old Mulkeytown girl moved from Children’s Hospital St Louis to Herrin Hospital for Christmas. Though nonverbal, she remains conscious and in good condition after a November truck strike left her with head injuries near Catholic Cemetery road.
About 1,300 workers returned to the Norge-Fedders Corp. plant in Herrin after ratifying a two year contract granting wage and fringe benefit increases of 7 percent. The plant had been closed since November 25 when the Local 10 of the Store, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union contract expired. Don Ross said the contract awaits Pay Board approval. Union officials unavailable for comment.
Johnston City plans an art program for Ston City High School next year with Steve Eli hired as a substitute teacher to help plan the program. Eli, pursuing an art degree at Southern Illinois University, will teach next year at $25 per day. The board discussed possible junior high expansion and approved other actions including a maternity leave, a building trades class house bid, and NDEA Title III funds to revamp the high school science program.
Garbage collection for Carbondale customers on regular Friday service will move to Wednesday after Christmas and New Year. Affected southeast portion receives services on Wednesdays. City workers observe both holidays, with normal Wednesday routes 80 continuing.
A Wednesday correction clarifies that Bend Lake College has no maternity leave policy for instructors and that Mrs Gela Gein was misidentified and cannot use sick leave for maternity matters. The EPA did not deny a variance. it denied the city's request to receive liquid industrial waste from the Norge plant at the city land.
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