Gunshot death of Herrin teen ruled accidental
A 16 year old Herrin boy Greg Carnaghi died after a pistol he and friend Kevin Tygett were examining fired. Coroner James Wilson said the shooting at 517 North Tenth Street Herrin was accidental. The weapon belonged to the boy's father and had been re blued. An inquest will be scheduled. Funeral plans list Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church Herrin.
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Herrin
Williamson County
James Wilson
Greg Carnaghi
Rt. 1
Wilson
Carnaghi
Kevin Tygett
Tygett
10Th St
James W. Williams
Christopher
Williams
Steven Migielicz
Mulkeytown
Kenneth Tygett
Roy Cole
Frank
Emma Lou Holder Carnaghi
Herrin High School
Our Lady of
FHA approves 140000 loan for Lake of Egypt golf project
The Farmers Home Administration authorizes a 140000 loan to Lake of Egypt Country Club, a 150 family non profit. The nine hole course clubhouse pool and facilities will serve Marion Goreville Creal Springs and nearby areas. About 30 workers will build the project over 1 700 man days with six new jobs ongoing.
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Farmers Home Administration
Lake of Egypt
Eldon B. Colegrove
Illinois
FHA
Marion
Goreville
Creal Springs
Colegrove
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of
Association
Don Howard
Ora Snider
R. S. Holt
Oscar
Christmas giving at Neighborhood Resource Center
A Carbondale community rallies on Christmas Eve after a dire shortage of gifts. A local dentist and physician each gave 100 dollars, $10 bills were distributed in envelopes, meat and apple donations arrived, and clothing and food followed. The staff says about 20 more families were helped due to the last minute effort.
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Neighborhood Resource Center
Carbondale
Center
Sallee Kirk
Murphy scored to a contest free city election in 1969
Filing deadline looms for Murphysboro March 1969 election with no Republican candidates filed for 10 city posts as incumbent Democrats seek new four year terms. City Clerk Kenneth Taylor will accept late filings until noon Saturday. If no opposition, Feb 25 primary may be canceled and the April 15 election held with or without Republicans. Curtis Cooper and Jim Shields seek two year Ward terms after appointments.
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Murphysboro
Kenneth Taylor
Joe Williams
Taylor
Bill Hardwig
Ernest
Zeigler Man Injured In Herrin Auto Crash
A 27 year old Zeigler man, David L. Mize of 509 Walnut Street, was injured in an auto crash in Herrin near 10 45 a m today and was taken to Herrin Hospital. Police said he may have a broken arm. The other driver, Terry L Calcaterra, 17, of 204 N 13th Street Herrin, skidded on wet pavement and collided head on with Mize while his car was westbound on Carro Street near Rt 148.
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Zeigler
Herrin
David L. Mize
Walnut St
Herrin Hospital
Areon
Terry L. Calcaterra
N. 13Th St
Carro Street
Rt. 148
Mize
Polize
Paul Crain Christopher City Attorney Dies at 72
Paul Crain 72 longtime Christopher City Attorney died at his home on Thursday. He served intermittently from 1921 until his death and belonged to the Illinois and Franklin County Bar Associations, Delta Phi, American Legion, Masonic Lodge, Lions Club, and Christopher First Baptist Church. He was a World War I veteran born March 26 1896 in Crainville. Survived by wife Anna, daughter Eloise Higgerson, sons Paul P. and William P., sisters Maude Fox and Ruth Wynn, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Christopher First Baptist Church with burial in Marion Odd Fellows Cemetery. Masonic rites 8 p.m. today at Gilbert Funeral Home. Friends may call today 7 p.m. to noon Saturday.
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Paul David Carnaghi
William and
Dora Holder
Dixon
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church
Herrin
Bernard P. Mongan
St. Carlos Cemetery
Johnson’s Funeral
Christopher
Paul Crain
Victor Sr
Crain
Illinois
Franklin County Bar Associations
Delta Ph. Fraternity
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Lion's Club
Christopher First Baptist
Anna Gulley Crain
Eloise Higgerson
Gary
Ind
Paul P
Brookfield
Wis
William P
McComb
Maude Fox
Marion
Ruth Wynn
Carterville
Christopher First Baptist Church
W. D. Berry
Odd Fellows
Gilbert Funeral Home
Pedestrian Struck on Route 3 Near Ware
Missouri man Paul F. Oberman 31 of Chaffee was hit by a car after his stranded vehicle ran out of gas while he walked toward Ware Tuesday night. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau in fair condition. driver Clarence Humphrey 26 of Jennings was not ticketed.
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Missouri
Rt. 3
Ware
Paul F. Oberman
Chaffee
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Oberman
Clarence Humphrey
Jennings
Urban renewal topics dominate Carbondale council plans
Carbondale City Council will hold an informal session January 3 to discuss three urban renewal projects. A public hearing on the Northeast Neighborhood Development Program is set for 8 p.m. Thursday at Thomas Grade School, with a special session at 1 p.m. at City Hall. City Manager C William Normen says all projects will be discussed. An inquest into the fatal shooting of 15 year old James W Williams of Christopher is scheduled for 7 p.m. January 10 at Christopher City Hall. Williams was wounded in an upper body and face by a shotgun blast while with Steven Migielicz 16, of rural Mulkeytown, at a home near Mulkeytown.
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Carbondale
Thomas
City Hall
C. William Normen
Christopher
James W. Williams
Christopher City Hall
Williams
Steven Migielicz
Mulkeytown
Saliba case reset for January in Herrin suit
Hearings on motions to dismiss a $30 000 lawsuit by George Saliba against Mayor Fred Henderson and the city of Herrin were rescheduled to January 10. Saliba was wounded Aug 1 when Henderson fired outside city hall after a council meeting. Henderson and Shoemake faces were previously charged but the weapons case was dismissed.
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George Saliba
Fred Henderson
Herrin
James Basler
Henderson
Elmer Jenkins
Saliba
Switzerland
Atty
Kenneth Hubler
Disorderly conduct charges after tavern fight in Carbondale
Three men faced disorderly conduct charges after a brawl at Long Branch Tavern on East Jackson Street. Otto Aue and Rex Morrison posted $25 cash bonds. Ronald Aue, cited for multiple offenses, was jailed overnight and released on a $25 bond after allegedly resisting officers and damaging a city window.
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Long Branch
E. Jackson St
Carbondale
Otto J. Aue
Canterbury Dr
Rex. A. Morrison
Royalton
Donald Johnson
Ronald G. Aue
Ronald Aue
Burglars Break Into Shawnee Library HQ West of Carterville
Thieves damaged the Shawnee Library System headquarters prying a door frame and breaking a fire proof safe and a soda machine. Only about 10 to 20 dollars was kept in the safe, with total damage around 1,000 dollars. The break-in was found at 8 a.m. and Williamson County authorities are investigating.
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Shawnee Library System
Carterville
Jim Abel
Ubel
Williamson County
Man faces prison return for stolen car possession
Phillip C. Cutrell, 48, of Free Man Spur, was arrested Thursday on possession of a stolen vehicle. He is jailed in Williamson County and faces parole violation return by Illinois authorities. The stolen car, owned by Jackie Summers of Energy, was recovered minutes after the theft near Herrin Hospital. Summers reported the theft after the car disappeared between 1:45 and 2:10 p.m. and Trooper Gardner spotted it at Rt 148 and 149 in Zeigler. Cutrell claimed the car was given to him by a driver who offered it to him after hitchhiking.
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Phillip C. Cutrell
Freeman Spur
Carl Gardner
Cutrell
Williamson County
Illinois
Herrin
Roy Cole
Jackie Lloyd Summers
Energy
Herrin Hospital
Cole
Summers
Gardner
Rt. 148
149
Zeigler
Welfare payments surge in six-county Illinois region
Public aid for October rose to 1,854,512 across six southern Illinois counties, nearly doubling September totals. Union County elderly at Anna State Hospital accounted for most of the rise, driven by a retroactive per diem rate increase and prior retroactive payments dating back to 1966, with a total October Union payment of 1,125,191 to 1,108 recipients.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Union County
Anna State Hospital
Union
Anna State
State Department
Department States
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
General Telephone plans $9.8 million in Southern Division projects
General Telephone Co. will spend $9.8 million in 1969 on Southern Division improvements spanning Carbondale Harrisburg Marion Olney area. Marion district to receive about $2 million for toll switching upgrades, new lines, buried cable, and sidewalk work, plus direct dialing expansion in Du Quoin Elkville and Pinckneyville by June 15.
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General Telephone Co
R. A. Reel
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Marion
Olney
Reel
T.R. Mayfield
Creal Springs
Mayfield
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
West Union Street
Herrin
Carterville
West Frankfort
Benton Area
Frank H. Simmons
du Quoin
Carbondale Youth Held on Probation Violation
A 19 year old Carbondale youth, Buford Lewis, surrendered to authorities in Jackson County on a probation violation charge linked to alleged theft of postal money orders from the Davies AG Store on December 23. He is held on a $3,000 bond with a 10 a.m. Thursday hearing scheduled. Dennis Heape of Murphysboro was fined $100 plus $20 costs in circuit court for reckless driving and illegal transportation of intoxicants after pleading guilty to city tickets.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Buford Lewis
Davies AG
Dennis Heape
Murphysboro
Heape
Man wounded as shots hit two Murphysboro homes
A 68 year old Murphysboro man, Richard McKinney, was shot Thursday night while watching television at 603 Bridge St. He was taken to St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in fairly good condition after a bullet pierced a wooden storm door and entered his left hip. Police found spent .22 cartridges on the street and a projectile in a neighbor's home. Chief Toby Berger said shots likely came from a passing car. McKinney's sister Catherine Jenkins and Hattie Woodson were at the residence with visitors Ruby and Harry Turner of Chicago and Lewis Godwin of Monroe, La.
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Murphysboro
Richard McKinney
Bridge St
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Toby Berger
McKinney
Bridgewood Lane
Berger
Catherine Jenkins
Hattie Woodson
Ruby
Harry Turner
Chicago
Lewis Godwin
Monroe
Robbery at Hughes Brothers Service Station
Early this morning two armed men tied attendant Gene Ganey at Hughes Brothers Service Station in Carbondale and escaped with 67 dollars. The suspects, described as two Negro men in their early 20s, one armed with a pistol, fled after binding Ganey with a toaster cord. Police have no suspects.
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Hughes Brothers 66
E. Main St
Carbondale
Gene Ganey
Ganey
Jack Hazel
Pinckneyville Cahokia win in Carbondale tourney
Pinckneyville defeated Herrin 85-52 and Cahokia topped West Frankfort 73-64 in consolation games at Carbondale. The two winners meet Saturday at 9 a.m. in the upper bracket consolation semifinals. at Centralia Homewood Flossmoor beat Nashville 86-77 and Princeton edged Freeport 69-65, also advancing to a 9 a.m. Saturday semifinal.
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Pinckneyville
Herrin
Cahokia
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Centralia
Homewood-Flossmoor
Nashville
Princeton
Freeport
Cahokia Cheerleader Faces Narrow Loss in Holiday Tilt
Cahokia and Mt. Vernon battled in a Carbon dale holiday tournament first round game Thursday after noon. Cahokia fell 63 54 as Diana Jones fought back tears amid the late surge by Mt. Vernon with consolation play against West Frankfort and a later matchup versus Alton.
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Cahokia
Diana Jones
Mt. Vernon
Carbondale
West Frankfort
Mr. Vernon
Alton
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