Reynolds faces DUI charges after late-night escape attempt
Rex Reynolds of Murphysboro, 28, charged with driving under the influence and driving with a revoked license after a Monday night chase. He fled deputies near Beasley’s Tavern, hid in a parked car, and was later arraigned with a $2 bond set and a Feb. 15, 1961 return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Reynolds
Mayurpaysboro
Treynolds
Rt. 2
Jackson State
William Ridgeway
Reynold
Jackson
Calvin Ellis
Murphysboro
Ellis
Reynolds
Raymond Dil Finger
Carbondale
Tom Butcher
J Reynolds
Ward's Park
Old Rt. 18
Warren Seal
Murphyshoo
Heart Surgery Delayed In St Louis For Local Youth
A scheduled open heart operation for 5 year old Michael Keith Francis of Makanda has been postponed. His mother said he was treated for a severe flu at Doctors Hospital in Carbondale. Barnes Hospital officials in St Louis delayed the surgery to early Tahruaie, with Red Cross plans to provide AB negative donors postponed until a new date is set. Donor blood samples were tested locally but results were not yet released.
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St. Louis
Michael Keith Francis
Makanda
Herman Francis Jr
Mike
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Barnes Hospital
Red Cross
Lawanda Harvey
Jackson County
Red Cross Chapter
Highway Department Secures Broader Insurance Coverage
Jackson County Highway Department adopts a new liability policy through Murphysboro agent Jack Davis with bodily injury coverage up to 50 000 and broader protection for county property and operations. The policy names County Highway Supt Car Worthen and covers department equipment and personnel at an estimated premium of 1800 annually, with savings of 990 and added coverage worth 276 due to rate adjustments and expanded protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Highway Department
Jack Davis
Murphysboro
Davis
Jackson Board of Supervisors
Car Worthen
Mlinois
Farm Group Plans Jackson County Chapter Startup
A new charter chapter of the National Farmers Organization is to organize in Jackson County. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Gorham High School with about 25 residents expected to join. An additional meeting is planned January 10 at 7 30 p m in Ava Grade School gymnasium. The group aims to empower farmers in shaping market prices for their products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
National Farmers. Organization
Gorham
Gorham High School
Ava
Helton and Wright Welcome Back To Carbondale Council
City Attorney Edy ward Welton and Public Safety Commissioner John J. Wright were warmly welcomed at Tuesday night’s Carbondale City Council session. Wright, a former mayor, will take office next Tuesday, replacing Floyd Crawshaw who resigned to become Jackson County Coroner. Wright attended the meeting. Welton had been out since July due to a broken ankle at Little Grassy Lake and now wears a walking cast.
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Carbondale
Edyward Welton
John J. Wright
Helton
Little Grassy Lake
Wright
Floyd Crawshaw
Crawshaw
Jackson County
Rhuenes
Dooley Returns Lass Jungle Doctor Enters Cancer Clinic
Dr Tom Dooley, 34, famed jungle physician of Laos, arrived at Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York in poor condition after returning from the Orient. He has a spine ailment and cancer in 1939, previously described as cured after surgery, now reported to be suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooley
New York
Tom Dooley
Memorial Center For Cancer and Allied Diseases
Orient
Laos
Funeral services set for Bert Butz Grand Tower resident
Bert Butz 69 of Grand Tower died after a long illness at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. Born in Grand Tower in 1891 he owned an Cape Girardeau appliance store. Survived by brothers Frank Chicago and Barton Grand Tower. He married Ethel Millikin in 1926 she died April this year. Funeral Friday 2 p m at First Presbyterian Church Grand Tower with Rev Wallace Thurman officiating. Burial Walker Hill Cemetery Grand Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Butz
Grand Tower
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Cape Girardeau
Mr. Bute
Ethel Millikin
Frank
Chicago
Barton
Presbyterian Church
Af&am
Crawshaw Mortuary
First Presbyterian Church
Wallace Thurman
Walker Hill Cemetery
Herrin House Hit By Fire Near Bolivar Street
A fire damaged the Herrin home of 67 year old Mrs. Cora Kanada this morning. Firemen fought the blaze at Bol S 14th Street and had it under control in minutes. The three room frame house owned by Mrs. Stella Joiner suffered interior and roof damage with furniture destroyed or heavily damaged. Kanada said the fire started from the heating stove flue. she lived alone behind Joiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Cora Kanada
Bol S. 14Th SL
Stella Joiner
Pippin To Sit Out Fine In Six Month Jail Sentence
Bobby Joe Pippin faces a six month jail term for failing to pay an 80 dollar fine and 14 dollars in costs from a drunk and disorderly conduct charge. Herrin Police Magistrate Earl May ordered the sentence after the 2 percent offender was arrested Tuesday. Earlier complaints of disturbing the peace and assault and battery were dropped after Pippin fired a shotgun at a guest on Oct 29, missing Thomas Malone as he fled. A mintimus will be issued to deliver Pippin to Williamson County jail.
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Bobby Joe Pippin
Herrin
Earl May
Pippin
Roy Cole
Mary Petty
Thomas Malone
May
Williamson County
Millstadt Seeks Condemnation of Rail Right Of Way
Millstadt petitions the Illinois Commerce Commission to condemn the right of way for the Columbia and Millstadt Railroad to build a sewer facility. The railroad seeks permission to abandon its line into Millstadt citing unprofitability. A February hearing will examine the city’s condemnation petition amid mixed local opposition to abandonment.
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Millstadt
Illinois Commerce Commission
Columbia and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Malstadt
Columbia Quarry Company
Gulf ‘Mobile, and Ohio Railroad
Quan'y
GMO
Illinois Commission
Grundy County Judge Ends Private Practice
Morris December 28 AP reports Judge Robert W. Malmquist of Grundy County withdraws from private law practice. He cites a Second District Court of Appeals ruling that judges cannot properly represent clients in courts with jurisdiction concurrent with the judge's own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Morris
Robert W. Malmquist
Tyee Day
Malmquist
Area November Weather Report From Southern Illinois University
Area cities show November was dry and warm with deviations from normals. Anna recorded 4.3 inches of rain versus 4.84, Carbondale 3.68 vs 3.01, Chester 5.88 vs 3.01, Mt. Vernon 4.76 vs 3.09, Sparta 4.1 vs 3.13, Du Quoin 8.86 vs 3.52, Harrisburg 4.84 vs 3.24, Marion 4.26 with mean temps around mid 40s to low 50s, numerous high and low records listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois University Climatology Laboratory
Floyd Cunningham
Anna
Carbondale
Chester
McLeansboro
Mt. Vernon
Sparta
du Quoin
Harrisburg
Marion
Stolen car recovered near Herrin by police
A car reported stolen from West Frankfort was found by Herrin police about 1 a.m. Tuesday on Mine B Road northeast of Herrin. The vehicle owned by Robert Wolfe was stripped of hub caps, spare tire, radio and trunk items. Police continued investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
West Frankfort
Robert Wolfe
Carthage
Clara Wolfe
4Th St
West
Frankfort
Customer is King in Business Management Note
A 1960s era business note emphasizes customer primacy with the customer as boss. It calls for mutual cooperation between employees and management, warning that profits depend on customer decisions, quality, price, and service. The piece predicts more bankruptcies as firms prosper and urges trust over tricks to sustain prosperity. thanks are extended to supporters.
Mississippi Trucker Bonds for Reckless Homicide Charge
Edward Wynn 32 of Starkville posted 1500 bond in Carbondale for reckless homicide in the Dec 20 crash that killed 19 year old Kenneth Griffin of Dupo. The wreck at Rt 4 near White Rose Tavern injured Griffin’s wife and baby. Wynn to appear in Murphysboro for inquest Thursday night. bond posted by bondsman Bill Ghent of Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Harrisburg
Wynn
Murphysboro
Griffin
White Rose Tavern
Grand Tower
Berdel Hasemeyer
Marion youth’s hearing continued in juvenile case
Wayne Lee Malone, 15, Marion, remains under juvenile delinquency charges as a hearings delayed indefinitely by Judge Crayton amid ongoing investigation. Arrested December for driving while intoxicated and liquor transportation, malicious mischief dropped after age discovery. He has been held since arrest, with possible release Sunday or Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Wayne Lee Malone
Williamson County
John Crayton
Clayton
Herrin seniors honored by HTHS band and choir
Two Herrin Township High School seniors Paul Horn and Carol Rodney were named Mr and Miss Music by the band and chorus after the Christmas concert. Rodney, a choir president and clarinetist, and Horn, a multi instrument band member, have four years in the ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Horn
Carol Rodney
Herrin Township
Rodney
Harn
Herrin
Herris
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Southern
Clincis
Harvey
Herrin House
Highway Department
Helton, Wright
Penney's
Murphysbord
Heckel’s Inc
Carterville
BEN’ Outlet
Newbarry
Famous Brands
Carbondale Walgreen
Area Weather Report
F. P
Bracy
Edous
Sre Var Nest Vednastiv
Floyd P. Bracy & Sons
Carrot Rodney
HTHS
Ben-son
William Dwight
McGee
United States
Thej
Bend City
Walier Road
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