Panama Limited derailment injures three near Boskydell
A southbound Panama Limited Magnolia Star derailed eight cars south of Boskydell injuring three. O E Crain 48 of Centralia a flagman suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries and remained in Doctors Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Two Chicago passengers John Henderson and Mrs Louise Shapiro were treated and released. About 150 aboard. derailment occurred after 11:47 p m as a lounge car was disconnected in Carbondale. Emergency units from several towns assisted. service continued on adjacent tracks. A broken rail caused the accident and repairs are not yet timed.
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Illinois Central
Boskydell
Doctors Memorial Hospital
O. E. Crain
Centralia
Crain
Chicago
John Henderson
Louise Shapiro
Carbondale
New Orleans
Mid America
Memphis
Koonce
Four Men Rob Home Market in Thompsonville Cash Heist
Franklin County authorities seek four Black men who robbed the Home Market in Thompsonville at about 3 15 p m Wednesday taking 230 dollars from an open cash register after a purchase while the clerk stepped to the back. Sheriff Robert Ice’s office reports the suspects fled with five ten and twenty dollar bills.
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Franklin County
Thompsonville
Robert Ice
Ice
Services Set for Rev Oscar Egger at Murphysboro Church
Memorial services will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at St Peter s United Church of Christ in Murphysboro for the Rev Oscar A Egger who was killed and his wife seriously injured Monday afternoon in an accident on Route 59 near Plainfield. He had served as pastor of St Peter s United Church of Christ Evangelical and Reformed at 1512 Spruce Street Murphysboro for seven years. Funeral services are 1 30 p m Friday at St Paul s United Church of Christ in Elgin. Arrangements for the memorial services were made by the Murphysboro Ministerial Alliance. Mrs Theresa Siragusa 73 of Chicago formerly of Murphysboro died December 22 after a long illness. She leaves daughters Theresa Smesart Mary Rossi Santa Genovese of Northbrook and Josephine Wiecherding of Glen Ellyn, sisters Josephine Stagno and Rose Concialdi both of Murphysboro, brothers Joe Congiardo of Murphysboro and Tony Congiardo of Compton California, and 10 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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St. Peter’s
Murphysboro
Theresa Siragusa
Chicago
Theresa Smesart
Mary Rossi
Santa Genovese
Northbrook
Josephine Wiecherding
Glen Ellyn
Josephine Stagno
Rose Concialdi
Joe Congiardo
Tony Congiardo
Compton
Calif
Philip R. Woodruff
Williams
Marion
Wednesee
Marion Memorial Hospital
Woodruff
Electrical Workers Union
Masonic Lodge No
Herrin
Charles and
Elva Harris Woodruff
Jane
William Jaeger
Phoenix
Ariz
W. E. McRoy
LaGrange
Mitchell Funeral Home
C. R. Walker
Herrin City Cemetery
Sarah Murrie
Rt. 2
Vienna
Union County Hospital
Anna
Murrie
Pope County
George
Mary Rector Jennings
James Murrie
Mamie Taylor
Villa Park
Mary Rodger
West Frankfort
Faye Becker
Dorothy Alsip
St. Charles
Esco
Jennings
Frank Jennings
Roy
Milas
Dewey
Oregon
Della
Denver
Colo
Rosie Barmell
California
Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Simpson
Vola Sing
Charles F. Zink
Commercial Ave
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Louis J
LaVina Jennings Zink
Helen Blackwood
Pickett, Ark
Sheetmetal Workers Local 268
Paul Stout American Legion Post
VFW
Zink
Mary Green
Minnie Hill
Raymond Zink
Lakewood
Ohio
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
Harry R. Chasteen
Tower Grove Cemetery
Mary Grisham
W. Chestnut St
Charles Bearman
Egypt Shores
Lake of Egypt
Grisham
Pulley’s Mill
Louis Rader
Charles Powell
Dolph Grisham
Paul Powell
Harrisburg
Bearman
John Duarte
East St. Louis
John Rader
Wilson Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Du Quoin recall hearing set for Tuesday in court
A hearing on petitions to recall Du Quoin mayor and councilmen is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday in Perry County Circuit Court Pinckneyville. The recall effort grew from disputes over building and housing codes adopted for HUD recertification and federal funds for sewer and water projects. The Citizens Committee led by James Wilbern opposes the ordinances and a related $400,000 bond issue. Delays have pushed hearings as attorneys seek out of court settlements and issues of petition legality are debated by City Attorney Don Johnson and committee counsel Robert Cross. The city argues codes were needed for recertification and federal aid, while the petitioners question legality and motives.
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du Quoin
Perry County
Pinckneyville
James Wilbern
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Citizen’s Committee
Robert L. Cross
Nashville
Don Johnson
Illinois grants fund Egyptian Junior College District
The Illinois Junior College Board approved a $100,000 initial grant for the Egyptian Junior College District in Chicago to cover operations until tax revenues arrive. Olney Junior College District also received a similar grant, while Shawnee District around Anna Jonesboro awaits action. A 60 day aim for resolving guidelines on local funding was set.
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Illinois Junior College Board
Chicago
Gerald W. Smith
Smith
Anna Jonesboro
Olney
Four youths plead innocent of escape
Four Harrisburg youths facing charges including escape, aggravated assault, battery, criminal damage to property and theft appeared in Circuit Court. Leonard Upchurch 17 Joel White 18 Clyde Wiseman 17 and Leroy Fryer 18 were bound over to a grand jury with bonds set at 7500 each. They allegedly escaped Saline County jail Sunday night after overpowering Sheriff Clint Jones and taking his gun before fleeing through the sheriff’s quarters.
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Saline County
Harrisburg
Leonard Upchurch
Joel White
Clyde Wiseman
Raleigh
Leroy Fryer
Eldorado
Trafton Dennis
Clint Jones
Jones
Gray promises Reservoir will be built in Shawnee Hills
Rep. Kenneth J Gray pledged that the U S Forest Service plan to build a dam creating a 2430 acre lake will proceed despite opposition from environmental and university groups. The meeting in Harrisburg drew support from recreation groups across Southern Illinois, while critics included the Southern Illinois University ecology team, Audubon Society, Nature Conservation Assn, two farm bureaus, and the Sierra Club. Funeral notices follow for Mrs. Sarah Murrie 89 of Vienna and Charles F Zink 52 of Murphysboro with services set in local churches and burial at church cemeteries.
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Lusk Creek
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Shawnee Hills Recreation Assn
Harrisburg
Gray
Pope County
U.S. Forest Service
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Audubon Society
Illinois Nature Conservation Assn
Illinois and
Pope-Hardin Farm Bureaus
The
Sierra Club
Lerner resigns from Carbondale school board in dispute
Charles J. Lerner, president of Carbondale Community High School District 165, submitted his resignation last Thursday and did not attend the board meeting. He cited a "difference of opinion" over the meaning of education and declined to elaborate. The board refused to act, and talks with Lerner did not change his mind. Other board members also refused to discuss the reasons publicly. Tom North is hospitalized and unavailable for comment. Memorial services for Mary Grisham are announced. Two U.S. soldiers on leave from Vietnam disappeared in Tokyo area. authorities seek help locating them.
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Charles J. Lerner
Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board of Education
Lerner
William George
R. C. Joseph
Roy Philipp
Larry Doyle
Tom North
CCHS
William McBride
McBride
Tokyo
U.S
Vietnam
Erick S. Freeman
Conyers, Ga
Harvey Munday
Alton
Ill
Charges filed in forgery case
Cynthia Clendenin 24 of Rockwood Randolph County was charged in Murphysboro circuit court with forgery of 270 in checks. Attorney William Ridgeway named defense. case continued to Jan 9. Bond posted 2000 and she was released. Clendenin allegedly forged checks at three Murphysboro businesses.
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Cynthia Clendenin
Rt. 1
Rockwood
Randolph County
Murphysboro
William Ridgeway
Miss Clendenin
Five Marissa residents hurt in one car crash
A five person crash near the Marissa area at 10 30 p m left Neal Eckert 19 and four others injured. Glen Gallo 21 Eddie Powers 19 were moved to Sparta Community Hospital while Eckert 19 Robert Terry 18 and Harry Gann 19 received minor injuries and were treated and released. Donald Dodd of Johnston City faced aggravated battery and battery charges in Marion Circuit Court with a continuance to January 5. bond set at 2500. He also faced disorderly conduct with case continued to January 15 and bond set at 1000.
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Marissa
Blacktop
Neal Eckert
Eckert
Glen Gallo
Eddie Powers
Sparta Community Hospital
Robert Terry
Harry Gann
Donald Dodd
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Batery
Marion
Melba Dodd Dodd
Carbondale Urges Disconnect of Roof Drains from Sewers
Carbondale public works chief William Schwegman calls residents to disconnect gutters and yard drains from sanitary sewers and discharge rainwater to the ground or street. A city program will inspect sewers and an ordinance may require property owners to remove unauthorized connections to sanitary lines to reduce basement flooding from heavy rains.
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Carbondale
Public Works
William Schwegman
Schwegman
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Panama
William Johnson
Otto Zimmerman
Boskydell Crossing
Carterville
Jacent
Panama Limited
Star
State Highway Department
Rt. 51
Egger
State Board
Sparta
Michael R. Soetebier
Vernon Dashner
Carl Adams
Campbell Hill
Jackson County
Progressive Mercantile Co
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
Richard Carter
Philip Woodruff
Robin Rae Hinkler
Cutler
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Floyd
Mary Jones Hinkle
Carlena
Dashawana
Floyd Darrin
Pentecostal
Robert Rodenbush
Anna City Cemetery
Lynn-Hill Funeral Home
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