Ambulance Service May Be Discontinued In Murphysboro
Murphysboro faces loss of emergency vehicle service as Glenn T. Roberts reports monthly losses since Oct. He has asked city and county subsidies and plans to continue through January before council action at the Jan. 10 meeting. Mayor Joe Williams notes other Illinois towns provide subsidies.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Glenn T. Roberts
Williams
Roberts
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Meyer-Denny Funeral Homes
City primary cancelled in Murphysboro 1969 contest-free vote
Murphysboro will skip a city primary on April 15 after no Republican candidates filed for any of 10 open posts. Democratic incumbents have filed for new terms. Filing for new terms includes May or Joe Williams City Clerk Kenneth Taylor Treasurer Bill Hardwig and aldermen Ernest Miller Kenneth Cochran John Wright Bruce Richmond Robert McCormick Curtis Cooper and Jim Shields.
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Murphysboro
Joe Williams
Kenneth Taylor
Bill Hardwig
Ernest Miller
Kenneth Cochran
John Wright Bruce Richmond
Robert McCormick
Curtis Cooper
Jim Shields
Four injured in two car crash near Herrin
A Saturday 5 30 p m two car collision on Blairsville Road near Hurst Road sent four people to Herrin Hospital. Drivers Mary Shelford and Er nest Thomas were injured along with passengers Ruby Thomas Delores Pennell and Maurine Aken who were treated and released. Arthur Miller died later at Marion Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for Miller are set for 2 p m Monday at Wilson Funeral Home Marion with burial at Roselll Cemetery.
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Herrin Hospital
Blairsville
du Quoin
Mary V. Shelford
Carterville
Ernest E. Thomas
Marion
Hurst Road
Ruby Thomas
Delores Pennell
Thomas
Maurine Aken
Arthur Miller
S. Vicksburg St
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson County
Mr. Miller
William R
Mary Hawkins Miller
Fannie Aikman
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Roselll Cemetery
Mary C. Andrews
S. Main St
Anna
Union County Hospital
Miss Andrews
First Presbyterian Church of
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Davie
Oak Park
Chicago
Key School
Delta Kappa Gamma
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ruth Esther Hill
McCarty
Richard W. Teaford
First Presbyterian Church
Anna Cemetery
Kidnap Victim Barrett Mackle Survives Buried Alive Ordeal
Barbara Jane Mackle recalls 83 hours buried in a grave as FBI agents finally reached her. She described praying listening and staying alert while torches and a tree limb were used to free her. The incident followed her Dec 17 abduction in Atlanta and left her shaken but alive.
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FBI
Barbara Jane Mackle
Miss Mackle
Gene Miller
Miami Herald
Expelled from Brazil Peter Grams recounts prison screams
AP Wirephoto reports Peter Grams expelled from Brazil recalls hearing people beaten in Recife city jail after a military crackdown on dissent.
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Peter Grams
Recife
Murphysboro Council Plans Major Street Work in 1969
Murphysboro moves to extend Illinois Avenue from 14th to 16th streets and straighten the South 15th Spruce intersection at a total motor fuel expenditure of 65 000. The two blocks will improve access to Cal Crest Outerwear Inc. and involve property purchases at Spruce Street. Mayor Williams said projects should be completed in 1969.
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Murphysboro
Illinois Avenue
14Th Street
16Th Street
Cal- Crest Outerwear, Inc
16Th and
Grace Streets
1503
1507
Spruce St
South Street
Spruce Street
Joe Williams
Water and Sewage Department
Mt. Carbon
Rogers Street
Williams Street
Cleveland Street
Manning Street
14Th
15Th
Williams
Truck Driver Injured In Tennessee Ice Crash
A Tennessee truck driver, Winston B. Bowden, 38, of Nashville, was injured when his semi-trailer jackknifed on ice on Rt. 460 three miles west of Nashville. Bowden was treated for minor injuries at Washington County Hospital. Police said loss of control on ice-coated pavement caused the crash. Roger L. Thompson, 21, of Red Bud, was treated and released from Red Bud Hospital after a separate one-car accident on a rural Randolph County road.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Winston B. Bowden
Washington County Hospital
Bowden
Roger L. Thompson
Red Bud
Randolph County
North Centrals first CAB probes fatal Chicago air crash
Air safety investigators arrived at O Hare to probe the North Central Airlines crash that killed 26, including two crew members, and injured 19 plus eight drum and bugle corps members. Flight 458 originated in Minneapolis with stops in Green Bay Wausau Manitowoc and Milwaukee. The cause is undetermined with weather fog and a non radar approach cited amid FAA policy criticisms.
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Chicago
O’hare International
North Central Airlines
North Central
Flight 458
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Wausau
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
National Transporation Safety Board
O’hare
William DeGroot
Sioux Falls
Nixon orders Vietnam options report by Jan 20
President elect Nixon directs key foreign policy and national security advisers to propose realistic Vietnam options by January 20 to craft a coherent strategy. Kissinger Rogers Laird and Agnew will coordinate and present a set of outlines and specific instructions for Saigon and Paris early in the new administration.
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Robert B. Semple Jr
New York Times
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
Paris
Biscayne Bay
Vice
Spiro T. Agnew
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin Laird
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Kissinger
Rogers
Laird
Fuel strike aftermath leaves New York City peril persists
New York confronts ongoing fuel oil shortages as 900 schools close for two days and hundreds of buildings remain heatless. Health officials report weekly deaths 500 above normal amid flu and pneumonia, while 10 000 flu vaccine doses arrive and centers extend hours. The city seeks volunteers to donate blood to ease a critical shortage.
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City Health Department
Health Department
Edward O’rourke
Campaign tax credits urged by Washington group
The Committee for Economic Development called for income tax credits to cover half the cost of campaign contributions up to 50 dollars and for governments to pay all campaign costs that do not benefit a single party or candidate. It urged more free broadcast time for candidates, a uniform primary schedule, and a presidential preference primary on the same date in all states. It also proposed scaling down national conventions to about 550 delegates.
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Committee For Economic Development
Snowy Weather Domination Grips Much of Nation
The report notes snow for much of the country with a warming trend possible. Friday high near 55 and low around 51 with an overnight 29. Saturday 10 am temperature 30 and total precipitation 2 inches from Friday 7 am to Saturday 7 am. Lake levels show Crab Orchard 8 inches below spillway, Little Grassy 3 inches below, Devil's Kitchen at spillway, Lake of Egypt 2 inches above spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Devil's Kitchen Lake
Lake of Egypt
Cernik government to resign in Czech reform plan
Premier Oldrich Cernik and key ministers agreed to resign as reform plans face setbacks after the Soviet invasion. They may stay on in a new federal government to be formed by New Year, with regional autonomy for Slovakia and Bohemia Moravia. An official note said the cabinet approved the proposal unanimously. timing for submission to President Svoboda was expected soon. Authorities expect Svoboda to address the nation on New Year’s Day. Charles W. Glover of Champaign died December 22 at 61 from a heart attack. He was an auditor for the Illinois Central and father of another Charles Glover in Carbondale. services were held in Champaign. Survivors include his son and five grandchildren.
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Oldrich Cernik
Czechoslovakia
Cernik
Slovakia
Czech
Bohemia
Moravia
Viatava River
Prague
Ludvik Svoboda
Svoboda
Charles W. Glover
W. Clark Sr
Champaign
Mr. Glover
Carbondale
Chicago
E. G
Hazel Benson Glover
Laura Steinberg
Glover
Illinois Central Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
the Moose
Masonic Lodge
Carbondale Theft Report Involves Camera and Wheel Covers
Police investigate two thefts Friday night through Saturday at Carbondale. Kenneth Frassato reports a $110 camera stolen from his Holiday Inn room. Koenig's Chevrolet notes two sets of wheel covers worth $150 stolen from cars on East Main Street lot.
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Carbondale
Kenneth E. Frassato
Belleville
Holiday Inn
E. Main St
Bill Arnold
Koenig
Chevrolet
East Main Street
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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