Carbondale Welcomes Its First Baby of 1968
Julie Anne Terwische weighed eight pounds eleven ounces at 12 11 a.m. Monday in Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Her mother Linda Terwische and father Earl Terwische a Save Mart manager reside at 108 Bleyer Drive Carbondale. The couple moved from Brighton in August Julie is their first child. Julia's grandparents live in Jacksonville and Peoria.
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Carbondale
Julie Anne Terwische
Linda
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Julie
Bleyer Drive
Earl
Save-Mart
Brighton
Julia
Jacksonville
Peoria
Girl injured after car stalls on tracks in Du Quoin
An Elkville teenager Ruth Elder 15 was reported in serious condition at Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin after apparently falling beneath an Illinois Central northbound Special No 8 train at the Franklin street crossing. Her brother Ronnie 17 and Terry Carrothers 15 fled the scene. Elder suffered a severed right leg. Car occupants were not protected by automatic signals. Also noted: Jake Weber 87 died at Styress Nursing Home Marl Carbonale after a long illness. Community Action Agency board meeting postponed to next Tuesday due to bad weather. Police brief: William Heisner Pinckneyville fined 15 for speeding.
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Elkville
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Ruth Elder
Franklin Street
Ronnie
Terry Carrothers
Miss Elder
Franklin Street Crossing
Carruthers
Illinois Central
E. L. Dunbar
Johnston St
Centralia
Two New Year traffic deaths in Southern Illinois area
On New Year’s weekend a Manteno man, Paul Eldridge 45, drowned when a car carrying him skidded off Rt 14 into the Big Muddy west of Benton. Pamela Fisher 17 and Harold Fisher 21 escaped with minor injuries. Olive 45 of Granite City died in a head on crash on Rt 3 at Gale. Four Rensberger family members and Grace Sorheim were seriously injured. Eldridge’s services held in Benton. burial at Benton Masonic cemetery.
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Southern Illinois
Kankekee
Rt. 14
Big Muddy River
Benton
Paul Eldridge
Manteno
Pamela Fisher
Harold W. Fisher
Fishers
Franklin Hospital
Franklin County
Robert Ice
Fisher
Eldridge
Big Muddy River Bridge
Ice
Granite City
Gale
Joel L. Olive
St. Francis Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Joan E. Rensberger
Denver
Colo
Dallas Rensberger
Florence Rensberger
Paul Edward Eldridge
Poulson- Freeman
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Joe
Minnie Wilson Eldridge
McLeansboro
Danny
Monty
Chicago
John Hall
Wilma Marshall
Zeigler
Carl Beeler
Oklahoma
Gerald Speers
West Frankfort
Walter
Floyd
Loyd
Herrin
Benton Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery
Williamson jail prisoner with special privileges walks away
A Williamson County jail prisoner with special privileges escaped Friday night. John Raymond Banks, 32, New York City, faces escape and aiding an escape charges. Dallas Beavers, 28, Cartherville, is charged with aiding and abetting. An alert went out nationwide. Banks had been jailed since May 10 for extradition to Alabama after Marion federal penitentiary release. Banks had been taken outside for air and sunlight, worked in the jail, and was allowed trips with deputies. He disappeared from the basement around 11 p.m. Friday. he left clothing and possessions behind. Banks previously served two and a half years for car theft.
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Williamson County
Harold Farner
Farner
John Raymond Banks
New York City
Dallas Beavers
Carterville
Banks
Alabama
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Marion
Pickens County
Ala
Russell Tuthill 89 local investor dies in Carbondale
Russell Tuthill a farm and business investor from Anna died at 8 30 a m Sunday in Doctors Memorial Hospital Carbondale after 11 days in the facility He chaired Russell Tuthill Inc Kirkhill Associates Inc Russ Marstan Inc and Russell Tuthill Foundation and served as a Shawnee Farms director His foundation funds four Union County scholarships annually He was born November 9 1878 in Anna and his funeral was held today at Crain Norris Funeral Home with burial in Anna Cemetery Authorities investigated two break ins in Williamson County the Poe Skate Inn in Marion and the Wye Supply Co near Marion with minor thefts reported.
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Jake Weber
Rt. 1
Murphysboro
Styrest
Carbondale
Alto Pass
Anton
Lena Lohman Weber
Jonesboro
Elva Johnson
Ruby Crowell
Lena Weber
Eunice Akin
Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel
Jonah Walker
Jerusalem Cemetery
Pomona
Russell Tuthill
Anna
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Mr. Tuthill
Chestnut St
Biscayne Apts
Miami
Fla
Russell Tuthill Inc
Kirkhill Associates Inc
Russ Marstan Inc
Russell Tuthill Foundation
Shawnee Farms Inc
Union County
Benton
Holiday Inn
Marion
Tuthill
Margaret Kirkpatrick
Stan Hoye
Southern Illinois University
Harland and
Emma Hubbard Tuthill
Louis B. Tuthill
Anna Insurance Agent
Sophronia Smith
Williamson County
Poe Skate Inn
West Main Street
Dick Poe
Wye Supply Co
Old Rt. 13
Carl Hill
Auto Wreck Victim Dies in Marion
Larry D. Barnes a 31 year old Chicago man died after an automobile accident on December 24 in Marion. He had been injured at 12 49 p m on South Court Street when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Charles W Simpson of Harrisburg. Barnes died at Marion Memorial Hospital at 10 30 a m Sunday. An inquest will be held this week per County Coroner Paul Litton.
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Larry D. Barnes
Chicago
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Barnes
South Court Street
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Charles W Simpson
Harrisburg
Simpson
Two Fires Hit Marion in Evening Blazes
Marion firemen battled two simultaneous fires Sunday. The first occurred at 6:20 pm in an apartment building at 1012 North State Street, the second at 7:50 pm at 1603 West Hendrickson Street, George Fredman home, causing slight damage. Fire Chief Lonnie Dungey cited passing youths spotting flames on the north wall and a resident alerting responders. The north corner second floor fire burned through flooring to the first floor, ruining both apartments with no residents present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
N. State St
George Fredman
W. Hendrickson St
Lonnie Dungey
Dungey
Sailor Randle Thornton Dies After Navy Accident
Randle Lee Thornton 22 of Goreville died from injuries Saturday at Clark Air Force Base hospital in the Philippines. He served aboard the USS Frank Knox and details of the mishap are unavailable. Born Oct. 10, 1945 in Carbondale, he was married to Lana Carr and survived by his parents, a brother and a sister. Funeral arrangements are pending with Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion.
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Randle Lee Thornton
Goreville
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Frank Knox
Thornton
Carbondale
Will Allen Thornton
Marion
Lana Carr
Buchanan St
Quincy
Estle Green
Jonesboro
Roger
Kokomo
Ind
Alice Walsh
Sanford, Fla
Mitchell Funeral Home
First baby of 1968 born in Marion
Warren Wade Reichert, born at 7 28 a.m. New Year’s Day at Marion Memorial Hospital, weighs seven pounds, one ounce. Mrs Reichert says it was a surprise arrival and the first baby of 1968 in Marion. merchants plan to shower him with gifts.
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Murphysboro
Marion
Tom Reicherts
Circle Drive
Warren Wade Reichert
Marion Memorial Hospital
Timothy Wayne Beasley
Herrin
Carbondale Public Safety seeks larger police force and added budget
Carbondale Public Safety Director Richard Wilhelmy asks City Manager to raise the police budget from 211000 to as much as 500000 annually and to expand staff from 31 to 53. He cites rising crime rates and calls for more patrols detectives juvenile officers and crime scene technicians to meet city needs.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Wilhelmy
C. William Norman
Carbondale senator predicts GOP tide in 1968 elections
State Sen. John Gilbert of Carbondale says dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War domestic strife and federal spending will aid Republicans in 1968. He cites inflation protests crime and spending as factors while not endorsing any single governor candidate and backing Nixon as his presidential choice subject to primaries.
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George Willhite
James Sanders
Sanders
Nixon
Gilbert
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Oregon
Altorfer
Ogilvie
Gottschalk
Otto
Kerner
William G. Stratton
Dwight Green
Adlai Stevenson
Johnson
Kenny
Gray
G. R
Bob) Beckmeyer
Nashville
Beckmeyer
Congress
Senate
Illinois
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Shotguns Stolen From Huie's Motor Sales In Du Quoin
Perry County authorities investigate the theft of 15 shotguns worth about 1000 dollars from Huie's Motor Sales on Route 2 Du Quoin. Sheriff Norman Brostmeyer says entry was gained by a break in the rear door on Sunday. This theft follows a prior break in where around 2000 dollars in shotguns were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
Huie
Rt. 2
du Quoin
Norman Brostmeyer
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Jackson- Williamson Community Action Agency Executive Board
Carbondale City Hall
Pinckneyville
William A. Heisner
Sioux, Falls
S.D
Grace Sorhein
Makato
Minn
Olive
Joen Rensberger
Williamson
Beavers
Fred Meyers
Rites Today
Jerry Beasley
John Henry Altorfer
Cook County
Richard Ogilvie
Arthur R. Gottschalk
R-Flossmoor
Kenneth J. Gray
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
GOP
Rockefeller
Charles Percy
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