Icy Roads Cause 19 Injuries Across Southern Illinois
State Police reported 19 people injured in icy road crashes across the district on Tuesday. The icy conditions contributed to 28 accident reports, with multiple injuries including two seriously hurt in a Rt. 51 crash near Carbondale and others on Rt. 37 and Rt. 57.
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Illinois
Rt. 51
Physical Plant Road
Carbondale
Ronald J. Krolikowski
Muriel S. Neuman
Chicago
SIU
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Krolikowski
John R. Sutton
Carmi
Sutton
Mary Tanzier
Jackqueline
Waltonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Tanzier
Charles Beckham
Beckham
Kathryn Phillips
Huntsville Ala
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Interstate Rt
Benton
Darwin
Dix
Susie J. Weems
Salem
Bonnie L. Sergent
Jacksonville
Fla
Nancy Sue Weems
Goodamaritan Hospital
Mari
Ina
Odom
Johnston City
John Lloyd
Carl Rogers
Marion
Rogers
James A. Sims
Virginia
Memphis
Tenn
Webb named SIU English acting head after Faner’s death
Prof. Howard W. Webb Jr. was named acting chair of the Southern Illinois University English department following Robert P. D. Faner’s death. Webb, promoted to full professor last year, joined SIU in 1956 after teaching at Central Missouri State College. He holds degrees from Denison and Iowa, and lives in Carbondale with his wife Joyce and two daughters. a son attends Washington University.
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Howard W. Webb Jr
Thas
Southern Illinois University
Robert PD. Faner
Webb
SIU
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Dennison University
Granville
Ohio
University of Iowa
Joyce
Grenview Dr
Carbondale
Washington University
St. Louis
Marion to seek HUD loan for sewer expansion west of city
Marion Mayor Robert Butler was authorized by the City Council to apply for a Housing and Urban Development loan for a sewer project. The plan adds treatment facilities and sewer lines west of Interstate 57, with an estimated total cost around 212000 dollars and city share about 135000 dollars. If funded, a 30 percent grant from the state Sanitary Water Board may follow, aiding a lagoon system, lift station, and mains for a new Pepsi Cola bottling plant, Holiday Inn, and three subdivisions.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Housing and Urban Development Administration
Butler
Sanitary Water Board
Marion Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Frisky colt rescued from ice by locals and police
A frisky colt fell through thin pond ice near Lake Murphysboro entrance road. Two boys and two police officers lassooed and pulled the colt to shore, keeping it at a service station to dry out. The horse belonged to John Reeder of Murphysboro.
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Murphysboro
Lake Murphysboro
Rt. 149
Mercy
Russell Wingerter
Carl Page
John Reeder
Burglars Target Jackson Country Club Pro Shop
Thieves stole more than $2,000 in golf equipment and a pistol in a break in at the Jackson Country Club pro shop. Police say entry was by breaking a front door lock and the crime was discovered Tuesday by resident Andy Volner at 2139 Roblee Ave in Murphysboro.
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Jackson Country Club
Roblee Ave
Murphysboro
Andy Volner
SIU President Morris Tours Asia During Snowbound NZ Rescue
University president Delyte W. Morris travels with a SIU educational mission across Asia, visiting Nepal with John O. Anderson and South Vietnam with local educators. A 40 inch Himalayan snowfall near Mount Cook, New Zealand, traps 24 tourists in a bus for 36 hours as Morris photographs the helicopter rescue.
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Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
SIU
Asia
Morris
Kathmandu
Nepal
Himalayan
John O. Anderson
Saigon
South Vietnam
Bali
Pacific
Mount Cook
New Zealand
Morrises
Christchurch
Air Force captain plans takeoff after cornfield landing
Capt. Larry Harvey, 27, stationed at Randolph AFB, landed a single engine plane in a cornfield south of Shawneetown after loss of power en route from Mansfield Ohio to Paducah Kentucky. Weather delays keep him and his family in Harrisburg as they prep for a Thursday departure to Eldorado Arkansas en route to Texas.
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Air Force
Shawneetown
Larry Harvey
Harvey
Saline County
Jennifer
Zane
Harrisburg
Harveys
Mansfield
Ohio
Paducah
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Herschel Rigsby
Eldorado
Ark
Randolph Afb
Morgan Named Public Defender in Williamson County
George E. Morgan was appointed public defender by the Williamson County Board of Commissioners succeeding Charles E. Winters who had held the post for 14 years. Morgan previously assisted Winters and is tied to Winters in a Marion law firm. Kenneth B. Powless, with his own Marion firm, becomes assistant. Salaries total 6 000 for the defender 3 000 for the assistant and 3 600 in yearly expenses.
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George E. Morgan
Kenneth B. Powless
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Morgan
Charles E. Winters
Winters
Marion
Powless
Sparta plant official James C Kidd Sr passes away at 75
James C Kidd Sr 75 longtime Atlas Manufacturing Co Sparta first plant manager died Tuesday in Sparta Community He was born May 23 1892 in Clay County Nebraska son of Joseph and Ella Kidd He married Anna Kuhn in Cedar Rapids Iowa she preceded him in death later married Lucille Rigdon Survived by wife and children including James Jr Kenneth M Waterman Dollman and 27 grandchildren Funeral arrangements include Masonic services at Lynn Hill Funeral Home Sparta and 7 pm Thursday service with Rev Doral Robling burial in Elgin.
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Etta L. Halterman
Anna
Spurlock
Jonesboro
Halterman
First Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant
Union County
Franklin
Louise Pender Ferguson
John F. Stokes
John ¥. Halterman
Everett Lynch
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Mr. DeRossett
West Side Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Tennessee
J. H
Nan Webb DeRossett
Mary Stanley
DeRossett
Herman
Rt. 2
Marion
Jimmie
Richmond
Calif
Jesse
Mt. Carmel
Mary Clifford
Ronald Curbey
Bradley
O. C. Callihan
Glendale
Howard Carleton
Nelda O’brien
Los Angeles
Meda Leigh
Boulevard St
Leigh
George Allen Hill
Charles Leigh
Naimi Brase
Bartonville
Alice Erwin
Springfield
Mary Vile
Melrose Park
Laura Crkuans
Madison Wis
James Hill
St. Paul
James C. Kidd, Sr
Atlas Manufacturing Co
Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Clay County
Neb
Joseph
Ella Kidd
Anna Rebecca Kuhn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lucille Rigdon
Westminister Unity Presbyterian Church
Af&am
Western Star Lodge No. 2
Nebraska City
Randolph County Shrine
Aviad Temple
East St. Louis
James Jr
Kenneth
M. R. Waterman
Brookeville
Charles Dollman
Union
Helen Hinkhouse
Wichita
Kan
Mollie Finney
la Jolla
Guy
Kansas City
Joe Rush
DeSoto
Rush
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Joseph A
Ann Farner Rush
Florence Brown
Corning Ark
William Joe Rush
James Wallace
Hurst
Robert Wallace
Betty Jennings
Myrtle Fassel
First Baptist Church
J. J. Knight
A. B. Plunckett
DeSoto Cemetery
Breakin Hits Dr. Albers Office in Murphysboro
About $900 in drugs and medical gear were stolen during a weekend breakin at the office of Dr. Chester H. Albers located at 418 North Second Street in Murphysboro. Police report no narcotics were taken and say the entry was gained by forcing the front door.
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Chester H. Albers
N. 2Nd St
Murphysboro
Albers
Williamson County boards criticized over juvenile officer abolition
William E Miller, former juvenile officer in Williamson County, says the board is wise and dollar foolish for abolishing the position by not funding a salary. He notes 249 investigations in one year and urges reconsideration, warning of potential rise in juvenile trouble. Also reports Joe Rush, 67, of DeSoto dies of emphysema. services set at First Baptist Church DeSoto.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Carl E. Miller
Miller
Herrin
Soldier held on charge in Jackson County Court
James Earl Woods an 18 year old soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri was charged with attempted robbery in Jackson County Circuit Court He was held on five thousand dollar bond The alleged robbery occurred near Illinois avenue and Elm street in Carbondale Bain the intended victim said Woods threatened him with a gun After a scuffle Bain dragged Woods to a service station and police were notified Also included a separate notice on a cash shorthand course at Anna State Hospital and a Carbondale burglary where entry was through a bathroom window resulting in about seven hundred fifty dollars in items taken from an apartment occupied by four SIU students
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James Earl Woods
Marion St
Carbondale
Jackson County
Woods
Fort Leonard Wood
Barry W. Bain
Illinois Avenue
Elm Street
Bain
Southern Illinois University
West College Street
Lewis charged with theft in Jackson County Court
Buford J. Lewis Jr., 19, of 1002 N Marion St Carbondale was charged with theft under 150 dollars in Jackson County Circuit Court. He was picked up by a security officer at Cousin Freds Store in Carbondale Saturday and held in the county jail in lieu of a five thousand dollar bond.
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Buford J. Lewis Jr
Marion St
Carbondale
Jackson County
Lewis
City orders McCaslin Salvage Yard closed within six months
Carbondale officials notify 609 N. Washington St salvage yard to shut down in six months or face a court order. City Manager Norman cites neighborhood development impediment and zoning violation as reasons, with no progress on phasing out nonconforming use. Mayor Keene says owner Sam Pollack has not updated the council.
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McCaslin Salvage Yard
Washington St
Carbondale
C. William Norman
Norman
Sam Pollack
West Frankfort
Pollack
David Keene
Around 19000 students begin SIU winter term
About 19 000 SIU students return to the Carbondale campus for the winter quarter with Registrar Robert McGrath predicting an enrollment near 18 000s to 19 000. The tally may show a slight drop from the fall 1967 record of 19 260 as new students lag behind those who drop out in December.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Robert McGrath
SIU
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Rt. 460
Dan Moore
Henderson
John Ambler
Mascoutah
Emma Crane
Webb City
Henry Tayloe
Siu English
Henry Derossett
Mitchell
Council
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Litton
Adolph Fluck
Flack
Rex Presson
Presson
City Clerk
Water Department
Ed Greer
Lynn-Hill
Funeral
Doral Robling
Elgin
Board ‘Dollar Foolish
Anna State Hospital
Southern Ilinois University
Division of Technical and Adult Education
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