Suspected jail escape helper arrested in Joliet
Dallas Beavers, 28, of Carterville, sought by Williamson County authorities for aiding an escape, was arrested Wednesday in Joliet. Sheriff Farner said a warrant will be issued and Beavers will be returned to Williamson County. John Raymond Banks, 32, New York City, escaped from Williamson County jail Friday night after an earlier release from Marion federal penitentiary. Banks had been jailed for car theft and faced Alabama extradition before appealing to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Dallas Beavers
Carterville
Williamson County
Joliet
Harold Farner
John Raymond Banks
New York City
Farner
Beavers
Banks
Audie Gower
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Illinois Supreme Court
Marion
Australian quint dies in Brisbane four day old baby
Geoffrey Roger, the last born of Mrs. Patricia Braham's quintuplets, died at four days old in Brisbane. The other four babies remained stable after birth as two brothers and sisters weighed initially between 3 pounds 10 and 3 pounds 14 ounces. The Brahams live in Tenterfield with four other children and no fertility drugs were used.
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Patricia Braham
Geoffrey Roger
Quints
Australia
Braham
Geoffrey
Richard Gibson
Faith Elizabeth
Annabel Dorothy
Croline Jean
Brahams
Tenterfield
Brisbane
Roger Braham
Income tax return packs in the mail
Federal income tax return packages are mailed to all taxpayers who filed returns last year. Taxpayer assistance will be at Carbondale and Herrin post offices during selected dates with specific hours. Additional IRS help will be offered in Mt. Vernon Centralia and Harrisburg.
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Jay Philpott
Central and
Southern Illinois
Internal Revenue Service
Carbondale
Herrin
IRS
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Harrisburg
Mumps vaccine licensed as first clearly effective shot
The Public Health Service licensed Merck vaccines, the first clearly effective mumps vaccine. It offers 95 to 100 percent immunity for at least one year, with possible lifelong protection. Officials advise administering to prepubescent children and adolescents, not young kids.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Bruce Dull
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Associated Press
Dull
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories
West Point
Wiliam H. Stewart
U.S
Stewart
Stolen truck recovered in Benton area
Franklin County sheriff reports a half-ton pickup stolen from Drake Oil Co. on 518 Lickliter Benton. Hunters found it 1.5 miles southwest of Benton after thieves drove along the railroad and left the tracks hitting a tree. Heavy damage noted. Murphysboro police fined Vera J. Mueller $15 for failure to yield.
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Franklin County
Robert Ice
Ice
Drake Oil Co
Lickliter
Benton
Murphysboro
Vera J. Mueller
IRS Ruling Allows Deduction for Relocation Gifts
An IRS ruling in Washington says contributions to relocate downtown railroad facilities can be deducted as charitable gifts on individual tax returns. The move cleared two intersecting tracks after public donations from city residents, arguing broad public benefit outweighs local advantage.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Washington, D. C
Man petitions court to set aside rape and shooting conviction
Mount Vernon AP Lendell D. Gersbacher, 32, seeks to overturn his Dec 13 1966 conviction for raping and shooting Mount Vernon housewife Donna Jean Eskew, 27. He argues the evidence did not corroborate Eskew's testimony and asks the circuit court to set aside the charges.
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Mount Vernon
Lendell D. Gersbacher
Circuit Court
Gersbacher
Donna Jean Eskew
Former Illinois newsman Clark H. Schooley dies in Texas
Clark H. Schooley, 65, an Illinois journalist and educator, died of a brain tumor in a Lubbock hospital. A Urbana native, he began in 1927 at Illinois and later worked in Champaign, Effingham, Decatur, Springfield, and Gillespie. He owned the Bement Register 1941 42 and taught at Hardin Simmons College and Texas Tech. He served as civilian historian at Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock for over a decade. survivors include wife Marian and siblings Louise Frank Eugene and C Herschel.
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Clark H. Schooley
Illinois
Lubbock
Tex
Urbana
Effingham
Schooley
University of Illinois
Champaign
Decatur
Springfield
Gillespie
Bement Register
Associated Press
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Hardin-Simmons College
Abilene Tex
Texas Tech
Reese Air Force P-2
Marian
Louise
Falls Church
Frank E
Eugene
Alexandria
C. Herschel
SIU IC reach oral agreement on underpass near campus
Southern Illinois University and Illinois Central Railroad reached an oral agreement to construct a campus loop road underpass beneath the IC tracks about 400 feet south of the SIU power plant. The project is estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars, funded by SIU, with details to be finalized.
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Southern Illinois University
Illinois Central Railroad
SIU
Carbondale Plan Commission
David Christensen
Commission
Stu
John Lonergan
Carbondale
Lonan
State Division of Highways
Rt. 51
Grand Avenue
Fraternity and Sorority
Plan Commission
Christensen
Mill Street
Hester Street
West Grand Avenue
Oakland Avenue
University Avenue
Carbondale planner urges commission size cut in half
Carbondale Planning Director John Quinn urged the plan commission to shrink its membership from 21 full members and one ex officio member to 11, while expanding the staff and shifting zoning enforcement to the planning department. The proposal was deferred to a Jan 17 meeting.
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Jim Hatton
Carbondale
John Quinn
Plan Commission
Commission
Quinn
William Eaton
Planning Department
Tom Easterly
Robert Cline
Cline
C. William Norman
Board of Appeals
Robert McGrath
McGrath
LeRoi Jones Given Prison Terms For Newark Riot Weapons
LeRoi Jones the Negro poet and separatist was sentenced to 22 to 23 years in state prison and fined $1000 for possessing weapons during the Newark race riots. Co defendants Charles McCray and Barry Wynn received 18 months to nine years terms with fines. Judge Kapp cited Jones writings as diabolic and Jones protested from the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoi Jones
Newark
Charles McCray
Barry Wynn
Kapp
Jones
Plan commission opposes temporary east west traffic couple
Carbondale Plan Commission urges against a temporary east west traffic couple on Main and Walnut, despite a Nov 28 council vote to study it. The panel favors cross connectors and park land in a flood-prone southwest area and tabled a long term Arthur Drive park extension pending park board talks.
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Carbondale Plan Commission
Carbondale
David Keene
Main
Walnut
Eastwest
East Gate
Forrest
Logan
Marion Streets
Marion Street
Little Crab Orchard Creek
Old Rt. 13
Chautauqua
Tower Road
Emerald Lane
Freeman Street
Sunset Drive
Commission
John Lonergan
John Quinn
Arthur Drive
Parrish Lane
Park
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
John Hoogstrate
Quinn
Park Board
Jerry Levelsmier
Walnut St
Levelsmier
Pools Burned In Barn Fire North Of Litchfield
Fire destroyed twenty one metal barn pools at the Charles Owens farm near Litchfield Illinois. The pools owned by Take-A Dip Inc were valued around 30000 dollars. Water to fight the blaze came from a pool set up outside and filled for use.
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Litchfield, Ill
Charles Owens
Litchfield
Take-A Dip, Inc
Owens
Robert Hermsmeyer
De Soto Fire Destroys Marathon Service Station
Firefighters battled a blaze at A E Johnson’s Marathon Service Station in De Soto Wednesday afternoon. The fire, starting in an oil furnace storage room, caused smoke and water damage and destroyed merchandise. Mrs. Johnson noted only liability insurance covered the station. no damage estimate was given.
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Carbondale
Officials recall hearing reset for January
The recall hearing on petitions to remove Du Quoin's mayor and city commissioners is rescheduled to January 19 at 9 30 a m. The change from January 18 was requested by petitioners attorney Robert L Cross of Nashville and granted by Associate Circuit Court Judge Alvin Maeys. The petitions are from the Du Quoin Citizens Committee opposing the council's code enforcement ordinances.
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Zoning Committee
Jim Rayfield
W. Walnut
Commission
du Quoin
du Quoin City
Don Johnson
Robert L. Cross
Nashville
Cross
Circuit Court
Alvin Maeys
Officials tour district by helicopter with representative
Rep. Kenneth Gray of West Frankfort joined Egyptian Junior College board officials in an aerial district survey. Chairman Ronnie Odum, James Walker, and Roy Glenn accompanied Gray in his helicopter. They focused on the district’s feasibility study noting the geographic center near Cambria and Carterville. findings to be discussed at tonight’s Marion board meeting.
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Kenneth Gray
D-West
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