Local Public Meetings and Obituary Notice
Benton City Council and Pinckneyville Council meet Monday in special sessions to discuss pool specs and fin al details. Carbondale hosts liquor advisory and IRS taxpayer assistance while Herrin hosts a choir rehearsal. Mrs Edna E Breig of Herrin dies at 51 with services in St Louis and Herrin funeral home notices.
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Benton City
Internal Revenue Service
Carbondale
Herrin
Little Egypt
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
Herrin High School
Former Murphysboro librarian Lee Pickler dies in Tucson
Mrs. Lee Pickler a longtime Murphysboro librarian died Saturday in the Devon Gables Nursing Home Tucson Arizona. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Craw shaw Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro with burial at Tower Grove Cemetery. She served as librarian here for 34 years starting in 1929 and was also secretary of the Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce for 25 years.
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Crawshaw Mortuary
Murphysboro
Lee Pickler
Tucson
Ariz
William B. Lewis
Tower Grove
F.W. Woolworth
Walnut and
12Th Streets
18Th and
Walnut Streets
Sallie Logan
Wilson Funeral
Ava
Marie Murden
Rockwood
Miss Murden
Lincoln
Cora
Albert
Ida McLaughlin Murden
Roy
Chester
Arthur
Earl
East St. Louis
Fred Bunselmeyer
Fay Franklin
Floyd Tent
Buchanan Cemetery
On a Clear Day You See It All Cast Debut
Carla Alberghetti and Bill Hayes lead an all professional cast in the production On a Clear Day You You See It All at a major house. The show features a full ensemble and is billed as a polished musical performance.
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Carla Alberghetti
Bill Hayes
Alto Pass clerk Claude Messamore dies at 54
Alto Pass village clerk and bus driver Claude E. Messamore died at 7 a.m. Sunday in Carbondale's Doctors Memorial Hospital. He had served the Alto Pass schools for 21 years, was born April 20, 1913 near Macedonia, married Lanita Newbold in 1937, and was a member of the Congregational Church. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at McCarty Funeral Chapel, Alto Pass, with burial in Alto Pass Cemetery.
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Alto Pass
Claude E. Messamore
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Congregational Church
Loyd Crain
Cisne
Tales of Hoffman performances at SIU Shryock Auditorium
SIU School of Fine Arts presents two Opera Workshop shows of Jacques Offenbachs Tales of Hoffman at Shryock Auditorium on Feb 17 and 18 with a free dress rehearsal Feb 16 for area high schools. Director Marjorie Lawrence, design by Darwin Payne, and principal cast includes Jeremy Daw, Jeffrey Troxler, Karen Mallams, Judy Albrecht, and others. Tickets go on sale Jan 22 with prices 1 1.50 and 2. mail orders to SIU Student Activity Office and in person at the information desk.
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Southern Illinois University School of Fine Arts
Opera Workshop
Jacques Offenbach
Shryock
Marjorie Lawrence
Metropolitan Opera
SIU Opera Workshop
Darwin Payne
William
Jan Carpenter
Richard Boss
SIU
University Center
SIU Opera
University Center Information Desk
Weapons charge filed against William Doolin in Carbondale
William G. Doolin, 20, of 415 S. Washington Ave, Carbondale, charged with flourishing a deadly weapon after allegedly pulling a rifle on four people outside Italian Village at 12 45 a m The witnesses identified him and he was arrested nearby His rifle was not found at the scene or at his home where police searched with permission He posted a 25 bond and was due in Jackson County Circuit Court in Murphysboro today.
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William G. Doolin
S. Washington Ave
Carbondale
Doolin
S. Washington
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Sign hearing set Feb 8 for flashing office sign
The Carbondale Board of Appeals will hold a Feb 8 hearing at 7 30 p m in city hall courtroom on a request by Carbondale Savings and Loan Association to install a large flashing sign at 500 West Main Street. The initial request was denied.
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Carbondale Board of Appeals
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Main St
City Hall
Man dies in Route 13 door-open crash near New Shawneetown
An Eldorado man, 36, died in an early Sunday crash on Route 13 one mile east of New Shawneetown when the door of his car opened and was struck by an oncoming vehicle driven by Ernest Joiner of Cave-in-Rock. The collision occurred at 2 40 a.m. Lackey was alone. Joiner was not injured. Police could not determine why the door opened. Martha K. James of Carbondale was fined 15 dollars for speeding.
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New Shawneetown
Charles R. Lackey
Ernest Joiner
Cave - In - Rock
Joiner
Lackey
SIU Doctor to Spend Month on Vietnam Medical Mission
Dr. Thomas William Clark of Southern Illinois University will join seven physicians in a February 12 to April 12 medical mission to South Vietnam. They will work in a provincial hospital severely short of doctors under the Volunteer Physician Program funded by USAID and the American Medical Association.
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Thomas William Clark
Southern Illinois University
South Vietnam
Clark
United States Agency For International Development
American Medical Association
Blood usage outpaces donations in Randolph County hospitals
Randolph County Red Cross reports December blood usage of 61 units across Memorial Hospital Chester St. Clement's Red Bud and Sparta Community Hospital with only Red Bud meeting its pro rata quota. Total units collected this period include 129 in Red Bud on Oct 12 and 100 at Sparta last week, while overall donations lag behind the fiscal year quota.
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Randolph County
Sparta
Chester
Steeleville
Carbondale Soldier Receives Bronze Star for Vietnam Service
Army Master Sergeant Joseph A. K. Bishaw Jr., 40, of Carbondale, awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam as a transport sergeant with the 9th Infantry Division's 9th Military Police Company. Bishaw, with 22 years in the Army, previously served in Korea and held overseas assignments in Hawaii and Europe. He is married to Helen L. Bishaw and has five children. his father, Joseph A. K. Bishaw Sr., lives in Honolulu.
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Army
Joseph A. K. Bishaw, Jr
Rt. 2, Carbondale
Vietnam
Bishaw
9Th Infantry Division
9Th Military Police
Hawaii
Europe
Helen L. Bishaw
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Joseph A. K. Bishaw
Kaipua St
Honolulu
Richardson Prof Appointed to White House Conference Paper
Richard E Richardson an associate professor of health education at Southern Illinois University was named to the Illinois Committee for the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Health by Gov Otto Kerner. He will write the committee's working paper on family planning. Police brief Marion Charles E Heisler fined 15 for speeding.
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Charles E. Richardson
Southern Illinois University
Illinois
White House
Otto Kerner
Richardson
Public aid in six southern Illinois counties declines in November
Illinois public aid spending in six counties drops by 326179 as backlog Medicare payments at Anna State Hospital begin to clear. Total state welfare outlays fall to 33551045 with slight caseload decrease. statewide recipients rise to 459668 in November from 456236 in October.
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Illinois
Anna State Hospital
Union County
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Randolph
Union
Illinois Dept. of Public Aid
Jackson County
Williamson County
Anna State
Driver faces quick justice in Jackson County Court
Curtis Lee Jones Jr. 25 was ticketed for driving with a suspended license and pled guilty after a preliminary hearing and appointment of a public defender. Judge Everett Prosser sentenced him to 120 days at Vandalia Penal Farm. Additional cases include Jacqueline Hayes 19 pleading guilty to theft under 150 and R M Roop 25 fined for disorderly conduct after a disturbance at the railroad station.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Curtis Lee Jones Jr
William Ridgeway
Everett Prosser
Jones
Vandalia
Richard Richman
Jacqueline Hayes
N. Marion St
Carbondale
R. M. Roop
Nelson Trailer Court No
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Central Railroad
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