Trash piles at Perry County landfill halt nature area plan
Perry County landfill near Du Quoin, slated in 1976 to become a nature study area, remains clogged as backlogged trash from equipment breakdowns delays compacting and hauling. Officials blame broken compactors and trucks, with a July 10 meeting set to discuss options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
Roy Smith
Victor Provart
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Tamaroa
L and L Sanitation
Chester
Smith
S and L Sanitation
First area man gets death under new law
Alan E. Greer of near Karnak was sentenced to die in the electric chair Sept. 29 by Circuit Judge D.D. Bigler after a jury convicted him of beating to death his female companion and her unborn child on Jan. 15. The case marks the first death sentence in Southern Illinois under a revised Illinois Criminal Code effective June 1977. The jury found two victims, including an unborn child, fulfilling an aggravating circumstance. Appeals to the state Supreme Court are automatic, so execution is unlikely this September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan E. Greer
Massac County
Illinois
Greer
Karnak
D.D. Bigler
Stephen L. Spomer
Spomer
State Supreme Court
Together again Somewhere in the Pacific reunion crew 1945
A World War II bomber crew from Nancy, pictured in a pin up scene, reunited at Lowell Heller’s Murphysboro home. The men include E C Pryor pilot Art Ketschke co pilot Lowell Heller navigator Dean Warren bombardier and others Glenn Lower radio operator Lyle Marshall Mark Swingle Marshall Robins William Mitchell Larry Acuka. A smaller photo shows Pryor Heller Warren and Mitchell in discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Nancy
E.C. Pryor
Art Ketschke
Lowell
Larry Acuka
Gunner
Heller
Murphysboro
Pryor
Warren
Marshall
Mitchell
World War II bomber crew reunites in Murphysboro
A 10 member B 24 bomber crew, split in 1945, gather in Murphysboro for a reunion. Attending are pilot E C Pryor and others from Arlington Texas Madison Wisconsin McKeeseport Pennsylvania Norman Oklahoma Indiana Massachusetts California and Los Angeles. They share war stories, visit Kinkaid Lake, and recount missions over Japanese held islands with crew members recalling long flights and a fatal mid air collision. The group formed in 1944 at Muroc California, fought in 15 missions, and disbanded November 15 1945 at Mather California as part of the 494th Bomber Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Muroc Air Base
Muroc
Saipan
Mather Air Force Base
494Th
Guam
Okinawa
Pryor
Come Blow Your Horn at SIU Carbondale Delivers Fun
SIU Carbondale's theater revival of Neil Simon's Come Blow Your Horn draws a packed opening night audience. Steven J. Kosinski plays Alan Baker with John Seibert as Buddy, Jan O Connor as Mrs. Baker, and Cheryl Foland plus Debbie Branch delivering strong supporting turns. Director John Paul Cannon earns praise for pacing and Darwin Reid Payne for a convincing 1960s bachelor pad setting as the summer playhouse season continues with Anything Goes upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Neil Simon
Simon
Steven J. Kosinski
Midland
Mich
Alan Baker
Hal March
Frank Sinatra
Paramount
Sinatra
Kosinski
John Seibert
Carbondale
Buddy Baker
Jan O’connor
SIUC
Baker
Garth Schumacher
Siu-C
Knoxville
Mr. Baker
Cheryl Foland
Eliza
Peggy Evans
Debbie Branch
Lenoir
N.C
Alan
Connie Dayton
John Paul Cannon
Darwin Reid Payne
New York City
Richard Ross
New York
John
Steven
Klingers
Lake
Former Christopher man indicted in arson case
A former Christopher man, Noble Starnes, 51, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Benton on conspiracy to commit racketeering linked to an arson at the Royal Oaks Hall in Herrin. Indiana men Gerald Sherman, Clifford Roland, and Donald Murphy face similar counts for traveling to meet Starnes and aiding the blaze. The 12 year old brick building sustained more than 100000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Noble Starnes
Benton
Royal Oaks Hall
Herrin
Indiana
N. Park
Starnes
The
Elks
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
Edward Hegarty
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Springfield
Gerald Rodney Sherman
Pleasanton
Ind
Clifford Roland
Por
Tage
Donald Wayne Murphy
Lake Station
Hegarty
Gary
Sherman
Murphy
Tri-No Enterprises Inc
Royal Oaks
De Soto man drowns in Big Muddy River
A 24 year old De Soto man, Mark E. Stewart, drowned while swimming with friends in the Big Muddy River near the U S 51 bridge. His body was recovered about 1 p m Saturday after a long search by civil defense divers and Cambria Fire Department followed by funeral arrangements at Keeling Funeral Home. Separately, the U S Coast Guard searched the Mississippi River near Grand Tower for a missing person reported early Saturday.
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Big Muddy
Jackson County
Mark E. Stewart
Stewart
Civil Defense
Cambria Fire Department
Keeling
du Quoin
U.S. Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
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Perry
Karen Rothe
Southern Illinois
United Electric Coal Co
Robert Armstrong
Intergovernmental Committee
Provart
Perry County Board
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Ernie Branson
Tony Stevens
Lowell Heller
LaSalle-Peru
Logan St
Kinkaid Lake
Hale’s
Heller Home
Arlington
Dean Warren
Madison
Wis
William Mitchell
Reedville
Massachusetts
Glenn Lower
McKeeseport
Lyle Marshall
Norman
Okla
Mark Swingle
Peru
Marshall Robbins
Los Angeles
U.S
Byline
B.G
Simon Farce
Christopher Man
Joe Jines
Bruce Hagler
Jerry White
Cambria
de Soto
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