Estate of Paul Powell Settled After Eight-Year Delay
The $4.7 million Powell estate in Johnson County Circuit Court closed eight years after Paul Powell's 1970 death. Judge Robert Porter ordered full payment to 136 beneficiaries within two to three weeks. Federal taxes had claimed about $1.5 million after a prior $3 million demand, with the state taxes totaling $222,229. The estate's proceeds fund a museum at Powell's Johnson County home and include numerous individual bequests and a perpetual scholarship fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Robert Porter
Vienna
Paul Powell
Porter
Johnson County Circuit Court
Powell
Joseph Lowery
Belleville
Springfield
Lowery
Ray Riggs
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
State Attorney General’s Office
Illinois
Michael P. Teras
Arlington
Durbin pressures Illinois on tax rebate bill
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Richard J. Durbin led an effort in Southern Illinois to urge Republican Governor James Thompson to sign a tax rebate bill. The move signals campaigning strategy and regional push in the earlier page 3 report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thompson
Illinois
Richard J. Durbin
Carter reshuffles law enforcement aid agency
Nation reports President Carter announces a reshuffle of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration while proposing to keep budget authorization intact and hinting at a possible increase. The note also mentions St. Louis showing signs of late decade decline giving way to hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
ST. Louis
Fire destroys Hunter Boys back store in Carbondale
Fire gutted the back store of Hunter Sales Corp on North Illinois Avenue early today, leaving only charred walls. Fire Chief McCaughan and state arson investigators sought the cause, with officials noting an odd, rapid start. The blaze, reported at 3 am, was contained by 4 am. nearby traffic was diverted and the firm will clear the lot while keeping other buildings at the site open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Hunter Sales Corp
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Charles McCaughan
McCaughan
Bill West
Prairie Farms Dairy
Hunter’s
West
U.S. 51
Oakland Street
Sam Hunter Jr
Hunter
Murphysboro
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale Moose
Hunter Sales Auction
Jackson County Board Tackles Rural Fire Protection
An editorial on page 4 urges continued and stronger action after the board recently addressed rural fire protection, arguing more is needed to safeguard communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Board
Visitor on 4000 mile goodwill tour to Astoria
Tom Todaro of Goldsboro North Carolina recently visited Camp Little Giant en route to Astoria Oregon on a 4000 mile goodwill trip for the Easter Seal Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Little Giant
Tom Todaro
Goldsboro
N.C
Astoria
Ore
Easter Seal Society
All Stars Seek End to Six-Game Slide in AL Tuesday
The American League All-Stars aim to snap a six-game losing streak in Tuesday’s game. Also noted is Orlando Cepeda, the 1967 National League MVP, now serving a prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Cepeda
St. Louis Cardinals
Rain Deluges Southern Illinois Yet Slights Some Areas
A Sunday rain storm soaked parts of Southern Illinois, with 1.35 inches at Carbondale’s Southern Illinois Airport, 1.15 at Cairo, and 0.38 at Sparta, while Rend Lake and Du Quoin stations logged lighter totals. Forecasters warn of possible heavy rain and severe storms today, then clearing skies and warmer, drier conditions by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Suhadolnik
Southern
Illinois
Kuneycky
St. Louis
Don Semancik
National Weather Service
Cairo
Semancik
Sparta
Glenn Coffey
Two Soviet dissidents plead innocent in trials
Moscow AP reports Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Ginzburg pleaded innocent in separate trials. Shcharansky, a leading Jewish emigration figure, denied spying for the CIA and faced possible death or long labor camp, while Ginzburg, a longtime human rights activist, pleaded innocent to anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. His wife Irina said he may modify his plea if guilt is proven.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington
Anatoly Shcharansky
CIA
Leonid
Schcharansky
Kaluga
Alexander Ginzburg
Shcharansky
Natalia
Paris
Carter
Congress
Russia
U.S
Israel
Walter Mondale
Leonid Shcharansky
Ginzburg
Irina
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Gulag
Viktoras Pyatkus
A. Filatov
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Internal Revenue Service
John S. Rendleman
Daisy Winifred Morris
Mrs. Morris
Johnson County
First National Bank of
Mattoon
Margaret Hensey
Chicago Downs Inc
Anna Roddy
Carmi
Lucille Kovel
Fox Valley
Powell’s
Paul Hoban
Mattoon Bank
Christian Church of Vienna
First Methodist Church of
Masonic Lodge of
Democratic State Central Committee of
Cook County
Democratic Committee of Chicago
Vienna Cemetery Association
Esta Stonum
Harry Grant
Bank of Egypt
Marion
Lillie Pang
University Bank of Carbondale
First Nationa Bank of Cobden
Virginia Morris
Frances Etter
Marilyn Towle
Emil Saccaro
Nicholas Ciaccia
Tony Castellano
Runyon Henderson
Mabel Dillon
Helen Dugger
Ann Davis
Judy Pool McNair
John W. Pool
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Foundation
Hunter Brothers
Richard Carter
Hunter Boys
Sam Sr
Richard
Sam Hunter Sr
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake Dam
Rend Lake
du Quoin
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