Jury to Hear Sanity Fight for Seger and Chapman
Carrollton Illinois June 1 The sanity trial for Car son Seger and Curtis Chapman opened with 8 of 36 jurors examined none accepted Judge Dewitt Crow denied a venue change motion amid arguments that an impartial trial could not be held locally Seger and Chapman face execution June 9 for the Jerseyville robbery murder of Howard Heininger.
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Carrollton
Ill
Carson Seger
Alton
Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Greene Circuit Court
Dewitt S. Crow
State Supreme Court
Seger
Chapman
Howard Heininger
Jerseyville
Crow
Seger and
Henderson Reappointed at Anna First Methodist
The Methodist conference kept Rev. William Henderson at the Anna First Methodist Church for a fourth year. Rev. James S. Nettleton resigned his duties at Jonesboro and Saratoga churches to move to Wiley Texas for pastoral work and postgraduate study. Rev. William H. Lively, from Makanda, will lead the Jonesboro church, after six years at Grand Tower.
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William Henderson
First Methodist Church
Anna
James S. Nettleton
Jonesboro
Saratoga
Wiley
Texas
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
William H. Lively
Makanda
Mr. Lively
Grand Tower
Five Families Join Union Farm Program
Five Union county farm families have signed as participants in a farm and home improvement program sponsored by the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and the University of Illinois. Local sponsorship comes from the Farm Bureau and the Home Bureau of Union county. A county judging committee will select families for recognition and will visit farms with Farm Bureau and Home Bureau advisers.
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Union County
St. Louis
Farm Bureau
Home Bureau
Edison Mural Unveiled in Ohio Capitol
The Edison mural honoring the Milan native was unveiled in Columbus with Mrs. Madeleine Sloan Edison and painter Howard Chandler Christy present. The gift came from electric power companies to Ohio residents.
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Edison
Ohio
Va Edison
Milan
State Capitol
Columbus
Madeleine Sloan
Howard Chand
Ler Christy
Further Mail Cuts Possible
Washington reports more mail service cuts possible if Congress delays. Postmaster General Donalison ordered reductions after the House Appropriations committee voted to trim funds. The plan included limiting city delivery to one mail delivery per day and reducing business service.
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Washington
Congress
House
Jesse Donalison
House Appropriations Committee
Burnet Maybank
DS. C
Senate
Dentists warned to report address changes in Illinois
Illinois dentists must notify the State Department of Registration and Education of any address changes within 90 days or face license forfeiture. Director Noble J. Puffer described the rule as a new order from the Illinois Dental Examining Committee. A separate note cites postal cuts disrupting mail delivery.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Department of Registration and Education
Directour Noble J. Puffer
Puffer
Illinois Dental Exam Timing Committee
Makanda Sees Modern Mule Train Parade
Makanda residents witnessed a revised Mule Train tableau featuring four mules drawing a rubber tired wagon guided by a lanky driver with his wife and daughter. A rooster rode a mule while puppies nurse a nanny goat, with a dog on a donkey and chickens under the wagon. A male colt observes from a cage behind the wagon.
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Makanda
Creamery Donates Calves for 4-H Carnival Door Prize
Union county 4-H clubs host a June 24 carnival from 1 to 10 p.m. at the American Legion center in Anna with a door prize calf donated by Prairie Farms creamery. Entries enrolled by June 1 and present at the event are eligible. Proceeds aid the district 4-H club camp at West Frankfort.
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American Legion Community Center
Anna
Cleda Vaughn
Farm Bureau
Wisconsin
Merle Bottom
Artus Dillon
Jonesboro
Prairie Farms Creamery
West Frankfort
Illinois
State to Hold Hauler Permit Hearings in Illinois
Springfield June 1. The State Division of Motor Carriers will hear 129 applications for truck haul permits. Sessions are Du Quoin June 6-8 Effingham June 6-9 and Urbana June 6-8.
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State Division of Motor Carriers
du Quoin
Effingham
Urbana
Property Transfers in Carbondale Reveals Several Deeds
Howard T. Kelley transfers lots 1 through 4 to Raymond P. Ellis. Nellie Mae Pantos, of Carbondale, conveys property for $1. Fannie Minner transfers part 761 to Lewis A. Minner, Carbondale, for $1.
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Howard T. Kelley
Raymond P. Ellis
Nellie Mae Pantos
Carbondale
Fannie Minner
Lewis A. Minner
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LS. Gov't
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Mississippi
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China
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Forme Economia
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ST. Louis Packing Company
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