Benton Youth Dies After Breathing Gas In Mask
A 15 year old Benton area boy Glenn Earl Summers died after inhaling cyclopropane gas from an old Navy oxygen mask at home and near the Franklin County Fair grounds. The coroner ruled death accidental with active help from his brother Lowell. Funeral arrangements are pending at Poulson-Free man Funeral Home.
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Benton Area
Franklin County Hospital
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Glenn Earl Summers
Rt. 2
Benton
Dorris
Lowell
Glenn
Jerry
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Mt. Vernon Community College
Fairgrounds
Franklin Hospital
Benton High School
Summers
Litchfield
Herman
Virginia Bearden Summers
Poulson-Freeman Funeral Home
Area Woman Found Dead in Parked Car at Crab Orchard Lake
A 24-year-old Marion woman Connie L Belcher mother of two was found dead in a locked car near Crab Orchard Lake Saturday night or early Sunday. Coroner says no foul play apparent and cause pending toxicology. family and friends noted she had been under medical care and had been low in spirits. Services planned Wednesday at Wilson Funeral Home Marion with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Marion
Crab Orchard Lake
Connie L. Belcher
Midway Court
Williamson County
Paul Litton
Litton
Belcher
Mrs. Belcher
Pontiac
Mich
Kenneth and
Beulah Smith Manier
Third Baptist Church
Gregory Dean
le- Gina Sue
Harry Brodell
John Manier
William Rains
Willis Russell
Wilmington
Bill Brodell
Dundee
Tom Peebles
Paris
Gilbert Jackson
Bert Manier
Wilson Funeral Home
Robert Fuson
Rose Hill Cemetery
Legislators Face Busy Final Month in Illinois
Springfield June 1 AP five months of delays give way to a packed month as Illinois lawmakers return to tackle city tax hikes school aid wire tapping gun registration branch banking and voting assistance with final decisions pending in the General Assembly.
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Springfield
Illinois
General Assembly
Murphysboro Man Killed Struck on Rt 13
A Murphysboro man, Jordan Crenshaw, 50, was struck and killed on Route 13 two miles east of Murphysboro Sunday night. Police say a car driven by George A. Simpson, 20, of Springfield, hit Crenshaw who may have been run over by a truck. no truck stopped. Crenshaw was a World War II veteran and member of the Eugene Jones American Legion Post. He leaves two sons and several siblings. The body is at Jackson Funeral Home in Carbondale.
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Murphysboro
Jordan Crenshaw
George A. Simpson
Springfield
Simpson
Jackson County
Arch Edwards
Rt. 13
Edwards
Crenshaw
Eugene Jones American Legion Post
Beadleston Inquest Set For SIU Student Death
An inquest will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to investigate the death of Southern Illinois University student Robert D. Beadleston 21 of Oreana found in his wrecked car May 22 near Murphysboro. The inquest will be in the Jackson County Courthouse.
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Southern Illinois University
Murphysboro
Robert D. Beadleston
Oreana
Old Rt. 13
Jackson County
Bicycle Stolen From Carbondale Home
Carbondale resident Millie Walker reported a bicycle stolen from her home at 409 S Marion Street on Sunday. Police are investigating the theft.
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Millie Walker
S. Marion St
Carbondale
Duckling in a golf nest at Jackson Country Club
A playful golfer at Jackson Country Club observes a duck nesting scene near the eighth egg, hinting at humorous golf course whimsy as the mother duck contemplates her next move.
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Mama Duck
Jackson Country Club
Metropolis Worker Dies En Route To SIU
Richard E. Cothran 42 of Metropolis slumped in his car around 6:30 a.m. while en route to work at Southern Illinois University. Driver Cletis Yates and passengers Walter Hadock and Wesley Taylor were unable to rouse him and called for help at Doctors Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An inquest will be held.
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Metropolis
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Richard E. Cothran
Cletis Yates
Walter Haddock
Wesley Taylor
Cothran
Southern Illinois University
Flynn
Cathran
Giancana Faces Jail as Grand Jury Impasse Grows
Chicago, June 1 AP Morio Salvatore Giancana, long rumored head of the Chicago crime syndicate, refused to answer questions before a federal grand jury and headed to jail until he is ready to talk. Earlier he agreed to comply with Judge Campbell's order to answer all questions fully and truthfully after the grand jury granted immunity.
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Chicago
Morio Salvatore Giancana
Chicago Crime Syndicate
Giancana
William J. Cambell
U. S. Marshal’s
Floyd Bracy Suffers Heart Attack in Herrin
Floyd Bracy, 68, of Bracy Insurance and Real Estate Co., Herrin, is in satisfactory condition at Herrin Hospital after a heart attack Sunday evening. He is receiving oxygen and, per doctors, no visitors are allowed at this time.
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Floyd Bracy
Bracy Insurance and Real Estate Co
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Bracy
Bi County Plans Eyed for Mosquito Control Meeting
Williamson and Franklin officials will meet June 8 with the Bi County Health Dept in West Frankfort to discuss an airborne mosquito abatement program. Herrin and West Frankfort operate independent districts. the plan may create a tax supported bi county district if accepted and an experimental spray program could begin.
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Williamson
Franklin
West Frankfort
Herrin
Health Department
Fred A. Henderson
Lawrence Finazzo
Gerald Bailey
Next Year In Carbondale Humphrey Invited To Centennial
Carbondale officials plan Memorial Day centennial observances with a "good chance" Vice President Hubert Humphrey will attend. Committee chair John Allen invited Humphrey via Donald Hudson after a Washington meeting. The 1866 Wood Lawn Cemetery site hosted the first organized Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Hubert Humphrey
Carbondale
D. Blaney Miller
Humphrey
John Allen
Donald Hudson
Allen
Washington
Miller
Woodlawn
Murphysboro
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Jackson County
Veterans of Foreign
Drowning in Sugar Creek Claimed Life of Local Pharmacist
Harry A. Gualdoni 59 of Herrin, a Fairfield pharmacist for two decades, drowned Sunday when the boat he shared with Oral Wells capsized in Sugar Creek near Lake of Egypt. Wells testified the hook snagged Gualdoni and the vessel overturned as he tried to free it. Gualdoni’s body was recovered after a lengthy search aided by civil defense. authorities cited possible heart issues. Funeral services are planned at St. Edward's Church, Fairfield, with burial in Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Sugar Creek
Lake of Egypt
Harry A. Gualdoni
Herrin
Marion
Oral Wells
Earl A. Veach
Johnson County
Wells
Gualdoni
Josephine Nava
R. E. McNeill
Charles R. Gualdoni
Fort Benning
St. Edward’s Catholic Church
Nale
Mauldin Visits Viet Vet in Herrin for Reunion
Lt. Col. John C. Hughes of Herrin reunited with Pulitzer cartoonist Bill Mauldin in Herrin. Mauldin flew in by plane, spent five hours at Hughes home, and drew cartoons for Hughes' sons. He left for Washington after Hughes’ three month Herrin stay.
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John C. Hughes
Herrin
Bill Mauldin
Col. Hughes
Viet Nam
Mauldin
Hughes
Williamson County
Washington D.C
Army Material Command
Washington
Congress
Project Office
Seven Injured in Edwardsville Campus Construction Accident
Seven construction workers including the Edwardsville fire chief were seriously injured when a wet concrete roof collapsed at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The 10 man crew fell about 40 feet during roofing work on the communications building, with damage in the thousands of dollars. All victims were taken to St Joseph’s Hospital Alton.
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Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Alton
Police Briefs Local Drivers Fined for Speed Offenses
In Marion Leroy Abney was fined $15 for driving too fast for conditions. In Cutler Ralph Craft was fined $17 for speeding.
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Marion
Leroy Abney
Cutler
Ralph Craft
RAM Plans Peaceful March at SIU Over Student Government
Members of the Rational Action Movement at Southern Illinois University plan a peaceful march at 10 a.m. Wednesday starting at the University Center to present petitions to President Delyte W. Morris. One petition carries about 3,600 signatures protesting campus dignity and a second with around 350 signatures concerns a referendum on student government.
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Rational Action Movement
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
University Center
RAM
Carbondale
University Council
SIU
Morris
Carbondale Cam
Youth Fined For Drinking In Underage Case
Carbondale youth George W. Hanson 18 of 609 E College St. was fined 50 dollars plus 5 dollars costs in Jackson County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to drinking beer while under age. Hanson, arrested after his motorcycle hit a parked car on South Wall Street at 2 35 a m, was treated at Doctors Hospital. Police say he had a cooler of beer and had been drinking. the owner of the car is unknown. Chief Jack Hazel will consult with State's Atty. Richard Richman about action against the tavern where Hanson bought the beer.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
George W. Hanson
E. College St
Robert Schwartz
Hanson
South Wall Street
Doctors Hospital
Jack Hazel
Atty
Richard Richman
Mines Report on Wednesday Shifts and Status
The report lists working and idle shifts for several mines including Fidelity Burning Star Old Ben Orient Zeigler and EI B 1. It shows Burning Star 1 and 2 first shifts, Burning Star 2 second shift, and statuses for Old Ben Orient Zeigler and related mines with no report for EI B 1.
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Burning Star
Orient
Zeigler
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Herrin Prairie American Legion Post
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Freeman Spur
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
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