Witness says defendant admitted arson slaying
A self described friend of accused murderer Stanley Keith Lawler testified that Lawler admitted murdering and burning an elderly man near Du Quoin. The defendant is on trial in Perry County Circuit Court for the March 15 1978 death of John M Campbell 64, who lived nearby. Witness Denton described Lawler's alleged confession after a subpoena, detailing a brutal attack with a club multiple stab wounds and a kerosene fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Stanley Keith Lawler
Lawler
du Quoin
Perry County
Pinckneyville
John M. Campbell
Campbell
Stephen B. Denton
Mount Vernon
Denton
Kenneth Stacey
Stanley Stamm
Stacey
Mrs. Stamm
Stamm
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Roy Bradford
Sims
Bradford
Lloyd Middleton
Harry Parks
Belleville
Gary Ashman
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Chiropratic
Ashman
Parks
NLRB drops injunction in Mark Twain labor dispute
The NLRB dropped its injunction request to force rehiring at Mark Twain Marine Industries after most strikers returned to work. A hearing was canceled. Andy Anderson remains excluded. The company has a contract with ILU Local 87 and 254 of 1450 workers reported back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc
National Labor Relations Board Today
U.S. District Court
Benton
Rayford T. Blankenship
Blankenship
Andy Anderson
West Frankfort
Anderson
Local 87
Herrin and Marion High Schools Graduate 500
Almost 500 seniors completed their high school education at Marion and Herrin High Schools with diplomas Thursday night. In Marion 289 seniors spoke in a 3,000 seat gym. Wayne Jones and Lori Lynn Miller were chosen as speakers. The Most Reverend David McChesney gave the invocation. Herrin issued about 210 diplomas with several awards. Marlow and Hall received mathematics awards while Howell and Johnson earned band honors. Hall delivered the valedictorian address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Herrin
Marion Junior High School
Wayne Jones
Lori Lynn Miller
David McChesney
Lowell Dean Hall, Jr
Randall Scott Marlow
Bruce Sohn
Marlow
Christine Marie Howell
Brad Johnson
John Phillip Sousa
Anthony G. Berra
Jane Elizabeth Lenzini
Daniel J. Proctor
Michael Leo Steh
Consol quits BCOA and eyes independent bargaining
Consolidation Coal Company announced withdrawal from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association and will honor the 1978 BCOA contract until 1981. It will bargain independently with the United Mine Workers of America. Consol produced 41.8 million tons of coal in 1978 from 52 mines including Illinois sites at Du Quoin Sparta Cutler De Soto Coffeen and Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidation Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Consol
Illinois
du Quoin
Sparta
Cutler
de Soto
Coffeen
Norris
Johnny Came Marching Home To Find No Jobs
Dan Hubble and David Beasley report the last in a series on Vietnam veterans returning home. Veterans flew back individually, not to fanfare, and many did not win their war. They faced an uncertain job market and a nation divided in its reception of their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Dan Hubble
David Beasley
The
Southern Illinoisan
Ing
Vietnam
Richard Schumacher
Carbondale
Harvard
Princeton
Bob Wells
Murphysboro
Air Illinois
Shoulder paving slows traffic on Illinois 13 near I 57
Motorists along Illinois 13 near Interstate 57 face a week of slow traffic as construction crews pave road shoulders. The $3.2 million project by Southern Illinois Asphalt targets an 18 mile stretch through Williamson County with both outside 10 foot and inside six foot shoulders. Bids for similar work in Union and Johnson counties open June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley E. Johnson
Illinois 13
Interstate 57
Roy Harris
District 9
Illinois Department of Transportation
Williamson County
Southern Illinois Asphalt Company
Harris
Union
Johnson Counties
Two County
Skelly’s
Carbon Street
Marion
Illinois
Union County
Vets urged to apply for upgrade on bad paper discharges
About 400000 Vietnam era veterans hold less than honorable discharges that can block benefits. The Army Discharge Review Board in St. Louis says many may upgrade to general discharge, making most benefits available. hearings and representation are available, with backlogs possible. Applications and address details are listed for each service branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumacher
Vietnam
Michael Glover
Army
St. Louis
Glover
Armed Services
Army Discharge Review Board
Armed Forces
The
Red Cross
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Kia Mallet
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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By Cathy Saxenmeyer
Ternational Union
Gayle Anne Deeter
Kelly Louise Fergus
Alice*Evans
Kelly Collins
Colp
Joe Jines
Bill Branson
Hall
Consolidation Coal Company
BCOA
America
Allan Morgan
Job Service
Navy, Marine Discharge Review Board
N. Randolph St
Arlington
Air Force Personnel Records Center
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
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