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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1973
Page
10
The page outlines a compendium of local events and updates from Southern Illinois, supplementing the main Southern Illinoisan coverage with concise notes on ongoing happenings across the region. It serves as a digest of notable items for readers seeking a broader view of area affairs.
A long list of patients admitted or discharged across multiple Illinois hospitals including Carbondale Herrin Benton West Frankfort Murphysboro and Ull cities. Names cover Agnes Verble Esther Davis Hallie Hinkle Lynn Conney Barbara Bray Cheryl McPherson Joyce Thomas Twila Wyskiver Lina Parrish Delicate mix of adult and neonatal cases with no dates.
The Southern Illinoisan invites public events and meetings to be listed in the Calendar. Submit open to the public gatherings with date, time and location for inclusion.
REND LAKE College Board of Trustees holds a special meeting at 7 30 p.m. at the college Herrin Public Building Commission meets at 5 p.m. at city hall Carbondale Employment and Resource Center Board gathers at Attucks Center 7 30 p.m. Du Quoin Unit District 300 boards meets 8 p.m. Wednesday Ward School Trico Unit District 176 board meets 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the high school library Carbondale Zoning Commission 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in city hall Women’s Center hosts mom and tot drop in 9 30 to 11 30 a.m. Wednesday 404 West Walnut Street Carbondale Lunch and Learn James H Y Tai will discuss Six Weeks in Mainland China noon Wednesday Student Center River Rooms SIU Carbondale
ANNA PLEMON Mr. and Mrs. Joseph announce a son born Monday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. GRIFFITH Mr. and Mrs. Darwin announce a son born Monday at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. COELLO Mr. and Mrs. Michael announce a son born Monday in Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin. SIMS Mr. and Mrs. David R. announce a son born Monday in Marshall. RANDOLPH Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. announce a son today in Marion Memorial Hospital. CHADWICK Mr. and Mrs. Dale announce a daughter born Thursday in Memorial Hospital Chester.
Freeman Spur plans summer street maintenance and hires Eldon Spiller for mowing at 100 dollars and George Gossage at six dollars per hour. Cambria village meeting delayed due to president absence. Jonesboro school district awards roofing contract to Benton Roofing Co and names Martha Belcher as school secretary for two years. Union County to advertise land for sale and considers flood insurance. Lesser City approves deputy clerk appointment and bars street closure for Bend Lake Days homecoming. joins GERDPC. Williamson County approves road material contracts totaling 118477 dollars and discusses EPA letters on road trash. Carbondale council appoints Human Relations Commissioners and approves urban renewal garden leases, water mains extension, and a land lease with Kerasotes Theaters for parking. A contract change saves 11195 dollars and speeds work.
A 1915 photograph and story misnamed Elkville School instead of Oroville School with teacher A. C. Spencer. Friday’s paper incorrectly listed Kevin Hostetler as reckless driving while intoxicated. he had a reckless driving ticket. Other corrections fix The Purple Potamus spelling, Doug Linton’s store role, and Robert Harold Corcoran’s Herrin Hospital notes spelling.
Florence Newcom, 67, Herrin, sustained minor injuries and was treated at Washington County Hospital after a rear end collision on Rt. 440 near Wenedy road. Thomas L. Baker, 51, Herrin, driver of the hitting vehicle, and William B. Seifert, 52, St. Louis, were involved as others also reported minor injuries. Alvis and Heape, both Du Quoin residents, were treated and released after a similar rear end crash on Rt. SI south of Rt. 154. Daisy Swafford, 52, Goreville, and Kenneth Rogahn, 40, Anna, were in a second crash on the Lick Creek Blacktop with Swafford cited for following too closely.
A 1970 Mercury stolen from Louis Powenski's home on Sunday morning was found burning at the Peabody Coal Co. strip mine near Robert Hall Clothes on Rt. 13 in Marion. Two suspects were seen near the vehicle and may be questioned today, police chief Bill Humphrey said.
At 9 32 p m Monday Carbondale Schneider Hall received a false alarm. In Du Quoin at 8 20 p m Monday Turco Manufacturing Co South Line Street an electric welder caught fire with no damage estimate available.
Chris Bonham files for a flowering box and overhead canopy at Lancer's Restaurant 501 E Walnut St with an estimated cost of 500. Stephens Roofing seeks a new roof for Fred Garner 921 N Marion St with an estimated cost of 486.
Nellie J. McBride seventeen faces fifteen dollar fine for not reducing speed. Bennie Dare twenty five fined seventeen for speeding. Linda K. Rosson seventeen fined fifteen for speeding. Jerry D. Harsy twenty four fined fifteen for too fast for conditions. John H. Melton fifty two fined nineteen for speeding. Larry Trover twenty fined nineteen for speeding. Michael C. Jerome forty five fined fifteen for running a red light. Vernon E. Pack fifty four fined sixty five and placed on one year probation for driving while license suspended. Charles W. Sobery twenty five fined ninety for no valid license. LaDonald Nichols twenty five fined two hundred nineteen for see while license suspended. Margaret Tibbs thirty four fined twenty five for improper use of registration. Glenn D. Blackford twenty nine fined sixty five for driving while license or permit suspended. Susan L. Irwin twenty four fined nine for no valid license. Jimmy R. Gray thirty nine fined two hundred nineteen for driving while intoxicated. Gary Smith twenty two fined ninety for driving while license suspended. Ronald Gene Dawson twenty five fined eighty four for no valid license or permit and no valid registration. John Brown fifty three fined two hundred sixty five for reckless driving. Virgil McCoy listed for alterations to a dwelling at 723 N 23rd St estimated cost eight thousand dollars. Jeff Rowan and Robert Heins for remodeling of a business at 1829 Walnut St estimated cost three thousand dollars.
Ethel Durham 79 Goreville died at 3 a.m. in Marion Memorial Hospital after a week long illness. Survived by four sons, two sisters, a brother, and a late husband Brad. funeral Thursday at Van Natta Funeral Chapel Goreville with burial at Fountain Cemetery. Minnie Florence Moore 82 Benton died at 5 a.m. after a lengthy illness. Funeral Thursday at Poulson Funeral Home Benton, burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. survived by one son, one daughter, three grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and a late husband Herman M. Moore. Tony Lust 74 Du Quoin died today at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. funeral arrangements pending at Neal Memorial Chapel Du Quoin.
Franklin County grand jury indicted five men on multiple charges. Victor Dal Santo faces two counts under the Control Substance Act for deliveries on Jan 23 and Sept 19 with bonds set at 15 000 and 25 000. William Hogue, West Frankfort, charged with unlawful cannabis delivery over 10 grams, bond 10 000. Other items include results from obituaries for Maggie Bullar and funeral notices for Lowell Lindsey and Albert Penrod, plus theft and armed robbery charges against James Hammond, Carney Hammond, and Kenneth Melvin. Clifford Rutledge sentenced to one year at Vandalia Penal Farm after pleading guilty to theft under 150.
Southern Illinois University board of trustees will meet at Edwardsville and consider an agreement with Carbonale city covering SIU improvements including a recreational complex north of University Park Towers a new water line widening of South Wall street land annexations and Fast Grand avenue work. The agenda includes a master of arts in public communication arts at SIU Carbondale. A Chicago bond session planned to fund 5.5 million in student housing was postponed pending who guarantees legality of turnkey contracts.
A forecast notes showers for the Mississippi Valley and parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes, plus the Northeast. Eastern states may see warm humid conditions, northern Plains cooler air. The rest of the country should enjoy sunny skies and warm to hot weather.
Carbondale police seized about four pounds of marijuana in two stops on South Illinois Avenue Monday into today. Arrests included Jefferson Scott Wright 23 Orland Park and Constantine D Varveris 23 and Gayle M Ellman 21 both of Route 1 Carterville. Wright jailed awaiting bond. Varveris and Ellman released on bond with June 20 court date.
Four Herrin youths were arrested on grand theft counts for allegedly stealing seven cars and a pickup over six weeks. Police say one car burned at Energy strip pits and another driven into the water. no sales were attempted. Arrested at home were Mike Fry 15 Danny Wagner 16 Cletis Pickles 14 and Steven Linz 15. All held in Williamson County Jail with court date to be set. Marine Pvt Bert Hall III graduated basic training at San Diego after high school in Murphysboro.
Police report a 6 foot tall human skeleton stolen from Life Science II believed taken in the past five days. Earlier, a food fight at Grinnell Hall damaged 50 plates 36 glasses and 30 sauce dishes and smeared contents on surfaces. A bomb threat was called in and a tear gas grenade warning followed a false alarm. No arrests were made.
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