Metropolis Youth Shoots Mother's Caller in Home
Larry Conley 22 of Metropolis faces assault with intent to murder after shooting Jack Council 36 at a Front Street home in Metropolis. Council, struck twice in chest and abdomen, remains hospitalized in serious condition. Conley says Council threatened his mother Bertha Karnes with a bottle. Deputy states Conley shot once at the floor and twice more, then surrendered to police with a $10,000 bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
Riverside Hospital
Paducah
Jack Council
Massac County
Leonard Devers
Council
Larry Conley
Devers
Conley
Bertha Karnes
Karnes
Front St
Melis Oi Lice
Jones To Head Herrin Legion
Election of officers for Herrin Prairie Post 645 of the American Legion will be at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Nominated are Paul Jones commander George Stewart senior vice commander Bob Downey junior vice commander George Jones sergeant at arms Fred Lowe finance officer Bob Nethercott historian and Harvey Yuill chaplain. The post will also elect two trustees nominees are Snider Herrin Harry Thompson and Basil Russell retiring post commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Prairie
American Legion
Paul Jones
George Stewart
Bob Downey
George Jones
Fred Lowe
Bob Nethercott
Harvey Yuill
Snider Herrin
Harry Thompson
Basil Russell
Murphysboro Judge Hears Seven Cases
Seven arrests by Murphysboro police led to hearings before Police Magistrate Charles Eb ersohl. Fines and costs totaling 283 dollars were imposed on Eugene Selby Du Quoin and Owen Colp, with Afton Missouri the heaviest at 100 dollars plus 9 in costs for reckless driving while intoxicated. Colp paid 70 and promised to pay the rest. Selby remained in custody. Others paid smaller amounts for speeding and drunken on city streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Charles Ebersohl
Eugene Selby
du Quoin
Owen Colp
Afton
Selby
Colp
This Week at SIU Event Schedule
This week at SIU lists meetings and commencements. Air Force Reserve meets Thursday at Parkinson 107. Friday features University School commencement at U School Auditorium. Saturday hosts Alumni Day with a 6 30 p m alumni banquet at the Lawn in front of Men's Gymnasium. Sunday includes VII and University commencements at U School Auditorium and McAndrewium with a 4 p m reception for seniors and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Reserve Meeting
U School
Dink Absher Jailed 14th Time for Disturbing the Peace
Carbondale, Illinois. Dink Absher, 64, jailed again for the 14th time since March 1951 for disturbing the peace and drunkenness. He owes part of a $29 fine from the May 29 arrest. Police detained him after a family and neighbor complaint. Sentence for offense number 14 not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dink
Absher
Harrison (Dink) Absher
Carbondale
S. Washington
Levee Districts Condemn Property Near Grimsby School
The Degognia and Ft. Bluff Levee and Drainage District opens a jury trial in Jackson County Court Murphysboro to determine compensation for Homer and Mary McNeill owners near the Grimsby School at Kin kaid Hill Rt 144. The case targets right of eminent domain to build flood protection for southwestern Jackson County. Jurors will view the property this afternoon after panel selection.
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Degognia
Ft. Bluff
Grimsby School
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Hardy Okton Sheilds
Erwin Moeckel
Homer
Mary McNeill
Kinkaid Hill
Rt. 144
Big Muddy
McNeill’s
David Williams Herrin Leader Dies at 80
David John Williams 80 of 720 N 8th St Herrin died 1 25 pm Sunday in Herrin Hospital He served one term as Herrin city clerk after election in 1912 and worked 12 years as a check weighman at No 7 mine Born in Wales Sept 19 1873 he was a member of First Baptist Church and a charter member of Odd Fellows Lodge 430 He is survived by two sons Dan Williams and Col W T Williams a daughter Anna Haslauer and two more Williams daughters plus three grandchildren and two great grandchildren and brothers Harry and Ed Funeral services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rev W A Shoopman officiating Burial in Herrin City Cemetery Friends may call Storme Funeral Home.
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David John Williams
Herrin
Wales
England
John
Anna James Williams
First Baptist Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Herr
W. A. Shoopman
Buria
Herrin City Cemetery
Storme Funeral Home
Richmond Is Elks Officer Installed in Illinois
Bruce Richmond past Exalted Ruler of Murphysboro Lodge 572 was installed Vice President of the South District of Elks in Illinois at the Springfield state convention. The Mattoon Lodge initiation team won the initiation ceremony and conducted a live induction for Eugene Wasmer of Murphysboro Lodge 572. C E Roberts Exalted Ruler of Murphysboro Lodge attended the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro Lodge
South District of Elks
Illinois
Springfield
Mattoon Lodge
Eugene Wasmer
C. E. Roberts
Navy Seaman Dale Kirkland Serves Aboard Manchester Far East
Dale L. Kirkland fire control technician seaman USN son of Edward and Mrs. Kirkland of Dowell serves aboard the light cruiser USS Manchester in the Far East as part of UN Peace control duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale L. Kirkland
Seaman
USN
Edward Kirkland
Dowell
Manchester
Far East
Rabies Cases Rise in Murphysboro Prompt Further Action
Two new suspected rabies cases were investigated by the Murphysboro health department over the weekend, while a dog head submitted earlier to Carbondale lab yielded positive results. Rabies Warden Reichrath will begin picking up stray dogs for seven days of containment before destruction under state and city rules.
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Murphysboro
Wayne Smith
9Th St
Jackson County Health Department
Roy McGee
Carbondale
McGee
Health Department
R. F. Sondag
N. 9Th St
Sanitarian
Sondag
Carbondale Laboratory
John Reichrath
Reichrath
Marion Child Bitten By Carbondale Dog
A five year old Marion girl Claudette Hornick was bitten by a dog in Carbondale while visiting grandparents at 411 S Graham. The dog's owner Ed Du Rall 415 S Graham reported the incident and agreed to have the dog observed by County Rabies Inspector Dr Leon Striegel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Claudette Hornick
Martin Mainer
S. Graham
Carbondale
Ed du Rall
Southern Illinoisan
Leon F. Striege
Striegel
Falling Crane Boom Injures Two Workers
Construction workers Paul Calan Dro and Robert Gardner of Murphysboro were admitted to St. Andrew's Hospital in Murphysboro after a crane boom fell on them while pulling sheet piling on an anchor pier for a natural gas pipeline bridge across the Mississippi River at Grand Tower. Preliminary exams found injuries not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Calandro
Robert Gardner
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Grand Tower
Illinois
Mississippi River
Forest Fire Quelled Near Los Alamos in New Mexico
Atomic Energy Commission officials deployed about 1,000 men to suppress a stubborn forest fire that threatened Los Alamos for two days. The wind eased early today, allowing full containment of the blaze near the atomic city.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Salt Ocean Water Travels Far Upstream
Salt ocean water, heavier than fresh, often travels far up stream along the riverbed, moving beneath lighter fresh water and influencing salinity in downstream ecosystems.
Carbondale Cop Becomes Hero To Young Movie Fan
Carbondale Officer Steve Endicott showed compassion when he learned a 5 year old boy was one cap short of movie admission. Endicott bought a soda and handed over the extra seven up bottle cap enabling the child to enter the Varsity theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Steve Endicott
Endicott
Jackson County quiet weekend ends with single arrest
Jackson County Sheriff Roy Carter's office reported a quiet weekend with only one arrest. Chester Taylor of Gorham was charged with disturbing the peace and paid a total fine and costs of 20 dollars after pleading guilty Saturday before Justice of the Peace John Manken.
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Jackson County
Roy Carter
Chester Taylor
Gorham
Taylor
Justice of the Peace
John Manken
Child Breaks Leg After Ladder Fall in Colp
Ida Louis King, 2, of Colp, suffered a broken right leg in a ladder fall Sunday. She was admitted to Herrin Hospital for treatment at 5 10 p.m.
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Ida Louis King
Herrin Hospital
Four die in head on collision near Mt Vernon
Mrs Loren R Miller of Canton the sole adult survivor testified to not seeing the other car and not knowing the cause of the May 29 crash. The Jefferson County coroner's jury in Mt Vernon heard her account as inquest into the four deaths noted the victims Loren R Miller 35 Carla Jean Miller 8 months Marvin W Jones 21 and James A Boyd 20. Donald Wilson 18 identified Jones as driver of the other car. Wilson helped at the scene as the Miller family long time Canton residents had worked for International Harvester Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren R. Miller
Canton
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Roeder
Mrs. Miller
Good Samaritan Hospital
Carla Jean Miller
Marvin W. Jones
James A. Boyd
Miller
Jones
Donald Wilson
Boyd
Wilson
McLeansboro
International Harvester Corporation
Schuster Infant Dies Carbondale Baby Funeral Tuesday
Richard Louis Schuster six month old son of Mr and Mrs Louis Schuster of Rt 2 Carbondale died at home after a short illness. Born in Springfield in November 1953 the child leaves one sister Roberta and grandparents Leonard Watkins and George Schuster of Murphysboro. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Centenary Methodist Church with Rev Earl W Dickey presiding. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Louis Schuster
Louis Schuster
Rt. 2
Carbondale
Springfield
Roberta
Leonard Watkins
George Schuster
Murphysboro
Meyer- Denny Funeral Home
Centenary Methodist Church
Earl W. Dickey
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Schools Sold At Auction in Marion District
Seven unused Marion Unit 2 School District buildings were auctioned at Creal Springs, bringing in 3170 total. The sale closed the district's inventory of unused structures with buyers including Odumburg P W Ditterline Willeford Earl Blankenship D Donelson Pleas Vinson Howerton Mrs Gusta Robertson Whiteoak Carl Kimmel Moake Walter White Kimmel Clyde Peterman and others.
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Marion Unit 2
Creal Springs
Marion
Odumburg
P. W. Ditterline
Ditterline
Willeford
Earl Blankenship
D Donelson
Pleas Vinson
Howerton
Gusta Robertson
Chamber Boys Buy Chester Grade School At Auction
Chester Chamber of Commerce purchased the old Chester Grade School for just over $1700 at a public auction. President Henry Juergens said the unit will use the quarters for town benefit and may establish a small industry there. The sale drew limited interest with one other major bidder. Chester moved its elementary students to a new building earlier this year.
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Chester
Chamber of Commerce
Chania
Henry Juergens
Carlinville Man Named Illinois Elk President
R G Borman of Carlinville is elected Illinois president of the Elks at the state convention in Springfield. He succeeds Denham Harney of Jacksonville with Charles Clabaugh of Champaign named vice president at large, Albert W Arnold of Lincoln as secretary, and Eugene Schnierle of Harrisburg as treasurer.
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Carlinville
NEW State Elks
Springfield
R. G. Borman
Illinois
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Borman
Denham Harney
Jacksonville
Charles Clabaugh
Champaign
Albert W. Arnold
Lincoln
Eugene Schnierle
Harrisburg
Elks
Fires In May Cost $2225 In Property Damage
May fires in Murphysboro caused about $2225 in property damage per Fire Chief Urba Hanson. Carelessness led to most incidents including two brush fires one overheated furnace and two unattended skillets causing apartment and farm home damage totaling 1800 to 1000. Lightning struck three houses with one suffering damage. The department logged 22 miles of fire runs and noted May 1953 had 23% miles for seven calls and 1954 had one rural call like 1953.
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Murphysboro
Urba Hanson
Carlessness
Hanson
Herrin Man To Head 25th District Convention Nominates Basil Russell
Basil Russell of Bel Air Addition Herrin named 25th District commander at the convention in Christopher Sunday with nominations seen as election and about 100 delegates from 44 posts attending. Jes Schumaker and E T Lawless of Murphysboro were also nominated for senior vice commander and re nominate respectively.
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Basil Russell
Bel Air
Herrin
Tony Pechenino
Egyptian Avenue
Christopher
Christopher Sunday
Russell
Herrin Prairie
Jes Schumaker
Murphysboro
E. T. Lawless
25Th
Christopher Post
Ed Driemeyer
State Department
Early Voting Light In Anna In Special Union County District
Voting was light at 10:00 a.m. on the proposed Union County Hospital District. Sixteen precincts with about 10,000 voters were to participate in the special election. If approved, the district would impose a new tax of 75 cents per $1000, versus Anna’s current 72 cents. Ballots reported at 10:00 a.m. showed Anna Precinct 1 with 236, Anna Precinct 2 with 153, and Jonesboro precinct with 79.
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Union Coun- Hospital
Union Ty
Anna
Hospital releases girl after Friday wreck
Mrs. Ollie Overton of Carterville was released from Doctors Hospital in Carbondale after a collision on Rt. 13 near University Avenue and Main Street. The crash involved a Carbondale police car and a vehicle driven by Edward Lee Hardin, who allegedly ran a stop sign and agreed to pay for patrol car damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Overton
Carterville
Carbondale
Edward Lee Hardin
Doctor’s Hospital
Overton
Hardin
Rt. 13
University Avenue
Main Street
Strawberries Hit New Low at Anna Market
Fewer than 1,000 crates of strawberries sold at Anna municipal market this season, the smallest total since market opening. Board members named: Jim Fuller, Harvey Ligon, and P. M. West.
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Anna
Jim Fuller
Harvey Ligon
P. M. West
Baptist TV Board Elects Dr Hastings
Dr Robert Hastings pastor of University Baptist Church in Carbondale was elected to a three year term on the radio and television commission of the Southern Baptist Convention during the convention session Friday The annual convention met in Kiel Auditorium St Louis The radio and television commission directs the Baptist Hour broadcast weekly over 400 stations in the United States and also directs the films Commission headquarters are in Baptist Radio Center Atlanta Ga
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Robert Hastings
University Baptist Church
Carbondale
Southern Baptist Convention
Kiels Auditorium
St. Louis
Radio and Television Commission
United States
Herrin Awards Contract for Drainage Project Bid
The Bert Chamness Construction Company of Carterville won the Herrin drainage contract from South 9th Street to the old No 7 mine pond with a bid of 989.99. Other bids ranged from 1,225 to 1,575 while work includes clearing a 1 200 foot ditch from 7th Street to the mine pond and improving drainage after heavy rains. Mayor Dave Miller opened bids with City Council permission, work to start as soon as possible.
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Bert Chamness Construction Company
Washington St
Carterville
South 9Th Street
Herrin
9Th
7Th Street
Norge
Dave Miller
Marion woman Harriet Pulley 90 dies at home
Harriet Pulley aged 90 of Marion died at 4 10 p m Sunday at 307 N Bentley St She was born Nov 4 1863 to Richard and wife and survived by four sons Elbert Tom Gilbert Roy two daughters Minnie Brown Anna Deason Leonard Lovelace 17 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren A sister Martha Clarida She was a member of First Christian Church and Rebekah Lodge Funeral Wednesday at Frick Memorial Chapel with Rev Thomas E Morton and burial in Maplewood Cemetery Friends may call Frick Funeral Home after 7 p m Monday.
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Richard Goodall
George Pulley
Williamson County
Pulley
Elbert
Tom
Marion
Gilbert
Decatur
Roy
Chicago
Minnie Brown
Anna Deason
Leonard Lovelace
Paducah
Martha Clarida
First Christian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Frick Memorial Chapel
Thomas E. Morton
Maplewood Cemetery
Frick Funeral Home
Murphysboro Man Fined After Benton Reckless Driving Incident
Isaac Wisely of Murphysboro was fined 100 dollars and 32 dollars costs for reckless driving in Benton. He was arrested after colliding with another car on Route 14 one mile west of Christopher in Franklin County. Wisely pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Isaac Wisely
Murphysboro
Roy Gulley
Franklin
Benton
Wisely
Rt. 14
Christopher
Franklin County
West Frankfort Manard Escapee Recaptured
Thomas Taylor 25 of West Frankfort was recaptured in St Louis by city policemen after escaping from Menard State Penitentiary on the prison farm Saturday night. He is serving 1 to 20 years for automobile larceny and signed an honor pledge four days before the escape. He was returned to Menard with Assistant Warden Thomas O Keefe and Chief of Guards Max Frye. Illinois State Police aided in the manhunt after the escapee allegedly fled in a truck from the Chester Quarry and the vehicle was found near a railroad track by the prison farm.
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Menard State Penitentiary
Honor Farm
St Louis
Thomas Taylor
West Frankfort
Menard
Thomas O’keefe
Max Frye
Ross V. Randolph
Peison
P Randel
Taylor
Chester
Illinois
William Moake Dies in Herrin at 72
William Isadore Moake 72 of Herrin died at home Sunday. A carpenter and machinist, he retired two years ago and belonged to the Herrin carpenters and machinists unions. Born June 21, 1881 in Crainville, he was survived by four daughters, one son, seven grandchildren, and a wife who died in 1952. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Storme Funeral Home of Herrin is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Moakes
Herrin
William Isadore Moake
S. 20Th St
Herrin Carpenters Union and
Machinists Union
Moake
Crainville
William
Elizabeth Grimes Moake
Flora Ann Anderson
Iowa Primary Sets Six Way GOP Gubernatorial Race
Iowa voters in Des Moines on June 7 face a six way Republican gubernatorial contest. Incumbent GOP front runner Leo Hoegh leads the field while Clyde E. Herring Jr unopposed in the Democratic camp and U S Sen Guy Gillette with no opposition on the Democratic side for his seat. Rep Tom Martin remains unopposed in GOP primary. The key question is whether any candidate reaches 35 percent to secure the nomination.
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Des Moines
Clyde E. Herring
U. S
Clyde L. Herring
Young Herring
Polk
Atty
Leo A. Hoegh
Hogg
William S. Beardsley
Springfield Woman Killed in Collision on U S 66 Bypass
A three car crash on the U S 66 by pass southeast of Springfield killed Mrs. Gracie De Lonais 68 of Springfield. Her husband Alex 58 was injured while the other two drivers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.S. 66
Gracie de Lonais
de Lonais
Alex
Rail Official Dies In Ladue At 78
Edward M. Durham Jr former president of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad for seven years died of heart disease at his Ladue home Sunday. He was 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Edward M. Durham Jr
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Powers resigns as Dwight State Prison superintendent
Mrs. Mary Powers has resigned from the position of superintendent at the State Prison for Women in Dwight. The resignation was announced today by Governor Stratton's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight
Springfield
Mary Powers
Mines Active Tuesday With Several Name Lines
Mines Working Tuesday list includes Freeborn Freeman Zeigler Orient Old Ben 22 Fidelity Kathleen Pyramid Truax-Tract No 2. Not Working Burning Star Buckhorn No Report Orient Orient 2.
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Freeborn
Freeman
Zeigler
Orient
Fidelity
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David Williams
Richmond
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Whiteoak
Carl Kimmel
Walter White
Kimmel
Clyde Peterman
Chamber Boys
Chester School
Pe c. Sie
Murphysboro Department
Jonesboro
Hospital
Baptist TV Board
DR. Hastings
Commission
Baptist Radio Center
Atlanta, Ga
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Tew
Orval Hudgens
Mitchell Construction Company
Marty Best
Carterville Drama Company
Moroni Brothers
Harriet Pulley
Bentley St
West Frankfort Menard
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