Randolph Grand Jury Indicts for Chester Bridge Slaying
A Randolph County Grand Jury returned major indictments including murder and armed robbery in the slaying of Chester Bridge toll attendant Joseph Gagnepain. Jerome Miller, Joe Lewis, Rodger Braun, Omer Berndt, Howard Kraft, and Jim Reynold face charges related to the May 11 killing and related crimes. Miller was arrested within 24 hours near the toll gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
Chester
Jerome Miller
Joe Lewis
Taylorville
Rodger Braun
Evansville
Omer Berndt
Howard Kraft
Jim Reynold
Carbondale
Miller
Carbondale printer to be arraigned
Francis W. Adams of Adams Printing Co is to be arraigned Friday in a federal court in St Louis on interstate transportation of fraudulent securities. An indictment charges he transported counterfeit savings and loan money orders from Carbondale to St Louis County Florissant police said Adams was arrested May 19 and the money orders found in his car. The FBI is investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
St. Louis
Francis W. Adams
Adams Printing Company
E. College St
Adams
United Savings and Loan Association
Carbonle
St. Louis County
Floris
Delegation of poor may go to Chicago
Carbondale poor representatives discuss sending a delegation to Chicago to present views on the Jackson Williamson war on poverty. JWCAA members Albert Ross and Mrs. Keith Miller urge waiting until after next month's JWCAA meeting before deciding on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Chicago
Albert Ross
Keith Miller
Jackson-Williamson Community Action Agency
JWCAA
Ross
Office of Economic Opportunity
National Association of Community Developers
Shemwell
George Holland
OEO
Crash Kills Cambria Man On Rt 149 Near Hurst
Rex William Sherman a 27 year old Cambria man died Tuesday night when his car left the road and struck a concrete abutment off Route 149 near Hurst School. He was pronounced dead at Doctors Hospital Carbondale. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Cambria
Rt. 149
Hurst Bush
Rex William Sherman
Hurst School
Sherman
Doctors Hospital
Carbondale
Russell Weber
Belleville
Hurst
Darline Sherman
Farner refuses to join Williamson County switchboard plan
Sheriff Harold Farner vows he will not be included in the new courthouse switchboard system. He cites two private phones and confidential calls as reasons and says he was never consulted before installation began. He notes 24 hour on call duties and that weekends and after 4 p.m. calls create access issues for residents. He complains the county board failed to consult the sheriff before hiring the operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Walley
Farner
General Telephone Co
Sheriff’s Office
Williamson County
Marion City
Kenneth Hubler
County Board of Commissioners
Poteete
Egyptian district weighs referendum on junior college district
The Egyptian Junior College District steering committee met Tuesday to decide whether to seek a postponement of a referendum. A May 9 public hearing informed plans for Jackson Williamson Perry and Franklin counties. If approved the referendum must occur 40 to 90 days after board approval. The panel also considers a Shawnee district referendum including Union Pulaski Alexander Massac and parts of Johnson and Jackson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Junior College Board
Leslie Stilley
Marion
Jackson and
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
West Frankfort
Stilley
State Board
Shawnee
Union
Pulaski
Alexander
Massac
Johnson County
Jackson County
Murphysboro Fourth of July Plans Move to Booster Club
Murphysboro Booster Club completes plans for the 50th annual Old Glory show in Riverside Park. Carnival rides refreshment booth two baseball games and shell entertainment are arranged with a fireworks display and fund raising set to support the celebration after the Chamber of Commerce shifted its support to the Apple Festival.
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Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Murphysboro Booster Club
Chamber of Commerce
Booster Club
Flag and sign disappear from Saluki Hall Dormitory
An Israeli flag and a sign hanging on the front of Saluki Hall Dormitory in Carbondale were taken by unknown persons before dawn. The sign proclaimed no eternal enemies or allies and cited integrity of national boundaries in the Middle East or Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saluki Hall
Carbondale
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Cedar Creek reservoir financing eyed by Carbondale
Carbondale weighs funding for a Cedar Creek reservoir to serve as a 1100 acre water source producing 12 to 16 million gallons daily. Project cost rough totals reach 763000 for lake and dam and about 800000 to bring water to the treatment plant, with added costs for lake bed and surrounding land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle Klaus
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Cedar Creek
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
South Wall Street
Wayman Presley
Paul O. Hall and
Housing and Urban Development Department
HUD
Cedar Creek Reservoir
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Crab Orchard Creek
Kirk
East Carbondale
JWCAA staff selections spark dissent in board
Albert Ross of Carbondale challenged JWCAA bi county leaders over the May 23 appointment of Rev. Raymond Davis Colp and Lester Burge Herrin as deputy director and program coordinator. Most executive board members defended the selections and rejected Ross’s claim of inconsistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ross
Carbondale
Jackson - Williamson
Ross
Holland
Bert Shemwell
JWCAA
Audley Dennstedt
Elbert Simon
Keith Miller
Cobden man sentenced for forgery
A Cobden area man with a prior record for check forgery received a two to eight year sentence in Jackson County Circuit Court. Jake Bramlett, 52, pleaded guilty before Judge Everett Prosser to a series of forgeries including a $47.50 incident in Murphysboro on March 7. the State's Attorney noted a prior four year term on a similar charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobden
Jackson County
Jake Bramlett
Everett Prosser
Bramlett
Murphysboro
Richard Richman
Hellers Celebrate Multiple Graduations in Murphysboro
Lowell Heller, county FHA assistant supervisor, earns a master’s in agricultural services at SIU as Ada E. completes a master’s in elementary education. Kathleen finishes Murphysboro High School, Julie ends Carruthers Junior High. Sons James in Germany and Edward at West Point also noted.
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Lowell Heller
Murphysboro
Lowell
Farmers Home Administration
Jackson County
Southern Ilinois University
Ada E
SIU
Kathleen
Murphysboro Township
Julie
Carruthers
Heller
Dongola
Gorham
FHA
Longfellow
James
U.S. Army
Germany
Edward
West Point Military Academy
Motorcycle theft suspect White held on $5,000 bond
Don L. White, 22, of Kankakee, remained in custody after appearing before Circuit Court Judge Webb Johnson. White was advised of his rights and the charges in Buckner motorcycle theft case. Public Defender Don Lucas appointed. Bond set at $5,000. Preliminary hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Franklin County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don L. White
Kankakee
Franklin County
Robert Ice
Webb Johnson
White
Buckner
Don Lucas
Jury completes Hurley murder trial selection
The final four jurors were chosen for the Joe Hurley trial in Johnston City, bringing the total jurors to twelve after two days of selection. Hurley faces murder and arson charges in Williamson County Circuit Court over the 1966 Carterville fire that killed his nephew Raymond Hurley.
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Joe Hurley
Johnston City
Hurley
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Wieat
Raymond Hurley
Carterville
Court fines three youths in Jackson County case
SIU students William Stephens 19 of Des Plaines fined 100 dollars plus costs for underage drinking after police say he damaged two portraits in a parked car in Carbondale Tuesday night. William D. Calvin 20 pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license. fined 200 dollars plus costs and placed on one year probation after being picked up on campus. Thelbert Jeffries 18 of 213 Wright Street Carbondale fined 25 dollars for battery after an argument with John Grace.
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Elkville
Hallidayboro
Gary Porter
John Tripp
Larry Morgan
Porter
George Drum
Rt. 1
Richman
Ralph Thompson
Carbondale
Vandalia
Thompson
Jackson County
William J. McKee
de Soto
Martin Oil Co
William Stephens
Des Plaines
Stephens
William D. Calvin
Southern Illinois University
Thelbert Jeffries
Wright St
John Grace
Stevens
Calvin
Jeffries
SIU
Herrin seeks HUD recertification amid missing zoning rule
Herrin submits a recertification application to the federal HUD today lacking evidence of a working zoning ordinance. Officials doubt HUD will approve without zoning even as the July 1 expiry looms. A prior zoning ordinance was repealed after public protests. A public hearing on a revised zoning proposal is set for June 15. Roy McPherson, 77, of Mount Vernon, dies after being struck by a Southern Railway freight train.
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Herrin
Federal Housing and Urban Development Department
HUD
City Zoning Commission
Roy McPherson
Mount Vernon
Southern Railway
Hurst man saved from SIU cave in
Arie Waldron 32 was buried to his shoulders in a cave in at SIU Carbondale Campus Drive and Grand Avenue during sewer work for Pool Equipment Rental Co. He remained trapped 45 minutes until Andrew Lee freed him. Waldron was treated and released from Doctors Hospital noon Tuesday.
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Hurst
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Arie Waldron
Campus Drive
Grand Avenue
Waldron
Pool Equipment Rental Co
Andrew Lee
Marion St
Doctors Hospital
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Randolph Grand Jury
Chester Bridge
South Dakota
Bad Lands
Missouri
Gagnepain
Lewis
William Hammel
Hammel
Hammer
Braun
Rt. 154
Red Bud
William M. Chandler
Baldwin
Baun
Chandler
Royal Hotel
Crash
Lela Poteete
Jwcaa Poverty Board
Decant
Mack Martin
Martin
Davis
Burke
Frank Shelby
Shelby
Simon
Hellers
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