Hearing Set on Ford Second Trial in Pulaski
Plan hearing for June 30 in Pulaski County Circuit Court Mounds on a motion for a new trial for Millard Ford 32 sentenced to 99 years for murder of a bartender. Defense argues trial errors including eyewitness testimony juror bias and nonattorney sheriff participation amid defense plea for outside help from the governor and FBI.
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Pulaski County
Mounds
Millard Ford
Harold Zimmerman
Marion
Ford
Adlai Stevenson
FBI
Zimmerman
Walter Unger
Here
John Barnett
Rites Held for Mrs Melvin Cripps in Grand Tower
Funeral services for Mrs. Melvin Cripps of Grand Tower are set for 2 p.m. at the Pentecostal church with Rev. Roy Piller officiating. Burial follows at Walker Hill cemetery. She died at home after years of illness. born in 1878 in Jackson county and lived in the area all her life. Survived by husband Melvin Cripps, four sons Dorris Frank Archie Oral, four daughters Delphia Campbell Maude Camp Pauline Trammel and Joel Vincent, 31 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She was a member of the Grand Tower Pentecostal church.
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Melvin Oe
Grand Tower
Pentecostal
Grand
Sev
Roy Piller
Walker Hill
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Murphysboro
Cripps
Jackson County
Melvin Cripps
Dorris
Frank
Archie
Oral
Benton, Ky
Delphia Campbell
Melbern
Maude Camp
Pauline
Trammel
East St. Louis
Joel Vincent
Ware
The
Pentecostal Church of
JUMPS INTO LAKE FISHING ACCIDENT NEAR PERCY
Everett Bierman and his wife Mabel fished at a strip mine lake north of Percy Monday evening. According to Everett, he stepped onto a plank, followed his wife to wash her boots, and when he paused he lost balance and tumbled into water and mud filling his hip boots while trying to reach shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Bierman
Mabel
Percy
Everett
Community letter defends Carpenters union role in Herrin plant dispute
A Herrin letter to the editor argues the Carpenters Union acted to protect workers when Sidney Allen announced his plant would not operate locally. The writer defends the union as respectable, well run, and a strong contributor to the community while urging Allen to reconsider and noting local support for jobs and industrial cooperation.
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Sidney Allen
Carpenters
Herrin
Committee of Carpenters
America
Allen
Carpenters Union
Community Council
Allen's
Red
Nentiia
Allem
Mr. Allen
Els
Allen Company
Detroit
Tiam
$200 Damage In Home Fire In Murphysboro
Smoke from a kitchen fire forced Mr and Mrs Connie Radford from 446 North Fifteenth Street Murphysboro at 1140 p m Tuesday The blaze burned out a rear window and caused about 200 damage to the kitchen It started from a refrigerator motor and was extinguished by the Murphysboro fire department The Radfords had gone to bed when the fire broke out
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Connie Radford
North Fifteenth Street
Murphysboro
Steeleville Legion Post Elects New Officer
The Steeleville American Legion post elected new officers Monday night. They are Commander Bud Fiene, Senior vice commander Willard Niederbach, Finance officer Carl Fiene, and executive board members E. F. Bollman, William Alms, and Otis Luehr. Marvin Mueller and Roy Koene man are delegates to the Fifth Division convention in Nashville, Illinois, July 12 and 13 with Hack Mueller and Norman Ohlan as alternates. Delegates to the state convention in Chicago July 31 through August 3 will be chosen from Ed Fiene, Marvin Mueller, and Bud Fiene, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeleville American Legion
Bud Fiene
Willard Niederbach
Carl Fiene
E. F. Bollman
William Alms
Otis Luehr
Marvin Mueller
Roy Koeneman
Legion
Nashville
Ill
Hack” Mueller
Norman Ohlan
Chicago
Ed Fiene
Saint Louis Plant Hope Influences Herrin Decision
A correspondence from F. M. Starnes suggests that the operation at the old Ordnance plant could sway officials toward a favorable reconsideration of their Herrin plant decision. The message emphasizes potential economic and strategic factors impacting the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
F. M. Starnes
Boy suffers nosebleed after car door opens in city crash
Terry Lee Luehr, son of Mr and Mrs Homer Luehr of Steeleville, received a bloody nose and scratches when he fell from his family car on an express highway in St Louis. The door had been unlatched and flew open as his father turned onto the highway, jerking him onto the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Lee Luehr
Homer Luehr
Steeleville
St. Louis
Backing Cars Collide in Steeleville Incident
Two vehicles backed from street parking in Steeleville on Monday evening collided. The drivers, lie Rabe and Mrs Belva Snowberry, were uninjured, and both cars sustained damage.
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Steeleville
Lie Rabe
Belva Snowberry
Niederbrach Sends Two Teens to Boys State
The post selects Donald Schaap and Billie Fiene to attend Boys State in Springfield from June 22 to 29. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Schaak and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fiene respectively.
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Fiene
Willard Niederbrach
Donald Schaap
Arnold Schaak
Billie Fiene
Walter Fiene
Springfield
Penney Family Donates Foremost Guernsey Herd to Missouri
J C Penny founder of the Penney chain donates 250 Foremost Guernsey cattle valued around 200000 to the University of Missouri at Columbia. Gift includes farm land buildings and equipment. Funds from sale of assets to aid university agriculture research and teaching. Dean John H Longwell praises the herd as a top dairy operation.
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J. C. Penny
University of Missouri At Columbia
Mr. Penney
Hwell Junction
N. Y
Frederick A. Middlebush
University of Missouri
University
College of Agriculture
Penney
Missouri
John H. Longwell
Missouri U. College of Agriculture
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Carbondale
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Gregory Peck
Susan Hayward
20 Century-Fox Picture
Kilbride
Ae Aed
Mea Clift
Elizabeth Emc
Nital Tay
Steeleville Legion
Hurst Theater
Hurst
Walter Pidgeon
John Hodiak
Murphysboro, Lil
City Hall
ALL New
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Shirley Harrelson
Duncan Hines
Penneys Herd
Louis Alegnant
Mgr
North 14Th Street
Telephne
Hayton
Zachary Scott
Faye Emerson
Manent
Drive-In Theater
Herrin, Ilinois
Marlow
Herrin, Ill
Walt Disney
Y Sk
Wiiste ML
Wall Oy
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Frinav
Marlow’s
Paul Henreid
Conway
Liberty Theatre
Cpl. Dolan
Doris Day
Sam Mll
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Aan
Meiwt IR
Hegen
Tia
White City Park
Potton
Ae and Aive
ANSCO
Sat Granger
Wes Corey
UBC
Cael Eee
Sehn Seton
Jeff Bec
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