CAP training mission simulates missing plane search
Illinois Civil Air Patrol Groups 12 and 19 conducted a realistic night flight from Williamson County Airport simulating a Decatur to Paducah route search for a missing aircraft. Fifteen planes participated with 6 to 10 airborne. crews will be graded on effectiveness in locating the aircraft and rescuing survivors.
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Decatur
Paducah
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Williamson County
George Combs
Cave-in-rock
Charles Williams
Benton
Rockford
Springfield
Chicago
Peoria
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Salem
Robert Gerardi
Public
Grand jury indicts on rape arson murder charge in Murphysboro
Jackson County grand jury returned indictments in circuit court at Murphysboro charging Ward Jones 54 alias Charlie Brown with two counts of rape and Frank L. Smith Jr. 30 with attempt to commit murder. Other indictments named Annabelle Thompson 37 for arson and Michael Bodeker 21 for arson and property damage at the county jail. Additional charges include burglary against Jerry Don Cornwell 26 and Simon Reed 19 plus Ricky Parham 20, and theft over 150 by Richard L. Gray 23. Bonds ranged from 1 000 to 5 000 with defendants under bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ward Jones
Charlie Brown
N. 9Th St
Jones
Murphysboro Area
Carbondale Area
Bond
Frank L. Smith, Jr
Wells Street
Smith
Mt. Carbon
David Lee
Michael Lee
Michael Bodeker
Rt. 2
Bodeker
Courty
Annabelle Thompson
E. Oak St
Carbondale
Georgia Yarboro
Jerry Don Cornwell
Paducah
Cornwell
W. R. Grace Co
Simon J. Reed
Wright III
Southernllinois University
Ricky M. Parham
Harvey
S. Wall St
Richard L. Gray
Rt. 1
Carterville
Briggs escape trial set for Monday in Marion case
George Warren Briggs 35 of Baltimore faces a second trial in Benton for kidnapping a Peoria truck driver to aid an escape from the Marion maximum security penitentiary. He was recaptured in Kansas City after the July 19, 1971 escape and had previously been sentenced to five more years for the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Marion
George Warren Briggs
Baltimore
Peoria
U. S
Benton
Briggs
Kansas City
Rainshort relief as Southern Illinois faces dry spell persists
Slight Saturday drizzle brings just over a tenth of an inch and temporarily eases dry soils in the Carbondale area. Officials report lake levels falling at Crab Orchard and Rend Lake while water systems push near pumping limits, with no immediate shortages expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
U. S. Weather Service
Cairo
Jack Gunter
Rend Lake
Intercity Water System
Gunter
Crab Orchard Lake
Jim Mayhugh
Crab Orchard
Mayhugh
City
Evergreen Park
South Highway
Rt. 51
Paul Joyner
Marion Water Department
City Lake
Joyner
Marion
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Chester
Pinckneyville
Anna-Jonesboro
Ware
Tom Campbell
Campbell
Anna
Charles Ike
SIU Alumni honors Great Teacher Anna Fults in 1972
Anna Carol Fults, professor of home economics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, named Great Teacher of 1972 by the SIU Alumni Association. The award carries a 1000 prize and was presented at Alumni Day Banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Carol Fults
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
SIU
Miss Fults
Tracy City
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Cornell University
Ohio State University
Florida State University
Arkansas State Teacher’s College
Dry spell threatens crops across Jackson area
County farm advisers warn prolonged drought endangers corn soybeans and wheat. They note a brief one inch rain helped but fell short, risking replanting and lower yields. Ground moisture is scarce and ponds are running low, prompting calls for a deep soaking rain to avert widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Farm
Bob Frank
Vic Smith
Williamson County
Smith
Harold Hunzicker
Union County
Frank
Jackson County
Miss West Frankfort Queen Is Selected
Shirley White, 18, a West Frankfort High senior, was named Miss West Frankfort at the annual Youth Festival. Amy Sue Tomonovich and Michael Keith Butler, both 4, earned Little Miss and Little Mr titles. The event, sponsored by the festival committee with Union County Hospital Anna, drew eight finalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley White
West Frankfort High School
West Frankfort
Amy Sue Tomonovich
John Tomonovich
Orient
Michael Keith Butler
Mike Butler
Rt. 3
Union County Hospital
Anna
Evelyn
Alice
White
James White
Evelyn Patton
Anna Man Pinned In Car After One Vehicle Crash
Floyd Swink 24 of Anna was reported in fair condition after a Friday night single car crash on East Chestnut Street. Police said his feet were pinned when the car hit a tree and buckled the floor, keeping him trapped for about an hour before rescue and ambulance transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Swink
Anna
Swink
East Chestnut Street
Hatchet attack over air conditioner sparks charges
Norvell Haynes of Carbondale's Northeast Congress allegedly damaged four air conditioner cords at the Attucks Multi-Purpose Center after an office dispute. He allegedly told Attucks administrator Henry Bell he would shoot anyone who tried to stop him. Bell ordered him off the premises. a permanent ban would require Attacks Board action. Haynes, 42, of 607 E. Burke St., is charged with criminal damage to property and assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norvell Haynes
Carbondale
Northeast Congress
Attucks
E. Main St
Haynes
Henry Bell
Bell
Board of Governors
E. Burke St
SIU Foundation reelects Faye Wham as president in Carbondale
The Southern Illinois University Foundation elected Faye Wham of Centralia to a new term as president at its annual meeting in Carbondale. G Wallace Rich Cobden was named vice president, with Elaine Evers Carbondale as secretary and other officers named. Top seniors Carol June Bittner and Brent S Bohlen received academic excellence awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Wham
Centralia
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Carbondale
G. Wallace Rich
Cobden
John Koopman
Joppa
Elaine Evers
Lois Nelson
Robert L. Gallogly
Ed. S. Daniel
Edwardsville
Charles B. Schweizer
Kenneth R. Miller
Ernest Tosovsky Sr
Ivan Elliott Jr
Carmi
T. W. Abbott
Omer W. DeJarnett
Godfrey
Wham
Claude Vick
Springfield
Nelson
Vick
Carol June Bittner
Brent S. Bohlen
Moneaqua
Southern Illinois University At
SIU Foundation
Bohlen
Beta Association
John Kennedy School
Harvard University
Bittner
Freeman Adams
Evansville
Ind
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Stephen Hamilton
Southern Illinois University
David R. Derge
Hamilton
Jonesboro
Commission
Little Grassy Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Little Grassy
Home Ec
John Bull
John Arbuthnot
Ment
D. Ray Fulkerson
Susie E. Ogden
School of Business
Roger E. Spear
Association
Ted B. Tom
American Oil Company
Fulkerson
Tom
Miss Ogden
Spear
Miss
Anna Man
Issues Awards
Field
Bloomington
L. Goebel Patton
C. Kenneth Anderson
Highland
Gil Trimble
East St. Louis
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