Sparta man arrested after St Louis tavern slaying
A 26 year old Sparta resident was arrested at his home after a Monday crime spree that began with bad checks and ended with armed robbery and the shooting of a tavern patron near the Midway Bar on Olive Street in St Louis. Raymond George Stone admitted the armed robbery and the shooting and waived extradition to St Louis.
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Sparta
St. Louis
Raymond George Stone
Stone
Robert Amster
Amster
Midway Bar
Olive St
City Hospital
Sparta Auhor
Randolph County
Elmo Cecceiat
Morrison
Sparta City
Louis Dockery
Evansville
Hirsch
Coral Lounge
Benson Clothing
Red Bud
Western Auto
East St. Louis
Mines Working Thursday Report Shows Varied Output
Ore tonnages listed include Old Ben 9 and 14, Orient 2 and 3, Buckborn and Freemai4, Fidelity, Kathleen Truax Tract No 2, Briquet Plant Zeigler 3, Pyramid and Burning Star. Noting Old Ben forms, some sites marked Not Working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Orient
Buckborn
Wreck near Effingham Kills Two Herrin Men
Two Herrin men Clarence Freeman and Clarence Walker died in a three car crash in rainy driving near Effingham on Rt. 45 six miles south of the city. Osbourne and Miller of Dietrich were injured and transported to St. Anthony's Hospital. An inquest was set for 11 a.m. but postponed until injured testify. Freeman’s funeral details and Walker's church and burial plans are listed, with family members named.
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Clarence Freeman
S. 17Th St
Clarence Walker
S. 22Nd St
Rt. 45
Effingham
Dietrich
Voris Osborne
Murl K. Miller
Osborne
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Orval Jenet
LaGrange
Bauer
Walker
Freeman
Johnson
Herrin
Stiritz
Ill
Mary Eldon Dennis
U. S. Navy
Apostolic Church
Mary Eldon
Clarence Edward
Earl
Lillie Mae Freeman
Myrtle Denam
Cliffod
West Frankfort
Levices
Johnson Funeral Home
And Finance Company Took His Car Too
Randolph County authorities report the arrest of Raymond George Stone 26 on armed robbery and murder charges in St. Louis. A finance company agent attempting to repossess Stone’s 1952 Mercury found the car linked to the alleged crime spree and unaware of the arrest.
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Sparta
Randolph County
Raymond George Stone
St. Louis
Stone
Bertha Thompson, Cypress Leader, Dies at 68
Bertha Thompson of Cypress, 68, wife of Dr. William Thompson, died Tuesday night at St Marys Hospital in Cairo. She led civic groups in Southern Illinois and held positions in Cypress Baptist Church Vi enna American Legion Auxiliary Metropolis White Shrine and Cypress Order of Eastern Star. Burial is at Cypress Masonic Cemetery after services atypress Methodist Church.
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Bertha Thompson
William Thompson
Cypress
St. Mary’s Hospital
Cairo
Southern
Illinois
Thompson
Cypress Baptist Church
Vienna American Legion Auxiliary
Metropolis White Shrine
Cypress Order of Eastern Star
Johnson County Red Cross
Union County to Launch County-Wide United Fund Drive
The Rev. Hugh Paton was elected temporary president of the Union County United Fund Assn with Newton M. Williams as vice president and John Carter as secretary. Wallace Rich became treasurer as the group plans a county-wide drive including Union County Hospital funding and local town chairmen directing regional campaigns.
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Hugh Paton
Mt. Moriah Lutheran
Anna
Union County United Fund Assn
Newton M. Williams
John Carter
Wallace Rich
Cobden Bank
Union County
Illinois
Paton
William Winstead
Carbondale UF
United Fund
Anna Hotel
Winstead
Carbondale Organization
Carbondale
Marion UF
Frank Gumm
Dongola
Marion
Carbo
Jackson County audits flag overtime pay and fee increases
An annual audit shows Jackson County treasurer Carl Todd received 400 in overtime pay and fees and commissions rose to 46 940 in 1956 from 25 000 in 1955. State's Attorney Ridgeway calls overtime illegal and a salary schedule plan is pursued.
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Carl Todd
Jackson County
Todd
Board of Supervisors
George McVey
Pinckneyville
Coker & Coker
Peoria
McVey
James Gillmore
de Soto
Gillmore
William G.ridgeway
Robert Maloney
Maloney
Charles Ebersohl
R. E. Mitchell
James A. Lawder
D.L. McGregor
Lawder
Mitchell
Ridgeway
Triangle Low Bid Leads on Carbondale Paving Project
Triangle Construction Co of Carbondale and Kankakee appears as low bidder on widening and surfacing South Oakland Avenue Carbondale. Bid is 60358.70 with Gilmore Asphalt Co of Anna at 62039.05. work to start about 30 days after letting with funds from motor fuel tax receipts.
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Triangle Low On Carbondale
Triangle Construction Co
Carbondale
Kankakee
Oakland Avenue
Triangle
Gilmore Asphalt Co
Anna
Oakland
Chautauqua
Freeman Street
Paul O. Hall
Robber Gets 3 To 10 Years In Prison
Lavern Johnson aged 21 was sentenced to three to ten years in Menard prison by Judge C Ross Reynolds in Williamson County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to armed robbery of Lee Grocery Marion on May 20. Two other youths Donald Johnson and Donald Gold, free on five thousand dollar bond, are charged and signed confessions. Gold and Donald Johnson entered with a rifle while Johnson waited in a car and about forty dollars was taken from Mrs Faye Lee.
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Lavern Johnson
Menard
C. Ross Reynolds
Williamson County
Johnson
Lee Grocery
E. Main St
Marion
Donald Johnson
Donald Gold
Goreville
Waukegan
Visalia
Calif
Gold
Faye Lee
Principal Buys Class Built Home For Johnston City
Johnston City High School principal Weldon Kendrick bought the four room ranch style house built by the school's building trades class for 8001 dollars. He placed the winning bid over Lola Hart who offered 7800 dollars. The house at 1102 Jefferson Street features a full basement and sits on a 55 by 225 foot lot under the supervision of instructor J. W. Goad.
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Johnston City High School
Weldon Kendrick
Kendrick
Lola Hart
Johnston City
Jefferson St
J. W. Goad
Contracts Set For Two Roads In Jackson County
Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved two road contracts totaling 134 292 for new blacktop routes. Dale Denny Construction Co of Anna will build a Jacob to Neurnert road for 77995 and a Rt 3 to Jones road for 56297. John Blankinship, consulting engineer, said funding shares are 30 percent county, 50 percent federal, and 20 percent state from motor fuel funds. Construction is part of the 1957 road program.
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Perschbacher
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Robert Masters
Masters
Gale Williams
Williams
Ahouk Diesele
Ridgeway
SIU
George Hand
Jacksonunty
Jackson County Board of Hservisors
Dale Denny Construction Co
Anna
Jacob
Neunert
Rt. 3
Jones John Blankinship
Blankinship
Tom Swan 57 Former Elkville Resident Dies in Elgin
Tom Swan 57 of Elgin formerly Elkville died Monday at St Josephs Hospital Elgin. Survived by wife Ethel and son Dave Wood River. sisters Amy Immer man Los Angeles Ethel Applegeath Princeton Ind Bess Miller Elkville and brother Bill Swan Elkville. Funeral 2 p m Thursday First Christian Church Elkville Rev Pennington and Rev Fisher officiating. Burial Kimmel Cemetery. Friends may call Schorder Funeral Home Du Quoin after 2 p m today.
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Tom Swan
Elgin
Elkville
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ethel
Dave
Wood River
Amy Immerman
Los Angeles
Calif
Ethel Applegeath
Princeton
Ind
Bess Miller
Bill Swan
First Christian Church
Jack Pennington
Glenn Fisher
Kimmel Cemetery
Schoreder
du Quoin
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Raymond Stone
Police
Carterville
Herrin Prairie
Oakwood Cemetery
and Finance Company
Wilson Funeral Home
Karnak
Theypress Methodist Church
W. L. Cummins
Harrisburg
John Ritchey
Cypress Masonic Cemetery
Union
Jackson
Sunset Haven
Carbondale Business and Professional Women’s Club
John I. Wright
Jackson County Health Dept
Water and Sewer Departments
Georgia Newsome
S. Poplar St
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Southern Illinois University
Clyde Perschbacher
William G. Ridgeway
State Health Department
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