Dawson Moves to Quash Murder Indictment in Hall Case
Glenn Dawson of Benton filed a motion in Williamson County Circuit Court to quash the murder indictment accusing him of fatally shooting Ron Eugene Hall, 17, on April 14 in Thompsonville. Dawson claims illegal grand jury conduct and lack of a court order for empaneling the jury, with allegations stated only by recitals. He is free on a $15,000 bond.
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Glenn Dawson
Benton
Williamson County
Dawson
Ron Eugene Hall
Rt. 1
Thompsonville
Gerald Hall
Ron
Harry Ray Smothers
Bourbonnais
N. Brown Sr
Freeman No. 4
Hearing Continued In Probation Revocation Case
A Jackson County Court continued the hearing on a petition to revoke probation for Mack Hopkins of Carbondale. The adjournment was due to the absence of a key witness living with Hopkins in an adultery charge. the witness is pregnant and the physician advised delaying the hearing until after birth. Hopkins remains jailed on a $1000 bond. police questioned him about a prior armed robbery at Engel's Restaurant, with no charges filed.
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Jackson County
Carbondale
Mack Hopkins
E. Birch St
Jackson State
William Ridgeway
Hopkins
Ridgeway
Williamson County Board Approves Six Month Financial Report
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved Burl Turner circuit clerk six month report showing beginning balance of 7017, receipts 10997, disbursements 13344 leaving 4670. Board also approved claims 11496 including county 319 highway 2526 general assistance 8650. Dianthus Sweet William noted.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Burl Turner
Turner
Ashby Named Carbondale U C I T Credit Branch Manager
Harold L. Ashby of Herrin becomes manager of the Carbondale Universal C I T Credit Corp. branch now moving to 912 West Main Street. He joined the firm in 1948 and has headed the Cape Girardeau office since 1952. George L. Mullinax is named Cape Girardeau district manager succeeding Ashby. Mullinax, a Cypress native, previously worked as an adjuster and collection manager and is an SIU alumnus.
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Herrin
Carbondale
Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp
Ernest J. Knowles
Harold L. Ashby
C. J. Ashby
Oak St
Main St
Ashby
Universal C.I.T
Cape Girardeau
George L. Mullinax
India E. Mullinax
Carterville
Mullinax
Cypress
Southern Illinois University
Three Jailed After Fight at Midway Tavern West City
The Friday early morning brawl at the Midway Tavern in West City led to three jail terms and fines. Barney McIntosh of West Frankfort and Robert G. Holmstrom of Hammond Indiana received 60 days in Franklin County jail plus fines. Pearl Carlisle of West Frankfort was fined and jailed ten days. Rita Barr of West Frankfort is at large on assault and battery charges as Benton West City and Franklin County authorities responded to the scene.
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Midway Tavern
West City
Fred Scarlett
Barney McIntosh
West Frankfort
Robert G. Holmstrom
Hammond
Ind
Franklin County
Pearl Carlisle
Rita Barr
Benton
James Monroe elected fifth U.S. president in 1817
James Monroe became the United States president in 1817, marking his rise to the nation’s fifth chief executive. He was reelected in 1820, continuing to lead the country into the early 1820s.
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James Monroe
United States
Wood Receives Honorary State FFA Degree
Eugene Wood, SIU superintendent of the University farm and trainer of vocational agriculture teachers, was awarded the Honorary State Farmer degree by the Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America at the Springfield convention. A Puls County native, he joined SIU in 1949 after teaching in Newton and Bridgeport. He once taught at the SIU University School and later moved to the School of Agriculture. Wood earned a doctorate in vocational agriculture from Missouri in 1958 and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Illinois.
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Southern Illinois University
Illinois Assn. of
Future Farmers of America
Springfield
Wood
SIU
Newton
Bridgeport
SIU School of Agriculture
University of Missouri
University of Illinois
Police Brief Arrests For Intoxication In Herrin
John Morris of Herrin and Lorene McNelly of Flint were arrested for intoxication. Both were fined $10 plus $9.90 costs by Police Magistrate Earl May.
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Herrin
John Morris
Earl May
Lorene MccNelly
Flint
Mich
Wants Food Not Sputniks Rages in Pravda Letter
A Soviet worker protests the lack of consumer goods in the Soviet Union urging more food over Sputniks. The front page letter in Pravda sparks criticism from editors and a response from engineer P. L. Podovoisky.
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Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Union
P. L. Podovoisky
Fabick Machinery workers win 20 cent raise in new union contract
Fabick Machinery Co in Marion reaches a two year contract with the International Association of Machinists Lodge signed June 2. The raise retroactive to March 1 brings minimum wage to $1.90 this year and $2.10 next, with maximums of $2.45 and $2.55. The pact covers about 15 employees. Dairy farmers in India establish a plant to dry and process water buffalo milk serving 20 000 farmers in 70 villages north of Bombay.
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Fabick Machinery Co
Marion
International Assn. of Machinists Lodge
India
Bombay
15 Year Old Beats Culbreath In 440 At AAU Meet
In Harrisburg, a 15-year-old high school junior won the 440 yard dash at the Middle Atlantic AAU meet, setting a meet record of 47.3 seconds. Josh Culbreath, who has run 46.4, placed third behind Herb Washington of the Philadelphia Pioneer Club. Don Webster of Kennett Consolidated High finished first.
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Harrisburg
Josh Culbreath
Don Webster
Kennett Consolidated High
Philadelphia
Culbreath
Herb Washington
Philadelphia Pioneer
Communist China claims U.S. plane intruded over Yunghsng Island
Peiping Radio broadcast a 106th warning accusing a U.S. military plane of entering Chinese territory above Yunghsng Island in Kwangtung Province. The Foreign Ministry spokesman termed it a serious provocation. Separately, ancestor John Marshall, named Chief Justice in 1801, authored a five volume Washington biography.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Yunghsng Island
Kwangtung Province
Peiping Radio
Foreign Ministry
George Washington
Nursing Home Equipment Bids Slated Monday
Second round bids for furnishings and equipment for the new Jackson County Nursing Home will be opened by the nursing home committee at 2 p.m. Monday in Murphysboro. The committee, which rejected nine bids earlier, will meet with the architect and George Rollo to review submissions.
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Jackson County Nursing Home
Nursing Home Committee
Murphysboro
George Rollo
Marion House Damaged by Fire in Marion
Fire damaged the home of Peggy and Mary Sears at 1206 North Van Buren Street Marion Friday night. Smoke blackened the ceiling and five feet of wall in a bedroom. The women were away when the radio ignited. Firemen were alerted at 8 30 p m and extinguished the blaze. Fire Chief Herman May said a faulty condenser in a radio on top of a refrigerator started the fire.
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Marion House
Peggy and
Mary Sears
van Buren St
Marion
Herman May
May
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