Trophies Awarded by Bridge Club in Carbon Dale
The University Duplicate Bridge Club in Carbon Dale will award trophies June 24 for the first six game series. Winners include Mike Glassman with Austin Jones, 61.1 percent, Ray Wiley with Ginnie Wiley, 60.0, and others. Friday and June 3 play results list top pairs in North-South and East-West divisions. The group is open to all Carbonale area residents.
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University Duplicate Bridge Club
Carbondale
Mike Glassman
Austin Jones
Ray
Ginnie Wiley
Gene Bass
Wayne Toomire
Pat Baysinger
Smokey Reed
Joan Martin
Libby Metcalf
Pat
Zamir Bavel
Milton
Margaret Shute
John Meade
Noriie Downey
Chester Annexation Hearing Scheduled
A Randolph County Court hearing on July 5 will consider a petition to annex about 110 residents in the McGuireville area to the city of Chester. The petition lists 102 signatures, about 90 percent of involved residents, and if approved by County Judge Paul Nehrt it goes to the Chester City Council.
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Randolph County
City of
Chester
McGuireville
Paul Nehrt
Chester City
Williamson County Real Estate Taxes Hit $450 862
Williamson County collectors report 450 862 22 dollars in taxes paid Friday with 181 872 80 from banks and 268 989 collected in the courthouse office for real estate and personal property taxes. Residents must pay the first installment by July 1 and the second by September 1 for real estate. personal property taxes are not installment-based.
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Son County
Carl Schroder
Johnston City
Schroder
Henry Hale In Fair Condition After Hip Injury
Henry Hale former Carbondale assistant police chief is in fair condition at Doctors Hospital. He was taken Monday with a fractured hip after his hip popped while bending to pick up a ball at the city park. Hale retired from the Carbondale police force in 1958 due to a heart condition.
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Henry Hale
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Hale
Fugitive on FBI List Prefers Science and Reading
Joseph Corbett Jr., an FBI ten most wanted fugitive, is a scientifically minded former premedical student. He escapes from California Institute for Men after a murder conviction and is described as intelligent, neat, but erratic when drinking. Born October 25, 1928 in Seattle, he is 6 ft 1 in, 160 to 170 pounds, with light brown hair and hazel eyes. He holds various clerical and labor jobs and is considered armed and dangerous. A Los Angeles warrant was issued March 71 for unlawful interstate flight to avoid confinement for murder. FBI asks for information from the public.
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Joseph Corbett Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Corbett
California Institute For Men
Chino
Calif
Air Force
FBI
Seattle
Wash
Los Angeles
Armory Construction Set for October Start at Marion
Rep Kenneth J Gray says a $182000 Marion armory project will start in the first week of October. Plans should be done in 90 days, bids in 30 days, seven days to award, with 300 calendar days max to finish including roads and landscaping. Appropriations passed in the House. Senate expected to approve. Funds available July 1.
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Marion
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Gray
House of Representatives
Senate
Would-be assassin may be tried soon in Verwoerd case
Johannesburg dated report says David Pratt, 52, a Johannesburg farmer, will appear in court within two months to answer charges of trying to murder Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. Pratt, held under emergency regulations since the April 9head injury incident, is confined in Pretoria and has a long history of epilepsy.
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Johannesburg Sunday Times
David Pratt
Hendrik Verwoerd
Pratt
Johannesburg
Verwoerd
Pretoria
the Times
Randolph Democratic Women Meet Wednesday
The Randolph County Democratic Women's group hosts a 32-county meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home in Chester. A dinner is set for 7 p.m. Delegations from the 23rd 24th and 25th districts attend with speakers from the state Democratic organization and Democratic candidates for November invited.
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Randolph
Randolph County
Democratic Women’s Organization
Veterans of Foreign Wars Home
Chester
State Democratic Organization
Grand Coulee Dam Extends Across Columbia River
The Grand Coulee Dam stretches 4,173 feet across the Columbia River in Washington state, a monumental feat of engineering cited in the region.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
State of
Washington
Carbondale Man Reports Hit-and-Run Damage
A Carbondale resident, Frank S. Bonham, 313 W. Sycamore St., said a hit and run driver damaged his parked car Friday. The rear left tail light bumper and door were damaged while the vehicle sat in front of his house trailer.
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Carbondale
Frank S. Bonham
W. Sycamore St
Bonham
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John Stroehlein Hardware Co
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