Attorneys Claim Signatures Block Recall Vote in West Frankfort
Attorney for West Frankfort city commissioners Burton Melvin and Paul Rive argues about 150 detective signatures appear invalid on each recall petition. He said enough signatures are in doubt to possibly derail the election, with subpoenas to about 60 signers and 43 petition carriers. The Franklin County hearing will test signatures’ sufficiency, not charges, and potential witnesses include 200 to 300 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Loren Lewis
Benton
Burton Melvin
Paul Rive
Franklin County
Webb Johnson
Lewis
Robert Sparks
Citizens For Better Government
Petifon
Melvin
Tewis
Rudge Johnson
Benson
County Board OKs Health Ordinance and Building Plan
The Jackson County Board approved a health ordinance enforcing sanitary rules for public venues effective Jan 1 for existing sites and within 60 days for new ones. Fees run 5 for temporary events and 10 for permanent businesses. The board also authorized hiring an architect for an 11,000 square foot health building near the nursing home, funded by federal grants and private foundations, with no tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jother
Son County Health Dept
Cas
Board of Supervisor's
Health Department
George Borgsmiller
Moll
Vergennes
Floyd “Skinner
Dean
Carbondale
Williamt Cassel
Borgsmiller
County Board of Health
Public Health Committee
Board of Supervisors
Clifford Neil
Board of Health
Sarah Holliday
Eskville
Publichealth
Jackson County Nursing Home
Murphysboro
Cassel
Jackson County Mental Health Clinic
County ‘Tarbercutosis Control Board
Courthouse Plumbing Bid Delays Spur Plans to Replace
Jackson County building committee chair Crain reports missing floor and wall pipe plans hindering plumber bids. Without specifications an engineer may be needed to draft bids for repairs as leaks persist and interior piping deterioration worsens. The courthouse, built in 1986 at about 1 million, may require full replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Itan
Carl Frain
Board of Supervisors
Crain
Crackdown on Taxes Set by Jackson County Board
Jackson County Board of Supervisors ordered a crackdown on delinquent taxes. The finance committee, state's attorney, and county treasurer were told to devise a plan for collecting both personal and real estate taxes, with Farm Bureau input. Personal taxes were 18 percent delinquent in 1959 per Illinois Agricultural Association figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Nance
James Gillmore
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Arm
Bill Strack
The
County Farm Bureau
Illinois Agriculture Associaton
Jackson County
Ruling May Affect Jackson Tax Levy
Hingis Supreme Court ruling may require a special election to raise the Jackson County corporate fund tax rate. County Clerk Delmar Ward notes a potential drop from 3.5 to 7.2 cents per $100, risking about $47,531 in revenue. Ridgeway said election timing is uncertain. the final levy decision affects the next tax levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hingis Supreme Court
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
William Ridgeway
Coufk Ming
Delmar Ward
Ridgeway
SIU Board to Study Crime Center on Edwardsville Campus
A proposal to establish a four center for crime study and rehabilitation will be presented to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees on Thursday. The plan, supported by state and federal agencies and criminologist Dan Glasier, notes proximity to three prisons and aims to advance research into causes and correction of crime through faculty participation and SIU institutes.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
James ‘Turner
SIU
St's
Dan Glasier
University of Ilingis
Marion
Hys
Vienna
Menard
Kentucky
Anna ‘State Hospital
Chester
Othe
Don Boydston
Two Area Youth Die In Drownings And Auto Crash
Anna youth Dwight Davis Lambert 15 and Benton school principal Robert T Hungate Jr died in separate incidents. Lambert drowned at a pond near Anna after supper Sunday. an inquest is set for Monday with services at First Baptist Mill Creek and Cave-In-Rock churches. Hungate died in a Benton auto crash at Routes 44 and 37, with his car a total loss and coroner listing a chest wound as fatal.
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Dwight Davis Lambert
Ray V. Lambert
Anna
Lambert
Union County Sheriff's Office
Crain Norris
First Baptist Church of
Mill Creek
Anna-Jonesboro
Handall
Warren
Mich
Wanda Navin
Lindell Smothers
Robert T. Hungate
Benton
Frank
Eugene Dow
Hungate
Rt -2
Benton Principal Dies As Car Slams Into Wall
A Benton principal, Hangate, died when his car struck a wall with no other vehicles involved. He led Washington Grade School for six years and held multiple local lodge memberships. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Drake-Hobbs Funeral Home in Benton, with burial at the Magonia and Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Dorris
Ina
Kenneth W. Hungate
Benton
Walter B. Burnett
Lompac
Califanivee
Robert B. Tanage
San Juan
Puerto ‘Rico
Drake-Hobbs Funersl
Carl Whittington
Magonia
Odd Fellons
St the Funeral
Mitchell Funeral Hone
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Dongola Youth Dies After A Year From Hay Wagon Fall
Dongele area youth Rodnie Joe Porterfield aged about 14, who never recovered from injuries after a hay wagon fall near his home, died Sunday of internal bleeding. Born July 1, 154%, he lived with his parents and siblings in Dongola. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Christian Chapel Church east of Dongola with burial in the church cemetery.
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Dongele Area
Rodnie Joe Porterfield
Att
Porterfield
Christian Chapel
Charen of Christ
Dongola
Roy Jones
Church Cemetery
Friends
Ford Funeral Home
Clarence Porterfield
Darrell
Anna
Delazo
Lean
Holk
Carmen Gould
Bunzorbe
Bond Set In Whittington Shooting Case
William Winemiller 54 of Whittington pleaded innocent to assault with intent to commit murder. A $20,000 bond was set and a preliminary hearing is scheduled Wednesday at 1 30 p m before Justice Lewis at Franklin County jail. The alleged shooting of his wife Lillien occurred Friday night at their home near Marion Jefferson county line. Lillien was hospitalized in St Louis with potential brain surgery expected. The arrest followed a call from the couple’s son in law Eugene McDaniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Winemiller
Whittington
Prankin Coun
Feane Everete
Lewis
Benton
Winemiller
Franklin County
Bond
Lillien
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Sotin
Rt. 37
Marion Jeferson
West Frankfurt man injured in self-inflicted shotgun wound
Hank Rakoczy, a 56 year old resident of West Frankfort, admitted wounding himself with a 12 gauge shotgun on Friday. He is in fair condition at Union Hospital, West Frankfurt, with a left chest wound and underwent or will undergo surgery this week after being conscious for about an hour before help arrived.
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Hank Rakoczy
West Frankfort
Union Hospital
West Frankfurt
Rakoczy
St Louisans Safe After Cabin Cruiser Explodes On River
Five St Louis residents escaped serious harm when a $25,000 cabin cruiser owned by Art Aubouchal blew up and burned on the Mississippi River at Chester Sunday. The vessel, later towed ashore, was a total loss. Aubouchon and seven passengers were aboard Teham to St Louis when the explosion occurred at about 6:29 p.m. All were treated for minor burns and released.
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St. Louisans
Mississippi River
Chester
Art Aubouchal
St. Louis
Chester East Club
Tegatia
Teham
St. Lesis
Aubouchon
Bob Schroeder
Rolin Menard
Chester Hospite
Tim Casper
Tenry Dickens
Helen
Bud Ledbetter
Mines Working Tuesday Report From Burning Star and Orient
Mines working Tuesday include Burning Star 1 slope and strip, Burning Star 2, Fidelity Old Ben, Old Ben 4, Orient 3 and Orient 4, Zeigler 3 and Zeeigler 4. The list shows multiple seams active across several shafts with varying depths.
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Burning Star
Fidelity
Orient
Zeigler
Zeeigler
Sesser Woman Killed In Wreck
Roxie Ann Jones of Sesser died in an automobile crash near Kankakee. Two cars and a truck were involved. another driver also died. Jones leaves a son Charlie and daughters Zola Atchison and Delpha Johnson, plus siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral set for Horse Prairie Baptist Church with Brayfield Funeral Home assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Ann Jones
Sesser
Kankakee
Jones
Charlie
Steeger
Zola Atchison
Lesser
Delpha Johnson
Ollie Ramsey
Solon
Ohio
Carbondale Man Fined for Intoxication After Arrest
Riley G. Gibson age 53 of 429 East Jackson Street Carbondale was fined ten dollars and costs by Justice Rich Ball after a Saturday arrest by Carbondale Police at his home on intoxication charges.
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Carbondale
Riley G. Gibson
E. Jackson St
Justice of the Peace
Rich Ball
Gibson
Marion driver placed on probation by judge
Melvin Underhite, 42, of Marion, received a one year suspended sentence to Vandalia Penal Farm from Judge John Clayton in Williamson County Court after his car hit the rear of a vehicle driven by Ralph Thaxton, 17, of Marion, on Rt 7 north of Marion. Underhite was fined $30 and costs by the justice of the peace. Elmer Farmer
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Marion
Melvin Underhite
Car Not Stolen But Tires Ordered In Error
A Murphysboro woman believed her car was stolen Saturday night but instead learned a tire mix up. Police found her Ford near Montgomery Ward Car Shop, where a service man was fitting two new tires intended for another similar car.
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Murphysboro
Ruth Alexander
Logan St
Montgomery Ward
Miss Alexander
North Ith Street
Kaya
Miias Alexander
Railroad Tracks and Water Line Casing Project
Adjacent railroad tracks and a one inch water line will be placed within a protective casing. The installation will support a new Bracy grocery warehouse and additional industrial sites in the area.
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Marion
North Markst Atrest
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Tim Callum
Jim Proctor
Faise
Geéwarl
Marion Marion
Tommy Davis
Ee Seca Abine Abrion
Marco Seule Pravis
County Board UK
R. A. Carter
Elkville
Jackson County Housing Authority Board
Jackson
Smothers
Benton Lake
Paul Head
Putnam St
Paul
Charles W. Head
Rhodes
Dave Rhodes
Benton Fire Department
Eugene Darvis
Barney Browning
Walter E. Head
Pearl Knowles
Charles Lee
Mark Steven
John Edmond
Vicky Lynn
Marion County
Ernest Hanes
Eugene McDaniel
Winemilley
Toade Vo
Horse Prairie Baptist Church
Hirch
John Maulding
Bill Christoff
Brayfield Funeral Home
BE. T. McCoy
C. H. Grider
Carterville
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