Prisoner Hangs Self in West Frankfort Jail
West Frankfort police report no planned changes to surveillance or cell layout at the city jail after a prisoner, George Melvin, 27, was found dead in his cell from apparent strangulation. Melvin was arrested Friday night for disorderly conduct and found at 9:20 a.m. Saturday after edging toward suicide.
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West Frankfort
John Bryant
Bryant
George Melvin
S. Adams St
Melvin
Benton
Diamonds Stolen From Can Non’s Jewelry Store
Police report shows Kenneth Cannon, owner of Can Non’s jewelry at 122 S Illinois Ave Carbondale, lost 1200 dollars in 3 rings from the front window on Saturday. The two women’s rings and one men’s ring held 28 diamonds in total. The loss was reported Sunday.
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Cannon
S. Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Kenneth Cannon
Fire Calls Across Three Local Incidents This Weekend
Fire crews responded to three small incidents this weekend. At 5 p.m. Sunday at 107 W Chestnut St a small motor fire was put out before units arrived with no damage reported. At 10:25 p.m. Sunday at 213 E Willow St in Carbondale a trash fire behind a house caused no damage. At 9:20 a.m. Monday a car fire occurred on Public Square in Marion with the cause undetermined.
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Anna
W. Chestnut St
Carbondale
E. Willow St
Lou Campbell
Marion
Public Square
First 100 Degree Reading This Year Across Area
The region sizzled as Herrin hit 100 degrees at 1 55 p m on Sunday the first 100 degree day of the year Marion West Frankfort Johnston City reached 99 Benton 98 Carbondale Murphysboro 97 and Herrin again at 2 30 p m reported as the peak in the area.
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Herrin
Mercury
Marion
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Benton
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Stock Car Driver Dies from Blytheville Crash
Ben ton resident and stock car racer Hard Dean Prior, 25, died in Blytheville Ark from injuries suffered Saturday when his car left the track at Blytheville and overturned after flipping over a fence. Prior raced often at Turnpike Raceways in Marion.
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Hard Dean Prior
Benton
Blytheville
Ark
Prior
Turnpike Raceways
Marion
William Lannom Hurt in Crash Near Collinsville
William Lannom, 19, of East St. Louis and formerly of Carbondale, was injured in a Sunday multi vehicle crash at the Interstate 70 and Route 157 interchange near Collinsville. He suffered two broken kneecaps and a fractured shoulder and was listed in fair condition.
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William Lannom
East St. Louis
Carbondale
Lannom
Mack T. Lannom
Rt. 4
Interstate 70
Rt. 157
Collinsville
Mines Working Tuesday Burning Star 1 Burning Star 2
Mines reported activity on Tuesday at Burning Star 1 and Burning Star 2. Operations appeared ongoing with workers present and equipment active. No injuries or incidents were noted in the initial briefing.
From Where I Sit on Highway Safety and Deaths
Tony Stevens reflects on America’s highway toll using 1965 national and Illinois figures. He cites 78 local deaths so far in the year, calls for stricter licensing and enforcement, and recalls a near miss at a railroad crossing near Carterville while stressing personal responsibility.
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District 13
du Quoin
America
National Safety Council
Jackson County
Illinois
Roy
Alton
Zeigler
Carterville
Christopher
Wyoming
Rhode Island
California
Ohio
New York
Benton
Colp
Jerry Glenn
Jerry
Southern Illinois Golf Association
Jackson County Audit Urges Receipts and Expenditure Controls
The 1965 Jackson County audit by Richard W. Boyd recommends pre numbered receipts in the collector and sheriff offices to improve tracing of currency payments and internal control. It urges better matching of estimated and actual general fund expenditures and notes petty cash and deputy car allowances should be paid by check. No formal board action yet.
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Jackson County
Richard W. Boyd
Murphysboro
Boyd
Sherif
Sheriff’s Office
Circuit Clerk
County General Fund
Board of Supervisors
James Gillmore
U.S. Treasury
Herrin Man and Former Resident Die in Rt 148 Crash
A Herrin man Robert Rollins 20 and Billy Joe Reynolds 18 of Alabama were killed in a two vehicle collision on Rt 148 near Herrin’s south city limits at 1 15 a m A third man was seriously injured The Maze driver Robert Maze 39 of Carterville was southbound when Rollins pulled onto the highway from a side road Police said Rollins died on arrival at Herrin Hospital Reynolds died at 330 a m Rollins home address listed plus family details and funeral arrangements given Burial set for Hillcrest Cemetery Carterville
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Herrin
Rt. 148
Robert Rollins
Billy Joe Reynolds
Alabama
Mr. Rollins
Robert Maze
Carterville
Maze
Rollins
Herrin Hospital
Reynolds
Robert Eugene Rollins
W. Madison St
St. Louis
Robert G. and
Lavada Reynolds Rollins
Luvada Branca
Robert
Thomas Reynolds
Hance Rollins
Fredricktown
Ala
Illinois
William A
Dorothy Jean Lane Reynolds
Karen
Charles Lane
Johnson Funeral Home
Lester Caraway
West Monroe Street
Former Herrin Man Dies in Michigan
John Poliske 52, of Hazel Park Michigan and former Herrin resident, died at home Sunday. Born May 4, 1914 in Du Bois Pennsylvania he was son of Mike and Ann Poliskie. Survived by brothers William Victor Mike and sisters Mrs John A Will Mrs Roger Hook and Mrs Angela Colentino. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday Johnson Funeral Home Herrin with Rev Lester Himstedt officiating. Burial St Carlos Cemetery Herrin. Rosary 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
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John Poliske
Hazel Park
Mich
Herrin
du Bois
Mike
Ann Poliskie
William
Victor
Detroit
Jeffersonville
Ind
John A. Will
Roger Hook
Angela Colentino
Springfield
Johnson Funeral Home
Lester Himstedt
St. Carlos Cemetery
Funeral
Prowlers Reported in Carbondale Near Walnut Street
Early Sunday reports of prowlers in Carbondale at 700 West Walnut Street and at the General Telephone Co. garage in Mardale Shopping Center plaza led police to investigate. no suspects were found.
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Carbondale
West Walnut Street
General Telephone Co
Mardale Shopping Center Plaza
State Mosquito Check Planned
The Franklin Williamson Bi County Health Department has called a state entomologist to identify the mosquitoes in a 200 acre swamp northwest of Herrin. Dan Bain says light traps will be set to collect specimens for lab analysis.
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Franklin
Dan Bain
Health Department
Public Works Display Slated at Southern Illinois Fairs
The Illinois Department of Public Works and Building display will be shown at Massac County Fair from Wednesday to July 4 and at Randolph County Fair from July 5 to 10.
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Illinois Department of Public Works
Illinois
Massac
Randolph County
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County Fairgrounds
Nicholas Vergette
John Savere
Jerry Harris
Ilinois
Police
City Hall
Tony Stevens
The
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Man
Michigan
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