Illinois scene rocks Rockford slaying jury selection in Williams case
A seven women and five men jury will hear evidence in the trial of John W. Williams Jr. 17 accused of executing five 11 year old boys in Rockford A dep sheriff son faced more than one suspect family link noted The victims Ronald Johnson Wayne Mullendere cousins were found dead March 2 in a park pavilion in kneeling poses.
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Rockford
John W. Williams, Jr
Williams
Winnebago County
Ronald Johnson
Wayne Mullendere
Rockford Park
Library moves to new office in Marion area
The Shawnee Library System moves its offices from Southern Illinois University to a building on Route 37 north of Marion. The temporary HQ will serve until the system’s new central building near Carterville is finished, with permanent occupancy planned by August 1968.
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Shawnee Library System
Southern Illinois University
Rt. 37
Marion
Carterville
Illinois Legislature Action Highlights and Local News
Highlights from Monday through early Tuesday show Illinois General Assembly moves including credit reform bills, stricter loan terms, a one cent gasoline tax hike, and ethics measures. The report also notes school history inclusions, handicapped transportation funding, and Vietnam veteran relief provisions. A stillborn baby at Marion Memorial Hospital is reported with services held at Sunset Lawn Cemetery. Crab Orchard Lake and other local water levels are updated near spillways.
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Otto Kerner
Hoenn Denavara
Illinois
Veterans Assistance Commission
Ilinois
Tlinois Department of Insurance
Marion Memorial Hospital
Edward
Shirley King Clayton
W. Warren St
Marion
Sunset Lawn Cemetery
Harrisburg
C. R. Walker
King-Smith Funeral Home
Nashville
Kosygin Castro talks shadow Cuba press lauds secrecy
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Fidel Castro planned private talks in Havana with discussants kept secret Western observers expect topics to include Vietnam the Middle East and Castro's stance against peaceful coexistence doctrine Kosygin's stay possibly extends another day with no official schedules released Castro greeted him quietly before traveling to a guest house in Marianao Cuba has shifted from Soviet line in recent months. Joe Peila 90 dies in Collinsville after long career as coal miner born December 24 1876 in Italy funeral Thursday at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher burial Harrison Cemetery
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Fidel Castro
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Favana
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Cuba
Marianao
Soviet Union
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Collinsville
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Pella
Italy
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Mary Pella
Minnie Crowell
Lawrence
Joe
Benton
Charlie
O’failon
George
San Jose
Calif
Gilbert Funeral Home
W. D. Berry
Harrison Cemetery
Hom
Weather warms Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region
A brief AP Wirephoto note states warmer conditions will prevail across the Great Lakes region and the Mississippi Valley, extending into the surrounding Ohio Valley as milder air moves in.
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Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
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