Deaths Mark long career of Marion mayor Robert Cooksey
Robert Cooksey 55 of Marion died at 3 20 a m June 27 1978 at Marion Memorial Hospital He served as Marion mayor 1955 63 after earlier roles including city firefighter police officer county deputy sheriff and state game warden His political bids included runs for county treasurer and county clerk He also worked as a miner and restaurant operator Funeral arrangements are pending at Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion.
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Robert Cooksey
Vinewood St
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Cooksey
Stateville Prison
Williamson County
Robert Butler
Butler
Richard Ogilvie
Lillian McGinnis
Mitchell Funeral Home
Fern Crabtree
Anna
Union County Hospital
Chicago
Union County
Benjamin F
Mary A. Davis Crabtree
Crain Funeral Home
Don Travelstead
Route 1
Harrisburg
Ferrell Hospital
Eldorado
Carrier Mills
Ainad
Saline County
Irvin
Lula Wright Travelstead
Leah Swartz
Gale Travelstead
Rena Owen
Merle Springs
Ethel ‘Travelstead
Mary Blue
Omaha
Earl Travelstead
Keith Travelstead
Gaskins Funeral Home
Bankston Cemetery
John E. Buffington
Huntington Beach
Calif
Fountain Valley Community Hospital
Fountain Valley
Mr. Buffington
Musicians Local 47
Hollywood Calif
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Newport Beach
Edgemont
S.D
William W
Edna Crowley Buffington
Murphysboro
Verna Leiniecke
John F. Buffington
Rockwood
Kenneth Buffington
Lansing
Mich
Eunice Lamm
Ruth Mass
San Diego
Wilson Funeral Home
Ava
Ella Cole
Norris City
Fountain
James
Clemma Lattimer Keasler
Earl M. Cole
Marie Starr
J. D. Cole
Paducah
Kenneth Cole
State Police District 13
Campbell Funeral Home
City Odd Fellows Cemetery
Norris
Lizzie McGee 82 Died in St Louis June 26 1978
Lizzie McGee 82 of St Louis Missouri died Monday June 26 1978 at Manchester Nursing Home in St. Louis Funeral services are pending at Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin.
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Freda van Hoorebeke
Chicago
Sesser
Brayfield Funeral Home
Maple Hill
van Hoorebeke
St. Ann’s Hospital
Francis
Sarah Stevison
Betty Phillips
Tamaroa
Kenneth
Fortuna
Calif
Frank
du Quoin
Darrell
Donald
Christopher
Clarence
Lizzie McGee
St. Louis
Manchester
van Natta Funeral Home
Herrin
Motorcycle crash injuries man in Colp area
Kurt Thomas E. Sweeten 31 of West Frankfort was injured when his motorcycle left the Number Nine Blacktop near Illinois 149 and overturned into a ditch at about 1 am. He was listed in fair condition at Union Hospital. State police said another vehicle forced him off the road as it passed.
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Thomas E. Sweeten
West Frankfort
Colp
Illinois
Union Hospital
Sweeten
Illinois 149
Ambitious thief steals 32-foot yellow ladder
A 32-foot yellow ladder was reported stolen from Marion at 7:30 a.m. The theft occurred after Don Richey parked his General Telephone Co. truck and had breakfast at the Motel Marion. upon his return the ladder was missing.
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Marion
Don Richey
General Telephone Co
Rock throwing and thefts reported in local area
Darryl Tippy of Marion reported a rock cracked his windshield while driving on Illinois 148 near Orcill. Pat F. Coffey of Route 3 Carbondale reported a $150 television stolen from his residence. Lavone Griffith of Route 2 Marion reported an $85 bicycle stolen from her yard.
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Darryl Tippy
Marion
Williamson County
Sheriff’s Office
Illinois
Orcill
Pat F. Coffey
Route 3
Carbondale
Lavone Griffith
Route 2
Elkville woman injured in courthouse fall
Wanda Wisely, 56, of Elkville, fell on the west courthouse steps in Murphysboro, shattering her knee cap. She was treated at St Joseph Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin after the 2:30 p.m. accident.
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Wanda Wisely
N. West St
Elkville
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Cemetery rules block sculptor's last tribute
Alan Sandman, a Gainesville sculptor, prepared a white cast stone for his father's grave in Orlando. His three month effort was halted when cemetery rules allow only granite, marble and natural stone, blocking the tribute.
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Orlando
Fla
Gainesville
Alan Sandman
Sandman
Livestock National Stockyards Hogs and Cattle Prices Report
Livestock National Stockyards report shows 3,500 hogs with moderate trade. Barrows and gilts weak to 25 lower. 1-3 200-235 lb at 48.50-48.75. Mixed 1-3 uneven weights 200-240 lb 48.00-48.50. Cattle trading moderately active and steady. slaughter steers mostly choice with some prime at 52.50 for 1,065 lb. Heifers, cows, bulls and utility categories priced across a wide range. Sheep with spring slaughter lambs 54.00-55.00 for 90-110 lb. May include deck and small lots with varied prices.
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National Stockyards
Community events line up for Carbondale activities
A packed schedule in Carbondale features a pet parade for children 5 to 15, a bus trip to St. Louis Opera for Little Orphan Annie on July 9 with reservations by July 2, and Neil Simon come blow your horn at SIU theatre with tickets from the box office. Also listed are various campus meetings, orientations, and arts groups meeting Wednesday evening at SIU Carbondale venues.
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Carbondale Business and Professional Women’s Club
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Mardale
Carbondale
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Neil Simon
University Theater
Communications
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Manhattan
John Cannon
Steve Kosinski
Alan Baker
John Seibert
Buddy
Third Annual Pet Parade lightens Carbondale calendar
The Carbondale Park District hosts the third annual Pet Parade at Winkler Park 7 to 8 30 p m on Wednesday pets in living and non living categories for ages 5 to 15 with 6 30 to 7 p m registration. Free and open to the public. Also listed are various civic meals screenings and preparation for parenthood classes at SIU facilities with details for calendar listings.
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Carbondale Park District
Winkler Park
W. Freeman St
Carbondale
Emma C. Hayes
W. Willow
Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Ill
Correction reveals Cook County welfare fraud figures
A Monday article on welfare fraud detection misstated data. The corrected figures show that last year the assistance identified as improper in Cook County totaled 476,966 dollars, while only 55,566 dollars were recovered.
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Cook County
Ecesss
Storms lash Midwest with tornadoes high winds and floods
Storms continued across the Midwest bringing tornado sightings near Waverly West Virginia Stratton Colorado and near Elkhart and Johnson City Kansas with additional funnels into Lower Michigan and Minnesota. One death reported a Toledo mailman struck by lightning. Flooding hail and power outages disrupted Minnesota to Ohio as flash flood watches covered northern Illinois and temperatures varied from the 40s to 90s across many cities.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Minnesota
Ohio
Toledo
Waverly
W.va
Stratton
Colo
Elkhart
Johnson City
Kan
Lower Michigan
Florida
West Germans weigh cuts for Holocaust miniseries
West German television officials consider trimming the NBC mini series Holocaust and airing it on regional channels. The nine stations in the ABC network may decide in 10 days, amid criticism over accuracy and calls to instead cover the Maidanek war crimes trial.
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Nick Staudinger
Bonn
West Germany
WDR
ABC
United States
Germany
Helmut Oeller
Munich
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Radio Bremen
Helmut Lamprecht
Duesseldorf
Die Welt
Peter Maerthesheimer
Births Across Towns Include Multiple Newborns
Crown Point welcomes a son to Mr. and Mrs. Terry Waldron at St Anthonys Medical Center with maternal grandmother Margaret Major of Carbondale. Other births occur in Murphysboro Jonesboro Marion Carbondale Cobden Thompsonville West Frankfort Ava Cambria and Omaha with parents listed for each newborn.
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Crown Point
Ind
Waldron
Terry
St. Anthony’s Medical Center
Margaret Major
Carbondale
Bill Waldron
Murphysboro
Natzee
David
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Jonesboro
Spurlock
Fred
Marion
Ward
Steven
Memorial Hospital of
Cardenas
Sean
Cobden
Christoff
James
Thompsonville
Ingram
Randy
West Frankfort
Hogg
Paul
Ava
Kerley
Larry
Cambria
Jeralds
Timothy
Omaha
TATE
Wayne
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Makanda
Crain
Ebenezer Hall
Union Masonic Lodge No
Landis
Jonesboro Nursing Center
Alice Landreth
Pearl Hogg
Mcllrath St
Doctors Hospital
John
Minnie Fowler Pugh
Hosea Hogg
Mina Carter
Herod
Nellie Hubbard
Moline
Julie Livers
Effie Carter
Golconda
Jessie Hogg
George Hogg
Hogg Cemetery
Florence Sullivan
Macedonia
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Everett R
Macedonia Methodist
Macedonia Cemetery
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home
Freda VanHoorebeke
Claude Ferrell
E. Allen St
Marion Memorial
Virginia K. Underwood
Huderson St
Morion and Johnston
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Underwood
Arlando and
Mae Gaulhausen Webb
Church of the Nazarene
Elmer
Wanda Gostowski
South Chicago
Lucille Kirkpatrick
Lesser
Paula Hoover
Forest Park
Bourbonnais
Robert
South Holland
Hebron
James Webb
Pauline Short
Ella Silkwood
Daisy Roberson
Streator
Ferne Mahnke
Kurt
Egyptian Knights Chess Club
BPW
Siuc
Sia-C
Illinois Press Association
Southern Illinois- Carbondale
Christopher High School Board
People’s Voices of the Arts
New Life Center
S. Illinois Ave
Civil Service
Southern Illinois Hospital
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Coulterville
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