Four men charged after Carterville raid on narcotics and stolen property
Williamson County Sheriff Russell Oxford inventories seized evidence from a Wednesday raid at a Carterville apartment. Four men face charges of possession of narcotics and stolen property. A science fiction styled water pipe built from a TV tube was noted on the table, with multi colored pipes and a four person smoking setup. A pocket kit with shooting materials appeared at a front corner.
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Williamson County
Russell Oxford
Carterville
Ince
Oxford
Four men arrested in Carterville narcotics drug raid
Four men, Tom Chicen, Charles Robertson, Timothy Latham, and Samuel Lloyd Miranda, were jailed in Williamson County after a Carterville apartment raid for possession of narcotics and stolen property. Officers recovered 30 coins matching those stolen from Dr. Keller and Dr. Waterbury, including 16 silver dollars, plus marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Investigators from the Illinois Bureau of Investigation, Southern Illinois University security police, and the US Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms assisted.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Tom Chicen
Charles Robertson
Timothy Latham
Samuel Lloyd Miranda
Forrest St
Sheriff's Office
Marion
L. E. Keller
D. A. Waterbury
W. Main St
Potted pot plants lead to cannabis charge in Sparta car
Sparta Police Chief Carl Adams stopped John R. Gordon, 21, of Tilden after a parking stop and found about 21 potted cannabis plants in his car. Gordon was arrested at 2:20 pm on Wednesday and released on $1,000 bond. The report also notes investigations into counterfeit coins in Car terville, a restaurant, and a laundromat, plus drugs and lab equipment found in a separate raid. Police in Du Quoin questioned Marion suspects as part of the broader case.
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Sparta
Carl Adams
John R. Gordon
Tilden
Gordon
Adams
Oxford
du Quoin
Marion
STU. Chicon
Robert
Youth hurt on tractor near Steeleville
A 15 year old Steeleville youth is listed in fair condition at Memorial Hospital in Chester after a tractor accident on a rural road east of Steeleville. The tractor ran into a ditch and overturned pinning him underneath at 4 25 p m Wednesday, according to State Police District 13 at Du Quoin.
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Steeleville
Memorial Hospital
Chester
Mark Rieckenberg
Dietrich Rieckenberg
du . Quoin
Resignation of Anna police chief at city council request
Roy Boone, 25, resigned Wednesday as Anna Police Chief at the council’s request after four years as chief at Cobden. Boone cited council decisions delaying his long range plan costing about 3500 more than the budget, including hiring, training, equipment, and new facilities. He said he had proposed funding via ALEC grants, increased revenues, and possible police taxes. The city, with a 1970 population of 4766, faces budget constraints and jail/dispatch issues while Boone critiqued the lack of support for improvements.
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Roy Boone
Anna
Boone
Cobden
Dele Denny
Denny
R. J Lewis
Public Health and Safety
Ities
Denny and
Lewis
Drug plot charges dropped in Illinois campus case
Nine men charged in a complex plot involving armed robbery and marijuana purchases on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus had all charges dropped in Circuit Court. The state may reinstate the case, but witnesses were only defendants who would not testify.
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Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
William Platka
Platka
Richard Dsishacinski
Sun Valley
Calif
Robert Dipietro
Des Plaines
Jeffrey Turner
Raymond Fuca
Holand Hall
Robert Bear
Robert Weber
Edward Kozuch
Round Lake
Livingston Cullen
Northbmok
Dziabacinski
Dipietro
Library moves to temporary quarters for new building
Murphysboro Sallie Logan Library operates from First Apostolic Church basement at 14th and South streets from 2 to 6 pm daily except Sundays. New borrowers may get cards by listing two names from the Murphysboro telephone directory. Books must be returned at the library with no outside drop. The old library at 18th and Walnut will be demolished this summer for a new facility funded by a city bond issue.
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Murphysboro
Sallie Logan i
First Apostolic Church
Centenary Methodist Church
14Th
South Streets
Emma Hough
14Th Street
Hough
James Abel
Shawnee Library System
Sallie Logan Library Jis
Williamson County bills tax dates set for August deadline
Williamson County board set the tax collection schedule with Monday as the first day for real estate and personal property bills. Payments without penalty due by August 4. Second real estate installment due later. Over 50,000 bills distributed to the Marion Post Office. residents begin receiving on Friday. Board approved road work contracts totaling 94,878 dollars for liquid asphalt and patching. Wheeler projects funded with motor fuel tax and federal matching funds. Appointments to Welfare Services Advisory Committee and T.B. Sanitorium Board announced. Deed given to Williamson County Historical Society for jail property. Next board meeting July 10. courthouse closed July 4.
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Marion
John Lashley
Fred Thane
E.T. Simonds Construction Co
Carbondale
Wilson Asphalt Co
Pittsburg Road
Rt. 14
Ruby Barger
Johnston City
Wade Rowatt
Carterville
Robert Butler
County Welfare Services Advisory Committee
Butler
Barger
Rowatt
Kenneth Hammond
Hurst
Robert Sevast
Ivan Swan
Rt. 3
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Williamson County Historical Society
William Sinks
Springfield
State Department of Local Government Affairs
Sinks
Student Union of Southern Alipats University
Carbon
Freeman Spur Boy May Have Started Fatal Fire
An 11-year-old Freeman Spur boy died in a Wednesday blaze and authorities suspect he started the fire while playing in a storage closet of an unoccupied house owned by Gina Harris. Edward Stutz, born January 16, 1962 in Chicago, died of smoke inhalation at Herrin Hospital. The coroner noted two doors were locked, matches found in his pocket, and that he likely tried to exit through the back or front but became lost in the kitchen before dying near the refrigerator. Funeral arrangements are set for Friday at Johnson’s Funeral Home in Herrin with burial at Freeman Cemetery.
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Freeman Spur
Edward Stutz
Lawrence
Sean Hope Stutz
Gina Harris
Dixon
Williamson County
James Wilson
Marion
Wilson
Edward
Herrin
Stutz
Molalla
Ore
Mary Louise Stutz
Wendy
Ruth Ann Stutz
Thomas L. Stutz
Zeigler
William N. Stutz
Johnson
Otto Brown
West Frankfort
Freeman Cemetery
Bride-To-Be Williams Plans Sept wedding to SIU chief Derge
Patricia Jean Williams, 25, will wed David R. Derge, 98, SIU president, in a church wedding on Sept. 2 in Carthage Illinois. Williams, an education specialist for Michael Bakalis, met Derge at an SIU trustees meeting and will not work after marriage. The couple, planning a large ceremony, will hold social events in Carbondale and Springfield before the wedding.
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Patricia Jean Williams
David R. Derge
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Derge
Miss Williams
Michael Bakalis
Bakelis
Illinois Boards of Trustees
Carthage
Matomb
Ilinois
William H. Williams
Williams
Patty
Bakalis
Western Illinois University
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Son
Latham
Miranda
Granite City
Atty
Kenneth Powless
Robertson
Keller
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Corrections
Union County
LOGAN
Gerald I. Manns
John A. Logan College
Manis
Southern Dlinois University
Stu
Menis
Alice Breer
C.R. Walley
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Dave Buter
David
Dave
Dorothy
David R. Derge IM
Miss Willams
Carbondale Community High School
Indiana University
Elizabeth Anne Greene
Mayfield
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