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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1973
Page
5
Taylor resident Carol Louise Poff, 21, pled guilty to manslaughter in the October death of Richard Poff, son of Mr and Mrs Cletus Poff. She received five years probation, must report monthly, and care for her three children. A psychiatrist's report prompted delaying sentencing.
President Nixon asks Congress to allow states and cities to use 3.5 billion in federal highway funds over three years to improve mass transit including buses and rapid rail. He also supports a better communities act providing 2.3 billion annually in flexible revenue sharing to meet development needs and urges creating a department of community development to unify housing, transportation and other programs. He criticizes existing federal housing programs suspended in January while funds remain available for development.
A 10-year-old boy, John McCuan, was found unharmed near his Carrier Mills home after more than 100 people searched farm fields with airplanes and bloodhounds. He disappeared from midnight to 6 a.m. Wednesday, and his parents are Mr. and Mrs. William McCuan of rural Carrier Mills.
Three Perry County businesses were broken into Tuesday and Wednesday. Judy's Market Cutler saw entry by door glass with cigarettes and change stolen. Nick Culp Store Willisville lost cigarettes and cash after back-door break in. Myers' Tavern Percy reported a television, change, and machine-cigarettes stolen. Sheriff’s investigators say the same method was used and follow-up leads are underway.
Two Pinckneyville men were injured when their car left Rice road two miles west of Route 127 in Perry County and struck a tree. Driver Robert Engelman, 35, and passenger John Wright, 41, were treated at Pinckneyville Community Hospital and later transferred to a Belleville hospital, state police reported.
The three person electoral board met Tuesday to consider charges that Denning Township officials failed to conform with statutes at a central committee meeting. Max Mitchell claims the supervisor led in an informal manner risking exclusion of many officials and citizen frustration. Loren P. Lewis, the state’s attorney, questions the board’s composition. The outcome could prompt new township laws or a supreme court ruling on existing rules.
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