Rural Benton man James Dorris slain in tavern shooting
West City police investigate the fatal shooting of 34 year old James Dorris at Cotton's Tavern in Benton. Michael O Cooper 39 of Delbarton was arrested on a murder charge and held in Franklin County jail. Funeral arrangements set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mitchell Funeral Home Benton with burial in Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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West City
James Lee
Dorris
Rt. 1
Benton
Sauday
Cotton’s Tavern
Division St
Michael O.cooper
Delbarton
Franklin County
Franklin Hospital
Elmer Smith
Mr. Dorris
Mitchell Funeral Home
Masonic and
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Herman
Lucille Dorris
Pollack Construction Co
Tammie Lee Dorris
James Lee Dorri
Du Quoin plant approves three year electrical contract
Members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 702 vote 74 to 37 to approve a three year contract with Phelps Dodge Cable and Wire Co. at Du Quoin. The deal provides 24 cent raises in years one and three and 25 cents in year two, plus improved hospitalization, a second year holiday, and a third year pension plan start. Plant capacity and future expansion remain uncertain.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Phelps Dodge Cable and Wire Co
du Quoin
Passenger, like driver, faces charge
William P. Jezierski appeared to become angry after Carbondale police arrested the car’s driver Robert C. Skinner 26 of 1526 Old Main Street. Jezierski allegedly bent a squad windshield wiper and damaged the city radio antenna and was charged with damage to city property. Both men were held in the city jail until bond posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Jezierski
Carbondale
Robert C. Skinner
Old W. Main St
Jezierski
Rddie
Pulaski Man Dies in Frame-Home Fire
John Allen aged 85 died in a fire that destroyed his frame home in Pulaski. Fire Chief Carl Stringer said Allen's body was found at the front door. The blaze cause remains unknown and authorities say he lived alone.
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John Allen
Carl Stringer
Allen
Carbondale man tied to campus burglary and thefts
Carbondale police arrested Sam Richter, 20, after three Southern Illinois University students reported a burglary at their apartment. Officers recovered sixteen stereo items including amplifiers and a camera, many engraved with owners' Social Security numbers. Richter faces burglary criminal damage to property and public indecency charges.
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Carbondale
Sam Richter
E. Park St
Apt
Mark Berkowitz
Southern Illinois University
Richter
Paul Klouda
Tom Mally
Phil Corrigan
Area residents form Egyptian Genealogical Society
Forty one Southern Illinois residents formed the Egyptian Genealogical Society. The first meeting on the John A. Logan College campus featured William Anderson of Logan. Members from Ridgway Marion Pinckneyville Metropolis Johnston City Herrin Carterville Marissa Carbondale Unity Thompsonville West Frankfort Cairo Flora and Cape Girardeau Mo attended. The next meeting is 2 pm Sunday April 8 in Learning Resources Services at Logan College.
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Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
Carterville
William Anderson
Logan
Anderson
Ridgway
Marion
Pinckneyville
Metropolis
Johnston City
Herrin
Bradley
Marissa
Carbondale
Unity
Thompsonville
West Frankfort
Cairo
Flora
Cape Girardeau
Rachel Klein
JoAnn Hatfield
Cochairpersons
Luhr Brothers win river channel contract
The Luhr Brothers Inc. of Columbia won a 1,289,770 contract for channel maintenance on the upper Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers. Work will occur in Illinois counties including Monroe, Randolph, Jackson, Union, Alexander, Calhoun, Pike, Brown, Morgan, Scott, Green, Jersey, St. Clair and Madison and must be finished in 240 working days.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Illinois
Luhr Brothers Inc
Columbia
U.S. Corp. of Engineers
U.S
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Monroe
Randolph
Jackson
Union
Alexander
Calhoun
Pike
Brown
Morgan
Scott
Green
Jersey
St. Clair
Madison
Gray
Jackson County Township Elections Feature Few Contests
Seven townships will elect supervisors in the April 3 Jackson County elections but only Makanda and Somerset show contests. The reorganized board reduces seats, restoring township heads to their roles. offices of clerk assessor and auditors are up for election across townships with new rules increasing auditors to four. Voting runs 6 am to 6 pm with many incumbents listed in the long slate.
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Jackson County
Reorganized County Board
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Bradley
Degognia
Kinkaid
Makanda
Ora
Sand Ridge
Somerset
Alvin Lange
Jeannine Gale
Omer Nagel
Jim Egbert
Bill Gale
Paul Buescher
William Fuhrhop
Margie Heiman
Fourth Auditor
Ronald Heiman
Carbondale Township
Virginia Price
Pat Kowal
John R. Parrish
Earl “Pete” Koehn
Randall Gene Heins
Park Jarrett
Korando
de Soto
Pat Dietz
Howard Blumenstock
W.C. “Bump” Hawthrone
Ray Crawshaw
Fritz Alstat
Clifford Hale
Jack Chancey
All Democrats
Edgar Kuehn
Ike Hicks
Char
Unions and firm face NLRB charges over gas facility dispute
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Fenix and Soisson Inc a Tulsa contractor and two AFL CIO unions International Operating Engineers Local 318 and Laborers International Union Southern Illinois District Council over a Union County gas storage site dispute The board alleges withdrawal of recognition from the CIO and recognition of the two AFL CIO unions the timing of the actions and a requirement that workers join one of the unions An attack on the gas storage site preceded the actions with about 400 people causing extensive damage A hearing is set for May 1 in the Williamson County Courthouse Marion Texas Eastern Transmission Corp owns the $5 million propane storage facility under construction.
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National Labor Relations Board
Union County
Fenix and Scisson, Inc
Tulsa
Okla
Lick Creek
International Operating Engineers
Laborers International Union of North America
Ilinois
Afl-Cio
Com
Plaint
Congress of Independent
Fenix and
Soisson
CIO
CIA
NLRB
Herman W. Glasser
Williamson County
Marion
Washington, D. C
Texas fugitive Miller captured near De Soto on Rt 51
Jackson County deputies arrested Tommy Wayne Miller at 2:30 a.m. in a rest stop pickup asleep along Route 51 north of De Soto. Miller, sought for jailbreak in Marshall Texas, faced an Arkansas warrant over a stolen vehicle found in Camden, Ark.
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Texas
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Tommy Wayne Miller
Miller
Marshall
Tex
Arkansas
de Soto
Camden
Ark
Elderly Couple Die In Evanston House Fire
An elderly couple Bertram and Marie Pease both in their 60s died Saturday when a fire swept through their Evanston home. Authorities identified the two victims.
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Evanston
Chicago
Bertram
Marie Pease
Car Pursuit Ends in Minor Injury for Suspect
Jean R Celestin 20 of Crab Orchard Estates Carbondale injured when his car overturned during a chase with Southern Illinois University security personnel. Police stopped Celestin for a license check then pursued after a radio check. He was treated at Doctors Memorial Hospital and moved to Jackson County jail.
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Jean R. Celestin
Crab Orchard Estates
Carbondale
Southernee University Security Pace
Celestina
Rt. 51
Celestin
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Jackson County
Hooded Gunman Robs Anna Service Station
A gunman with a white pillow case over his head robbed Martin Service Station at 219 E Vienna St Anna around 12 50 a m Sunday, taking 218 in cash. Attendant Frank Cunningham hid under a table as two suspects in a white car fled. police report the robber was about 6 to 6 feet 2 inches tall in his early to mid forties.
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Anna
Lawrence Boyer
Martin
Vienna St
Frank Cunningham
Cunningham
Boyer
Anna Man Held After Alleged Battery on Officer
Joseph Lyerla, 22, of Anna was charged with battery after an alleged attack on Anna police officer James Ray near a tavern on Layfette Street. Ray was scratched. Lyerla confined to Union County Jail, Jonesboro.
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Joseph Lyerla
Anna
Lyerla
James Ray
Layfette Street
Lawrence
Boyer
Ray
Fire shuts down Murphysboro Brown Shoe Co plant
A smouldering fire in a dust suction fan at Brown Shoe Co plant on 20th Street and Shomaker Drive led to a shutdown. Workers were sent home with a return for 1 p.m. after Murphysboro firefighters and staff controlled the blaze in about ninety minutes.]
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Murphysboro
Brown Shoe Co
20Th Street
Shomaker Drive
Joe Vitale
Vitale
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Edwin Darnstaedt
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Naomi Easton
Jeraline Rushing
Hobbs
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Rohlfing
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Ed Miller
Daniel Fager
Bill Dallas
Paul C. Ruble
Unllians
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Patsy Jean Chamness
Raymond Higgs
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