Wounded Man Improves in Marion Hospital
A Herrin man, Fred Myers, 41, shot three times by his wife Lorene Myers at their home on 12 Harrison Street is reported improving at the Marion Veterans Administration Hospital. He had been gravely injured and is now listed as serious. Lorene Myers admits the shooting after alleging he struck her and threatened their 10 year old daughter Judy. police continue investigation as the couple remains separated.
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Herrin
Marion Veterans Administration Hospital
Fred Myers
Jefferson Hotel
Myers
Lorene
Roy Cole
Judy
W. Harrison St
Two Marissa Men Sentenced For Gas Theft
Two men from Marissa were sentenced to 90 days at Vandalla Penal Farm after pleading guilty to deceptive practices related to stealing gas from a tank at Elm Boedeker farm near Sparta on April 19. Separate cases included Johnnie Fierce of St Louis pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and Jack Douglas of Coulterville facing DWI charges and new license offenses with bonds set.
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Marissa
Sparta Area
Vandalla
Stanley Schenke
Charles Marler
Randolph County
Carl Becker
Elm Boedeker Farm
Sparta
Johnnie Fierce
St. Louis
Barker
Fierce
Randorp
William Winehoffer
Jack Douglas
Coulterville
Douglas
Policomar
Hughey Robbins
Chester
Rites Planned for Miss Maud Holland in Marion
Funeral services for Maud Holland aged 79 will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Wilson Funeral Home Marion with Rev. W A Robinson officiating. Burial follows at Rose Till Cemetery. She died Tuesday at her home after a long Marion residence and service at the Marion Post Office for 43 years. She belonged to BPW and the First Methodist Church and leaves several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Holland
College St
Marion
Wilson
W. A. Robinson
Rose Till
Miss Holland
Corinth Township
Rolley
Mary Roberts Holland
Marion Post
Marion Business and Professional Women's Club
BPW
First Methoist
Holland
Phillip, Brooks
Idependence
George Maschoff
St. Louis
Golconda Housing Project Open House Planned
Officials will host an open house Sunday at the Golconda housing project recently completed at a cost of 586000 dollars. The 40 unit complex includes 20 elderly and 20 low rent units with applications now being taken. Residents are expected to move in May.
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Golconda
Pope County
Norge Chief Visits Herrin as Plant Expansion Advances
Borg-Warner Norge chief Robert C. Fickes toured the Herrin plant during a 1,600 mile 24 hour swing among Norge facilities in Effingham Herrin and Fort Smith He announced a $2 million expansion and a 15 percent sales boost goal for the year The visit included meetings with Herrin officials Chamber leaders and managerial staff and launched the Off Your Plat en sales campaign
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norge
Borg
Warner Corp
Herrin
Robert C. Fickes
Herrin Norge
Fickes
Effingham
Fort Smith
Ack
Y. C. jRice
A. J. Tobin
Chicago
Wickes
Chamber of Commerce l
Ferrin
Ly-Mar
Koynalé
Platen
Fred Henderson
Jo M.walker
Arthur Hamilton
Ja V. Walker
Floyd Bracy
Clyde Brewster
Tommy Colombo
Victor Revack
Leon Zwick
Reback
Allen Industries
Henderson
Music Under the Stars Spring Festival at SIU
The 1963 Music Under the Stars Spring Festival will be at 7:80 PM Saturday in Shryock Auditorium Southern Illinois University. Robert Kingsbury directs with four guest conductors J Moxander Warren van Bronkhurst FC Kreider and guest artist Lorna Jann Dallas. Master of ceremonies is William Tudor. Winners of piano and vocal contests appear.
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McAndrew
Southern Tllinois University
Southern Ilinois
Robert Kingsbury
Chartus Avil
Marilee McNaney
West Frankfort
Centralia Township
Warren ‘van Bronkhurst
SIU
FC Kreider
Collinsville
Lorna Jann Dallas
Carrier Mills
Wiliam Tudor
Acca
Shryock Auditorium
Woman Hurt As Car Rolls Near Saline River Bridge
Two women were treated for minor injuries after a car left the road and overturned near the Saline River Bridge on Rt L three miles south of Rt 13. Driver Mrs Myrl Hafford 52 of Birmingham Alabama and passenger Mrs Mary Williams 37 of Kansas City were reported injured. A separate incident saw Gordon U Dixon 33 of Mobile Florida treated for minor injuries after his semitrailer left RL 3 near the Rt 3 446 junction. A Gary Deering 19 of Carrier Mills escaped injury when his car ran off a gravel road in Ledford near Harrisburg. passengers Paul Yother 20 Camp Lejeune NC Wayne Thomas 21 and Jack Gibbons 22 Carrier Mills.
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Saline River Bridge
Rt. L
Rt. 13
District
du Quoin
Myrl Hafford
Birmingham
Ala
Mary Williams
Kansas City Co
Gordon U. Dixon
Ilaleah
Fla
Pam
Gary Deering
Carrier Mills
Ledford
Harrisburg
Potice
Paul Yother
Camp le Jeune
N.C
Wayne Thomas
Jack Gibbons
Lake Bottom Being Tested for New Rt 13 Bridges
The state Division of Highways drills into Crabrehard Lake bed to test its solidity for a four lane bridge project. If needed, reinforcing materials will be placed. District highway engineer W D Macleod in Carbondale says drilling wraps up soon and bids will be sought for embankments this summer. Bridges planned under the 1984 program will convert Rt 13 into a four lane route from Carbondale to Marion.
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State Division of Highways
Crabrehard Lake
W. D. Macleod
Carbondale
Marion
Probation Revoked for De Soto Man in Jackson County
Raymond Vanzandt of De Soto was sentenced to six months at Vandalia State Penal Farm by a Jackson County Court for probation revocation. He pleaded guilty before County Judge Peyton Kanee to aggravated assault and had been on a one year probation since 12. Vanzandt and his wife run Judy's Place on Route 3 north of De Soto. the charge stemmed from battery by his wife and an employee, Noveda Lambdin, with the case moved from Justice of the Peace Jim Bob Kerley to county court.
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Raymond Vanzandt
de Soto
Vandaliane
Jackson
Vanzandt
Peyton Kanee
Vanzandi
Judy
Rt. 3
Nort
de Salo
Noveda Lambdin
Court of Justice of the Peace
Jim Bob Kerley
County Court Union
SIU Student Named Legislative Staff Intern 1963 64
A Southern Illinois University student, Chester G. Elias, 25, from Peru, Illinois, was chosen for a nine year long on the job study of state government sponsored by Illinois and the Ford Foundation. He will join three other interns as research assistants to top lawmakers during the 1963 64 academic year and will receive academic credit and a $450 monthly stipend while living in Springfield.
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Southern Illnois University
State of Illinois
Ford Foundation
Chester G. Elias
Irom Peru UK
Ilinois
SIU
University of Illinois
Springfield
Murphysboro Judge Helvig Retires After Eight Years
Murphysboro police docket closed by Magistrate Charles Helvig Sr age 73 after eight years as city judge. With smaller city posts eliminated by the Illinois General Assembly, Helvig who was elected in 1955 and re elected in 1959 steps down. Police cases will be heard by Justice of the Peace Jim Bolkerley.
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Murphysboro
Charles Helvig Sr
Ilinois General Assembly
Helwig
Justice of the Peace
Jim Bol Kerley
Former Area Man Killed in Louisiana Construction Accident
Charles Otis McClure, 67, a former Murphysboro resident, died when he was run over by a truck while working on a construction project in Louisiana. Born December 29, 1896, in Jackson County, he married Clara Herring of Murphysboro. Survived by his wife, daughters Nadine Pitts, Dorothy Spicer, Estella Bricker, and sons Seth and Robert, with one son Charles killed in Korea in 1951. Several arrangements planned in Louisiana.
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Charles Otis McClure
Murphysboro
Louisiana
McClure
Jackson County
Clara Herring
Nadine , Pitts
Streator
Dorothy Spicer
Marseilles
Estella Bricker
Georgia
Seth
Robert
Crown Point
Ind
Charles
Korea
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
An ad style notice promotes Little FASTEETH denture powder to secure false teeth, reducing slipping while eating or talking. It claims a firm comfortable fit with no gummy taste and helps prevent denture odor, suggesting purchasing at Auditors everywhere.
Geuther Quits City Post In Carbondale
Russell Geuther resigns as chair of the Community Conservation Board after serving since 1962. Mayor Miller says the move comes with deep regret and cites progress. Geuther will leave June 1 for Tulsa to join the U S Chamber of Commerce. Fred Sabery named to the Carbondale Human Relations Commission as the ninth and final member.
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Carbondale
Russell Geuther
Community Conservation Board
Geuther
D. Blaney Miller
Tulsa
Okla
Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Miller
Fred Sabery
Eddings Street
Carbondale Human Relations Commission
Sabery
Doan’s Pills Offer Bladder Relief and Comfort
Persistent bladder irritation and nocturnal discomfort ease with Doan’s Pills. The ad claims soothing action on bladder irritation, rapid relief from backaches and headaches, and a mild diuretic effect to boost kidney output, promoting long standing, wide relief.
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Doan
Group Elects Mrs Etherton As County TB Association Leader
Mrs Etherton of Rt 4 Carbondale was chosen for a three year term as Jackson county nuberculosis representative director of the state association. She and 21 other county representatives plus 9 at large directors set policy and programs. Virgil Smith of Metropolis was elected first vice president at the annual Pearls meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carvel Itherton
Rt. 4
Carbondale
Jackson County ‘Nuberculosis Associatior
Anger Rockets to Focus on TV Stations in Space
The next group of Anger rockets is expected to be chiefly television stations in space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space
Land Use Concepts to Be Shown on TV
Clark Allen, professor of economics at Southern Illinois University, speaks on American Prosperity and Disarmament at a Student Peace Union meeting. The program airs on WSTU Channel at 6:30 p.m. Friday and includes an informal discussion. About 100 people attended a related presentation at Muckelvoy Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Allen
Southern Illinois University
Tv Land
University Center
Carbou l
WSTU
Parsons
Muckelvoy Auditorium
Southern Wlinois ‘University
Steeleville Woman Myrtle Mumbower Dies at 63
Myrtle Mumbower 63 of Steeleville died Tuesday at Chester Memorial Hospital after a five day illness. Born December 15, 1899 in Pinckneyville to John and Emma Matson, she married in 1918. She leaves husband, sons Wilbur and Glenn, sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Friday at Steeleville Methodist Church, burial in Muelley Hill Cemetery, call at Schaack Funeral Home.
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Steeleville
Myrtle Mumbower
Chester Memorial Hospital
Pinckneyville
John
Emma Matson
Order of the Eastern Star
Wilbur
Alexandria
Glenn
Sedalia
Winifred McElroy
Ida ‘Qualls
Nebraska
Onher Methodist Church
Robert Sauders
Muelley Hill Ceimetery
Schaack Funeral Home
Fire at 17 W. Meliiley St causes light damage
Du Quoin firefighters extinguished a flue fire at the home of Mrs. Nelson George Tuesday night. Fire Chief Run said damage was slight.
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GHPEN
Judson S. Sayre
Sayre
Borg-Warner
A Norge
Robert O. Fickas
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Mlinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
North 6Th Street
South Jah
Murphy'share
Athols
Southern Alinvlsan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Associated Press
Bela Club
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
Illinois Beta Club
Meen By
Ranmar’s
North 16Th St
Herrin, Ill
City Post
Mrs. Etherton
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