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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
9
A weather report notes warmer temperatures in the Midwest and upper Great Lakes with scattered showers tonight into Minnesota and the Texas-Oklahoma region, cooler conditions in the Plains, and AP Wirephoto attribution.
Robert Rader 71 of Carbondale dies at Holden Hospital in Carbondale after six year illness. He served in the Army on the Mexican border and in the Navy on USS Salem and was a retired Illinois Central conductor. Funeral Saturday at Huffman Funeral Home. Harold Elmore 54 of Lincoln dies from auto crash injuries. services Saturday in Benton and Lincoln with burial in Benton cemetery. He managed Shelby Bowl and leaves wife Hazel Camron and two children.
Vandals threw a rock at the Montgomery Ward & Co store on Walnut Street in Murphysboro. One of three panes in a window facing an alley was shattered during the incident Wednesday night.
Mrs. Mattie Hindman aged 83 of Rt. 3 Marion died at 5 30 p m Wednesday in Herrin Hospital Funeral arrangements are complete at Johnson s Funeral Home Herrin Police Brief West Frankfort Harold Headly paid 15 for disobeying a stop sign
Northern Illinois reports partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and brief thunder tonight. Friday looks partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s. Southern Illinois notes a slight shower chance central tonight into Friday with mild but cooler conditions. lows around 60, highs near 80. George Cummings, 69, of Herrin, died at 5 a.m. in Herrin Hospital. Marion reports Donald Chenoweth fined $30 for speeding.
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