Fatal crash kills six involving Flannigan family
An entire Cypress family Mr and Mrs Donald Flannigan and their four children died in one car while Teddy N Sisk 20 and Greg Mathis 19 both of Vienna perished in the other after a collision on Route 37 at the Cache River Bridge north of Karnak. Story on page 1.
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Donald Flannigan
Cypress
Teddy N. Sisk
Greg Mathis
Vienna
Sisk
Collison
Cache River Bridge
Karnak
Big Muddy Basin plan makes progress in Southern Illinois
A $228 million Big Muddy River Basin study in Southern Illinois advances as Col. Carroll N. Le Tellier reviews a 23 page framework in Benton. The plan targets 73 reservoirs and 1,096 miles of channels across Franklin Jackson Jefferson Perry and Williamson counties with a 90.2 million early action program and environmental corridors. Leaders from Congress and local officials attended the special meeting, including Rep. Kenneth Gray and Senators Percy and Stevenson.
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Southern
Illinois
Benton
Carroll N. le Tellier
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Franklin
Jackson
Jefferson
Perry
Williamson
Washington County
Nixon
U. S. Congress
Congress
Greater Egypt
R-Ill
Sen
Adlai Stevenson III
D-Ill
Clerk's roof rescue as rain floods county office
Williamson County Clerk Barney Boren climbed onto a second floor window and onto the roof to clear a drain nest of pigeons and mud drenched water. He removed shoes and socks, borrowed a raincoat, and crawled back inside after spraying the flood away.
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Williamson
Barney Boren
Boren
William J. Sinks
Fire narrowly stopped at Marion area apartment store
A early morning blaze in a second floor apartment above Bryan Furniture Store at 313 W Main St was halted by Marion firefighters led by Paul Barnwell and Bob Cash after sheriff's radio operator Raybourn Killman spotted flames near an open window. A gas line ruptured but the fire was contained with heavy water use and no injuries reported. A state fire marshal planned an inspection.
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Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Marion
Raybourn Killman
Bryan Furniture
Main St
Masonic Hall
Lonnie Dungey
Replacement not named Cuendet appointed principal of CCHS East
Gerald Cuendet, principal of Carbondale Community High School Central, is named principal of CCHS East replacing George J. Kuhn who resigns to become superintendent of Giant City Consolidated Grade School District. Salaries for 1971 72 not set. Cuendet and Kuhn earn 17900. New hires include Catherine Kendrigan, Markes Ervin Jr, and Leonard Nickel with varied salaries.
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Gerald Cuendet
Carbondale Community High
Schol Central
Cchs East
Cuendet
George J. Kuhn
Giant City
Claude Ross
Cchs Centeral
Kuhn
CCHS
William T. Holder
Arthur Black
Cchs Central
Black
Catherine Ann Kendrigan
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Markes F. Ervin Jr
Carbondale
Leonard Wilhelm Nickel
Kendrigan
Ervin
Nickel
Robert Boudet
Boudet
Carbondale Man Dead After Family Shooting
A Carbondale man, Joseph Lilly, 23, died of a gunshot wound to the chest after a family quarrel that involved his wife Mary Lilly, 22, who was treated for a thigh wound. Witnesses described a struggle at 498 E Oak St as the gun discharged while Mrs Lilly attempted to hand it to juveniles across the door. Police continue investigating the incident.
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Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Joseph Lilly
E. Oak St
Mary Lilly
Lilly
Edward Hogan
Hogan
Community leader Albert Vancil dies at 92 in Carbondale
Albert B. Vancil longtime Carbondale businessman and charter member of the Elks and Rotary died about 10 15 a m at Doctors Memorial Hospital at age 92 He was born in Joplin Mo Sept 29 1878 moved to Carbondale in 1896 and served on the City Council and Jackson County Board of Review Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Huffman Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery He was the oldest male member of the First Baptist Church and of the Carbondale Masonic Lodge
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Albert B. Vancil
Carbondale Elks Lodge
Rotary Club
Doctors Memorial Hospital
S. Dixon St
Carbenale
Vancil
Carbendale
Jackson County Board of Review
Joplin
Evan S
Eliza Schuster Vancil
Benton
Carbondale
Olive C. Crippen
Vancils
Roscoe A. Taylor
A. S. Johnson
West Jackson Street
Walker
Lllinois Avenue
First Baptist Church
Van
Cil
Carbondale to Dominate New Five District County Board
Remap plans would create five districts with 25 members based largely in Carbondale Township. Census data set the county population around 55,008, guiding districts toward roughly 11,000 per zone, with districts outlined to include Carbondale, Makanda, Murphysboro, and remaining townships.
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Carbondale
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Carbondale Township
United States Supreme Court
Makanda Township
Murphysboro
Ship
Makanda
Coun
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Paul Karber
Vocational Center
North Red Lane
Parrish Acres
Theodora Bach
Creative Arts Department
Kemper-Fischer-Faust-Lawrence and Co
J and L Robinson Construction Co
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R. C. Joseph
Goreville
Thomas Tripp
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Tony Stevens
Delmar Ward
Atty
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