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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1966
Page
8
Southern Illinois University students participating in Memorial Day observances at Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale burned leaves and brush during a cleanup. Firemen arrived around 10:30 a.m. to extinguish a grass fire. several evergreen shrubs were damaged. Names of six volunteers are listed.
A Pulaski woman Helen F. Cherry 35 died in a car crash near Pulaski while leaving a tavern to get change for a cigarette machine. Coroner Carl Alstat said X rays showed a fracture of the first and second vertebrae and possible spinal cord severance. He surmised she dropped the money bent to pick it up and ran off the road into an embankment.
Ronald Stanley heads Teeter Carter Watson Post 2605 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Carbondale. New officers include Robert Prather as senior vice commander Howard Goin as junior vice commander William Winkelmyer as quartermaster Everett Prosser as judge advocate Homer Eaton as chaplain Dr Harold Halterman as post surgeon James Huddleson as three year trustee and Don Hudsow as service officer.
SIU's Vocational Technical Institute seeks student talent for a Spring Swing on Sunday May 22 on the VTI campus. Sponsored by the programming board the event runs 4 to 8 p m with games singing a magic act refreshments and a fashion and hair show. Students call 457 6200 to participate.
A coroner's jury ruled the death of 15 year old James Pierson Jr of Jonesboro an accidental shooting. He was shot under the left eye while three youths played with a loaded .22 pistol in a basement at 201 Jasper St. The shooter, Jackie High, testified the gun fired during a Russian roulette game.
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