Woman dies from shotgun wound in Herrin area
A 68 year old Herrin area woman was found dead at home Wednesday from an apparent personal safety related shotgun wound. A 16 gauge single barrel shotgun lay near the body and had been fired once. An inquest is tentatively scheduled for 7 30 p m Tuesday at Johnsons Funeral Home Herrin. Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m Saturday at Johnsons Home with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery Carterville.
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Herrin
Williamson County
James Wilson
Della Damron
Sunnyside
Wilson
Johnson’s
Damron
Washington, Mo
Henry
Anna Niehaus Fleer
Harry
Ann Sullivan
Marjorie Kroeger
Baldwin, Mo
Gilbert Schroeder
Wellston
Wilfred Schroeder
Baldwin
Lillian Lock
Saloma Angel
Alton
Elmer Fleer
Fenton
Johnson
Bernard P. Mongan
Hillcrest Cemetery
Carterville
Mound City Hospital Becomes Rail Warehouse Landmark
The former 1500 bed Union Civil War hospital in Mound City along the Ohio River was converted into a railroad warehouse. Survivors and staff included Roman Catholic nuns from Notre Dame and surgeon H Warder. Early patients stemmed from Belmont Fort Donelson and Shiloh battles. over 1600 burials tied to area hospitals aided cemetery site choice in 1864.
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Mound City
Ohio River
Union
Order of the Holy Cross
Notre Dame University
H. Warder
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Mound City Hospital
Cairo
Inspector of National Cemeteries
Mound City National Cemetery
Funeral Services For Bertha Allen In Carbondale
Bertha Allen 88 of 416 E Jackson St Carbondale died Tuesday at Styrest Nursing Home Funeral services held at 10 30 a m at Jackson Funeral Home officiated by Reverend Will Reid and Reverend Lenis Turley burial in Oakland Cemetery She leaves daughter Marie Hibbs son Thomas Allen and five grandchildren. The Carbondale Community High School band planned instrument demonstrations at local grade schools under director Joseph Shiplett.
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Jackson Funeral Home
Bertha Allen
E. Jackson St
Carbondale
Allen
Styrest Nursing Home
Golconda
George
Fannie Benberry
Marie Hibbs
St. Louis
Thomas Allen
Will Reid
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Hallidayboro
Lenis Turley
Rockhill Baptist Church
Oakland Cemetery
CCHS
Lewis, Winkler
de Soto
Joseph Shiplett
Nixon calls for crime curbs and wire tapping
Former vice president Richard M. Nixon in New York urged curbs on crime and endorsed proposals allowing wire taps in major crime and national security cases. He faulted the Johnson administration for crime growth and criticized the Supreme Court as hamstringing police while warning crime could double by 1972 if trends continue.
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Richard M. Nixon
United States
Johnson
Nixon
Supreme Court
New York
Herrin Youth Fined for Reckless Driving
Robert Radford, 19, of 425 Park Lane, was fined 150 dollars plus court costs in Marion circuit court for reckless driving and fleeing a police officer. He was ticketed at 1 35 a.m. on April 21 by Herrin police officer H E Long on South Park street. Judge Stewart Cluster imposed 50 dollars and 5 dollars in costs on the first charge and 100 dollars and 5 dollars in costs on the second.
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Ohio
Annetta Lea Prince
Lorain
F. R. Johnson
Prince
Johnson
Marion
Herrin
Robert Radford
Park Lane
H. E. Long
South Park Street
Stewart Cluster
Radford
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Civil War Hospital
Saudi Arabia
Furniture
Herrin, Ill
Bertha Allan
Baskin Tin Shop
Chestnut Street
Murphysboro, Illinois
Tay
Bret
Cannon Towels
Vlae Ib Ld
Fite
Tite
Murphysboro
Anna
Metropolis
Richard Nixon
Mardale
Carbondale Appliance and Television Mart
S. Ill
RCA
Brandon
Zeigler, Illinois
Hoover
Let
Hula Lae
North 14Th St
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