Woman Killed Four Injured In Rt 37 Crash Near Mt Vernon
A West Frankfort woman died and four others were seriously hurt in a two car crash on Route 37 near Mt Vernon Sunday at 6 40 p m. Mollie Coffman 48 died in the collision involving Floyd Coffman 53 and Norman Hefner 49 of Mt Vernon. Hefner and his wife Thelma 49 were treated at Good Samaritan Hospital along with Roxie Smith 75 of West Frankfort who rode in Coffman’s car. The Coffman vehicle skidded on wet pavement into Hefner’s car. In a separate crash three Marion youths were injured when their car struck a concrete bridge abutment on Old Route 13. Driver Charles Gregory Simmons 19 and passengers Leon Young 18 and William Kelly 18 were treated at Memorial Hospital in Marion after Simmons swerved to avoid a deer. Another accident near Carbondale left Elizabeth Turley 37 of East St Louis with minor injuries and passenger Robert Clanahan 33 of Hurst not injured.
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West Frankfort
Rt. 37
Mt. Vernon
Mollie Coffman
Floyd Coffman
Norman Hefner
Hefner
Thelma
Good Samaritan Hospital
Coffman
Pasenger
Roxie Smith
Marion
Old Rt. 13
Peaice
Charles Gregory Simmons
Leon Young
William Kelly
Memorial Hospital
Simmons
Elizabeth Turley
East St. Louis
Rt. 51
Carbondale
Robert Clanahan
Hurst
Two Inuses in Accident on Rt 148 South of Sesser
State Police reported a two car collision on Route 148 three and a half miles south of Sesser. Amos L Irvin 18 and a passenger Trudy Bandekerkhove 17 of Sesser were admitted to Franklin County Hospital in Benton with minor injuries. Lloyd Thomas 18 of Buckner reported no injuries and was charged with illegal lane use.
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Rt. 148
Sesser
Amos L., Irvin
Buckner
Trudy Bandekerkhove
Franklin County Hospital
Benton
Lloyd Thomas
Former Randolph County School Official Dies at 76
Elroy W. Heob a former Randolph County schools superintendent in Chester Madison and Mt Olive died at his Ellis Grove home after a period of illness Heob born January 29 1890 leaves a son Richard of Manhattan California a daughter Dorothy Fritzsche of Kirkwood Missouri a brother Otis of St Louis seven grandchildren Heob a World War I veteran belonged to Masonic Lodge American Legion Randolph County Historical Society and Illinois Teachers Association Funeral services set for Tuesday at First Methodist Church Ellis Grove with burial in Ellis Grove Cemetery.
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Elroy W. Heob
Randolph County
Ellis Grove
Heoh
Chester
Madison
Mt. Olive
Joseph
Mary Beare Heob
Alice Station
Bessie Burgard
Heob
Masonic Lodge
The
American Legion
Randolph County Historical Society
Illinois Teacher’s Association
Heab
First Methodist Church
Richard
Manhattan
Calif
Dorthy Fritzsche
Kirkwood
Otis
St. Louis
William Ellis Davis
Welge Funeral Home
SIU Leader Heads Ford Foundation Nigerian Education Survey
SIU staffer Robert Jacobs heads an 11 member international team for a six week survey in Nigeria examining English as a second language in schools. Post trip he becomes special assistant to VP Ralph Ruffner to link SIU with international education efforts.
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Southern Illinois University
Ford Foundation
Nigeria
Robert Jacobs
SIU
International Services Division
Jacobs
Ralph Ruffner
SIU Professor Wins European Culture Origin Grant
SIU anthropologist Walter Taylor receives 13100 from the National Science Foundation for a European survey to trace a ceramic beaker ware origin. The three month fieldwork begins next January, with sites from Spain to Poland and a joint SIU Barcelona project.
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National Science Foundation
Southern Illinois University
Walter Taylor
Taylor
Spain
Poland
Hungary
Scotland
SIU
Europe
University of Barcelona
Theft charges yield prison terms in Randolph County
Clyde Collier Jr. 26 of Sparta received one to three years in the Randolph County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to theft from the Bird's Nest Tavern south of Sparta. Judge Carl Becker presided as Paige Lanton 23 of Snarta also pleaded guilty to battery and drew six months at Vandalia Penal Farm.
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Clyde Collier Jr
Sparta
Randolph County
Collier
Carl Becker
Bird’s Nest
Becker
Paige Lanton
Snarta
Vandalia
Lanton
Helen Gelghorn
Man Dies In Trailer Fire Near Chester
Benjamin F. Meredith, 31, of Chester, died in a trailer fire on Route 2 behind a restaurant and gas station run by him and his brother William. The mattress origin was unclear, contents were damaged, and his wife found him early Sunday morning. He was born January 28, 1935 in Greenwood, Mississippi, married Catherine Cooper, and left a son and two daughters among several relatives. Funeral services were set for Chester and Greenwood with burial in Shiloh Cemetery.
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Benjamin F. Meredith
Chester
Rt. 2
Meredith
William
Gilster Milling Company
Mr. Meredith
Greenwood
Miss
Claude H
Edna Weldon Meredith
Catherine Cooper
Eagles Lodge
First Christian Church
David
Clarksdale
Diane
Janice
Ernest
Charles R
Wilbur
Schroeder
Floyd Jent
Shiloh Cemetery
Ezra Sowman 53 of Herrin Dies at Marion Veterans Hospital
Ezra Sowman 53 of 1420 W Tyler St Herrin died at 2 15 am Sunday in Marion Veterans Hospital He was born May 12 1913 in Murphysboro a World War II veteran He leaves a sister Mrs Mary Warren of Herrin and three brothers Charles of Chicago Carl and Ed of Herrin Funeral 2 30 pm Tuesday Johnson Funeral Home Herrin Rev Raymond Walker officiating Burial East Lawn Memorial Gardens Friends may call after 4 pm today at the funeral home
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Ezra Sowman
W. Tyler St
Herrin
Marion Veteran's Hospital
Murphysboro
John
Katie Cripps Sowman
Mary Warren
Charles
Chicago
Carl
Johnson Funeral Home
Raymond Walker
Adams Street Baptist Church
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Death of Herrin man Carl Crow at 52
Carl Crow 52 of 1008 West Monroe Street Herrin died 9 10 p m Saturday at Herrin Hospital He formerly worked as a press operator at the Norge plant in Herrin He was a member of the International Association of Machinists He was born January 30 1914 in Vergennes He married Fay Pugh on December 24 1938 He leaves wife a daughter Sally Ann Fleming Johnston City and a son Ray Herrin Funeral Tuesday at 11 a m in Johnson Funeral Home Herrin Rev Raymond Walker officiating Burial in Cutler Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
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Carl Crow
W. Monroe St
Herrin
Norge
International Association of Machinists
Mr. Crow
Vergennes
Willard
Lavina Crain Crow
Fay Pugh
Sally Ann Fleming
Johnston City
Ray
Johnson Funeral Home
Raymond Walker
Cutler Cemetery
CCHS Board Sets May Meeting Time
The Carbondale Community High School District 165 Board of Education will hold its regular May meeting at 7 30 tonight in the CCHS conference room.
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Carbondale Community High School
Board of Education
CCHS
Policemen Begin Service in Carbondale Force
Michael Flint Comer and Donald Carlin Kay started work today on the Carbondale police force. Both are former Cairo officers with Kay as a sergeant. They are two of six policemen hired this month.
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Michael Flint Comer
Donald Carlin Kay
Carbondale
Cairo
Kay
District 5 seeks federal funds for summer school
Community Unit School District 5 has tentative approval for summer school funding. Springfield officials cut the initial request from 9565 to 7160 dollars. About 200 grade school and 100 high school students have signed up. Courses will aid economically deprived students with remedial and enrichment work in English history and math.
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Community Unit School District 5
Taft Baker
Baker
Board of Education
Springfield
Carterville Board Seeks Nine Teacher Replacements After June
Carterville Community Unit School District 5 will hire nine teachers to fill vacancies after June as resignations from Cleo Harris Sandra Johnson Judith Schall Naomi Love Dave Marlow Opal Crain Linda Ferris and Leah Engelhardt have been accepted. Contracts will be sent to applicants and announced once received by Superintendent Taft Baker.
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Ronnie Wade
Wade
Sheila Newcom
Business Education Department
Baker
Ivan B. Swan
Carterville High School
Swan
Community Unit School District 5 Board of Education
Carterville
Cleo Harris
Sandra Johnson
Judith Schall
Naomi Love
Dave Marlow
Opal Crain
Linda Ferris
Leah Engelhardt
Supt
Taft Baker
Mrs Effie Dillow 80 Anna Resident Dies in Union County
Mrs Effie M Dillow 80 of East Davie Anna died 9 50 p m Saturday in Union County Hospital Born July 28 1885 in Pulaski County daughter of John W and El Nora McIntosh Sibling She married Paul M Dillow Jan 24 1904 in Jonesboro She was a member of Mt Moriah Lutheran Church Anna Survived by husband two daughters June Page Anna Wanda Fry Chattanooga Tenn a brother Roy Sibling of Taft Calif and one grandson Funeral services were at 30 p m today in McCarty Funeral Home Anna Rev Donald W Karnuth Mt Moriah Lutheran Church officiated Burial in Anna Cemetery
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Davie Street
Anna
Union County Hospital
Dillow
Pulaski County
John W
Elnora McIntosh
Jonesboro
Paul M. Dillow
Mt. Moriah
June Page
Wanda Fry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Roy
Taft
Calif
McCarty
Donald W. Karnuth
Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church
Anna Cemetery
Grant Okayed For Franklin County Parks Program
A federal grant of 58121 dollars was approved for the Franklin County Community Action program. It will hire 52 unemployed people to work in 13 park and recreation centers across the county, announced by Rep. Kenneth J. Gray of West Frankfort from the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Franklin County
Kenneth J. Gray
Dwest
Carbondale Adds 130 Names To Voter Rolls
In Carbondale last week a special registration drive added 130 residents to the rolls for the June 14 primary. Jackson County Clerk Delmar Ward and deputies signed up eligible voters at City Hall with a 4:30 pm deadline today. Ward’s Murphysboro courthouse office will continue registration until close. Harris of Williamson County organized county clerks to conduct registration. Eligible voters must be 21, meet residence requirements of one year in the state, 90 days in the county, and 30 days in the precinct.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Delmar Ward
Carbon
Dale
Ward
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Charles E. Harris
Anna School Wins Federal Funds for Library Materials
The Anna Grade School Board of Education approved a federal funds grant of 1666 dollars for library materials across three district schools. Beverly Sanders was hired as a special education teacher and custodian salaries were raised. Bus drivers receive 120 dollars monthly. a Belcher Electric contract of 1396 dollars was awarded for Davie School.
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Anna Grade _ School Board of Education
Janet Choate
Beverly Sanders
Loel Verble Jr
Belcher Electric of
Anna
Davie
Grace Bauers
Counties Win Federal Grants For Planning Work
Jackson and Randolph counties received HUD plan grants of 2515 and 9338 dollars respectively. The 15 month funds may cover base map creation land use analysis and development of a comprehensive plan or similar planning tasks.
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Jackson
Randolph
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Masthead Patchwork
The notice lists publication details for the Southern Illinoisan including editions in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and postal facts with addresses and historical lineage. It notes AP news republication rights and masthead language in a period voice.
Candidate Takes Leave in Jackson County Treasurer Race
Thornton Bellm of Murphysboro has taken a one month leave from duties under Secretary of State Paul Powell to campaign for the Democratic nomination for Jackson County treasurer. Bellm, a 57 county auto investigations captain, says the leave runs today through June 15 with the primary on June 14 and plans a two month absence if he advances to the general election. Louis Russell, a Murphysboro barber, also seeks the nomination.
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Thornton Bellm
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Paul Powell
Bellm
Illinois
Louis Russell
Milani Transfered to Joliet Prison in 150 Year Sentence
Joseph Harry Milani, 38, from Herrin, was moved Wednesday from Mannard Prison to the Illinois State Prison at Joliet. Milani is serving a 150 year term for the 1960 murder of Mary Lily Ellen Roberts of Carbondale. His attorney’s motion to vacate the sentence remains pending in Williamson County Circuit Court.
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Joseph Harry Milani
Herrin
Illinois
Joliet
Mynard
Chester
Milani
Williamson County
Mary Lily Ellen Roberts
Carbondale
California Man Discovers Acryline for False Teeth
Acryline is introduced in Bakersfield as a new vacuum based method that fits denture plates tightly. Users report a natural feel and an airtight seal lasting about six months before reapplication. Available at drug counters.
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California
Bakersfield
Calif
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