Marion church official shot and killed in Williamson County
A 48 year old Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints branch president James Edward Lee was shot and died after an incident at the church on Route 37 near the Franklin County line. Twenty year old James Floyd Dodd Jr. surrendered to state police and was charged with murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Dallas Edward Lee
W. Main St
Marion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
James Floyd Dodd Jr
Charles Riva
Franklin County Country Club
Dodd
Franklin County
Church of Latter Day Saints
Rt. 37
Eugene Dorris
Sharon Dodd
Oaklawn Addition
Loretta Peterson
Zeigler
Lee
Cape Girardeau Implementing City Manager Changes
Cape Girardeau, Mo., with Paul Frederick as city manager since Jan 3, has centralized purchasing, standardized invoicing, and moved to a $17,000 electronic accounting machine. He plans a civil service ordinance, reassesses fire insurance rates, buys a third street sweeper, hires an assistant engineer, and holds weekly department-head meetings to improve city operations. Cooperation has been strong, and public access to information is emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle Klaus
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Paul Frederick
Missouri College City
Frederick
Minot
N.D
Carbondale
Cape Girardeau
Kindergarten Enrollment Stays About The Same In Carbondale
Carbondale kindergarten enrollment remains close to last year according to Superintendent Laurence Martin. On Roundup Day 183 were enrolled across eight schools with about 90 more expected before September to reach roughly 275. Individual schools report varied figures and expect slight increases before the start of the new term.
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Carbondale
Laurence Martin
Martin
Attucks
Brush
Lakeland
Lewis
Partish
Springmore
Thomas
Winkler
Deaths: Charlie H. Hiller 55 of Creve Coeur
Charlie H. Hiller 55 of 329 Laundale Ave Creve Coeur died at 2 15 p m Sunday in Methodist Hospital Peoria He was born Sept 13 1910 in Franklin County son of Vetal and Rosa Combs Hiller He is survived by wife Ethna Moyers a daughter Mrs Rosalee Richardson of Creve Coeur sons Ernest R of East Peoria and Ronald D of Creve Coeur a brother Winifred of Royalton and sisters Mrs Mary Bower of Zeigler and Lola Hiller of Royalton Funeral services 2 p m Wednesday at Mulkeytown Christian Church Burial Miners Cemetery Royalton Friends may call after 2 p m Tuesday at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher
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Charlie H. Hiller
Laundale Ave
Crewe Coeur
Mulkeytown
Methodist
Peoria
Franklin County
Vetal
Rosa Combs Hiller
Ethna Moyers
Rosalee Richardson
Creve Coeur
Ernest R
East Peoria
Ronald D
Winifred
Royalton
Mary Bower
Zeigler
Lola Hiller
Mulkeytown Christian Church
Miners Cemetery
Gilbert
Christopher
Reading specialist to speak on pupil team learning
Donald D. Durrell, research professor of education at Boston University, will discuss "Pupil-Team Learning in Reading Instruction" at Southern Illinois University Tuesday. He will address the annual dinner meeting of the Southern Illinois Reading Council at 6 30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Durrell
Boston University
Southern Illinois University
Durrall
Southern Illinois Reading Council
University Center Ballroom
Vienna Recertified Workable Community Program
Vienna's workable program for community improvement has won annual recertification. Certification is required each year before the city can obtain federal loans and grants for urban renewal, low rent housing and related projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Judge dismisses aggravated battery charge against Herrin policeman
Judge John Clayton ruled there is insufficient evidence and dismissed the aggravated battery charge against Herrin Police Officer Jack Ingram, 33, who said he acted after being called to a Morris home by Mrs. Isaacs during a 3 a.m. incident on May 8. Isaacs admitted breaking the door. witnesses said Isaacs did not swing at Ingram. The hearing lasted over three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clayton
Herrin
Jack Ingram
Ingram
Atty
Kenneth Hubler
Burnell Isaacs
Jefferson Heights
Clayton
Isaacs
John Morris
Morris
Jerry Turner
Manager Plan Talks Set
The Carbondale Committee for Council-Manager will sponsor a town meeting at Thomas Grade School 805 N Wall St Wednesday at 8 p m A panel will discuss the council-manager form of government A question and answer session will follow
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Carbondale Committee
Thomas Grade School
N. Wall St
Melvin Hass
Carbondale
Orville Alexander
Frederic Guild
Southern Illinois University Department of Government
Randall Nelson
Carbondale League of Women Voters
William Burns
Carbondale Community Conservation Board
Orren Wallace
Chamber
Hotel fall prompts $8500 suit in Jackson County
Jo Anne Sheffler of Belleville sues Joe Odum and Delores Odum operators of Logan Hotel in Murphysboro for injuries from a fall on an unlit stairway from the second to first floor of a hotel restaurant on April 2. The suit seeks $8500 in damages.
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Jackson County
Logan
Murphysboro
Jo Anne Sheffler
Belleville
Joe Odum
Delores Odum
Williamson County awards road material contracts total 48955
Williamson County Board of Commissioners awarded contracts totaling 48955 for road materials. Egyptian Concrete Co of Salem bid 14293 for concrete pipe and Denny and Simpson Co of Harrisburg bid 34662 for 10600 tons of stone. work will begin as weather allows on 8.75 miles of rural road from north of Johnston City Cemetery east to the Corinth Thompsonville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Egyptian Concrete Co
Salem
Denny and Simpson Co
Harrisburg
Fred Thane
Johnston City Cemetery
Corinth - Thompsonville
SIU Student Fined in Motorcycle Lane Violation
Carter A. Shepard, a Southern Illinois University student, was fined 10 dollars plus 35 dollars costs in Jackson County Circuit Court. He was charged by State Police with driving his motorcycle in the wrong lane on Snider Hill road east of Carbondale on April 9 and pleaded innocent before Circuit Judge Everett Prosser.
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Carter A. Shepard
Southern Illinois University
Jackson County
Shepard
Snider Hill
Carbondale
Everett Prosser
Carbondale Chamber Hosts Talk On Council-Manager Plan
Carbondale residents invited to a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday panel in the Carbondale Savings and Loan community room discussing the council-manager form and the May 24 referendum. Speakers include Mt. Vernon City Manager Chester Lewis and local leaders from SIU and civic groups.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Savings and Loan
Chamber of Commerce
Chester Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Charles Howe
Remapped Districts Redraw Make June 14 Primary Build-up
Political hopefuls push campaigns under new boundaries for state House Senate and U S Congress amid remap impacts. The 56th Senate District sees no opposition for John Gilbert, while several incumbents and newcomers seek GOP and Democratic nods across 57th and 58th districts. The 21st Congressional district scene shows Kenneth J Gray facing Victor Drysdale with no Republican challenger.
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State Supreme Court
Senate
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Frank Bleyer
Dean R. Hammack
Pinckneyville
Jackson
Perry
Randolph Union
Alexander Washington
Monroe
St. Clair Counties
57Th
Paul A. Ziegler
Carmi
William Grindle
Herrin
Roy Curtis Small
Harrisburg
James Lavern Sanders
West Frankfort
Franklin
Williamson
Johnson
Pulaski
Saline
Pope
Massac
White
Gallitin
Hardin
John R. Heaton
Delmar R. Mitchell
Johnston City
Elmer Jenkins
Benton
57Th House
St. Clair County
Washington
Randolph
James D. Holloway
Sparta
Leo B. Obernuesemann
O’fallon
Phillip R. Taylor
Belleville
William J. Cunningham
Albert N. Young
Norbert G. Springer
Chester
Small
Lee
Wayne Fitzerald
U.S
Kenneth J. Gray
Victor Drysdale
House
Six Discuss Citizen Interest In Zeigler
In Zeigler six residents met to discuss apathy toward community affairs. Cecil Spain reported a survey showing a general lack of interest, with attendance as low as 15 in five sessions and over three quarters of those polled uninterested. Mayor Prudent and Greater Egypt officials planned to attend the final session to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeigler
Greater Egypt
Spain
Kenneth Jarvis
Eugene Prudent
Prudent
Jarvis
Franklyn Moreno
Funeral Tuesday for Mrs Medizer former West Frankfort resident
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Medizer 78 a former West Frankfort resident will be held Tuesday at 2 p m in Union Funeral Home West Frankfort The Rev Max Samples of Third Baptist Church West Frankfort will officiate Burial will be in Tower Heights Cemetery West Frankfort Friends may call at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort Funeral home confirms death occurred Saturday in Chicago
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Gertrude Medizer
West Frankfort
Union Funeral Home
Medizer
Chicago
Max Samples
Third Baptist Church of
Tower Heights
Murphysboro Man Charles Jefferson Dies at 67
Charles Lee Jefferson 67 of 20 S Third St Murphysboro died at 1 45 am Sunday in St Joseph Memorial Hospital He was born in Macon Mississippi June 20 1898 and lived in Murphysboro about 50 years He leaves a daughter and a son in law Raymond Brinson and six grandchildren Services will be 1 am Wednesday at Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale with Rev Willie Mack officiating Burial in Tower Grove Cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm Tuesday
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Charles Lee Jefferson
S. Third St
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Jefferson
Macon
Miss
Etta Mae Brinson
Raymond Brinson
Maywood
Jackson Funeral Home
Carbondale
Willie Mack
Morning Star Baptist Church
Tower Grove Cemetery
Office Manager Farrell Starnes Cleared From Hospital
Farrell Starnes, office manager of Zwick's Ladies Store in Herrin, has been released from Herrin Hospital after several weeks as a patient following a heart attack.
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Farrell Starnes
Zwick’s Ladies Store
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Mines Report and Shift Listings for Tuesday
Mines working Tuesday include Fidelity Burning Star 1 and 2 first shift Old Ben 9 21 24 Orient 3 4 5 Zeigler 3 4 active. Mines idle Tuesday list Burning Star 2 second shift and the remainder queued for rest or future shifts.
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Old Ben
Orient
Zeigler
Burning Star
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Dorris
Pope-Hardin County
University of Wyoming
Lee Manor
Lloyd
Iva Marie Farley
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ella Margaret
Michael Lee
St. Ann. Mo
Patricia Fowler
Cheyenne
Wyo
Margaret Ellen
Peggy) Lee
Marie Hunroe
Thompsonville
Mark Humes
Juanita Baggett
Columbus
Ohio
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Edward Nattel
Stone Funeral Home
Riva
West Chester
Dodds
Dallas E. Lee
Jerry Carter
D. G. Schumacher
The
Southern Illinoisan
Supreme Court
Wayne
Hamilton
Bert Baker
Robert W. Walsh
Grayville
H. B. Tanner
Harold D. Stedelin
Centralia
Roy Taylor
Mr. Vernon
Wayne R. Samuels
Lesser
Clyde Lee
Mrs. Medizer
Charles Jefferson
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