Fatal shooting and wounding after home argument in Carbondale
Willie Powell 74 was killed and James C Gary injured in a 10 p.m. home confrontation at 404 East Chestnut Street in Carbondale. Powell died on arrival at Doctors Memorial Hospital. Gary treated for bullet wounds at Doctors Hospital and was at the scene when police arrived. No charges yet. coroner's inquest pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Powell
E. Chestnut St
Carbondale
Doctors Memorial Hospital
James C. Gary
Doctors Hospital
Gary
Powell
James Wentworth
State Crime Laboratory
Charles Brantley
Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office
Algee
Harry Flynn
Gas water heater blast burns two Carbondale youths
In Carbondale on Wednesday afternoon a gas water heater exploded as two boys aged 12 and 13 attempted to light it. They suffered third degree burns to the face neck and arms and were moved from Doctors Memorial Hospital in Carbondale to St. Johns Hospital in St. Louis for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
St. Louis
Joseph Lynn Nellis
David Hiram Nellis
N. Michael St
Hazel Nellis
Michael Street
Jerry Nellis
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Doctors Memorial Hospital
St. Johns Hospital
Carbondale Fire and Police
Central Illinois Public Service Co
SIU campus election winner says vote shows students fed up
Sam Panayotovich 21, junior from Chicago, won the student body presidency with 39 percent of 5691 votes in Carbondale elections that set a record turnout. His Impact party also claimed seven of 22 senate seats and named Rozell for vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Sally Veilands
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Sam Panayotovich
Carbondale
Panayotovich
Chicago
Impact Party
Pete Rozell
Don Kapral
Rozell
Jerry Finney
Action Party
Mike Rosenthal
Rights and Progress Party
Jerry Lamum
Kapral
Derryl Reed
Raymond Lenzi
Antonacci
Finney
Benn
Theta Xi Social Fraternity
Sam
Krischer
Rosenthal
Senate
James Bond
Carl Courtnier
Pete Folio
Larry House
Edward Farrell
Robert Kurita
Robert Thompson
Dean Krugman
Nabil Halaby
Richard Moore
Mike Ashby
Steve Collier
Karen Sharp
Bob Varecha
Jame Faughn
Suzanne Faulkner
Edward Watson
John Patchett
John Haney
Bill Holzinger
Six men jailed after disturbance at Crab Orchard Beach
Six men were held in Williamson County jail for disorderly conduct at Crab Orchard Beach on Crab Orchard Lake. Ralph McGough Carterville Leonard Jennings Marion Thomas Overton James Wagter Danny Russell and Douglas Smith Herrin were named. One man allegedly struck Ron Morris a SIU student and lifeguard. Morris was not seriously injured. Officials said the six had earlier disturbance and police sought them when the beach incident occurred about 5 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Crab Orchard Beach
Crab Orchard Lake
Ralph McGough
Carterville
Leonard Jennings
Marion
Thomas Overton
James D. Wagter
Danny Russell
Douglas Smith
Herrin
Ron Morris
Southern Illinois University
Fish and Wildlife Service
Ed Nichols
Morris
Nichols
Coalition Day to Highlight Student Unrest at SIU
Student leaders plan a statewide Coalition Day at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with attendees from Roosevelt University University of Chicago Northwestern Eastern Illinois Northern Illinois and Illinois. The rally outside Browne Auditorium aims to press for educational reform due process student boards and higher wages while calling for end to campus military recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Student Coalition
Southern Illinois University
Raymond Lenzi
Lenzi
Roosevelt University
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
Eastern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
University of Illinois
Coalition
Browne Auditorium
Carbondale
Sam Panayotovich
Postmasters Present 1360 Illinois Sesquicentennial Cards
Postmasters deliver commemorative mail to Lt Gov Sam Shapiro in Carbondale at the Illinois Postmasters Convention. More than 1 360 commemorative post cards from every Illinois post office were bound in the state archives as a sesquicentennial remembrance. The four day meeting ends with a dinner at Southern Illinois University University Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Sam Shapiro
Carbondale
Ilinois
Covention
Shapiro
Southern Illinois University
University Center
SIU President Morris Lays Out Response To Campus Disturbances
Letters and telegrams to President Delyte W. Morris of Southern Illinois University praise his handling of campus disturbances. About 30 messages daily note support for lawful dissent while condemning illegal acts, with many from alumni, parents, teachers and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU
Illinois
Morris
St. Louis
Carbondale panel endorses total school integration push
The Human Relations Commission endorsed a proposed statement from the Committee for Total School Integration urging Carbondale District 95 to pursue a race balanced integration plan. The plan would be announced by May and substantially implemented by fall 1968, with full enactment by fall 1969, and discussed at a May 23 Springfield conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale District 95
Human Relations Commission
Anita Kuo
Commission
Edward O’day
Kuo
Laurence Martin
William McBride
Springfield
Committee of Total School Integration
IC Discontinues Four of Six Carbondale St Louis Trains
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves ending four of six daily Carbondale to St Louis passenger trains. Trains 102 and 152 stop after Sunday while 15 and 101 end service from St Louis. Two Carbondale St Louis trains kept run to connect with the Panama Limited. Gulf Transport bus service to replace discontinued routes begins Monday. Depot shifts planned as IC remodels facilities amid union and public concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce The _ Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Railroad
Carbondale
St. Louis
St.Louis
Springfield
Panama
South
Illinois Central
Gulf Transport Co
Gulf Transport
Missouri Pacific Railroad
MoPac
Vernon Paul
Murphysboro Industry stock plan rejected amid contract changes
Murphysboro Industry stockholders defeated a plan to amend a purchase contract for Cal Crest Outerwear’s plant at 16th and Grace. Lester Handelman sought to deduct 10 000 from 50 000 in stocks to fund roof repairs as part of his ongoing bid to take over MII obligations and retire the stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro Industry, Inc
Cal-Crest Outerwear, Inc
16Th and
Grace Streets
Lester Handelman
MII
Handelman
Flare Lands Near Bush House in Williamson County
State police investigate a parachute flare landing near Charles Brown’s house in Bush around 11 p.m. The 18 inch flare with a detonator lit in a tree and made an explosion sound. Officials say such flares indicate trouble for aircraft, with a prior flare landing a week earlier almost starting a fire.
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Williamson County
Bush
Charles Brown
Hurst
Brown
Bush Village
Doris Holand
Ozark Airlines
Murphysboro GI Oliver Korando Reported Missing
Mr and Mrs Oliver E Korando of Murphysboro were notified Wednesday that their son Spec 4 Oliver E Korando 24 has been reported missing after action in Vietnam on Friday He had been in Vietnam since Aug 22 1967 and was to return to the United States in September A Southern Illinois University and Murphysboro Township High School graduate he was awarded the Purple Heart Jan 3 and the Combat Infantry Badge for Hill 1338 battle involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver E. Korando
North St
Murphysboro
Spec
Vietnam
Korando
United States
Southern Illinois University
Murphysboro Township High School
Hill 1338
Illinois Central and GM&O merger approved in Chicago
Illinois Central Industries stockholders approve merging the Illinois Central and Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroads. GM&O holders back the plan at their April meeting. The merged system will form Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. with about 9,400 miles in 14 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Industries
Chicago
Illinois Central
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co
Midwest
Ana
Mississippi Valley
du Quoin
Carbondale
Cairo
New Orleans
Gm&o
Mobile
Ala
St. Louis
Kansas City
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Gulf, Mobile and
Ohio
Chester youth electrocuted during campus flood tragedy
An 18 year old Chester native and University of Illinois freshman Michael Bond died after being shocked while wading barefoot in floodwater at 4th and Green streets Champaign. He carried a rider during piggyback races when he stepped on a manhole touching a live wire. Bond, born October 11 1949, was a member of St. Marys Church Chester and the Kappa Kappa Sigma Chi fraternity. Funeral rites are set for St Marys Church Chester with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
University of Illinois
Michael Bond
Mark Bond
Park Dr
Burnham City Hospital
Champaign
4Th
Green Streets
Green
Bond
Michael Thomas Bond
St. Charles Mo
Mark Teel
Mary Elizabeth Bargmeyer Bond
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kappa Kappa Sigma Chi
Christine Marie
Karen Ann
James McCormick
Walk-in Protest at SIU Office Quietly Draws Attention
About 25 Negro students at Southern Illinois University staged a peaceful walk-in at SIU president Delyte W. Morris office. They entered individually to seek appointments or ask questions about campus issues including discrimination and Negro history courses. A student leader Dan Thomas of Chicago planned a 2 p.m. meeting with Morris. Earlier, a May 8 break-in over Stokely Carmichael invited security police and eight students faced mob action charges with four expelled after hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Morris
Grand Avenue
Martin Luther King Jr
Dan Thomas
Chicago
Thomas
University Center Olympic Room
Stokely Carmichael
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Washington
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Tom Offenberger
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James M. Carson
Karen S. Winn
Glenn D. Roberts
Royalton
Enzo Bianchini
Arvel O. Cook
Steve Antonacci
Gary Krischer
Orrin Benn
Williamson
Paul Morrill
Morrill
Carbondale School Board
ICC
Illinois Avenue
Paul
Mystery
Bush House
Gm&co
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