Carbondale Man Dies After Fall From Moving Truck
Elmer Clyde Morrison a 61 year old Carbondale resident died at 7 10 pm after falling from a moving pickup on the Cambria Carteville road while helping move furniture He was found unconscious beside the road and died of a concussion and skull fracture The autopsy confirmed the cause Morrison who was born in 1901 in Tennessee left a wife six sons a mother three sisters and five brothers Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at the Grimsby Pentecostal Church Gorham burial in Oakland Cemetery Carbondale Friends may call after 4 pm Tuesday at Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Elmer Clyde Morrison
W. Walnut Sr
Hi 600
Calvin E. Morrison
Campbell Hill
Cambria-Cartevville
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Tennessee
Marchie Guill
Golconda
Thomas
Elton Ray
J. D
Calvin Edward
Sizie
Orbie
Ally
Sarah Morrison
Detroit
Dewey
Murphysboro
Sibert
Chandler
Lasogas
Nev
Orbin
Princeton
Ind
Lindell
Arizona
Bertha Martin
Buna
Beulah Mae Cross
Salem
Anna Lou Rye
Mich
Grimsby Pentecostal
Gorham
Irene Chaney
Oakland Cemetery
Huffman Funeral Fame
Herrin Unit Objectors Seek Rehearing on Vote
Objectors from outlying grade districts in the Herrin area filed a petition for rehearing with the Fourth District Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon challenging a court ruling that an election should be held to form the Herrin unit school district. The petition follows earlier rulings affirming the referendum. Representatives include Ralph Adelsberger Earl Hatfield Edward Kinley Charles Frost and Elmer Marvel serving Chittyville Freeman Spur Sunnyside and Bandyville districts.
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Herrin
Fourth District Appellate Court
Mt. Vernon
Morrin
Williamson County Circuit Court
Williamson County
Leslie Stilley
Ralph Adelsberger
Earl Hatfield
Edward Kinley
Charles Frost
Elmer Marvel
Chittyville
Freeman Spur
Sunnyside
Bandyville
SIU votes to allocate 342000 for student activities
Southern Illinois University Student Council approves 342000 for activity fees with 4550000? The Egyptian Campus budget is trimmed: home delivery cost 14800 is postponed for study and 26200 partially funded, while 60 percent of that goes into the fall winter budget and 40 percent withheld for review by the Journalism Council. Other line items include medical benefits 112800 athletics 83785 and student government 12200. Final allocation rests with administration and Board of Trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilnois University Student Council
SIU
Mines Working Tuesday Fidelity Burning Star No 1 and Orient Mines
Mine report notes activity on Tuesday at Fidelity with Burning Star No 1, Burning Star No 2 on both shifts, Old Ben 9, Old Ben at Orient 3, Orient 4, Orient Gelder A Zeigler 4. The entries reference several mine names and shift statuses.
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Fidelity
Burning Star No
Ben
Orient
Two Du Quoin Youths Fined in City Court
Walter TR Ridgeway 16 and Michael BR Lively 18, both of Du Quoin, were fined in Du Quoin city court after a drinking party near the ship mine area. Lively paid 106.40 for driving while intoxicated and Ridgeway 15 including costs for intoxication. Lively held in Perry County jail at Pinckneyville pending $62 in prior fines. Ridgeway begins paying today at the city street department. Sheriff John Barber said the youths likely obtained home brew from Mr and Mrs Jack Overton, with Overtons' son Nic saying the crew was stolen from their home in Hardscrabble near Du Quoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter TR
Ridgeway
Michael BR. Lively
du Quoin
Ship Mine
Lively
Ed Tee
Perry County
Pinckneyville
John Barber
Jack Overton
Nic Overtons
Weekend Poppy Sales Raise About 1400 For Charity
Area veterans groups reported about 1400 dollars raised in a weekend poppy sale. Carbondale Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary collected 348 dollars from 1738 poppies, Murphysboro VW Auxiliary about 235 dollars, American Legion Auxiliary Post 127 six hundred sixty? no. Marion Legion Auxiliary raised 219 for 1350 poppies. Carbondale’s Auxiliary did not have totals today.
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Carbondale Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Murphysboro
VW Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary Post
Heprin
Prisoners To Arrive On June 3
The first prisoners at the new federal maximum security prison south of Marion will be brought in June 3. Warden John T. Willingham said a busload of 24 prisoners will arrive from Terre Haute Indiana the first day. Three busloads will be brought in the first week. The men will do clean up work in advance of more prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John T. Willingham
Terre Haute
Ind
Willingham
Igloos Approved as Fallout Shelter Storage in County
Marion Civil Defense Director Tom Redickas announced federal approval to use 189 igloo storage structures as fallout shelters at Orditing sites. The government will cover prep costs, with ventilation and lighting wiring estimated and civil defense generators likely to be used. The igloos would provide shelter for 4,543 people, increasing county capacity to 78,467. There are 43 shelter areas currently serving 13,904 residents.
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Marion
SII TO MEET DISCUSSIONS ON CIPS OFFER AT MARION
SII TO MEET at 6:30 pm today in the rave lodge Motel Marion. Geoffrey Hughes executive secretary said the area promotion group will discuss an offer by Central Illinois Public Service Co to match funds with groups promoting regional recreation or industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SII
CIPS
Southern Ilinois ,Inc
Southern Hainois University Board Meeting at Carbondale Campus
The Southern Hainois University Board of Trustees will meet at the Carbondale campus to discuss amendments to university statutes and personnel matters on a Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Hainois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Soggy Weekend Drizzle Drenches Area
A steady drizzle dumped up to 1.27 inches of rain over the weekend across areas including Marion Carbondale Murphysboro West Frankfort and Herrin. The Weather Bureau in Cairo predicted clearing skies and cooler temperatures with lows near 55 tonight and highs in the 70s Tuesday.
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Marion
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Frankfort
Herrin
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Gardondale
Williamson County
Herwin
West Frankfort
Verrin
Petition Signed As Local Faults Hit Giant City Road
A petition to Rep. Kenneth J. Gray complains the Giant City Road surfacing south of Baskeydell Road to Lille Grassy Lake Road is hazardous and oily. Landowners and travelers signaled, noting federal funds financed the project and that a seal coat will last five to six years while previous grading had left portions impassable for buses.
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Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Baskeydell Road
Lille Grassy Lake
Carbondale
Macleod
Boskeydell Road
City Road
Rt 13
Gray
Gant City Consolidated School
Woman Injured In Car Crash In Murphysboro
Mrs. Dale McLaren 27 of Shteffield is in good condition at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro after a collision at Lath and Walnut streets. Her husband drove the car. Larry J Hickman Vergennes faces a charge of immoderate driving.
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Dale McLaren
Shteffield
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Pioneer Trip Wagon Sought for Shawnee Forest Reenactment
Wayman Presley, tour promoter, seeks wagons and horse or mule teams to reenact a pioneer trek across the Shawnee National Forest. The tour begins September 7 near the Ohio River six miles north of Cave-In-Rock, traveling along back roads toward the Mississippi River towers.
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Wayman Presley
Shawnee National Forest
Ohio River
Cave-In-Rock
Forest
Westyard
Mississippi River
Jeter in wreck exits unharmed near Cartier Mills
Marion City commissioner B. B. Jeter escaped injury in a collision near Cartier Mills Sunday. His car was slightly damaged but he was not hurt.
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Jeter
B. B. Jeter
Marion City
Nea Cartier Mills
Damage to Apple Crop Looms Over Southern Illinois
Preliminary estimates show Illinois apple growers face a 63,000 to 630,00 loss in 1968 with the Belleville area hardest hit and statewide crop value projected around 1.36 million dollars. Freezing cold, hail, cicadas and insects caused spotty damage. some growers report up to complete loss for varieties other than Golden Delicious.
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Tlmois
Belleville
Robert Edwards
Illinois Fruit Council
Edwards
Carbondale
State Receives 1.16 Million in Low Road Bid Totals
The Illinois Division of Highways reported low bids totaling 1 164 032 for five highway projects along routes near Perry Jackson and areas west of Was year. Bids include 314 231 from Bi in Southern Illinois for 2.80 miles of surface treatment, 327 772 from Charles E Mahoney Co Belleville for 4.95 miles east of Elkville, and 294 391 from Bishop Burd Co Olmsted for five miles north of New Grand Chain. Additional notes cover regional apple yields and fruit council figures, with broader state project totals exceeding 22 million dollars and crop losses tied to price estimates and survey returns.
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State Division of ‘Highways
Perry
Biin Southern
Jackson
Charles E. Mahoney Co
Belleville
Elkville
Loward Royalton
Dept. of Agriculture Statistics
DesPlaines Valley
C and G Painting Corp
Chibush
Pulaskir
Bishop Burd Co
Olmsted
New Grand Chain
Min
Truck Top Snag At Overpass In Mer Physboro
James D. Doehn of Dallas reports his refrigerator truck, 12 feet 6 inches tall, scraped an Illinois Central overpass on South 8th Street in Mer physi bor o, tearing the top along the length of the vehicle after the I-beam struck. Police noted the clearance is marked 12 feet 6 inches.
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James D. Doehn
Dallas
Tex
Merphysboro
Ilinois Central Railroad
South 8Th Street
Doehn
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Grant City Road
Larry Deposit
Gordon Watson
William JD. MacLeod
State
Jack Licata
Dale Denny
Anna
Licata
Dept. of Agriculture
Rt. 3
Mary's River
Chester
Fruit Council
Southern Witness
Naperie Slight
Methodists
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Southern
Caseyville
William Leckrone
East St. Louis
Glen Fisher
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Glen Carbon
Roscoe Rose
Godfrey
Harmon Dycus
Granite City
Niedringhaus
Paul Sims
Trinity
Clair Clark
Madison
Eugene Beasley
Maryville
C. 1
Carlton
New Athens-Freeburg
Russell Oden
Harrisburg
Big Prairie
Concord-Maunie
Frank Doerner Jr
Broughton-Dale
Bobby Logan
Bruce Chapel
Bethel
Dean Blackburn
Fairfield
First
Delbert S. Lacjuement
Glendale
Snddyville
Bay Valley
Jmer Jones
Golden Gate
Bethel-Conway-Ebenezer
Craig Dillman
Donald L. Lowe
Johnsonville
Mount Olive
New Salon
Rinard
Roy Adams
Joppa-Oak Grove
William Lively
Metropolis
Upper Salem
Edward Spiedel
Springerton-Asbury
Mary Erwin
Thompsonville-Liberty-Logan
Alberta Hidriteh
Walter Greenwood
Dennis Doane
Webbs Chapel
Oliver — Everett Gott
James C. Simms
Olney
Flora
Edgar B. Purdy
Mason Circuit
LoySalt Creek
Watson-Grant Cummins
Newton-Grace
Francis T. Mich
Els
Central
Carl D. Mitchel
St. Paul
Gary Jenkins
Robinson
James Ownes
St. Francisville
Billet
Marivin Freisner
West Liberty
Dundas-Maesburg
Marion Ford
Willow Hill
Mouns
Yale
Sterlng Griffin
Vandalia
Brighton
Robert Smith
Centralia
Demaree
Gilead
Shelby Felts
Coffeen
Coffeen-Vanburenburg — Dean Brown, Herrick Reed's Chapel
John O'Dell
Inn
Beile
Smith
Stonefurl
Nia
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