Sparta woman killed and Centreville man wounded in car shooting
A Sparta woman Miss June Reibel 44 was found dead in a car in front of her mother's home at 4815 Lake Drive Centreville. Otis Johnston 51 owner of Wedge 66 Service Station East St. Louis was shot in the head and in critical condition. A .32 pistol was found in the car. The coroner said Reibel was shot several times. The report notes mines idle Thursday and working Friday.
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Sparta
Centreville
Lake Dr
St. Clair County
C. C. Kane
June Reibel
Rt. 1
Terry’s Inn
Otis Johnston
Illinois Ave
East St. Louis
Carbondale Hosts Memorial Day Observance as Statewide Event
Carbondale joins 12 major Illinois tributes marking Memorial Day with parades plays graveside services and roll calls for departed servicemen. The parade starts at 9 a.m. from Carbondale Community High School Central to Woodlawn Cemetery, with Rear Adm. J. W. Kelly delivering the 10:15 a.m. address as the 21 star flag is presented by the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission.
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Carbondale
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
John A. Logan
Woodlawn
Carbondale Community High School
Woodlawn Cemetery
East Main Street
J. W. Kelly
United States Navy
Southern
Illinois University
Arthur Godfrey
University Center
Eden
University Theater
Communications Building
Murphysboro
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Riverside Park
Walnut Streets
19Th
St. Andrew’s
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Paul Stout
Tower Grove
Sherman Carr
Illinois
Murphysboro Township
Joe Williams
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Hubert Goforth
Jackson County
Roy Gilbert
Murphysboro Unit
Randolph
Perry
Herrin
Herrin City
Hurst
Clifton Robison
Hurst Legion
Virgil Coleman
Robison
Marion
Evergreen Cemetery
Robert P. Wiether
Lutheran Cemetery
Ellis Grove
Steeleville
Bracy
William G. Ridgeway
Carbondale mayor casts deciding vote in three council issues
Carbondale Mayor David Keene cast the deciding vote on three council matters as the board split on subdivision plats and hiring a city financial consultant. The council approved final plats for Lewis Park Meadows and Heritage Hills, with conditions, and rejected a curb and gutter requirement on the front road for Lewis Park Meadows. The Speer firm bid for financial consulting was approved by Keene Kirk and Nelson while two others opposed.
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Jim Hatton
Carbondale
David Keene
Lewis Park Meadows
Heritage Hills
William Norman
Frank Kirk
Kirk
Randall Nelson
Keene
William Eaton
Joseph Ragsdale
Nelson
Norman
Paul D. Speer and
Grand Avenue
B. J. Schwegman
Public Works
Planning Commission
Eaton
George Fleerlage
John Quinn
Speer
Midwest Securities, Inc
Ragsdale
Shed Fire Destroys Eight-Foot-Square Structure
Fire crews responded to a Sunday call at Christopher and Buckner roads for a shed fire. The eight foot square shed was destroyed and the cause remains undetermined.
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Buckner
Christopher
Canines Ordered Out of Murphysboro After Attacks
In Murphysboro circuit court two dogs linked to repeated attacks on schoolbound children were ordered removed from the city. The Stewarts Gilbert and Geraldine of 220 North 4th Street agreed to relocate the dogs and prevent their return, with authority to seize and destroy if they reenter. The city had secured a temporary injunction last week after an 8 year old girl sustained a clawing injury near Washington School amid prior nuisance complaints.
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Murphysboro
Gilbert
Geraldine Stewart
4Th St
Stewarts
Tamara Holt
Murphy St
Earl Hendricks
Henry Fulford
Washington School
Stewart Home
Benton alleys named for mayors around Benton square
The Benton city council adopted an ordinance naming eight short alleys around the Public Square after mayors. Toler Drive from the square to East Washington will honor Mayor Charles Toler. other clockwise drives honor Howard Lewis Carter Hair Center Scarborough Moore and Lampley. One way restrictions carry a fine of 10 to 100 dollars for violations.
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Benton Public Square
East Washington Street
Toler
Leland Brown
D. Dwight Sullian
Fred Hunter
E. W. Barkdull
Rt. 1
West Frankfort
LeRoy F. Ramsey
Benton
Southern Illinois Inc announces plant at Ordill area
The Humitude Co. leases 41 000 square feet in Crab Orchard Refuge to manufacture paper products. Initial jobs of 85 to 100 expected as window envelopes produced in former General Services Administration depot. Gene Johns commends SII staff for coordinating with National Tape Co and local groups.
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The
Humitude Co
Ordill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Southern Illinois Inc
Arch Mehr
Hoff
General Services Administration
Gene Johns
SII
Carbondale
National Tape Co
Illinois
Herrin
State Department of Business and Economic Development
Murphysboro Boy Burned In Anti Freeze Fire Accident
A 9 year old Murphysboro youth suffered severe burns after a can of anti-freeze exploded while he was burning debris. He received treatment at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital before transfer to Cardinal Glennon Burn Center in St Louis. His mother was burned while trying to help.
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Murphysboro
Cardinal Glennon Hospital
St. Louis
Paul Calandro Jr
Paul Calandro Sr
Lucier St
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Cardinal Glennon
North St
Calandro
Calandros
St. Andrew’s School
Two Mt Vernon Men Plead Not Guilty in Burglary Case
In Benton circuit court, Billy Don Stewart aged 26 and Douglas Hefley aged 24 pleaded innocent to burglary linked to an $18,000 theft on April 8. They are charged with taking $3,000 cash and $15,000 in bonds from an elderly couple. preliminary hearing set for June 19 at 10 a.m. Both men are free on $10,000 bond.
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Mt. Vernon
Benton
Billy Don Stewart
Douglas Hefley
Merchants oppose permit for downtown liquor license
A group of 20 Carbondale merchants petitioned against granting a liquor license to a 409 S. Illinois Ave. establishment proposed by Donna Gray and Thomas Nudd for a specialty restaurant and cocktail lounge. They warned of noise and a cabaret atmosphere, while Councilman Frank Kirk quipped about late hours.
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Carbondale
Illinois Ave
Donna Gray
Rt. 4
Thomas Nudd
E. Park St
Carbondale man found guilty of disorderly conduct
James E. King age 21 of 316 East Oak Street was found guilty in Murphysboro circuit court of obstructing firemen during a March incident. The trial was before Judge Everett Prosser with no jury, sentencing set for June 17, and King released pending sentencing. The charge states his car blocked a Carbondale fire truck en route to a fire on Oak Street.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro
James E. King
E. Oak St
Everett Prosser
King
Marion coal miner killed in rock fall at Freeman mine
Maurice Hodge 52 of 601 S Duncan St Marion died in a rock fall at Freeman Coal Mining Orient 4 mine near Johnston City about 10 15 p.m. His body recovered at 1 25 a.m. He worked since 1951 as laborer and handyman. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Warder Street Baptist Church Marion. Burial at East Lawn Memorial Gardens. He was a Mason Lodge 89 member and church trustee. He married BerNice Rogers in 1934 and leaves a wife, two children, sisters and brothers plus four grandchildren.
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Marion
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient 4
Johnston City
Williamson County
James Wilson
Maurice Hodge
S. Duncan St
Wilson
Hodge
Freeman
Warder Street Baptist Church
Jettie Vaughn
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Herrin
Mitchell Funeral
Masonic Lodge No. 89
Warder Street
Esther Hoffman
Granite City
Daniel and
Bill Jones
Ralph Jones
St. Charles
Herrin reviews plans for new city hall with 13,000 square feet
The Herrin Public Building Commission discussed preliminary designs for a 13,000 square foot city hall costing 370000 to 375000. Architect Tom Moyer of Clark Altay and Associates will update surveys and draft drawings as the panel weighs space needs and funding details.
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Herrin Public Building Commission
Tom Moyer
Clark, Altay and Associates
Urbana
Moyer
Herrin Elks Club
City Council
Commission
John McVey
Herrin
Mebey
Council
City Hall
Denzil Walker
Bandyville
Herrin Unit
Redmen’s Lodge
McVey
Southeast Illinois Mutual Aid Area CD
Clark Altay
Park Avenue
Madison Street
Clyde Brewster
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VFW
St. Carlos
Freeman Spur
Blairsville
Hinchcliff
Cambria
Hurricane
Carterville
Legion
Stotlar
Fergestown
Jeffrey
East Lawn
National Guard
Louis Mitchell
Mike McClatchey
DAV
Norman Clay
Thomas F. Pickens
Byford Young
James LaVern Sanders
Donald E. Tate
Rock Fall
Herrin Commission
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