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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1972
Page
17
A summary note explains the page fills out Southern Illinois news coverage, supplementing the Southern Illinoisan with recurring regional happenings and events across the area.
Police list arrests in a Carbondale street disturbance with multiple names and charges. Murphysboro reports theft of two tires at Wink's Service Station. Obituaries note funeral services for Ellen Mabel Hogg and others with service details and survivors.
A string of death notices and funeral details from Elkville Anna Christopher Murphysboro Chester and nearby areas. Bessie A. Butts 79 of Elkville died at home after weeks of illness with services in Van Natta and burial in Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Ruth Butell 74 of Anna died at Union County Hospital with funeral at First Baptist Anna and burial in Dongola American Legion Cemetery. Mary Finney 83 of Christopher died at home and will be buried Harrison Cemetery east of Christopher after services. Hazel Bernhard 74 of Du Quoin died at home with services in Neal Memorial Chapel and burial Zeigler Cemetery. Della Fehrenbaker 74 Johnston City died at Doctors Memorial Hospital with service at Murman Wilson Johnston City burial Lakeview Johnston City. Jess Shadowens 73 of Marion died at Herrin Hospital with service at Scottsboro Church of God and burial Maplewood Marion. Edward Jones 68 of Sparta funeral at McDaniel Sparta. Cyril Furdek 67 of Johnston City died of apparent heart attack with service arrangements and burial in Joliet area.
Two infant boys Paul and Mark Wente died soon after birth in Carbondale. Graveside services were in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery. Asa Alfred Brush, 74, of Creal Springs, a retired miner and farmer, died in Carbondale. Funeral arrangements set for Thursday at Moriah General Baptist Church with crematory details pending.
Ten district residents filed a petition in April alleging irregularities in the Christopher Grade School building bond referendum. The notice appears in the local paper along with a related paragraph on Army cadets earning Bachelor of Science degrees and commissions after four years at the U.S. Military Academy.
Thomas Kiefer, 34, of Perryville Missouri, drowned while helping his son Keith during a river rescue on the Kaskaskia River near Ellis Grove. The accident occurred around 4 p.m. Sunday as a barge neared, with Allen Leonard and Keith pulling to safety.
A two vehicle crash near Troy claimed Lucille McGuire 52 and Arthur McGuire 56. Joint services set for Ava at Wilson Funeral Home with burial in Ava Evergreen Cemetery. Lucille born 1919 in Baldwin and Arthur born 1915 in St. Louis. both Civil Service Air Force employees. Arthur a World War II veteran and member of American Legion Leighton Evatt Post 365 Collinsville. Surviving relatives include a son, two sisters, and a brother and sister residing in Dixon and Ava. Funeral details include 2 p.m. Wednesday services and prior viewing after 6:30 p.m. today. Burial in Ava Evergreen Cemetery.
High around 80 Monday with overnight low near 63. Nine am temperature 70. Precipitation 0.4 inches from 7 am Monday to 7 am today. Sunset 8:20 pm, sunrise 5:34 am, sunset Wednesday 8:21 pm.
Craborchard Fish and Wildlife officials report crowded campgrounds over Memorial Day weekend with about 10 000 people on Saturday 20 000 on Sunday and 15 000 on Monday at the public use area of the refuge. Giant City State Park hosted 553 campers and 18649 car entries. Bend Lake facilities drew 7000 visitors over Sunday and Monday with about 700 families turned away. Lake Murphysboro conservation area logged 16533 car entries.
Calendar notices announce public events in Carbondale Lib erty Murphysboro Anna Rodgers Strand West Frankfort Webster Steeleville with showings of The Godfather Red Sky at Morning Mash Patton Lady and the Tramp and more from Sunday through Tuesday.
The schedule lists Christopher Grade School Board Logan College Board of Trustees Junior College District 530 goals for government structure committee and Unit Dist 140 board of education all at 7 30 or 8 00 pm Tuesday in various locations Carbondale Sparta Hillcrest and nearby venues. It also notes drive in movie ads with Dracula vs Frankenstein The French Connection and other titles at multiple theaters.
City and county groups schedule sessions Wednesday evening in Carbondale including the Downtown Task Force at Town Hall and the Goals for Human Relations committee at Hazel LeFevre’s home. School board interviews superintendent candidates and hires staff while SIU hosts an ethics lecture and a Symphonic Band concert at Shryock Auditorium.
Senator Harrison Williams pledged to reveal why Interior Department and Bureau of Mines failed to enforce regulations after the Buffalo Creek coal waste dam failed on February 26, killing at least 118. An Army Corps of Engineers study said the dam was doomed and should never have been built. A Cubs Cardinals baseball game was postponed due to cold weather.
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray received a landscape painting and certificate of appreciation at a Southern Illinois Jaycees installation and awards dinner held at the Marion federal penitentiary. Pedro Nabors painted the work. Allen Berube became penitentiary chapter president.
Bob Murray, 22, was knifed in the neck at the Wilderness Retreat in southern Union County and reported in fair condition after admission to Union County Hospital. James Goodwin, 36, of Anna, faces charges of aggravated battery and attempted murder and is jailed in Union County.
Two Herrin youths Paul James 15 and Charles James 17 must choose between trial or a trip to California to seek their mother. Police Chief Bill Humphrey will drop charges if they travel, with reinstatement possible if they do not. Each posted a $100 bond now refunded. Also charged for obstructing officers, with associate Mike Wiegand 17 facing similar counts after a Burger Mart incident.
Readable digits for Carbondale Marion Murphysboro Herrin areas listed as 549 5391 993 8161 684 2126 942 3187 in the preserved clipping. No further context or names provided.
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