Policemen Honored for Crab Orchard Lake Rescue
Marion officers Lonnie S. Priest and Joe A. DeJulio received the U S Interior Department Valor Award in Washington for rescuing two stranded duck hunters at Crab Orchard Lake on November 25 1977. In 15 degree winds and six foot waves they searched a 16 foot rowboat for about an hour, found Ralph Murray and Leon Morris and got them safely to their car. The missing hunters were believed to face fatal exposure without rescue and the award cited their selfless risk to save lives.
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Crab Orchard Lake
U.S. Department of Interior
Washington D.C
Priest
Ralph Murray
Freeman Spur
Leon Morris
West Frankfort
Court Orders Carbondale to Honor Easement Terms
Fifth District Appellate Court upholds Jackson County ruling that Carbondale must follow a 1965 easement when setting out-of-city utility rates for Parrish property near US 51. The five-year annexation clause expired, but the dispute centers on tax and tap charges for water and sewer services tied to a mobile home park owned by Gordon A. Parrish Sr. and Violet Parrish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern
Carbondale
Parrishes
City of Water
Parrish
Mobile Home Park
Peyton Kunce
Jackson County
Murphysboro
City of
Alto Pass Strawberry Festival set to return in June
In its first year the Alto Pass Strawberry Festival yielded about 1500 dollars profit from a three day event in May. Planned for next year the festival will move to June to ensure local berries are ripe and aim for 15000 dollars to fund a ball park. Local growers donated 200 pounds for shortcake while leftover food will support teen town bake sales and local auctions. Senior citizens, teens, church groups and local stores backed the event and volunteers noted strong community cooperation despite cooler weather and limited berry ripeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alto Pass
Victoria Sweitzer
California
Handguns Found in Package to B A Oswald
FBI says a .38 and a .22 caliber handgun were found in a package mailed to Barbara Ann Oswald, linked to a May 24 helicopter hijacking at Marion Federal Penitentiary. The Oswald case ties to Oklahoma City sender B K Johnson. the investigation continues as officials prepare evidence for a federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
B.A. Oswald
FBI
Edward Hegarty
Barbara Annette Oswald
St. Louis
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Allen Barklage
St. Louis Lambert Field
Oswald
Hegarty
B.K. Johnson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Left turn lane planned on 51 in Carbondale
Illinois Department of Transportation will widen U S 51 in Carbondale to create a left turn lane from Willow Street to the Prairie Farms parking area. Work begins June 5 for about a month, with three traffic lanes and a center left turn lane. The contract was awarded to R B Stephens Construction Co of Carbondale for 23153 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow St
U.S. 51
Illinois Department of Transportation
Southern Illinoisan
Prairie Farms
Roy Harris
Harris
R.B. Stephens Construction Co
Carbondale
Johnston City banker sentenced for $27,400 fraud
Ronald L. Markley, former executive vice president of the Bank of Johnston City, was sentenced in East St. Louis to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding the bank of 27400 from 1976 to 1978. He received five years probation and must make full restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City Bank
Bank of
Johnston City
Ronald L. Markley
Route 4
Marion
James Foreman
U.S. District Court
East St. Louis
Markley
Edward Haggerty
FBI
Springfield
SIU C to End Two Research Centers and Retire Leaders
SIU Carbondale may shut down the Center for Soviet and East European Studies directed by Herbert Marshall and the Library of Living Philosophers led by Paul A. Schilpp by end of the 1978 79 school year if external funding cannot be found. Both veterans of SIU C face retirement. the fate of the philosophy library is described as up in the air while the library could transfer to the philosophy department without added cost.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Library of Living Philosphers
Paul A. Schilpp
Frank E. Horton
Center
Herbert Marshall
Marshall
Schilpp
SIUC
Soviet Union
Europe
Horton
Philosophy Department
John C. Guyon
Philosphy
Research Office
Philosophy
George McClure
Philosphy Department
McClure
Norton
Northwestern University
College of the Pacific
Chicago
Phi Beta Kappa Association
England
India
Old Vic
London
S.M. Eisenstein
Moscow
Michael Redgrave
Alex Guiness
Edith Evans
Trevor Howard
Peter Ustinov
Terry Thomas
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Lonnie S. Priest
Joe A. DeJulio
de- Julio
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife
Joe Jines
Melinda Moll
Melinda
Browns Lake
Mur
Baptist Church
Barklage
McBride, Mo
Martin J. McNally
Garrett B. Trapnell
James K. Johnson
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