Pinckneyville veteran 33 bears Vietnam war's lingering pain
Parley Wayne Runion, 33, bedridden from war injuries since 1969, recounts blast scars, a shattered kidney, and ongoing medical woes. He recalls Tet and a convoy attack that left him paralyzed, while detailing years of surgeries, homelessness of hope, and a life spent watching TV and dreaming of electronics work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Beasley
Southern Illinoisan Parley
Wayne Runion
Pinckneyville
Vietnam
Runion
U.S
Daddy
Mama
Parley Wayne Bunion
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Johnson
Eight-Year-Old Girl Hurt After Teeter Totter Accident
Amy Hunter eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Hunter Route 3 Carterville suffered a serious head injury at Crainville Grade School playground Wednesday. Principal Bob Dawson said a boy on one end held two girls on the other when the board dropped. She was taken to Carbondale Doctors Hospital then transferred to Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St Louis.
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Amy Hunter
Richard Hunter
Route 3
Carterville
Crainville
Carbondale Doctors Hospital
Cardinal Glennon Hospital
St. Louis
Bob Dawson
Amy
Dawson
Task force disputes Carbondale housing plan stance
A nine member Ad Hoc Task Force on Changing Populations says Carbondale s housing needs summary misrepresents the city s true low and moderate income picture. The panel questions including 47 percent student housing in the HAP and urges identifying non student and student needs separately while urging university cooperation on housing data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern
Chicago
Lewis Lane
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale High
Carbondale
Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Normal
DeKalb
Department of Housing and Urban Development
RF and D Corp
HUD
Illinois Housing and de
Velopment Authority
IDHA
Task Force
Grand jury resumes probe of New Haven Center
Jackson County grand jury revisits the New Haven Nursing Home in Carbon Dale amid money problems and a HUD foreclosure on the four million dollar mortgage. State's Attorney Hood notes the non profit status and questioned investors losing money as possible last testimony.
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New Haven
Carbondale
Jackson County
New Haven Center
Lewis Lane
Howard Hood
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hood
HUD
Grand Jury
Murphysboro schools hire private bus firms
Murphysboro Community School District 186 selects Hayden Bus Service of St Louis to handle student transport for 1979 80. Hayden will buy the district fleet and equipment, rent the bus garage, and replace older buses while offering district drivers first chance to transfer. The switch aims for substantial savings with routes expected to stay the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro Community School District
Hayden Bus Service Inc
St. Louis
Jacob Joseph
Hayden Dispatcher
Joseph
Edwardsville
Murphysboro
Hayden
West Bus Service of
Carbondale
Ernest Bozarth
Bozarth
22Nd Street
Herrin
Marion
Johnston City
First testimony heard in Lawler murder trial
Perry County Coroner Frank Maxton opened testimony on the second day of Stanley Keith Lawler’s trial for the murder of John M. Campbell in Old Du Quoin. Campbell died March 19, 1978, with Lawler charged with murder and arson.
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Evan M. Davis
Perry County
Frank Maxton
Stanley Keith Lawler
John M. Campbell
Old du Quoin
Campbell
Lawler
Pinckneyville
Robert Bastien
Maxton
Harry Parks
Lloyd Middleton
Capbell
Middleton
Bastien
Gerald Sims
Sims
du Quoin
Donald
Ex councilman asks dismissal of charges
Former West Frankfort City Commissioner Bernard Melvin, 48, seeks dismissal of official misconduct and theft charges. Judge Albert McAllister took the motion under advisement after questions on indictment sufficiency. Trial date for former West Frankfort Police Chief James Kinsman, 37, remains 1:30 p.m. June 8 before Judge Robert Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Bernard Melvin
Albert McAllister
Carmi
Franklin County
Robert S. Hill
McAllister
James Kinsman
Kinsman
Hill
Melvin
J.C. Mitchell
Marion
Missouri patrolmen gain skills in motorcycle training at SIUC
Eighteen Missouri highway patrolmen completed a week long SIUC Driver and Safety Education program on an off road facility south of the lake. They learned braking skid and bike control on dirt to improve on road performance and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Missouri Highway
Midwest
SIUC
Don Ancell
Moberly
Ancell
Larry Lindauer
Boyd
Missouri
Will
James Aaron
Driver and Safety Education Department
Lindauer
Aaron
California
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Parley
Colin Gibson
R. Brayfield
Brayfield
Lad
Keith Lawler
Mitchell
Terry Hopkins
Missouri Highway Police
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