Death of SIU-C psychologist 37 shocks community
Richard H. Johnson, 37, a coordinator in SIU Carbondale Career, Planning and Placement Center and counseling psychologist, died of an apparent heart attack while jogging Sunday night. He collapsed in the 400 block of South Forest Street around 8 p.m. and was dead on arrival at Carbondale Memorial Hospital at 8:30 p.m. He earned degrees from Missouri Valley College and the University of Missouri and taught at the University of Florida from 1970 to 1975. Johnson is survived by his wife Ja Dean, a daughter Kathryn, a stepdaughter Leslye Bolin, a stepson Randy Bolin, his mother Kathryn Estes, siblings, and several extended family. He was born May 21, 1941, in Evanston.
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Richard H. Johnson
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Jackson County
Don Ragsdale
Johnson
South Forest Street
Ragsdale
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Missouri Valley College
Marshall
University of Missouri At Columbia
University of Florida At
Gainesville
Evanston
Harold C
Kathryn Lang Johnson
Ja Dean Johnson
Cassadaga
Fla
Gymnastics program set and civic meetings listed in region
A Murphysboro gymnastics program on the moving horse was announced along with a slate of Tuesday meetings across Franklin County and Carbondale. Events include village board, city council, park board, county board, breastfeeding group, development council, Republican meeting, hospital auxiliary, and education board sessions.
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Jane Boyer
Shawnee Development Council
Karnak
Franklin County Young Republicans
Benton
N. Main
James Eatherly
ST. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Naomi Williams
Vergennes
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Pinckneyville
Steeleville Unit District
Board of Education
N. Sparta St
Sparta Unit
Overeaters Anonymous
First Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
Carbondale
Rend Lake College Board
Franklin Hospital Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
W. Freeman
Southern Illinois University
Coming Workshop At Mount Vernon and Bend Lake College
Mount Vernon Writers and Bend Lake College offer a creative writing and poetry workshop from 8 30 a m to 3 p m on Saturday on campus. Instructors are Dick Matthews Jane Benoist and Evelyn Claxton with morning writing sessions and afternoon critique. The $15 fee includes lunch. reservations via the college or Pat Schlutow.
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Mount Vernon Writers
Bend Lake College
Dick Matthews
Kaskaskia College
Jane Benoist
Mount Vernon
Evelyn Claxton
College
Pat Schlutow
Area man found dead on road near trail er home
A rural Carbondale man, Howard Douglas Odum, 54, was found dead today of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound on a road near his home. Jackson County sheriff investigators classify the death as an apparent death by own action. Odum previously faced July Jackson County Circuit Court convictions for leaving the scene of an accident involving death or personal injury and driving with a revoked license, tied to a separate crash in which a Carbondale girl was killed. he received probation, six months in county jail, and a $1,000 fine.
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Carbondale
Howard Douglas Odum
Hunt Road
Jackson County
Odum
Births in Benton and Herrin Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Dennis Benton welcome a daughter at Franklin Hospital in Benton. Mr and Mrs Fred Webb welcome a son at Franklin Hospital in Benton. Mr and Mrs David Herrin announce a daughter born in Herrin Hospital on Sunday.
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Benton
Odle
Dennis
Franklin Hospital
Christopher
Webb
Fred
Herrin
Aaron
David
Herrin Hospital
Weather Outlook and Market Snapshot
Showers expected through Tuesday across the eastern Rockies Plains and parts of the Northeast and Gulf region with cooler west and warmer east. Southern Illinois reached 90 degrees Sunday. 7 a.m. to today low was 72 with no rain. 9 a.m. temperature 81. sunrise Tuesday 6 34 a.m. sunset 6 54 p.m. Markets show futures for live cattle and hogs with mixed moves and closes near prior levels.
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Rockies
Plains
Kansas
Great Lakes
Gulf
Florida
Illinois
Power restored in Makanda after car hits pole
A weekend crash in Makanda left a utility pole broken and power lines down. Michael J. Mach Mg8 drove a 1967 Ford Mustang west on Makanda Main Street, slid off the road, and struck the pole, causing about 700 dollars in CIPS property damage. Mach and two passengers Brett Howard and Paul Berens were not injured. Power was restored to most customers after about three hours.
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Makanda
Central Illinois Public Service Ca
CIPS
Jackson Co Sheriff's
Michael J.machmg8
Carbondale
James O’daniel
Mach
Brett Howard
Paul Berens
Tent stolen at Giant City campsite in Makanda
Bryan Dougherty reported a yellow Sears model 14 by 16 foot tent valued at 250 dollars was taken from a camping site at Giant City State Park near Makanda. Deputies say the theft occurred between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. while Dougherty was fishing.
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Bryan Dougherty
Giant City State Park
Makanda
Dougherty
Jackson County
Sheriff's Deputies
Sears
Glass and metal recycling drive at 13th and Rover Murphysboro
Calendar set for a Resource Reclamation event at 13th and Rover Murphysboro, collecting glass for rinsing and separation into clear and colored, plus newspapers and aluminum. The drive runs at all sites with targeted curbside pickups.
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Ter
13Th
Rover
Murphysboro
Resource Reclamation, Inc
Local Theatre Listings Carbondale to Harrisburg
A compact rundown of showings across Carbondale Marion Herrin Murphysboro and nearby towns. Titles include Animal House Who ll Stop the Rain Eyes of Laura Mars An Unmarried Woman Slithis The Hills Have Eyes The End The Big Sleep The Bad News Bears Go To Japan The Greek Tycoon Foul Play Hooper International Velvet Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Little Orphan Sammy Saunters at Rox y and StarLite Eldorado lists of cinema offerings for the day.
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Carbondale
Animal House
Saluki
Laura Mars
Marion Drive-In
Herrin
FOX
the Bad News Bears
Japan
NEW Liberty
Murphysboro
Cinema 4
Marion
Foul Play
Hooper
University 4
International Velvet
ROXY
Coulterville
Little Orphan
Sammy
Harrisburg
Sgt. Pepper
Starlite
Eldorado
Who
How to Submit a Public Calendar Item
The Southern Illinoisan invites calendars for meetings and entertainments open to the public. Send details to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 North Illinois, Carbondale, IL 62901, one week before the event, including date time place brief description and any admission charge.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
30 Day Outlook From National Weather Service
The national Weather Service projects the next 30 days will feature varying precipitation and temperature patterns across the country. Forecasters note typical seasonal fluctuations with periods of rain or dry spells and temperatures that may trend above or below average in different regions.
Correction notice on Southern Illinoisan obituary details
A correction notes that Larry Henderson of Sparta is described as a professional engineer without a degree, and that a daughter Elizabeth Reiman of rural Ava was omitted from Kenneth Bilderback’s survivors in Friday’s obituary. The corrections address S and L Sanitation Co and the Ava survivor list.
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Southern Illino
S and L Sanitation Co
Larry Henderson
Sparta
Henderson
Kenneth Bilderback
Ava
Southern Illinoisan
Elizabeth Reiman
Four injured in two car crash on U S 51 near Pleasant Hill
Four people sustained minor injuries in a two car wreck Sunday afternoon on U S 51 south of Carbondale near Pleasant Hill Road. Barbara K McBride 27 of Dongola slowed for a preceding auto when Bruce Hagan 25 of Carbondale rear ended her. Passengers Charlies A Pickles 51 Charles E Pickles 30 and Robert Hastings 38 all from Dongola were treated at the scene.
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Carbondale
U.S. 51
Pleasant Hill Road
Barbara K. McBride
Dongola
Bruce Hagan
Charlies A. Pickles
Charles E. Pickles
Robert Hastings
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Iceland
John E. Holecek
S. Walnut St
du Quoin
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du Quoin Packing Co
Coal City
Joseph
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St. Louis
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Old Monroe
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Maxton Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
William Flare
Ottawa
Mr. Flare
United Mine Workers of America
John
Melissa Linzie Flare
Velma Price
Sally Gruner
Jack Flare
Lucille Napier
Madison
Pyatt Funeral Home
Bethel Cemetery
Mary Cole Butler
W. Schwartz
Ewing
Butler
Ewing Baptist Church
Carbondale Senior Citizens
John W
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William E. Butler
Frank Cole
Flora Allen
Huffman
Williams Chapel
Katherine Welps McAfee
Corpus Christi
Texas
Magdeline Welps
Louis McAfee
Dorothy Tembush
San Antonio
Ethel Griggs
Myrtle Hudson
Tom Welps
St. Marys Catholic Church
Sunset Lawn Cemetery
Robert
Amelia Pope
Sun Prairie
Wis
Huffman Funeral Home
Juvenile Diabetes Association
E. 26Th St
New York
N.Y
Kate Wilcox
Johnson’s
Herrin City
Wilcox
N. Park Ave
Johnston City
George
Sarah Moore Odom
Ernest Wilcox
First Baptist Church
Eldon
Zeigler
Leon
Theodore
W. Poplar St
Doctors Hospital
Belgium
Sadie
Helen
Gilbert
Decatur
Jerri Eusibie
Warren
Mich
Martha Murphy
Las
Ruby Hudson
S. Thompson
Styrest Nursing Home
Hudson
Carbondale Elks No. 1243
Shelbyville
Rolly Wade
William Hudson
Mardale
Sherman H. Longshore
Sherman Howard Longshore
S. 8Th St
Elkville
Memorial Hospital
Longshore
First United Pentecostal Church
Sherman A
Jessie Coffel Longshore
Nashville
Ruby Longshore
Shirley Emling
Englewood
Calif
Helen Minnick
Frances Ann Kinzel
Kennewick
Wash
Leslie Sherman Longshore
Spokane
Maurice Eugen Longshore
Paw Paw
Mildred Sizemore
Wilma Watts
Barbara Yeaman
Dorothy Gray
Granger
Utah
Lynetta Brown
Belle Garde
Linda Vancil
Dowell
Elizabeth
Old du Quoin
Neal
Charles Hurst
Anna
Mr. Hurst
Wurlitzer Co
Chicago
U.S. Army
Cobden
Nancy Southern Hurst
Jimmy Ray
Rochelle
Charles Richard
Clifford Lee
Bobby Gene
Mark Mullins
Leonard C
Mary Nehrt Mullins
Barnes Hospital
Bert Nehrt
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Cemetery
Krupp Funeral Home
John A. Logan
Edgewater
Southern Illinois
Logan
Cambria Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Normal
New Smyrna Beach
Elsie Fuller
Cambria
Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home
Carterville
Zeke Coleman
de Soto
Dwards & Sons, Inc
A.m
National Weather Service
Noaa
Dept. of Commerce
Giant City
Michael Mick
U.S
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