Centralia Police Chief Faces Retail Theft Charge
Veteran Centralia Police Chief Simon Franklin, a 25 year officer, is charged in Circuit Court with retail theft for allegedly stealing one pack of cigarettes worth 52 cents from Big John’s grocery. The case spurred political tensions as Mayor Jack Sligar and City Manager Norman Schuchman navigate community unrest and calls to end the city manager form of government. Franklin denies the alleged theft and says he faces political motive, while State’s Attorney Donald Conaway says the evidence supports filing. Franklin, the first black chief, promoted Nov 21, 1974, offered to take a lie detector test and has hired an attorney.
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Illinois
Ee Ee
Simon Franklin
Centralia Force
Circuit Court
Jack Sligar
Franklin
Donald Conaway
Clinton County
Centralia
Conaway
Big John’s
Clinton
Norman Schuchman
Schuchman
Local Vital Statistics and Real Estate Transfers Listed
Local notices include divorces and dissolutions among Aveo Financial Services of Indianapolis versus Slater and Slater, Pir tle and Pirtle, and Cooks. Real estate transfers list multiple lot exchanges and trust transfers alongside marriage licenses and a long row of births by county couples.
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Aveo Financial Services of
Indianapolis, Inc
David E. Slater
Deanna L. Slater
Complaint
McCormick, Blumberg & Weber
Indianapolis,Inc
Danny L. Pirtle
Martha Pirtle
McCormick, Blumberg& Weber
Caroline Sue Cook
Hubert Russell Cook
Bauer, Miller & Bauer
Gertrude H. Webb
Montgomery Ward & Co
Rosenfeld, Wolfe, Frey & Lowery
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Ingo
Sandra L. Kester
Robert Bruce Kester
James 0
McDonald
Ramon T. Roman
General Motors Corp
Dean & Decker Ford, Inc
McCor
Don Willis
Supreme Court
National Geographic Society
Mick, Blumberg & Weber
Julie Ann Konazeski
Michael Joseph Konazeski
Samuel E. Beecher Jr
Terre Haute Oil Corp
Virgil Lynch
Lynch Garage and
Virgil ‘Lynch
Knox ‘County Tire
Small Claim
Root Dry Goods Co
Marcia Bunten
Donald L. Decker
Omer L. Fuqua
Donald C. Johnson
Barbara K. Johnson
Glass Park
Stella J. Wagle
Ival L
Raedeane M. Nelson
Robert L. Cowden
Edgewood Grove
Philip L. Walter
Violet R. Scheerin
Thomas Parson
James Harlan
George H. Hull
Harlan Acres
Richard Eugene Williams
Ronald Ernest Williams
John H. Caldwell
Collett Park Place
Jerry Lavon Keller
Forest F
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William L. Rupska
Samuel H. Conwell Jr
Richard H. Wade
Erving Alfred Leonard
Thomas Allen Smith
24Th St
Cathy Lynn Williams
Wayne Edward Niciffer
Lafayette Ave
Barbara Jean Hopper
13Th St
Michael James Wood
Eighth Ave
Sandra Lee Fisk
Gateway Drive
Danny Lee McGill
Chestnut St
Katherine Rose Grayless
Milton
James Alan Wright
S. 4Th St
Karen Vanetta Sickles
Paul Eugene Matherly Jr
Fort Harrison Road
Cathy Lynn Howes
Grant St
Donald Keith Miller
Rosedale
Brenda Kay Stelow
Park St
William Robert Long Jr
Murray, Ky
Debra Lynn Reedy
James Allen Miller
Farrington St
Lucinda Ellen Lamm
Brazil
James Joseph Watson
S. 25Th St
Cynthia Ann Mayes
College Ave
James Atwood Rhoads
Indianapolis
Carol Sue Gulitz
Eaton Road
David Albert Page
Sycamore St
Barbara Ann Shaw
William Randolph Soulesil
Connie Jo Webb
Hillcrest Drive
David Thomas Shorter
Brenda Kay Helt
Schoal Ave
Cleghorn
Robert
Bedwell
Mrs. Myreon
Carlisle
Archer
Ronald
Seelyville
May
Keyes
Randy
15Th St
Cramer
Miles
Fisher
James
D. 6Th St
Bobbitt
John
Gray
Orleans St
Buckingham
Jerry
Shelburn
Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Mason
Sam
Ash St
Murer
William
Cline
N. 10Th St
Wilfing
Scott
S. 19Th St
Bryan
Earl
Universal
Charles
Charlie
Ribeyes
Bankamericard
Witorane
Dept. OF Agriculture
Uncle Charlie’s Discount Meats
Wabash
Sarah
U.S.A
C. Johnson & Son, Inc
P.O
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