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Page 23 Deaths Hospital Notes Southern Ulinoisan, Friday, November 18, 1988 Darrel Frazer Charles Hayes John Forby Harvey Sammons Anna Union County Hospital Admitted Nov. 18 South, Kelly, Cobden Williams, Carl, Anna Discharged Turner, Leonard, Anna Carbondale Memorial Hospital Admitted Nov. 16 Zinke, Opal, Carbondale Giffin, Donnarae, Carbondale Admitted Nov. 17 Tauscher, Letitia, Carbondale Rathjen, Herbert, Jacob Parker, Lola, Hurst Ashton. Karyle, Jonesboro Armit, Bart, Carbondale Discharged Newlin, Pauline, Herrin Waide, Angie and son, Carterville Toberman, Charlotte, Carbondale Swink, Mary, Anna Robins, Dorothy, Carbondale Pape, Carolyn, Carbondale Locke, Marvin, Murphysboro Flannigan, Jeana and daughter Downard.

David, West Frankfort Burgess, Suzanne and daughter, Carterville Keller, Robert, Coulterville Morgan, Lady, Cambria Chester Memorial Hospital Admitted Nov. 17 Gladson, Cora, Percy Perzia, Leonard, Willisville Yankey, Angela, Chester Bierman, Mabel, Sparta Biechle, Anna Marie, Chester Discharged Chiles, Michelle, Chester Raley, Evelyn, Chester Du Quoin Marshall Browning Hospital Admitted Nov. 16 Black, Lindsay, Pinckneyville Paris, Linda, Du Quoin Discharged Nevill, Linda and son, Du Quoin Harrisburg Medical Center Discharged Nov. 18 McClusky, Donald, Junction McPeek, Jeffrey, Tucson, Ariz. Shelton, Waldo, Harrisburg Swan, Max, Galatia Bebout, Harold, Harrisburg Terrey, Robert, Harrisburg Garrett, Rosellen, Harrisburg Herrin Hospital Admitted Nov.

16 Booth, Elva. Herrin Clendenin, Rachel, Johnston City Cochran, Opal, Energy Furlow, Effie, Christopher Furlow, Karen, Christopher Furlow, Kenneth, Christopher Gregory, Irma, Energy Hill, Jack, Marion Long, Elbert, Herrin Palevich, Mary, Herrin Purkaple, Don, Creal Springs Sanders, Dorothy, Herrin Terry, Kenneth, Zeigler Doolin, Charles, Mulkeytown Discharged Bowlin, Mildred, Herrin Burks, Brian, Herrin Carico, Mary Lou, Herrin Carnaghi, Mary, Herrin Denosky, John, Royalton Elders, Ada. Herrin Howerton, Grace, Christopher Martin, Barbara, Herrin McKinley, Cora, Energy Nava, Lillie, Herrin Ralls, Edna, Herrin Teuscher, James, Energy Tolliver, Jeanne, Christopher Winkler, Dustin, Zeigler Marion Memorial Hospital Admitted Nov. 16 Helms, Joyce, Belknap Hess, Janis, Carterville Dunn, Wendy, Carrier Mills Edwards, Alice, Marion Discharged Marks, Mary, Creal Springs Kelley, Etta, Marion Hastings, Matthew, Marion Gulley, Elsie, Marion Williams, Kathleen, Marion Murphysboro St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Admitted Nov.

16 Smith, Ronald, Royalton Yearian, Shirley, Oraville Myers, Mary, Alto Pass Cochran, Teresa, Carbondale Jordan, Edward, Murphysboro Groves, John, Murphysboro Discharged Sanders, John, Cobden Feltmeyer, Norma, Pinckneyville Schaefer, Jean, Grand Tower Parrish, Ethel, Carbondale Bastien, Christopher, Murphysboro Mahaney, Steven Murphysboro Nashville Washington County Hospital Discharged Nov. 16 Reminger, Elise, Nashville Roesener, Emma, Nashville Kopec, Mary, Fairmont City Kacso, Tamara, Hoyleton Pinckneyville Community Hospital Discharged Nov. 18 Hirte, Elsie, Coulterville Smith, Nellie, Pinckneyville Monte, Lorraine, Pinckneyville Sparta Community Hospital Admitted Nov. 18 McHatton, Florence, Sparta Rupp, Darrell, Marissa Woodside, Wilmer, Coulterville Rieckenberg, Nancy, Steele-ville Discharged Thurau, Donnita and son, Sparta West Frankfort Union Hospital Discharged Nov. 18 Silkwood, Fred, West Frankfort Webb, Grace, West Frankfort Brown, Virginia, Oakwood, Ohio Parvin, Charles, Mulkeytown Births SHAW, Robert and Mary Anne of Marissa, a daughter, Friday, Nov.

4, 1988, Memorial Hosptial, Belleville. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reynolds of Marissa and Mr. and Police Jackson County A Murphysboro man was injured following an accident at 8:36 a.m.

Wednesday on Illinois 13 near Country Club Road. Sheriff dep uties said a car driven by James R. Gogue, 20, of rural Murphysboro was eastbound on Illinois 13 when it col lided with a car driven by John D. Groves, 50, of rural Murphysboro. Groves had stopped his vehicle at a stop sign on Country Club Road.

The auto then entered the intersection and attempted to make a left turn onto the westbound lane of Illinois 13 when the vehicles collided. Gogue was uninjured. Groves is in stable condition. No tickets were issued. Two brothers were killed at 8:04 p.m.

weanesaay aner me eioer brother lost control of the car in which they were riding on Illinois 4, 2 mile south of Campbell Hill. Sher iff's deputies said the driver of the car, Todd A. Frazer, 19, of Percy, and two passengers, Darrel Frazer, 16, and Kenneth A. Rice, 20, both ot Chester, were northbound on Illinois 4, when Frazer lost control of the car. The car left the road, slid into an embankment, struck a tree, and overturned before coming to rest in a creek bed.

Rice was taken to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and later transferred to St. Louis University Hospital, where was in the intensive care unit Thursday. His condition was unknown Thursday. The accident is under investigation. Murphysboro Thieves took $1,900 worth of items MOUNT VERNON Harvey Sammons, 82, of 1410 Wilshire Drive died at 12:25 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Hughey funeral Home, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7:30 a.m.

to 1 p.m. to day at the funeral home. Mr. Sammons was retired from Il linois Power Co. He was a member of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 702 in West Frank fort.

He was born June 7, 1906, in Jef ferson County to Claude and Lizzie (Sledge) Sammons. He married Hazel Kline in 1940. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, James Sammons of Carbondale and William Sammons of Louisville, one brother, Jess Sammons of Mount Vernon; and one sister, Ruth Phillips of Mount Vernon. William Blakely TAMAROA William Blakely, 86, of Route 1 died Thursday, Nov.

17, 1988, in St. Louis University Hospi tal. Arrangements are incomplete at Neal Funeral Home in Du Quoin. Bama Ford FREEMAN SPUR Bama T. Ford, 88, died at 1:53 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17, 1988, at home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, 1988, in Colp-Dew- maine Cemetery.

Jackson Funeral Home in Colp is in charge of arrangements. Lois Cook COBDEN Lois Ellen Cook, 62, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden, with burial in Cob- den Cemetery.

Visitation will be Irom a to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Cook was born July 27, 1926, in Golconda to Harvev and Grace (Keller) Webster. She married Clarence Cook in 1964.

He survives. Other survivors include one son, Robert Fiedler of Minooka; two daughters, Carla Green of Eugene, and Barbara Junkins of Morris; one sister, Jean Bettnke of Royalton; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. One brother preceded her in death. Marvin Tignor MARION Marvin W. Tignor, 59, of 1112 S.

Midway Court died at 9:55 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1988, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home, with burial in Friendship Cemetery in Goreville.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, with Masonic rites at 7 p.m. Mr. Tignor was retired from the United States Army. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans and Masonic Lodge 89 AF AM, was a Methodist, and was a veteran of the Korean War.

He was born Dec. 13, 1928, in Oklahoma to Jess and Myrtle (Bluford) Tignor. He married Freda Cash in 1982. She survives. Other survivors include one son, Robert Tignor of Batesville, two daughters, Iris Mason and Carol Watkins, both of Batesville; two adopted children; two stepdaughters, Linda Howard and Claudia Quarta, both of Marion; his mother of California; three brothers, Ralph Tignor of California and Bill and Troy Tignor, both of Texas; two sisters, Bonnie and Rosemary Tignor, both of Texas; five grand-children; and five stepgrandchildren.

Two brothers preceded him in death. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the execution Thursday of a man who killed an inmate in a dispute over a diamond ring, marking the second time the court has blocked the man's execution against his wishes. The execution would have been the first in Missouri since 1965, the first under the state's 11-year-old re instated capital punishment law and LARRY G.

HUGHES FUNERAL HOMES LTD JOHNSON HUGHES FUNERAL HOME 201 S. 13th Herrin. IL J618J 942-3102 Jenny Marlow Services 10 a.m. today Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church MITCHELL HUGHES FUNERAL HOME 800 N. Market Mrkn IL (618) 997-5482 Roberta Lillich Arrangements incomplete Marvin Tignor Visitation 6 to 9 p.m.

today Services 11 a.m. Saturday funeral home Missouri I CHESTER Darrel Wayne Fraz er. 16. died Wednesday, Nov. 16 1988, in Jackson County.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Schroeder-McClure frunera Home, with burial in Ellis Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday at the luneral home. Memorials may be made to Stu dents Against Drunk Driving. Darrel was a student at Chester High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ellis Grove. He was born July 19, 1972, in Ches ter to Frank and Judy (Welge) Fraz er.

Survivors include his father of Wrest Alton; his mother and stepfath er, Judy and Mike Korando of Ches ter; one sister, Katherine Frazer of Chester; two stepbrothers, Michael and Torrey Korando, both of Ches ter; four grandparents, Harry and Wanda Frazer of Ellis Grove, Violet Welge of Chester and Roger Welge of Denver; two stepgrandparents, Carolyn Welge of Denver and Frances Korando of Chester; and four great-grandparents, Elmer and Pearl Hasemeyer of Evansville and Glenn and Martha Howie of Welge. Bill Palmer EDDYVILLE Bill Palmer, 76, died at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Eddyville. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Sunday in New Home Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Visi tation will be after 5 p.m. Saturday in Aly Funeral Home in Eddyville. Mr. Palmer was born May 19, 1912, in Eddyville to Anna Palmer.

He married Sybol Barger in 1932. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Darris and Gene Palmer, both of Eddyville, and Marvin Palmer of Ozark; one daughter, Loretta Wilson of Oak Harbor, three half sisters, Virginia Gray and Vera Hazel, both of Simpson, and Janet Jackson of Eddyville; nine grand children; and five great-grandchil dren. Cortney Sheridan INA Cortney Sheridan, 85, died at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

16, 1988, in Crossroads Community Hospital in Mount Vernon. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Johnston Funeral Home in Ina, with burial in Kirk Cemetery. Visitation will be until 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Sheridan was a retired farm er. He was a member of Ina Mission ary Baptist Church. He was born Dec. 1, 1902, in Ken tucky to James and Lora Sheridan.

He married Flora Fletcher. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Bob Sheridan of Ina, Cortney Sheridan Jr. of Ava and Larry Sheridan of Benton; three daughters, Florene Milliner of Ina, Mildred Watts of Channahon and Beatrice Kash of Benton; one sister, Blanch Mentler of Jacksonville; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. One son, several brothers and sis ters and one grandchild preceded him in death.

Grace Butler SPARTA Grace Butler, 86, of Sunland, formerly of Sparta, died Tuesdav, Nov. 15, 1988, in Diana ynn Lodge in Sunland. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Caledonia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday in King Funeral Home in Sparta. Memorials may be made to medi cal research. Mrs. Butler was a homemaker. She was a member of Westmi nister Presbyterian Church.

She was born March 16, 1902, in Sparta to Robert and Dora (Gilli- brand) McMichael. She married Lloyd Butler in 1919. He preceded her in death. Survivors include one daughter, rancine Higgins of Sunland. Two brothers and three sisters also preceded her in death.

death row awaiting "the inevitable." Smith's wife, Lynn, filed a petition with the court earlier Thursday, seeking to stop the execution, contending Smith is not competent to abandon his appeals. The Missouri Public Defenders Commission had asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay. Smith was sentenced to die for the 1985 stabbing death of inmate Robert Baker. He also had been scheduled year-old Prince Sparkle Shannon dressed in the latest fashions and wore gold jewelry around his neck and a diamond ring.

He spurned school buses in favor of a red 1988 Dodge Daytona car and reportedly once rented a chauffeured limousine to take him to a Meadowdale football game. "I can't believe it," said freshman Shamika Bohanon. "He could dress. It seemed like he had on a different pair of shoes every day." Taylor was the subject of an article in the school newspaper, and during a recent lecture for the student leadership club told students he would inherit the Moroccan throne postpone i Li MAKANDA John Herbert "Bead" Forby, 84, died at 3:48 p.m Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Carbon dale.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Meredith Funeral Home in Car bondale, with burial in Lipe Ceme tery. Visitation will be after 5 p.m today at the funeral home. Mr. Forby was a retired farmer and custodian.

He was a member of Union Hi Christian Church in Carbondale. He was born Dec. 28, 1903, in Dutch Ridge to William and Louiza (Nance) Forby. He married Maggie Holder in 1930 She survives. Other survivors include one daugh ter, Juanita Reed of Carbondale; one brother, Ted Forby of Makanda; one sister, Lawnada Everetts of Car bondale; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

One daughter, three brothers, one sister and one grandchild preceded him in death. Bernard Batts WEST FRANKFORT Bernard Jack Batts, 78, of 218 W. Lindell St died at 3:49 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Union Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Parker-Reedy Funeral Home, with burial in Tower Heights Ceme tery. Visitation will be after 6 p.m today at the funeral home. Mr. Batts was a violin maker.

He was born in Ewing. He married Geneva Balev. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Diana Overy of Streator and Judith Biggs of Sesser; one sister, Olive Batts of Benton; one half brother, W.C. Perry of Florida; one half sister, June Doyle of Ionia, six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

One half brother preceded him in death. Todd Frazer PERCY Todd Alan Frazer, 19, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Jackson County. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Schroeder-McClure Funeral Home in Chester, with burial in Ellis Grove Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Stu dents Against Drunk Driving.

Mr. Frazer was a deck hand on a riverboat. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ellis Grove. He was born Jan. 26, 1969, in Ches ter to Frank and Judy (Welge) Fraz er.

Survivors include his father of West Alton; his mother and stepfather, Judy and Mike Korando of Chester; one sister, Katherine Frazer of Percy; two stepbrothers, Michael and Torrey Korando, both of Ches ter; four grandparents, Harry and Wanda Frazer of Ellis Grove, Violet Welge of Chester and Roger Welge of Denver; two stepgrandparents, Carolyn Welge of Denver and Frances Korando of Chester; and four great-grandparents, Elmer and Pearl Hasemeyer of Evansville and Glenn and Martha Howie of Welge. Robert Lemons SCHELLER Robert Franklin Lemons, 75, of Route 1 died at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in his home. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday in Brayfield Funeral Home, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery, both in Sesser. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Lemons was a farmer.

He was a Protestant. He was born July 21, 1913, in Scheller to Phillip and Minnie (Ko-linski) Lemons. Survivors include two sons, Ste wart Lemons of Alaska and Jerry Lemons of Du Quoin; two daughters, Judith Scott of Sesser and Brenda Arriaga of California; one stepdaughter, Constance McBride of Ses ser; two brothers, Arthur and Eugene Lemons, both of Scheller; five grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and two great-stepgrand-children. the first use of lethal injection, a change from the former gas chamber. In a 7-3 ruling handed down about 5 p.m.

in St. Louis, the court said it needed more time to review Smith's case, including the issue of whether he is competent to abandon his appeals. Smith had been scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m. today. Smith, 30, has said he wants to die now rather than spend years on DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Students at Meadowdale High School thought a classmate was the Crown Prince of Morocco until police learned that the sporty red car he drove was stolen and he didn't have his royal father's telephone number to call for help.

Michael W. Taylor, 28, of Louis ville, was in Dayton-Montgomery County Jail after being charged Wednesday in Ohio with receiving stolen property. A Kentucky grand jury on Thursday indicted him on two counts of theft by deception. Students say the flashy foreign-exchange student they knew as 17- execution Deputies MOUNT VERNON Charles Hayes, 94, died at 6:50 p.m. Wednes day, Nov.

16, 1988, in Nature Irai Nursing Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Hughey Funeral Home. Jerry Nelson HARRISBURG -Jerry D. Nelson 49, of Ontario, formerly of Harrisburg, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1988, in Bakersfield, Calif.

Services were Thursday in Draper Mortuary, with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park, both in Ontario. Memorials may be made to Re deemer Lutheran Church, 620 Sixth St. Ontario, Calif. 91762. Mr.

Nelson was a boilermaker and former CIPS employee who had worked in Grand Tower. He was a member of Boilermakers Union Local 92 in Southgate, and Redeemer Lutheran Church in Ontario, and was an Army Reserves veteran. He was born March 5, 1939, in Har risburg to Joe and Helen (Hatfield) Nelson. He married Sharon Giffin. She sur vives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Linda Nelson of Ontario and Lisa Crofts of RanchoCuca Monea. his mother of Murphysboro; one brother, Jack Nelson of Murphysboro; and one great-grandparent, Nellie Hatfield of Ontario. His father preceded him in death. Bill Minor GALATIA Bill Minor, 79, of 601 E. Main St.

died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, in Franklin County. Services will be at 1 p.m. today in Sloan Funeral Home, with burial in Hickory Hill Cemetery in Hamilton County. Visitation will be until 1 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Heart Mr. Minor was retired from Kala mazoo State Hospital in Michigan. He was a veteran of World War II. He was born Nov.

20, 1908, in Hamilton County to Ellis and Lou (Shirah) Minor. He married Emogene McFarland. She died in 1974. He married Wanda Jones in 1976. She survives.

Other survivors include one daugh ter, Rosalee Thomas of Harrisburg; one stepson, John Siedschlag of Hartland, two brothers, Charles and Ewell Minor, both of Kalamazoo, five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. One brother and one sister also preceded him in death. Roberta Lillich CARTERVILLE Roberta P. Lil lich, 63, of Route 2 died at 1:29 a.m. Thursday, Nov.

17, 1983, in Marion Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home in Marion. Frank Nicholson MURPHYSBORO Frank "Nine teen" Nicholson, 73, of 810 Dewey St. died at 3:26 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.

16, 1938, in St. Joseph Memorial Hos pital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Mount Gilead Baptist Church, with burial in Tower Grove Ceme tery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.

today and from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to the church. Mr.

Nicholson had been employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and Consumer Steel Corp. in Racine, Wis. He was a member of the former Eugene Jones American Legion Post 936, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was born April 22, 1915, in Shu- qualak, to Allen and Elizabeth (Spirulle) Nicholson. He married Mary Robinson.

Survivors include one brother, Ellis Nicholson of Murphysboro; and two sisters, Lonie Farmer and Eria Jackson, both of Murphysboro. Two brothers and one sister pre ceded him in death. Jackson Funeral Home in Carbon dale is in charge of arrangements. to die Oct. 4 for the 1980 beating death of Karen Roberts, a former girlfriend, but the 8th Circuit stayed that execution, saying it needed more time to determine if Smith was competent to abandon his appeals.

Authorities said Baker was killed in a dispute over a diamond ring, although Smith said he committed the murder so he could be executed. Smith said he killed Roberts because she gave him a venereal disease. a nno when King Hassan II died. He also told students he had studied with the KGB in the Soviet Union last year, school officials said. But the royal act began to unravel Monday when Madison Township police detective Rick Wright spotted Taylor's car, which was bearing Kentucky license plates, in the school parking lot.

He ran a check and learned it had been stolen. Wright said he and other police officers waited until Taylor got into the car with a female companion and then stopped the vehicle. "Do you know who that is?" Wright said the girl told the officers. "That's the prince of Morocco." Mrs. Melvin Shaw of LaBelle, Fla.

POLBINSKI, Keith and Elaine of Christopher, a daughter, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1988, Marshall Browning Hospital, Du Quoin. from a residence in the 800 block of Illinois Avenue early Thursday. Police said the victim returned home from work at 12:35 a.m. and discovered that stereo equipment, a video-cassette recorder, clothing and jewelry were missing.

Du Quoin An Omaha, man was ticketed for driving under the influence and not wearing a seat belt after his truck collided with a train Thursday morning. Police said a truck driven by David McMaster, 33, of Omaha was northbound on U.S. 51 at 1:37 a.m. when it collided with a coal train car on the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. McMaster and a passenger, Kimberly White, 25, of rural Pinckneyville, had major injuries and were taken to Marshall Browning Hospital.

White was ticketed for not wearing a seat belt. State Police An 88-year-old Mulkeytown man was in stable condition in Union Hospital in West Frankfort after his vehicle hit the back side of a semitractor-trailer on Illinois 149, 2l2 miles west of Illinois 37 at 5:45 p.m. Thursday. State police in Du Quoin said William Flatt was driving westbound on the road when he came over a hill and ran into the westbound truck, which was moving slow due to a mechanical difficulty. The driver of the truck, Marion Roberts, 46 of Tamaroa, was uninjured.

No tickets were issued. arrested with publicity, but I guess that goes with the job." Ron Henges, president of a Maryland Heights contracting and manufacturing company, was arrested. Henges said he has participated in Old Newsboy Days for 25 years He said he disagreed with Kurlander's enforcement of the ordinance as a matter of principle. Old Newsboys raised a record $241,756 for charity last year, continuing a tradition begun in 1957 by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

The Suburban Journals took over the event in 1986 afer the Globe-Democrat folded. innocent to one count of unlawfully using a weapon. Daniele, who received an eight-year prison sentence and $200,000 fine at conclusion of his trial, walked into Frank's 15th-floor law office about 10:30 a.m. the next day and took Frank hostage at gunpoint, authorities said. Frank had been a key government witness during the trial.

Find something inaccurate in The Southern Ulinoisan? Please let us know. Call Peter Selkowe, publisher, on the Accuracy Hotline: 529-5454, Ext. 260. Accuracy an selling papers for charity ST. LOUIS (AP) A volunteer who braved temperatures me 60s to sell newspapers for charity was arrested Thursday by Maryland Heights police for violating a local anti-solicitation ordinance.

Police Chief Neil Kurlander cited safety reasons for an arrest marring the 32nd annual Old Newsboys Day. Kurlander said two other people were ticketed for violating an ordinance that -prohibits solicitation along streets or rights of way. "I'm not the Grinch who stole Christmas, believe me," Kurlander said. "Old Newsboys is a very worthy event, but the risk of injury is too great. We're getting beat up Daniele enters innocent plea in commissioner kidnapping dethrone fake ST.

LOUIS (AP) Anthony Daniele pleaded innocent Thursday to charges he held a police commissioner hostage for 15 hours the day after he was convicted of defrauding the city's police and firefighters' pension fund. Daniele, 39, is accused of kidnapping John Frank, who was taken hostage Sept. 3 at Frank's downtown office building. Daniele also pleaded School dismissing hour early in Herrin Herrin Community Unit School District 4 will dismiss students one hour early on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Buses will run one hour early on that day.

School will resume Nov. 28..