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Carbondale Herrii Murphysbcrfl Page Sixteen SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1979 Fill to be output to end Service stations entered Marquees are dark Las Vegas casinos feel walkout Take 9 of 44 Grammies Rock group, song, machine dominate Grammy awards Two hurt in Carbondale collisions Helen W. Swsrtz, of Rt. 4, Carbondale is reported in satisfactory condition at Doctors Hospital today following an auto Washington (AP) Burglars entered three Car- and named son? of the year bondale service stations Wed Les Vegas, New (AP) The glittering marquees were dark. The rooms where the show acts go on were empty. reached separate agreements with the unions.

They were packed Wednesday night. Other beneficiaries were the downtown casinos and hotels, New York (AP) A nine-man rock group, a pop song and a machine that looks like a small computer did better than any individuals when 44 Grammies were awarded for It is new official: the Pentagon will erd production cf the trcuble-plagucd Fill aircraft at a maximum cf 536 planes less than a quarter of the The gaming tables were nearly Three Grammies apiece went to the rock group Blood, Sweat and Tears, the pop song "Games People Play," and the album "Switched-on Bach" which is performed on the Moog Synthesizer, a computer-like machine that can sound like any instrument in an orchestra. accident at West Main and Sycamore Streets. She was charged for failure to yield the right cf way to a ear driven by David P. Ingram, 42, of 1901 Brown Place, Murphysboro in an accident deserted.

best contemporary song. Peggy Lee won the best female vocal performance Grammy for "Is That All There Is?" "A Boy Named Sue" won "best country song" for its writer, Shcl Silverstein, and "best country male vocal performance" for Johnny five miles off the Strip. They number originally proposed six filled up gradually during the I years a nesday night and obtained small amounts of change at each of them according to Carbondale police. A pop bottle was thrown through a window of Hunter's Texaco at 601 S. Illinois Ave.

and change was taken from a cigarette machine. Burglars used a brick to break a window of Larry's Gulf sta Ferguson, head Gen. James Bird watchers plans changed A scheduled meeting this evening to organize a birdwatch- Winners of the Grammies, statuettes shaped like day and their restaurants were jammed during the early evening hours. For the people who did stay on the Strip, there was not much to do. of the Air Force Systems Com-jtnand.

told the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday the Pentagon will spend no I money on Fill production Ibovcnd the budget Year ending Cash. "The Love Theme from the movie Romeo and Juliet" won ''best contemporary tion at 509 S. Illinois Ave. and got $17 in change. Showgirls and musicians were! mmid-lOT0 At the Standard Oil station at Walnut and Marion thieves honoring picket lines.

It was the first day of the first full-scale strike on the Las Vegas Strfp. The luxurious casino-hotels that line the Strip were still open, but only to give guests time to leave. For the first time in 30 years, casino manager Jchh Hughes pulled the money boxes from the craps tables of the Sahara Hctel and closed up the game. "I didn't think it could ever happen," he said. About 1 4,000 bartenders, maids, waitresses and kitchen workers struck Wednesday in a wage dispute with the Nevada Resort Association, representing 16 Strip establishments.

Two hotels and one casino pulled open a back door and got an undetermined amount of Wednesday, police said. Du Bois Woman Hurt in Wreck Mary M. Pedtke, 40 of Du lois, was treated and released at Doctors Hospital, Carbondale, after a car she was driving was involved in a wreck at West Main and Poplar Streets Carbondale, about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Carbondale police said Mrs.

Pedtke applied her brakes to stop at a stoplight and Gordon W. Foreman, 20, cf Normal hit her car from behind. gramophones, were announced Wednesday night. "Blood, Sweat and Tears," the group's second LP, combining rock, jazz and classical music, won as the best album of the 1969 contest year. Group member Fred Lipsius won the arranging award for the group's hit "Spinning Wheel." "Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie" won for in the best con temporary instrumental performance category.

"Games People Play" was mg group within tne receniiy-fcrmed Southern Illinois Audubon Society chapter has been called off because of the snow, according to William George, Cobden, organizer of the group. Instead, George said, the group will meet for dinner at Hale's Restaurant, Grand Towel, 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. Oridinal plans for today were to meet at the entrance to Union Countv Wildlife Refuse on Rt.j penormance oy a cnorus," as performed by Percy Faith's group. MILLION BOOKS The Morris Library on the campus of Southern Rlinois University, Carbondale, contains volumes including original manuscripts of James Joyce D.

H. Lawrence and Walt This, he said, will round out payments for four Fill fighter wings, although there is some doubt whether Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird will approve purchase cf the final 43 planes cf the fourth unit. Ail but six test models among the 225 operational Fills have been grounded for intensive ray and sonic inspction The tables were open, but the action was scarce. LONGEST TERM Delyte Morris 22 years as president cf Southern Illinois University equals Henry Shry-ock's for the longest time in office.

The shortest tenure was John Hull's one year. change. Sfereo Tape Players Stolen Fred Ormiston, 106 Small Group Housing, reported to Carbondale police that someone took a stereo tape player from his car while it was parked on South Washington Street Wednesday night. Jerry Hencry, 500 N. Helen told police his stereo tape player valued at $135 and two 146 east of McClure to watch the evening flight of geese and then eo to the Grand Tower restaurant.

13 executives tapes valued at $10 were stolen from his car while it was parked at his home. Continuance Granted On Theft Charge I. I it hurt in plunge of elevator Warren, Mich. (AP) An elevator plummeted two floors at the General Motors Tech Center Tuesday and injured the 13 passengers all top executives with the Fisher Body Division. All but two were kept in suburban Detroit hospitals with fractured legs or ankles.

They were reported in satisfactory condition. i 7 i'i 1 1 4 4 fi Shirley Walker Rose of Creal Springs has been granted a continuance to March 19 on a charge of theft by deception. Mrs. Rose's attorney asked for the continuance Monday in circuit court, Marion. Mrs.

Rose is charged with passing a bad check at an area grocery store. She has filed $50 bond. i A- i hi sBilJIPlElP LrJLrLLa Coffcd and Doughnuts obituaries 2 1 SERVICES SATURDAY FOR CECILIA WELLS Mrs. Cecilia C. Wells, 73, of 210 W.

Parker Pinckney-ville. died Wednesday at Pinck-neyville Community Hospital, after a long illness. Wells was born in Tarn- HOWARD SPREHE SERVICES IN CENTRALIA Funeral services were held Tuesday in Centralia for Howard R. Sprehe, 61, of New York, formerly of Centralia. Mr.

Sprehe died March 6 at his home. y-fi yt 14 r' aroa, Sept. 22, 1896, the daugh Mr. Sprehe was vice-president of Sales of the Coates and Clark of New York. He was 0 a long time employe of the com ter of Adam T.

and Lucinda Campbell Holden. She was married to Wendell Wells in Louisville, in November of 1917. He died March 12, 1966. Mrs. Wells was a member pany and served in various ca pacities throughout the country.

He was born in Hoffman, the son of Ben and Flora Sprehe. HIGH FLOTATIOW He was a graduate of Centralia High School and Brown's Busi ness College. He was a mem 'fll ber of the Sales Executive Club of New York, and the Interna III I 4 Specially bnOt for farm wagons, and free rolling implements. 5 rib design for easy steering and straight tracking. mm WW 6 PR Plus n.7S Fed.

Ex. Tax Angle braced lngs built to resist twisting and tearing. Heavy-duty rim shield of tough rubber for added protection against rocks and stubble. 3-T Permacord nylon body-gives long wear, long life of the First Baptist Church in Pinckneyville, the Pinckneyville Eastern Star, the Women's Missionary Union of the church and the An-erican Legion Auxiliary in Pinckneyville. She leaves a daughter, Mrs.

Elizabeth Burns of Pinckneyville; sisters, Mrs. Glen Barrin-ger of Filmore, Mrs. John Fanner of Bloomington and Mrs. H. B.

Blanchard of Cen-tralia, brothers, Leland Holden of Dalton and Charles Holden of South Holland; and two grandchildren. A son and a sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Pyatt Funeral Home in Pinckneyville, with the Rev. Charles Boling officiating.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. MRS. MILLIE MERRITT DIES IN HERRIN Mrs. Millie Merritt, 69, of Rt.

2, De Soto, formerly of West MANY SIZES TO CHOOSE FROM AT COMPARABLE LOW PRICES B-384pr exchange plus $6.19 Fed. Ex. Tax tional Sales and Marketing Executives. Mr. Sprehe leaves his parents of Centralia; his wife, Mrs.

Rosemary Baroni Sprehe of New York, N. sons, Mario Baroni of New York, and Carl McCoy of San Diego; daughters, Mrs. Margo Cardona of Old Bridge, N. and Mrs. Luisa Wohlgroth of Zurich, Switzerland; sisters, Miss Dorothy Sprehe of Springfield, Mrs.

Arnold Lenzini of Carbondale, and Mrs. Harvey Westerbeck of St. Louis, brothers, Ralph and Forrest, both of Centralia; and three grandchildren. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia. GEORGE BEAVERS DIES IN DU QUOIN George Beavers, 53, of Royal-ton, died at 3 a.m.

today in Ask about our easy pay plan! TOP QUALITY LOW PRICE! TRIPLE RIB RS FRONT TRACTOR TIRE Ft New Rnggcd Rira Shield protects lower sidewall ill Hi-liLl Deep wide center rib for tsy Marshall Browning Hospital, Du Quoin, where he had been a patient since Sunday after suffering an apparent stroke. Mr. Beavers was bom June 22, 1911, near Royalton, the sen it steering Exclusive triple-tempered nylon cord 3 Popular Sizes LOW LOW PRICES Fred and Bertha Childers Bea 3 Popular Sizes LOW LOW PRICES vers. He was a member of the HP Royalton Masonic Lodge and si svas employed by Allen Indus- 5.50x15 Plus Sic feu. Ix.

Tax ties, in Herrin. He was married Oct. 21, 19-11, Frankfort, died at 3 a.m. Wednesday in Herrin Hospital, where she had been a patient two months. Mrs.

Merritt was born Jan. 25, 1901, in Galatia, the daughter of Jack and Julie Comer Ragsdale. She leaves a stepson, James Merritt of East Alton; a sister, Mrs. Albert Hoebbel of West Frankfort; a brother, George Ragsdale of Johnston City; and a halfbrother, Walter Ragsdale of West Frankfort. Funeral services will be 2 p.

m. Friday at the Reedy Funeral Home, West Frankfort, with tne Rev. Max Samples officiating. Burial will be in Tower Heights Cemetery, West Frankfort. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m.

today. to the former Erma Colo. He is survived by his wife, mm? Erma; and brothers, Stanley lilsO tftlli Beavers of Royalton and Roy Beavers of Bismarck, N. D. Sire 6.7015- PR.

Tirtetype plus $2.43 Fed. a. Tar and recapa5! tire. Afiil $3 if old tre is net S4? 67015-6 PSL Clus S2.40 Fei. Ex.

Tar ana tire. Ada $3 if eld tire ts net BT'S Funeral arrangements arc in complete at the Moeller Funeral Home, Royalton. I 4 PLY MWH CORD DAVIS INFANT DIES; SERVICES TODAY SIZE PRICE FED. EX TAX 6.50x16 $33.15 $2.61 6 PR. 7.00x15 $39.70 $2.85 6 PR.

Funeral services for Johnny Lee Davis were held todav at SIZE PRICE FED. EX. TAX 6.50x16 $275 $2.61 6 PR. 7.00x15 $32.85 $185 6 PR, AIL-WEATHER JST BLACKWAtL TIRE ANY OF THESE SIZES 1:30 p.m. in Norris and Sons Funeral Home in Jonesboro.

The infant was born Tuesday i UQ Plus S23 to J2.36 Fed. Ex. Tax and old Ue and died Wednesday at South THOMAS T. GULLEY DIES Them as T. Gulley, 45, of 215 Ford Energy, was pronounced dead on arrival 8 p.m.

Wednesday at Herrin Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack in his car in front of 305 S. 13th Herrin. He had been under a doctor's care. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday Am east Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

He leaves his mother, Mrs. Betty Davis of Ccbden, a broth er, George of Cobden, a sister, Brenda Kay of Ccbden, mater IT3 (S i at the George Van Natta Funeral Home, Herrin, with the F.cv. Percy Gentry officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery, smith of Marion, with military graveside rites conducted by members of the Herrin VFW. Friends may call at the funeral home af ter 4 p.m.

Friday. 104 North Court Street Marion, Illinois Phone 993-2651 nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Anna and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Lee Davis of Anna. The infant's father died in August. Officiating at the service was the Rev. Waller M. Bartcls.

Burial was in the Anna Cemetery. OPEN DAILY AT 7:30 A.M. 'Ask Your Goodyear Dealer for His Competitive Price. Goodyear Retail Price Shown Above".

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