Mt Vernon Register News (Newspaper) - June 21, 1975, Mt Vernon, Illinois DEATHS Uel J. Edmondson Mt. Vernon Uel J. 81, of 910 N. 9th died at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Hickory Grove Manor Nursing He was a retired refrigeration Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Jonesboro cemetery in with the Rev. Billy Turner Friends may call after 6 p.m. Sunday at the Funeral Home in Mt. Mr. Edmondson was born Sept. 23, 1893, at the son of James N. and Amanda B. He is survived by two Virgil Edmondson and Basil both of Mt. two Mrs. Alma of Mt. and Mrs. Grace of and several nieces and He was preceded in death by his parents and by several brothers and Ruhamy Draper Wayne City Mrs. Ruhamy 82, of Wayne died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the in Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Richardson Funeral Home in Wayne with burial in Olive Branch south of Wayne Friends may call at the Richardson Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Mrs. Draper was born in on Dec. 31, 1892, the daughter of Fletcher and Sarah She was married to Clarence who preceded her in death in 1968. Survivors include three Mrs. Goldie Mrs. Ellen and Mrs. Ethel Wayne and several nieces and Harold A. Lomas Canada Harold A. 71, of British died Thursday in Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the McCall Funeral Home in He was born Oct. 7, 1903, in He married Ruth A. of Mt. in 1942, in She They had resided in Victoria the past several Besides his survivors include two Mrs. Phyllis West and Mrs. Irene ' two A. V. Lomas and T. A. and two Bobbie and Bruce Mr. Lomas was an active Mason in the Shrine The family requests that memorials be given to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in lieu of Defense Begins Judge Denies Motion To Acquit Gurney Fla. A federal judge has refused to acquit former Sen. Edward J. Gurney on any of seven criminal charges in an alleged influence peddling scheme and ordered the defense to begin presenting its case U.S. District Court Judge Ben after hearing daylong arguments without the jury denied all motions for directed verdicts of acquittal for the Florida Republican and three codefendants in the 17-week-old Defense lawyers claimed the government failed to produce evidence to sustain a But prosecutors insisted the evidence was The government struck back at defense attacks on the credibility of former Gurney fundraiser Larry a key prosecution Asst. U.S. Atty. Ralph Heikkinen predicted the defendants will be convicted and then Williams stand and proudly say he is an honest He has been r Joseph Bastien and former federal housing officials K. Wayne and Ralph Koontz are charged with to create an illegal slush fund from builders by peddling Gurney's influence with the Federal Housing Gurney also is charged with bribery and receiving unlawful compensation in the form of a condominium and with four counts of lying to a federal grand Vandals Damage Railroad Property North Of Town Vandals shot a telephone and telephone shelter box on the Railroad line about a mile north of the Pumphouse Road last resulting in On vanals shot a dispatch line in the same resulting in The county sheriff's which was not notified of the two incidents until is City police received a report that vandals had slit a tire on a car owned by General Radiator employe Willace 1712 S. 14th while it was parked near the plant Friday STATE TEMPERATURES High Low Pr. clr * 85 65 clr 91 68 clr 90 clr 52 69 T clr Ql 66 clr 92 68 Gr. clr 89 66 T clr 90 68 PRACTICE LIMITED TO CHILDREN And Visual Motor Testing A Training Dr. A. Grant OPTOMETRIST 727 Broadway Mt. Phone 244-1089 Harold Finn Is Southwest Baptist College Courier Harold J. Finn of Mt. Vernon has been appointed as a Courier for Southwest Baptist College in Mo. Finn is one of more than 1,500 Couriers in churches throughout the who serve as a bond between the local churches and Southwest Baptist The Trustees have also made available several scholarships to be awarded through the Couriers Applications for the scholarships may be obtained from Southwest Baptist College is a four liberal arts college with 20 major fields of study and is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary The student body numbers approximately 1,300, with more than 550 of these young people training for church related THE GOSPEL ROAD SINGERS From II Will 09 At MARCOE CHURCH 3 Miles Out 148 - 1 Mile West SUNDAY EVENING JUNE 22,7:30 P.M. EVERYONE WELCOME Pastor CONNING FATHER TIME - Joseph Weil sits by birthday cake in convalescent home on the north side of The Yellow Kid be 100 on June 23. In his prime he was a con artist whose schemes have netted an estimated He I had it to do over I would be foolish if I He also says that he would make even more money now if he were still in the because there are more gullible To Submit Own Plon FORD IS UNHAPPY WITH WASHINGTON - President disappointed at a energy intends to submit to Congress soon his plan to decontrol the price of domestic crude Press Secretary Ron Nessen But Ford is reserving judgment on whether to impose a third tariff on imported oil until he sees what energy action is taken by the Nessen said Nessen said the President is willing to work with Congress on an energy but feels the measure passed by the House Thursday a piece of paper that just doesn't get He said Ford still believes the United States must free itself from dependence on foreign oil by 1985 so that foreign producers cannot or hold the United States hostage by raising the price at their own whim or off supplies at their own He said that to do this Congress must a program that will reduce oil consumption and spur development of alternative energy The passed by the House doesn't get anywhere near those goals it abandoned these Nessen He said it is now up to Senate start to pass a that will reach the goals set by the The press secretary said Ford intends to submit a program to Congress soon to decontrol the price of domestic crude oil as a means of encouraging producers to explore for new sources of ENERGY About of oil is now subject to price controls and is selling at about a Other including foreign is selling at more than a Nessen said Ford took what administrative action he could to reduce oil consumption by raising the import tariff on oil by a barrel in two In announcing that action last Ford said he intended to raise the tariff a total of but Nessen said Friday that Ford will not add the final dollar until he sees what the Senate The House passed the energy Thursday but only after deleting a to 23-cent increase in the gasoline the key conservation Sentence Xenia Man In Attempted Extortion Of Widow - Ernest who was convicted May 1 in U.S. District Court on three counts of attempting to extort money from a widow Friday was sentenced to concurrent year prison terms on two On the third Fatheree was placed on five years probation by Judge Henry The Government had alleged that Fatheree attempted to - extort from Mrs. Pickel by four threatening letters written in 1973, and 1974. Mrs. Pickers A. W. had been shot to death in 1972, as he worked in a field near Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Trailer Door A Route 7 man was hospitalized Friday afternoon after he was struck on the head by the door of a horse The Charles M. 32, of Route 7, was taken to Good Samaritan where he was listed in satisfactory condition this At 5:45 p.m. Rankin was pulling a horse trailer with two horses when the trailer came loose and veered into a ditch on the Angle Road about miles west of the Harmony Rankin started to open the door of the trailer to get the horses out when the door came open and struck him on the office report indicated the trailer only damage but the horses were both City police responded to a pair of accidents At 8:22 a truck driven by Lowell H. 62, of and a car driven by Zola E. 51, of 2812 Mannen collided in the 2200 block of The car received major At 6:45 p.m. a car driven by Betty 48, of 1200 S. 28th Lot 18-D, received major damage when the exhaust system caught on a water meter protruding from the street at the intersection of 34th Street Police said the water meter was above the pavement due to some roadwork at the The car received major Harrisburg Man fined In Federal Tax Case 111. - D. a Harrisburg and sandblasting and his Friday were fined and sentenced .to three years each in U.S. District Court on charges of attempting to evade payment of federal employment The had been indicted March 11 and pleaded guilty May 1 to attempting to evade payment of in federal employment taxes owed by Spilmon to the Internal Revenue The IRS said Judge Henry who imposed the ordered the to pay the fines within five days and the taxes within 30 52, and his 59, have homes at Harrisburg and Rt. Tenn. Spilmon owns the Egyptian Waterproofing Superior Sandblasting and Ideal and operates in Missouri and the government Charges against the of concealing chattel property and against Spilmon of forcible rescue of the property were More About 8-YEAR SLEEP been in a void where he unresponsive and and he wanted to do was Concerning the abrupt no medical I wish I had a reason for It would certainly help other patients in the same but we was a said Mrs. Tipps as she sat Friday with her son in a swing on the porch of their frame home in this farm and ranching just started asking questions about everything and she Despite afternoon appointments with doctors here and in nearby Wichita Tipps was in good spirits When asked by a bearded reporter what he found most notably changed after eight he people look the the the he added with a not talking about - Although difficult for doctors and Tipps to he has vague memories or at least images of what saw or heard on television through the last eight knew Ford was he And the word was even if the event itself was guess I saw Watergate every day for two or three years but I didn't know all And Spiro got kicked out didn't he There were images also of footprints on the and he knew for some reason Presidents Johnson and Nixon were gone from the national CB Tape Scanner Taken in Thefts Two citizen's band a scanner and a tape player were stolen in thefts from cars reported to police Thieves broke into a car owned by Al 500 S. 20th while it was parked at his home Thursday night and took a CB a tape player and five A scanner was stolen from a car owned by Russell 620 Main while the vehicle was parked in front of his residence Thursday Charles of Garden reported at 7:35 a.m. Friday that someone had taken a CB from his truck while it was parked on a lot at 19th and Logan Leroy 1106 Gilbert told police someone took from his wallet while it was lying in the front seat of his car at Jaycee Lake Friday Illinois Extended Outlook continued hot and humid Monday and Lows generally 70s. Highs generally 90s. Wednesday partly cooler Lows 60s 70s Highs 80s lower 90s PLANT The said rail and barge facilities the with highway and pipeline facilities Following the Marder said his group will get back to to its statements about air quality conditions as a result of questions asked by the experts but that it has given assurances it does not interfere either with digs or recreational The Illinois also includes the availability in the state for development of the plant specific experts and Marder said it was expected officials would both visit the site and confer with these The Illinois delegation appeared last of those of six states seeking to win the plant which will pioneer a conversion process unlike produces both liquid fuel and pipeline The demonstration to be in production in 1981, is the size of a small refinery in terms of initial product aside from its own substantial size in terms of the prize to the winning state will be its * subsequent Plans call for expansion of the facility itself until it equals the product of gas of the facilities now under construction at Four and produces the equivalent in terms of heating in liquid ' expects to decide where it will construct the plant early next Federal money is financing the The government will go 50-50. with a consortium of major private companies in the construction and two years of demonstration after which the consortium hopes to make a return on its Chamber Personnel Management Club To Meet Monday The Personnel Management club of the Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly dinner meeting Monday night at the Ramada Inn at 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be Jack executive director of Jefferson County Comprehensive according to Harry club who will WEATHER MT. VERNON WEATHER Friday high 96, low 68. 7 a.m. today 84. Rainfall to date 1975,26.58 One year ago today high 92, low 70. ago today high 79, low 53. Ten years ago today high 90, low 67. Sunday sunrise 5:31 sunset 8:24 p.m. Monday sunrise 5:32 sunset 8:24 p.m. Rend Lake water level at main dam 407.86 feet above mean sea DEATH to speculation of agency involvement in The scheduled to appear before the committee next was linked to reports the agency plotted to kill the Cuban prime noting that Giancana also was set to testify again before a grand jury in speculated that underworld figures may have decided to be certain he would keep Other law enforcement officials said the Giancana agreed in December to testify before a federal grand He was granted immunity from prosecution and promised that he would not be asked questions on events before January 19*72. the immunity grant did not extend to a perjury Peter F. head of the Justice Department strike team on organized crime in said the government was developing a perjury case against Giancana in connection with his replies to questions about his activities in Vaira was one of two government agents who to Mexico to investigate activities in self-imposed exile after he was released from a two-year prison term for refusing to testify before a different federal grand Giancana was killed the day he returned from where famed heart transplant expert Dr. Michael E. DeBakey led a team of doctors that removed his gall Investigators theorized that syndicate some of whom gathered at the Giancana home to welcome him may have sensed ailing and facing a possible perjury the mobster might be ripe to This view was advanced by Steve head of the Chicago Crime and Vincent leader of the organized crime squad in Police said in cash was found in his making robbery an unlikely was the automatic pistol used to kill the Usually in gangland executions - there have been 1,023 in Chicago since 1919 by count of the local crime commission - a shotgun or heavy bore weapon is Authorities that another mob Anthony J. was fatally shot two months ago with a caliber they might well have preferred a smaller weapon because it would be easier to conceal and make less THANKS To Pr. C. J. Nursing Staff and employees of Good Samaritan To Litton Ambulance To Pr. Massie and many Coronary Care tenth floor and second floor Doctors and Nursing Staff of Queenie Karnes To Myers Funeral Rev. Bob pants in the Masonic those the VFW Military and to the To all who visited and to those who couldn't come but will remember Owen To all friends and for the gooij the lovely and flowers and the generous contributions to the Heart Thanks also to the handful who in common decency stayed Evening draws the arid it with a star We'll remember you Pear no matter where we ' THE f AM JONES FAMILY AND RELATIVES i Like a good State Farm is For help all insurance f&i 1700 Broadway 24t4?l 242-4817 i State Farm Insurance Companies Home Illinois
