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Newspaper
Daily Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1971
Page
2
Joan of Arc Canning Co. announced it will relocate its Streator production facilities over the next six months as an economy move. The plant employs 130 people and will be closed by this time next year. Bean salad operations will be moved to Princeville in Peoria County.
Washington AP reports Miami Beach Florida will host the 1972 Democratic presidential nominating convention. Party officials announced the choice today, marking a key step in the nomination process for the party.
A National Opinion Polls survey for The Daily Mail finds 54 percent oppose raising the queen's annual 1.14 million salary, 38 percent support an increase under consideration, and eight percent have no opinion. Estimates of proposed pay vary from 240,000 to 2,160,000. Despite opposition to higher pay, 78 percent say Britain still needs a queen.
Gen. Creighton W. Abrams and U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker participated in a special ecumenical service of prayer for peace brotherhood and Christian unity at Saigon's Roman Catholic cathedral on Sunday reading prayers and Bible verses. Britain’s ambassador J O Moreton also served as a reader in the service.
Katmandu reports Crown Princess Aiswarya, 21, has given birth to a son who becomes first in line to the throne. The infant is the first grandson of King Mahendra, and his father is Crown Prince Birendra, 25, Harvard educated.
ROME AP Italy's 60,000 government tobacco shops, the only legal cigarette sellers, closed for a 24 hour strike. Tobacconists complained of high tobacco taxes and overexposure of the market, saying the only way to beat competition was to lower prices.
Cub Scout Pack 307 of Central School held the first of three summer outings with a small turnout. Teams hunted insects and animals, and the winners were John Jewell, Kevin Geesey, and Pat Geesey. Other attending scouts included Scott Stage, David Kendall, Mark Bushman, Jerry Jewell, Tom Jewell, Dennis Jewell, and Mark Metzler. Cubmaster Ed Hoyle invites all to the July fishing derby.
Mrs. Enos E. Karr died Monday at her home. Melvin Funeral Home will host calling hours from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday with funeral to be held at the same home. Rev. Luther H. Cooperrider will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Born January 13, 1890 in Hamilton County Nebraska, she lived in Sterling over 70 years and was married to Enos F. Karr in 1907 Sterling. Surviving: one daughter Ada Karr of Sterling. three brothers Clarence, Carl Barnett of Sterling and Jack Barnett of Kewanee. three sisters Edith Elgin Ruth and Mrs. Charles McSterling. Two sisters preceded in death.
Mrs Anna Kness aged 9 in Chadwick dies at 6 p.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Home Mt Carroll funeral set for Thursday 2 p.m. at Frank Funeral Home Chadwick with Rev William Welks officiating burial at Fairhaven Cemetery visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday born July 22 1876 in Fairhaven Township Carroll County daughter of John and Anna Eatoni er married Frank Kness survived by two daughters Cora Fossett and Grace Glaw Milledgeville two sons Irvin and Vernon Chadwick 18 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren seven great great grandchildren four sisters Emma Imel Mamie Pheffer and others brothers Fred Chadwick John Park SD and many other relatives.
Mrs. Harry Shiley died early today at a nursing home in Clinton Iowa. Funeral services for Mrs Shiley are pending at the Frank Funeral Home Lanark.
Emma Grose born Emma Egert of Lorraine Township dies at 85 in Geneseo. Rosary set for Tuesday 8 pm at Meyer Funeral Home Geneseo followed by Mass at St Malachys Wednesday 10 am. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by two Prophetstown sisters and three Egert brothers, plus others.
Mrs Alta Winifred Yahnke Polo aged 4? died at Dixon Public Hospital. Funeral service conducted by Rev Robert Holmes at Benson McNabb Funeral Home with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation 7 to 8:30 pm. She was born May 17 1887 in Sigourney Iowa to Duvaine and Susan Lipperd Bucher. She married Frederick Yahnke in 1906. he died in 1950. Survived by two daughters and a son, five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services for James Darrell Weaver 21 of Erie were held at The Little Baptist Church Cash Arkansas after his death by drowning in Rock River Friday night near Erie. He was born January 21 1950 in Jonesboro Arkansas and survived by his father and ten siblings. Visitation was in Jonesboro and Erie.
Rev Henry Moore, pastor of First Iterian Church, dies at 61 after 17 years as a plumber and appliance salesman. Burial at Rockton. Pallbearers include Harry Duuck and Edward Kurk. Separate service held for Mrs La Verne Bertha Schultz of 1503 16th Ave with Rev David Fouts officiating. Burial at Oak Knoll Cemetery. Organist Mrs Roscoe Eades. Flowers arranged by Swartleys and Jamisons. Pallbearers named Larry Braun and others.
The Sterling Rock Falls Historical Society meets Tuesday June 29 at 7 30 p m in the Museum Chambers of the Coliseum. Nominating chair Chris Kilgus and auditing chair Earl Helms will report and Mrs Beulah Elfline will present The History of Pearl Buttons with notes on the Rock River clam industry’s past significance.
The second summer meeting of the Garden Club of Illinois themed Sky Rocket to Flowers will be July 12 at the Holiday Inn Hillside with Elmhurst and Timber Trails Garden Clubs as hostesses. Business at 10:30 a.m. luncheon at noon. Mrs. R. Scheffler of Wheaton presents Parade of Flower after lunch. Reservations $5 to Mrs. Carl T. Nelson. deadline July 8.
In a normal year, trees contribute about 2.5 billion dollars to Oregon and Washington economies as a major cash crop, underscoring the value of forestry to regional markets and communities.
Funeral services for Theodore Moore were held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Allen Funeral Home with prior visitation. The final rites honored Moore, whose passing prompted condolences from family and friends.
Trading figures from HM Beeler and O M Nysather of Loewi Co show mixed gains across United States stocks at 1 30 p m, with notable increases in Dow Jones Industrials and transport stocks while utilities modestly rise. Commodity quotes from the Heinhold House and Swift Rochelle plant list live cattle and hog prices, with grain prices at Chicago showing specific No 2 soft red wheat and No 2 hard red wheat levels.
Chicago livestock market overview shows USDA figures with cattle trading sessions in Chicago. Slaughter steers priced 25 to 50 points lower with various weight categories quoted, including prime and high choice ranges around 32 to 34 dollars per hundredweight and mixed good to choice near 30 to 32.75.
Deadline July 1 for pickup of engagement wedding and anniversary photos published in The Daily Gazette since January. Call the news department to retrieve. unclaimed pictures will be discarded. Also note input references Colonial style homes with paneling referenced in the match up.
In Chicago, USDA reports light cattle demand with 200 head slaughter steers not enough to test the market. Cows and utility-grade animals traded 21.50 to 23.25, high dressing utility 23.50 to 23.75, canner and cutter 20.00 to 22.50 as soybeans and related prices appear in nearby notes.
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