Illinois Voter Test Sets Stage for Judicial Reform Ballot
Springfield reports Illinois faces its first test of a 1962 constitutional judicial reform on November 3. Voters decide partisan elections for circuit and appellate judges, judge retention, and general voting across Cook and downstate districts. Notable candidates include Chamberlain and Verticchio for Secretary of State and key appellate contests.
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Chamberlain Speeiy Gazette
Springfield
Illinois
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Joseph E. Daily
R-Peoria
High Court
Cook County
Downstate
7Th Judicial Circuit
Greene
Jersey
Macoupin, Morgan
Sangamon
Scott Counties
Local Officials Face Judicial and Legal Moves in Sangamon County
Ackerman and State Rep. George Coutralion, from Springfield, helped prosecute former State Auditor Orville Hodge in a major Granite City swindle case. Coutrakon seeks a circuit judgeship after leaving the state representative-at-large race. Incumbent judges in many circuits seek retention amid vacancies. A J Scheineman from Sterling runs for retention and appellate court in the 4th district.
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Charles F. Carpentier
Ackerman
George Coutralion
Springfield
Sangamon County
Orville Hodge
Granite City
Hall
Morgan County
Coutrakon
Stanley Thomas
A. J. Scheineman
Sterling
Northern
Illinois
SHS Homecoming Plans Announced
Sterling High School announces homecoming events starting Thursday with a bonfire at 7 pm in the stadium. The parade runs downtown Friday at 2 15 pm with the queen coronation after the bonfire and a dance from 9 to 11 30 pm in the new multipurpose room following the game against Streator. Alumni are invited to attend multiple festivities.
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Sterling High School
Sterling
SHS
Streator
New Arrivals in Rock Falls Families
Mr and Mrs Alvin J Kaehler Rt 2 Rock Falls welcomed a boy born Tuesday at Community General Hospital. A girl was born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Robert E Bertolozzi 220 Ave D Rock Falls. Mr and Mrs Thomas E Grell 1002 10th Ave Rock Falls welcomed a boy.
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Alvin J. Kaehler
Rt. 2
Rock Falls
Community General Hospital
Robert E. Bertolozzi
Ave. D
Thomas E. Grell
10Th Ave
Bloodmobile collection totals 126 pints in Sterling-Rock Falls
Sterling-Rock Falls Red Cross blood drive collected 126 pints, short of quota. Mrs. Albert Klocke stood in for the program chair at the Peoria Region meeting. Dr. Dora Zaeske led the medical staff. 29 donors were rejected. Next drive set for December 15 at Sterling Coliseum.
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Sterling - Rock Falls
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Albert Klocke
Preston F. Grandon
American Red Cross Blood Program
Peoria
Frank Duis
Sterling Coliseum
Dora Zaeske
Ronald Shaweger
Edward K. Wheeler
Paul Knabe
Michael Consuelos
James Brotheridge
Golder Pippert
Leonard Burns
Clarence Eberly
John DeWind
Arthur Doty
Harry Morgan
Orville Wade
Leroy Brown
Clarence Hinds
Marie Barnhart
Harry Loos
Joseph Starck
Clara Reisener
Harpie Yarde
Fisi Gowan
Robert Hoover
John Kram
John Wagenknecht
Nevin Bunty
Glenn Hbersole
Edward Griffith
Harold Conley
Voight Smith
William Allen
A. C. Fender
George Reese
Donald Hutton
Marian Jacobs
Newman Central Catholic High School
Paul Anderson
John Schumacher
Ken Fink
Paul Craft
John Koehler
R. Mare
Red Cross Chapter Receives Award in Blood Program
Representatives from all Peoria Region Red Cross Blood Program chapters met October 20 at the Jefferson Hotel Peoria. Sterling Rock Falls Chapter earned an award for meeting its quota and was urged to continue the good work. A regional film Blood Is From People was shown and a future screening in Sterling Rock Falls was hoped for.
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American Red Cross
Peoria
Jefferson Hotel
Sterling Rock Falls
Red Cross
Harold Nelson
Community General Hospital
Preston F. Grandson
Joseph Barger
Florence Marshall
Peoria Center
Stanfield Major
Leone Breese
Juanita von Seeger
Frank T. Judge Jr
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Mich
Marching Warrior Band Plans Homecoming Precision Show
Sterling Township High School marching band led by G. Jack Schuler to perform a precision halftime routine with Irish music for Homecoming audience.
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Sterling Township High School
G. Jack Schuler
Twins Born to Fargher Family in Sterling
A boy and a girl were born Wednesday morning at Home Hospital to Mr and Mrs Joe Fargher of 907 East 2nd Street Sterling. The birth follows a prior note that a baby was born Tuesday at Community General Hospital.
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Community General Hospital
Home Hospital
Joe Fargher
2Nd St
Sterling
Dennis O Whitmer Dies at 20 in Broadview Hospital
Dennis O Whitmer 20 of 501 Dixon Ave Rock Falls died Tuesday evening at Hines Veteran Hospital Broadview Il He was born August 29 1944 in Milwaukee WI son of Glenn and Lucille Klumpp Whitmer Sr He enlisted in the US Marine Corp in December 1961 He married Judith Day of Sterling September 5 1964 Surviving are his parents two brothers Glenn Jr Sterling and Terry Mira Loma Calif three sisters Mrs Robert Carol Bain Mira Loma Calif Sandy and Cindy at home maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Klumpp Sr Milwaukee WI and many aunts uncles nieces and nephews Funeral services Saturday at 130 pm at Wheelock Allen Funeral Home Rock Falls with Rev E A Henrichs Immanuel Lutheran Church officiating Burial in IOOF Cemetery Rock Falls with military rites by Rock Falls Legion Post No 902.
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Wheelock-Allen
Rock Falls
Dennis O. Whitmer
Dixon Ave
Hines Veteran
Broadview Tl
Whitmer
Milwaukee
Wis
Glenn
Lucille Klumpp Whitmer
United States Marine Corp
Judith Day
Sterling
Glenn Jr
Terry
Mira Loma
Calif
Robert
Carol) Bain
Sandy
Cindy
Albert Klumpp Sr
E. A. Henrichs
Immanuel Lutheran Church of
IOOF
Walter Martin Dies Unexpectedly on Trip Home
Walter Martin 67 of Nampa Idaho died unexpectedly after a heart attack in a motel in Shelbina Missouri about 1 a.m. Tuesday while en route home from a visit with his Erie relatives. Funeral services and burial will be in Nampa. He retired last March as a superintendent in a school for mentally challenged children in Nampa. He is survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons.
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Walter Martin
Nampa
Idaho
Shelbina
Will Hawk
Martin
Rock Island County
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Schultz Tuesday at Behrens Mortuary
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary A. Schultz were held at 1 30 pm Tuesday in the Behrens Mortuary with Rev. David McCleary of St John’s Lutheran Church officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Dome with pallbearers named Afkin Balster Afkin Haak Haak and Praetz. Flowers were cared for by several local women.
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Mary A. Schultz
Behrens
David McCleary
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Emery McNeil
Riverside Dome
Far] Afkin
Clarence Balster
Kenneth Afkin
Lauren Haak
Russell Haak
Fred Praetz
Ernest Zbinden
Fred Bogott
Noah Lehman
Swartleys
Margaret Drew rites held at Grennan and St Marys
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Maggie Drew were held at Grennan and Son Funeral Home at 9 a.m. Tuesday and at 9:30 a.m. at St Marys Church. Rt. Rev Msgr Thomas Green celebrated the requiem Mass and burial followed in Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers were Leo McCormick John Joe Cooney Tim ONeil Edward Hermens William Rock and William Lease.
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Margaret
Maggie) Drew
Grennan and Son Funeral
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas 8. Green
Calvary Cemetery
Leo McCormick
John Joe Cooney
Tim O’neil
Edward Hermens
William Rock
William Lease
Trailer Contents Destroyed In Fire
A rural Rock Falls family lost almost all possessions when a trailer home burned at 2100 Maple Lane. Firefighters arrived at 8 42 a m after nearby workers saw flames. No occupants were home and rescue attempts found the family uncontacted as flames spread through oil heater ignition into two bedrooms and a bathroom.
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Rock Falls
Sherman Burall
Maple Lane
Rock Fall
Gazette
Fie
Markets edge higher as some sectores lead gains
New York stocks posted small overall gains late in the session with active trading around 5.1 million shares. Blue chips rose modestly led by Du Pont and Goodrich while steels and motors softened. Airlines rails building materials and aerospace mixed. In Chicago, hogs and grain futures showed varied moves with soybeans hitting intraday highs before fading.
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du Pont
Goodrich
Steels and Motors
General Motors
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Jones & Laughlin
U.S
Xerox
Kennecott
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
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International Nickel
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Ideal Cement
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Philip Morris
Richardson - Merrell
Schlumburger
Seeburg
Soo Line
Weyerhaeuser
Norfolk & Western
Cerro
Disney
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Mack Trucks
McLouth Steel
American Stock Exchange
Chicago
Fire Destroys Trailer Home And Cattle Market Report
Fire destroys a trailer home. Livestock market data include cattle hogs and sheep with prices for various weight ranges and loads. Official receipts Thursday show 600 cattle 6,000 hogs 300 sheep. An AP report notes a South West African railwayman killed a lioness after it bit his arm during a hunt. The World’s Fair capsule reveals a vast 10 million word history collection in a copper alloy container.
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Windhoek
South West Africa
Here
Jan Louis de Beer
de Beer
Chicago cash grain report lacks wheat and oats data
AP notes no wheat or oats sales in Chicago cash grain today. Corn No 2 yellow prices listed at 1.2234, soybeans No 2 yellow at 2.74, and soybean oil at 11.30.
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Chicago
SWIFT
Rochelle Plant
Swift and Co
Rochelle
St'd & Ut'y - All
Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago Produce: Live Poultry and Egg Prices Steady to Mixed
Wholesale poultry prices steady to lower with roasters at 23 to 26 cents per pound and fryers around 18.5 to 19.5 cents. Barred rock fryers near 22 cents, few heavy hens at 17 cents. Eggs show irregular wholesale quotes across markets.
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Chicago
USDA
Whiteside Cleaning Ad Promotes Home Care Services
An advertisement from Whiteside Cleaning & Upholstery Co. at 1202 W 3rd St Sterling offers wall and rug cleaning, car interior cleaning, furniture upholstery, exterior house washing, painting, wallpapering, reupholstery, and free moth proofing. Dial 626 2197.
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Whiteside Cleaning
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