Deaths and Funerals Of Sleeping Sickness Girl Dies at 11
Donna Jean Lemmon, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Donald Lemmon of Colorado Springs, died Saturday night at Fitzsimmons Hospital Aurora from sleeping sickness. Born January 27, 1955 in Massachusetts, she was the daughter of John Donald and Dorothy Lemmon. Her father serves in the U S Army at Camp Carson. Survived by brother Gary Wayne sister Jackie Lynn and grandfather Gale Lemmon of Mt Vernon. Funeral 10:00 am Wednesday at First Baptist Church Security Colo burial Fort Logan Cemetery.
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Donna Jean Lemmon
John Donald Lemmon
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Aurora
Colorado
Mt. Vernon
First Baptist Church
Security
Fort Logan
Massachussetts
John Donald
Dorothy (Wilson) Lemmon
U.S. Army
Camp Carson
Gary Wayne
Jackie Lynn
Gale Lemmon
Joseph Monical Dies at 80 Rites Set
Joseph R. Monical of 1708 Franklin avenue died at 2 05 pm Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital at age 80 years one month 14 days. Rites 2 30 pm Wednesday at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev Bayne Wilson and Rev Glen Boice officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Body lies in state at Pulley Funeral Home after 4 pm today. Survived by wife Elizabeth Page two daughters Melvadine Milroy and Christine Stranscum two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Two sons preceded him. Monical a retired Mt Vernon school employee was 20 years in the school system and a member of First Baptist church.
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Joseph R. Monical
Franklin Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Funeral Chapel
Bayne Wilson
Glen Boice
Oakwood Cemetery
Pulley
Monical
Xenia
Alonzo and
Amanda (Roebuck) Monical
Elizabeth Page
Melvadine Milroy
City
Christine Stranscum
Prairie Village
Kan
Sr. Monical
Mt. Vernon
First Baptist Church
Julia Counsil Dies Former McLeansboro Resident
Mrs. Julia Ann Counsil 97, of DeKalb, died yesterday. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro with burial in Hopewell cemetery. Friends may call after 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. She was born March 4, 1869 in Hamilton County. Survivors include son John R. Counsil of Lakeland Florida. daughters Hazel Peek DeKalb and Gertrude Prince McLeansboro. seven grandchildren. 15 great grandchildren. four great great grandchildren. She was a member of the Oliver Methodist church.
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Julia Ann Counsil
DeKalb
McLeansboro
Gholson Funeral Home
Hopewell Cemetery
Counsil
Hamilton County
John and
Lucretia (McMahon) Wheeler
Nicholas Counsil
John R. Counsil
Lakeland
Fla
Hazel Peek
Gertrude Prince
Oliver Methodist Church
W H Jordan 78 Dies Funeral in McLeansboro
William Harvey Jordan 78 died at 11 00 am Monday at his home 307 North Locust Street McLeansboro Funeral services at 2 00 pm Wednesday at Leansboro with Rev Billy Duncan officiating Burial in the I O C F cemetery Friends may call at any time He was born in Wayne County son of William and Margaret Woods Jordan survived by several nieces and nephews A World War One veteran
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William Harvey Jordan
North Locust Street
McLeansboro
Gholson Funeral Home
Billy Duncan
Mr. Jordan
Sullivan, Madelyn Rose Dies. Former Mt Vernon Resident
Ward reports the death of Mrs. Madelyn Rose Sullivan 65 a former Mt Vernon resident. She died Saturday in a Pueblo Colorado hospital with funeral and burial in Pueblo. Born in Mt Vernon to Wesley and Bertie Rose she was a Mt Vernon High School graduate. She married Fred Sullivan who preceded her in death. Survivors include a foster daughter Lila of Pueblo and she was a cousin of Hazel M Estes of 1703 Pace Avenue Mt Vernon.
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Pueblo
Sullivan
Hazel M. Estes
Pace Avenue
Mt. Vernon
Civil War Peril Eased by Base Confinement and Assembly Call
Thich Tam Chau, Saigon Buddhist Institute chairman, urged a National Assembly within three months amid protests that drew about 15 000. He led a night of prayer for foes of Ky regime while Vietnam fights on. Ky seeks a new constitution this fall and an early assembly once countryside conditions permit.
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da Nang
National Assembly
Thich Tam Chau
Saigon
Buddhist Institute
U.S
Ralph Cotter of Broughton Dies Rites Thursday
Ralph S. Cotter aged 64 of Broughton died at 9 10 am Monday in Jefferson Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for 2 0 pm Thursday at Hickory Hill Baptist Church with Rev Bob Thompson officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Donelson Funeral Home in McLeansboro in charge Friends may call after 6 pm today Cotter born Nov 20 1901 in Hamilton county son of Otis and Dora Ellis Cotter Married to Edna Randoloph Survived by a son Donald Cotter of Mt Vernon a brother James Cotter of Caseyville two sisters Mrs Pauline Hayes of East St Louis and Mrs Nora Cantrell of Broughton and one grandchild Member of Cross Roads Church of Christ and Modern Woodmen Lodge.
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Ralph S. Cotter
Broughton
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Hickory Hill Baptist Church
Bob Thompson
Donelson Funeral Home
McLeansboro
Mr. Cotter
Hamilton County
Otis
Dora
Ellis) Cotter
Edna Randolph
Donald Cotter
Mt. Vernon
James Cotter
Caseyville
Pauline Hayes
East St. Louis
Nora Cantrell
Cotter
Cross Roads
Middlecoff Inn Fire Destroys Paxton Landmark
A 100-year-old three story Middlecoff Inn in Paxton burned in the early hours, value about 100000 dollars. 24 patrons escaped as flames rose to 20 percent feet, visible for 30 miles. Firefighters from Chanute AFB and nearby towns aided Paxton crews in freezing weather. Paxton, population around 4400, lies 14 miles north of Rantoul.
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Paxton
Middlecoff Inn
Ford County
Paxton Building and Loan Association
Chanute Air Force Base
Rantou
Miss ion flights strike Viet Cong west of Hue
65 missions flown over North Viet Nam returned to South Viet Nam. An Army patrol reported light contact in South Viet Nam's big ground operations. An Army spokesman said unrest did not hinder allied missions. Vietnamese forces in the Da Nang area faced political tension. In the Mekong Delta, Viet Cong were killed in a reconnaissance clash in Phong Dinh Province with 30 more killed by air strikes. no government casualties reported.
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South Viet Nam
Hue
U.S
da Nang
Mekong
Phong Dinh
Saigon
Birth announced for Hulbert daughter Kristina Di Anne
Mr and Mrs Jerry M Hulbert of 833 Randall Edwardsville Illinois are the parents of a daughter born at 1045 yesterday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital The baby weighed four pounds fifteen ounces and has been named Kristina Di Anne.
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Jerry M. Hulbert
Randall
Edwardsville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kristina di- Anne
Weather roundup for MT and nearby regions
MT VERNON area report shows Monday high 51 and low 31 with rainfall this year totaling 6.19 inches. Compare past years: yesterday's high 77 and low 40. five years ago 35 and 47. ten years ago 72 and 33. Wednesday sunrise is 5 37 and sunset 6 29 CST.
Illinois Snow Flurries Bring Chilly Outlook Across State
The Associated Press reports light snow flurries and freezing temperatures across northern Illinois with most areas in the 40s and overcast skies. Temperatures are expected to dip below freezing Tuesday night while the south faces warmer weather as Wednesday approaches.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Hospital Notes and Admits at Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson Memorial shows admissions for Eleanor D. Modert Josie Wanda Williams Lina Smith and others. Discharges include Alta D. Carroll and a long list of patients from Good Samaritan and local facilities. Entires cover multiple streets towns and nursing home patients with names and addresses.
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Eleanor D. Modert
South 12Th
Josie Wanda Williams
Bonnie
Lina Smith
Salem
Alta D. Carroll
Collinsville Woman Dies In Major Fire At U S Building
Charlene Mae Wolf Brandt 35, of Fairview, an employee, died five hours after she called Belleville bank sobbing for help as a multi-alarm blaze destroyed the United States building near Collinsville. Damages estimated up to 4 million dollars. About 30 early-arriving employees escaped as firefighters from four communities fought the blaze.
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Collinsville
St. Clair National Bank
Belleville
United States of America
Charlene Mae Wolfbrandt
Fairview
Interstae
Navy and Marines end involuntary enlistment extensions
The Navy and Marine Corps will discontinue involuntary extensions of enlistments this fall under a phased plan. Navy extensions end by Sept 3 and Marine Corps by Oct 31 as a buildup era policy winds down. The Marine Corps deferment of officer resignations and retirements ends Aug 31.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Southeast Asia
Nitze
Tornado Hits Lakeland Area Causing Destruction and Injuries
Storm tornados sweep Polk County Florida from St Petersburg Clearwater to Lakeland and Orlando area. At least 300 homes destroyed or damaged near Gibsonia with four homes destroyed southwest of Lakeland and 30 homes damaged in southeast Lakeland. Civil Defense estimates over 20 million in property damage. Hospitals report 150 injuries countywide and 11 admissions at Lakeland General. National Guardsmen guard affected areas as Gov Burns seeks federal disaster declaration for five counties.
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National
Haydon Burns
Johnson
Red Cross
Gibsonia
Lakeland
Cape Kennedy
Polk City
Civil Defense
G. Wes Gunn
Polk County
Sherwood D. Smith
Lakeland General Hospital
Southwest Junior High
The
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Markets Mt Vernon grain prices quoted in Mt Vernon this afternoon show soybeans at 2.77, shell corn at 1.27, and ear corn at 1.25.
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Mt. Vernon
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Report Up to Noon
Prices paid at Mt Vernon Hog Market by 12:30 pm were unchanged. Top was 2.25 for 200 to 220 lb hogs. Sows ranged from 19.75 to 20.00 per 300 weight, others under 300 weight lower. Boars sold for 15.00 or 16.00. After 12:30 pm prices shift to next day.
Chicago Grain market prices report
Chicago AP notes no wheat or oats sales with corn values listed as No 3 yellow 1.27 and No 5 yellow 1.0949. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.80 and soybean oil at 11.30.
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Chicago
Chicago live poultry and butter prices report
Chicago AP notes wholesale live poultry prices unchanged to one lower with roasters 30 42 to 32. Special fed white rock fryers 20 49 to 22 44. Butter at Chicago Mercantile Exchange steady to firm with wholesale prices up to 93 score AA 620, 92 A 62, 90 B 6134, 89 C 603. Eggs steady with wholesale prices unchanged including A whites 42, mixed 42, mediums 38, standards 38. Dirties not quoted. Checks 31 12.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
St Louis Produce Egg and poultry grade report
St Louis produce report lists consumer and wholesale egg grades with sizes and prices. Includes heavy and light hen weights and broilers and fryers price ranges, reflecting standard market quotes.
Livestock Receipts Forecast at National Stockyards
National Stockyards Illinois AP reports tomorrow's arrivals estimated: hogs 6,000. cattle 2,500. calves 150. sheep 300. Hog weights 190-250 lb barrows and gilts 23.50-24.50. 330-650 lb sows 19.00-20.75. Cattle 4,000. calves 300. good to prime steers 25.50-28.65. good to choice heifers 24.00-27.00. cows 18.50-21.00. vealers active and steady. calves scarce. good to choice vealers 27.00-38.00. Sheep 400. good to prime wooled lambs 19.00-26.50. good to prime shorn lambs 20.00-25.00. spring lambs 26.50-27.00.
Wall Street rally accelerates as market gains mount
Wall Street extended its fourth straight session rally with heavy trading as first quarter earnings expectations boost optimism. The Associated Press average rose to 348.3 with a 2.0 gain, while the Dow Jones average reached 943.31, up 5.45. Key movers included AT&T, New York Central, Pennsylvania, and Boeing among others as volume topped 3 million shares in early action.
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New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Dow Jones
At&t
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Anaconda
IMB
United Air Lines
Boeing
Xerox
Macy
Burlington
SCM Corp
Avco
Lear- Siegler
Fairchild Hiller
Negroes Camp At White House Demand Aid For Housing
Mississippi group of about 90 campers in Lafayette Park outside the White House demand 1.3 million dollars in antipoverty funds for housing and education. Frank Smith leads the group seeking federal aid and job training projects in three counties after arriving in Washington to lobby Congress and meet OEO officials.
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Washington
Mississippi
White House
Frank Smith
Lafayette Park
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
OEO
Three Killed In Plane Near Seymour Ind
A small plane crash southeast of Seymour, Indiana, killed three Illinois men. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. destination and home bases unknown. City officials discussed urban renewal planning and sought to consult additional professional planners amid past friction with Rohrbach firm.
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Seymour, Ind
Woods
Seymour
King Ordered to Stop Collecting Rents in Slum Takeover
In Chicago the Circuit Court barred Dr. Martin Luther King Jr from collecting rents or interfering with a six flat building seized as a trusteeship. Judge Walker Butler ordered an accounting within 20 days. King, CCCO, and West Side Federation said the move supports slum improvement efforts.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Dr. King
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CCCO
West Side Federation
Autorama Parade Highlighted by Queen Contest at Armory
Colorful parade at 2:00 pm Saturday kicks off the two day Autorama at the Armory April 9 and 10. Five Miss Autorama contenders ride new convertibles in the parade while a swinging band and show cars display. Coronation of the 1966 queen at 7:00 pm Sunday closes the event. hours are 3:00-11:00 pm Saturday and 1:00-9:00 pm Sunday. Tickets at door. Jaycees and Kingsmen Auto Club sponsor.
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Armory
Dean Parker
Ed Ohms
Armory Stage
Urban Renewal Plans Delay Pending Details
City and school boards consider delaying a decision on urban renewal until more development details are known. If approved, plan goes to City Council with recommendations. Federal funds could finance land purchase about 107000 dollars, cost-sharing with the school district. planners estimate district cost over 30000 dollars. Attendees included Martin, McAtee, Henson, Musick, and City Manager Lewis.
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Martin and McAfee
Housing and Home Financing Administration
General Planning and Resources Co
Martin, McAtee
Bitig Henson
William Howard
Bloodmobile Visits Mt Vernon for Blood Drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile is in Mt Vernon at the Elks Lodge this afternoon and will return tomorrow. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. today and 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Walk-ins welcomed as officials seek 100 pints daily after a snowstorm reduced last visit totals.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Elks Lodge
Rend Lake area junior college study due April 10
A feasibility study by the Illinois Junior College Board into the Rend Lake area junior college proposal will be completed by April 10. State board officials, including Gene Erick, said the study will be ready for the May board meeting after the April 7 session. The plan covers 14 high school districts across Jefferson, Franklin, Perry, Hamilton, White, and Wayne counties.
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Ilinois
State Junior College Board
Board of Higher Education
Rend Lake Area Junior College
Ellis Henson
Mt. Vernon High School
Gerald Smith
Rend Lake Area
State Board
Perker
Parker
Bend Lake Area
Not Subscribers Claim Labor News Contact
Mt Vernon central trades labor council told the chamber that none of its members subscribed to Tri-State Labor News. A Mt Vernon businessman reported a long distance call seeking a subscription claiming AFL CIO members receive the paper. The council said it had no knowledge of such a publication.
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Mt. Vernon
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