Deaths Lena Adams Wilbanks of Redondo Beach
Lena Adams Wilbanks died April 4 at the home of Mrs. Robert Wilbanks and Laura Wilbanks Mortrisy in Redondo Beach California. She was a former Mr. Vernon resident. She was preceded in death by her husband two sons mother father three sisters and one brother. Survived by three daughters five grandchildren two great grandchildren three sisters and many nieces and nephews. Funeral and burial in Redondo Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Adams Wilbanks
Crawford B. Wilbanks
Robert Wilbanks
Laura
Wilbanks
Redondo Beach
California
Theodore Tucker Dies At 49 Funeral Monday
Theodore Tucker aged 49 of 605 South 12th Street died at 6 15 p.m. Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 00 p.m. Monday at Pav ey C M E Chapel 12th and Newby with Rev M A Crowder officiating burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He lies in state 5 30 to 9 00 p.m. Sunday at the church. Survived by wife Mary Tucker and stepson Robert Gray of Cannon Ohio. Born November 24 1914 in Boley Oklahoma to James and Lula Weight Tucker. Member of Lebanon Masonic Lodge No 71 KaMar Temple No 56 Springfield Illinois.
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Theodore Tucker
South 12Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pavey C.M.E
12Th and
Newby
M. A. Crowder
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary Tucker
Robert Gray
Cannon, Ohio
Boley, Okio
James and
Lula (Weight) Tucker
Flora Moore 77 Former Resident Dies At Benton
Flora Moore 77 of Benton died Friday at Franklin Hospital Benton. Former Mt. Vernon resident. Service Sunday 3:00 p.m. Drake-Hobbs Funeral Home Benton with Rev Jones officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Mt. Vernon. Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. today. Donations to Cancer Fund. Born Don Macedonia daughter of T D and Nancy Kelley. First married Clyde Miller who died 1928. Later married Walter Moore who survives. Survived by son Douglas Miller Walworth Wis stepdaughter Meletta Vaubhan Monroe Ill brother George Kelley McLeansboro five grandchildren six great grandchildren. Member First Christian Church Benton.
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Flora Moore
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Drake-Hobbs Funeral
Dc. R. Jones
Oakwood Cemetery
Drake-Hobbs
Cancer Fund
Moore
Macedonia
T. D
Nancy Kelley
Clyde Miller
Walter Moore
Douglas Miller
Walworth
Wis
Meletta Vaubhan
4On
Tll
George Kelley
McLeansboro
Meetings of Grace A Henry Rebekah Lodge noted
Members of Grace A Henry Rebekah Lodge 292 will meet in regular session Monday evening April 8 at 7 30 oclock in the I O O F Temple Florence Bayer N G LaVerne Shepherd R S Also Jefferson Post 141 American Legion to meet at the Legion Hall Monday evening at 8 00 oclock Rex Medders adj.
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Rebekah Lodge
Grace A. Henry Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Temple
Florence Bayer
N. G. LaVerne Shepherd
R. S
American Legion
Jefferson Post 141
Legion Hall
Rex Medders
Adj
Detailed Weather Report Friday Temperatures and Rainfall
Illinois weather report shows Friday high 57 low 35 with rainfall total 7.71 inches year to date. Historical contrasts list one year ago 65/41 five years ago 52/36 ten years ago 61/35. Sunrise 5:36 am sunset 7:34 pm.
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Aopeey
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Perera
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Juneau
Clear
Neeerecen
Kansas City
Clear Aecesa
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Clear Aerate
Milwaukee, Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Libel suit filed against St Louis Labor Tribune
A $100000 libel suit was filed in St Louis County Court by the St Louis Globe-Democrat Publishing Co accusing St Louis Labor Tribune officials Joseph P. Clark Oscar A Ehrhardt Maury E Rubin and Harry B Winkieler of publishing an untrue statement about the Globe-Democrat. The petition seeks $1 actual damages and $100000 punitive damages over a report on a labor council resolution about using newspapers in classrooms.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Labor Tribune
St. Louis Globe-Democrat Publishing Co
St. Louis County Court
Clayton
St. Louis Labor Council
Joseph P. Clark
Oscar A. Ehrhardt
Council
Maury E. Rubin
Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged Names
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges including John Davis Reynolds Lila Laughmiller Anna Laughmiller David Sargent and James Lisemby Valeria Messenger Bochantin Byars Adams Buhler Lewis Gersbach Greenwalt plus discharges for Russell Echols Sadie Ferguson Dorothy Hicks Flora Gentry and baby Donna Kay Frank Blue James Francis Todd Rich Edna Davis Beal and babies Laswell and Alan.
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John Davis Reynolds
Lila Lee Laughmiller
Anna Ruth Laughmiller
David Bryan Sargent
Russell Echols
Sadie Ferguson
Dorothy Hicks
Flora Gentry
Donna Kay
Good Samaritan
James Edward Lisenby
Valeria Jayne Messenger
John Joseph Bochantin
George G. Byars
Roberta Jean Adams
Patricia Ann Gordon
Rudolph Douglas Manuel
Ward Eugene Poor
Jerome Hook
Hattie Evelyn Buhler
Robert Alexander Lewis
Mabel Lucille Gersbacher
Landis Oral Greenwalt
Frank Barry Blue
James William Francis
Oran ‘Todd Rich
Edna Mae Davis
Phyllis Ann Beal
Paula Jean
Brenda Joyce Laswell
Mark Alan
Local Social Notes Highlight Busy Week of Visitors
Mrs Nelson McCormack visited Chicago and attended the McCormick Place flower show while numerous locals hosted gatherings and visits. The piece lists many residents traveling, entertaining, shopping, and celebrating birthdays across the area with family and friends.
Yale President Back In Hospital
Yale University President A Whit ney Griswold, who had a cancer operation two years ago, has been readmitted to Grace New Haven Hospital. Officials declined to discuss the reason or his condition. Griswold, 56, missed the Yale Daily News banquet. Pete Runnels, 1962 AL batting champion with the Red Sox, hit .378 in night games and .287 in daytime games.
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YALE
New Haven
Pete Runnels
Boston Red Sox
Boy charged in Sherry Biltmore fire in Boston
An eight year old boy is charged with delinquency by reason of arson in connection with the Sherry Biltmore Hotel fire that killed four. Committed to Metropolitan State Hospital for mental tests, he admitted lighting matches on the sixth floor after obtaining them from a night desk clerk. Fire started in a sixth floor room. the boy says he stamped out a small blaze before leaving.
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Boston
Metropolitan State Hospital
Waltham
John J. Connelly
Massachusetts
Minneapolis
Columbus
Ohio
St.James Hotel
Baltimore, Md
Cancer Crusade Office Opens At 826 Main
Mrs. George Engleman, Jefferson County Cancer Crusade chairman for 1963, announces the American Cancer Society headquarters at 826 Main will be open for the remainder of the month. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday with phones 242-1640. Residents may visit for information, free literature, and materials for volunteers needs. Volunteers from Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club and others aim to meet the April fundraising goal to save lives via awareness.
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George Engleman
Jefferson County Cancer Crusade
American Cancer Society
Main
Jefferson County
Englemann
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Two Suits For Divorce Filed
In circuit court yesterday Judith Avon Higginson sues Hugh A. Higginson for desertion and custody of a minor child after their June 4 1959 marriage and January 1960 separation. Judith Ann Wright sues Richard Alan Wright for cruelty and restoration of the name Ashbrook after their May 23 1960 marriage and October 23 1962 separation.
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Judith Avon Higginson
Hugh A. Higginson
Wright Vs
Wright Judith Ann Wright
Richard Alan Wright
Ashbrook
McConnell Lawyer For Birth Control
Chicago AP Charles C. McConnell chosen by Illinois Public Aid Commission to defend the state birth control program. The 65 year old Harvard Law School graduate has fought major cases including securing a $360,000 award for Jackson Park Theater in a Sherman Act dispute over film booking. He aims to take the birth control case to the U S Supreme Court if needed.
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Chicago
Charles C. McConnell
Illinois Public Aid Commission
McConnell
U.S. Supreme Court
Harvard Law School
Illinois
Jackson Park
Jacoby transfer bid aids no trump play in six spades
South wins diamond lead and draws trumps to reach a six spade slam. The transfer keeps the play in the no trump hand after a two no trump opening. If North had been declarer East would have opened. The cards shown include South with A K Q 2 and West with J.
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Oswald Jacoby
South
Texas
West
Dummy
Jacoby Transfer Bid in Bridge Hand Play
A bridge hand from a Texas duplicated game illustrates a Jacoby Transfer Bid idea. South secures twelve tricks after careful discards and a clever club endplay, with the audience invited to request Oswald Jacoby's new 64 page book for 50 cents.
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Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
P. O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Dr Anders Dilemma by Henry Lieferant
The hospital scenes follow David as he wrestles with inner conflict and his relationship with Nancy. Amid hospital chatter and gossip about a forthcoming job, he hides from distant pressures while Bim pursues a bragging path to a garage job and an exhibit. Rhoda’s name unsettles David as he weighs a hospital career against personal ties.
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Nancy
David
Granville
Melton
Ward G
Anders
Nish
Cornish
Ward C
Downstais
Bim
Doc
Doc—I Thought You Was Off On Thursdays. Miss i Bascomb
Rhoda
Dr. Bascomb
Camwell
Sons Of Slain Woman Object To News Item
Letter from Strawn residents objects to a Mt. Vernon Register News report about the murder of Mrs. Bessie Claunch. They dispute the accused husband’s role, claim she was held prisoner and allege the paper misrepresented facts, demanding a public apology with prominent headlines.
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Bessie Claunch
Hurst
Ill
Illinois
Belle Prairie
Bonneur Birth: Daughter Kristi Michele Born at Good Samaritan
Mr and Mrs Leon Bonneur of 329 Spruce welcomed a daughter at 2 04 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital. The newborn weighed six pounds four ounces and was named Kristi Michele.
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Leon Bonneur
Spruce
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kristi Michele
Fines Assessed by Police Magistrate Sherman Bullock
Police magistrate Sherman Bullock assessed fines on multiple defendants for drunk driving and careless driving. Gabe Mixon and Donald M Hughes each paid $10 and costs for drunken charges. Don West of Centralia and Thomas W Mare Route 2 were fined $10 and costs for careless driving. William W Dillingham was fined $16 and costs for speeding 51 mph in a 35 mph zone at Dix.
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Sherman Bullock
Gabe Mixon
Donald M. Hughes
Don West
Centralia
Thomas W. Mare
William W. Dillingham
Dix
History of early cars and tire progress from Stan the Tire Man
A compact reminiscence on how cars evolved from bugged-horses to modern rubber tires, listing many defunct makes and the shift in wheel size. The piece highlights tire mileage advances from 500 miles to up to 80,000 with the U S Royal Master and invites readers to Stan the Tire Man for the “double your mileage” story.
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Duryea
Pathfinder
Michigan
Dimel
Lion
Austin
Moline
Lewis
Biddle
Jones
Auburn
Everitt
Knox
Halliday
Ohio
Jackson
Allen
Pierce Arrow
Stoddard
Dayton
Cole
Daymar
Meteor
Mort
Laverne
Rollin
Lexington
Flanders
McFarlan
Liberty
Paige
EMF
Hupmobile
Whippet
Durant
Anderson
Viking
Overland
Autocar
Graham
Franklin
Reo
Stephens
Jeffrey
Wolverine
Moon
Chandler
Maxwell
Mitchell
Marmon
Willys-Knight
Chalmers
Haver
Essex
Krit
Stevens-Duryea
Case
Niagara
Elmore
Haynes
Stearns
Lafayette
Columbia
Gray
Jordan
Velie
Elear
Stutz
Kissel
Cleveland
Oakland
Jewett
Rockne
Erskine
Dart
Crow-Elkhart
Mercer
Metz
Flint
R-V Knight
Apperson
Saxon
Cord
Westcott
Gardner
Lozier
American
Standard
Ajax
Dusenberg
Windsor
Premier
Elain
Templar
Empire
Howard
Briscoe
Rickenbacker
Scripps-Both
Wasp
Grant
Davis
Inter-State
Cunningham
Edsel
U.S
U. S
Stan
Bald Eagle Design On Airmail Cards Promotes Welfare
The Post Office has added a bald eagle design to airmail cards to spur public interest in the bird's welfare.
Jet Interceptors dispersed to boost safety and survivability
The Air Force will disperse over 100 interceptor jets next summer to reduce vulnerability to Soviet missiles while keeping readiness to intercept Russian bombers. About 900 jets across California Oregon Washington Massachusetts Delaware and Maryland will shift among squadrons including F101 Voodoo and F106 Delta Dart. The plan aims to prevent simultaneous loss of defenses and bombers in a nuclear strike.
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Washington
Air Force
Washington State
Massachusetts
Delaware
Maryland
D.C
U.S
North American Air Defense Command
Robert S. McNamara
Strategic Air Command
Russias
McNamara
Congress
Pentagon
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Lebanon
Keenes Church OF God
Bert Hale
Pastor Avil Haris
Lou Shaw
RED Cross Blood Program
Necchi
Elna
Western Sewing
Singer
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Mooraw’s Sewing Machine
Belleville
Peoria
Rantoul
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
Labor
Jefferson Memorial
Schelier
Nelson McCormack
Harold Hayes
McCormick Place
Vesta Gaddis
Mystery Pal Club
Myrtle Freeman
Lena Pyszka
Berger
Missouri
Edward Rostoff
Orval Freeman
Roy Freeman
Hatttie Wojtowlcz
du Bois
Dean Nowland
Alton
Alma Pitman
Vince Roy
Charles Ziarnek
Sam Ziarnek
Gertrude Bunk
Phillip Bunk
Alden Walker
Troy Lance
Vernon
Carlyle
Joe Newbury
Anna Fred
Near Lesser
Walter Nowland
Joe Stelmaszewski
Donald Chesnek
Ashley
Dorothy Laur
Linda Laur
Ralph Hoffman
J. B. Hester
Mulkeytown
Willard Wright
Walter Antonowicz
Alois L. Ziarnek
Dolores
Ben Laur
Joe Wright
Elaine
Oak Grove Church
Ray Newell
Oscar Newell
Clyde Robertson
Glen Newell
Leslie Lewis
Eva Lewis
John Lamke
Sylvester
Clara Lamke
Jewell McCormack
Katherine Newell
Janette
Debbie
Steven Wojlowicz
Jane
Steve Bunk
R. J. Kabat
Raymond Kabat
Mike Luczaj
Rodam
Bill Webber
Pinckneyville
Joseph Stelmaszewski
Dick Dee
Teta National Bank
Mount Vernon
F.d.log
Charge Boy
Boston Hotel
Open Cancer Crusade
JOE Martin Insurance Agency
Ance
North
Gale
Monterey
Gale Monroe
W-G Motors
Dr. Anders
Henry and
Sylvia Lieferant
Henry Lieferant
Gross
Dr. Cor
iHouse
Wood
GRAND
Goeble Wood
Grand Jury
Jay B. Stringer
Register-News
Stan Koziara
U.s.royals
Fred 5
Hoffman
Mt. Vernon Township
Geo. Thomason
Pol
U.S.C.A
Froz-N-Foods
Broadway
Logan Street
Baptist Church
21St and
Logan
Carroll Owen
Douglas Graham
James Franks
Tina Ayers
Ora
Owens
Lions
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