Deaths Simon Longcor Of Lincoln Dies
Simon Longcor 73 of Lincoln Missouri died Monday in the city. Funeral services set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Hogan Funeral Home Ashley with Rev John Nall officiating. Burial in Mt Catherine cemetery. Body lies in state at Hogan Funeral Home after 7:00 p.m. today. He was born December 6 1891 in Camp Point Illinois, son of Robert and Mary Longcor. Survived by sister Mrs Rose Holtcamp Mt Sterling Mo and several nephews and nieces including Mrs Edna Dirschauer who had lived with him near Woodlawn for years.
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Simon Longcor
Lincoln
Ashley
Hogan Funeral Home
John Nall
Mt. Catherine
Mr. Longcor
Camp Point
Ill
Robert
Mary Longcor
Rose Holtcamp
Mt. Sterling
Edna Dirschauer
Woodlawn
Father of Mr W Resident Dies in Pinckneyville
Ren Craig 79 father of Mrs Randall Bigham of 1009 Welkin Street died at 11 40 this morning in Pinckneyville He resided at 125 East South Street and was a retired barber Funeral arrangements were in complete The body was taken to Doors Funeral Home in Pinckneyville
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Ren Craig
Randall Bigham
Welkin Street
Pinckneyville
Craig
E. South Street
Doors Funeral Home
Tree Planting Demonstration Postponed at Elk Prairie Farm
A mechanical tree planting demonstration at Otis Leathers farm in Elk Prairie township has been rescheduled from tomorrow to Thursday April 15. The event will occur at the same location with no other changes.
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Otis Leathers Farm
Elk Prairie Township
Bluford Cancer Crusade Benefit Clears $800
Mrs Verna Dean Taylor chair of the Bluford Cancer Crusade Committee announced the cancer benefit variety show at Bluford grade school was a great site and cleared approximately $800.
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Verna Dean Taylor
Bluford Cancer Crusade Committee
Bluford
Births in Mt Vernon and Bonnie area babies named Nelda Elizabeth Brent Eugene Melinda Beth
Mr and Mrs Eldon Dale Mc Kenzie of RFD 1 Mt Vernon welcomed Nelda Elizabeth a daughter born at 445 pm in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing eight pounds seven and one half ounces. Mr and Mrs Lowell E Allen of Bonnie welcomed Brent Eugene a son born at 604 pm in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds. Mr and Mrs Virgil Morris of 720 Airport Road welcomed Melinda Beth a daughter born at 816 pm in Good Samaritan hospital weighing nine pounds fifteen ounces.
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Eldon Dale McKenzie
RFD 1
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Nelda Elizabeth
Lowell E. Allen
Bonnie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Brent Eugene
Virgil Morris
Airport Road
Melinda Beth
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted
Jefferson Memorial reports admissions for Maxie McKenzie Walter Lee Rhynes of Ina and multiple Good Samaritan admissions including Mike Pearson Isa bell Boswell Ruth Trotter America Mae Souers Sydney Theodore Burnette Esther Margaret Dodson John Paul Miller Helen Schmitt Frances Agnes Smalley Jury Francis Smith Margaret Virginia Smith Robert B. Burton. Discharges include Wilma Viola Downes Harley Eugene Morgan Vivian Edna Shelton John Prentice Davis Ann Marie Carson Madonna Elizabeth Kelly Ruby Belle Eldridge Patsy Carol Alexander and a baby Elizabeth Ann Frank Edward Coffman Deborah Sue Talbert Bertha Lee Underwood Robert McClellan Gillispie.
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Jefferson Memorial
Maxie McKenzie
Walter Lee Rhynes
Ina
Bobby E. Garrison
Mildred Metje
James W. McPherson
Good Samaritan
Mike Pearson
Isabell Boswell
Ruth Trotter
America Mae Souers
Sydney Theodore Burnette
Esther Margaret Dodson
John Paul Miller
Helen Schmitt
Frances Agnes Smalley
Jury Francis Smith
Margaret Virginia Smith
Robert B. Burton
Wilma Viola Downes
Harley Eugene Morgan
Vivian Edna Shelton
John Prentice Davis
Ann Marie Carson
Madonna Elizabeth Kelly
Ruby Belle Eldridge
Patsy Carol Alexander
Elizabeth Ann
Frank Edward Coffman
Deborah Sue Talbert
Bertha Lee Underwood
Robert McClellan Gillispie
Petitioners Fight County Zone Plans
Petitioners argue zoning would yield flood control and land use benefits for Rend Lake area by classifying large lands, prohibiting farming and livestock activities. They claim zoning could accomplish costly public goals with no expense beyond landowners losing freedom to use land as they wish.
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Rend Lake
Traffic fines in circuit court listing multiple offenders
Traffic fines assessed in circuit court include Clyde N Lemons ten dollars for failure to yield right of way Hubert C Borah Florissant Mo ten dollars for improper passing Janis Payne Route 1 Woodlawn ten dollars for leaving the scene of an accident Vernus E Marvel ten dollars for disobeying a traffic signal Anthony W Mellory ten dollars for speeding traffic charge
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Clyde N. Lemons
Hubert C. Borah
Florissant
Janis Payne
Woodlawn
Vernus E. Marvel
Anthony W. Mellory
Markets Mt. Vernon Hog Market Prices
Prices paid until 12 30 p m today were 2c higher with top 17 for 200 to 720 lb hogs. Sows at 15.00 for 300 weight down, 14 75 for 300 weight and over, down. Boars 9 50 and 10 00. After 12 30 p m today prices to be based on next day’s prices.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Afternoon Quotes
Mt Vernon reports grain prices for today with Wheat at 1.38, Shell corn 1.28, Ear corn 1.20 and a half cents.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago live poultry and dairy prices hold steady
Wholesale quotes for roasters and special white rock fryers remain unchanged. Butter prices edge higher with mixed grade breakdowns listed. Eggs see small gains on better quality whites while dirties remain unquoted. National stockyard receipts project hog and cattle tonnage with modest to strong price shifts across hogs, steers, heifers, cows, vealers, and sheep.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
National Stockyards
Egg and poultry price report from St Louis market
St Louis AP report lists egg grades and prices for consumer and wholesale classes, including large medium small and unclassified categories. Poultry figures show hens heavy light weights, broilers and fryers price ranges, reflecting market conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain prices report
Chicago AP grain prices list current bids for wheat corn oats and soybeans with No 2 hard and red wheat No 2 yellow corn No 2 yellow No 3 yellow oats No 2 heavy white and No 1 yellow soybeans plus soybean oil figures noted in cents per bushel or ton.
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Chicago
Wall Street ends mixed as IBM falls and Xerox gains
Wall Street slipped late in trading with modest volume about 44 million shares. IBM fell over 2 percent while Xerox rose over 2 percent amid uneven moves in many issues. General Dynamics and Grumman rose on news of a British buyout deal, while Boeing, Douglas, and others faced mixed results. Dow and stock averages showed small declines overall with several leading stocks advancing or retreating in a unsettled session.
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New York
IBM
Xerox
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
United Air Lines
General Dynamics
Grumman
Commonwealth Oil
New York Central
Jonathan Logan
Kresge
J. Ray McDermott
Northwest Airlines
Seeburg
American Meter
Armour
Electronic Speciality
Filtrol
International Minerals
Penick & Ford
Justice Department
Reynolds Tobacco
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Weather Record For Mt Vernon Area
Mt Vernon area forecast shows Monday near 77 with a low around 40 and rainfall starting at 7 00 am Rolling into Tuesday the high rises to 87 Rainfall total for 1965 to date is 8 34 inches Compared with past years one year ago high 77 low 57 five years ago 69 52 ten years ago 69 49 Sunrise Wednesday at 5 36 CST Sunset 6 29 CST
Weather and postal budget note from Chicago and Washington
Fog cleared in northern Illinois as warmth rose to 62 in Chicago and 70s expected elsewhere with showers in the south. Postmaster General Gro nouski denounced a $69 million House cut to the postal budget saying service could be affected if funds are not restored. He noted attempts to hire more staff to ease overtime, but the committee trimmed positions and savings.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois
Gulf
Washington
John A. Gronouski
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Gronouski
Gromouski
Wisconsin
Post Office Department
Welding Talk At Dahlgren
John J. Paterson of Southern Illinois University will speak on Are Welding at Dahlgren Thursday evening April 8 at 7 30 p m The talk is sponsored by Paul E Cross of the vocational agriculture department as part of an information program for area farmers and interested residents Paterson a Saskatchewan Canada native is a farm power and machinery expert who has authored numerous agricultural articles and designed experimental machines including a plot sprayer capable of spraying three rows with three different sprays at once.
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John J. Paterson
Southernlllinois University
Agricultural Industries
Dahlgren
Paul E. Cross
Vocational Agriculture Department
Paterson
Saskatchewan
Canada
Rule On Lease At Bank Site In Mt. Vernon
Circuit Judge Roy Gulley ruled the lease for the building at 1111 Broadway, the future site of the Bank of Illinois in With and Broadway, invalid due to uncertainty about the lease term. Plaintiff Kenneth M. Bayer filed for declaratory judgment against defendant W. B. Carr concerning the lease.
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Roy 0. Gulley
Mt. Vernon Bank
Kenneth M. Bayer
W. B. Carr
Broadway
Welborn and Carr Insurance Agency
Bayer
Bank of Ilinoiss
With and Broadway
Absentee Voting Ends in Mt Vernon School Elections
Tomorrow is the last day to vote absentee in Mt Vernon school board elections. Grade school voting is at 1722 Oakland until 4 30 p m Wednesday and high school voting at the high school office until 4 p m Wednesday. Elections are Saturday April 10 with candidates Krebs Puckett Brown Nelson for grade school and Martin Dixon Compton for high school.
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Mt Vernon
Central Schools
Oakland
Robert Krebs
Ferrell Puckett
Shirley MM. Brown
Donald E. Nelson
Ben Martin
Janice Dixon
Rita Mary Compton
Two Boys Steal Car From Garage On South 2th Street
Mrs. Drayton Allison reports two boys aged unknown entered a parked car in her garage on South 2th Street last night and fled when confronted. Police searched the area but made no arrests.
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South 2Th Street
Drayton Allison
South 20Th Street
Bombings escalate as U S targets North Viet Nam
Reports say Viet Cong planned terror actions in Saigon and nearby items seized include fountain pens lighters and radios. Bomb squads investigated U S AID grounds after batteries that could detonate bombs were found buried. Washington officials say more raids will hit hard to rebuild targets in North Viet Nam, including rail bridges and a steam plant, with Adm Blackburn noting growing impact.
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Saigon
U.S. Aid Mission
U.S
Washington
Viet Nam
Paul P. Blackburn
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Viet Nam
Three Accidents Here Monday Woman Injured
Three accidents occurred on Mt Vernon streets Monday afternoon injuring a woman. Ethel Goodart 73 of Mattoon Illinois was a passenger in Frank L Goodart 76 also of Mattoon who collided with Jerry W Graham 241 Grant. Graham car damaged about 350 dollars, other car about 50. Goodart fined 10 dollars for failure to yield. A collision at Ninth and Main involved Alva M Clark and Edgar W Bowen with Bowen charged for failure to yield. Damages under 100 each. A third crash at 34th and Broadway damaged two cars and a pickup. Participants included George D Stearns Nina J Wheeler and Richard C Garrison. Stearns charged with failure to yield.
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Ethel Goodart
Mattoon
Ninth
North Streets
Frank L. Goodart
Jerry W. Graham
Grant
Graham
Goodart
Alva M. Clark
Salem Road
Edgar W. Bowen
Route 1
Main
Bowen
34Th
Broadway
George D. Stearns
Logan
Nina J. Wheeler
Route 4
Richard C. Garrison
Bowling Green
Sterns
Benefit Dance at Mt. Vernon City Hall Friday
A benefit dance will be held this Friday April 9 in Mt Vernon city hall council room. Admission is 75 cents per person with proceeds donated to the Retarded Children association. Music by the Long Greens of Centralia TL will start at 8:00 p.m. and run to 11:30 p.m.
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Big Mt. Vernon City Hall
Retarded Children Association
Long Greens
Centralia
A. Community College
Gray
Mt. Vernon Community College
Girl Knew About Mother's Murder
A 14 year old girl, Sheila Nance, is charged with juvenile delinquency after her mother Louise Nance and aunt Grace Ewing were found slain in Johnson City. The girl, held in Williamson County Jail, apparently had knowledge of the slayings but did not relay it to investigators.
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Marion
Johnston City
Sheila Nance
Williamson County
Frank Ewing
Carl Miller
Louise Nance
Nance
Grace Ewing
Miller
Ewing
Miss Nance
Johnson City
My Fair Lady Wins Top Academy Honors
Audrey Hepburn flew from Europe to present the Oscar to Rex Harrison at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Harrison kissed Hepburn as she received the ovation, then Celia Andrews accepted her award from Sidney Poitier amid cheers. Peter Ustinov and others earned two time wins for Topkapi and Spartacus, while Rex Harrison quipped about England in Hollywood with Bob Hope hosting.
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Europe
Harrison
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Miss Andrews
Sidney Poitier
Walt Disney
Ustinov
London
Academy
Topkapi
Miss Kedrova
France
Zorba
Anthony Quinn
England
Hollywood
Bob Hope
Hope
Mt Vernon considers cheaper water and urban renewal plans
Mt Vernon city reports proposed savings on water rates for May and outlines a broad 1965 66 agenda. Projects include a Mt Vernon Community College feasibility study, Air Service expansion with Louisville, railroad crossing conferences, and a remodeled community center. Public works, street surfacing, and a Police Fire Academy initiative are also planned with funding and scheduling details through 1966.
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Civil Aernaunce Boards
Air Service
Mt. Vernon
Ozark Airlines
Illinois Commerce Commission
D. Community Center
Community Center Steering Committee
Utility Commission
Bob Ward Heads Cleanup Campaign
The Mt. Vernon Republican unity effort advances with Bob Ward elected committee chairman for Cleanup Week May 3 8. The campaign unites county chairs from southern Illinois to avoid costly primaries and bolster GOP strength against Democrats in the fall. Local civic leaders and groups join the initiative with plans to beautify business and residential districts through April 27 progress reports.
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Hotel Emmerson
Mt. Vernon
Frank H. Walker
Jefferson County
GOP
Illinois
Ilinois
Walker
Harry G. Taylor
Decatur
Illanoic
Republican County Chairmens Association
Sheehan
Victor Smith
Robinson
Republican State Central Committee
Ward
Howard Rawlinson
Community College
Robert Crooks
Cook Paint and Varnish Co
Charles Compton
Paul Beeson
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Rotary Club
Ione McVey
Girl Scouts
Carl Baker
Kenneth Copple
Township
Robert Dethrow
Arthur Floto
Smith- Alsop
James P. Burke
Lions Club
R. E. Benoist
Benoist Bros
Charles Waite
Jefferson County Board of Super Visors
Ozark Air Lines Passengers At Mt Vernon In March
Ozark Air Lines served 439 passengers at Mt. Vernon Airport in March with 239 boarding and 200 arriving. Destinations included Chicago 136, St. Louis 75, Bloomington 15, Decatur 7, Mattoon 6. Longest trips: Beirut 2, Hawaii 3, Fairbanks 1. Air mail 1837 pounds. air express and freight 12000 pounds. Schedule unchanged until April 25, new timing with Daylight Saving Time.
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Ozark Air Lines
Mt. Vernon
Ozark
Chicago
St. Louis
Bloomington
Decatur
Mattoon
Beirut
Lebanon
Hawaii
Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Express
Robert Moorhaus
Divorce Granted in Mildred Crouse v James Crouse
A divorce was granted in circuit court on Monday in the case of Mildred Crouse versus James G. Crouse. The ruling ends their marriage amid court proceedings.
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Mildred Crouse
James G. Crouse
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