Deaths of Mill Shoals resident eight in 1885
Graff Churchwell of Mill Shoals died at 2:30 a.m. Friday at Fairfield Memorial Hospital at age 8. Funeral services set for 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Nale Funeral Home in Fairfield with Rev. Harry Corcorane officiating. Burial at West Antioch cemetery. Body lies in state at Nale Funeral Home with viewing after 3:00 today. Born Feb. 7, 1885 in Wayne County, son of George and Eliza Churchwell. Survivors include brothers Bert of Fairfield and A. W. of Mill Shoals and sister Mrs. Susan Little of Fairfield.
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Graff Churchwell
Mill Shoals
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Nale Funeral Home
Fairfield
Harry Corcorane
West Antioch Cemetery
Nala
Mgr. Churchwell
Wayne County
George and
Eliza
Felix) Churchwell
Bert Churchwell
A. W. Churchwell
Susan Little
Relief forces lift into Khe Sanh after 76 day siege
AP reports allied relief troops landed at Khe Sanh as the 6,400 man garrison, mostly U.S. Marines, moved to break the encirclement. Paratroopers seized the southern trenches, 7,000 enemy fighters remained, and Highway 9 reopened to boost operations. Air strikes and ground advances widened the relief sweep.
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Khe. Sanh
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Laos
U.S
Highway 9
Highlands
Vinh
Weather opens with frost, warms to 50s in Illinois
The latest Illinois weather report shows a frost this morning gave way to sunshine and temperatures rising into the 50s and 60s. The Weather Bureau expects warming to continue through Sunday with a risk of showers in southern and western parts. Friday highs were mostly in the low 40s with lows in the 30s and several 27 degree readings along the Mississippi and Wabash rivers.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Forst
Mississippi River
Quad Cities
Wabash River
James E Cluck of Carterville Dies at 68
James Elton Cluck of Carterville died Friday at age 68. Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Monday at Donelson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with burial at Knight’s Prairie Cemetery near McLeansboro. Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. Sunday. He was born October 33, 1900, in Hamilton County, son of George Washington and Kathy Willis Cluck. Survivors include a brother, Arthur Cluck of Galatia.
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James Elton Cluck
Carterville
Donelson ‘Funeral Home
McLeanshoro
Knight's Prairie Cemetery
Donelson Funeral Home
Mr. Cluck
Hamilton County
George ‘Washington
Kathy
Willis) Cluck
Arthur Cluck
Galatia
Battleship New Jersey Recommissioned for Vietnam Duty
The USS New Jersey was recommissioned at Philadelphia Naval Base after 10 years in mothballs. A 1,400 crew saluted as Navy Secretary Ignatius praised the ship’s captain and crew. She will sail to Vietnam by September to support targets inland from offshore with 16 inch guns.
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Philadelhia
New Jersey
Vietnam
Philadelphia Naval Base
Navy
Paul R. Ignatius
Johnson operates from White House fort amid unrest
President Johnson orders half staff for ships and property to honor King funeral, vows actions against violence. He augments security at the White House with National Guard and Army troops, signs a proclamation on domestic disorder, and plans a 9 p.m. address to Congress after meeting with civil rights leaders.
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King
Washington Cathedral
Washington
Johnson
White House
National Guard
Executive Mansion
Congress
George Christian
Washington mobs roam again as curfew enforced
Violent rioting cripples Washington during a second night after King assassination. Police and soldiers under President Johnson curfewed streets while 250 fires and 20 blazes from arson scorched looted buildings. Cyrus Vance coordinates violence-quelling efforts. Mayor Walter Washington sought aid.
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Johnson
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Cyrus R. Vance
Walter E. Washington
Vance
Pope Paul VI Blesses Palm Fronds for Palm Sunday
Vatican AP report says Pope Paul VI began Holy Week by blessing palm fronds and celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Italian, with no Latin or Roman nobility present. He distributed palms to cardinals and pontifical chapel members as part of a Latin ban in Vatican offices decided March 29.
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Vatican
City
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pontifical Chapel
Jerusalem
Paul
Long Nosed Man Sought As King Slayer
Nationwide search continues for a man described as tall clean shaven with a long sharp nose seen near a flophouse where King was shot. Police and FBI study prints while considering a single shooter theory as investigations widen across several states.
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Atlanta
King
Memphis
Montgomery
Bessie Brewer
John Willard
Charlie Q. Stephens
Willard
Clark
Tennessee
FBI
Washington
Mourning March in St Louis Planned for Sunday
In St Louis a mass march to mourn Dr Martin Luther King was set for Sunday by a coalition of Negro civil rights and religious leaders. The event will start at 1 30 p m beneath the Gateway Arch and proceed west along Franklin Avenue to Forest Park where it will end. The meeting came after Friday clashes between moderate and militant Negroes. The Metropolitan Church Federation schedules a memorial service for 4 p m Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Martin Luther King
Mid-City Community Congress
Gateway Arch
Franklin Avenue
Forest Park
Metropolitan Church Federation
Hit and run damages car at Good Samaritan Hospital
Doris Boldrey reports her vehicle was struck in the hospital parking lot late last night or early this morning. The damage is estimated around $50 as she was working at Good Samaritan Hospital on South 25th Street.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Doris Boldrey
South 25Th Street
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial admissions list
The Jefferson Memorial Hospital notes admit a long list of patients including Tony Bubhany Nason Elza Howard Satterfield and Thomas A Bonner among others and record discharges of Carole Ann Watts Rade Belle Wallace Betty Jean Borders Philip Doyal Edinton Alfred Donoho Helen Gordon Orillian Lee Lee Eddington etc. The entry includes numerous addresses and patient details with scattered spelling variants and typos.
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Tony Bubhany
Nason
Elza Howard Satterfield
Grove
Thomas A. Bonner
RFD
Velma Neal Williams
South
Claude Sammons
Marion Wallace Beardon
South Sixth
Sherry Schuster
Stanley
Carole Ann Watts
Inn
Rade Belle Wallace
South Ninth
Betty Jean Borders
McLeans
Philip Doyal Edinton
Fairfield
Alfred Donoho
Helen Gordon
Herrin
Orillian Lee
Lee Eddington
Delores Wells
Wondlawn
Estella Richardson
Belle Rive
James Morgen
Opdyke
Ernie Pigg
Bernice Bowles
Lambert
Gilbert Heck
Conger
Luther Medlin
Park
Marshall Flanagan
Woodlawn
Viola Lipe
Ronald Henderson
Jewell ‘Thompson
Norma Jane Romani
Walter
Vickie Gay Livengood
Amy Lynn
Cherry
Arkene Owens
Jason Alan
Brian Joseph Davis
Jamison
Chloe Thomason
Bluford
Cecil Robinson
Ashley
Minnie Malone
Logan
Jack Roach
Nashville
Ricky Panzler
Westcott
South 17Th
Elliott Eiler
Restore order with bayonets unrest description
Amid city disturbances, hundreds arrested as violence roars across South West and North Sides. Fires burn blocks near West Madison. flights by 280 families disrupt daily life. dozens injured including a fireman and a policeman. Schools close as crowds loot stores and guardsmen mobilize after King memorial events.
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Roosevelt
South Side
West Side
North Side
West Madison Street
Martin Luther King
West Madison
Close High Schools Board of Education
Burglary and Thefts Reported in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police reported a burglary at Taco Villa Drive-In at Tenth and Westcott with about 50 dollars stolen from a cigarette machine after entry through a window. A truck tool box was stolen from Robert W. Hudson of Lesser, and Mrs Nolen Phillips of Belle Rive reported thefts from her car at the shopping center including a skirt five shirts and two pairs of trousers.
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Mt.Vernon
Taco Villa Drive-In
Tenth
Westcott
Robert W. Hudson
Lesser
Nolen Phillips
Belle Rive
Cars Collide At 15th and Broadway
Two cars were damaged in a collision at 7:45 p.m. Friday at 15th and Broadway. Hazel M. Owens, 63, Route 3, caused about $100 in damage. Pearl L. Phelps, 3S, 1113 South 21st Street, sustained about $85 in damage.
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15Th and
Broadway
Hazel M. Owens
Pearl L. Phelps
South 21St Street
Births William Frederick and second newborn listed
Mr and Mrs Glen Schuster of 1811 Stanley welcomed a son at 7 25 this morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces named William Frederick. Mr and Mrs Lindell Panzier of Ashley welcomed a son at 1 04 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds twelve ounces. The richest US tribe of Indians is the Osage with oil lands in Oklahoma. In 1909 Selma Lagerlöf became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Glen Schuster
Stanley
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
William Frederick
Lindell Panzier
Ashley
Good Samaritan Hospital
United States
Osage
Oklahoma
Selma Lagerlof
Negro Stars Withdraw From Academy Awards Show
Hollywood AP reports actor Gregory Peck, president of the Academy, says the Oscars may be canceled or postponed after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Four Black performers Sammy Davis Jr Diahann Carroll Sidney Poitier and Louis Armstrong withdrew in respect for King as networks ABC and CBC planned to air the ceremony.
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Hollywood
Gregory Peck
Martin Luther King Jr
Academy
Peck
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Sammy Davis Jr
Diahann Carroll
Sidney Poitier
Louis Armstrong
American Broadcasting Co
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Communities Send Help To Chicago Firefighters
Chicago received aid from East Joliet Lockport Northwest Homer and Troy Township along with New Lenox as fire departments supplied additional men and equipment to cover engines left vacant by alarms in peaceful areas while extra units were diverted to violent districts.
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Chicago
East Joliet
Lockport
Homer
Troy Township
New Lenox
No Grazing Period Near For Diversion Acres
Farmers are reminded the no grazing period for diverted acres under the 1968 feed grain program runs from April 14 to September 15. The five month ban applies to diverted acres during the growing season and prohibits harvest of a crop on diverted land year round. About 981 county farms signed up for the commodity diversion program for corn and sorghum.
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Parker Pierce
Jefferson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Woodlawn Boy Injured By Car Near Grade School
Woodlawn 70 year old Marshall Flanagan was struck by a car driven by Clara Tinsley 16 of Dix on Woodlawn road at 3 30 pm as school dismissed. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital by Litton ambulance and listed in fair condition. State Trooper Jack Willis identified the driver. Glaucoma facts follow in a separate note.
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Marshall Flanagan
Eldon
Alma Flanagan
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Litton
Clara Tinsley
Dix
Jack Willis
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