Rash Dies at 70. services in Mt. Vernon area
Dale C. Rash 70 of 304 South Mth Street died at 10 a.m. yesterday at home. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Myers Chapel with Rev. Everett Lemay officiating. Burial in Memorial Gardens. Visitation after 5 p.m. Wednesday at Myers Chapel. Survived by wife Anna Baldridge Rash, a brother Nolan Rash of Racine Wisconsin, and a sister Beulah Newkirk of St. Petersburg Florida. Beatrice Sutton 77 of McLeansboro dies. funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Plainview Church near Norris City with Rev. Ned Sutton. Burial at Good Samaritan Hospital area?. survivors include two sons Carl and Joe Sutton of Mt. Vernon, a daughter Blanch Sutton of McLeansboro, four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, brother Frank Sexton Gary Ind., sisters Mrs. Cletus Sutton Eldorado and Mrs. Cleo Brown McLeansboro.
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South Mth Street
Rash
Myers Chapel
Everett Lemay
Memorial Gardens
Myers
Beatrice Sutton
McLeansboro
Plainview Church
Norris City
Ned Sutton
Sutton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gholson
Frank Sexton
Gary
Ind
Cletus Sutton
Eldorado
Cleo Brown
Droit 74 Thompsonville resident dies at Good Samaritan
Nicholas G Droit 74 of Thompsonville died at 2 00 pm Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital He operated a service garage in Thompsonville for many years and was active in business until his death Funeral services will be at 2 00 pm Thursday at Courtney Funeral Home Galatia Burial in Dillingham United Methodist church cemetery Corinth Tl body lies in state at Courtney Funeral Home Galatia after 5 00 pm Wednesday Survivors include wife Anna postmistress of Thompsonville son Howard E Droit Thompsonville daughter Erma dell Vick Johnston City brother Alfred J Droit Galatia sister Mrs T J Marvel Mt Vernon six grandchildren three great grandchildren He was preceded in death by parents and one brother Reno O Droit
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Thompsonville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Courtney Funeral Home
Galatia
Dillingham United Methodist Church
Corinth
Droit
Oliver
Emma
Mercod) Droit
Anna Droit
Howard E. Droit
Ermadell Vick
Johnston City
Alfred J. Droit
Galalia
T. J. Marvel
Mt. Vernon
Reno
Waltonville Navy Petty Officer Kiselewski dies in Vietnam mishap
Vince Robert Kiselewski 25 Route 1 Waltonville a Navy Petty Officer was killed in a mishap off the coast of Vietnam. Brayfield Funeral Home announces funeral arrangements with a Mass at St Marys Church Lesser and burial at Maple Hill Cemetery Military rites at graveside. Friends may call after 6:00 p.m. today.
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Waltonville
Navy
Vietnam
Brayfield
Lesser
St Mary's Catholic Church
Peter Hsu
Maple Hill
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Brayfield Funeral Home
Six killed in Robinson accidents continue page one
A passenger skidded off Hillpross and plunged over an embankment in Robinson. The driver Luther Means 44 and Earl Steele 58 and his daughter Starla 6 of Terre Haute were treated and released at Crawford Memorial Hospital Robinson.
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Crawford Memorial Hospital
Robinson
Luther Means
Earl Steele
Starla
Terre Haute
Mt Vernon Hog and Grain Prices Open Markets For Week
Mt Vernon market opens Monday to Friday 7:00 am to noon with USDA hogs 210-280 lb priced No 1 at 16.25 No 2 at 15.7 and No 3 at 15.25. sows 10.00 to 13.00. Wheat 144, soybeans 2.83, shelled corn 1.42. National Stockyards AP estimates tomorrow hogs 4,500 cattle 1,200 calves 100 sheep 100. Hog bids show 1-2 200-230 lbs 17.00-17.25, 1-8 200-250 lbs 16.50-17.00, 260-280 lbs 15.50-16.25, sows 14.50-15.00, boars 11.50-12.00. Cattle trade active. choice and prime slaughter steers 1,150-1,250 lbs 34.00-34.25, 950-1,200 lbs 32.50-33.50, good 29.00-31.50. Holsteins 27.00-28.00. Slaughter heifers 31.00-32.50, cows 10.00-22.00, calves 40.00-38.00. Sheep and lambs steady with 40-lb lambs 32.00, 27.00-29.50 for old crop. Chicago eggs barely steady. wholesale prices unchanged.
Composer Was 88 Stravinsky Dies
Igor Stravinsky, influential 20th century composer, died at 88 in his Fifth Avenue apartment after about a year of illness. Born June 18, 1882, in Saint Petersburg, he rose to fame with The Firebird in Paris in 1910 for Serge Diaghilev, then Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring, whose premiere nearly sparked a riot before becoming a landmark in modern music. Pierre Boulez praised his impact on rhythm and contemporary style.
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Russia
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The
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Diaghilev
Pierre Boulez
New York Philharmonic
Chicago Grain Prices Menu Report
Chicago grain prices list various grains with market quotes. Wheat No 2 soft red 16744 n and No 2 hard red 1.6044 n appear alongside corn No 2 yellow 151 and oats No 2 extra heavy white 754 no. Soybeans Noa 1 yellow 2.9254 n and soybean oil 11.340 n complete the report.
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Chicago
Wall Street rises as oil shares lift market
Wall Street moved higher with moderate volume as the Dow 30 gained 5.06 to 91.13 on the day. Advances beat declines on the NYSE by three to two while oil stocks in Indonesia and Weather Nemes led the gains. Analysts cited a consolidation phase after steady advances across sectors with industrials up, rails up, and utilities up. The AP 60-stock average climbed to 37.1.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Indonesia
Saslo
Associated Press
City council debates sanitation funding options
In a meeting the council discussed income tax diverted funds and higher fees to support city sanitation. Proposals included diverting 25 percent of state income tax receipts, raising scavenger license fees, and charging about 17 dollars per year per household to replace the sanitation property tax. Councilmen postponed action to study the problem. Stock market notes followed, with several issues on the Big Board and American Exchange showing gains and a Dow Jones noon average of 910.15.
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Botch
Federal National Mortgage
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Reading & Bates
Bunker-Ramo
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American Stock Exchange
Austral Oil
Iss
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UTEE
McCulloch Oil
Farmers Sell More Turkeys in 1970 Figures Up
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department says turkey growers marketed 490.2 million dollars of birds in 1970, a nine percent rise from 1969, with average price 22.7 cents per pound. Producers raised 115.7 million turkeys, up nine percent from 1969, per Crop Reporting Board.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Pool decision sparks council vote and funding talks
Mayor Lewis urged rapid pool construction as a community boon despite opposition. After heated debate the council voted 3 to 2 to award the pool contract while hearing annexation, utility, and street-bid items.
Mt Vernon Snow Delays Flights Tangled with CityOutrageous Snow
Mt Vernon awoke to six inches of snow while residents faced hazardous roads and power outages. In Bluford, 104 voters had cast ballots by 10 45 a m amid snowfall as Ozark Airlines eyed a 3 45 p m St Louis flight depending on plowed runways. Centralia Belleville Collinsville and Marion Carbondale reported 7 to 12 inches. Multiple crashes injured and damaged autos, with two Jefferson County schools closed for spring break and public schools in surrounding counties largely unaffected. Police logged numerous crashes at intersections including 20th and Perkins and Park Plaza Shopping Center as a dump truck collision preceded a ticket for improper lane use. One Mendenhall car rear ended another and a passenger was hospitalized.
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Belleville
Collinsville
Herrin
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Harrisburg
Jeferson County
Field Consolidated
Grand Prairie
Marsden
Hamilton Counties
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Jefferson County
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Nether Spade
20Th Street
Perkins Avenue
Betty L. Jarrell
S. 20Th St
Lewis Kincheloe
Rt. 1
Jarrell
Kincheloe
Park Plaza
Lloyd Mays, Jr
Cleveland Ave
Betty Jones
Rt. 5
South 10Th Street
Paul Johnson
Ewing
Lawrence Fralick
Main St
Fralick
Johnson Auto
Tenth
Wescott Streets
David W. Mendenhall
Bonnie
James Mounce
Mendenhall
Mendenhall Auto
Gary Wayne Tepovich
Nasan
Good Samaritan Hospital
Careass
Broadway
30Th Street
Lindel Somers
Casey Ave
St Louis Voters Decide On Zoo Tax District Support
St Louis and county residents face ballots on extending funding for the zoo and local museums, with 40 percent turnout expected. The measure would create a city county tax district to aid the zoo and Clayton museums, amid alderman contests and two charter amendments. Incumbent Joseph Badaracco faces Stephen Durst for aldermanic president. Badaracco won a recent term after replacing Donald Gunn. Charter questions seek ward reappointment every decade and raising prisoner work-off fines from 3 to 15 dollars daily.
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209 And
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Zoo and Museum
Museum of Science and Natural History
Clayton
Joseph Badaracco
Stephen Durst
Badaracco
GOP
Donald Gunn
Chicago Voters Set To Decide Daley Fifth Term
State News In Brief reports voters expected to turnout under sunny skies to decide whether Richard J. Daley serves a fifth term as Chicago mayor. The item notes coverage by The Associated Press and references other national items in brief form.
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Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Illinois servicemen killed in action in Southeast Asia
Washington AP reports the Defense Department released names of Illinoisans killed in action in Southeast Asia. Specialist 4 Richard R. Carson, husband of Joyce A. Carson of Tuscola, and Specialist 4 William J. Milco, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Milco of Chicago, are listed among the fallen.
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Washington
Defense Department
Southeast Asia
Richard R. Carson
Joyce A. Carson
N. Parke
Tuscola
William J.,milco
William R. Milco
W. Ainslie St
Chicago
Supreme Court ruling on homestead tax break faces resistance
County clerks in Ti nos ignore the ruling to remove the homestead exemption prompting protests from taxpayers and the Taxpayers Federation. Some elderly residents may pay under protest while Jefferson County works to re figure bills to avoid delays in spring tax sales.
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Supreme Court
Wilson
Tinois
Maurice Scott
Taxpayers Federation of the Finois
Jefferson County
Three Children Die In Alton Fire
In Alton an East Side home fire claimed the lives of three children, Amanda age 8 months, Michael 2, and Charles 3, likely from smoke inhalation in a second floor bedroom. Their mother, Mrs. Charles Morrow, was on the first floor and could not reach them as firefighters quickly contained the blaze.
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Amanda
Michael
Charles
Charles Morrow
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