Funeral services for John V Canterbury in Eldorado
Funeral services for John V Jack Canterbury of Eldorado a former Mt Vernon resident who died Monday will be held at 3 p m Thursday at Rogers Funeral Home Eldorado Friends may call after 4 p m today He is survived by his wife Ieolea a daughter Mrs Karen Delaney of Lombard one sister Mrs Bertha Geers of Tulsa Okla and four grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V
Jack) Canterbury
Eldorado
Mt. Vernon
Rogers’ Funeral Home
Reldorado
Ieolea
Karen Delaney
Lombard
Bertha Geers
Tulsa
Okla
Widow Catherine Crennell Dies in Detroit
Mrs Catherine Crennell sister of Mrs Theresa McCullough and Mrs Mary Little both of Mt Vernon died Tuesday in Detroit Burial will be in Ziegler Royalton cemetery The body will lie in state Friday at Vantrese Funeral Home in Ziegler
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Catherine Crennell
Theresa McCullough
Mary Little
Mt. Vernon
Detroit
Mich
Ziegler- Royalton Cemetery
Vantrese
Ziegler
GOP Gains Seat On The County Board
The GOP gains a seat on the county board amid a Democratic majority of 16 to 5. Holdover supervisors in Casner, Spring Garden, Bald Hill, and other townships include D candidates Leslie Sheldon, Ross Wimberly, Vern Hamson, Virgil York, and R members Oren Pittman and Frank Neal. Township road races saw parties contest highway commissioner roles in Webber, Dodds, Farrington, McClellan, and Rome townships. Mt Vernon township reelected Harold Hall as highway commissioner. Charles Waite begins his 21st year as supervisor and 12th as chairman of the county board.
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Leslie Sheldon
Casner Township
Frank Neal
Spring Garden
Max Shurtz
Blissville
Ross Wimberly
D. Field
Vern Hamson
Pendleton
H. Kiefer
Moores Prairie
Russell Klistorn
Bald Hill
Oren Pittman
Rome
Mt. Vernon
Clarence McCauley
Guy Compton
Paul Dickerson
Ernie Driggers
Virgil York
Webber
James Scott
James Wiggins
Dodds
Paul Allen
James Grant
Farrington
Gene Johnson
Bert Lappin
McClellan
Johnny Earls
John Stroud
Claude Tinsley
Loyd Mooney
Hall Wis
Mt. V
Harold Hall
Mt. Vernon Township
Charles W. Waite
Waite
President eyeing quicker Viet Nam pullout plan
The President aims to shorten the Vietnam war by ending the conflict for four American service members. Some troops may stay if prisoners of war are not released, with administration sources estimating 25,000 to 50,000 troops needed for a residual force.
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Cerain
Vietnam
Panic Week and a Tax Tilt in Springfield
State Sen. John Graham of Barrington seeks support for a plan to create a powerful state elections super board amid resistance. The piece blends lighter note on tax filing nerves with a quote from Anthony about coping and his wife’s influence improving his outlook.
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Springfield
John Graham
Barrington
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices
USDA report shows the Mt Vernon hog market open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon. Meat type hogs weighing 210 to 230 pounds ranged from No 1 at 16.00, No 2 at 15.50, No 3 at 15.00. Sows fetched 10.00 to 13.00.
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USDA
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon market notes list Wheat at 146, Soybeans at 2.85, Shelled Corn at 1.52 in Mt Vernon this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Livestock prices at National Stockyards report
Estimates for Thursday show hogs at 6,500 head and cattle and calves totaling around 1,275 with scattered weights and grades. Hogs range from 10.75 to 17.00 for various weights, sows and heavier hog categories listed. cattle and calves include slaughter steers near 34.25 for 1,175 lb, with ranges for choice to good grades. Sheep totals about 100 with lambs and old crop slaughter lambs priced in the 27.00 to 60.00 range depending on weight and class.
Chicago Produce Prices Steady in Wholesale Market
Chicago wholesale prices hold firm with 80 percent or better grade A whites at 39 1 2, middiums 32 1 2, standards 34 1 2, checks 19 1 2. AP reports steady demand as Chicago buyers keep to current quotes in the market.
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Chicago
Egg price list from St Louis markets and egg grades
AP report lists consumer grades for eggs A large 32-41 cents, A medium 26-34, A small 12-20, B large 29-35, wholesale grades A large 22-25, standard 20-21, medium 18-19, unclassified 16-17, pullet 12-13, pullets 9. Hens heavy over six pounds 10, medium five to six pounds 7, leghorns 2. Ready to cook broilers and fryers 24-25 this week delivery.
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ST. Louis
Chicago grain prices steady on futures quotes
AP reports grain markets in Chicago with No 2 soft red wheat at 1.6854, No 2 hard red wheat at 1.614n, No 2 yellow corn at 1.622n, No 2 extra heavy white oats at 76n, and No 1 yellow soybeans at 2.93n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Advances On Broad Market Rally
Wall Street rose sharply with the noon Dow up 5.76 at 918.49 as gains spread across autos oils lines and industries. General Motors led with a 1 increase to 84.4, Chrysler up 1 to 30.5, Tomason and Gulf mixed, Occidental Petroleum up to 20.5. optimism cited Nixon troop withdrawal hopes boosting sentiment.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
Chrysler
Natomas
Gulf
Occidental Petroleum
Nixon
Vietnam
Heavy fighting and troop cuts in Southeast Asia
Reports indicate heavy losses on both sides in eastern Cambodia near Snuol on Highway 7 as U.S. fighter-bombers and helicopter gunships supported South Vietnamese forces. South Vietnamese officials say 256 North Vietnamese killed. U.S. Command cites 48 enemy killed. Saigon region to be reduced to about 5,000 troops by May 1 as nine Amphibious Force units are disbanded.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Snuol
U.S
Shield
South Vietnam
Red
Hue
Boggs Claims FBI Tapped His Phone in Senate Fallout
Senator Boggs alleges his phone was tapped by the FBI and says he knows what was overheard, while Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield denies any wiretap involving a senator. Boggs criticizes J Edgar Hoover and calls for his resignation, citing missteps and potential age-related judgment concerns.
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FBI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Boggs
Hoover
Voting places listed for Rend Lake College election
Voters will cast ballots Saturday April 10 to elect two Rend Lake College board members from six candidates. Polls open noon to 7 pm at 29 locations including Mt. Vernon Benton and Dix areas with precincts 22 through 29 and 1 2 7 9 in various high and grade schools.
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Rend Lake College Board
William L. Moore
Turner Drive
Mt. Vernon
Marie Simmons
West Sth Street
Benton
Katharine F. Wall
Taylor
Howard W. Roberson
South Elm Street
Inn
Nason
Rome Consolidated School
Dix
Belle Rive
Ina
Mt. Vernon High School
McLeansboro High School
Dahlgren High School
Illinois Glove Buys Out Good Luck Glove Co
Illinois Glove Co announced it has taken over Good Luck Glove Co which closed its plant in December leaving 600 workers unemployed. The plant resumed operations with about 80 workers and aims to reach 600 as capacity grows. Most workers hailed from Metropolis Vienna and Rossclare. Illinois Grove operates plants in Effingham and Beardstown and Tronwood, with headquarters in New York City.
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Metropolis
Ill
Illinois Glove Co
Good Luck Glove, Co
Ilinois
Jad Luck
Vienna
Rossclare
Tninois Grove
Effingham
Beardstown
Tronwood
Mich
New York City
Manson Family Face Joint 1969 Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES AP Charles Manson and three followers must stand trial together for the 1969 Hinman and Shea killings. Judge Choate ruled the cases share elements justifying a joint trial set for May 20. Manson and Davis face both murders. Atkins and Grogan face related indictments. Shea's body remains unfound.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Gary Hinman
Donald “Shorty” Shea
Superior Court
Manson
Susan Atkins
Bruce Davis
Steve Grogan
Miss Atkins
Hinman
Grogan
Shea
Raymond Choate
Davis
Sharon Tate
Winner Can’t Take His Seat on County Board
R C Smith a Democrat won the Macon County Board of Supervisors race in Mount Zion Township but was barred from seating after officials ruled he had not resided there for a year. The Board of Auditors will name a successor to fill the seat.
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Decatur, Ill
R. C. Smith
Macon County Board of Supervisors
Smith
Mount Zion Township
G. Peter Jones
Board of Auditors
Lake Placid Hosts U S Championship Bob Sled Course
The only championship bob sled course in the United States is located at Lake Placid New York, highlighting its unique status in American winter sports.
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United States
Lake Placid
N.Y
Social Security Wages for Cost of Living Increases
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee outlined a welfare bill with cost of living based Social Security increases and a Nixon family assistance plan. It covers Medicare eligibility for disabled retirees, higher minimum benefits, extended work credits, and higher widow benefits, with tentative steps and potential tax tweaks to come.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Latting to become nation's first female mayor of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City will be the largest U S city with a woman mayor when Patience Latting takes over City Hall next Tuesday. Latting defeated Councilman Bill Bishop 32 271 to 22 132 in a contest watched by about 300 supporters including her husband Trimble Latting. The city’s population is 363,000.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Patience Latting
Madison Votes Against War Referendum Passes Strongly
Madison voters approved an antiwar advisory referendum by 31,526 to 15,977 calling for an immediate ceasefire in Vietnam and withdrawal of U S troops. The measure mirrored a 1968 withdrawal proposal defeated earlier. About 60 percent of eligible voters participated amid mayoral reelection of William Dyke.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Vietnam
William Dyke
Two Deaths In Chain Car Pileup Near Joliet
Two men en route to a chemical plant near Joliet were killed and six people injured in a chain reaction on Interstate 55 south of Joliet. State police identified the victims as Jack Devine of Morton Grove, 35, and Edward K. Ovaciny of Skokie, 45. The pair, in the same car, were attempting to leave the expressway at Arsenal Road when a truck struck their vehicle, causing both cars to ignite. Four additional cars were involved in the crash.
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Joliet, Ill
Joliet
Jack Devine
Morton Grove
Edward K. Ovaciny
Skokie
Arsenal Road
Students Walk In Protest Of Auto Pollution
In Decatur Illinois more than 1900 Stephen Decatur High School pupils joined about 93 teachers in a citywide anti pollution walk. The protest precedes a four school campaign including MacArthur Eisenhower and Lakeview to clean the city with a mass cleanup on April 24 25.
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Decatur
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Lakeview
Ranmar Buys Carmi Tire Shop to Expand Chain
James Paul Ranmar of Mt. Vernon buys Ward Tire Shop in Carmi from Floyd Ward. The store is renamed Ward's Standard Tire, the sixth in Ranmar's chain with locations in Mt. Vernon Mattoon Herrin Pinckneyville and West Frankfort. William Bud Harrell of Marion will temporarily manage the Carmi store.
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James Paul Ranmar
Mt. Vernon
Ward Tire
Carmi
Floyd Ward
Ward’s
Standard Tire
Ranmar
Mattoon
Herrin
Pinckneyville
West Frankfort
William “Bud” Harrell
Marion
Teen Center Fight Ends With Fine for Roberson
Rodney Roberson aged 18 of 705 Air Port Road was found guilty of disturbance by fighting by Magistrate Deneen Mathews. He was fined 50 dollars for the January 29 incident at the teen center.
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Rodney Roberson
Airport Road
Deneen Mathews
Roberson
Hawkins Attends Rowland Meeting at Lake of the Ozarks
Edward Hawkins, manager of Mt. Vernon branch of Rowland and Company, attended a meeting of branch managers and department heads last weekend at the Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.
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Edward Hawkins
Mt. Vernon
Rowland and Company
Lodge of the Four Seasons
Lake of the Ozarks
Envoy Wounded In Croat Gunman Attack At Yugoslav Embassy
In Stockholm two Croatian gunmen invaded the Yugoslav Embassy wounding Ambassador Vladimir Rolovic and injuring two other officials. They held police for 45 minutes before surrendering. Rolovic suffered head and stomach wounds with another leg injury. The attackers appeared linked to the Free Croatian Movement seeking Croatia Serbia union dissolution.
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Stockholm
Vladimir Rolovic
Rolovic
Free Croatian Movement
Cretia
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Propose Raise Electricity Rates
Washington reports a Federal Power Commission examiner recommended Union Electric Co. of St. Louis be granted higher rates and a 7 percent return on its investment. The utility serves 13 wholesale customers in the St Louis area plus parts of Illinois and Iowa and sought an $819,000 rate increase this year to lift its return to 7.34 percent.
Varnell Rebekah Lodge 296 Meeting Set
Regular meeting to be held Thursday evening April 8 at 7 30 p m at the I C C F Temple Bessie Gilbert N G Naomi Bogan See
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Varnell
Rebekah Lodge
1.C.C.F. Temple
Bessie Gilbert
N.G
Naomi Bogan
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Mrs. C. Crennell
Michigan
GOP
Anthony
Mt. Vernon Grain
St . Louis
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Associated Press
Federal National Mortgage
Sanders
Leasco
International Harvester
Avnet Inc
American Stock Exchange
Franklin Mint
Syntex
Hampton Shirt
Wabash Magnetics
Wayne City High School
Lesser High School
Illinois
Good Luck Glove Co
Lewis Adv. & Mfg., Inc
N. Ard St
George
Khe ‘Sanh
L.P.N
Mrs. Stonesypher
Doctors Park Road
By Edmond Lebreton
East ST. Louis, Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
East St.Louis
Jamison
Wayne City
Bend Lake Area
Jamison Real Estate
Main
Hawkins
Rowland
Bill
Bill Kniffen
Carl 242
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