Deaths Mrs Otilla Tillie Stephen 94 Route 1 Vernon
Mrs. Otilla Tillie Stephen son 94 Route 1 Vernon died at 12:52 p m yesterday at Hickory Grove Manor. She was a Mammoth Department Store clerk for 39 years and is survived by daughter Suzanna Gavette Woodlawn three great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p m Friday Myers Chapel burial Ashley cemetery. Call after 6 p m Thursday. Born December 1877 Polk County Iowa. Married Finis Stephenson who died October 29 1939. Member of RLDS and Royal Neighbors of America. She was preceded in death by one son.
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Otilla ‘Tillie’ Stephenson
Vernon
Hickory Grove Manor
Finis
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Reported
No. 1 and No. 2 200 to 220 lb hogs sold from 23.00 to 23.50 per hundred pounds with mixed at 23.75. No. 2 and No. 3 220 to 240 lb hogs brought 22.50 to 23.25. Sows sold 18.00 to 20.00 in the Mt Vernon market report.
Market prices quoted in Mt Vernon this morning
Prices listed include Wheat 1.62 Soybeans 3.38 and Corn 1.17 from Mt Vernon this morning.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg price list and grades for ready-to-cook birds
ST LOUIS AP reports egg prices and consumer grades with large medium small sizes. Wholesale grades for A large 16-19, standard 13-14, medium 13-14, unf inclassified 9-11. Hens heavy over 6 lb at 9, leghorns 2. Ready-to-cook broilers and fryers priced 24.50 to 25.50 this week.
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ST. Louis
Grain futures quotes from Chicago market page
The report lists Wheat No 2 hard red at 1.67 per bushel No 2 soft red at 1.6344 with no decimals shown, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.2494, Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 0.66, Soybeans No 1 yellow at 3.492 with Soybean oil at 12.02.
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Chicago
National Stockyards hog and cattle receipts and prices
Estimated receipts Thursday at National Stockyards are 6000 hogs 1400 cattle and 100 sheep. Hog receipts include 5500 head with butchers 25-50 higher and sows steady to 75 lower. Prices listed for various weight classes and grades including 210-230 lb butchers at 24.50 and 200-230 lb at 24.00-24.25. Cattle slaughter steady to weak with cows and bulls steady. Calves 45-50 for dealers, 38-44 for good. Sheep receipts 25 head with slaughter lambs steady and 100 lb spring lambs at 32.00.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Students clash at nationwide antiwar protests efforts
A Boston rally burned Nixon in effigy before a five mile march to Cambridge where windows were broken, and Maryland saw 14 arrests after a day of demonstrations including tear gas and police dogs. Columbia and Barnard vote to strike while Ivy League presidents discuss a campus shutdown Friday amid renewed bombing protests.
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Boston Common
Nixon
Harvard Square
Cambridge
University of Maryland
ROTC
McGill
Ivy League
Margery Tabankin
National Student Association
Washington
North
Dartmouth
John Kemeny
Brown
Donald Hornig
John Brooks
Holy Cross
Worcester
Mass
Navy
University of Ilinois
Champaign
New York Stock Averages Edge Higher in Dull Trade
In a quiet session the Dow Jones 30 industrials stood at 969.90 at noon, up 0.98 as declines outweighed advances on the NYSE. The Commerce Department reported solid gains for GNP in early 1972 but noted a sharp rise in inflation, with mixed moves across sectors and several groups unchanged or down.
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NEW York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Commerce Department
Indus
Defenders Flee as Hori an Falls
Continued account describes the Worden being hit by missiles carried by American planes. One sailor was killed and nine injured as damage was done to the ship’s superstructure.
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Horian
Apollo 16 Prepares Lunar Landing and Moon Walk
Apollo 16 moves behind the moon as speed shifts from 24 500 to about 1 600 mph on the outbound leg. After checkout, Young and Duke will board Orion for a Descartes crater touchdown in the moon’s southern highlands, spending 73 hours with three surface excursions and live TV coverage.
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Earth
Moon
Casper
Lunar
Young
Duke
Orion
Descartes
County Board awards $250,000 in road material contracts
The Jefferson County Board awarded summer road maintenance bids totaling over a quarter of a million dollars. Awards include Pills Quarry for 13,435 tons of crushed stone. Arrow Road Construction and Jax Asphalt for bituminous patching materials. Shell Oil Co. and W. J. Counton Co. for road oil. and Pitts Quarry for additional crushed stone, with prices ranging from $2.60 to $11.25 per unit and totals from about $1,025 to $148,896.07.
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Jefferson County Board
Pills Quarry, Inc
Ashley
The
Arrow Road Construction Company
Jax Asphalt Co
Shell Oil Co
MFT
W. J. Counton Co
Protesting Poem Causes Campus Debate at RLC
Faculty and administrators discuss a controversial four letter word in the college paper. Dean Rawlinson notes shock at its publication while praising campus charity and safety. Eleanor Hall questions readers’ interpretation as Dr. Allen Baker pledges careful review of the request.
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RLC
Dean Howard Rawlinson
Rawlinson
Claxton
Eleanor Hall
Kiwanians
Pinckneyville
Allen Baker
Rat Hair Contamination Leads to Federal Charges at Certified Grocers
Federal charges filed against Certified Grocers of Illinois and its vice chairman Robert A. Korink allege violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act. About 10,000 pounds of flour and 250 pounds of snack food in the chain's warehouse were found with rodent hair and gnawed containers. The period covered is Nov 25 1970 to Jan 20 1971.
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Chicago
Certified Grocers of
Illinois
Robert A. Korink
Certified
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
U.S. Atty
James R. Thompson
Chile Moves to Seize U S ITT Holdings in Chile
President Allende urged Congress to nationalize International Telephone and Telegraph Corp holdings valued at 200 million dollars after ITT was branded an imperialist firm causing Chile to face debt. He spoke to a large rally praising the move amid reports of CIA actions to thwart his 1970 ascent.
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Santiago
Salvador Allende
International Telephone & Telegraph Corps
Chile
Allende
ITT
Washington
Jack Anderson
Corporation
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Royal Neighbors of America Meeting Notice
Royal Neighbors of America 694 will meet Friday April 21 at 7 30 p m at the 1 C C F Temple. Attendees are asked to bring a rack card Mary Price Oracle
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Royal Neighbors of America
1.C.C.F. Temple
Mary Price
Oracle
Rend Lake Buys Valve For Mt. Vernon Water Tower
Rend Lake Conservancy District board approved a 7000 dollar high altitude water valve to be installed in the water tower at the old treatment plant. The valve will regulate flow to three city towers and be installed by the city. The board also deferred a land sale request from Benton for 3 1/2 acres to expand its sewage plant. Trustee Covington proposed renting six acres along the north Jefferson Franklin line for a trial ride. Operations Manager Foster said results on Spiro Agnew’s attendance at the May 27 dam dedication should come within a week. President Nixon had said he would not attend.
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Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Benton
Charles Covington
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson-Franklin County
Nixon
Flanigan to Testify on Senate Kleindienst Inquiry
Washington AP White House aide Peter M. Flanigan agreed to testify Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on matters linked to acting Attorney General Kleindienst. He will be questioned about San Diego hosting the Republican National Convention and a meeting in John Mitchell’s office last April.
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Washington
White House
Peter M. Flanigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindiest
Flanigan
San Diego
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Nixon
Harold S. Geneen
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
No-fault insurance plan faces Illinois Supreme Court test
Illinois House Republicans plan to push a no-fault auto insurance bill that aims to pass court scrutiny and cover millions of motorists. Gov Ogilvie backs no fault, and sponsor Rep Don Moore says the proposal fixes constitutional issues by setting up to 10 000 medical benefits and broad coverage. The measure avoids tying pain and suffering to medical costs, addressing court concerns about unequal recovery.
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Illinois Supreme Court
House
Illinois High Court
Chicago
Supreme Court
General Assembly
W. Robert Blair
W. Robert Blair, R-Park Forest
Don Moore
Midlothian
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Moore
Cook County
More Charges Against Negley in Deceptive Checks Case
Olney Illinois AP six additional deceptive practice charges filed against Charles Negley part owner of Noble Milling Co raising total to nine bad checks totaling 38000 dollars issued to farmers. Negley awaiting trial free on 12000 dollar bond. Noble Milling placed in receivership after farmers reported grain stored in its elevator disappeared.
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Olney
Ill
Charles Negley
Noble Milling Co
Negley
Southern Illinois
Noble Milling
Optimistic Viewpoints From Jefferson County Plants
Jefferson County plant representatives at the Great Jefferson County Chamber dinner in Lawrence discussed expansion and near term hiring. Van Gay Inc plans an 8,640 square foot addition on Cabron Ave and Illinois Power Co. expects its North 9th St office move to its West Broadway building by mid May.
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Jefferson County
Personal Management Club
Greater
van Gay
Illinois Power Company
North 9Th St
West Broadway
Clark Chapman
Siegler
Lear-Siegler, Inc
Centralia
Chapmen
Harry Walter
Made O'Day
Frank Hall
Clarence Bennett
William Fesler
Precision National Corp
Don Walls
William Ellis
Lyn Paris
Charles Fredericks
General Radiator Co., Inc
Marvin Phillips
Denzer Electric
Harold Boyd
Valley Electric Supply
Jack Stults
Illinois Power Co
van Ferrill
J. W. Ward
Hobbs Named Manager for New Long John Silver's
Kendall C. Hobbs will manage the new Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppe under construction on Highway 460 West. A Mt. Vernon resident originally from Dixon Illinois he brings broad public service experience. With Lois his wife they have four children and the eat in and carry out venue is planned to open around May 1.
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Long John Silver’s
Highway 460
Kendall C. Hobbs
Hobbs
Dixon
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Lois
Board approves policy change ending P E requirement at Bend Lake
The board amends its resolution to make the physical education removal effective September 1 to align with state reimbursement changes next fall. Other actions include adding three courses to the curriculum, approving a phase 2 lease with the Illinois Building Authority, and confirming land sale to the Army Corps of Engineers. Belle A Mansfield, first woman lawyer in the United States admitted in Iowa in 1869.
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Dean Rawlinson
Rawlinson
James Snyder
Bend Lake College United Professional Education Association
Illinois Building Authority
IBA
Army Corps of Engineers
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Mrs. Stephenson
Mr. Vernon
MT. Vernon Grain
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Crownview Restaurant
Route 460
Pitts
U.S
Walter C. Jones
Allen England
Zelman
Good Samari
Velma Jones
Walter C. Jones, JR
Carlos LE Vault
Russell Bullock
William Swan
Rend Lake
Mt. V
Mt. V. Industries
Seafood Shoppe
Marvel
Trevira
Rend Lakers
Belle A. Mansfield
United States
Forrest
Forrest Atkinson
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