Deaths Richard Buckham 68 Mt. Vernon drug store founder
Richard F. Buckham of 632 Oak Street died Wednesday at 8 30 am and was DOA at Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral arrangements are at Hughey Pulley Funeral Home He was son of the late Mr and Mrs K F Buckham Sr The Buckham family ran a Mt Vernon drug store for 50 years Their home at 18th and Broadway, once a King City landmark, stood on the Junior High site before it was wrecked.
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Richard F. Buckham
Oak .St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home
K.F. Buckham
Buckham
Mt. Vernon
Broadway
King City
Odin man Charles Hawkins Odin dies at 74
Charles Hawkins Odin 74 formerly of Kell died at St Marys Hospital Centralia Funeral services 2:00 p m Saturday Wilson Funeral Home Odin Rev Norris Price and Rev Keith Dunn officiating Burial Peaceful Valley Cemetery Odin Body lies in state 6 to 9 p m today Survivors include wife Ellen two daughters Mary Lou Jarvis Dayton Ohio Betty Drorsky Richwood Ohio one step son Arthur Newsome East Gary Ind two brothers Kelly Kell Earl Long Beach Calif five sisters Neta Hawkins Salem Opal Burge Partha Bruce Kell Ethel Bruce Dix 15 grandchildren one great grandchild
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Charles Arthur Hawkins
Odin
Kell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Wilson Funeral Home
Norris Price
Keith Dunn
Peaceful Valley
Hawkins
Charles and
Esther
Mount) Hawkins
Odin Baptist Church
Sg 1.0.C.F. Lodge
Rantoul
Ellen
Mary Lou Jarvis
Dayton
Ohio
Betty Drorsky
Richwood
Arthur Newsome
East Gary
Ind
Kelly
Earl
Long Beach
Calif
Neta Hawkins
Salem
Opal Burge
Partha Bruce
Ruby Williams
Ethel Bruce
Dix
Infant Brandon Fowler Dies in Ina
Brandon Fowler 19 month old son of Fred and Sharon Fowler Jr. of Ina died Thursday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services set for 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Ina Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Paul Harrison. Burial in Hope Cemetery near Ina. Friends may call after 5:00 p.m. today at the Ina Funeral Home. Survived by parents, one brother Stephen, one sister Cindy, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Summers, all of Ina.
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Brandon Fowler
Fred
Sharon (Summers) Fowler Jr
Ina
Good Samaritan Hospital
Paul Harrison
Hope Cemetery
Stephen
Cindy
Fred Fowler
Leonard Summers
Velda Greenwood Buckner obituary notice
Velda E Greenwood 69 of Buckner died Thursday morning at Miners Hospital Christopher. Funeral 1:00 pm Saturday Brayfield Funeral Home Lesser Rev Walker Kutty officiating. Burial Lakeview Cemetery Johnston City. Friends may call after 4:00 pm today. Born June 25 1902 daughter of Andrew Grant. Survived by husband Charlie Greenwood one daughter Patsy Aking seven sons James Holland San Francisco Charles Avery Herrin Marion Roy Avery West Frankfort Richard Avery Cahokia Troy Burgess Benton Bob Burgess Walier sister Cora Thurmond California 21 grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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Velda E. Greenwood
Buckner
Miner’s Hospital
Christopher
Brayfield
Lesser
Walker Kutty
Lakeview Cemetery
Johnston City
Greenwood
Andrew Grant
Charlie Greenwood
Patsy Aking
James Holland
San Francisco
Charles Avery
Herrin
Marion
Roy Avery
West Frankfort
Richard Avery
Cahokia
Troy Burgess
Benton
Bob Burgess
Walier
Cora Thurmond
California
Bank Call Seeks Bank Condition Statements
WASHINGTON AP The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for statements of condition of national banking institutions as of close of business Tuesday April 18 1960s era format.
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Washington
Teday
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Report
No. 1 and No. 2 hogs weighing 200 to 220 pounds sold from 23.00 to 23.50 per cwt. No. 1 at 23.75. Mixed No. 2 and No. 3 hogs 220 to 240 pounds sold 22.60 to 23.25. Sows ranged from 18.00 to 20.00 per cwt.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Morning
Mt Vernon market quotes and prices show Wheat at 1.50 Soybeans at 3.39 and Corn at 1.17 as listed by St Louis Produce with Mt Vernon sourcing this morning.
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MT. Vernon
ST. Louis
Grain price quotes from Chicago market report
Chicago market quotes list grain prices for Wheat No 2 hard red at 1.66 and No 2 soft red at 1.62, Corn No 2 yellow at 1.25, Oats No 2 extra heavy white at 0.66, Soybeans No 1 yellow at 3.49, and Soybean oil at 11.77.
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Chicago
Butter and eggs prices steady in Chicago market
Chicago wholesale prices for butter remained unchanged on Friday with 93 score AA at 67.708 and 92 A at 67.708, while 90 B held at 65.708. Eggs prices paid delivered to Chicago were also flat, with A whites 31-31% or higher, medium whites 26-27, standards 22.
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Chicago
USDA
Livestock receipts mix at National Stockyards Illinois
Estimated Monday receipts total 8 000 hogs 3 000 cattle and 300 sheep. Hog receipts include 5 000 head butchers mostly 25 lower sows uneven by weight with under 350 pounds steady to 2 higher and over 350 pounds steady to 25 lower. Boars 22 25, weights under 350 pounds 20. Cattle receipts 200 head with 88 head slaughter steers yield grade 2 4 35 00. Utility and commercial cows 23 00 26 00. High dressing utility Holsteins 25 50. Calves not fully tested.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Stock market nudges higher amid cautious trading
New York stocks held a modest gain and drifted. The Dow Jones industrial average stood near 969.87 at noon, up 3.68 from the prior session as advances edged declines 7 to 4 on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading was dull as investors stayed on the sidelines awaiting news. Uncertainties on Vietnam and inflation influenced buying, while stronger first quarter earnings limited selling. Gains led by motors, mail order retail, aircraft, metals, chemicals and airlines, with electronics and oil lower and steels, rubber issues, utilities and rails mixed.
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New York Stock Exchange
Vietnam
Dow Jones Noon Averages Rise Broadly on Trading Day
New York AP reports stock market gains at noon with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 3.68 to 969.97, Transports up 0.50 at 272.69, Utilities down 0.06 at 109.44, and the overall Dow Jones 65 Stocks index up 0.85 to 392.53.
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New York
Indus
Effingham Mock Disaster Scares Town During Drill
Residents react anxiously as a training drill simulating a disaster at the revival service spooks parishioners. An Effingham nurse and others rush home, unsure if real danger existed, but the episode shows the town would respond in a real emergency.
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Tim Fennessey
Daley Starts His Eighteenth Year With Laughs
CHICAGO AP Richard J Daley began his 18th year as Chicago mayor with humor at a Thursday news conference The 70 year old Democrat touted his accomplishments joked about a television special and quipped that politics belong across the street at City Hall news conferences He floated support for a third Chicago airport but said Chicago does not need it until 1985 and urged reporters to stay in bed if they disagree He thanked reporters for their coverage since 1955 and promised future compensation for job concerns
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
City Hall
Sherman House
Democratic Party
Pll
Lake Michigan
Midway Airport
Bombers Hit North Vietnam Coast and Inland
A U S military briefing noted continued sea action off the North Vietnamese coast with destroyers Lloyd Thomas and Benjamin Stoddert engaging hostile naval craft. Air losses included two F4 Phantoms with crew rescued after bailouts southeast of Thanh Hoa. In South Vietnam, An Loc remained under heavy fire and Hiep Duc near Da Nang faced shelling and ground attack.
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U.S
Lloyd Thomas
7Th Fleet
Benjamin Stoddert
da Nang
Thanh Hoa
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
An Loc
Saigon
Hiep Duc
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
Haiphong
Rend Lake Reaches Record High After Heavy April Rain
Southern Illinois reports the wettest April in years as Rend Lake climbs to a normal pool of 406 feet with 16 900 surface acres and 32 feet depth north of the dam in the old river channel. Counties see over nine inches of rain in half a month.
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Illinois
Three Hurt In Hit Run Crash On Tenth Street
Three Mt. Vernon men were injured in a 1:48 a.m. hit and run on south 10th Street near a Missouri Pacific crossing light. Sledge 20, Frassato 20, and Ron Frassato 19 were hospitalized in fair to satisfactory condition with injuries from a rear collision and a veer into a warning light. Police investigated three additional accidents in the prior 24 hours involving Farley’s police car, Albright and Schrum, and Nichols and Lowther, all with major vehicle damage.
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Mt. Vernon
South 10Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Terry R. Sledge
Route 7
Rick Frassato
Oakland Ave
Ron Frassato
Sledge
10Th Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Frassato Brothers
Dale Farley
3D Store
Farley
Flossie R. Jackson
Jackson
Dana L. Albright
Welkins
Ross H. Schrum
Route 2
12Th
Main Streets
7Th Street
Broadway
Marsha A. Nichols
Route 1
Bethel Road
Joan A. Lowther
12Th St
Share The Fun Contest Set For April 28
The annual 4H Share The Fun contest is set for Friday night April 28 at Mt. Vernon Township High School Auditorium. The program starts at 7 30 p m and the event is open to the public with no admission charge. Thirteen 4H Clubs compete for a state fair spot at the Illinois State Fair in August. Acts include musicals dramas and pantomime. Four 4H ers compete for master of ceremonies with the winner advancing to the state fair.
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Mt. Vernon Township High School
M.C
No Heating Gas For Junior College
The Illinois Commerce Commission denied Consumers Gas Co. of Carmi a petition to sell gas to Southeastern Illinois Junior College near Eldorado. It said the utility lacks a proven gas supply to serve existing customers and that neighboring United Cities Gas Co. also cannot meet extra needs.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Consumers Gas Co
Carmi
Southeastern Illinois Junior College
Eldorado
United Cities Gas Co
Burglars Loot Farm Chemicals Then Leave Trailer in Ditch
Wayne County sheriff reports burglars broke into the Wabash Valley Service Co. warehouse in Fairfield. They fled with about $20,000 in farm chemicals, backing the trailer into a ditch where the loot was later found by company personnel.
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Fairfield, II
UPI
Wabash Valley Service Co
Wayne County
Thomas Canmon
Kleindienst Hearings Near End Set by Senate Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee nears completion of its seven week review of Richard G. Kleindienst for attorney general. Witness Peter Flanigan, a Nixon adviser, and remarks by Sen. Sam Ervin highlight potential broad access to White House aides. Eastland expects a favorable report and Senate confirmation.
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James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Mike Mansfield
Kleindienst
Senate
Eastland
Underground gas storage project approved in Illinois
Springfield Illinois AP reports the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a new underground natural gas storage reservoir for Illinois Power Co. to be developed on 5020 acres northeast of Hillsboro. The project is valued at about a million dollars.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Power Co
Hillsboro
Illinois Commerce Commission
Egg price outlook calls for spring softness then summer rise
The Agriculture Department says prices paid to egg producers will likely stay weak this spring and rise more than usual in the summer as production eases. Officials add the second half of 1972 should see prices moderately above last year’s low levels. Hens weights and ready-to-cook broiler prices are listed, with next week’s delivery expected.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hit By Car Seek Owner Of Injured Poodle
A small white poodle hit by a car yesterday morning is at Dr. Claude Hurst’s veterinary office on Richview Road. The driver, Mark DeVivo, 321 N 4th St, says the dog was struck at about 11 am near the corner of 6th Street and Broadway. The dog wears a gold collar with colored stones and has no tags, and the owner may claim it at the vet’s office. The veterinarian reported the dog is not badly hurt and should recover.
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Claude Hurst
Richview Road
Mark DeVivo
4Th St
Register-News
DeVivo
6Th St
Broadway
Street Carnival At Carbondale
Carbondale city officials plan a six week carnival along a cleared section of Illinois Avenue closing three blocks from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Insurance covers local businesses with booth proceeds reimbursing the cost. Twenty police will patrol the area, popular with SIU students after a riot caused major damage two years ago.
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Carbondale, Ill
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Southern _ Illinois University
Flight of Lander Faces Delayed Moon Landing Triumph
After three tense hours and ground support from 200 experts, engineers confirmed the command ship engine issue was minor. Ken Mattingly and the crew gained a later return to orbit, enabling Duke and Young to land on the moon at 9 24 p m, with Duke exclaiming Orion is finally here Houston Fantastic before a planned rest period delayed the planned two extra excursions.
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Thomas K. Mattingly II
Ken Mattingly
Gerald Griffin
Mattingly
Young
Duke
Orion
Houston
Mission Control
Multiple Local Incidents Reported In Mt Vernon Briefs
Mrs Carol Nichols reported an unknown car struck a light pole near her home on Cherry Street with neighbors providing a description of the vehicle. Rodney Pearce was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital after an alleged street attack involving a pipe and a man in a second car. Police found a 4-fight disturbance at the Inn Crowd Lounge parking lot with a battery complaint possible. Four Mt Vernon building permits issued including a Pizza Hut sign and a mobile home residence. Five fishing rods reported stolen from a camper. A jury found Clyde Moore guilty of criminal damage to property and unlawful use of a weapon with sentencing pending. Jessie Lee Malone Jr posted a $1000 bond for theft. Dolores Weems filed for divorce from Jack Weems citing mental cruelty and seeking custody and support for two children and property settlement. marriage date February 26, 1993.
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Carol Nichols
Cherry St
Mt. Vernon
S. 24Th St
Clyde Moore
South 29Th Street
Moore
Steve Willmore
Seventh
Jordan
Willmore
Dolores J. Weems
Jack Weems
Hospital Notes and Visiting Hours Snapshot
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges at Hamilton Memorial, including Ethel Heimer and Rita Hirsch, with discharge of Don Metheney and M. L. Hunt Sr. Also records Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial visiting hours and patient names such as John Kerrans, Estelleta Barilow, Lillian Winemiller, Nancy etc., across multiple towns like McLeansboro Belle Rive Murphysboro Kell Mt. Vernon Crete Centralia and Carbondale with addresses.
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Hamilton Memorial
Ethel Heimer
McLeansboro
Rita Hirsch
Belle
Centralia
Roy Lane
Grant
Susan Gray
Hurst
Ill
Helen Stables
Codie Gutherie
Salem
Janet Hall
Meredith Ann
South 18Th
Bobbie Ward
Patricia Lynn
George Jackson
Patricia Johnson
Mt. Vernon
Luther *Moore
Mannen
Lena Rapp
Belle Rive
Loren Scott
Births in two area families announce newborn girls
Mr and Mrs Gary Richards of Route 3 Mr Vernon welcomed a daughter named Gayla Dawn born at 912 PM Thursday April 20 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces. The mother is Maureena Joyce Whitsell. Mr and Mrs John Bunk of Route 2 Scheller welcomed a daughter born at 426 AM Friday April 21 at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds six ounces. The mother is Patricia Barnowski.
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Gary Richards
Route 3
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Gayla Dawn
Maureena Joyce Whitsell
John Bunk
Route 2
Scheller
Good Samaritan Hospital
Patricia Barnowski
Abandoned Car Fire on Drivers Road Investigated
Jefferson Fire Protection District crews battled a burning ten year old car found abandoned on Drivers Road a mile north of 460. Sheriff’s office conducts today an inquiry to determine if theft was involved.
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Jefferson
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Richard Buckham
Charles Hawkins Odin
Brandon Fowler Ina
Velda Greenwood Buckner
Curtis Plorist
Wilshire
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Effingham
North Viet City
Rend Lake
Joe Lappin
Tenth Street
Fairfield Ditch
Thurs
North 9Th
Mt. Vernon, Hil
Jim Cates
Register
Rodney Pearce
Westcott
Pearce
Inn
10Th St
O. T. Pace
Route 4
Sheriff's Office
Jessie Lee Malone, Jr
South Ninth Street
Danner
Natural Foods
Nature's Way Food Center
Max
Max Pardee
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