Deaths Willie Cluck Dies in East St. Louis
Willie Cluck died at 4 00 p m Friday at his home in East St. Louis He was a former Jefferson County resident Funeral services will be held Monday at Kassey Funeral Home East St Louis Burial will be in that city He was born in Hamilton County son of Adam and Minnie Cluck He was married to Mollie Sneed who preceded him in death He was also preceded in death by his father a brother and a sister Survivors include his mother Minnie Phillips Mt Vernon a brother Willie Cluck of this city four sisters Lena Webb Zola Griffin Lucille Gilbert all of this city and Nola Porter of Emery Illinois and several grandchildren
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Willie Cluck
East St. Louis
Jefferson County
Kassey Funeral Home
10Th Street
Mr. Cluck
Hamilton County
Adam
Minnie Cluck
Mollie Sneed
Minnie Phillips
Mt. Vernon
This City
Lena Webb
Zola Griffin
Lucille Gilbert
Ashley woman Clarkie Smith dies at 87
Mrs. Clarkie Smith of Ashley died Friday at her daughter’s home. Funeral services set for Monday at Hogan Funeral Home in Ashley with Reverend John Nall officiating. Burial in Shiloh cemetery near Villa Ridge. She was born October 12, 1878 in Jackson County and was survived by her daughter, two sisters, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist church.
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Clarkie Smith
Ashley
Isabelle Marchbanks
Hogan Funeral Home
John Nall
Shiloh
Villa Ridge
Hogan Funeral
Smith
Jackson County
Clark
Mary
Bynum) McClellan
Thomas Atherton
Charles H. Smith
Ida McClellan
Maude Purcell
Anna
Sue Grigg
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh Baptist Church
Donald Carter Rites Monday
Funeral services for Donald Carter a former Mt. Vernon resident will be held Monday at 2 00 p m at Pavey Chapel C M E church with Rev James Longmire and Rev D W Jackson officiating Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery Friends may call at the church from 8 00 to 10 00 p m Carter died Wednesday night in St Johns Hospital Springfield He is survived by his mother Mrs Mary R Carter of 1121 South Ninth Street one brother William Carter of Chicago four sisters Mrs Rose Dunhume Mrs Lucille Shelton Mrs Alice Stacker all of Chicago and Florence Carter of Mt Vernon a niece Rose Mary Harris of Chicago and several cousins
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Donald Carter
Mt. Vernon
Pavey Chapel
C.M.E
James Longmire
D. W. Jackson
Oakwood Cemetery
Carter
Springfield
St. John's Hospital
Mary R. Carter
1121
South Ninth Street
William Carter
Chicago
Rose Dunhume
Lucille Shelton
Alice Stacker
Florence Carter
Rose Mary Harris
Funeral for Pfc Evilsizer Held in Richview
Funeral services for Pfc. David Evilsizer of Richview were set for 3:00 p.m. Sunday at the Richview Methodist church with Rev. Charles Holloway officiating. Burial in Richview cemetery with military rites. Body lies in state at Hogaa Funeral Home in Asaley for viewing. Pfc. Hirlister, 19, died April 15 while serving with U S Marines near Da Nang.
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Pfc
David Evilsizer
Richview
Methodist Church
Charles Holloway
Hogaa
Asaley
Hirlister
U.S
da Nang
J R Willis of East Alton Dies Buried at Ina
John Richard Willis 67 of East Alton died Friday evening in a Wood River hospital. Former Jefferson County resident, he worked in the area. Burial will be in Kirk Cemetery near Ina. Survived by brother Everett Willis and five sisters including Hattie Hanes and Earl Carroll.
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John Richard Willis
East Alton
Wood River
Jefferson County
Kirk Cemetery
Ina
Mr. Willis
John
Ella Willis
Everett Willis
Hattie Hanes
Salem
Earl Carroll
Mt. Vernon
Seven children die in two Brooklyn house fires
AP reports seven children age five or younger died in two separate Brooklyn fires, one in Flatlands where four sisters perished, and another in Park Slope where three children died. Five youngsters were injured across the incidents.
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New York
Brooklyn
Flatlands
Park Slope
Vernon MT Weather Summary Friday Record High 68
Here and elsewhere notes indicate Friday will reach 68 with a low of 61 in Vernon Montana. Rainfall from 7:00 a.m. Friday to 7:00 a.m. Saturday totals 1.03 inches. Yearly rainfall to date 10.26 inches. Compare past records: one year ago high 88, low 2. five years ago high 75, low 55. ten years ago high 56, low 29. Sunday sunrise 5:10, sunset 6:47. Monday sunrise 5:09, sunset 6:48 CST.
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Mt, Vernon
Rainy spell cools Illinois with scattered totals
Rain fell across Illinois today with amounts from one-tenth of an inch in East Dubuque to nearly an inch and a half in Rockford. The Weather Bureau forecast more rainy periods likely through the weekend with mild temperatures. Northern highs may reach the 60s while southern areas stay warmer.
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Illinois
Dubuque
Rockford
Weather Bureau
Haenuel Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Admissions and discharges list at Jefferson Memorial includes Vivian Leah Pearson and others. Names span addresses and towns with multiple patients such as Lester Phillips Donna Sue Sledge and Leona Faye Lovan plus residents from Salem St. Charles and Bluford among others.
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Vivian Leah Pearson
Marteeny
Lester Phillips
South
Olivia A. Smith
Perkins
Billy W. Thompson
Bernice Kagy
Salem
Roy C. Green
RFD
Carolyn Sue Legg
Clinton Wayne
Fairfield
Good Samaritan
Leona Faye Lovan
Kathryn Eddington
Donna Sue Sledge
Paula Drive
Stacie Diane Smith
Cessna Lane
Hallie J. Lewis
Crownview
Helen Louise Howell
St. Charles
Tressie Shoemaker
Bonnie
Idalene Witters
North
William P. Allen
John R. Ward
Ina
Leeta Casada
Mannen
Arthur W. Marlow
Bluford
Neva Stone
South 7Th
Lula Ethel Miller
Ira H. Childers
Imol Davis
Waltonville
Earl Willis Atkinson
Driver Cited After Accident on South Tenth Street
At 4 15 p m yesterday a collision occurred in the 200 block of South Tenth Street involving Kathren White Route 1 Salem and Anthony W McIlroy 1022 Maple. McIlroy car sustained over 100 dollars damage, White about 50 dollars. No injuries reported. McIlroy cited for following too close.
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South Tenth Street
Kathren White
Route 1
Salem
Anthony W. McIlroy
Maple
McIlroy
White Auto
Cancer Canvass Preparations Again Underway Week Ahead
About 300 workers are being assembled to pack house to house canvass kits for Monday evening April 25 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00. Cru sade chairman Mrs Alfred F Winter urges residents to welcome callers with life saving cancer facts and asks for contributions as one in four will face cancer. Volunteers include children selling tickets and making place mats along with senior citizens sorting literature and stuffing envelopes.
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Alfred F. Winter
Crusade
Community Works Club Donates to Chamber Fund
Laborers' Club and townspeople back police protection in McLeansboro urging a larger force to halt vandalism and possible arson. The Mt. Vernon group contributed 10 dollars, boosting the Industrial Building Fund to 12,360 from an initial zero, as Uncle Charlie's Sausage Co. plans to locate and a 275,000 meat processing plant proceeds with bids.
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Mt. Vernon
Uncle Charlie's Sausage Co
Earl Outland
Airport Road
Drive
Robert Triplett
Attack on Saigon Police Substation Harries City
Five Viet Cong attackers assaulted a Saigon traffic police substation using submachine guns and grenades. Eleven officers and two civilians were wounded. Grenades were hurled into the two room building, with two duds. a mine was planted but did not explode. The group fled.
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Saigon
Line Worker Electrocuted in Coalton
Rosaire R. Leroux 39 of Springfield was electrocuted Friday while installing a power line for Central Illinois Public Service Co in Coalton Montgomery County He worked for N G Gilbert Co of Muncie Indiana authorities said Leroux was injured by a 2400 volt line.
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Coalton
Rosaire R. Leroux
Springfield
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Montgomery County
Leroux
N.G. Gilbert Co
Muncie
Ind
Rend Lake College May Vote Decision Delayed
The board will meet in regular session next month to approve or disapprove the petition regarding Rend Lake College. Further delays will complicate the picture and affect the May voting timeline.
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Page One
Rend Lake College
Mt. Vernon Driver Involved In Carrier Mills Crash
Richard A. Scatizzi aged 32 of Mt. Vernon was driving a car in a collision with Burl L. Enz 26 of Carrier Mills on a state highway in Carrier Mills yesterday afternoon. No injuries were reported and only minor damage occurred to both vehicles.
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Richard A. Scatizzi
Mt. Vernon
Carrier Mills
Scatizzi
Burl L. Enz
Grand Opening of Downtown Car Wash
The downtown car wash at 325 South Tenth Street opens this Sunday, April 24. Don and Marshall Wilson sponsor the event with free prize registration for a Polaroid Swinger camera and complimentary refreshments throughout opening day.
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South Tenth Street
Graud
Don and
Marshall Wilson
Woody Guthrie In Hospital Displays Pouring of Letters
In New York a flood of sympathy letters pours into Woody Guthrie as the dying folk singer, age 52, lies in a Brooklyn hospital with Huntington's chorea. The Interior Secretary honors him, Arlo Guthrie joins the family, and Marjorie Cooper keeps his spirits up.
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New York
Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Brooklyn
Associated Press
Marjorie Guthrie Cooper
Woody
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart Udall
Interior Department
Conservation Service
Pacific Northwest
Sing Out
Arlo
Dick Gregory Convicted in Chicago Protest
A Circuit Court jury in Chicago found Negro comedian Dick Gregory guilty of resisting arrest and battery after he allegedly bit and kicked officers during a June 11 protest march opposing the rehiring of Schools Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis. About 200 civil rights demonstrators participated.
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Chicago
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Benjamin C. Willis
New York Newspaper Strike Looms Over Merger
In New York the threat of a major newspaper strike grows as a merger of three dailies nears completion. unions seek severance for about 400 printers facing job loss while others plan picketing. The World Telegram and Sun publishes its final edition today, and the Journal American ends its afternoon and Sunday editions.
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New York
New World Journal Tribune, Inc
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Afl-Cio Newspapers Guild of New York
Scripps - Howard World- Telegram and Sun
Journal-American
The
Herald Tribune
Department of Justice
Manhattan
Pig Heart Valve Transplant In British Patient
A 66 year old man in Oxford received an aortic valve from a pig and has lived three weeks at home. It is Britain’s first animal to human transplant. Surgeon Alfred Gunning from Radcliffe Infirmary led the four to five hour operation, saying the patient has a good chance of returning to normal health.
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Oxford
England
Britain
Alfred Gunning
Radcliffe Infirmary
Gunning
Fire kills 29 patients at Finnish mental home
A fire at Lapinlahti mental home in eastern Finland killed 29 patients who were locked in escape-proof rooms with unbreakable windows. Only seven of 36 residents were rescued, with three injured and one in critical condition as Kuopio police cited water shortage hampering firefighting.
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Kuopio
Finland
Lapinlahti
LBJ Admits Problem In War Supply
President Johnson acknowledged supply problems and Viet Nam tensions while predicting unity and a constitutional government in South Vietnam. He said Democrats boast the strongest record and downplayed Republican campaign leverage in the upcoming elections. He noted no move toward anti inflation changes and cited higher domestic spending since Kennedy. He defended welfare increases and warned against unwise programs amid war protests and peace pause talk.
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Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Oval Office
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kennedy
Baltimore
Viet Nam
Raids Target Joliet Horse Booking Parlors
Thirteen people were arrested in Joliet in simultaneous raids on alleged horse booking operations. About 35 officers from state, county, and city police and investigators from the Illinois Crime Investigating Commission and Will County attorney's office conducted the raids at Joliet Athletic Club, three taverns, and a hardware store. Charles Siragusa said the raids aimed at organized bookmaking, calling it part of organized crime, with heat raised on the operations. The action followed a January conference on stopping book making.
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Joliet, Ir
Joliet
Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Will County State’s Attorney’s Office
Will County
Red Cross Meeting Plans County Water Safety Program
Officials announce a Monday planning meeting at 3 45 pm at the Red Cross chapter office 226 South 10th to organize a summer water safety program with WSI instructors water safety aides and volunteers. Programs will be at Mt Vernon Recreation Club Elks Country Club and Lake Jaynee with free Red Cross instruction.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Roy L. Simpson
WSI
South 10Th
Mt. Vernon
Elks
Ms. Simpson
Fletcher Farrar
Simpson
PTA Opposes Loyalty Oaths in Illinois Education
CHICAGO AP The Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers voted to oppose loyalty oaths for teachers and school employees and to drop the revenue reform referendum from the November ballot. Delegates to the PTA annual state convention approved the resolution by voice vote.
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Chicago
TheMllinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Illinois
PTA
Creal Springs Woman Dies in 2 Car Crash
A Creal Springs woman Dorothy Midgett aged 23 died on arrival at Marion Memorial Hospital after a 5:15 am head on collision on Highway 166 between Creal Springs and the 166 13 junction. Her husband Dean Midgett 27 suffered minor injuries. Other driver Ned Cross 36 from New Burnside had major injuries. Another passenger Charles Rector 27 of Creal Springs had minor injuries. All injured were taken to Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Creal Springs
Highway 166
Dorothy Midgett
Marion Memorial Hospital
Dean Midgett
Ned Cross
New Burnside
Charles Rector
Mayor Speaks To Civics Club At St Marys
Mayor Joe Martin visited St. Marys school yesterday and spoke to the Civics Club on Mt. Vernon government, laws, and improvement plans. In observance of National Law Day on May 1, he discussed laws with the class, followed by a question and answer session.
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Joe Martin
St. Mary's School
St. Mary’s Civics Club
Mt. Vernon
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