James P Newell Dies At 77 Funeral Sunday
James Philp Newell died at 2 00 am at his Mt Vernon home at 77 years five months and 18 days He was born November 6 1886 in Jefferson county and spent his life there He married Vera McPherson November 26 1913 in Mt Vernon survived by four sons two daughters a sister and 17 grandchildren Funeral services are set for 2 00 pm Sunday at Shiloh Methodist Church with Rev Leroy E Dude officiating Burial will be in New Shiloh Cemetery Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 4 00 pm Saturday and the body will lie in state at the church Sunday prior to the funeral.
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James Philp Newell
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Shiloh Methodist Church
Leroy E. Dude
Buriial
New Shiloh
Myers Chapel
Mr. Newell
Jefferson County
I. N
Ida (Philp) Newell
Vera McPherson
Dean
Orval Newell
Maxey Newell
Downers Grove
Thomas Newell
Marion
Faye Simpson
Gurnee
Mary Mills
Bluford
Lsie Hodge
Waltonville
Raleigh Newell
Newell
Summersville bond vote and Civil Defense shelter training
Summersville residents vote on an $84,000 bond as part of a school building program at Summersville School. A public meeting drew 75 attendees despite rain. A Civil Defense shelter element training course begins May 5 with 40 hours total, 24 inside a shelter, for shelter managers and volunteers.
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Summersville
John Moore
Joliet
Illinois School Building Commission
Don Durham
Clyde Sinks
George Magee
Clifford R. Fields and Associates
Norham
Jim MckKenzie
Vernon Civil Defense Director
Defense
McNamara
McKenzie
Mt. Vernon
Civil Defense
Chester Lewis
Magate Man
Dorris, Omer W. Johnston City Man Dies at 65
Omer W. Dorris, 65, of RFD 1 Johnston City, died at 6:55 am Thursday in Memorial Hospital at Marion. Funeral at Murman-Wilson Funeral Home in Johnston City at 2:00 pm Saturday with Masonic rites at 7:30 pm today. Survived by wife Annie Lee Becker Dorris, three sons Earl Harold and Elwin, six daughters Dewey Jones Ed Wiggins William Goodspeed Wanda Lou Helen Sue Dorris, a brother Arvie Dorris, a sister Mrs Harvey Dorris, and nine grandchildren.
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Omer W. Dorris
RFD
Johnston City
Memorial Hospital
Marion
Murman-Wilson Funeral Home
Murman-Wilson
Dorris
Annie Lee
Becker) Dorris
Earl and
Harold Dorris
Elwin Dorris
Rockford
Dewey Jones
Mt. Vernon
Ed Wiggins
DeKalb
William Goodspeed
Midland
Tex
Wanda Lou Dorris
Helen Dorris
San Diego
Calif
Sue Dorris
Arvie Dorris
West Frankfort
Harvey Dorris
Benton
Roscoe Webb Dies at 65 in Coello Illinois
Roscoe Lemuel Webb 65 of Coello Illinois died Thursday at 5 30 a m in Miners Hospital Christopher He was a former Mt Vernon resident and long time employee of Mt Vernon Car Mfg Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher will handle burial at South Jlickery Hill Cemetery He was born in Wayne County in 1898 son of George and Mickey Tate Webb He married Pansy Works and is survived by a son Bobby Joe Webb Mt Vernon a daughter Shirley Fallery St Louis six brothers Jim Willie Webb Mt Vernon Henry Webb Indianapolis George Webb Texas Art and John Webb Chicago five sisters Cora Boger Myrtle Gillan Connie Shores Edna Stover Indianapolis Sue Burton Mt Vernon and five grandchildren
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Roscoe Lemuel Webb
Coello
Ill
Miners' Hospital
Christopher
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Webb
Wayne County
George
Mickey (Tate) Webb
Pansy Works
Bobby Joe Webb
Shirley Fallery
St. Louis
Jim
Willie Webb
Henry Webb
Indianapolis
Ind
George Webb
Texas
John Webb
Chicago
Inis Riley of Kell Dies Funeral Sunday
Mrs Inis Jose Riley 36 of Nell died at 5 40 am Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital Funeral services will be at 2 00 pm Sunday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev Ross Partridge officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery The body will lie in state at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 2 00 pm Saturday Survivors include her husband W D Don Riley mother Carrie Warner and stepfather Delbert Warner five sons Leslie George Wayne Ronnie and Arthur Garrison two step sons Dean Riley and Carl Riley two daughters Maxine Garrison and Barbara Riley a brother Prince Leslie Roberson two sisters Mrs Gertie Hardy and Mrs Doris Mitchell five step grandchildren plus other relatives
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Inis Jose Riley
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Ross Partridge
Osborn
Dix
Riley
Nell
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Robert Leslie
Carrie
Bullock) Roberson
Corinth
Miss
W. D
Don) Riley
Carrie Warner
Delbert Warner
Pueblo
Colo
Leslie
George
Wayne
Ronnie
Arthur Garrison
Opdyke
Dean
Samuel Ayers Dies in Wayne County Rites Planned
Samuel Ayers, 73, of 6438 Arsenal Street St. Louis died at 10:00 a m Wednesday at his home after a heart attack. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with friends to call after 5 30 p m today. He was married to Martha Emma Boudinot and survived by a daughter Ferne Bush of Independence Missouri, a brother John Ayers of Bloomington Indiana, five sisters in Charleston West Virginia Indianapolis and Orchardville. He belonged to the Latter Day Saints Church of Zenith Illinois.
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Samuel Ayers
Arsenal Street
St. Louis
Garrison Temple Church
Wayne County
Richardson Chapel
Wayne City
Ayers
Henry Ayers
Martha Emma _ Boudinot
Ferne Bush
Independence
John Ayers
Bloomington
Ind
Marie Snell
Charleston
W. Va
Estella Humprey
Ora Ellis
Indianapolis
Vena Lamb
Iona Stonecipher
Orchardville
Latter Day Saints Church
Zenith, Il
Funeral set for Evan D. Pearson in Scottsdale
Funeral services for Evan D. Pearson, 52, of Scottsdale Arizona, will be held at 1 30 p m Monday at Myers Chapel. The body will lie in state after 4 00 p m Sunday. Mr Pearson died Wednesday in Baptist Hospital in Scottsdale He was a former Mt Vernon resident.
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Evan Pearson
Evan D. Pearson
Myers Chapel
Mr. Pearson
Scottsdale, Ariz
Baptist Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Death For Two In Holdup Murder
Chicago AP report: A Criminal Court jury found John Holmes Jr. and Andrew Lee Harper guilty of murdering Jake Allen during a robbery attempt on January 10, 1963. The nine men and three women recommended the death penalty for both, though the recommendation is nonbinding. Judge Herbert R. Friedland set April 29 for further proceedings. Police testified the defendants admitted the killing.
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Chicago
John Holmes Jr
Andrew Lee Harper
Herbert R. Friedland
Jake Allen
Killings Go On In Cyprus
In Nicosia an elderly Turkish Cypriot was shot in the back while crossing a street under U N troops eyes. A British officer said the victim was killed by fire from a Greek Cypriot post 75 feet away as gunfire continued in Ayios Theodoros near Nicosia. A Turk was wounded there Thursday amid fears of further Greek Turkish clashes and Greek protesters clashed with 30 British soldiers in the main square injuring several.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
Ayios Theodoros
Thurssday
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial records admit Silas Ratliff of Belle Rive and Randall McKinley Smith. Discharged Roy Mannen. Good Samaritan lists admitted Henrietta Sue Bennett Edna Marie Harris Florence Mae Atkinson Frank Ivan Zichey Beulah Malone Lee Hayes Opal Mae Newell Paul William Kelly Ada Mayberry Ronald Wayne Gibbs Gail Neelley. Discharges Verna Louise Outland Mabel Belle Shelton Robert Leslie Penrod Jrr Roy Warren Hails Marie Sheffield Nettie Traughber Willie Frank lin Propes Peggy Shannon England Veneta Fern Voyles Alva Fenton Merriman Leona Pugh William Oscar Smith Ethel S Champ.
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Jefferson Memorial
Silas Ratliff
Belle Rive
Randall McKinley Smith
Roy Mannen
Good Samaritan
Henrietta Sue Bennett
Edna Marie Harris
Florence Mae Atkinson
Frank Ivan Zichey
Beulah Malone
Lee Hayes
Opal Mae Newell
Paul William Kelly
Ada Mayberry
Ronald Wayne Gibbs
Gail Neelley
Verna Louise Outland
Mabel Belle Shelton
Robert Leslie Penrod, Jrr
Roy Warren Hails
Marie Sheffield
Nettie Traughber
Willie Franklin Propes
Peggy Shannon England
Veneta Fern Voyles
Alva Fenton Merriman
Leona Pugh
William Oscar Smith
Ethel S. Champ
Births in Fredericksburg area adds son Robert Joe
Mr and Mrs Richard Wyciskalla of Fredericksburg Iowa welcomed a son born Thursday at St Joseph Hospital New Hampton. The baby weighed six pounds eleven ounces and was named Robert Joe. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Fagan Mt Vernon and Mr and Mrs Anselm Wyciskalla Scheller.
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Richard Wyciskalla
Fredericksburg
St. Joseph Hospital
New Hampton
Robert Joe
John Fagan
Mt. Vernon
Anselm Wyciskalla
Scheller
May Produce Electricity at A Plants
An AEC spokesman said reactors could generate power but no feasibility study has been committed. The agency seeks private ventures at Hanford to spur employment in the Richland Pasco and Kennewick area as curtailment of AEC activities is anticipated.
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AEC
Hanford
Richland
Pasco
Kennewick
Wash
Pentagon to Cut Bases and Jobs Across 63 Actions
Pentagon plans to cut bases and jobs from 63 actions reducing about 6,400 positions in the United States. Most of the 3,600 overseas spaces will be military, according to the Pentagon.
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Pentagon
United States
Hog Market Prices Rise at Mt. Vernon Market
Markets at Mt. Vernon showed higher hog prices with top at 14.10 for 190 to 220 lb hogs. Sows at 12.25 for 300 weight down and 12.00 for 300 weight and over. Boars ranged 7.50 to 8.50, and prices were up 25 cents on the day.
Mt Vernon Market Prices Given for Wheat Soybeans and Corn
Prices quoted in Mt Vernon this afternoon show Wheat at 1 96 Soybeans at 2 43 and Corn at 1 18.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago Market Butter and Egg Prices Mixed On Week
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter prices steady with varied wholesale bids. Eggs show irregular demand with some declines while grades A whites and mixed eggs hold around mid 20s to low 30s per unit. market notes unclear due to distorted OCR.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry price listings from St Louis market
St Louis AP reports egg and live poultry prices with consumer grades and weights. Eggs show large 27-28 cents, medium 24-25, small 21-22, B large 26-27, standard 24 25, unclassified 23-24. Hens heavy 15-16, light over five pounds 10-11, under five pounds 36, broilers and fryers 16-17.
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ST. Louis
Livestock Trends at National Stockyards AP Report
Hog numbers around 6 500 with barrows and gilts under 240 pounds up 25 to 50 cents. Heavier weights steady. Sows steady to 25 cents higher. 180 to 250 lb barrows and gilts priced 14.00 to 15.10. 280 to 650 lb sows 11.25 to 13.00. Cattle 350 and calves 10. No market test. Utility cows 13.50 to 15.00. Calves steady. Good to choice dealers 22.00 to 30.00. Sheep 100 with no price test. penn 24 head for choice lambs.
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National
Weather Report Detailed MT VERNON Forecast
MT Vernon area reports Thursday high 77 low 56. Rainfall from 7:00 am Thursday to 7:00 am Friday totals about .575 inch with 16.16 inches year to date. Northern Illinois expects highs 61-67 and lows 41-45 through Wednesday with variable temps and showers, while Southern Illinois trends 68-74 highs and 31-46 lows with 0.7-1.5 inches of rain in showers and thunderstorms.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Missouri Bootheel
Bootheel
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla
City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptund
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Chicago Grain market prices report
Chicago AP notes grain quotes for Wheat No 2 red at 2.15, Corn No 1 Yellow 1.28 and No 2 Yellow 1.27 28 percent, Oats No 1 heavy white 68 42, No 2 heavy white 68 5 4 percent, Soybeans No 1 Yellow 2.59 and soybean oil with incomplete data.
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Chicago
Soybean Oil &N
Wall Street slips as rails lead declines in late trading
The New York market fell in moderate activity late this afternoon with volume around 5.6 million shares. Rails retreated from earlier gains while steel, tobacco, drugs, electricals and aerospace stocks traded lower. autos rose modestly and Texas Gulf Sulphur gained. Dow Jones noon averages showed declines across the board with rails and industrials down and a few issues like Curtis Publishing steady.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Motors
Texas Gulf
Curtis Publishing
Control Data
Soo Line Railroad
Kennecott
Cerro
Steels
Woolworth
Boeing
du Pont
Polaroid
U.S. Smelting
Merck
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Indus
Have You Seen This House Cat
A gray house cat that scratched its owner, L. FE. Hard, on Wednesday remains missing. Mr. Hard, of Route 3, wants the cat for a rabies test due to illness at a veterinarian’s office. Last seen near ith and Jordan streets. contact 242-6034.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. FE
Camera Club To Take Tour Of Pine Hills
The Mt. Vernon Camera Club will tour Pine Hills next Sunday April 26. They depart at 8:00 from the east side Mt. Vernon public square and attendees are asked to bring lunch and wear suitable hiking clothing. Guests will be welcome.
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Mt. Vernon
Camera Club
Pine Hills
Mt. Vernon Public Square
Mt Vernon Lodge to Hold Special Meeting in April
Special meeting of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 31 A F and A M titled for April 23 at 7 30 p m with work in the Third Degree. Cornbread and bean supper to follow at 31,e.31 with officers Kenneth Adame W M Byron Weld and Rey present.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A.M
Kenneth Adame
W. M
Byron Weld
Rey
Democrats Hail Johnson in Chicago
President Johnson and Lady Bird visited Chicago for a large Democratic dinner at the Conrad Hilton, with $100 plate fundraising expected to raise half a million dollars. Police protected crowds amid friendly reception, while civil rights pickets watched nearby. Johnson praised Illinois for a likely national Democratic victory.
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Chicago
Johnson
Richard J. Daley
Cook County
Johnsons
Illinois
Lady Bird
Conrad Hilton Hotel
McCormick Place
Lyndon
Daley
Chicago Warmth Returns After Cold Night Across Illinois
Illinois woke to mild weather after a frosty start with 31 degrees in Moline. Scattered showers touched Southern Illinois with highs near 70s, while northern areas reached 60s. Lows ranged from the 40s in the north to upper 50s or 60s in the central region.
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Chicago
Illinois
Moline
Ilinois
Goldberg Quits Drawing At 81
New York AP Rube Goldberg draws his last cartoon at 81 to begin a new career as a sculptor. His final NY Journal American strip ends a 59 year career after creating Boob McNutt and Mike and Ike They Look Alike.
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NEW York
Rube Goldberg
Goldberg
New York Journal-American
The
Chronicle
San Francisco
Boob McNutt
Mike and
Ike
Notice of Dryden Cemetery Association Meeting
All members are urged to attend an important Dryden Cemetery Association meeting at the cemetery on Sunday May 3 1964 at 2 00 pm. Important matters will be discussed and all interested in the cemetery should be present. Jerry H Elliston.
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Dryden Cemetery Association
Jerry H. Elliston
Begley Leaves School Early to Seek Stage Glory
Ed Begley quit school in the fifth grade and pursued show business through carnival and circus work after runaway youth. He won an Academy Award for Sweet Bird of Youth at age 62, thanking his first breaker, and spoke of his father's entertaining influence and his Irish heritage.
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Hal Royle
NEW York
Ed Begley
Begley
Hartford
Conn
Tom Jones slated at Mt Vernon Drive In Theatre
The Mt Vernon Drive In Theatre previews Tom Jones as a forthcoming feature described as thrilling and romantic with a bold, ribald tone. Audience urged to see the film, noting it as unforgettable and highly recommended alongside Spencers Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cierra
Billy Marlow Begins Marine Corps 120 Day Delay Program
Billy Cyril Marlow of Waltonville has joined the U S Marine Corps 120-day delay program and will leave for recruit training in San Diego on July 1 after high school graduation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Vergil Marlow Route 2 Waltonville. Marine recruiters for southern Illinois are Gunnery Sergeants Beck and Cavill and Staff Sergeant Bodaford. Contact them at the Federal Building in Benton or call Benton 438-7121.
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Billy Cyril Marlow
Waltonville
Above
U. S. Marine Corps
San
Forewarned is Forearmed in Dinner Guest Scheme
A heavily indebted businessman hosts an unexpected male dinner guest. His wife protests credit limits and leaks, while he sees the guest as a potential cure for his desire to marry, revealing a cynical plan and dark humor.
Khrushchev Attacks Red China as Nixon Comments On Rift
Khrushchev accuses Red China of ideological errors while warning against third party meddling in the Soviet China dispute. Nixon weighs in on the Soviet China split amid the tense Cold War backdrop. An aside notes citrus cold tolerance, with Satsuma surviving to 18 degrees F while limes fail below 28 degrees F.
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Khrushchev
Lke
United States
Richard Nixon
Educational Experience of Ife Radio Star Rise
The subject built a broad career from radio in the 1930s and 1940s portraying many roles including doctor detective and gangster. He moved to Hollywood in 1947 and appeared in 21 pictures over four years. He also starred in Broadway hits and many TV shows and phonograph albums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Hollywood
Shared Time In Chicago Schools In '65
Chicago public schools approve an experimental shared-time plan allowing private school students to take some classes in a public high school. The program, set to start in 1965 and run up to four years, faces church-state separation objections but gains support from some Catholic educators. Only one public high school would admit private students near their home upon parental request, under board supervision with periodic evaluations and potential termination if detrimental to public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Education
Clair Roddewig
Roddewig
Witit Catholic
Chi- Cayo
$60 Stolen From South Side Gulf Service Station
Theft of $60 from the South Side Gulf service station at 1001 South Tenth Street was reported to police yesterday. Jim McGhee, operator, said the money was taken from a hiding place inside the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
South Tenth Street
Jim McGhee
Judge Crow Charged After Stop Sign Crash
Springfield, Ill. AP The 72 year old presiding judge of the 4th District Appellate Court DeWitt S. Crow was charged with disregarding a stop sign after a two vehicle crash at an intersection Thursday. Other driver Martery L. McCann 24 of Chatham was treated and released from a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
4Th District Appellate Court
DeWitt S. Crow
Crow
Martery L. McCann
Chatham
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Circuit Court
Two suits for divorce were filed in circuit court yesterday. Georgia Ann Russell sues Wesley Dale Russell for cruelty and adultery amid restaurant partnership disputes. They married February 7, 1960 and separated September 20, 1963. Frankie Reynolds sues Russell Dean Reynolds for habitual drunkenness seeking a property settlement. a temporary injunction was issued to restrain harassment. They married September 26, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Ann Russell
Wesley Dale Russell
Lawrence
Reynolds Vs
Reynolds Frankie Reynolds
Russell Dean Reynolds
Engelmann Divorce Granted in Circuit Court
A divorcee, Patrica K. Engelmann, was granted a divorce from William G. Engelmann in circuit court here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrica K. Engelmann
William G. Engelmann
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Nis R. Riley
Kell
Mt. Vernon Grain
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Belleville I
Molinea Peoria
Quincy Rockford
Springfield
Vandalia
East Dubuque
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
To Take
Frances Sweine
Ovida
Martin
Agriculture Department
South Dakota
Pipers
Billy Marlow
Marines
Satsuma
Lyle
Lyle Wood
Usee
Senate
Pentena
E. Broadway
Town
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