Deaths Josephine Kasban RFD Ashley 60
Josephine Matilda Kasban RFD Ashley died at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Washington County Hospital in Nahsville at age 60. Funeral services 10:08 a.m. Saturday at St Michaels church Radom with Rev. Stanley Ksychi officiating. Rosary 8:00 p.m. tonight at Kringer Funeral Home Ashley. Born March 14, 1908 in Ashley to Stanley and Tillie Smalley. Survived by Edward Kastan husband, Herman Kastan son, Dorothy Kastan daughter, two brothers John Smalley South Dakota and Leo Smalley Princeton IL, sister Frances Mendell Tamaroa, two grandchildren.
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Josephine Matilda Kasban
RFD
Ashley
Washington County Hospital
Nahsville
St Michaels Church
Radom
Stanley Ksychi
Kringer
Kasban
Stanley
Tillie
Dix) Smalley
Edward Kastan
Herman Kastan
Dorothy
John Smalley
South Dakota
Leo Smalley
Princeton
Frances Mendell
Tamaroa
Morris Funeral Here Saturday
Aubrey L Morris 60 of Channahon IL died Wednesday in St Josephs Hospital Joliet. He was a maintenance man at Joliet Caterpillar Tractor. Services Saturday 10:00 am Pulley Funeral Home Chan nahon with Rev Harold Nelson officiating. Burial in West Salem cemetery. Body in state 2:00-4:00 and 7:30-9:50 pm today at Pulley Funeral Home. He married Evelyn Felker August 18 1928 in Mt Vernon. Survived by three sons August Howard Lawrence of Channahon and Centralia two daughters Louise Mathews Jessie Dobbs Betty Wreht. two brothers Leslie Mt Vernon Carol Heyworth. two sisters Minnie Oliver Belle Rive Bertha Osborne Mt Vernon.
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Aubrey L. Morris
Channahon, I
Mt. Vernon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mr. Morris
Champaign County
Samuel
Sarah
Stebulton) Morris
Evelyn E. Felker
August Morris
Centralia
Howard Morris
Lawrence Morris
Channahon
Louise Mathews
Big Lake
Tex
Jessie Dobbs
Betty Wreht
Channahon, VA
Leslie Morris
Carol Morris
Heyworth
Minnie Oliver
Belle Rive
Bertha Osborne
Mt Vernon
Hospital Notes list multiple admissions and discharges
A long hospital notes list shows admissions and discharges across several facilities and multiple patients. Discharged: Linda Jean Jolley and son Benny Ray of 1002 George Street. Admitted: Fern Fairbranks, Neal Mayberry, Michelle Whitfield, Raymond Linder, Curtis Birkhead, Emma Willis, Grace Birkhead, Leona Moran, Noreen Kell, Theodore Atteberry, Francis Rich, Nellie Ledbetter, Allen Fairchilds, Deloris Howard, Clarence Bagby, Joel Parr, Larry Mendenhall, Laura King, Earl Estes Veatch, Inez Jones, Larry Jones, Howard Connelly, Shirley Morgan, Leona Gibbs, Donna Turner, Bernice McWilliams and baby Moriba Keita, Flora Frick, Bonnie, Maude McDaniel, Spencer Mason, Marvin Baker, Ed Staley. List includes addresses and unrelated names.
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Good Samaritan
Fern Fairbranks
Inn
Neal Mayberry
Hickory Grove Manor
Michelle Whitfield
South Vth
Raymond Linder
Dahlgren
Curtis Birkhead
Conger
Emma Willis
Hickory View Manor
Grace Birkhead
Leona Moran
Ashley
Noreen Kell
RFD
Salem
Theodore Atteberry
Cisne
Francis Rich
North Street
Nellie Ledbetter
Wilkins
Allen Fairchilds
Jones
Deloris Howard
East 15Th Street
Centralia
Clarence Bagby
West Crescent
Joel Parr
South 20Th Street
Larry Mendenhall
Union Road
Laura King
Earl Estes Veatch
Inez Jones
Waitonville
Larry Jones
South 17Th Street
Howard Connelly
Jefferson
Shirley Morgan
Leona Gibbs
Warren
Donna Turner
Parker Drive
Bernice McWilliams
Baby
Moriba Keita
South 8Th Street
Flora Frick
Bonnie
Maude McDaniel
Stanley
Spencer Mason
Marvin Baker
Ed Staley
Bluford
Decatur Girl Dies After Auto Crash
Mari lyn Lee Brownlee, 15, one of two Decatur girls struck by an automobile Thursday night, died two hours after the collision at a local hospital. Marie Schultz, 11, the other injured girl, remained in varying condition.
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Decatur, II
Marilyn Lee Brownlee
Decatur
Marie Schultz
King Killer Speculate Two Used Name Galt
FBI officials quietly downplay contradictory descriptions of James Earl Ray alias Eric Starvo Galt, the escaped convict charged in King's murder. The same man may use different names, with fingerprints pointing to Ray, while conspiracy charges reference Galt. Discrepancies persist as investigators note varying ages, heights, and smoking habits and question whether Ray and Galt are one or more individuals.
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Washington
FBI
James Earl Ray
Eric Starvo Galt
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Galt
King
Galjt
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Missouri State Penitentiary
Atlanta
Missouri
Pushbutton Still Found Under Franklin Patio
Federal agents uncovered an all electric pushbutton whisky still buried beneath a patio of a $35,000 luxury home in Franklin Georgia. The room measured about 3 by ? feet. The setup reportedly cost over $10,000 and could produce 484 gallons of illegal whisky daily. Two men fled the scene. no arrests announced.
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Franklin, Ga
Federal
Vernon Hog Market Prices Hold Steady at Noon
Market prices through 12 30 p m today show top hogs at 18 25 to 18 73 per hundred pounds for 200 to 220 pound meat hogs. Sow prices run 16 50 for 300 pounds and down, 16 25 for 300 pounds and over. Boars are 12 50 and 13 50. Prices after 12 30 p m set to reflect next day.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon grain prices quoted this morning show Wheat at 1.30 Soybeans at 2.56 and Shelled Corn at 1.10 in Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Egg Price Grades Listed by St. Louis Produce
St. Louis Produce lists consumer and wholesale egg grades with weight ranges. Grades include A large 23-26, A medium 20-22, A small 16-18, B large 20-22, wholesale 19-20, unclassified 18-ton, heavy 14-15, light over 542 lbs 9, under 5 lbs 5. Broilers and fryers priced 25-14-26.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Produce Butter and Cars Grades Report
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange outlines butter grades AA and A with score ranges 93 and 66 respectively, including B and C classifications at 64 percent and 61 percent. It lists cars at 90 B 65 and 89 C 62, with eye grade categories for whites, mediums, and standards numbered 27, 23, and 24.
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Chicago
Mercantile
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards Tl
AP reports Monday estimates at National Stockyards showing hogs about 9 000 head cattle around 5 000 calves 100 sheep 500. Hogs ranged 17.25 to 19.75 per hundredweight, cattle 24.00 to 26.00 for top steers, vealers and calves 21.00 to 36.00, sheep 28.50 for slaughter lambs.
Chicago Grain prices for wheat corn soybeans and oats
Grain prices from Chicago markets show No 2 hard wheat 1.4456 cents No 2 soft red 1.3858 cents Corn No 2 yellow 1.1635 oats No 2 heavy white 8153 824 an Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.734n Soybean 8.78n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Slips Amid Mixed Trading After Vietnam Talks News
Wall Street moved irregularly lower in midafternoon trading as turnover hovered around a million shares in two hours and the Dow stood 2.72 points lower at 902.85. Trading faded after gains were eroded by reports on Vietnam peace talks site selection, the March U.S. trade deficit, and rising interest rates denting housing. McDonnell Douglas rose on air bus contracts news then retreated. Rayonier, Textron advanced on blocks. Du Pont, U.S. Gypsum, Texaco and Raytheon fell. M G M gained on control-claims rumors.
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New York
U.S
Associated Press
McDonnell Douglas
United Air Lines
Textron
Commercial Credit
Aurora Plastics
Harvey Aluminum
Penn Central
du Pont
U.S. Gypsum
Texaco
Control Data
Raytheon
Weather and forecast for Mount Vernon and Southern Illinois
Cloudy conditions prevail in Illinois with temperatures mostly in the 40s. Rain or showers expected across the state as a low pressure system develops in Arkansas. Five day forecast calls for cooler days Saturday to Wednesday with normal highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s and lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Total precipitation projected at one half to one inch in multiple rain periods.
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Associated Press
Ilinois
Arkansas
England Makes Abortion Legal
London AP reports Britain eases abortion limits with a new law allowing it for physical mental and social reasons and possible defect risk. Cardinal Heenan warns about prohibition for 5500 Roman Catholic doctors and about 20000 Catholic nurses not to assist in abortion procedures.
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London
Britain
John Cardinal Heenan
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Richard DeMent 803 South 22nd Street welcomed a daughter Thursday at 10 27 p m weighing 6 15 1 2 pounds Mr and Mrs Robert Edwards 1109 Jordan Street welcomed a son Thursday at 2 38 p m weighing 7 8 pounds Mr and Mrs Norman Williams 714 South 22nd Street welcomed a son Thursday at 9 09 a m weighing 8 9 1 2 pounds
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Richard DeMent
South 22Nd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Edwards
Jordan Street
Norman Williams
Nevada test blast nears one million ton TNT mark
An underground hydrogen bomb test 3800 feet beneath Pahute Mesa produced about a million tons of TNT equivalent, the largest US test yet in the area. Officials said motion and safety levels stayed within limits, while nearby towns evacuated and a road closed for rock-slide risk. Critics urged delays citing environmental and quake concerns. The AEC defended the test as necessary for defense and future lighter weapons.
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AEC
Pahute Mesa
United Auto Workers
Johnson
Humphrey
Nevada
Federation of American Scientists
Washington, D.C
U.S
Howard Hughes
Republicans tighten race as Morton predicts Rockefeller run
Senate aide Morton says momentum grows for the GOP nomination as Nelson Rockefeller likely joins within weeks. Nixon promotes private enterprise to solve urban race tensions. George Wallace contemplates third party bid, tours Texas and blasts academic freedoms he calls unAmerican. He vows action against Communists if elected.
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Thruston B. Morton
Morton
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Alabama
George Wallace
Texas
Wallace
Vietnam
Living cost rise biggest in 8 months
Consumer services show rising costs with medical care, college tuition, property taxes and insurance, home decor and repair, rent, domestic help and personal care services. Increased wholesale prices for industrial materials include metals, lumber, and chemicals with March gains. machinery prices rose slightly.
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Gaid
Senators Demand Force Against Rioters Amid Washington Protests
Senate leaders protest federal restraint during Washington unrest. Long and Byrd denounce the anti arson stance and threaten censure of pro bending the line. Abernathy plans a large Poor People’s Campaign march to press welfare laws. Tower attacks Attorney General Clark while Johnson cautions over life loss and rebuilding. Long notes a possible guaranteed annual wage discussion in the Poor People’s Campaign agenda.
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Washington
Senate
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Ralph Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Congress
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Johnson
United States
Byrd
John G
Claris
Peace Corps
Abernathy
Judge Reopens Sheridan General Hospital After Daley Order
A circuit court judge in Chicago ordered Sheridan General Hospital reopened after Mayor Daley closed it over an investigation into the death of a newborn and a mother turned away. The judge cited the hospital’s needed community services and potential loss of accreditation if the case remains unsettled.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Edward F. Healy
Sheridan General Hospital
Daley
Mt Vernon Police Issue Seven Speeding Tickets
Mt Vernon police used radar last night to issue seven speeding tickets. Five drivers in the 150 block of South Street face speeding charges and two tickets were issued in the 2200 block of Perkins Avenue.
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Mt. Vernon
Southerd Street
Perkins Avenue
Car Hits Parked Vehicle on Ninth Street In Chicago
Police report details an accident on Ninth Street where a car driven by James H. Benestente of Chicago backed into a parked car owned by Charles J. Covington. The Chicago vehicle sustained no damage while the other suffered damage.
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North Ninth Street
James H. Benestente
Chicago
Charles J. Covington
Tsabella
Burkett Realty Office Opens In City
M. D. Burkett, previously with Mr. Vernon Realty for eight years, opens Burkett Realty at 10644 north Fifth. The office will handle real estate leases and other properties.
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M. D. Burkett
Threat to Hue Spurs U S Bombings Near A Shau Valley
U S intelligence fears a large North Vietnamese buildup in the A Shau Valley threatening Hue with 15 to 20 battalions ready for an all-out attack within hours. B52s bombed weapons positions and storage arcs three times Thursday night and twice today 13 and 17 miles southwest of Hue. Since the month began eight-engine bombers logged over 500 missions in A Shau.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shay
Hue
A Shau
City Editor Gets His Mail 23 Years Late
Hicks left India and returned to the States for discharge late in 195. He worked at Denter Electric Machinery Works and is Quartermaster of the local VFW Post. If the mail had arrived on time Henry would not have received it anyway as he was also in the Army.
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Hicks
India
States
Denter Electric Maeshi- Inecy Works
VFW
Henry
Motorist killed near Hinsdale in overpass crash
Flor Ian Kaipis aged 45 of Joliet died after his car struck an overpass near Hinsdale Thursday night, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred on the connecting road, and investigators continued to determine the exact cause.
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Hinsdale
Lit
Florian Kaipis
Joliet
Fire Damages Home on Perkins Avenue
Fire heavily damaged a residence on Perkins Avenue owned by Lucille Latta and located at Lith Street. Firemen reported the living room destroyed by flames and furnishings burned. The blaze caused heat smoke and water damage throughout the house and a porch roof was scorched. Cause under investigation.
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Lucille
Latta
Perkins Avenue
Joy Riders Take Then Abandon Car Near Woodlawn
County officers labeled the theft as stealing by joy riders after a car owned by Howard Wilson RFC Woodlawn was taken from a parking space about two miles west of Woodlawn and found abandoned about five miles away.
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Woodlawn
Howard, Wilson, Rfc
Twenty Dollars Stolen At Service Station
Mt Vere resident reports $20 theft from a cash register at Jackson's Phillipa 66 Station on Selem Road. Employee Jackie Cates, 1625 Forest, described a young boy about 12 years old as the likely thief and said the money was taken while he worked in the back.
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Mt. Verenon
Jackie Cates
1625 Forest
Jackson
Phillipa 66
Selem Road
Stolen stereo tapes reported near Bend Lake College
Theft of three more stereo tapes in the Bend Lake College area was reported. Ray Biggerstaff of McLean said a window was pried on his car in the college lot and three tapes valued at 15 dollars were taken. Earlier this week three college students were tested and 31 stolen tapes recovered from cars in the same vicinity.
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Bend Lake College
Ray Biggerstaff
McLeanborn
Pas
Special Meeting of Rome Chapter No 1014 OES
A special meeting of Rome Chapter No 1014 Order of Eastern Star will be held Monday evening April 29 at 3 00 p m honoring the Worthy Matron at the Masonic Temple of Dix Lois McBride Worthy Matron and Sarah Michael Secretary announce the event.
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Rome
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Traffic court cases list several drivers and charges
Kate G. Lee of Ashmore DL faced $10 on failure to yield right of way. Gerald R. Steffy, Glen Ellyn Jr., 56, charged with improper passing. Emma E. Keele of Route 1 Texico fined $10 for driving too fast for conditions.
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Kate G. Lee
Ashmore, DL
Gerald R. Steffy
Glen Ellyn, Jr
Emma E. Keele
Route 1
Texico
Goldberg resigns from UN role to advocate peace in Vietnam
Goldberg, 59, said at a news conference he quit to serve peace efforts in Vietnam as a private citizen, free to express himself. He became U N ambassador on July 28, 1965 after Adlai Stevenson’s death.
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Goldberg
Vietnam
U.N. Post
U.N
Adlai Steverison
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