Mrs Pearl Nolan dies. rites at Myers Chapel Saturday
Mrs. Pearl Marie Nolan of 724 Main street died at 5 a m today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at Myers Chapel with burial in Oakwood cemetery. She was born November 24 1883 in Jefferson County, daughter of Andrew J. and Alice Cook. She married Conrad Schul, who died January 8 1848, then Robert T. Nolan, who died December 13 1965. She held leadership roles in Mt Vernon Federated Women's Club, American Legion post auxiliary, and D A R. Survived by granddaughter Alice Lynn Justice of Oklahoma, sister-in-law Mrs. Curt Cook of Opdyke, nephew Conrad Cook of Opdyke, and nieces Mildred Longdahl of Miami Florida Elva Hoover of Clembon South Carolina and Carla Lerch of Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Marie Nolan
Main Street
Good — Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Nolan
Jefferson County
Andrew J
Alice (Stonemetz) Cook
Conrad Schul
Curt Cook
Opdyke
Conrad Cook
Mildred Longdahl
Miami
Fla
Elva Hoover
Clembon
S. Carolina
Carla Lerch
Springfield
Rose Stanford luka dies at 66 in Cen tralia hospital
Mrs. Rose Jane Stanford 66 of luka died Monday night at St Marys Hospital Cen tralia. Born March 22 1906 in Illinois she is survived by husband Elza Stanford three daughters Esther Belford Goldie Purdue Kay Orvin sixteen grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren three great great grandchildren four brothers Ed Gene Heflin Loran Heflin Lorenzo Heflin and three sisters Lula Beasley Ella Lisenby Clara Burton. Funeral at Palestine church Friday 2 p.m. officiated by Rev Brookman burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Osborn Funeral Home Hell after 6 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Jane Stanford
Luka
St. Mary's Hospital
Centralia
Osborn
Hell
Stanford
Esther Belford
Bloomington
Goldie Purdue
Iuka
Kay Orvin
Ottawa
Gene Heflin
Iluka
Loran Heflin
Salem
Lorenzo Heflin
Farmer City
Lula Beasley
Kell
Ella Lisenby
Julia
Clara Burton
Hazel Moore Centralia dies after sudden illness
Hazel J Moore 68 of Centralia died at St Marys Hospital after a sudden illness. She was wife of Neil F Moore and survived by two sons, a stepson, a stepdaughter, four grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Queen Boggs Funeral Home Centralia with burial in Gilead Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Thursday. She also leaves four sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel J. Moore
Centralia
St. Mary's Hospital
Moore
Neil F. Moore
Queen Boggs Funeral Home
Gilead
James Copple
Joliet
David Moore
Joyce Gott
Sandoval
Raymond Prather
Berlin
Prather
Grand Fork
N.C
Thedell Holstlaw
Waynesville
Mina Anderson
East St. Louis
Margaret Gore
Grace Schneider
Taft proposes tax credits for private school aid
Senator Robert Taft Jr. today proposed a constitutional amendment to permit federal income tax credits for private schooling tuition. The plan aims to break the barrier to government aid for nonpublic schools and follows a White House favorable reaction, though no White House discussions have occurred per an Ohio Republican spokesman.
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Washington
Robert Taft Jr
Taft
White ‘House
Ohio Republican
White House
Mt Vernon Hog Market Prices Report
Mt Vernon hog market reports No. 1 and No. 2 hogs weighing 200 to 220 pounds sold from 23.75 to 24.00 with mixed No 2 and No 3 weighing 220 to 240 pounds at 22.75 to 23.75 Sows ranged from 17.50 to 20.00 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National « Stockyards
Ill
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Stamp Market Update
Mt Vernon reports morning quotes for grain with Wheat at 1.50 Soybeans 3.43 and Corn 1.17. The brief item lists prices for traders and reflects local market activity.
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MT. Vernon
Livestock and Egg Market Prices From St Louis and Chicago AP
Prices listed for eggs and ready to cook poultry in St Louis, wholesale grain and cattle figures from Chicago and National Stockyards. Hogs, cattle and sheep receipts, bid ranges for US grade cattle and hogs, slaughter steer and heifer values, cow prices, and calf and lamb quotes across market regions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
USDA
Buller
Commodity price report from Chicago market notes
Chicago AP reports grain and oil prices with No 2 hard red wheat at 1.67 per bushel, No 2 soft red at 1.63, No 2 yellow corn at 1.254, No 2 extra heavy oats at 0.70, No 1 yellow soybeans at 3.5344, and soybean oil at 11.69 per unit.
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Chicago
Stocks show moderating slide from prior plunge
New York trading opened with weakness but showed signs of stabilizing after Tuesday’s sharp drop. Declines led advances on the NYSE though the gap narrowed. blue chips held steadier than glamour issues. The noon Dow stood at 947.32 up 0.83 as some sectors mixed and analysts cited Vietnam war news and Price Commission price rollback fears.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Vietnam
The
Price Commission
Indus
Nixon to address GIs as Kissinger meets Brezhnev in Moscow
Nixon plans to discuss Vietnam restraint during a May visit to the Soviet Union while Kissinger, after secretly traveling to Moscow, reports groundwork for U.S.-Soviet talks. White House notes Kissinger at Camp David during the talks and cautions against assuming deals with Brezhnev. About 543,000 U.S. troops were in South Vietnam in 1969.
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South Vietnam
Kissinger
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Nixon
Camp David
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Brezhnev
Kremlin
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Memories of a Pro Dad Actor Sanders Dies by Own Hand
The obituary notes actor Sanders, born in Russia to a rope maker and a horticulturist, fled to England in youth during the Communist era. He married four times including Elsie Larson and Magda Gabor, separated from the last, and is survived by brother Tom Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Russia
England
George
Elsie Larson
Miss Gabor
Ronald Colman
Benita Hume
Magda
Tom Conway
Moon mission reports spark volcanic rock debate
Space observers and the moon walkers argue over volcanic rocks collected during the highlands exploration. Astronauts Young and Duke faced questions as film from two cameras was recovered during Mattingly's deep space walk far from Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manned Spacecraft Center
Mission Control
Young
Duke
Moon
Earth
Mattingly
Casper
U S Agrees To Talk Peace Again
Paris AP reports the United States and South Vietnam will resume peace talks on Thursday with a two track approach that may include public plenary sessions and parallel secret contacts with North Vietnam. Sources say Nixon suspended talks March 23 over perceived North Vietnamese filibustering and signs point to both public and private negotiations resuming.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
McGovern And Humphrey Owe Nearly One Million
U S Senators George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey carried a combined campaign debt approaching one million dollars as primaries in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania loomed. Rival Senators Henry Jackson and Edmund Muskie stood in the black with cash balances and minimal deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Henry M. Jackson
Edmund S. Muskie
General Accounting Office
McGovern For President Committee
South Dakota
Muskie
National Organization
Citizens For Jackson Committee
Site of Month booklet arrives in King City
State Department distributes Site of the Month booklets through IDBD offices in Brussels New York Washington Chicago Springfield and Marton. The US Commerce Dept also sends copies to Embassy Row Washington. A community previously featured may receive the booklet again if it fits industry criteria for Illinois sites. Mt. Vernon described to help prospective industries assess business climate, facilities, and workforce.
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State Department
State of Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Brussels
Belgium
New York City
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Springfield
Marton
United States Department of Commerce
Embassy Row
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Juvenile Charged in Kerr-Mee-Gee Gas Station Theft
A ten year old Vernon boy was charged by police yesterday with stealing 130 dollars from a money bag at Kerr-Mee-Gee gas station at the corner of 6th and Jones on February 19. Four boys were inside the station during the theft and fled with the money bag. the accused juvenile’s name was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Kerr-Mee- Gee
6Th
Jones Streets
Nixon signs law making Father’s Day official
Washington AP reports the third Sunday in June is now a national Father’s Day by congressional resolution signed by President Nixon. The designation will be permanent, removing the yearly approval requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Reds Cut 5S Viet Attack Halts and Falls
North Vietnamese troops cut Highway 19 and isolated Bong Son as Landing Zone Salem near Phu My district fell after a long assault. Civilians were rounded up to carry supplies, and the coast to Pleiku corridor saw severed routes north of Kontum.
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Kontum
Pleiku
Salem
Phu My
Bong Son
Muskie Sees Setbacks In Two State Primaries
Muskie faces trouble in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin style contests. He notes massachusetts and Ohio supporters sang his song but only small percentages backed him. McGovern wins Wisconsin and Massachusetts efforts. Muskie vows to press on despite the setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
John M. Ashbrek
Ohio
McCloskey
Massachusetts
McGovern
Muskie
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Massachusetts Democratic primary vote totals reported
AP tally from 77 percent of 1,964 precincts shows McGovern leading with 227,208 votes at 52 percent, followed by Muskie 95,405 at 22 percent and Wallace 33,045 at 8 percent. Humphrey 34,728, Chisholm 16,? Mills 13,440, McCarthy 6,650, Jackson 6,275, Lindsay 1,660, Hartke 781, W Kennedy 1,728, Coll 540, Yorty 404, and write-in totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
McGovern
Muskie
Wallace
Humphrey
Chisholm
Mills
McCarthy
Jackson
Lindsay
Hartke
Cancer Crusade Tag Day Friday And Saturday
Mrs. Robert Stanfield chairs this year's Cancer Crusade with about 100 volunteers collecting from shoppers in Mt. Vernon. Tag day runs Friday April 28 4 00 pm to 7 30 pm and Saturday April 29 9 00 am to 3 00 pm. Donors receive a tag listing cancer seven warning signals to guide year round awareness. The Stanfields live at 820 Pace Avenue with three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stanfield
Cancer Crusade
Mt. Vernon
Stanfield
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Stanfields
Pace Avenue
Illinois Boys Shot In Kansas
In El Dorado Kansas four Chicago youths were on a Santa Fe flat car when shot near Cassaday. Leon Fabiszak 15 and Patrick Kilcoyne 16 are material witnesses who will take a lie detector test. Ralph Johnson 17 is in critical condition. Christopher Duerr 19 is listed as satisfactory. Police theorize hunters near the tracks fired the shots.
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EL Dorado
Kan
UPI
Butler County
Sid Blakeman
Chicago
Cassaday
Blakeman
Leon Fabiszak
Patrick Kilcoyne
Arkansas City
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ralph Johnson
Wichita
Christopher Duerr
Car prices to be steady in 1973
A Price Commission official said new cars in 1973 will not cost much more than 1972 models as demand pressures keep profit margins in check. The commission denied Ford Motor Co. a $2 million price increase and also ordered F W Woolworth Co. to roll back food operation prices below last fall’s freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Price Commission
Louis Neeb
Commission
Neck
Ford Motor Co
F. W. Woolworth Co
Bloodmobile seeks donors in Mt Vernon area in May
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Mt Vernon and Jefferson County for three days next week. It will be at Central Church of Christ Monday and Tuesday May 1 and 2 with donor hours 1 to 6 pm Monday and noon to 5 pm Tuesday. On Wednesday May 3 it stops at Rend Lake College from 9 am to 2 pm. Assisting groups include Rend Lake College students Good Samaritan Hospital American Legion auxiliaries and local financial institutions.
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Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Central Church of Christ
Rend Lake College
Good Samaritan Hospital
American Legion
Bobby Baker Seeks Parole Release From Prison
Washington AP reports Bobby Baker and Martin Sweig have appealed for release from federal prison. Baker seeks parole for larceny income tax evasion fraud and conspiracy after being jailed for political power schemes.
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Washington (Ap
Robert G
Bobby” Baker
Martin Sweig
Baker
U.S. Parole Board
Suspect Held In Flossmoor Kidnap Mystery
Lorenzo Turner charged with aggravated kidnapping in the disappearance of Flossmoor businessman Alan Bernstein. Turner ordered held without bond for a May 10 hearing after aiding police in the search. officials say Bernstein may have been murdered and blood in his abandoned car matched Bernstein’s. Bernstein and Turner run a cleaning business. federal liens total $28,335.
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Chicago
Lorenzo Turner
Flossmoor
Turner
Alan J. Bernstein
Cook County
Bernstein
Kathy
Break-in at Elks Country Club Reported by Mt. Vernon Police
Mt. Vernon police investigated a break-in at the Elks Country Club on Old Field Road. The building was entered Monday night and a vending machine was forced open, with the coin box and its contents stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Elks Country Club
Old Field Road
Billfold Stolen From Purse At Local Gym
Bob Ed Moss reported that his daughter's billfold was stolen from her purse while she attended a gym class at the fifth school on Monday. The purse was left on a bench during the sixth hour and contained two bigs a watch and a small amount of money.
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Bob Ed Moss
Harrigan St
Poffie
Moss
Fidel Castro to Visit Soviet Union in June
Moscow according to Tass the Soviet news agency Fidel Castro will visit the Soviet Union late in June. This would be his first trip to the USSR since a 1964 Moscow visit by the Cuban leader.
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Moscow
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Soviet Union
Tass
Castro
Mt. Vernon juvenile accused of shoplifting released
A juvenile girl was accused of shoplifting at the G C Murphy store on the square in Mt. Vernon. She was released without charge after a Mt. Vernon police juvenile officer lectured her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allege
G.C. Murphy
Mt. Vernon
Squad Car Accident Involves Mt Vernon Police Vehicle
Mt Vernon police investigated a squad car crash yesterday when patrolman Dale Martin backed the squad into a passing truck owned by E. Blankenship and Co. driven by Marvin D. Baker. The truck sustained major damage and none of the officers were reported injured.
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Mt. Vernon
Dale Martin
Fairfield Rd
E. Blankenship and Co
Marvin D. Baker
Liberty Rd
Blankenship
Choate Calls For A Boycott In Illinois Budget Hearings
Springfield Illinois AP House Minority Leader Clyde Choate urges Democrats to boycott all Appropriation Committee hearings until budget figures supplied to his staff are confirmed as accurate. Choate said administration witnesses admitted misinformation and criticized errors in figures from the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Liquor Control Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
House
Clyde Choate
Choate
Anna
Illinois Commerce Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Meetings Varnell Rebekah Lodge Apr 27 7:30 PM
The regular meeting of Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. anf will be held in the I.O.O.F. hall Thursday evening April 27 at 7 30 o clock. Lillie Johnson N G Naomi R Bogan See.
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Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. Anf
C.F
Lillie Johnson
N. G
Naomi R. Bogan
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Hazel Moore
12Th St
Bernis Tucker
Chicago Grain
Wall Street
Furniture & Appliance
McGovern and
King City
Memoriam
Rynd Wood
Kansas
Mt V
County
Bobby Baker
Jeanette (Hines) Kohut
Eddie Allen
Jeanette
Jim
Lincoln
Mers Cury
Ford
W-G Motors
Herd
Jim Bradford
10Th St
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