Deaths Mae Ames Sesser 75 died at Franklin Hospital
Mae Ames 75 of Sesser died Thursday morning at Franklin Hospital Benton Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday Brayfield Funeral Home Sesser Rev Jesse Allen officiating Burial Maple Hill Cemetery Calling hours after 4 p m today Survived by two sons Richard Mehlville Mo Everett Christopher four daughters Inez Cunningham Benton Dene Beal St Louis Maxine Baughman Fontana Cal Mary Thomas Peoria three brothers Randall Moore Russell Iowa Creed Moore Plano Iowa Cale Moore Mystic Iowa a sister Dorothy Davis Rock Island nine grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Mae Ames
Sesser
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Brayfield Funeral Home
Jesse Allen
Maple Hill Cemetery
Ames
Iowa
John and
Jessie (Carpenter) Moore
Gaylord Ames
Mystic
Dorothy Davis
Rock Island
Turner Maynor Dies. Rites at Myers Chapel
Mt. Vernon resident Turner H. Maynor died at noon today at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at Myers Chapel, with the funeral chapel open after 5 p.m. Saturday for visitation.
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Turner H. Maynor
Hillcrest Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Governor Walker Eyes Midyear Pay Boost for Workers
East St Louis Illinois AP Governor Daniel Walker outlines cost cutting at accountability session while aiming to grant state employees a cost of living wage increase by midyear He plans 1000 employment cuts at the Department of Transportation to trim payrolls and fund a raise He notes only 16 of 335 sewage plants can be financed with current funds and federal support being delayed
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East ST. Louis
Daniel Walker
Walker
State Department of Transportation
Nixon
Marathon to Build 77 Mile Patoka to Robinson Oil Pipeline
Marathon Oil Co plans a 20 inch crude pipeline from northeast of Patoka in Marion County to Robinson, Illinois. Construction starts in July once contracts are let. The 77 mile line will tap the Capline and uses rights of way in Marion Fayette Clay Effingham Jasper and Crawford counties.
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Marion
Fayette
Clay, Effingham
Jasper
Crawford Counties
Markets Joliet Illinois Hog and Cattle Prices
In Joliet Illinois hogs sold steady to 50 cents higher with varying loads priced 34.50 to 36.00 per hundredweight for different weight ranges. Cattle numbers about 1,800, with slaughter steers steady, heifers 25 to 50 lower. yields and prices listed for several weight classes and grades. Estimated for Thursday: 600 hogs and 25 cattle.
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Joliet, Ill
SUDA
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon prices quoted Soybeans at 6.90 Wheat at 2.32 Corn at 1.60. The report lists commodity values seen in Mt Vernon today.
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MT. Vernon
Hog market prices for various weight classes
No 1 and No 2 hogs weighing 200 to 220 pounds sold from 32.50 to 33.00 per cwt. Sorted No 1 hogs brought 33.50. Mixed No 2 and 320 to 240 pounds sold from 32.00 to 32.50. Sows ranged 26.00 to 29.00 per cwt.
Chicago Butter Prices Slip on CME Market Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter unsettled to weak with wholesale buying prices down fractionally to 2 percent on Friday. Grade AA at 93, 60 percent, Grade A at 92, 60 percent, Grade B at 90, 59 percent.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg and poultry price ranges from St Louis market
Eggs listed by consumer grades A large 39 to 49 and A medium 35 to 45 as well as A small 23 to 25. Wholesale grades show A large 28 to 36 standard 22 to 26 medium 26 to 34 and unclassified 8 to 10. Ready to cook broilers and fryers quoted 38.75 to 40.50 for next week’s delivery.
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ST. Louise
Chicago and New York Market Snapshots Amid Economic News
Wheat and corn prices mixed in early Chicago trade with soybeans steady. In New York, stocks opened higher on Nixon advisers meeting plans and favorable indicators, lifting the Dow about one point and keeping a rally from Thursday.
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Chicago
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Woolworth
Occidental Petroleum
Tenneco
Merck
Dow
Nixon
U.S
National Stockyards hog and cattle receipts report
Estimated receipts for Monday at National Stockyards Illinois include 7,000 hogs 2,500 cattle and 200 sheep. Hog receipts total 5,500 head with butchers 25 to 50 cents lower and sows unevenly steady to 50 cents lower. Beef quotes cover US 1-3 hog weights and cattle by class with several price ranges and notes on boars.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Brett Gibbs and Richard Nance In Recital Here
The Mt Vernon First United Methodist Church Music Committee presents Brett Gibbs and Richard Nance in a piano and voice recital in the church sanctuary on Sunday April 29 at 4 p.m.
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Mt. Vernon
First United Methodist Church
Brett Gibbs
Richard Nance
Recital marks Baldwin piano dedication for Mrs Greene
Brett Gibbs and Nance, Mt. Vernon and Rend Lake College graduates, headline a recital on May 5 at Millikin campus Accent on Artistry festival. Nance, Millikin University student and choir member, studies music education and will be accompanied by James Collins. Gibbs, Illinois State University student, majors in music education and sings with ISU Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers. Program includes Mendelssohn Debussy Chopin and Beethoven Moonlight Sonata. Public invited to reception in Zadok Casey Room.
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Nance
Rend Lake College
Millikin University
Decatur
Madrigal Singers
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Chamber Singers
Sullivan High School
Millikin
Schubert
James Collins
Gibbs
Illinois State University At Normal
SSU
Carbondale
Steven Barwick
Tong-il Han
Korea
ISU
Boulder
Colorado
Europe
Mendelssohn
Debussy
Chopin
Beethoven
Zadok Casey
Cattle Prices Mixed As Market Tests Limited Sheep Supply
Commercial cows bring 32.50 to 35.00 per cwt while cutters run 30.50 to 32.50 and canners 27.00 to 30.50. Utility commercial and good bulls trade from 38.00 to 41.00 per cwt. Not enough sheep on hand to test market.
Dow Jones Noon Averages Report Slips Broadly
New York AP reports at noon the Dow Jones averages with 30 Industrials at 925.57 down 12.19, 20 Transportation at 184.39 down 1.81, 15 Utilities at 107.23 down 0.39, and 65 Stocks at 290.17 down 3.14. Leading declines show broad market weakness with investors cautious amid trading day activity.
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New York
Indictments Hit Housing Project Scheme In Illinois
CHICAGO AP Three public officials and eight businessmen indicted by a federal grand jury over shoddy construction in federal housing projects. Charges include bribery income tax evasion and filing false claims. Indicted individuals include William Kennicott Larry Sleeth Walter Holland John Valle Thomas Derenski Alvin Friedman Martin Duggan George Cardis Robert Fogle Richard Deary Fred Waddell and others. Arraignment set for next week.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
U.S
Ilinois
FBI
Special
Internal Revenue Service
William Kennicott
Kaufman and Broad Homes
Illinois
Larry Sleeth
Kane County
Kennicott
Corona del Mar
Calif
Federal Reserve Banks
Cook County
Sleeth
North Aurora
FHA
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Walter Holland
Maywood
Department of Housing and Urban Development
John J. Valle
Thomas Derenski
Town and Country Builders of
Freeport
HUD
Alvin H. Friedman
Skokie
Ramada Builders, Inc
Martin Duggan
Federal Realty Estates Co
George Cardis
Glenview
Intercontinental Engineering and Development Corp
Robert Fogle
Joliet
A To Z Home Repair Service
Richard Deary
Plainfield
Fogle
Romeoville Lockport
Bolingrock
Fred Waddell
Waddell Decorating
F. Waddell & Sons
Romeoville
Bolingbrook
Magruder resigns from Commerce amid Watergate links
Former Nixon aide Jeb S. Magruder exits as Commerce Department policy director, the first high official to resign amid the widening Watergate wiretap scandal. Reports say Magruder accused Mitchell and Dean of planning the wiretaps and payoffs, while Dean denies taking the blame. The episode coincides with claims that Acting FBI Director Gray destroyed Hunt documents after being told they were sensitive.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Jeb S. Magruder
Commerce Department
Washington Post
New York Times
New York Daily News
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
E. Howard Hunt Jr
John Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Ehrlichman
White House
Dean
Gray
Hunt
Mr. Gray
Magruder
James J. Bierkower
Mitchell
Illinois Woman Dies At Age 104
Catherine Dougherty died at 104 in Lasalle County Nursing Home Ottawa Illinois She was one of the oldest residents in Lasalle Bureau and Putnam counties and among the oldest in the state Nursing home officials said she was active and alert until death.
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Ottawa
III
Catherine Dougherty
Illinois
Lasalle County
Daley Aide Faces Block On Pikarsky Chair Bid
Walker delays approval of Pikarsky as Chicago Transit Authority chairman while denying impropriety. Governor notes forthcoming pollution probe results. Leahy investigations cited as motive, with pollution facts withheld from public. Walker calls Leahy rejection a win for polluters and political interests.
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Milton Pikarsky
Daley
Walker
Pikarsky
Chicago Transit Authority
Talk Again Today No Progress In Ozark Air Lines Strike
AMFA Local 24 and Ozark Air Lines planned to resume talks after an unproductive session in Washington. The 560 mechanics, on strike since April 19, seek 15 and 30 cent hourly premium pay for licensed powerplant and airframe workers. Ozark operates in 62 cities across 15 states and has offered 6.80 dollars per hour, with the premium issue blocked.
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ST. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
Washington
Samuel Smith
AMFA
Ozark
Simon debt shrinks from 117000 to about 10000
URBANA Ill AP former Lt Gov Paul Simon says his campaign debt is down to about 10000 from the 117000 built up during his 1972 bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He spoke at a Thursday night fundraising cocktail party and is a visiting professor at Harvard University.
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Urbana
Ill
Paul Simon
Simon
Harvard University
Bond Plan For School Growth Faces Funding Gap
The board says Buford School can handle 100 more students and opts to build for current needs rather than future growth. Total package about 1.93 million, with land, maintenance building, alterations at several schools, and a Broadway project. Bond rate estimated near 28 cents per 100, vs 24.6 now, after correcting district valuation to 44.7 million. Phase I junior high work proceeds with a 57,249 excavation contract and a 750 demolition order for 1800 Main St.
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Buford School
Hilliard
Hall
Mann
Lincoln
Edison
Franklin
Broadway
Siros
West Salem
Buford
Briefeacher
Mt. Vernon Weather and water level report
Mt Vernon forecast shows Thursday high 62 and low 48 with 7:00 a.m. reading at 53. Yearly rainfall to date 15.82 inches. Historical highs and lows listed for past years. Saturday sunrise 5 04 and sunset 6 52. Bend Lake main dam water level recorded at 410.97 feet msl.
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Mt. Vernon
Bend Lake
Main Dam
New Industry Comes to Mt. Vernon With No False Promises
Mt Vernon welcomes a relaunch of the Country Set plant to operate locally under Cowen and Rhoades with wide open communications. Country Set, part of Consolidated Foods, has operated Du Quoin and other plants for years, with a national sales network and major department store clients. The Mt Vernon plant previously closed January 31 and will reopen alongside existing local garment distribution partners.
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Mt. Vernon
Country Set
du Quoin
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
New York City
Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Atlanta
Cowen
Rhoades
Kern Bros
Sherman Wash and Wear
O'Day
JoElla’s
West
Broadway
Marshall Field
Stiz-Baer & Fuller
Famous Barr
St. Louis
Nieman-Marcus
Rich’s
Consolidated Foods
Electrolux
Hollywood Candies
Fuller Brush
Sara Lee
Shasta Beverage
Gant Shirts
Booth Fisheries
Pop Sickel
Mode O’day
Sherman Wash and Wear, Inc
Mississippi floods reach Kaskaskia Island
Mississippi River floodwaters begin spilling over levees at Kaskaskia Island Illinois once the state’s first capital. Sheriff Ralph Bollinger says damage estimates are unavailable for now as 300 island residents evacuate. River at 8 am measured 41.75 feet with 42.5 feet crest forecast for Sunday.
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Kaskaskia, Ill
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Mae Ames Sesser
Patoka
Robinson
Rick Nance
Baldwin
Kenneth E. Greene
Mt. Vernon Township High School
Bakerville
Free Will Baptist Church
Travelers Quartet OF
Carbondale, Ill
Bob Stone
U.S. District Court
Watergate
Bethel-Dodds Cancer Crusade
Sing-A-Rama
Bethel School
Bob Jones
Curt Grothoff
Pa Greer & the Youngans— Mattingly Sisters
Mileeee
Mrs. Leahy
Family Ice Cream Rt
Dobbs Bargain Town
Mississippi
Kaskaskia Island
Forrest
Forrest Atkinson
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