Death of Arlie Batson Bridges City to Bridgeport
Mrs. J. M. Aaron of this city learns her brother Arlie Batson died Wednesday at his Bridgeport Illinois home from a suspected heart attack. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon in Bridgeport with burial there. He is survived by his wife Alta Aaron of Bridgeport two sons a daughter two sisters Mrs J M Aaron of Mt Vernon and Mrs C M Edwards of Marion a brother Joe Batson of Alton and five grandchildren
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J. M. Aaron
Arlie Batson
Alta Aaron
Mt. Vernon
C. M. Edwards
Marion
Joe Batson
Alton
DaVat Rites At Christopher DaVat
Mrs Lois DaVat of Granite City died Wednesday night at Pleasant Rest Nursing Home in Collinsville Illinois. She was a former resident of Franklin County. Funeral services are set for 2 00 p m Saturday at the Tissot Funeral Home in Christopher. The body will lie in state at the Russell Funeral Home with friends asked to call after 200 pm Friday. Survived by husband Charles DaVat Granite City a son Ural Campbell of West Frankfort three brothers J Ruel Kelley Mt Vernon Allen Beckham Galesburg Newman Beckham Waltonville two sisters Mrs Mildred Cantrell Benton and Mrs Jenny L Linden Chicago and one granddaughter. Mrs DaVat was a member of the Presbyterian church at Granite City.
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Lois DaVat
Granite City
Pleasant Rest
Collinsville
Ill
Franklin County
Tissot
Christopher
Russell Funeral Home
DaVait
Charles DaVat
Ural Campbell
West Frankfort
J. Ruel Kelley
Mt. Vernon
Allen Beckham
Galesburg
Newman Beckham
Waltonville
Mildred Cantrell
Benton
Jenny L. Linden
Chicago
DaVat
Presbyterian Church
Zella Fields Dies at 46 in Peoria Illinois
Zella M Fields 46 of 111 Forrest Street Peoria died at 12 30 am in St Francis Hospital after a long illness. Former Wayne City resident survived by husband Woodrow daughter Judith brother Glen Rawls and father Charlie Rawls. Funeral at Richardson Chapel Wayne City with Rev Lute Clark. burial Olive Branch Cemetery. Donations to Cancer Fund requested in lieu of flowers.
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Zella M. Fields
Forrest Street
Peoria
St. Francis Hospital
Wayne City
Richardson
Charlie Rawls
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted
In Jefferson Memorial hospital a list of admissions includes William Riley Taylor and Elnora Nell Graham. Good Samaritan admitted patients are Hazel Rose Shelton Mildred Louise Gash Ethel Clark Paul William Kelley Lucy Ferguson Kevin Scott Strothmann Magda Lee Smith. Discharged include Benjamin Harrison Miller Jacqueline Sue Gregory Riley Wilson Mathews Donna Mae Smith Marvin Chapman Rust Nora Lucille Penrod Mrs Marilyn Jeannette Burns and baby Carla Sue Pearl O’Dell Minnie Naomi Arnold Henrietta Sue Bennett Vivian Edna Shelton Mrs Verla Mae Keele and baby Todd Dean Ervin Ray Hawkins Carleen Grace Hicks Brenda Jean Hicks Minnie Belle Wilson LaVerne Canter Grover Webber Maggie Naomi Owens.
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Jefferson Memorial
William Riley Taylor
Elnora Nell Graham
Good Samaritan
Hazel Rose Shelton
Mildred Louise Gash
Ethel Clark
Paul William Kelley
Lucy Ferguson
Kevin Scott Strothmann
Magda Lee Smith
Benjamin Harrison Miller
Jacqueline Sue Gregory
Riley Wilson Mathews
Donna Mae Smith
Marvin Chapman Rust
Nora Lucille Penrod
Marilyn Jeannette Burns
Carla Sue
Pearl O'Dell
Minnie Naomi Arnold
Henrietta Sue Bennett
Vivian Edna Shelton
Verla Mae Keele
Todd Dean
Ervin Ray Hawkins
Carleen Grace Hicks
Brenda Jean Hicks
Minnie Belle Wilson
LaVerne Canter
Grover Webber
Maggie Naomi Owens
Births in local hospitals announce two newborns
Mr and Mrs Edward A Wheeler of RFD 4 Mr Vernon welcomed a daughter at 11 55 PM in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds two ounces named Trisha Benee. Mr and Mrs Wayne Ancil Harris of Benton Road welcomed a son at 3 26 PM Tuesday in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing eight pounds five ounces named Scott Kent.
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Edward A. Wheeler
RFD 4
Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Trisha Benee
Wayne Ancil Harris
Benton Road
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Scott Kent
Weather Report Detailed MT Vernon and Illinois Report
Illinois weather report notes fifth straight day of rain statewide with northern areas seeing light rain or drizzle and southern regions reporting scattered showers. Northern highs mostly in the 50s and southern highs from the mid 40s to upper 60s with tonight’s lows around 40 in north and mid-40s to mid-50s in south. Early morning lows across the state ranged in the 40s. Rockford area recorded about two thirds of an inch of rain by midmorning.
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Illinois
Chicago
Rockford
Electronic Abe Lincoln Repaired At World’s Fair
New York AP report that the Illinois pavilion at the World’s Fair reopened after a faulty electronic Lincoln figure was fixed. Gov. Otto Kerner had dedicated the pavilion last week. Visitors watched a nine minute performance with the Lincoln figure rising and speaking excerpts from his speeches amid displays of Illinois civic enterprises.
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New York
Lincoln
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Abraham Links
Cemetery Association Meeting Noted in Dryden Notice
All members of Dryden Cemetery Association are urged to attend an important meeting at the cemetery on Sunday May 3 1964 at 2 00 p m. Important matters will be discussed and all interested in cemetery should be present. Jerry EIleston.
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Dryden Cemetery Assn
Markets Report Mt Vernon Hog Prices Down
Markets report Mt Vernon live hog market prices fell about 10 cents with top hogs at 13.75 for 190 to 220 pounds. Sows declined to 12.00 for 30 weight, and 11.75 for 300 pounds and over. Boars listed at 7.50 to 8.50.
Mt. Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon market notes show prices in the afternoon session for wheat at 1.60, corn at 1.18, and soybeans at 2.42 per bushel.
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Mt. Vernon
Chicago produce market notes from Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Butter prices hold steady with AA 92 and A 57 percent. B and C grades mixed across wholesale quotes. Eggs show a firmer tone with whites at 29, mixed 28 to 13, standards 21, dirties 24. overall wholesale buying prices unchanged to slightly higher.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices From National Stockyards Friday
AP USDA estimates list hogs at 8 500 head with 180 to 250 pound barrows and gilts at 13.75 to 14.85 and sows at 290 to 650. Cattle and calves show good to choice steers at 19.00 to 21.25 and 18.00 to 19.50 for heifers. Utility cows run 13.50 to 15.50 with dealers active. sheep at 300 with shorn lambs at 21.50 to 22.25 and spring lambs at 24.00. ewes not listed.
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USDA
Egg and Poultry Prices In St Louis Market Report
St Louis AP notes prices for eggs and live poultry with consumer grades and weights. Eggs show large A 27-28 and 23-24 for medium, 19-20 for small, B large 26-27, standard 24, unclassified 23-14, checks 17-20. Hens heavy 15-16, light over 1 lb 10-11, under 3 lb 5-6, droilers and fryers 16-17.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain prices report
CHICAGO AP Wheat No 2 red 2.11n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.2814n and No 3 yellow 1.25 2614. Oats No 2 heavy white 66n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.61n. Soybean oil 8.30n.
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Chicago
Mixed Wall Street closes with gains for some and losses for others
Wall Street pared losses in late trading delivering a mixed pattern with heavy volume around 6.0 million shares. Texas Gulf Sulphur swung and fell, Curtis Publishing saw strong demand, U S Smelting rose over 5, and Xerox, Control Data, Richfield, General Motors, Boeing gained about a point. Downbeat notable: Helene Curtis fell over 3 after FDA seizure report. Dow Jones noon averages posted slight declines.
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Texas Gulf
Curtis Publishing
U.S
Xerox
Kennecott
Helene Curtis
Food & Drug Administration
General Motors
Boeing
du Pont
Polaroid
American Stock Exchange
Pick Up Man For Marion Co
Mt. Vernon police arrested a Lesser truck driver at Marion County request after another driver reported a stolen radio. He was turned over to Marion County authorities at Salem this morning with no charge yet filed. the suspect claimed he bought the radio.
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Mt. Vernon
Marion County
Salem
Orient No. 3 Is Still Idle
Freeman Coal Mining Corp reports Orient No 3 mine idle as workers and management stay deadlocked over a safety dispute. About 1 200 miners idle after a walkout over firing of a safety committeeman and battery charging safety concerns. A three member commission and UMWA safety director arrive to mediate.
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Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient No. 3
Freeman
Gene Taylor
Bonnie
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Casagrande
Orient 3
International Umwa
W. A.tons Boyle
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Henry Allai
Kansas
John Emoetz
Pennsylvania
Louis Austin
Indiana
Charles Ferguson
Washington
UMWA
Cost Of Living Rises In March Across Most Items
March consumer prices rose one tenth of a percent with higher housing medical care and transportation costs offsetting lower food prices. The CPI reached 107.7 meaning $10.77 buys what $10 did in 1957-59. A deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said April could rise but sees no serious inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cyprus War Renewed by Greeks Amid UN Negotiations
The Cyprus clash resumes as Greek Cypriots clash with police and refugees return to homes under UN protection. UN Secretary General Thant plans a top level political officer to assist the UN commander Lt. Gen. Prem Singh Gyani, with unnamed appointment. Cyprus and Turkish ambassadors react with conditions, stressing Turkish veto and potential force strengthening.
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Thant
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Zenon Rassides
Cyprus
Daley appoints Chicago school board members amid protest
Civil rights leaders protested Mayor Daley's three Chicago school board picks James W. Clement 48 a Chicago attorney Mrs. Louis Malis 43 a former Chicago PTA officer and Wendell E. Green 74 reappointed to a new five year term The appointments require city council approval and critics call them a slap in the face to civil rights advocates amid neighborhood school system concerns about integration and segregation.
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Daley
Chicago School Board
James W. Clement
Louis Malis
Chicago Pta
Wendell E. Green
Clement
Carl Fuquas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Green
Malis
Leon M. Depres
Me s 1917 Turtle 5th Time Meets His 1917 Turtle 5th Time
Jacob Julius of Beecher City has found an old acquaintance, a turtle on whose shell he carved initials and years of meetings: 1917, 1921, 1925, and 1955. Rescued by two youths, the aging reptile stays near Julius’ 160 acre farm in Vandalia, Illinois.
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Vandalia, II
Jacob Julius
Beecher City
Julius
Mississippi GOP Election Bills Face House Opposition
In Jackson AP report Mississippi lawmakers clash over Gov. Paul Johnson’s 22 election bills aimed at tightening Republican party norms. Rep. Roy Strickland says party leaders led a resistant House as bills require precinct conventions, county conventions, and primaries for all candidates with a 10 percent general election threshold.
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Yerger
GOP
McAllister
Mississippi
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate
Johnson
Abie Miller
Greene
House
Assessors From Jefferson County Attend Area Meeting
Sixteen assessors and deputy assessors from Jefferson County attended a regional tax assessors meeting in Effingham yesterday. Mt. Vernon participants included Kenneth A. Randall and Milton Burns who spoke on tax history and statutory duties. Eugene Berghoff of the state revenue department addressed the group and offered state assistance as the all day meeting concluded with a panel discussion.
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Jefferson County
Effingham
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth A. Randall
Property Tax Division
State Revenue Department
Illinois
Milton Burns
Mt. Vernon Township
Eugene Berghoff
Cedar Elevators Wins Cairo Post Office Auto Elevator Bid
General Services Administration said Cedar Elevators and Equipment Co. of Evansville Indiana was the low bidder on the Cairo Illinois Post Office elevator modernization contract. Cedar's base bid was 41346 dollars with Murphy Elevator Co. of Louisville Kentucky as the only other bidder at 50220 dollars.
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Observe Soil Stewardship Week In Area
Soil Stewardship Week will be celebrated locally May 3-10 led by Jefferson County Soil Water Conservation District with theme To Each Among Us A Share. The Jefferson County Conservation Service and 2,940 districts nationwide, plus Puerto Rico, sponsor the event for the 10th year. Farm Bureau Women's Committee joins in promotion, distributing church bulletin inserts courtesy of Dix Bank to highlight soil stewardship duties.
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Jefferson County Soil- Water Conservation District Board
Jefferson County Conservation Service
Puerto Rico
Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Jefferson County Soil Conservation Board
Women's Committee
Dix Bank
Play Day at Green Hills Club Set for May 11
The annual Play Day at Green Hills Country Club, sponsored by the King City Retailers, will be held on Monday May 11. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at the Chamber of Commerce office or from committee members. The retailers plan an all day outing capped by an evening dinner with golf and other entertainment.
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Green Hills Country Club
King City
Chamber of Commerce
Cuba to block U2 flights says Castro will defend sovereignty
Fidel Castro told diplomats and reporters Cuba will try to stop U S reconnaissance flights over the island to the limits of its weapons. He did not say if Soviet rockets would be used to shoot down V2 planes. The United States will continue the flights as Cuba protests and the Soviet Union backs them. Castro vowed Cuba will not surrender an inch in the flight dispute and will defend sovereignty at whatever cost.
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Small Factory To Open Here In Mt Vernon
A small pants manufacturing firm headed by Edward McGhee of South Haven Michigan will open soon in a Grand Avenue building. The plant plans to hire about 25 workers and host a training program for prospective employees before starting operations. Machinery has arrived and McGhee has relocated his family to Mt Vernon.
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Grand Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Edward McGhee
South Haven
Mich
Mt. Vernon
McGhee
Enrollment Open Here For Boys Forestry Camp
Enrollment is open for Jefferson county boys to attend the 13th Illinois Boys Farm Forestry Camp set for August 28 at Lake West Frankfort near Thompsonville. Don Lee notes the program teaches timber soil and water conservation and practical forestry applications for farm operations. Boys 14 to 18 are chosen for interest and leadership with past attendees often 4-H FHA Scouts or church members.
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Jefferson County
Illinois
Lake West Frankfort
Thompsonville
Don Lee
Lee
4-H
FHA
Illinois Technical Forestry Association
Ilinois
$50 415 Suit Is Filed Here After Accident
A $50 415 lawsuit from an auto accident near Mt Vernon was filed in circuit court this week. Plaintiffs Harry E Owens and Alfred Wigginton seek 50000 for Owens injuries and 415 for Wigginton car damage. The suit names Roy Frank Hamilton and J H Hamilton of Route 1 Ewing as defendants. Owens was a guest passenger in Wigginton’s car, which collided with Roy Hamilton’s car owned by J H Hamilton.
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Harry E. Owens
North Seventh Street
Alfred Wigginton
Park Avenue
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J. H. Hamilton
Ewing
Owens
Wigginton
Money Stolen From Pay Phone at Hospital
Police report a theft from a pay phone at Good Samaritan Hospital. Illinois Bell officials said someone picked a lock to access the money box and took an undetermined amount.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Three Arrests On Radar Check In Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon police checked traffic with radar late yesterday and issued three speeding tickets. The checks occurred in the 600 block of south Tenth street and the 2200 block of Perkins Avenue.
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Mt. Vernon
South Tenth Street
Perkins Avenue
Circuit Court Fines Recorded for Parking and Yield Violations
Fines assessed in circuit court include Robert E. Schrieber of Centralia receiving $4 for illegal parking and Thomas L. Long fined $10 for failure to yield the right of way.
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Circuit
Robert E. Schrieber
Centralia
Thomas L. Long
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