Deaths Ardell J Miller Rites Tomorrow
Ardell J Miller 36 fatally injured in an east Mt Vernon area accident. Funeral services Wednesday at 3 00 PM at Myers Chapel with Rev Walter Miller officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery. Body lies in state at Myers Chapel. Wife Mildred critically injured in hospital Good Samaritan. Resided 637 Oak Oak Grove addition Mt Vernon. Born December 1 1923 East St Louis son of Joseph A Miller and Lora E Pace. Married September 1951 in Mt Vernon to Mildred Simonson. Survived by mother stepfather family including son Terry Ardell Miller and several relatives.
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Ardell J. Miler
Mt. Vernon Vonday
Myers Chapel
Walter Miller
Djakwood Cemetery
Myars Chapel
Millers
Oak
Oak Grove
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Miller
East St. Louis
Joseph A
Lora E
Pace) Miller
Mildred Simonson
Claude Lockeby
Sims
Terry Ardell Miller
Opdyke
Johnny Simonson
New Brunswick
Maine
Collis Simonson
Aurora, Ill
Russell
Ray
Charles R
Nancy Carnes
Death of Mrs Alice Spees of West Frankfort at 91
Mrs. Alice Spees of 1907 Lindell in West Frankfort died at 12 45 a m in Franklin County Hospital Benton at age 91. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She was preceded in death by husband John R. Spees. Survivors include son Sanford Spees of California and four daughters Nora Greer Catherine Denbo Mary Miller and Annabelle Duvall.
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Alice Spees
Lindell
West Frankfort
Frankin County
Benton
Drake
Spees
John R. Spees
Sanford Spees
California
Nora Greer
City
Catherine Denbo
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Mary Miller
Annabelle Duvall
Battle Creek
Mich
Woman Injured Before She Was Struck By Auto
ELIZABETHTOWN Ill AP Hardin County coroner says autopsy suggests Shawneetown woman was injured before being struck by a car while lying on a state highway about 8 miles north of Cave-In-Rock. Anna Mae Fuller 40, a divorcee and Shawneetown restaurant cook, had been seen earlier with two men and at a picnic in old Shawneetown. Driver Frederick Orman 21 of Car-In-Rock said he could not avoid hitting her. Coroner Porter Rose said autopsy results were sent to a pathologist.
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Elizabethtown
Ill
Hardin County
Shawneetown
Porter Rose
Anna Mae Fuller
Frederick Arnold Orman
Car-In-Rock
Orman
Cave-In-Rock
Rose
Fuller
Cave-In- Rock
Old Shawneetown
Culler
Population of New York City Hits Ten Million Mark
Washington AP reports the New York metropolitan area remains the largest in the United States with a population of 10,604,300 as of April 1 per Census Bureau data.
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Washington
New York
United States
Census Bureau
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Raleigh Oren Bundy and others from Walnut Hill and Springfield, with discharges including Noma Susan Pigg and Lora Lu Timmons. Good Samaritan records admittees Paul Ed Odle Ronald Eugene Kekcer and others, with discharges such as John Kiehn and Harry Eugene Leuty.
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Jefferson Memorial
Raleigh Oren Bundy
Walnut Hill
Retha Pearl Bundy
Bessie W. Richetti
Cecil Jerome Jenkins
Gerald James Border
Dahlgren
Ada Dedman Thomas
Clydus Reed Satterfield
Springfield
Noma Susan Pigg
Lora Lu Timmons
Steven J. Smith
Good Samaritan
Paul Ed Odle
Ronald Eugene Kekcer
Dorotha Lee Hays
Elliott Franklin Eiler
Emma Cuma Lovin
Cathie Ann Hottensen
Roba S. Samford
John Kiehn
Harry Eugene Leuty
Evelyn Ann Davenport
John Wesley Taylor
Barbara Marie Lappin
Barbara Jayne
Theresa Jean Kemnitz
Gregory Robinson Shaw
Leslie Elizabeth Shaw
Births in city welcome three newborn sons this day
Mr. and Mrs. Catrell Fillmore Richardson of 1011 South 13th Street welcomed a son at 8 56 last night in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson Martin of 320 Opdyke Avenue welcomed a son at 7 27 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds three ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Harlen Edwin Palmer of 311 South Second Street welcomed a son at 12 22 this afternoon in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing four pounds two ounces.
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Catrell Fillmore Richardson
South 13Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Charles Nelson Martin
Op. Dyke Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Harlen Edwin Palmer
South Second Street
Marine Corps League to Meet Tonight at 7:30
Members of the Marine Corps League will assemble at 7 30 tonight in the club rooms. All members are urged to attend. Bob Hill adjutant.
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Marine Corps League
Bob Hill
Adj
Big Boy Sought in Betsy Benham Murder Case
Investigation into the death of five year old Betsy Benham centers on a "big boy" playmates say was with her near the time of her disappearance. Betsy's body was found in a shale area near her home after she vanished Friday.
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Hunt
Big Boy
Wheeling
Betsy Benham
George Howlett
Cools County
Betsy
Dale
Patty Widing
Howlett
Paul F. Jackson
Des Plaines
Forest Preserve
Jackson
Psyplata
Cook County Hospital
Powers Writes To His Wife From Moscow Prison
Francis Gary Powers sent May 26 letters to his wife from a Moscow jail after his U2 mission over the Soviet Union on May 1. He described being allowed to smoke, walk, sunbathe and read, and said he was getting more than enough to eat as he awaited trial for espionage beginning August 17. Excerpts were published by Newsweek, with postmarks from Lubyanka prison.
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New York
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Ite
Soviet Union
Newsweek
Lubyanka
Chicago Beats Beatnik Art Festival Permit Denied
City officials refused a permit for the Gold Coast Art Festival third annual show in Chicago. Residents complained about conduct by artists and followers. State Sen. William J. Connors declined to intercede, calling the event a racket with undesirable beatniks.
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Chicago
Near North Side
Wiliam J. Connors
Digs Up Two Big Diamonds in Arkansas Crater
Retired businessman E. W. Goode of Urbana Ohio returned to Murfreesboro Ark Crater of Diamonds and found a 4.64 carat diamond Monday morning followed by a 5.12 carat stone. The smaller gem may be kept by Goode, but he must pay a 25 percent royalty on the larger as it exceeds five carats. Tourists pay a small fee to hunt for diamonds.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
E. W. Goode
Howard Millar
Goode
Urbana
Ohio
Salem Road zoning up again and water bill rejected
Salem community council discusses zoning reversals while a water company price is rejected. Items include $82 park and garbage charges, civil defense $315.36, motor fuel tax $18,346.34, sewer operation $1,118.02, and sewer construction $1,574.37. The city attorney may determine ownership of a dangerous open air shaft near the C and E I railroad in southeast Mt Vernon. Councilor Shehorn urges rapid shaft filling. A recreation area in Country Heights subdivision is deferred. Zoning board referred petitions for Joseph Gaunt’s business rezoning on Ashley Road and three adjacent lots north of Ashley Road.
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Mt. Vernon
Harry Shehorn
Country Heights
Zoning Board of Appeals
Joseph Gaunt
Ashley Road
Johnson grass control demo set for Opdyke on Thursday
A Johnson grass control demonstration will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday August 4 at the Walter P Estes home in Opdyke. Prof I L Knake weed specialist of the University of Illinois will conduct the session with a half acre treated using a spray rig and noted by Farm Adviser Don Lee as an opportunity for area farmers to learn the latest Illinois methods.
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Johnson Prass
Walter P. Estes
Opdyke
John‘son
I. L. Knake
University of Illinois Extension Service
Don Lee
Couunty
University of Illinois Agronomists
Illinois Cities Weather Report Across State
Undated Associated Press dispatch reports Illinois heat with highs in the 80s and 90s and a brief cooling trend expected Tuesday night into the high 60s to low 70s. Skies are clear statewide with a chance of scattered thundershowers in the far north overnight.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Plan Kitchen For Wheelchair Cook
URBANA AP A kitchen plan for wheelchair housewives was outlined by two University of Illinois Home Economics Department members. Twenty six women volunteers confined to wheelchairs tested equipment for Prof Helen McCullough and Mary B Farnham, cooking and serving luncheon in the kitchen. Results published in Space and Design Requirements for wheelchair kitchen show many appliances suitable for wheelchair cooks are commercially available while others require modification.
Second Motorcycle Crash Death Claims Two Riders
In Marion Illinois AP reports Bobby Butts 23 of Marion died from injuries from a motorcycle crash Saturday night that killed another rider, John Is Sandusky 30 of Johnson City. Sandusky's bike and a car collided on Highway 37 south of Marion after a bump caused loss of control. Car occupants escaped unharmed.
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Marion
Bobby’ ‘Butts
Maroin
John Is Sandusky
Johnson City
Sandusky
Highway 37
Marrion
Butts
Ku Klux Klan Wizard Edwards Dies at 51 in Atlanta
Imperial Wizard Fldon Lee Edwards of the Ku Klux Klan died at his Atlanta home from a heart attack on Monday night. He led the KKIS which he said was a new organization and clashed with other Klan groups over control and identity.
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Atlanta, Ga
Fldon Lee Edwards
Knights of the Klux Klan
Edwards
Sixteen Delinquent Personal Tax Suits Filed Here
Sixteen suits to collect delinquent personal taxes were filed in county court. Names and amounts include Steve Orlet $143.16 for 1956 1957 1958. Kenneth Mills $145.26 for 1957 1958. Robert Wagner $144.31. Maurice Kinslow $143.37 for 1957 1958. Bernis Tucker $143.01 for 1953 1956 1957 1958. Donald R. Russell $142.62 for 1957. Frank and Ruth Bond $111.92 for 1958 1959. Frank Oslager Jr $141.35 for 1956 1957. Lloyd Atchison $140.28 for 1956 1958 1959. Glen McCowen $139.26 for 1956 1957. Allan Quinn $138.44 for 1943 1946 1947 1952 1953 1954. S. T. Moodie $138.78 for 1956. Harry Garrison $149.03 for 1957 1958. David M. Mager $147.27. H. G. Wooters listed.
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Steve Orlet
Wilshire
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Mills
N. 9Th
Robert Wagner
S. 21St
Maurice Kinslow
Oakland
Bernis Tucker
Newby
Donald R. Russell
Casey
Frank and
Ruth Bond
Evergreen Dr
Marner Foe
Lloyd Atchison
Washington
Benton, Il
Glen McCowen
White
Allan Quinn
S. 12Th
S. T. Moodie
N. Highland Pl
Harry Garrison
Crescent Dr
David M. Mager
Peach
H. G. Wooters
Central
U N Stands By As Congo Tribes Kill Each Other
In Kasai province Congo, fighting between the Lulua and Baluba tribes escalates with hundreds said killed. The U.N. Command keeps a hands-off stance as Belgian troops withdraw and the Congo government faces internal strife amid mutiny in its army. Dag Hammarskjold urged Congo leaders to avoid actions that could deepen turmoil.
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Leopoldville
Congo
API
U.N
Kasai
ONC
Security Council
U. N
Bialuba
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Soviet arms talks call seen as propaganda
United Nations diplomats weigh a Soviet proposal for an all U N summit on disarmament as US spokesman dismisses it as specious and frivolous while hoping a high level meeting could bring Eisenhower and Khrushchev together. Lodge says Soviet reply shows they resist disarmament diplomacy. Morozov argues a top level discussion is needed and accuses US of seeking to mask domestic weakness. Khrushchev’s reversal after the Paris talks adds intrigue to the UN process.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
Newport
Kremlin
Luis Padila Nervo
Mexico
Disarmaiment Commission
Padilla Nervo
Commission
Morozov
General Assembly
Nikita
Khrushchev
Paris
United States
Humph Loses His Trump At Beaulieu Jazz Festival
AP report from London describes Humphrey Lyttelton losing his gold-plated trumpet after a three night Beaulieu festival on Lord Montagu's grounds. He forgot the horn beside his car, drove off, and recalled it later to find it missing. The event began with a riot by youths, some arson, prompting Montagu to ban future festivals at his home.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Humph
Trump
Britain
Humphrey Lyttelton
Lord Montagu
Beales
Lonon
Montagu
Beaulieu
Harlem High Sets Strict Rules For Married Students
Harlem High School Board in Rockford Michigan announces strict limits on married students including exclusion from social and athletic events. Married students may stay only if approved after conferences with students and families but face bans from commencement baccalaureate athletics junior senior proms picnics and dances. They lose eligibility for honors and cannot take physical education. A married woman student showing pregnancy signs will be expelled from the school.
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Rockford
Harlem High School Board
Illinois Population Density: 179 Per Square Mile
Washington AP reports Illinois ranks 10th in population density with 179 persons per square mile, amid U.S. density decline from 1950 to 1960 due to Alaska's addition. The national density cooled to 50.4 per square mile in 1960 despite a 28 million rise in population.
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Washington
Illinois
Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
Bureau
Union
Hawaii
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Nevada
Macmillan Moves Out as Downing Street Rebuilt
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan began moving out of No 10 Downing Street as workers start a two year project to rebuild the rickety official residence in London.
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London
Harold Macmillan
No. 10
Downing St
Britain
Mt Vernon Notices Of Debits For Property Assessments
Notices show charges against parcels in Mt Vernon for the years 1956 1957 and 1958 with amounts 143.42 and 138.56 for the address components and owners Joe Robbins and others listed in Mt Vernon Cres cent Dr. Mt Vernon.
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Mt. Vernon
Joe Robbins
S.E. Crescent Dr
Steam Whistle Concert Held In Tell City
Tell City Indiana hosts the Schweizer Fest Swiss Festival grand steam whistle concert featuring 33 authentic steam whistles gathered from various places. Whistles range up to four feet tall with movable pistons creating shrill tones. The event included a finale where ten whistles joined the largest wildcat called the heal hand and a recording tour is planned for Saturday for museums and collectors.
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Tell City
Ind
William Tell
Dodds Township Warns Against Damaging New Roads
Dayton Harlan, Commissioner, warns that anyone causing damage by driving cars or riding horses on newly oiled roads in Dodds Township will be prosecuted.
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Dodds Township
Dayton Harlan
Market report from National Stockyards Illinois
Markets at National Stockyards Illinois with hogs 10 500 opened slow and later active mixed prices by weight. Hogs 180 lb steady to weak with some 10 15 lower. sows steady to 25 higher. cattle 3 800 calves 500 moderately active with steers and heifers steady to strong. Vealers steady. sheep 1 100 not fully established with lambs barely steady near 17.50-20.00.
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National Stockyards
USDA
U.S
Hau Stein
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Market Report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes butter steady with receipts at 860000 and wholesale buying prices unchanged. Egg prices unsettled with 11600 receipts and whites at 66, 60 percent grade A. Prices and grades listed for various butter and egg categories.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Poultry Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago AP USDA live poultry receipts yesterday totaled 49 000 pounds with wholesale buying prices unchanged to one cent higher. White rock fryers listed at 21 to 22 cents, roasters at 25 to 26 cents, and ducklings at 27 cents.
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Chicago
USDA
Egg and poultry price report from St. Louis
St Louis reports current egg prices by grade with AA large at 34 cents and A large 31 to 33 cents, A medium 28 to 30 cents, A small 20 to 22 cents, B large 24 to 27 cents. Fryers and broilers quoted 28 to 44 cents.
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ST. Louis
Grain futures prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Soybeans
Chicago cash grain prices show Wheat No 1 yellow hard 1.95 No 2 1.92 No 3 1.85. Corn No 2 yellow 1.19 4 20 No 3 1.18 19 No 4 1.14 or 1 4 No 5 yellow 1.12 2 14. Oats No 2 heavy white 0.705 No 4 heavy white 0.66 No 1 extra heavy white 0.71 No 2 heavy white mixed 0.70. No soybean sales. Soybean oil 0.9 b Ya Barley choosing 1.15 1.25 n feed 0.85 1.02 n.
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Chicago
Wall Street Ends Mixed As Volume Slows In Losses
Wall Street edged lower late today as trading slowed with about 2,200,000 shares. Major issues declined modestly with Procter & Gamble rising over 3 points while General Electric, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, U.S. Gypsum, and Ford drifted lower. U.S. government bonds eased and corporate prices showed mixed movement.
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New York
Procter & Gamble
General Electric
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
U.S. Gypsum
Goodrich
Chrysler
Ford
U.S
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quoted prices show Wheat at 1.67, Soybeans 2.03, and Corn 1.08 this afternoon, reflecting market levels for local grain traders.
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Mt. Vernon
No Politics As Lodge Stays In U N
Nixon said Lodge still United Nations ambassador will not engage in political campaigning or commentary while remaining in that post. Lodge discussed a peace plan idea with Nixon and criticized Russia’s disarmament proposal as specious. Kennedy and Johnson press Republicans as Nixon faces the campaign solo for another month.
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Whitney Shoemaker
Washington
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Newport
R.I
Lodge J
Eisenhower
United Nations
Lodge
U.N
Russia
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lalone
World conference on anti H-bomb opens in Tokyo
Leftists from 29 nations begin the sixth world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs in Tokyo with a call to unite peace forces. Dr Kaoru Yasui denounces the U S Japan security treaty as a dangerous military pact as ultranationalists disrupt the opening with smoke bombs and scuffles with police.
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Tokyo
Kaoru Yasui
Japan
Council
Tojo Kaikan
Yasui
U. S.japan
U. S
Typhoon Kills 64 Formosans
Typhoon Shirley left Formosa in turmoil as 64 Chinese were feared dead and 30,000 homeless after torrential rains. Police reported 23 confirmed dead and 12 missing with 188 injured, while a truck carrying 28 Chinese opera troupe members likely drowned on a southern Formosan bridge. Two deaths were also reported in the Ryukyu Islands.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
County Board To Meet Tomorrow
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow at the county court house. The meeting in the supervisors room will begin at 8:30 a.m.
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Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
County Court House
Supervisors Jroom
Ex Mt Vernon Architect Named Vice President at Daly Company
John L. Haff, longtime associate of Leo A Daly Company since 1944, was named a vice president at the firm’s annual meeting. A West Frankfort native and Notre Dame architecture graduate, he has worked in Omaha and St. Louis and now resides in Kirkwood, Missouri with his wife Beverly. He is a member of several engineering and construction societies.
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John L. Haff
Leo A. Daly Company
Leo A. Daly
Mr. Half
Robert L. Haff
West Frankfort
Frankfort
University of Notre Dame
Leo. A. Daly Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Haff
Mt. Vernon Architectural Company
McCoy and Wilson
St. Louis
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
The
Construction Specifications Institute
Kirkwood
Beverly
Beverly Porter
W. B. Porter
South 24Th Street
Farm Machines Parade In Show Near Dix Tonight
An unusual farm show unfolds tonight a few miles southwest of Dix with tractors plow rigs and self-propelled combines. The Case-O-Rama lights the night with portable power plants as machinery parades and demos in a field south of Dix and west of the highway. The circus moves to Louisville tomorrow.
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Dix
Louisville
Jazz Show Riot in Windsor at emancipation festival
A large crowd of Detroit based attendees exploded into a riot at Windsor Ontario's downtown arena during an emancipation day festival. One man was critically wounded and many were injured as chaotic scenes erupted early today.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Sys-Tone Promises Calm Nerves For Strained Wife
A Mt. Vernon woman says nerves made her a poor wife with a mean temper and tranquilizers failed. After taking Sys-Tone, she reports quiet nerves and better sleep. The medicine is described as fast acting, harmless and cheap, available at local drugstores.
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Mt. Vernon
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